Twelve years after the end of the Third Great Shinobi War.
Kakashi walked toward the Konoha Ninja Academy, one hand in his pocket, the other holding Make-Out Paradise.
It probably wasn't appropriate to read this book in school. After closing it, Kakashi swallowed.
Lord Jiraiya's books were getting more and more intense. Damn it, Lord Jiraiya really knew how to live.
Kakashi sighed. He was the son of a Konoha hero, a disciple of Advisor Minato, and watched over by his master's wife Kushina. He couldn't afford to be a libertine.
He heard Lord Jiraiya had been traveling the shinobi world with a red-haired youth.
Lord Jiraiya's novels recorded many of the world's sights and experiences.
The shinobi world had transitioned from the era of one nation, one village to the era of teleportation.
Twelve years had passed since the end of the Great Shinobi War—the most peaceful twelve years.
The fiercest battles shinobi fought now were local security operations in towns.
Every country treated "Cris of Sabotaging Production" as the gravest offense. Destroying farmland or factories was a major cri in Konoha, punishable by a minimum of ten years in prison, up to the death penalty.
The rampant cri of the Warring States Period and the one-nation-one-village era had vanished.
Disorder that nobles couldn't manage, Konoha could.
Whenever signs of large-scale conflict arose anywhere, the one superpower and four great powers, the Five Great Shinobi Villages, would form joint shinobi field forces, teleport instantly, and suppress the unrest.
Wars of the intensity seen in the first three Great Shinobi Wars had never reappeared.
So called it the best of tis.
Entering the Ninja Academy, Kakashi got lost.
The academy was no longer the way he rembered.
Konoha's area had expanded fivefold. The main academy had grown ten tis larger, with four branch schools in the east, south, west, and north.
The old Konoha Ninja Academy graduated two to three hundred genin a year; the current one graduated over 5,000.
Besides the Konoha Ninja Academy, major countries like the Land of Fire had established ninja academies everywhere, and Konoha shinobi could freely go to these academies to serve as teachers.
The Fourth Hokage, Lady Tsunade, was promoting chakra industrialization. Everywhere was short of shinobi, or craftsn skilled in using chakra.
After searching for a long ti, Kakashi finally found graduation class 27.
He entered the classroom, and a chalk-dusty eraser fell on his head.
Kakashi smiled nonchalantly and, according to the roster, took three students away.
The mischievous troublemaker Namikaze Naruto, the aloof Uchiha Sasuke, and the civilian-born Haruno Sakura.
Master Minato had wanted Naruto to take the Uzumaki surna, but his wife Kushina said the Uzumaki clan wasn't extinct, so it was better for Naruto to take Minato's surna.
Kakashi knew Master Minato also secretly read Lord Jiraiya's steamy novels, hence naming his son after a character from them.
Besides Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke was the son of Advisor Fugaku. The thought of having two "connection" students gave Kakashi a headache.
The only seemingly obedient one was Haruno Sakura.
The four of them went to the school rooftop.
Leaning on the railing, Kakashi asked the three youngsters, "Tell your hobbies, introduce yourselves."
Naruto eagerly said, "My hobby is eating cup ran! But my mom never lets eat it! My dream is to surpass all the Hokage and beco the Fifth Hokage!"
Kakashi thought to himself, forget about the Fifth Hokage. Your father, Minato, still wants to beco the Fifth Hokage. Your father is a Konoha advisor, your mother is Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchūriki. If you wanted to beco the Sixth Hokage, that might actually be possible.
Kakashi looked at the others.
Haruno Sakura said, "I'm Haruno Sakura. The things I like... or rather, the person I like is..." She blushed, glancing at Uchiha Sasuke beside her.
Last was Sasuke, who said seriously, "My dream is to surpass my brother. He actually beca the Deputy Head of the Anbu. I want to surpass him and beco the Head of the Anbu!"
Kakashi thought, that's even more impossible! Uchiha Itachi was the number one genius after the war, with astonishing growth speed, deeply trusted by the Fox Minister, and had already beco one of the two Deputy Heads. To replace Lord Fox, unless Lord Fox retired himself.
The more Kakashi understood, the more he felt the terror of Lord Fox.
Lord Fox single-handedly steered the shinobi world from the one-nation-one-village era into the teleportation era.
In the teleportation era, shinobi did not allow disorderly corners in the world. Everywhere was under shinobi control.
The Joint Governnt was responsible for construction and production, while shinobi were responsible for ensuring basic order.
If the Fourth Hokage, Lady Tsunade, sent an assistant to other major villages, they might feel troubled and haggle.
But if Lord Fox sent Konoha Anbu to other villages, there was no room for discussion—certain people had to be executed.
To put it bluntly, Lady Tsunade sotis didn't want Anbu accompanying her on visits because it scared the other villages.
After the Bell Test, Kakashi took his three genin to complete so village tasks and then imdiately left the village.
