Naruto and Sasuke's Death Wish

"This is such a frustrating situation... What's wrong with this world?"

With a head of white hair and a Headband covering one eye, he looked like a lazy, laid-back ninja. Kakashi, the Sixth Hokage of Konoha, sighed helplessly.

"Kakashi-sensei, what exactly is going on?"

With a look of anxiety on his face, Naruto Uzumaki, who looked much older but had also lost much of his spirit, was slamming his fist on the table and asking loudly.

"Even if you ask me, I'm not entirely sure about this. Perhaps you should ask Sasuke..."

Kakashi shrugged, looking like he was giving up, which made Naruto scratch his head in frustration.

"Isn't Sasuke out of the ninja village right now?"

"I'm back!"

A faint voice suddenly came from outside the window, and Sasuke, who looked much weaker than he had been in his youth, jumped in through the window at that moment.

In the original timeline, after Naruto and Sasuke sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki, they went through a battle for the Hokage position. Afterward, Sasuke slipped out of the village under the pretext of gathering intelligence and never returned.

This time, however, the two of them were beaten to a pulp by the Chip Program Kaguya Otsutsuki, to the point that they even had to hang themselves from a tree.

When the Infinite Tsukuyomi was lifted, the two of them were obviously no longer capable of fighting. Not to mention that after Optimus Prime was brutally beaten by Kaguya Otsutsuki, he no longer had the arrogant mentality to cause trouble.

Although Sasuke Uchiha committed many wrongdoings in the past, considering that he sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki, and most importantly, that the other ninja villages were unaware of his loss of strength at the time, no one brought up the matter of him Rogue Ninja again, allowing him to return to Konoha quite naturally.

However, even though Sasuke and Naruto's strength has greatly decreased, the other ninjas have also become much weaker. Sasuke and Naruto are still much stronger than ordinary ninjas.

Just like how Sasuke and Naruto, no matter how much their strength declines, can still possess Jonin -level Chakra, Naruto's Chakra can even reach Kage Level.

Furthermore, even Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan is difficult to keep active for long periods, Susanoo only be activated up to the skeleton stage at most.

However, when facing other ninja villages, whose leaders had declined to the point of Chunin to Jonin, the two of them were still considered exceptionally powerful.

However, the simultaneous decline in the combat power of all ninjas also led to the intensification of the conflict between ninjas and ordinary people in this world—which is actually a pointless statement. After all, during the many years of the Ninja World War, ordinary people both hated and feared ninjas, not to mention that they eventually Infinite Tsukuyomi.

That was Genjutsu designed to turn everyone into dumplings, and it was originally intended to exterminate humanity. Although there were people who became addicted to the Genjutsu space, after the Infinite Tsukuyomi was completely destroyed, no one, whether addicted to Genjutsu or sticking to reality, would have any good impression of ninjas anymore.

At this time, the strength of ninjas throughout the Ninja World plummeted due to the exploitation of the God Tree, and the conflicts between Genin villages and between ninjas and ordinary people suddenly erupted.

Reality is not a comic book. The distorted political system in the original work had already accumulated countless contradictions. The ending of the comic is less about the ninjas being moved by Naruto and thus ushering in peace, and more about the fact that no one in that world could stand against Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha. Under such pressure, everyone had no choice but to make peace.

Now that all the ninjas' strength has been greatly reduced, even Naruto and Sasuke are not invincible. At the very least, they will be worn down by sheer numbers.

The lack of overwhelming strength is precisely the fundamental reason for the outbreak of war.

"Sasuke, you're back!"

Naruto waved his hand casually, looked at Sasuke Uchiha, who was travel-worn and still carried a lingering scent of blood, and asked:

"Do you even know what's going on right now? Is that moon in the sky really part of the Infinite Tsukuyomi ninjutsu?"

Sasuke Uchiha, who had just come down from the battlefield, paused for a moment, then nodded:

"Although I hope it isn't... but judging from the moon's glow, the Chakra fluctuations that permeate the entire world, and that almost dreamlike, half-real feeling... it's definitely Genjutsu even more profound than Infinite Tsukuyomi!"

