To beat the clone, he couldn’t outplay his old self. He had to outgrow him.
The game didn’t launch normally. Instead, a black-and-white dojo stage loaded—one he’d never seen. Across from his chosen character (Sage Mode Naruto) stood a mirror image. But this clone wasn’t CPU-controlled. It moved like a human. It teabagged after every combo. It spammed the exact, cheesy strategy Leo himself had perfected in high school: Rasengan → side step → another Rasengan. naruto shippuden gekitou ninja taisen special save data
The save data repaired itself. A final message appeared: To beat the clone, he couldn’t outplay his old self
On the twenty-third match, he won. The clone flickered, smiled with Naruto’s face, and bowed. To beat the clone