Leaving the village was very convenient. Konoha had five teleportation shrines.
Team 7's first out-of-village mission was to go to the Land of Wind to help a rchant caravan find lost cals.
Missions for the Five Great Shinobi Villages were now very flexible.
Konoha shinobi going to the Land of Wind to carry out missions had beco very common.
Suddenly shifting from Konoha to the sandstorm-filled Land of Wind, Naruto and the others were a bit unaccustod.
Kakashi led them into the sandstorm, saying, "The Land of Wind caravan said their five cals might have wandered into the One-Tail Nature Reserve. Let's go see if those five cals are still there."
Haruno Sakura asked, "Kakashi-sensei, what's a nature reserve?"
Kakashi said, "After the Third Great Shinobi War, Lord Fox killed all the other Jinchūriki except Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchūriki. The Tailed Beasts revived three or four years later. Lord Fox negotiated with them, letting them live in nature reserves, not allowing them to leave without authorization, and no longer sealing them into Jinchūriki. The Land of Wind has the One-Tail Nature Reserve, the Land of Earth has the Four-Tails Nature Reserve, the Land of Grass has the Five-Tails Nature Reserve, the Land of Waves has the Three-Tails Nature Reserve, and so on."
Sakura asked, "Why is the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki so special? Do we have a nature reserve in the Land of Fire?"
Kakashi thought to himself, Sakura didn't know Konoha's secrets. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was Naruto's mother, Uzumaki Kushina.
Naruto said, "The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki is my mom. She says the Nine-Tails is easy to get along with. I want the Nine-Tails too, but my mom won't give it to ."
They walked along the One-Tail Nature Reserve, looking for cal tracks.
Half an hour later, Kakashi suddenly turned his head, looking deep into the reserve.
There were massive chakra fluctuations there, as if an intense battle was happening.
Kakashi frowned, shedding his casual attitude of babysitting, his expression turning grave.
That shouldn't be. Shukaku had been disciplined very thoroughly by Lord Fox. It had never left the reserve to harass humans. Why was there a fight in that direction?
Drawing the White Fang Short Sword, Kakashi said, "Let's go! Follow to check on the One-Tail!"
By now, Kakashi's strength had surpassed that of Konoha's White Fang. Kakashi was confident he could deal with Shukaku.
Entering the reserve, Kakashi was surprised to see a summoning giant.
What was that?
A hundred-ter-tall monstrous humanoid with several eyes on its head.
One of the eyes was open; the remaining eight were still closed.
Kakashi didn't find the One-Tail Shukaku, only saw two people standing on the giant's head.
One wore a spiral mask, the other wore an Iwagakure forehead protector.
Kakashi stared at the one with the spiral mask: "Uchiha Obito! What have you done?"
Uchiha Obito looked down at Kakashi: "It's not what I've done, but what Yozora has done. The Iwa-nin Yozora can now easily kill Tailed Beasts. Hurry and use the teleportation shrine to go tattle to the Fox. Let's see if your teleportation shrine is faster or my Kamui is faster..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the giant turned into white smoke and disappeared.
Uchiha Obito looked northeast. Pain had already defeated the Two-Tails and summoned away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
They needed to seal all the Tailed Beasts in the shortest ti, before the Fox could react.
Seeing Uchiha Obito disappear, Kakashi imdiately took Naruto and the others and rushed to the nearest town.
On the way, Naruto asked, "Kakashi-sensei, who were those two people?"
"Uchiha Obito is one of the masterminds of the Third Great Shinobi War, a rogue ninja from Konoha. That Yozora, I don't know who he is, but wearing an Iwa headband, he must be remnants of the old order trying to restore Iwagakure's glory. Konoha conquered the four great villages, but there have always been shinobi within those villages unwilling to submit to Konoha, wanting to retake their countries and expel Konoha shinobi."
Uchiha Sasuke said coldly, "Absolutely impossible! We in Konoha paid such a huge price to establish the new order. How could we give up everything we've gained now?"
Kakashi felt very gratified inside.
When he was young, he heard the Uchiha clan would be a big trouble for Konoha. Looking now, where were those problems? The Uchiha clan was now the most supportive of Konoha. Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke—these people practically ntioned Konoha Village every day.
Returning to Konoha, Kakashi rushed straight to the Hokage Building and found his teacher Minato in the advisor's office on the second floor.
After listening, Minato imdiately said, "Let's go together to the basent to find Lord Fox."
Arriving at the underground Anbu Head office, the teacher and disciple reported the capture of Shukaku to Yōkō.
"So they're finally starting. I've waited for them for twelve years..." Yōkō said. "Minato, prepare according to plan."
Minato nodded and took Kakashi away.
Land of Lightning, Eight-Tails Nature Reserve.
Within a day, the Akatsuki organization suddenly moved, capturing eight Tailed Beasts.
