"No," Sasuke shook his head. "This space is already bound to the Ten-Tails and Jin's remains. If any part of it takes a powerful hit, the entire space will explode. We have to... carefully separate all three of them, like we're defusing a bomb."
"Defusing a bomb? How?"
"The Ten-Tails is essentially a mass of Chakra. And Chakra comes from spiritual energy." Sasuke looked at Naruto. "Your strength lies in communicating with 'will.' You go calm the Ten-Tails and pull it back from its rampage."
"What about you?"
"I'll deal with that 'ghost.'" The Rinnegan in Sasuke's eyes glimmered. "If the code of 'love' was able to defeat his main body, then it should also be able to... 'reformat' his remains."
One of them would handle the software, the other the hardware.
That was the ultimate repair guide these two—former rivals, now partners—had written for a world on the brink of collapse.
"Let's go, Sasuke!"
"Yeah."
They said no more. In a flash, they split up and sprang into action.
Naruto charged straight toward the rampaging Ten-Tails. He didn't enter battle mode. Instead, he went straight into Six Paths Sage Mode, his golden figure a beam of light breaking through the dark amid waterfalls of chaotic data.
"Roar—!"
The Ten-Tails had clearly sensed the approach of this tiny creature. Its enormous, cyclopean eye brimmed with violence and chaos. It opened its mouth, and a Tailed Beast Bomb began to rapidly form, gathering the remaining energy in the entire space.
"Hey! Big guy! Calm down!"
Naruto didn't dodge. Instead, he spread his arms and faced that destructive energy head-on.
"I know you're having a hard time! You're trapped in this lousy place, tied up in a bunch of messed-up data chains! I'd be furious too, believe it!"
His voice, carried by