In the Heavenly Screen...
Taiseki sphere formed from the Chibaku Tensei levitated high in the sky, and the battlefield fell into a brief silence. Naruto wiped the sweat from his brow and grinned, "Finally, we've taken care of this guy—"
Sasuke's Rinnegan flickered slightly, but suddenly his pupils contracted. "Something's not right!"
Inukai Takeru no Mikoto!
Momoshiki roar suddenly erupted from inside the stone sphere, followed immediately by—
"Boom--!"
A ferocious earth dragon burst forth from the rocks, sending rubble raining down like a storm! Sasuke leaped up instantly, his Kusanagi Sword crackling with Chidori Lightning, and slashed the earth dragon in two, but the seal on Chibaku Tensei had already been torn apart!
"Whoosh--!"
Momoshiki shot out from the crack, his long white hair dancing wildly, Rinnegan on his forehead flashing a furious crimson. "Damn ants--!" He landed heavily, slamming his palms into the ground!
"Boom! Boom boom--!"
The earth trembled violently, and countless boulders surged up, transforming into dozens of terrifying monsters with dragon heads and snake bodies! They roared and charged towards Naruto and Sasuke with astonishing speed!
"Tsk!" Naruto leaped to dodge, the Nine-Tails Chakra exploding into golden light beneath his feet, narrowly avoiding the bite.
Sasuke's Rinnegan spun rapidly; Amenotejikara was about to be activated.
"Sizzle!"
A serpent suddenly attacked from a blind spot, its venomous fangs biting Sasuke's right arm!
"Sasuke!!" Naruto's eyes widened in horror.
Momoshiki grinned maliciously, his palm blazing with intense Kakkō: "Turn to ashes!" He suddenly channeled his Fire Style Chakra into the Earth Serpent—
"Boom--!"
Flames instantly spread along the earth serpent's body! At the critical moment, a golden lightning bolt ripped through the battlefield!
"Let him go!!"
Naruto, Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, was like a raging beast. He tore apart the earth snake with one claw Sasuke tightly in his arms with the other. The Nine-Tails Chakra formed an absolute defense, keeping the flames at bay.
Amidst the smoke and dust, Naruto looked down and asked urgently, "Are you alright, Sasuke?!"
Sasuke propped himself up, his Rinnegan coldly locking onto Momoshiki in the distance. "... Yeah, I'm fine."
Momoshiki stood high in the sky, his crimson Rinnegan locking onto the roaring Nine-Tails below, a greedy smile playing on his lips, "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, you've finally revealed your true form! Your Chakra will become my possession!"
He rapidly formed hand seals, the Chakra of Earth Release and Fire Style merging in his palms—
The earth cracked, and scorching magma erupted, instantly coalescing into a lava giant a hundred meters tall! The giant's entire body flowed with crimson Kakkō, and every step it took caused the earth to tremble!
"Stop dreaming!" Naruto, in his Nine-Tails form, roared, and the golden behemoth charged fiercely towards the lava giant. The two collided with a deafening roar, and the shockwave ripped the clouds within a kilometer radius to shreds!
However, the Lava Giant had the upper hand. It seized the Nine-Tails' claws and slammed the golden behemoth into the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw! The Nine-Tails struggled below, Momoshiki laughed maniacally as he manipulated the giant to lift its lava foot—
"It's over!"
At the critical moment, Sasuke pressed down on Naruto's Chakra -materialized shoulder with one hand, his Mangekyō Sharingan spinning wildly. "I borrow the power of your Susanoo!"
"I see!" Naruto's eyes lit up inside the Nine-Tails. "This combination is pretty good!"
Boom!
A dazzling purple light erupted! The Nine-Tails' golden body was instantly draped in magnificent Susanoo armor, with purple armor formed from Chakra covering its entire body. Most astonishingly, the Nine-Tails' forepaws gripped a hundred-meter-long Susanoo katana, its blade crackling with destructive lightning!
"What?!" Momoshiki's pupils constricted sharply.