Akatsuki mbers—Pain, Konan, Uchiha Obito, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, Black and White Zetsu, Yozora—waited together for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to absorb the Eight-Tails.
Pain couldn't help saying, "The Fox setting up nature reserves is too arrogant, practically designed for us."
The others nodded in agreent.
Without Jinchūriki interference or village protection, all eight Tailed Beasts were in a free-range state, making them easier to deal with.
Pain said, "Next is the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Kushina, is very well protected by Konoha and hard to deal with. With our current strength, it's difficult to defeat Konoha's forces head-on and take the Nine-Tails from them. But we have an alternative. The Fourth Raikage, A, said that in their village's history, the Gold and Silver Brothers captured a portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra, which can barely substitute for part of the Nine-Tails' role. Once we obtain part of the Ten-Tails' power, we can, as a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, defeat the Fox head-on and seize the Nine-Tails. Now we need to extract the Nine-Tails chakra from the Gold and Silver Brothers."
Pain turned to look at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru had joined Akatsuki three years ago.
He researched the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, searched for vessels within Konoha, and was finally pursued by Hokage Tsunade.
With no way out, Orochimaru joined Akatsuki.
Orochimaru said, "The Fourth Raikage sent the remains of the Gold and Silver Brothers. I can indeed use the Impure World Reincarnation to summon them."
A spatial vortex appeared before Uchiha Obito. Two Kumo-nin appeared from the vortex and fell to the ground.
Orochimaru glanced at the powerful Kumo-nin jōnin and said, "Good, your preparations are thorough. Impure World Reincarnation!"
After the reincarnation, Orochimaru stepped aside, watching Pain and the others defeat the Gold and Silver Brothers.
The Gold and Silver Brothers were noisy, their strength average, and they were quickly dealt with by Pain and the others.
Then, Pain had the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra.
After absorbing the eight Tailed Beasts and part of the Nine-Tails' chakra, the Demonic Statue transford into the Ten-Tails.
Orochimaru was thinking to himself, when would his undercover life end?
Suddenly, Uchiha Obito violently attacked, ambushing Pain!
He tried to seize control of the Demonic Statue to beco the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
Seeing such chaos, Orochimaru hurriedly retreated into the distance.
He looked at the Black and White Zetsu—the Fox said they were the key. The Black and White Zetsu had disappeared, gone sowhere.
Orochimaru hurriedly followed, searching the area for a long ti before finding Pain's true body, Nagato's location.
By the ti Orochimaru found Nagato, Nagato was already under Black Zetsu's control, using the Rinne Rebirth Technique.
No wonder the Fox said Nagato was a puppet, ostensibly the leader of Akatsuki but manipulated by many.
Orochimaru saw the person revived by the Rinne Rebirth Technique and his heart tightened.
Uchiha Madara...
Black and White Zetsu said, "Lord Madara, Uchiha Obito seems to have his own ideas, actually taking a step ahead of you to beco the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki. But he didn't obtain the full Nine-Tails, only a bit of its chakra, so it's not the complete form."
Black Zetsu thought to himself, Uchiha Obito was far inferior to Uchiha Madara. To fully collect the power of all nine Tailed Beasts and revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, they still needed Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara plucked a pair of Rinnegan from Nagato's corpse and placed them into his own eye sockets.
Retrieving his own Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara looked down at his hands and said, "It's fine. Let Uchiha Obito enjoy it for now."
Uchiha Madara looked at a certain rock.
Ripples appeared on the rock's surface like water. Orochimaru had no choice but to erge from the rock where he was hiding.
Orochimaru said, "The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Kushina, should currently be in Uzushiogakure."
Uchiha Madara asked, "Uzushiogakure? Wasn't that village completely destroyed?"
The Black and White Zetsu beside him said, "Konoha rebuilt Uzushiogakure. The remnants of the Uzumaki clan live in that village again."
Uchiha Madara said, "Let's go. Let's urge Uchiha Obito to absorb the complete Nine-Tails."
Uchiha Madara soon saw Uchiha Obito floating in the air, holding the Six Paths Staff, with Truth-Seeking Balls floating behind him.
Uchiha Madara's eyes changed slightly. Uchiha Obito was an ungrateful wretch, not following his plans at all. He hadn't created the Divine Tree or executed the Moon's Eye Plan, but had instead beco the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki first.
Uchiha Obito's body suddenly swelled up like a tumor.
The Ten-Tails' power was hard to control. After a long ti, Uchiha Obito finally returned to human form.
Uchiha Madara said, "Obito, your power is not stable and could collapse at any ti. Partial Nine-Tails power cannot balance the other Tailed Beasts' powers."
Uchiha Obito looked at Uchiha Madara, his expression complex. He hadn't expected Uchiha Madara to still be revived.
He didn't want to see Uchiha Madara. This man was too strong.
