Chapter 31: Sasuke Wants to Be a Jinchuriki Too

All the trash in the river, propelled by the current, gathered and lined up to jump into the net.

Kakashi felt this couldn't continue. This level of control was extremely chakra-intensive. Naruto definitely wouldn't be able to keep it up. Not even with all the chakra he had.

So, he constantly observed Naruto, ready to interrupt the jutsu at any moment.

Ten seconds passed, and Kakashi was vigilant.

Half a minute passed, and Kakashi was surprised.

One minute passed, and Kakashi was shocked.

Two minutes passed, and Kakashi felt a little numb.

Five minutes passed, one-quarter numb.

Ten minutes passed, half numb.

Twenty minutes passed, now he was completely numb.

After half an hour, Kakashi was utterly disheartened.

Even after over a hundred large nets were replaced and all the trash was collected, Naruto showed no signs of abnormality; in fact, he looked quite relaxed.

Kakashi entered the next stage: doubting his life.

Is this how much chakra a human can possess?

This wasn't just simply controlling a small stream; it was continuously controlling the water of an entire river. This volume of water could fill the entire West Lake and still have some left over.

It was terrifying.

The entire process flowed smoothly. Kakashi felt that this level of water manipulation could only be achieved by the legendary Second Hokage.

Kakashi thought he had already highly regarded Naruto, considering him a super genius, but he never expected him to be even more talented than he imagined.

Fire Release, Water Release.

He had only seen one self-created Fire Release from Naruto, but now, looking at the Water Release and this terrifying chakra control, he suddenly felt that Naruto's Fire Release was probably just as powerful.

Naruto simply hadn't demonstrated it.

To reach the extreme in just one elemental affinity was enough to become a formidable force, yet Naruto was proficient, no, completely mastered two.

Were there others?

He dared not think.

Kakashi truly couldn't bear to think about it anymore.

Did he need to submit an intelligence report to the Third Hokage?

Kakashi fell into deep thought.

Finally, the cheers of the team woke him up.

"Awesome, Naruto! We finished the mission early!"

"That means we can disband sooner. Naruto, you can't go back on your word."

"Don't worry, Sasuke, what I say, I do. That's my ninja way!"

"Huh? Didn't you say 'fairness and justice' was your ninja way last time?"

"Don't ask, these are all my ninja ways."

Watching the three of them bickering, Kakashi felt a momentary trance.

These two kids probably thought Naruto was just using a simple, casual Water Release jutsu and didn't understand its profound implications.

But Kakashi, he saw everything clearly.

As the saying goes, if you don't cultivate chakra control, you see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon in the sky; if you do cultivate chakra control, you see me as a tiny ant gazing at the blue sky.

But Naruto felt that Kakashi's "blue sky" was still too shallow.

Kakashi thought Naruto was controlling water droplets; in reality, he could precisely control water molecules.

There were several orders of magnitude difference between the two.

This time, he was on a whole other level.

Team 7 returned to the Hokage Tower to submit their mission report.

Before disbanding, Kakashi took another deep look at Naruto.

He had originally planned to test Naruto, but considering how much chakra he had used that afternoon, he decided to postpone it until tomorrow.

"Get some good rest, Naruto," Kakashi solemnly instructed before they parted ways.

This sudden concern left Naruto a little puzzled.

It couldn't be because of that afternoon, could it?

Does that little bit of chakra really require rest?

With his recovery ability, even if his chakra was completely depleted, it would be full again in twenty minutes.

But he couldn't refuse. Good rest sounded good; he could legitimately sleep in tomorrow.

"Okay, Kakashi-sensei."

At 4:30 PM.

Naruto's house.

The three of them sat on the floor of Naruto's room, looking at each other.

"What should we do?" Sasuke asked.

"It's simple."

Naruto extended his hand to both of them, "We'll hold hands. You two grasp my hands, and just try to channel and infuse chakra. Leave the rest to me."

Sasuke tried, half-believing. Sakura, her heart pounding, grabbed Sasuke's hand.

