Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-34194151-20180107091407/@comment-734582-20180109071112

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: However making such deductions in times of pressure does in great way shows that guy has some serious mental strength. Maybe, but that's not intelligence. Intelligence is being able to deal with information. Naruto for instance is emotionally very intelligent, since he often can understand another's pain and emotions.

Itachi remained calm under pressure, but also noted that naruto offhandedly said "we're screwed, he used that on me" with regards to Nagati's Chibaku Tensei. He made several good deductions (e.g. the vision through multiple eyes). It's an example of being intelligent. Still not high-level intelligence (It's pretty much their job to do these things), but it's an example.

Another example was with understanding Pain's power, where Shikamaru and co deduce a number of possible ways that the Paths can work. This is good intelligence. But they completely fail to understand the simple "the real one is not among them" hint until it's too late.

Other cases are Kakuzu for instance, who still adheres to the old Akatsuki intel (Naruto was known to be a shitty ninja who acted and then thought) and was suddenly facing a Naruto that used strategy. Sure, basic strategy, but Kakuzu didn't really adjust for it as much as he should've. The very fact that he did a feint first should've told him that the kid had become considerably more dangerous.