Black and White Zetsu spoke up to ease the atmosphere: "Let's go to the Land of Whirlpools. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina is in Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools."
Uzushiogakure was now a small town.
There were only about 40 households of shinobi here; most Uzumaki clan shinobi were still serving as shrine priests in shrines across the land.
Besides Uzumaki clan shinobi, there were also many civilians living here.
Kyōi was one of them.
Kyōi ran a small izakaya with two tables and a bar counter.
For twelve years, she had received no news of her son, Yozora.
That night, Kyōi suddenly saw many shinobi rushing outside the village.
There were Uzumaki clan shinobi and Konoha Military Police Force shinobi.
Kyōi felt waves of panic, not knowing who was attacking Uzushiogakure.
"Boss, don't worry!" At the bar counter, a white-haired old man said, "Give another drink!"
Kyōi gave the old man and the youth at the bar a drink each.
Jiraiya slowly savored the wine and said, "The Great Toad Sage made a prophecy, saying Uzushiogakure would be a turning point for the shinobi world's future. We ca to the right place. With Konoha's teleportation shrine as a deterrent, soone still dares to attack Uzushiogakure. Sothing big is indeed going to happen here."
Koishi Yakata stared at his hands, silent for a long ti.
Jiraiya looked at Yakata's appearance and asked, "Yakata, do you still want to restore the glory of the Land of Rivers' daimyō family?"
Kyōi couldn't help but take a few more glances at the red-haired youth. This young man's na and age were very similar to her son's.
"I gave up on that long ago," Koishi Yakata shook his head and said. "When I contacted my cousin and he chased away, I gave up. My cousin is the third son of my daimyō uncle. Even he gave up. What right do I have to decide on my own?"
Intense fighting erupted outside the village. Jiraiya glanced outside and saw the complete Nine-Tails.
He found it strange. Why hadn't Konoha reacted yet?
A nearby explosion sent a shockwave that blew open the izakaya's curtain.
Yakata shielded the izakaya's female owner, looking outside.
Jiraiya said, "There are quite a few enemies. Two people bypassed the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki's blockade and are attacking civilians in the village! Yakata, we'll take one each!"
Jiraiya rushed out, heading west. He recognized the enemy at first glance—it was Akatsuki's Kakuzu.
Yakata turned to Kyōi and said, "Don't worry, boss. I won't let them harm civilians!"
At that mont, a chakra arrow shot down, piercing through the izakaya.
The izakaya instantly turned to ruins.
Inside the Susano'o, Yozora frowned. He sensed a strong presence in the izakaya.
After destroying the izakaya, Yozora's pupils trembled violently. He was horified to see a red-haired youth carrying a woman on his shoulder, dodging his Susano'o arrow and landing on a nearby roof.
That woman... Who was that?
Yakata put Kyōi down. Kyōi looked up at the chakra giant.
Kyōi's expression also changed.
Although they hadn't seen each other for twelve years, the natural bond between mother and child made Kyōi recognize him at first glance.
"Yozora... Yozora, why are you here?"
Yozora looked at Kyōi in equal horror. There was no mistake, this was his mother! But... but he didn't accidentally kill his mother back in Konoha Village?
Joy mixed with panic, making Yozora's Susano'o unstable, dispersing in the wind.
Yozora stumbled toward Kyōi. Looking up at his mother on the roof, all the tornt of these years vanished in this mont.
He had followed Uchiha Obito, training desperately, honing his dojutsu, undergoing Hashirama cell transplants—all to destroy the world, to create a world with his mother, to complete the Moon's Eye Plan.
But now, seeing his mother again, Yozora suddenly felt the world had warmth.
The wind was warm, the moonlight was warm.
Koishi Yakata was about to attack but found the enemy had lost his fighting spirit, running toward them like a fool.
He dispersed the Rasengan in his palm, sensing no killing intent from this Uchiha shinobi onthe ground.
In Kyōi's eyes, Yozora at this mont was like a two-year-old babbling and running toward her.
Kyōi jumped down from the roof and hugged Yozora, who knelt on the ground.
"Yozora! Where have you been all these years?"
Yozora thought of the years hiding and fleeing with Uchiha Obito, evading the Fox, and didn't know how to answer.
Koishi Yakata stood on the roof, seeing his teacher Jiraiya easily suppressing Kakuzu, and continued looking outside the village.
Outside the village, the Nine-Tails was defeated by two powerful enemies.
One could float in the air; the other was inside a complete-body Susano'o.
Koishi Yakata found it very strange. When did the shinobi world have such powerful shinobi? Weren't they afraid of Konoha's Fox? Their strength was earth-shattering; even the Nine-Tails was no match for them.
Soon, the Nine-Tails was defeated.
Koishi Yakata saw the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki had the Nine-Tails extracted and fell from the sky.
Then, a blonde figure inexplicitly appeared instantly and took the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki away.
Inside Konoha Village.
