noveldepot Chapter 625 Reinforcements from Another World
Chapter 625 Reinforcements from Another World
"Hyuga Neji, and... Gaara?!"
Satsuki raised her hand and rubbed her Mangekyou Sharingan. Her surprise far surpassed Naruto's, because for her, Neji's presence here represented something completely different from Naruto's. If Neji hadn't suddenly stood on Akatsuki's side in this capacity, she wouldn't have realized that she had been in this world for two whole days, yet she hadn't seen Hyuga Neji even once.
Now he appeared, with the horizontal scratch across his forehead guard, the mark of a traitorous ninja.
After his initial surprise, Naruto quickly found the corresponding clues in his memory bank.
Yes, that's true. When he first took action in the ninja world under the alias "Menma," he did something that involved saving Neji's father.
When Neji was still so young, after learning that his father was still alive, the child offered his complete loyalty and asked to become a part of his power.
But Naruto refused. The reasons for his refusal were simple. First, Neji was simply too young at the time. Second, Hizashi's attitude was different. As a father, Hizashi preferred that his son stay in Konoha, make friends, meet his teachers, and live the life a normal child should have, rather than following an unidentified masked man, hiding and fighting against the world.
As for Gaara, the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had already died by then, so Naruto allowed Gaara to return to Sunagakure to live with his older brother and sister. The two people he let go are now standing opposite him, wearing Akatsuki uniforms, as his enemies.
"Everyone, hold that woman back." Mai's voice came from behind the fox mask in the sky. "I'll take the Nine-Tails myself."
"Wait a minute! Isn't it a bit too underhanded to fight one against many?!" Satsuki shouted loudly from inside the protective shield of Susanoo towards the figure in the sky that was giving orders.
Her voice was filled with genuine dissatisfaction. Two against twelve, if you don't consider the difference in strength between the units, just looking at the number of people, it was indeed an absolute one-sided advantage.
However, Mai began forming hand seals again. One after another, pale blue characters appeared out of thin air, hovering around her body.
"Nine-faced Suvaha".
"Blue, white, vermilion, black, void, south, north, three, jade."
All nine characters lit up. Mai clasped her hands together. "Nine-Faced Beast!"
The figures descended from the sky, landing one after another on the ruined ground behind Mai.
The Azure Dragon coiled on the left, the White Tiger crouched on the right, the Vermilion Bird spread its burning wings and hovered in mid-air, the Black Tortoise's shell was like a mobile fortress, slowly raising its head, the spirit snake coiled around a broken stone pillar, the Southern Dipper Immortal and the Northern Dipper Immortal stood side by side, the Celestial Maiden floated at the highest point, and the Grim Reaper stood at the very back, holding a scythe in his hand.
Each of them wore the same fox mask as Mai. Nine identical fox masks, plus Mai herself in the sky, made a total of ten, all looking down at the two people on the ground from different heights and angles.
have to.
Naruto looked at the Nine-Faced Beast and all the Akatsuki members lined up neatly in front of him, and his lips twitched slightly. Now it wasn't twelve against two, but twenty-one.
"Satsuki." Naruto suddenly turned his head to look at Satsuki standing beside him. Naruto noticed that her expression was a little off. "Are you alright? Are you in a bad mood?"
"...It's nothing. It's just..." Satsuki's gaze swept over the dense array of fox masks before him, over the rogue ninja in Akatsuki robes. Naruto must have looked like this when he was little. Facing such a large group of people who harbored ill will towards him, he didn't understand why they were targeting him, nor what he had done wrong.
Her fingers tightened slightly. "It's really annoying. But it's okay." She looked up, her Mangekyou Sharingan igniting again in her eye sockets. "Let's go together and crush them."
Naruto looked at Satsuki's profile and sighed softly.
Indeed, he was all too familiar with the feeling of being faced with so many hostile gazes. But he didn't let this low mood linger for long.
The Akatsuki members did not rush forward. Not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't. Satsuki's Susanoo stood like a high purple wall in front of them, but what they feared even more was the brutal memory of their defeat in the previous round. All twelve of them had attacked together, only to be instantly killed one by one by this blond youth in just a few minutes, without even being able to withstand a single move.
Although Mai had healed them all with the Vajra Sealing Technique, the fear of being punched and hammered into the ground hadn't subsided. Everyone unconsciously kept their distance, and no one took the first step.
"No, Satsuki." However, Naruto suddenly spoke up. "We also have reinforcements."
