"Naruto, you're finally back!"
Jack, who had transformed into a mammoth, saw Naruto riding on Page One's back, who had turned into a Spinosaurus. He immediately raised his trunk and yelled at him, "Hurry up and fight me. This time I'm definitely going to win!"
...
Naruto was initially quite touched by Jack's first words, thinking he was welcoming him back, but then he realized Jack just wanted to fight him, which made him feel silly for being touched.
However, Jack's mammoth form had grown quite a bit, at least twice as large as when he left. No wonder he was so arrogant!
"Heh!"
Naruto's mouth curved into a smile, and he clasped his hands together. Then he leaped from Page One's back, forming a Rasengan with sparks and lightning in mid-air. He then loudly shouted toward the charging Jack, "Jack, you're not the only one who can get stronger! Behold my new move—Fire Lightning God: Great Rasengan!"
As he spoke, Naruto's figure rapidly descended toward Jack below. Then he slammed the sparking, lightning-infused Rasengan in his hand at him.
"Don't underestimate me, you bastard!"
Facing Naruto's attack, Jack not only didn't dodge but chose to confront it head-on. He roared, his massive body rising onto its hind legs. Then he swung his head, bringing his thick trunk to meet the sparking, lightning-infused Rasengan in Naruto's hand, shouting, "I'm the man who's going to become a Great Calamity of the Beasts Pirates!"
"Oh no, this idiot!"
Naruto was shocked by Jack's move, seeing him directly use his trunk to meet his powerful attack. He immediately shifted the Fire Lightning God: Great Rasengan in his hand to the side, trying to avoid him, but he was still a step too late.
!
The Rasengan, fused with lightning and fire, grazed Jack's trunk, instantly leaving a bowl-sized gash on his tough nose.
Boom!
The Fire Lightning God: Great Rasengan Art, with its shifted target, slammed into the ground, directly blasting a crater more than ten meters in diameter into the hard earth. Jack momentarily forgot the pain in his nose as he watched.
However, this guy wasn't scared. Instead, he thought proudly to himself, "I actually dared not to dodge such a move. I'm truly awesome!"
"Sorry, Jack!"
Naruto first apologized to Jack, then punched his ankle, scolding him irritably, "You idiot, can't you even recognize an attack that threatens you? Can't you dodge?"
Naruto certainly didn't mean to hurt Jack; he just wanted to show off his new move to his good friend, whom he hadn't seen in months.
Who knew that brute Jack would face a clearly harmful move and not even dodge!
"Hmph, why should I dodge?"
Jack, however, snorted righteously and said without backing down, "Who do you think I am? I'm the man who's going to become a Great Calamity of the Beasts Pirates, Mammoth Jack!"
"You!"
Naruto was so angered by Jack's unreasonable yet self-righteous attitude that his liver hurt. He jumped up and punched his head again, scolding him irritably, "Idiot, if you die, you won't be able to be anything!"
"Hmph, even then—"
Jack tried to argue, but Naruto cut him off with a kick, saying impatiently, "Shut up. Hurry up and change back to deal with your wound!"
After speaking, Naruto turned to Page One, who was walking over, and instructed him, "Page One, you must never learn from that idiot Jack.
If you realize an attack is threatening you in battle, you must immediately dodge, understand?"
"Huh?"
Page One heard Naruto's words, wrinkled his face in thought for a moment, then seriously replied, "But, Big Brother Naruto, Big Brother Kaido said that a true man doesn't dodge enemy attacks, even if it means death!
Although Big Brother Naruto, you are also amazing, when I grow up, I also want to be a man like Big Brother Kaido!"
"Well said, Page One!"
Jack, who had transformed back into his human form, immediately praised loudly when he heard Page One's words. "A true man should face any enemy attack head-on. If you die, it just means you weren't strong enough!"
"That's right, Big Brother Jack, you're right!"
Page One, hearing Jack's words, also transformed back into his human form and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"You two—"
Naruto was so angry listening to their conversation that he couldn't speak.
How long had he been gone? Jack was one thing, but how had Page One also been brainwashed by Kaido's reckless ideology?
"Naruto!"
At this moment, a familiar voice interrupted Naruto's anger. He turned toward the direction of the voice and saw Yamato's figure rushing toward him from afar.
This sight made Naruto immediately forget his anger, and he quickly opened his arms to embrace her.
"Naruto!"
Yamato crashed into Naruto's embrace. Fortunately, Naruto's physique was strong enough to steadily catch her. Then Yamato, like a dog, rubbed her face against Naruto's cheek, excitedly saying, "You're finally back!"
Although the time Naruto was away this time was only three times longer than the first, Yamato felt like it was thirty times longer, or even more.
"Yes, I'm back!"
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