Namikaze Minato appeared with Uzumaki Kushina at the Anbu headquarters, anxiously finding the Fox Minister.
Yōkō saw Kushina was conscious and said, "As expected of the Uzumaki clan, such strong vitality."
Minato said, "Lord Fox, a Jinchūriki will die if the Tailed Beast is extracted. Do you really have a way?"
"How could I joke about Kushina's life?" Yōkō said slowly. "I spread the Three Gods' faith to every corner of the shinobi world. The spiritual power of those who believe in the Three Gods gathers within . My spiritual energy has broken through the limits of shinobi, broken through the limits of Kage-level, reached Six Paths level, mastering Six Paths-level Yin Release power. The power of the Rinnegan is nothing more than that; I can create it too."
Yōkō closed his eyes and opened them again. His eyes were now Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
He continued, "I have mastered the crystallization refinent and particleization of the five basic chakra natures. My chakra control ability has broken through the limits of Kage-level, mastering Six Paths-level Yang Release power. The power of Truth-Seeking Balls is nothing more than that; I can create them too."
Truth-Seeking Balls appeared behind Yōkō, and the Six Paths Staff appeared in his hand.
"Plus, I have spent these twelve years studying all the Sage Arts of the three major holy lands. Saving Kushina's life is sothing I can do. Don't worry, I experinted with Iwagakure's Roshi. Extracting the Tailed Beast does not kill the Jinchūriki."
Yōkō reached out, pressing on Kushina's abdon.
Powerful Yang Release chakra surged out, replenishing Kushina's lost life force.
A few seconds later, Kushina's complexion improved significantly, and she could stand up on her own.
Yōkō said to Kushina, "Kushina, from now on, you can't borrow the Nine-Tails' power, nor do you need to suppress it."
Kushina said, "I just want to raise Naruto well. It's fine if I'm not a Jinchūriki anymore."
Minato looked at Kushina with a pained expression. Kushina had sacrificed too much for the village.
Minato asked, "Lord Fox, do we go to Uzushiogakure now?"
Yōkō shook his head. "Not quite ti yet. Don't rush. Those who should appear haven't all appeared."
Inside Uzushiogakure, Kyōi wiped away her tears and said, "Yozora, don't think such things anymore."
She took off the Iwagakure forehead protector from Yozora's head and said, "Twelve years. Ti has proven Konoha's teleportation era is better than the one-nation-one-village era. Don't cling to distinctions like Iwa-nin or Konoha-nin. Yozora, listen to your mother, don't cause trouble anymore, okay?"
Yozora nodded. "I'll listen to you, Mom."
Saying "Mom" made Yozora feel much more at ease.
All his guilt and burdens disappeared.
Koishi Yakata suddenly said, "I rember now! You're Yozora! We were both in the Konoha Ninja Academy for first and second grade. So you beca an Iwa-nin."
Yozora also recognized Koishi Yakata, that proud noble, and said, "You left Konoha even earlier than . What did you do?"
Koishi Yakata said, "Although I left Konoha, I went to train with Lord Jiraiya of Konoha. Although I hated Konoha for a while, I later accepted fate. The Land of Rivers indeed shouldn't be controlled by my family anymore. I'm stronger than you. I only hated Konoha for a period, but you betrayed Konoha!"
Yozora suddenly felt like he was back in childhood, always clashing with Koishi Yakata.
"Hmph," Yozora said. "I haven't done anything to betray Konoha either. Konoha is too strong. I've been hiding all these years."
A huge explosion sounded. The two looked outside the village simultaneously.
Koishi Yakata said, "Uzushiogakure is an important ally of Konoha. This village was once destroyed. As long as I'm here, I won't let the tragedy of history repeat."
Yozora glanced at Yakata from the corner of his eye. "I didn't expect you to be so righteous."
"Can't help it. My teacher is always peeping at won's baths, but he says Konoha changed the shinobi world. Won eat better, dress better, use better skincare products—the quality has improved a lot. Lord Jiraiya says Konoha's contribution is imnse."
Yozora said, "Then let's fight the enemies together, buy ti, drag it out until Konoha's main forces teleport here."
Kyōi really wanted to stop her son, not let Yozora take risks, but she suppressed the thought.
Her son had grown up, and his strength was considerable. She shouldn't interfere with his judgnt.
The two rushed outside the village.
Arriving outside, they saw the enemies: Rinnegan Uchiha Madara and Ten-Tails Jinchūriki Uchiha Obito.
Yakata murmured, "Let's try to buy as much ti as possible..."
Yozora said, "I know these enemies. They are very, very strong..."
Uchiha Madara looked at the two overestimating their abilities and said, "Obito, is that Yozora worth your high regard?"
Uchiha Obito said, "I don't know why he betrayed us either, but it doesn't matter."
He was already the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, fearing no surprises.
Over ten minutes later, Yakata and Yozora were beaten to the ground.