The lava giant roared and swung its fist, but the armored Nine-Tails- Tailed Fox nimbly dodged it. The Nine-Tails- Tailed Fox gripped its blades in its claws, drawing a perfect arc upwards—
·Whoosh--!·
The world seemed to freeze for a moment.
The lava giant's movements suddenly froze, and a beam of purple light pierced through its core. The next second, its entire lava body collapsed along its smooth surface!
"Impossible!" Momoshiki roared amidst the falling lava, "How dare a mere inferior creature—"
Amidst the smoke and dust, the purple and gold intertwined light gradually dissipated. Naruto and Sasuke dispelled their fusion state and landed side by side on the ground. Although both appeared exhausted, the fighting spirit in their eyes remained undiminished.
"Hokage, is it done?"
A deep voice came from behind. Naruto turned around and saw Gaara slowly walking towards him, supporting the injured Darui with one hand. The Raikage's Forehead Protector was shattered, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were still sharp.
Naruto looked up at Momoshiki, who was slowly rising from mid-air, his brow furrowed. "No, it's not over yet."
"Tch, this guy's really troublesome!" Kurotsuchi landed lightly from the air, kicking up a cloud of dust the moment her feet touched the ground. Hands on her hips, she curled her lip impatiently. "Hurry up and unleash your ultimate attack to finish him off, stop dawdling!"
Chōjūrō to the side, clutched his injured right arm, shaking his head with a wry smile, "Please, don't make it sound so easy..." His glasses were shattered, but his gaze remained resolute.
Kurotsuchi rolled her eyes. "What, is the Mizukage scared?"
Chōjūrō sighed helplessly and didn't reply.
Gaara stood to the side, his Sand Armor flowing gently, his voice calm and steady. "Don't be impulsive. If he absorbs our Chakra again, all our efforts will have been in vain."
Kurotsuchi Tu shrugged, his tone slightly teasing. "Alright, alright, I'll listen to you."
The battlefield fell silent for a brief moment, with only Momoshiki's heavy breathing remaining in the distance.
"Alright, we finally made it!"
A sudden shout came from the cliff. Everyone turned around in surprise and saw Katasuke Tōno from the Scientific Ninja Tool Division excitedly adjusting the mechanical device in his hands, with an assistant carrying a camera following behind him.
"Katasuke?!" Naruto's eyes widened. "What are you doing here?!"
Darui sighed, rubbing his forehead. "This guy... could he have secretly followed us here?"
Katasuke, completely oblivious to the grim expressions on everyone's faces, continued adjusting the equipment, "Film the power of the Scientific Ninja Tools properly! Watch me take him down with my newly developed 'Ninjutsu Rapid-Fire Device'!"
"Idiot, stop right now!" Naruto's expression changed drastically, and he shouted urgently.
Boruto, watching from afar, waved anxiously, "Uncle Katasuke! You can't use that!"
However, Katasuke had already pulled the trigger—
"Take this!!"
"Boom--!"
The Scientific Ninja Tool tools instantly unleashed dozens of different elemental Ninjutsu, with Fire Style, Lightning Release, and Wind Releases weaving together to form a dazzling net of death that swept towards Momoshiki in the air!
"It's over..." Sasuke's Rinnegan suddenly contracted.
Momoshiki calmly raised his right hand, and all the Ninjutsu flowed into his palm as if drawn by a black hole. As the Chakra was absorbed, his wounds healed at a visible speed, and his pale skin regained its vitality.
"Damn it!" Darui slammed his fist on the ground. "This is just making things worse!"
Katasuke, standing on the cliff, was dumbfounded, his hands covering his head. "He... he absorbed all the Chakra?!" The photographer behind him nodded stiffly, the camera tilting in shock.
Momoshiki stretched out his newly formed body, a cruel smile curving his lips, "So that's how it is. This thing is similar to our elixirs." He looked down at the crowd with disdain. "Despite its crudeness, I thank you... you fools."
Before he finished speaking, his left hand suddenly pointed towards the ground—
"Boom--!"