Naruto almost wanted to remind her: You don't actually need to hold Sasuke's hand.

He thought better of it.

"Hold on tight, let's go!"

With Naruto's voice, their vision went black.

When they reappeared, the scene had changed.

Underfoot was solid ground, lush wild grass, and the scent of flowers filled the air; in the distance were undulating hills and forests, and behind them, a lake stretching endlessly.

This was an entirely different world!

Sasuke was a bit confused about where they were now.

"Where is this?"

"This is a certain仙地 (Xian Land/Immortal Land) connected to the sealing space," Naruto emerged from the side and explained.

Sasuke was even more puzzled, "Sealing space? Sealing what?"

"Have you both heard since childhood that I'm the Nine-Tails?"

At this point, Sakura finally reacted, "I think there was something like that going around."

At this moment, Naruto, intending to explain, suddenly remembered his conversation with the Nine-Tails last night.

He wanted the Nine-Tails to meet his teammates, but the Nine-Tails surprisingly said it needed to "observe" them first.

It was actually quite "shy."

However, he had successfully borrowed the name "sealing space."

At the time, Naruto had "threatened" it.

'Kurama, you wouldn't want others to know that a powerful Nine-Tails like you is being kept in a place like that, would you?'

Kurama immediately agreed.

The Nine-Tails also had its pride, you know.

Recalling the Nine-Tails' tsundere behavior, Naruto chuckled for a moment and explained: "This can also be considered the Nine-Tails' sealing space because the Nine-Tails is sealed here."

"The Nine-Tails?" x2

Hearing that name, both of them jumped in fright.

The ideas instilled in them since childhood—about what caused countless deaths and injuries in Konoha, and for which the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself—caused them unprecedented fear and dread at this moment.

Even Sasuke wasn't calm; his small face turned pale with fright.

"Don't worry, you can't see the Nine-Tails."

Sakura kept looking around, seemingly asking for confirmation: "We really can't see the Nine-Tails?"

"Don't worry, you definitely won't see it."

Hearing this, and seeing Naruto's relaxed demeanor, Sasuke also relaxed. Looking at this place with good mountains, good water, and good air, he asked, "How big is this place?"

At that, Naruto became reminiscent.

He had explored it with the Nine-Tails before; the so-called 100x100, its map units were kilometers.

After exploring this map, Naruto had ten, no, a hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and fourteen parts of confusion.

Who was this huge training space even for?

Ultraman?

Later, after he got stronger, he understood. Oh, it's for me.

Even this vast space wasn't enough for him to wreak havoc in.

It was only an area of ten thousand square kilometers, which was about 1.58 times the size of Shanghai, or 5 times the size of Shenzhen.

Naruto decisively "recharged" and got an even bigger one.

"Roughly a 1000x1000km square," he replied.

"What? 1000 kilometers?"

Sakura was utterly shocked, and Sasuke was no less so.

This place is actually that big?

At this point, Sasuke remembered the purpose of their visit. He put aside his curiosity and got straight to the point.

"Naruto, how did you get so strong?"

Naruto didn't answer directly, "Try casting a jutsu on the lake surface yourself."

Confused, Sasuke walked to the lake and quickly formed hand signs.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

Before releasing it, he was still a little confused, but then, within moments of breathing, the chakra he expended was immediately replenished.

Sasuke was shocked again for the umpteenth time today.

There's such a good place as this?

Doesn't this mean unlimited jutsu practice?

"Feel that?"

Naruto said: "And it's not just that. This is a land of immortals; there are immortals here, and they'll be arriving soon. You can ask the immortals to teach you ninjutsu."

And immortals will personally teach ninjutsu?

Sasuke wouldn't have believed such a childish tale before, but now he did.

Is this how Naruto got so strong?

Sasuke was incredibly envious.

With such a blessed land and a dedicated immortal teacher, Sasuke also wanted to become a jinchuriki.

Why couldn't he be a jinchuriki?!