Yozora's Susano'o was completely outclassed by Uchiha Madara.
Koishi Yakata's Sage Mode was far from a match for the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki Obito.
As the two were near death, their souls suddenly arrived in a strange space.
The ground was rippling water. In the center of the water, an old man floated.
The old man slowly turned, revealing his true appearance.
"I am the embodint of peaceful order, nad Hagoromo..."
In both Yakata and Yozora's soul worlds, the opening line and voice were the sa.
The Sage of Six Paths was about to continue when his eyes suddenly changed!
Soone had invaded the two's soul worlds!
Yakata and Yozora suddenly turned their heads, seeing another floating person appear behind them.
Although they were ordinary students in the Konoha Ninja Academy, they had both heard of that Konoha Lord!
Anbu Head, the Fox!
"You've finally appeared, Sage of Six Paths. I've waited for you for twelve years."
The Sage of Six Paths stared at the Fox, sensing power of the sa level on him.
"You used shrines spread throughout the shinobi world to absorb spiritual power. You've also mastered all the shinobi arts and forbidden techniques of the world. Your power has grown so strong?"
Yōkō slowly raised his hands. "Sage of Six Paths, I wonder if this remnant soul of yours can withstand the strike I've prepared for twelve years! Super: Three Gods Soul-Grinding Technique!"
In both Yakata and Yozora's soul worlds, three towering divine statues appeared.
Yakata and Yozora looked up, only seeing the lower halves of the blood-red divine statues. The upper halves seed infinitely tall, vanishing into the darkness above.
The three deities raised their hands simultaneously. A triangular prism-shaped barrier appeared between the three gods.
The barrier was slamd down, crushing toward the Sage of Six Paths.
The Sage of Six Paths asked in confusion, "Why do you hate so much?"
Yōkō said, "Soul not belonging to this world, your so-called order caused a millennium of war, death, and chaos in the shinobi world. Facts have proven your failure. If you don't die, the shinobi world will have another millennium of war, death, and chaos."
The Sage of Six Paths did not wait for death either. He couldn't cede control of the shinobi world to an ambitious Fox.
He imdiately summoned the souls of past Kage from the Pure Land.
However, the Fox seed to know he possessed this ability.
From the Shinigami deity statue, seventeen translucent Shinigami hands covered in sealing formulas extended.
The Shinigami hands grabbed the seventeen already-dead Kage, instantly crushing all their souls, sending them back to the Pure Land.
"Soul-manipulating Sage of Six Paths, I will eventually fortify the Pure Land, letting all deceased souls perish completely."
The Sage of Six Paths tried to do sothing else, but the soul-grinding barrier smashed down, completely crushing him.
After dealing with the Sage of Six Paths, Yōkō looked at Yakata and Yozora in their respective soul worlds.
"You two brats! Each of you go ho to your mothers!"
Yōkō reached out, slapping Yakata and Yozora's abdons.
The two souls were sent flying backward. Simultaneously, a weakened soul from within each of them flew out backward even faster.
Those were the constantly reincarnating souls of Asura and Indra.
The Three Gods Soul-Grinding Technique descended again, completely destroying the remnant souls of Asura and Indra.
Six Paths-level Yang Release chakra poured into the two bodies. Their near-death lives received life-saving water, and they revived.
In the real world, Yakata and Yozora opened their eyes, seeing a man standing before them—Konoha's Anbu Head, the Fox.
Yōkō had long engraved Flying Thunder God formulas on his two sons, ready to pull them out anyti.He turned to Yakata and Yozora. "Go to Uzushiogakure, evacuate the villagers through the teleportation shrine as soon as possible."
The simple order made Yakata and Yozora completely unable to resist. It was their first ti facing the Fox directly, yet they obeyed as if under a bloodline suppression.
The two left the battlefield, hurrying to evacuate civilians.
Yōkō turned to face Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito.
Uchiha Madara summoned the Nine-Tails and clad it in Armored Susano'o.
"Uchiha Madara, why don't you let Obito absorb the Nine-Tails to beco the true Ten-Tails Jinchūriki?"
Uchiha Obito also glanced sideways at Uchiha Madara. He hadn't expected Madara to guard against him like this.
"Uchiha Obito is a bit of a hindrance now, don't you think, Uchiha Madara?"
Yōkō disappeared instantly.
When Yōkō reappeared, he was behind Uchiha Obito, using Anotejikara.
Yōkō had deciphered all abilities in the shinobi world, even those of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
One could say Yōkō was the answer to the shinobi world.
The Truth-Seeking Balls behind Uchiha Obito suddenly expanded into a spherical curved surface, protecting his back.
However, Yōkō casually waved his hand, unleashing a space-ti ninjutsu that tore through the Truth-Seeking Balls.
An All-Killing Ash Bones spike shot out, piercing Uchiha Obito's heart.
Uchiha Obito was horrified to find his Six Paths power was no match for the Fox's.
