Among the original Konoha 12, aside from Naruto and his two teammates, most never approached true Kage-level in the future.
Rock Lee, through the Eight Gates, could temporarily reach Shadow-level strength, but Lee could not be considered a genius. His power ca purely from relentless effort; his growth was directly proportional to the training he endured.
Only shinobi like Kakashi, the Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui could truly be called geniuses—top-tier prodigies recognized even among elite clans.
Naruto's own potential was only unlocked in the later stages of the original tiline. In his early years, he was malnourished, neglected, and constantly bullied.
The one who truly allowed his power to blossom was Jiraiya.
Jiraiya's teaching ability, in hindsight, was extraordinary—comparable to Orochimaru's in terms of drawing out latent potential.
Sasuke's abilities were sharpened through Orochimaru's brutal, tailored training.
Sakura's progress was the result of Tsunade's precise, unforgiving teaching.
Having a strong master determined how far a student could rise.
The Konoha 12 never had their potential fully cultivated.
Most young geniuses gained fa early because they possessed both natural talent and an overwhelming work ethic. With both combined, early brilliance was inevitable.
Those who managed to reach Super-Kage–class before the age of fifteen were considered super-geniuses. Even in the present era, not a single shinobi had achieved such a feat.
Perhaps Boruto, in the future, might be the one.
Anyone who reached Super-Kage before age twenty was already a rare, undeniable genius.
At this mont, Naruto was reviewing intelligence reports—one of which made his pulse rise.
Traces of an organization known as Kara had been discovered.
Ever since the end of the Fourth Shinobi War, Naruto had assigned covert teams to secretly track any hint of Kara's existence, hoping to identify signs of ??tsutsuki Isshiki.
He did not know whether Isshiki would still appear after the world had undergone such drastic transformation.
For five years, the investigation produced nothing.
But now, concrete clues had finally surfaced.
Finding Kara ant finding Isshiki.
Isshiki was like a buried nail—deeply embedded in the Shinobi World.
anwhile, Hashirama, Madara, Tobirama, and Morita finished their al, ending their cheerful conversation. The group left the restaurant and headed toward their actual destination: the cha Exhibition.
"It must be said—the person who invented chs is a true genius," Morita sighed.
Powerful chs had elevated the overall strength of the Shinobi World by a trendous margin.
"Sasori-sama really is a genius."
Morita repeated the sentint. He knew little about Sasori; the man had only beco widely known in recent years.
Tobirama, however, was fully aware of Sasori's identity.
Yes—modern chs, or Gundams as many casually called them—were Sasori's creation.
Sasori originally operated under the na Hiruko, but once his identity was exposed, he returned to using his real na. After the Akatsuki disbanded, he eventually joined the Umbrella Organization, where his creativity flourished without restraint.
chs were Sasori's ambition finally given perfect form.
Traditional puppets required an imnse amount of technical, anatomical, and engineering knowledge. They were expensive, slow, and required elite craftsmanship.
chs, on the other hand—despite being more complex—benefited from a massive pool of engineers, researchers, and tallurgists. With the combined resources of the entire Shinobi World, Sasori's work reached unparalleled refinent.
Modern tallurgy advanced rapidly.
New composite tals could be synthesized artificially.
Every nation contributed resources.
Sasori had beco astonishingly wealthy.
To prevent waste on needless scale, modern chs were no longer gargantuan like his early creations.
Today's ch classes were standardized:
Small-class chs (5–10 ters)
Simple, beginner-friendly, cheap to maintain. dium-class chs (20–50 ters)
The mainstay of the battlefield—high output, stable, and the most common. Large-class chs (70–100 ters)
Imperial weapons of overwhelming destructive power.
Each one was essentially a national treasure.
Soon, the group arrived at the cha Exhibition.
Many people had already gathered. Upon entering, Madara quietly cast a subtle genjutsu veil around the group.
Everyone present was strong—many were on Morita's level, and several even surpassed him.
Drawing attention was unnecessary.
The group stepped through a towering, twenty-ter-tall entrance. People stread in and out, voices echoing across the vast hall.
But the true highlight stood on elevated platforms:
Rows of towering chs glead beneath the light pouring in from the enormous open skylight above.
The massive skylight overhead clearly existed for a practical reason—it served as the entrance and exit for chs. In a place like this, the sky itself was the doorway.
As the group took in the sight, Tobirama suddenly noticed that his older brother and Madara had quietly vanished.
"Hm? Where did Hashirama-sama and Madara go?"
Morita also looked around, realizing the two were gone.
"Let them wander," Tobirama sighed helplessly.
He was interested in chs, of course, but that field wasn't his specialty. His work focused on Ninjutsu systems, biotechnology, barrier techniques, forbidden jutsu, and improvents to cultivation thods.
In truth, he could be called the Master of Forbidden Techniques.
Most of Konoha's research projects were tied to him one way or another.
The ch exhibition area was enormous, built at the outskirts of town near the back mountain, giving the entire space a wide, open atmosphere.
Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, having slipped away early, quickly reached one of the major exhibition zones.
The two stood before a colossal ch—eighty-five ters tall—surrounded by crowds.
This was the only large-class ch on display, and naturally, it drew the most attention.
Hashirama stared with exaggerated awe.
Its sleek, polished armor… towering build… and elegant design.
Compared to this, even the Nine-Tails seed less impressive.
Madara, however, viewed it differently. His Sharingan spun silently, imdiately peering past the outer shell, analyzing the internal systems piece by piece. The ch's structure unfolded in his vision.
But the mont he looked toward the cockpit, he stopped.
"Interesting."
Madara narrowed his eyes, arms folded.
His probing was blocked by a special barrier woven into the cockpit's design—sothing intricate and unfamiliar.
Even so, what he managed to see amazed him.
The ch's core was powered by a Chakra Reactor.
Its fra incorporated barrier formations and sealing techniques he didn't recognize.
Obscure weapon compartnts were built into its limbs and torso.
And then there was the sword—
a super-alloy blade tens of ters long, housing internal chanisms that were anything but simple.
For the first ti, Madara found himself thinking that this machine might rival a Tailed Beast.
It might even compare to Susanoo.
The thought stirred genuine interest.
What if this ch were clad in Susanoo's armor?
Should he ask Sasori to build sothing like that?
While Madara entertained dangerous possibilities, Hashirama had sohow already climbed onto the ch, causing an uproar among the onlookers.
Madara turned, watching as his brother was surrounded by excited spectators.
From the distance, he faintly heard Hashirama's voice:
"I want to buy him!"
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