Kara Organization's True Purpose

The smoke of battle had yet to clear.

Kiyomi looked at Gato lying on the ground, feeling that something was off.

"Uncle Naruto," she said.

"What is it?"

"Is Gato really dead?"

Naruto walked over to check. Gato's chest was still rising faintly.

"He's not dead. He's just unconscious."

Boruto let out a sigh of relief. "Good. We can interrogate him, then."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gato's body suddenly began to glow.

"Not good!" Naruto's expression changed. "Back!"

The three had only just retreated when Gato's body exploded.

There was no spray of blood and flesh. Instead, he dissolved into countless points of light.

"What is this..." Kiyomi was stunned.

"A type of Substitution Technique." Sasuke had appeared beside them at some point. "He never intended to come here in person."

Naruto clenched his fists. "We've been had."

"That's not all." Sasuke pointed toward the village. "The Nine-Tails wasn't their target at all."

Kiyomi followed his finger, and her heart clenched.

Black smoke was rising in the direction of the Hokage Building.

"This is bad!" Naruto vanished in an instant.

Sasuke looked at the three of them. "Follow me."

By the time they reached the Hokage Building, the entire structure was surrounded by black flames.

"These flames..." Kiyomi frowned. "They're different from Amaterasu."

"It's a jutsu unique to the Kara Organization," Sasuke said. "It's designed specifically to destroy seals."

Naruto charged into the flames, then quickly came back out.

"The sealing room has been destroyed." His voice was heavy. "They stole the Scroll of Seals."

Kiyomi drew in a sharp breath.

The Scroll of Seals recorded every forbidden jutsu in Konoha, including Impure World Reincarnation, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, and...

"The method to revive Jigen," Sasuke finished. "That's their real objective."

Boruto gritted his teeth. "What do we