Uchiha Obito's body rapidly crumbled.
All-Killing Ash Bones were the particleization of the five basic chakra natures, plus Yang and Yin Release. Anything it touched would be reduced to dust.
After Uchiha Obito's death, the eight Tailed Beasts were released.
Uchiha Madara looked at the Fox, his eyes full of excitent. "Uchiha Obito was always wary of . I should thank you for releasing these beasts."
Yōkō thought to himself, many people should thank him. Soon, Black Zetsu would have to thank him too.
Madara absorbed the nine Tailed Beasts, transforming into Six Paths Madara, and summoned the Divine Tree.
A third eye appeared on Six Paths Madara's forehead—a blood-red Tomoe Rinnegan.
Infinite Tsukuyomi activated. Wherever the blood moon shone, the Divine Tree grew over every corner of the shinobi world, hanging everyone on its branches and roots.
Chakra from the entire shinobi world converged toward the Divine Tree.
A red moon hung in the sky, with tomoe and Rinnegan spirals on its surface.
Yōkō thought, co. Only with sufficient chakra convergence could the Progenitor of Chakra, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, appear.
Those hanging on the Divine Tree wouldn't die. As long as Yōkō was fast enough, they would just have an extra beautiful dream tonight.
Yōkō's power was imnse. The red moon's light had no effect on him.
"The Moon's Eye Plan has begun. The mistakes Hashirama made will be corrected by . I will sever the world's suffering, pain, and emptiness..."
Thump!
Black Zetsu's arm suddenly pierced through Six Paths Madara's back and out his chest, bringing forth a spray of blood.
Similar to the original plot, after Uchiha Madara beca the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, Six Paths Madara, he was sneak-attacked by Black Zetsu like a joke.
All chakra converged into Uchiha Madara's body. Finally, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya appeared.
Black Zetsu cried out, "I should thank you, Fox. Otherwise, Uchiha Madara would have been hard to deal with..."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya sensed her surroundings and said, "This world is my nursery for cultivating and absorbing chakra. I didn't expect a parasite like you to appear in my garden. You seem to possess so of my lineage, but it's not innate; you acquired it through so ans later. Your strength is considerable. Don't damage my nursery."
The world before them instantly transford. Yōkō appeared in a world of molten lava.
This was within Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Anominaka, a world instantly entered, woven from chakra: lava, ice and snow, super-gravity spaces, etc.
Yōkō floated in the lava world, suddenly rembering how, in the original story, Naruto used the Reverse Harem Technique, transforming into countless handso guys, to suppress Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
If Naruto can do it, can't I, Yōkō?
Yōkō threw away the fox mask, removed his face covering, revealing his true face.
Three seconds later, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya rely glanced down at the fox mask burning on the lava, not understanding.
Yōkō was stunned.
What was going on?
What did this an?
I can't seduce you?
This was humiliation, blatant humiliation!
Henceforth, the battle with you, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, turned from public enmity to private hatred! I must kill you!
Yōkō waved a hand.
"Water Release: Crystal Mist!"
Countless crystallized Water Release chakra sprayed from Yōkō's hands. The chakra crystal mist touched the lava, instantly cooling it.
The crimson world quickly dimd, the glowing lava turning into dull gray stone.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya frowned. The man opposite her was strong; his water attribute chakra was not inferior tohers.
"Hair Needle Senbon!"
Sharp needles shot from the several-ter-long hair behind Kaguya.
However, the needles rapidly decelerated upon flying into the crystal mist, encountering imnse resistance and stopping mid-air.
Yōkō waved his hand. The crystal mist continued expanding, rushing toward Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
The next instant, the surrounding world suddenly switched from lava to an ice and snow world.
All the crystal mist turned into snowflakes in the low temperature, slowly falling.
Yōkō nodded repeatedly. As expected of the source of the shinobi world's chakra, the Rabbit Goddess.
Sharp ice spikes thrust from the ground's icebergs, stabbing toward Yōkō.
Yōkō waved his hand. Four Scorch Release fireballs appeared around him.
The ice spikes lted instantly upon touching the Scorch Release fireballs.
Black Zetsu, inside Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's sleeve, said, "Mother, this person is too strong. He manipulates chakra nature transformations effortlessly..."
Yōkō waved his hand. The Scorch Release fireballs suddenly exploded.
Crystallized Fire Release chakra spread in all directions.
An expanding golden nebula appeared around Yōkō, each star point a crystallized Fire Release chakra particle.
"Crystallized Fire Release: Golden Clouds!"
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's ice and snow world rapidly lted.
Before the golden clouds enveloped Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, she prepared to switch worlds again.
However, this crystallized attack was just a feint. Yōkō himself instantly appeared behind Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Anotejikara!
Crystal mist, golden clouds—one water, one fire. Massive amounts of crystallized Water Release and Fire Release chakra collided and annihilated, turning into formless chakra.