All the Ninjutsu they had just absorbed were amplified and poured down! Just as Naruto and Sasuke were about to rush forward, Momoshiki's Rinnegan suddenly flashed with an eerie light.
"Shadow Imitation Technique - Modified!"
Countless dark figures burst forth from the ground, instantly immobilizing the six! Even more terrifying, dozens of pitch-black spears appeared out of thin air, pinning Naruto firmly to the ground.
"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted, struggling to speak.
Kurotsuchi's face turned deathly pale. "Oh no..."
Naruto, pierced by the spear, looked up in pain, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. "Damn it... this is bad!"
Momoshiki slowly descended before the crowd, looking down at these ants with disdain, his palm gathering an unprecedentedly terrifying Chakra—
Real Shinobi World
Land of Snow
"Ahhh--!"
Naruto suddenly jumped up from the snow, clutching his blond hair with both hands, and spun around in a panic, kicking up a cloud of snow.
"What the hell is that guy?! What is he doing?!" He pointed at the Heavenly Screen, his face turning red. "We're doomed! Sasuke and I are going to be killed by this idiot!!"
Jiraiya sat cross-legged to one side, his lips twitching as he watched the dramatic scene unfolding in the Heavenly Screen —the powerful enemy he had finally defeated had been resurrected by his own village's Scientific Ninja Tool Division using "mana replenishment." He rubbed his temples and let out a long sigh.
"This is outrageous... It's more dramatic than my novel!"
Karin pushed up her glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light. She stared at Katasuke, who was frantically trying to make a move in the Heavenly Screen, veins bulging on her forehead.
"What kind of Konoha Ninja is this?! Not only do they not finish off the enemy when they're low on health, but they also let them recover?!" She stomped her feet in anger.
Naruto was still rolling around in the snow, clutching his head. "Aaaaaah! What do I do! My future self is pinned down by Black Rods, Sasuke is frozen in place too! That Momoshiki looks like he's about to unleash a powerful attack!"
Jiraiya suddenly grabbed Naruto's shoulder, his expression unusually serious. "Calm down, Naruto."
Deep in the cedar forest
Gekko Hayate ripped off his mask, his pale face flushed with rage. "What is that bespectacled bastard doing?! We clearly won!"
"Cough, cough!" He suddenly coughed violently. Uzuki Yugao quickly patted his back, but she herself trembled with anger. "Is this how the Scientific Ninja Tool Division does things? They're more trouble than they're worth!"
The black sword, Namiashi Raidō, pierced the snow with a hissing sound. "I feel like I've seen this guy somewhere before... I always thought he was a bit stupid."
"After we get back to the village..." Tobitake Tonbo's knuckles cracked as he clenched his fists, his eyes beneath his mask narrowing into dangerous slits. "I'm going to make this Katasuke experience the taste of 'special instruction' in the Anbu."
Aoba Yamashiro's Crow cawed, and he pushed up his sunglasses. "Even though it's just a future image, letting the entire Shinobi World watch this farce... Konoha will lose all face."
Aburame Muta remained silent, but the Kikaichū emerging from her sleeves had already formed Katasuke outline of Katasuke. The swarm of insects emitted a dangerous buzzing sound, clearly indicating that this insect user was "memorizing" the appearance of this scientific ninja in a unique way.
The six of them suddenly fell silent—in the Heavenly Screen, Momoshiki was raising a red glowing wheel, while the blood spilling from the corner of Naruto's mouth, who was being controlled, was particularly glaring. Gekko Hayate pressed his hand hard against his chest, Yugao's nails dug deeply into her palm.
(What if the future really does change because of this...)
This thought sent chills down the spines of all the members of the Anbu.
Land of Water - Nameless Island
"Pfft--Haha!!" Suigetsu suddenly burst into exaggerated laughter, falling backward onto the beach. "Are the Konoha ninjas all here to be clowns?! We fought for ages and finally won, only to have our own comrades heal the enemy?! What kind of crazy move is that?!"
