In the Heavenly Screen
The waterfall at the Valley of the End, with its rushing waters surging between the Taiseki of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
Naruto stood atop the stone statue of the First Hokage, while Sasuke stood atop the statue of Madara Uchiha opposite him, his Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan with an eerie purple light in the shadows.
"I can do it—" Sasuke's voice was low and resolute. "I will bear all the hatred alone and deal with everything myself."
His Rinnegan shifted slightly, his gaze piercing Naruto like a blade.
"I can handle any ninja problem on my own—whether it's torture or punishment, I'll handle it all personally. Hatred will be focused on me alone."
The roar of the waterfall couldn't drown out the coldness in his words.
"I will rule all the villages by myself."
Naruto clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms.
Sasuke continued, "The hatred in the darkness cannot be erased, so... why not just..."
He paused for two seconds, and the Tomoe in his Rinnegan slowly rotated.
"Yes, I'm talking about 'Hokage' —the one who used his own flame to burn away all the darkness in five villages, and survived by feeding on the ashes."
Naruto's anger
"Are you kidding me?!" Naruto roared, his voice echoing through the canyon. "You think everyone will agree with you?!"
Sasuke sneered, "I've said it before—I don't care what you think. This is revolution."
His robes fluttered in the wind.
"In this way, the village will no longer be shrouded in darkness. The darkness will be concentrated on me alone. From now on—the darkness of the past will be dealt with by me."
His Rinnegan narrowed slightly, and his voice was as icy as ice:
A pure white future is about to begin.
Clash of ideas
Naruto stared intently at Sasuke, his blue eyes burning with fury.
"Does this mean—it's possible to kill the Tailed Beasts and the Five Kage of each village?!"
Sasuke without hesitation, "That's right. I want to sever ties with the past."
"Then you can't completely erase Itachi's existence, can you?!" Naruto suddenly pointed at Sasuke, his voice almost hoarse, "You and Itachi, brothers, were bound together, going through thick and thin to become who you are today!!"
Sasuke's pupils contracted suddenly, but only for a moment.
"Itachi... is a thing of the past for me." His voice was eerily calm. "I will here sever all ties with the mistakes and confusion of the past, and begin anew."
His Rinnegan suddenly widened, Chakra erupted like flames!
"Let's start with you."
"And this is the last drop of blood I use to mourn my deceased brother."
The real Shinobi World...
Reactions from various forces
Orochimaru base...
Sasuke's Sharingan spun wildly. "Severing the past... offering Itachi's blood as a sacrifice? My future self..."
Orochimaru trembled with excitement. "This is wonderful... This extreme resolve is even purer than Itachi's!"
Land of Hot Water hot springs...
Naruto smashed the table with his fist. "You Sasuke! What right do you have to decide everyone's future?!"
Jiraiya pressed down on his shoulder. "Calm down! This just proves that you must find him as soon as possible!" Karin echoed from the side.
Amegakure Tower
Pain (Nagato)'s Rinnegan contracted violently. "Bearing hatred alone? This boy... his ideals are so similar to mine."
Konan looked up at the sky with concern. "But his approach is even more extreme than yours..."
In a base somewhere in the Land of Rain, the light from the Heavenly Screen shone before the Akatsuki members. Outside, rain dripped down the rock walls, making a monotonous sound, but at this moment, everyone's attention was drawn to Sasuke's declaration in the Heavenly Screen.
"Hey, isn't that Itachi's younger brother in the Heavenly Screen?" Kisame, carrying Samehada, grinned, revealing sharp teeth. "I didn't expect him to become so strong in the future. Those eyes... the same Rinnegan as the leader? No, they seem even more powerful, hmm."
Deidara sat cross-legged on a rock, his long golden hair swaying with his excited movements. "Haha! Controlling Nine Tailed Beasts in an instant! This is true art! Hmm!" He excitedly squeezed the clay in his hands, "Compared to an instantaneous explosion, this all-encompassing power is an art! Hmm!"
Kakuzu's green eyes gleamed with shrewdness, and a deep voice came from beneath his mask. "Hmph, the power to control Tailed Beasts..."
Hidan, carrying the Bloodstained Triple-Bladed Scythe, scoffed impatiently. "Ugh—how boring! If you ask me, why don't we just capture that kid and sacrifice him to the Lord Jashin is so annoying!"
Sasori's Hiruko rotated slightly, and a hoarse voice rang out. "The eternal art... lies not in the length of life, but in the absolute control of power. This Uchiha brat is rather interesting."
Uchiha Itachi leaned quietly against the rock wall, his Sharingan fixed on Sasuke's figure in the Heavenly Screen. His expression remained calm, but complex emotions surged deep within his eyes.
(Sasuke... you've really gone this far in the future.)
Kisame noticed Itachi's silence and turned to ask, "Mr. Itachi, your younger brother is truly remarkable. He's actually poised to rival the boss in the future, huh? Aren't you surprised?"
Itachi replied calmly, "Power was never the goal, Kisame."
Kisame grinned. "But you need power to achieve your goals, right? Just like our plan to capture the Tailed Beasts, hmm."
Itachi didn't answer again, but simply closed his eyes slightly. Sasuke's voice came clearly from the Heavenly Screen:
"I'm going to sever ties with the past... and start anew. I'll begin with you, Naruto."
(His thoughts are too dangerous...) Itachi thought to himself. (The Five Great Shinobi Villages will never allow such a threat to exist.)
An underground base
Black Zetsu slowly seeped out from the rock wall, his turbid yellow eyes fixed on the Heavenly Screen, his sharp nails digging deep into the stone wall.
"Hagoromo... you damned, unfilial son!!" A hoarse roar echoed through the cave. "A thousand years... and you still haunt me!!"
The figure of the Sage of Six Paths in the Heavenly Screen made him tremble. Memories from a thousand years ago flooded back like a tide—the mournful cry of Princess Kaguya when she was sealed away, the indifferent backs of Hagoromo and Hamura...
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi has already been activated! Why are they unharmed?!" Black Zetsu frantically tore at his own body. "Didn't Mother break free of the seal?! What happened to the future?!"
The Heavenly Screen played a scene of the Sage of Six Paths talking about his two sons. Black Zetsu's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Those two brats..." His voice was distorted with shock. "They're actually the reincarnations of Asura and Indra?!"
The memory flashes back a thousand years— Indra points his sword at Asura's throat, and the Chakra Sasuke Naruto the Heavenly Screen at this moment.
"So that's how it is..." Black Zetsu laughed coldly, "The cycle of reincarnation has never stopped. But this time—"
He suddenly plunged his palm into the ground, and black matter spread out like a spider web.
"I will not let you ruin my plans!"
Within the Kamui Dimension...
Obito sat alone atop the giant rock. The light from the Heavenly Screen pierced through the spatial barrier, projecting a vision of the future before him.
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi... is it about to be dispelled?" His Sharingan beneath the mask trembled violently. "How is this possible?!"
The scene, bathed in sunlight, showed Kakashi and the others unharmed, which made his chest tighten. His memory flashed back to the moment Rin died under Kakashi's Lightning Blade—that good-for-nothing who promised to become Hokage!
"Are you kidding me?!" Obito smashed the rock beside him with a punch. "The Eye of the Moon Plan, which I sacrificed everything for... will actually fail in the future?!"
The scene projected onto the Heavenly Screen showing Kakashi with normal eyes made him gasp for breath.
"Sharingan couldn't even keep his Sharingan..." Obito's voice trembled morbidly. "Does he even deserve to stand in the sunlight of the New World?!"