"Crash!"
Nagato, who had been sent flying into the cliff behind him, brushed away the scattered stones covering his body and slowly walked forward again.
However, compared to his relaxed expression from before, a trace of gravity now appeared on Nagato's face.
The pair of eyes that had opened deep within Naruto's soul just now filled Nagato with immense apprehension!
Even his own soul had trembled.
Nagato could not understand why there was another soul hidden in the depths of someone's soul.
It was something he had never encountered before.
"Naruto Uzumaki, it seems there are still many secrets about you that I do not know!"
Nagato's voice pulled Naruto back from his daze.
Yet at this moment, let alone Nagato, even Naruto himself was utterly confused!
He did not know what had happened to him either.
Although Nine-Tails seemed to know something, it clearly did not want to tell Naruto for the time being.
That left Naruto feeling rather helpless.
However, after sensing the condition of his body, Naruto found that he felt exceptionally good!
How should he put it?
It was as though his soul had been sublimated!
What Naruto did not know was that when Nagato had just touched his soul, the other soul hidden in its deepest depths—the soul belonging to Asura—had completely awakened and fused with his own soul.
From this day onward, there would be no more Asura, only Naruto Uzumaki!
Of course, with Asura's soul completely merging with Naruto's, Naruto's personality would also be affected by Asura.
If things went badly, Naruto might become some kind of mentally fused monstrosity in the future!
But if Naruto could maintain his sense of self, then Asura's soul would become Naruto's power!
Nine-Tails had realized this as well, which was why it had said it did