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"Mabui, please deliver the message."
"But... Samui, those kids said they can handle it. They're Konoha's new generation. Besides, Uchiha Sasuke himself said Lord Naruto sent them."
Samui shook her head, her expression hard under the flickering lights.
"It's because they're the new generation that we have to take them seriously."
"Before he left, Lord Raikage made it clear—if the masked Uchiha, Madara, appears, let Yugito deal with him alone. We must not let the village become the battlefield."
Ma Buyi nodded slightly.
"Understood. I'll send the message to Konoha right away."
Meanwhile, outside the Hidden Cloud Village—
Yugito stood up with difficulty, covered in blood and barely holding on.
"Damn it... Matatabi, give me more chakra!"
Inside the sealed space, the Two-Tails—Matatabi—shook her head.
"No. If I give you more, your body won't hold. You'll pass out immediately. You have to retreat."
"I can't run," Yugito muttered, her voice strained. "If I do... the Hidden Cloud is finished."
From ahead came Obito's cold voice:
"Mission complete. Target: Two-Tails—secured."
Obito walked toward her.
Yugito gritted her teeth, ready to force a transformation—consequences be damned—when several figures appeared in front of her.
"Tch... what a drag. Guess I've gotta step up," Shikamaru sighed, instantly entering combat mode.
He dropped low, forming hand seals.
Choji patted his stomach. "After this, I want braised pork for dinner!"
His body expanded rapidly until he stood over ten meters tall.
The shadow stretched forward.
"Ninja Art: Shadow Imitation Technique!"
As Choji's giant shadow reached Obito, Shikamaru released chakra—
Whoosh—
The shadow passed harmlessly through Obito's body.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Boom—!
Sasuke led the next wave of attacks. As expected, Obito slipped through them using his intangibility.
"Byakugan!"
"Byakugan!"
Neji and Hinata activated their dojutsu in unison.
"I can't see him clearly... Hinata?" Neji asked.
"There's... a part of him that's missing."
Hinata frowned. Then, stepping forward, she murmured, "Let me try something."
Her Byakugan shimmered with an unusual violet hue.
Obito's eyes narrowed. Her Byakugan... it was different.
Rather than confront her, he retreated underground.
"Now!" Tenten shouted.
She and Sakura slammed their fists into the ground.
The earth split with explosive force, forcing Obito to abandon his dive.
Surrounded by a storm of flying debris, Obito's body turned ethereal again.
Hinata surged forward—chakra forming twin lion heads around her fists.
"Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
Her strikes rained down like a storm.
Obito blocked with the Uchiha Gunbai fan.
At the same moment, Sasuke's Susanoo charged in.
He punched down with chakra-enhanced force, unleashing Chidori Stream.
Swoosh—!
Obito countered with a Yin–Yang Release black rod, launching it backhand at Sasuke while escaping the combat zone.
In mid-air, Obito formed hand seals:
"Fire Style: Flame Fan Dance!"
Space distorted around him—the power of Kamui. He unleashed flames, which fused into a whirling storm.
The swirling inferno surged toward the allied shinobi.
Ino canceled her attempt to use her clan's secret technique—the battlefield was far too chaotic.
She joined Sakura and Tenten to form a triangle formation around Obito.
Hinata closed in as well, trying to trap him.
Sasuke withstood the fire using his Susanoo.
"Fifth Gate: Gate of Limit—Open!"
Rock Lee appeared behind Obito in a blur, landing a powerful blow—
Crack!
His punch connected with Obito's waist.
"Huh?!"
Obito's body had just begun turning intangible—but too late.
"Kakashi!!"
Boom—!
A second blow smashed into Obito's other side. He spat blood.
Whoosh—!
Obito instantly used Kamui to teleport, vanishing from the battlefield.
"I can't keep holding back my eye's power for you…"
Scowling, he prepared to enter the Kamui dimension for a 1v1 against Kakashi.
But just then—he froze.
