Chibaku Tensei! This Jutsu... Is He a God? Too Terrifying!

[Ōnoki: "I don't get it. Why did Pain bring the Nine-Tails to terrain like this?"]

[Tobirama Senju: "If I'm not mistaken, he's getting ready to unleash a big move, isn't he?"]

[Obito Uchiha: "Is he going to use that move...?"]

[Kushina Uzumaki: "Obito, how are you doing in the Pure Land?"]

[Obito Uchiha: "...Pretty well."]

[Kushina Uzumaki: "Really? Then can you send me your coordinates? I'll come see you and Rin..."]

[Rin Nohara: "Obito..."]

[Minato Namikaze: "Why did you stop talking?"]

The footage continued.

The surrounding smoke began to thin.

The camera shifted.

Inside the hollow tree,

Nagato's gaze turned serious.

"He's close enough to the Deva Path now..." Nagato said gravely.

"In that case..."

"Chibaku Tensei!"

Nagato called out weakly.

At that moment, the music suddenly took on a sacred quality.

"There's no need to go this far. Your body is already..." Konan looked worried.

"Konan, be quiet. I need to concentrate!" Nagato shook his head.

At that moment,

the Deva Path spread his hands.

A small black sphere appeared in his palm and rose rapidly into the sky.

Just then,

the Nine-Tails fired a barrage of Tailed Beast Bullets from afar.

Pain quickly leaped high into the air.

"Chibaku Tensei!!"

Pain pressed his palms together.

The small black sphere merged with the sun high above.

Light burst forth in a dazzling flash.

Tree roots tore out of the ground.

Countless rocks rose slowly in irregular patterns.

More and more rose, forming an enormous mass.

Before long,

several thousand-meter-high peaks began to collapse. Rocks rapidly broke loose and slowly rose into the air.

Naruto had lost his reason.

He instinctively attacked Pain, charging at him without regard for the danger.

Pain promptly unleashed a repulsive force, blasting Naruto away.

A mass of rocks quickly trapped the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails struggled in vain, held fast.

The rocks kept rising!

"Aaaaah!!!"

Pain pressed his palms together, his eyes blazing with fury.

The distant peaks continued to crumble.

The Nine-Tails fired Tailed Beast Bullets down from high above. They struck the surrounding peaks, setting off flashes of white light.

Pain summoned a huge boulder to block the Nine-Tails' attacks.

The clouds high above were swept aside as if by an invisible hand.

A massive sphere of rock nearly a thousand meters across stood high in the sky.

However,

it wasn't over yet.

Amid the smoke on the ground, rocks continued to rise.

The Nine-Tails had lost his reason and frantically attacked the rocks high above.

Though Chibaku Tensei was struck by Tailed Beast Bullets, it remained completely undamaged.

Nagato increased his power.

With a bang, the Nine-Tails was firmly pinned to Chibaku Tensei.

The next second,

countless rocks rushed up from the ground and struck the Nine-Tails, pinning him down securely.

Smoke continued to billow.

The camera shifted.

The surrounding peaks were gone, leaving a vast expanse of bare ground.

The rock sphere nearly a thousand meters across covered the sun, blotting out the sky!

That one attack had completely transformed the surrounding terrain.

The scene in the video left everyone stunned.

[Mizukage Mei Terumi: "Terrifying. Is this the power of a god...?"]

[Ōnoki: "You've got to be kidding. The Nine-Tails was subdued just like that!?"]

[Deidara: "That's our leader for you!!!"]

[Hidan: "But I don't get it. What does that redhead have to do with our leader?"]

[Uchiha Itachi: "If I'm not mistaken... this Nagato is our leader's real body."]

[Hidan: "What do you mean?"]

[Kakuzu: "I don't care about any of that. I just want to know why my money keeps disappearing."]

[Konan: "Ahem, let's keep watching the video first..."]

The footage continued.

"Did you have to make it that big...?" Konan looked outside, her face full of concern.

"We're dealing with the Nine-Tails. We can't afford to be careless.

Besides, compared to the moon the legendary Sage of Six Paths created, this is nothing." Nagato shook his head.

"In any case, the Nine-Tails has now been captured!"

The camera shifted.

A small pool of water on the ground reflected Pain's weakened figure.

The camera shifted again.

Inside the sealing space,

"Why? Why did things turn out like this...?"

Naruto stared coldly at the constantly boiling lake.

"If it were you, how would you confront this hatred to create peace?

I want to hear your answer..."

Pain's words echoed in Naruto's mind.

"I don't know about that either..."

"It hurts so much. No..." Naruto's lips trembled.

In the next second,

the rock sphere nearly a thousand meters across suddenly broke open high in the sky.

Pain's brow furrowed as he watched.

At that moment, Naruto slowly stood up.

"I don't understand. What am I supposed to do? I don't know anything anymore..."

Naruto covered his face, his voice choked with tears.

"Somebody, please save me. Please tell me the answer..."

Naruto clutched his head in both hands, looking utterly tormented.

"Destroy everything... Destroy everything that causes you pain. Give your heart entirely to me!"

The Nine-Tails watched with cold eyes.

"Then... I can save you from your pain!"

Naruto's clothes began to tear apart.

The seal on his stomach appeared.

It flowed continuously like ink.

Naruto watched the ink turn the lake black, his gaze weak.

"Yes, that's it..."

The camera shifted.

A gigantic arm broke through Chibaku Tensei, and eight tails smashed it apart.

"I didn't expect him to be this strong..."

Pain watched with a calm gaze.

The Nine-Tails broke free of the rocks.

He began to roar with all his might.

His body was misshapen, making him look like a mummified corpse.

The Nine-Tails roared and spewed out a torrent of flames.

The rocks, wreathed in those flames, streaked through the clouds like meteors.

They plummeted from the sky.

"Come to me... Come on, tear off this seal!" The Nine-Tails' eyes were cold.

Naruto walked toward him, one step at a time.

Just then,

a man wearing a Hokage cloak sat on a distant rock. He opened his eyes.

Water lifted Naruto's body. He looked at the seal, now within arm's reach, and reached out...

And so,

he dug his fingers into the seal and was just about to tear it off...

At the last possible moment,

a man quickly reached out and grabbed Naruto, then took him somewhere else.

[Jiraiya: "Minato, it really was you..."]

[Kakashi Hatake: "Minato-sensei..."]

[Minato Namikaze: "This is only my residual chakra. It won't last long..."]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Minato, I'm sorry about little Naruto. This old man was so busy with work that I had no time to look after him..."]

[Naruto Uzumaki (adult): "It's all right. Come to think of it, I'm really grateful to Grandpa Third. If it weren't for him, I probably would have been detained every day..."]

(Naruto said this in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. This book isn't doing conspiracy theories!)

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Is that so...?"]

(This book moves at a brisk pace and won't drag at any point. Please tap the button to urge me to update!)