"Ah, thank you then." After a series of battles, Naruto had obviously grown a lot. His temper was much better. Although he was still a showoff, at least he learned from his mistakes now. When he was fighting or when he encountered serious matters, he would not be like before.
After Ryoha changed his view of Naruto, he no longer looked down on others. After all, these brats were just twelve years old children, and their maturity was limited. In addition, they might be some quirks in their personalities due to their childhood life.
In the future, with the growth of age and knowledge, they would make up for it. As long as Naruto did not cause any trouble for him and had no conflict of interest with him, Ryoha would hardly say anything about him.
"I hope in the future, you will be the same as yesterday. You have to be prepared before doing things. It's normal to fight sometimes, but if it happened in a real battle, not only you will harm yourself, but also the people around you will be affected.
Ryoha formed a seal and controlled his chakra to flow according to the Five Elements Seal route. He then concentrated them on his five fingers, forming five words: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. He pressed them on Naruto's stomach.
"AHHHHHHH…!"
Even Naruto, who had been prepared, couldn't help but cry out in pain. It seemed that the process of unlocking the seal was quite painful.
"Eh! My body seems to be lighter, and my chakra control has come back." Naruto quickly stood up and moved his body. His body felt lighter, he might fly if he jumped.
This was also the feeling of the sudden change. It was the same as Ryoha with his gravity chamber training, his body felt lighter than before.
"Naruto has become stronger. Back then, his performance was actually better than mine. Damn, why?"
Sasuke roared in his heart. He couldn't understand why he was so weak. Even Naruto, who was behind all this time. had started to surpass him. But because of his misgivings, his mind became more and more distorted, and the influence of the cursed mark became greater.
When the time came, even if he had a good brother who used Susanoo as a price to free him to seal the cursed mark, his mind would still be affected to a certain extent. Simply put, he was a psychopath.
"Ryoha seems to understand everything. He has only graduated for half a year and he has already grown this far. The gap between me and him just keeps widening. No, I have to seriously practice ninjutsu. I absolutely can not be a burden." Sakura thought in his heart.
It had to be said that Sasuke, who believed himself to be a genius, took the wrong path. Sakura was currently weaker than him, but she had taken the right path to becoming stronger. It was the same for Naruto. Perhaps in the short term, Sasuke's rapid gain of strength could surpass Naruto and Sakura by a lot.
However, as time went on, the road ahead for Sasuke would be bumpier. His progress would become slower and even stagnant. On the contrary, although Naruto and Sakura's early improvement might not be as good as Sasuke's, The two would have infinite possibilities waiting for them in the future.
Their path would not be as bumpy as Sasuke's as time passed. In other words, time would narrow the gap between them.
Not only that, as time went by, Naruto and Sakura would surely surpass Sasuke. In the later stages, the speed of their improvement would continue to advance steadily. Sasuke's progress, on the other hand, would be stagnant or very slow. The gap would constantly widen, making it difficult for Sasuke to catch up.
Because Sakura and Naruto were the masters of their own power, step by step, their foundation was solid and stable. Just like a tree, which grew taller, grew bigger, and grew steadily.
While Sasuke was a slave controlled by power. In the beginning, he improved very quickly, but that was it. In the original book, Sasuke was basically relying on everything his brother Itachi left behind to fight.
Sasuke depended on the Sharingan left by Itachi to pave the way for his own Sharingan because Itachi never thought that Sasuke could win Uchiha Madara. He just wanted Sasuke to have the Eternal Mangekyo for his own safety.
He only wanted Sasuke to be able to protect himself, so he placed all his hopes on Sasuke to obtain the Eternal Mangekyo.
"Naruto, don't move, let me take a look at your seal." Ryoha first split out a shadow clone with half of his own chakra, just in case anything bad would happen.
Especially now, when Sasuke's heart was becoming darker. Of course, it was better to prepare beforehand. Although this thought was a bit exaggerated, Ryoha would rather be careful.
Ryoha activated his Sharingan and stared at Naruto. Suddenly, the scenery in front of Ryoha changed. What came into view was no longer a forest but a giant cage. Inside was a huge nine-tailed fox demon that gave chills to everyone around.
"Someone actually came in? Haha, you are the first person I have seen these past years. Brat, tell me your name. Seeing that you are the first to come in, I will not make things difficult for you."
The Nine-tailed Fox was not joking. The seal had already begun to loosen. After entering this sealed space, although he was sealed, he could completely release his chakra to attack. Of course, it was only limited to this sealed space.
"Haha, I never thought that the most powerful tailed beast in the past, the Nine-tailed Fox, would become like this. Don't you want to go out?" Ryoha knew that although the Nine-tailed Fox was a tailed beast, he had lived for so long and was more shrewd than humans. Therefore, it was better to get to the point and attract the attention of the Nine-tailed Fox.
"Human, don't think that I can't do anything to you just because I'm sealed. To me, you are nothing more than a just bug." The Nine-tailed Fox immediately flared up. However, a strange look flashed across her eyes. Clearly, Ryoha's words had piqued her interest. However, he still had to show his true strength.
"Alright, I came to find you to make a deal with you. Our positions are equal. You don't have to assert your dominance." Ryoha immediately saw through the Nine-tailed Fox's thoughts and said in a mocking tone.