Uchiha Madara had arrived.
Obito's eyes widened in shock. This wasn't supposed to happen.
He didn't have time to phase through the attack.
To enter the Kamui dimension, he had to become solid.
"Useless trash."
Madara sneered and ripped the Rinnegan from Obito's left eye socket.
"AAAAAGHHHH!!!"
Obito screamed in agony.
"His life is mine!"
Sasuke charged in with the second form of Susanoo.
Crash!
He was instantly knocked away by Madara's fully-formed Susanoo.
Its colossal figure loomed over them all.
Madara calmly returned the Rinnegan to his own eye.
Susanoo mirrored him, reaching out to grab the fleeing Yugito.
With a single strike, Madara reminded the rookie shinobi:
They were not on the same level.
Killer B grabbed Sasuke and turned to run.
No matter what Hinata and the others did, their attacks couldn't even scratch the Complete Susanoo.
They could only watch—helplessly—as Madara captured Yugito.
Obito, covering his bleeding eye, quickly fled to the Kamui dimension.
He had a fighting chance in a duel with Kakashi.
But staying here?
He'd be annihilated.
He wasn't afraid of the rookies individually—but together, they were too much. Especially now that he had no backup... not even the Six Paths of Pain.
"Why... why is he back... Another Rinnegan... Black Zetsu?!"
Kamui Dimension—
"Yo, been a while. Got any new books?"
Obito looked up slowly—Kakashi was already waiting, calmly flipping through a fresh copy of Icha Icha Tactics.
"Kakashi!!!"
"Again and again…"
"Give Rin back to me!"
Kakashi said nothing. His expression was unreadable.
Back in the real world, Hashirama wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes sharpening as he watched Uchiha Madara fly off into the distance.
"Just wait…" he muttered coldly.
"When I transplant Itachi's Mangekyō, my Susanoo won't lose to yours!"
"Sasuke, are you okay?"
Kiba gently lowered him down from Akamaru's back.
Sasuke waved him off, eyes half-lidded with fatigue. But then his gaze narrowed.
"…Kiba, do you have another dog besides Akamaru?"
???
Kiba blinked. "What? Sasuke, what are you talking about?"
He held up two fingers and waved them in front of Sasuke's face.
"How many fingers?"
Sasuke squinted. "Two… no, four?"
There was a long silence. Then Kiba turned to the rest of the group and shouted:
"It's over! Sasuke's eyes are busted!"
Madara had escaped with Yugito in tow. And now, Sasuke's eyes were failing him again.
Shikamaru frowned, rubbing his temples. "No point chasing them. Even if we catch up, we can't do anything in our current state. Let's take Sasuke back first."
Everyone reluctantly nodded in agreement.
Uchiha Madara's Complete Susanoo had left a chilling pressure behind — a reminder that they weren't even playing the same game anymore.
Meanwhile, Madara soared toward Iwagakure.
Elsewhere, Black Zetsu initiated a large-scale operation with a horde of 100,000 White Zetsu.
Like a living tide, the White Zetsu fanned out across the land.
"Infiltrate every corner of the shinobi world!"
"Use transformation jutsu — blend in!"
Black Zetsu finally let out a breath as the sea of White Zetsu began dispersing.
But then — something strange happened.
A dozen Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands appeared out of nowhere, towering over the field.
White Zetsu that had just begun scattering froze in place.
The closest one began trembling uncontrollably.
That fear spread like wildfire.
Black Zetsu felt a chill rise up his spine.
"…What's going on?"
Even he started trembling.
No… this can't be happening!
"I'm loyal to Mother… Kaguya-sama is the supreme being! There's no way I'd fall like these brainless clones…"
"Naruto-sama!"
One of the White Zetsu knelt.
Then another.
And another.
Each step from the wood giant sent waves of Zetsu collapsing to their knees.
"Naruto-sama!"
"Obito is in Hidden Cloud!"
"He went after the Two-Tails Jinchūriki!"
