The Legacy of the Most Unpredictable Ninja

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The Naruto clone gnashed his teeth together as the two devils that he was about to ambush managed to escape via magic circle.

Damn it...he was too late. He climbed up a damn mountain for nothing.

The clone sat down petulantly, frustrated that the bastard got away from him.

...Again.

Toad-like eyes stared at the spot where the two devils have left, one of them was wearing a mask...

More importantly, thanks to the power that was now coursing through him, he recognized the energy signal that the masked devil was giving out.

That bastard that attacked them before...it was definitely him.

'Naruto' sighed, the battle between that fire bird and the boss was already over. So there was no point in giving him the extra power anymore...

The clone frowned for a moment, allowing himself to question something since he had the time and peace of mind for it.

It was a pretty important question too.

...Why did the natural energy feel...off?

It was strange, back at the Elemental Nations, the natural energy felt like water that was seamlessly pouring inside him. Filling him up with new power and strengthening him for any fight.

But this world's natural energy felt like...

Well, it felt greasy, slippery, maybe even darker.

The power derived from natural energy felt the same at the very least. No threats to upend his fun while in this state, but still...

This world's natural energy not only felt weird, it was also harder to take in when compared to his world.

The fight between the boss and the phoenix-thing wasn't a long one, but it shouldn't take five minutes to gather natural energy. By the time the clone was done gathering the natural energy, the boss was already about to finish off his enemy with the rasenshuriken.

It barely took one minute at the Elemental Nations...and he was pretty sure that it had nothing to do with how long it has been since he's used it. Gathering natural energy wasn't something that Naruto could get rusty in.

The clone sighed, just one thing after another.

Well...he better inform the boss at the very least, he would want to know about these thoughts and what the clone has seen.

He glanced down from his elevated perch on the mountain, sensing that the boss was carrying their former opponent towards the castle. He had plenty of time to think about the information he was about to receive.

The clone then made sure to look around, he was pretty far away from the castle when he was gathering natural energy before...but now he was much closer to it. But devils couldn't sense his regular chakra, so hopefully they wouldn't sense him...

With that thought in mind, he internally dispersed the natural energy that was intertwined with his physical and spiritual energy...

Then he dispersed the chakra in himself.

*POOF*

The dome that appeared on the battlefield has finally blinked out of existence, it's oppressive winds finally dwindling to nothing.

To the relief of everyone inside the castle, especially those that came to the party for political reasons.

Many of the noble devils were anxious due to the battle that has taken place so close to them, after all...no one there was expecting such a thing.