"However, unlike Infinite Tsukuyomi, this Genjutsu seems to be of the closed type, forming an almost locked Genjutsu world. I don't know what the final effect will be... but Kakashi-sensei, you'd better take precautions as soon as possible."

The Sixth Hokage sighed helplessly and shrugged.

"Honestly, if this is really Genjutsu like Infinite Tsukuyomi, and an enemy like Kaguya Otsutsuki were to appear in this world... no, or even just Obito, who became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki back then, I think everyone could just Obito their hands and surrender."

"Kakashi-sensei, aren't you being too pessimistic? As long as everyone works together... well, Obito should be fine... right?"

Naruto uttered a couple of discontented remarks, but by the end, even he himself sounded doubtful.

Sasuke Uchiha shook his head and sighed:

"The Ninja World is no longer Ninja World it used to be. No matter how united we are, we have no chance of winning against that kind of monster."

Speaking of Sasuke Uchiha, who has been constantly on the battlefield, he is the one who truly understands the extent of the decline of the Ninja World.

His thoughts were even more pessimistic than Kakashi's. Let alone Obito Uchiha, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, even the original Akatsuki would probably be easily defeated if the Five Great Shinobi Villages or even the whole world joined forces.

The strength of ninjas has been weakened too much. Take Kakashi Hatake Hokage, for example. He no longer has the Mangekyō Sharingan Chakra. However, the Chakra in his body is still much weaker than before, and he can only be considered an ordinary Chunin.

It was thanks to Kakashi's long-standing habit of using Chakra judiciously, coupled with his being a strategist-type ninja, that he was able to fight like Jonin even with only ordinary Chunin- level Chakra.

Currently, the entire Konohagakure has only five Jonin and Jonin in terms of combat strength, with two others being under the trust of others— Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Orochimaru, and Kabuto Yakushi.

As for Tsunade, due to the decline of her Chakra, it was difficult for her to maintain her youth, so she left Konoha long after handing over the Hokage Position to Kakashi.

The situation in other ninja villages is probably even worse than in Konoha. If a village can produce three Jonin, that's already considered the limit.

Although a ninja's Chakra and strength are not entirely correlated, it is definitely an important indicator. With ordinary Jonin having their Chakra levels reduced to Genin level, their strength is reduced by more than tenfold. Some Jonin Chakra can only Genin the strength of elite Genin.

Most importantly, without sufficient Chakra, no ninja can fight for long and may be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

Sasuke Uchiha had been constantly on the battlefield, understood this very well. Even though he had an absolute advantage in strength compared to other ninjas, if he didn't carefully manage his Chakra, he could easily be killed after exhausting Chakra.

After hearing Sasuke's words, the entire Hokage's Office fell silent. After a while, Kakashi rubbed his bushy silver hair and spoke with a hint of helplessness:

"Anyway... Sasuke, you should try your best to break this Genjutsu. At least let us understand this Genjutsu a little."

Kakashi Hatake had some understanding of the ninjutsu of those Otsutsuki Kami. Unless one also possessed Yin-Yang Release and Kekkei Mōra, resisting them would be extremely difficult.

Although Sasuke's strength has declined many times over, there is still a trace of Yin-Yang Release left in him. It is meaningless to use it in battle, but when facing a Six Paths Level ninjutsu, this trace of Yin-Yang Release can do a lot.

Sasuke nodded silently. In fact, even if Kakashi hadn't given the order, he had already begun to work on breaking the Genjutsu. However, the more he tried to break it, the more alarmed he became by the technical sophistication of the Chakra Illusion Network. So far, he had only seen the tip of the Iceburg, let alone broken it.

(Perhaps I should change my approach. Forcibly breaking the illusion is almost impossible, but if I simply put myself into the Genjutsu, it should be possible...)

The Future Timeline Ninja World was astonished, but the other two Ninja World were not idle. Although in theory they were all the same ninja village, in reality, even if there was some empathy, the other two Ninja World could not give up such a huge benefit as the future timeline of the Ninja World.