Unknowingly, Yōkō and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's surroundings were already filled with Yōkō's formless chakra.
This formless chakra was the dium for Yōkō's Anotejikara.
Instantly appearing behind Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Yōkō punched her in the back of the head.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was slamd into the ground like a cannonball.
The icebergs on the ground lted, turning into an ocean.
Yōkō felt the effect of taijutsu on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. The sensation indicated her skull was fractured.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!"
A black spatial gate appeared beside Yōkō. Ōtsutsuki Kaguya charged out from the portal.
In her hands were chakra fists. Countless dense chakra fists pounded toward Yōkō.
Yōkō's figure vanished again, dodging the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
Floating in the air, staring at Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Yōkō said, "Testing is over. Next..."
Sharp spikes shot from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's palms—the Kekkei Mōra, All-Killing Ash Bones.
She saw Yōkō create three Wood Clones.
The three Wood Clones flew in different directions, surrounding Ōtsutsuki Kaguya from three sides.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya cautiously watched the three wooden figures. Finally, she saw them rapidly grow into three Thousand-Handed Wooden Humans!
Surrounded by the sound of Wood Release, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya knew the All-Killing Ash Bones spikes in her palms were no match.
She quickly transford into the Tailed Beast form. A white nine-tailed beast appeared, absorbing chakra from the shinobi world. The chakra of shinobi hanging on the Divine Tree was rapidly absorbed.
Soon, Kaguya's Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball appeared.
Yōkō stood atop one wooden human, looking down at the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball. "Let's have a direct clash! Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!"
"Spiral Thousand Hands!"
On the palms of one wooden human's thousand hands, giant Rasengan appeared one after another.
Yōkō's chakra reserves were enormous, enhanced by Sage Arts, Three Gods divine techniques, etc., combining the Rasengan with the Deva's Thousand Hands.
"All-Killing Thousand Hands!"
On the palms of another wooden human's thousand hands, dense All-Killing Ash Bones spikes grew.
Yōkō, who understood all chakra secrets, had replicated the All-Killing Ash Bones—essentially just an enhanced version of Dust Release.
"Crystallized Thousand Hands!"
On the palms of the third wooden human's thousand hands, handfuls of crystallized chakra appeared.
Fire Release: Golden Clouds, Water Release: Crystal Mist, Wind Release: Gas Sea, Earth Release: Dust Storm, Lightning Release: Electric Clouds.
This was the crystallized chakra version of the Five Elents Unrivalled Attack.
Any one of these three Thousand-Handed Wooden Humans could not be withstood by anyone in the shinobi world.
The three wooden humans attacked the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball simultaneously.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya beside the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball looked deathly pale.
Why was there such a powerful shinobi?
"It's not over yet!"
Yōkō clasped his hands together again, summoning the Three Gods.
The Vidyārāja, the Shinigami, the Evil God—the Three Gods each appeared atop the three Thousand-Handed Wooden Humans.
This was the enhanced version of Top Transformation: Buddha—Top Transformation: Deity!
The Three Gods perford divine techniques together.
"Super: Three Gods Soul-Grinding Technique!"
The triangular prism-shaped barrier smashed down toward Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
He had studied the Three Gods' soul-based abilities, vowing to utterly erase Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's soul here.
The Sage of Six Paths, Asura, Indra, and their ancestor Ōtsutsuki Kaguya—all must die!
The three Thousand-Handed Wooden Humans' attacks were physical; the Three Gods' attack was spiritual. The two did not interfere.
Giant Rasengan, wooden-hand All-Killing Ash Bones, crystallized Five Elents Unrivalled Attack—these three attacks suppressed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's body completely.
The Three Gods Soul-Grinding Technique's barrier passed through countless wooden hands, crushing down on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
In an instant, the Black Zetsu inside Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's sleeve was completely killed, its soul ground to pieces by the Three Gods.
The Three Gods' shrines were built in every town of the shinobi world. The Three Gods were no ordinary deities; they were deities jointly worshiped by the entire shinobi world.
If the Ōtsutsuki aggregate cland the shinobi world's total chakra, then the Three Gods aggregated the shinobi world's total spiritual energy.
White light emanated from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya as she resisted the Three Gods with all her might.
However, the white light shattered, annihilated under the Three Gods' barrier.
The world suddenly brightened.
The night sky shone as bright as day.
Unfortunately, everyone was hanging on the Divine Tree's branches and roots spread across the world. Besides Yōkō, no one witnessed such a spectacular scene.
After decades of planning, Yōkō finally killed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
The Divine Tree died. Its roots and branches dissipated. Everyone fell from the tree.
Yōkō touched his face and created a fox mask using Wood Release.
The mysterious Anbu Head was busy with official duties, managing his ti well. This way, none of his dozen or so won could call him a scumbag, right?
—End of Book.
(End of Chapter)
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