"Ah~ Naruto-sama~"
"Uchiha Madara's been resurrected~!"
Naruto's shadow clones, monitoring the scene, were immediately overwhelmed by the barrage of fanboying Zetsu.
"Naruto-sama~ I want to give you all my answers~"
The clones stared, expressionless.
"…This one must be that special White Zetsu that merges with Yamato later… Tobi, or rather, Afei, right?"
One clone narrowed his eyes and stepped closer to inspect the chattering Zetsu.
He looked them over.
"…They're different from standard White Zetsu. It's not just strength… they have independent thought. They evolved."
"Maybe… all 100,000 of them can evolve into 100,000 Afei."
"I'll take these 10,000 White Zetsu to Madara's base. You guys keep up the pursuit."
The shadow clones exchanged glances.
Seeing that the Buddha avatar was no longer their concern, they nodded and flew off without hesitation.
Along the way, the swarming White Zetsu broke into a frenzy.
"Naruto-sama~!"
"Black Zetsu is just ahead! I'll hold him off for you!"
"Ah~ please, let me take one more breath of your chakra~!"
"..."
The clone left behind rubbed his temples, already regretting his life choices.
With a sigh, he began issuing orders to redirect the White Zetsu.
At the same time, the massive chakra stored in the dozen Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands Buddhas was redirected—channeled straight into the White Zetsu army.
"Afei, I need your help."
"Of course, Naruto-sama! Even if I have to kill myself, I won't hesitate for you!"
"Naruto-sama~ could you… give me your answer soon?"
The clone twitched, visibly uncomfortable.
He placed a hand on Afei's chest, closing his eyes in concentration.
After a moment, he muttered, "As expected… a clone's chakra output isn't enough. The real me will have to test this himself."
He straightened up and looked down at the sea of White Zetsu below, all gazing at him with fanatical devotion.
"If I calculate it out…"
He stroked his chin, thinking.
"Roughly 500 basic White Zetsu can be fused into one White Zetsu Afei-level soldier. That gives me… 200 high-tier units."
He narrowed his eyes.
"And with Afei's amplification ability—if we combine that with Yamato's control and the Hollow's power… even a 'youth version' of True Several Thousand Hands could be released."
"If we can tether their chakra network to a tailed beast…"
He stopped and shook his head.
"Better let the original body think through that mess."
The clone winced again. The Zetsu army was just too loud.
He couldn't even begin to imagine the decibel level if all 100,000 started praising Naruto in unison.
Meanwhile…
Black Zetsu trembled as he fled. His legs were barely moving right.
That burning feeling—that pull—it kept spreading inside him.
The Ten-Tails was the divine tree.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was the embodiment of that tree.
And yet… Naruto's chakra had already surpassed the sacred tree itself.
Which meant…
Everything born from the tree—including himself—had no right to resist Naruto.
Of course, Black Zetsu was… special.
But the temptation Naruto gave off was just too strong.
Even for him.
At the same time, outside Konoha—
Two figures arrived in silence.
Uchiha Itachi coughed lightly, his breath shallow.
"Kisame, I'll wait here. Please… go on ahead."
Kisame raised an eyebrow with a teasing grin.
"What's wrong? Can't keep up anymore?"
Itachi gave a faint nod, wiping blood from the corner of his lips.
But his eyes were drawn to the girl standing nearby.
Kisame narrowed his eyes as he placed Samehada down.
"She's the one? Good. As long as she's here, I can safely deliver the letter."
Itachi took a cautious step back, his brows furrowing.
The girl stood before a wooden easel, completely absorbed in her art.
On the canvas, she was painting… the mountaintop they were standing on.
Swoosh—
Her brush suddenly dropped, carving a bright white streak across the painting—like lightning splitting the canvas.
Boom. Boom.
Kisame instantly sensed the shift in chakra.
His instincts screamed danger.
He leapt back and brought Samehada in front of him defensively.
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