Even though Vegapunk controlled the vast majority of the higher-ups and was the uncrowned king of two Ninja World, there was nothing he could do about it. A backward New Continent could bring too many benefits to everyone, and even the lower classes would become fanatical.

Fortunately, there is an omnipresent Chakra Illusion Network, so there is no need to worry about causing too much war and chaos. At most, the Future Line Ninja World will suffer some losses as a result.

Vegapunk hadn't anticipated that the Chakra Network would put so much pressure on the Future Line Ninja World, nor did he expect that Sasuke Uchiha from the Future Timeline was already preparing to attempt to infiltrate the Chakra Illusion Network.

If any ninja under Vegapunk's rule knew about this, they would definitely think that Sasuke Uchiha death.

Originally Chakra Illusion Network was already the pinnacle of ninjutsu in the entire Ninja World. After so many years of modifications by Vegapunk and countless ninjas, and the self-evolution of the Genjutsu Network by absorbing a large amount of data, the entire Genjutsu Network is incredibly terrifying, almost like Alaya in the Ninja World.

What would be the consequences of trespassing into Alaya without permission? In the other two Ninja World, the hundreds and thousands of ninjas whose minds were overwhelmed by a deluge of information had already set a good example for everyone.

"Sasuke, Naruto... shouldn't you reconsider?"

In a secret underground room of the Anbu, Kakashi Hatake Hokage at the two people sitting in the center of the Sealing Array with a troubled expression.

"No matter what, forcibly entering that Genjutsu using the Sealing Array is just too reckless, isn't it?"

"But it's not a good thing to let this Genjutsu continue to operate."

Sasuke Uchiha calmly explained to Kakashi:

"Although we don't know the power of this Genjutsu, judging from the Chakra it contains, once it spreads over a large area, it will surely be a huge crisis that could destroy the entire Ninja World."

"Under these circumstances, we don't have time to slowly crack the code, so taking a more aggressive approach is a last resort."

"And teacher, you don't need to worry too much. After all, I once had the Rinnegan, and Naruto once possessed the power of Yin-Yang Release. Even if we can't unleash that power now, we still have great resistance to Six Paths Level Genjutsu."

"Yes, yes, this time Sasuke has my help too. With the two of us working together, we'll definitely be able to see through this Genjutsu!"

Naruto, who was also sitting in the Sealing Array, spoke with a confident air.

Kakashi sighed again, feeling as if he had sighed more times in the past few days than in his entire life.

"Since that's the case, then I won't try to persuade you anymore. But you must be careful. If you notice anything amiss, stop trying to delve deeper into this Genjutsu immediately!"

"Clear."

"Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei!"

Both of them nodded, then Kakashi turned to Sakura Haruno, who was standing beside him with a worried expression, and said:

"Sakura, you should also be prepared. If they get injured, we'll have to rely on your Medical Ninjutsu!"

Sakura nodded silently. Since Tsunade left, Sakura Haruno has been the strongest medical ninja in the entire Konohagakure, so naturally she would be useful in this situation.

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a glance, then each extended a hand and clasped it together. The Chakra within their bodies quickly resonated. Even though Asura and Indra's powers had left, the Chakra within them still retained the characteristics of the two children of the Sage of Six Paths.

The Yang Release Chakra resonated and merged with each other. Although the quantity was insufficient, the quality of the Chakra was indeed no different from that of the Otsutsuki. It was with the help of this level of Chakra that the two finally felt the vast power of the Chakra Network and directly and completely connected with it.

However, their Chakra and soul fluctuations were not recorded by the Chakra Illusion Network, not to mention that their method of entering the Chakra Illusion Network was extremely crude, and they were immediately attacked by the Chakra Network.

Over the years, the amount of Chakra within the current Chakra Network alone is several times that of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the information within it is so complex that it is almost astronomical.

The attack method of the Chakra Network is to use Chakra to directly stuff these astronomical amounts of junk information into the intruder's brain!