Splash, splash—splash, splash—
Hidden Rain Village's rain seed to have never ceased since the village's birth. Lead-gray clouds pressed low against the horizon, swallowing all light, leaving only endless, cold rain threads whipping the towering iron towers, damp streets, and that eternally turbulent sea surface beyond the village.
"Pat... pat..."
Regular footsteps penetrated the rainstorm's clamor and ocean waves' roar, coming from the sea surface.
A figure, ignoring the raging waves below capable of swallowing giant ships, walked step by step across the undulating sea surface as if traversing flat land.
Seawater depressed and rippled beneath his feet yet couldn't touch him in the slightest.
Howling wind whipped the hem and cloak behind him as he slowly advanced toward Hidden Rain Village.
In the sky, countless paper sheets scattered like snow. They danced against the rain, gathering, finally condensing above the sea into a slender figure wearing a black robe embroidered with red clouds—Konan.
She hovered in the air, paper wings slightly spreading behind her. Raindrops fell on the paper yet bizarrely slid off, unable to wet them at all.
The two faced each other across dozens of ters of sea and rain.
"Is Obito here?"
nma's voice penetrated wind and rain. No interrogation, no provocation—more like a confirming inquiry.
Konan fell silent for a mont, rainwater sliding down her pale cheeks. "We cannot directly command that man." Her voice carried its usual coldness. "Must things truly reach this point?"
"I don't want war either. But this is unavoidable."
He raised his head slightly. "I don't want everyone around to beco things like White Zetsu in the future."
Beco White Zetsu?
This statent made Konan's brow furrow. She didn't quite understand what it ant.
"I can explain clearly." nma continued. "However, your companion wielding the Rinnegan... currently remains intoxicated by the power illusion those eyes bring. Whatever I say now, he won't listen, will he?"
SPLASH—!
The rainstorm intensified, hamring the sea surface and stirring countless white foams.
A plain white paper sheet falling from Konan's wing edge, swept by wild wind, lightly settled on the sea before nma—
Swish! Swish!
Two figures burst from beneath the churning sea without warning! So fast they left only blurred afterimages and water trails in the rain!
One wielded a vicious giant blade wide as a door, edge viciously slashing toward nma's neck! The other held two oddly-shaped serrated swords, swiftly stabbing toward nma's knee bends!
The timing, angles, coordination—all were absolutely lethal!
However—
Snap!
A light sound.
nma didn't even fully turn his head. He simply casually raised his left hand, palm precisely pressing against that giant blade's edge slashing at his neck!
No harsh tallic clash—the slash was firmly blocked by a single palm, unable to advance an inch!
Simultaneously, his right foot casually stepped forward, landing precisely on those sword tips stabbing toward his legs! Both swords were steadily pressed beneath his foot. No matter how their wielder exerted force, they didn't budge.
These two lethal combined strikes sufficient to instantly kill jonin couldn't even wrinkle nma's coat hem.
nma's gaze calmly swept over the two attackers who'd suddenly appeared, faces unable to hide shock, and their signature ninja blades.
"I see..."
"Juzo Biwa, and Raiga Kurosuki?"
"Lightning—send him to his grave!!"
Seeing their joint ambush fail, Raiga imdiately poured all his Lightning Release chakra crazily into his Lightning Blades: Kiba! The twin swords clashed, erupting with blinding pale white lightning!
BOOM—!!!
A lightning pillar tore through the rain, viciously striking where nma stood!
Simultaneously, Juzo had already withdrawn rapidly, hands forming seals.
"I bear no grudge against you, but this is the mission! Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!"
White mist rose from nowhere on the sea, spreading rapidly. In an eyeblink it enveloped several hundred ters of sea area! Vision was completely stripped away.
However, nma at the lightning strike's center showed not even the slightest intention of dodging.
He let that destructive lightning pillar completely swallow him.
The blinding lightning faded, water vapor steaming.
nma's figure reappeared—
Completely unhard.
Forget injuries—even that seemingly ordinary black robe showed not the slightest scorch mark or damage.
"..."
From within the mist ca Raiga's sharp intake of breath.
nma stood quietly on the sea surface. Around him, an invisible, intangible yet soul-"stagnating" strange force field quietly perated.
Divine Art: Absolute Stillness
Power sourced from the [Star Eye], communing with the universe's origin. It represented that planet within nma's body—located at the solar system's edge, possessing the universe's most extre low temperature and violent storms, symbolizing "isolation" and "absolute stasis."
Neptune's granted [Stellar Chakra].
This technique ford a microscopic-level "energy stasis field" around the user.
Any energy form attempting to invade this field—whether ninjutsu, chakra impact, or pure physical attacks—their internal molecular or atomic motion would be forcibly decelerated until completely stopped, thus losing all kinetic energy and destructiveness.
Simply put, absolute immunity to ninjutsu and taijutsu.
Stellar power had completely brought Naruto into a realm surpassing Six Paths.
The entire solar system—every planet granted one unique "Divine Art" to the traveler resonating with the stars.
Naruto's only frustration was—whenever he comprehended a Divine Art, its "true na" would imdiately surface in his mind like a brand, as if the planet itself was telling him, not even giving him a chance to think up a cooler na...
"Summoning Jutsu!"
A fierce shout pierced the fog!
"ROAR—!!!"
With an earsplitting roar, a massive creature's outline violently burst through the dense fog! An extrely bizarre monster, pale all over, with fleshy wings on its back. Its body looked like several ferocious animals crudely stitched together, emanating chaotic and violent aura!
Not Pain's Six Paths' distinctively featured summons, but more like... so kind of artificially synthesized weapon.
"Chira Technique... Hiruko's handiwork?"
nma's voice remained steady, carrying assessnt. "Looks like your [Akatsuki] has still recruited quite a few 'interesting' talents."
The stitched chira locked onto nma, releasing bloodthirsty shrieks. Its mountain-sized body carried foul wind as it swung claws, charging violently toward nma who wasn't even as large as its finger.
"Susanoo!"
Just as the giant claw was about to strike down—
A towering crimson half-body energy giant—skeleton, muscles, armor instantly ford, emanating forest-stern ocular power fluctuations!
Uchiha Shisui wearing an animal mask appeared before nma, controlling the red Susanoo's arms, forcibly blocking the chira's mountain-toppling assault!
BOOM—!!!
Two great powers collided. The shockwave violently displaced surrounding seawater, forming a brief ring-shaped vacuum!
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Almost simultaneously, a low voice ca from another direction.
Another figure appeared on nearby sea surface rocks. A masked monster bizarrely "erged" from behind him. The masked monster opened wide its mouth—
WHOOSH—!!!
Violent hurricane burst from its mouth! The wind pressure was so strong it instantly dispersed and swept away the dense fog perating the sea surface!
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