He laughed so hard he slapped the sand, even rolling around exaggeratedly twice. "Hey Sasuke! So your Konoha's 'Scientific Ninja Tools' are just for warming up the enemy, huh? Haha--"
Jūgo didn't laugh, but silently stared at the Heavenly Screen, his brows furrowed. "That Momoshiki... his ability to absorb Chakra is too dangerous; he can almost instantly heal all injuries." He glanced at Sasuke. "If we ever encounter an enemy like that in the future, we must kill him with a single blow, giving him no chance to breathe."
Sasuke's face was terribly gloomy, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his Sharingan involuntarily surfaced, and his scarlet pupils stared intently at Katasuke in the Heavenly Screen, as if he wanted to burn through this good-for-nothing fool across time and space.
(The version of myself in the Heavenly Screen exerted all my strength, even teaming up with Naruto, to barely suppress Momoshiki... and then this guy casually pressed a button, making all my efforts go to waste?!)
"Idiots..." Sasuke spat out the word through gritted teeth, his voice so cold it could freeze the ocean waves, "They're all idiots."
Suigetsu was still rolling around on the beach, laughing wildly. She even imitated Katasuke's movements, pretending to carry a non-existent Scientific Ninja Tool, and exaggeratedly shouted, "Take this! -- Oops, I accidentally brought the enemy back to life!"
Jūgo sighed helplessly, "Suigetsu, stop fooling around..."
Sasuke's Sharingan slowly rotated, then suddenly glanced coldly at Suigetsu: "If you laugh again, I'll send you to feed the sharks in the sea."
Suigetsu's laughter stopped abruptly, and like a duck being choked, she awkwardly scrambled to her feet. "Ahem... I was just trying to ease the tension."
In the Heavenly Screen, Momoshiki had begun his counterattack, and Naruto, Sasuke, and the others were being firmly suppressed. Sasuke's eyes grew increasingly cold, and a rare sense of irritation welled up within him—could his future self really be in such a desperate situation because of this absurd mistake?
In the dimly lit laboratory, the liquid in the culture tank glowed with an eerie fluorescence.
Orochimaru's golden snake eyes narrowed slightly, and his previously interested expression froze instantly after witnessing Katasuke's "divine operation".
"Heh..." He let out a soft, ambiguous chuckle, his voice tinged with sarcasm. "Konoha's scientific progress is truly... astonishing."
His gloomy face was reflected in the glass of the incubation tank. In the Heavenly Screen, the image of Momoshiki fully recovering from absorbing the Chakra released by the Scientific Ninja Tools made Orochimaru unconsciously lick his lips.
(A foolish move... but that ninja tool...)
His gaze focused on the device in the Katasuke, a greedy glint in his snake-like eyes. "To be able to release multi-attribute Ninjutsu so efficiently... even though the user is an idiot, the technology itself is quite impressive."
Kabuto Yakushi to the side, pushed up his reflective glasses and remained silent. His eyes behind the lenses coldly stared at Naruto, who was impaled by Black Rods in the Heavenly Screen, and Sasuke was trapped by the Shadow Possession Jutsu.
(Really...)
He silently curled the corners of his lips, memories of his time in the medical corps surfacing in his mind—the expressions of those ninjas who died because of their teammates' mistakes were so similar to those of the people in the Heavenly Screen now.
"Lord Orochimaru," Kabuto suddenly spoke, his voice as gentle as if discussing experimental data, "You said... if things really develop this way in the future, how will Konoha deal with that science ninja?"
Orochimaru let out a low, pleased chuckle, "Solitary confinement? Writing a self-criticism?" He deliberately dragged out his words, "After all... that's a precious 'research talent'."
The two exchanged a glance, both revealing knowing smiles. In the shadows of the laboratory, several small White Snakes slithered silently, as if recording this absurd yet revelatory fragment of the future.
Heavenly Screen streamed through the explosion-proof glass, casting shifting shadows on the liquid in the culture tank. Orochimaru turned and walked to the lab table, a test tube sliding from his sleeve. "However... this technology, capable of instantly unleashing complex Ninjutsu, is worth... learning from."