"...Reinforcements?" Zuo Yue turned to look at him, her brows furrowing slightly. Her gaze unconsciously swept across the distance. "Where are they? I can't sense them... Oh! I see!"
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and her Mangekyou Sharingan's gaze locked onto Tsunade and the Anbu members who were cautiously watching from behind the ruins in the distance. Her finger was already raised. "Naruto, wait a minute, I'm coming—"
"It wasn't them!"
Naruto reacted quickly, grabbing Sasuke's right wrist, which was already aimed at Tsunade, and pulling her back half a step.
A bead of cold sweat almost broke out on his forehead. With Zuo Yue's current eye power, if she really used her illusion technique, Tsunade and the Anbu members probably wouldn't even know how they were controlled.
He quickly explained, "It's not these reinforcements, it's others. The seniors are all very easy to talk to, Zuo Yue, you just stay here and watch, leave it to me."
Satsuki didn't understand, but obediently put her hand down.
Naruto closed his eyes and then opened them. In one eye socket, the pupil, which was originally as blue as a clear sky, was instantly replaced by another color.
Blackness spread outward from the depths of the pupil until the entire iris turned a deep, pure black, devoid of light. And in the center of this pure blackness, a golden pupil slowly emerged, like the only star still burning in the very center of the night.
It does not belong to any known lineage of eye techniques. 【Star Eye】.
"...What is that eye?" Mai frowned. She knew every form and stage of the Rinnegan, and she also understood the existence and principles of the Tenseigan, but the black eye with gold pupils in front of her did not match any of the eye techniques in her knowledge system.
That was something completely separate from all the bloodline limits she knew.
The next moment, golden doors appeared out of thin air on the battlefield. Not one, but several. Around Susanoo, in all directions of the Akatsuki army, and among the remaining ruins, one golden door after another emerged from the void, each door radiating a warm light.
The doors didn't open, and the light emanating from them dissipated automatically. Then, some figures appeared where the doors had originally been.
"This...this is Konoha!"
The first to speak was a loud voice. Hashirama Senju stood in the middle of the ruins, his eyes wide like copper bells. His long black hair was messed up by the lingering chakra waves from the battlefield, but he paid no attention to his hairstyle.
His gaze swept over the broken beams, collapsed houses, craters, and lava flows around him. "How did Konoha become like this! Who did this?!"
"Calm down, bro! Naruto already told us about the situation in the Pure Land. This is another world! It's not our Konoha. Our Konoha is still perfectly fine!"
Tobirama Senju stood half a step behind Hashirama, saying he was calm, but his expression was far from composed. "But who exactly is it that could destroy Konoha like this?"
"Konoha has been destroyed."
Madara Uchiha stood with his arms crossed atop a broken pillar stuck in the ground, his Rinnegan coldly sweeping over the still-burning ruins. "Never mind, it's none of my business."
His gaze shifted from the ruins to the massive, dark army of Akatsuki members before him. The smile on his lips changed from one of amusement to something more dangerous: interest.
"Well, after being cooped up in the Pure Land for so long, only to encounter some useless opponents, today we can finally enjoy the thrill of battle. Izuna, are you ready?"
"Yes! I've been ready for a long time, brother."
Uchiha Izuna stood beside Madara, his hand already gripping the hilt of his sword, his eyes burning with the same fighting spirit as Madara's.
Ban nodded in satisfaction. Being able to fight alongside his younger brother made him feel quite good.
"You dead mummy! Don't hold me back when the fight starts! Let me make this clear, I have no intention of cooperating with you, and even if you die, I won't save you!"
As soon as Hozuki Gengetsu landed, he pointed at the Second Tsuchikage Mu beside him, his voice sharp and shrill.
"I've told you so many times, we're already dead. Whether you save us or not makes no difference." Wu said coldly, without even turning his head. "Besides, I have no intention of cooperating with you. If a fight breaks out later, you'd better get lost, the farther the better."
The two of them snorted and turned their faces away at the same time.
Interestingly, no one actually went far. Finally, the Third Raikage appeared at the forefront. He didn't speak, didn't loudly lament the destruction of Konoha like Hashirama, didn't calmly gather intelligence like Tobirama, didn't issue a pre-battle declaration like Madara, and didn't bicker like Hozuki Gengetsu and Mu.
He simply stood there silently, arcs of lightning chakra beginning to emanate from his body.
The people who came to the battlefield were none other than the Kage of past generations, who had served as guardians of the Pure Land after establishing order there in Naruto's own world.