"Although my Rinnegan is temporarily unusable, it is very sensitive to this cold Chakra." Sasuke said, "That sludge monster is the "backdoor" left by Momoshiki. The signal it emits activates something inside."
"Danzo That old guy has been dead for so many years and still wants to cause trouble to others." Naruto curled his lips and reached out to push the door open.
Squeak--
A tooth-grinding sound echoed in the empty corridor.
Dust blew into my face.
The two walked into the darkness. There were no lights here, only the flashlight beam in Naruto's hand was shaking. Rotten scrolls and torture instruments were hung on the walls on both sides, and the air was filled with the smell of old blood.
"Be careful." Sasuke suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"There is something."
Before he finished speaking, a dozen pairs of red eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness.
That's a puppet.
It is not a precise work of art like Sunagakure, but a monster made of some kind of rough metal and bones. Their joints flash with purple arcs, which is a sign of being Otsutsuki Chakra Erosion.
"It seems that this is what the signal activates." Naruto threw the flashlight aside and moved his wrist, "Just in time, I have been approving documents for a day and my body is stiff."
"Don't be careless." Sasuke reminded, "You don't have Nine-Tails now."
"What a waste of time!"
Naruto kicked his feet and rushed out.
A puppet slashed at him with a rusty sickle. Naruto sidestepped and punched the puppet in the chest.
Bang!
The puppet was beaten to pieces, but the scattered parts did not fall to the ground. Instead, they were pulled by the purple arc and tried to reassemble.
"Can it regenerate?" Naruto frowned.
"The core is in the head." Sasuke's voice came. He did not draw his sword, but just dodged the attack of a puppet sideways, and hit Chidori Stream with his backhand, and the electric current accurately penetrated the puppet's head.
The puppet was instantly paralyzed and turned into a pile of scrap metal.
"Got it!"
Naruto Hands Hand Seals.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Three Naruto appeared and cooperated tacitly. One was responsible for attracting firepower, and the other was responsible for blocking operations. The main body jumped high, and a blue Chakra ball condensed in his hand.
"Rasengan!"
The rotating Chakra ball pressed hard on the head of a puppet. With a harsh sound of metal twisting, the puppet's head was completely crushed.
The battle ended quickly.
With the cooperation of the two people, more than a dozen puppets were all destroyed in less than three minutes.
"My skills have deteriorated." Sasuke looked at Naruto who was panting, "In the past, for a soldier of this level, you didn't need to use clones at all."
"Stop talking nonsense." Naruto wiped away the sweat and felt a burning sensation in his lungs. In the past, with Nine-Tails here, this level of consumption was almost negligible, but now, Chakra has to count every minute carefully. "I am doing this to save energy."
Sasuke didn't object and walked straight to a room at the end of the corridor.
There was a huge machine there, which looked like some kind of launch device. Complex codes were jumping on the screen, and the progress bar had reached 99%.
"What is this?" Naruto leaned over.
"Data transmission device." Sasuke quickly browsed the information on the screen, "Danzo previously collected a large amount of data about Sharingan and Hashirama Cells. The backup left behind by Momoshiki is to send this data out."
"To whom?"
"Ōtsutsuki Clan's other survivors, or some coordinates we don't know." Sasuke's fingers were tapping rapidly on the keyboard, "It must be cut off."
"Then smash it!" Naruto raised his fist.
"No." Sasuke stopped him, "This machine is connected to the underground self-destruct system. Violent destruction will detonate the Explosive Tag buried underneath, and the entire Leaf central area will collapse."
Naruto froze. "What should we do? Can you repair computers?"
"... No." Sasuke was silent for a second, "But I can trace it in reverse."
He took out a black scroll from his ninja tool bag and connected it to the machine's interface.
"I want to hack into the system, modify the transmission coordinates, and send the data to my scroll." Sasuke said, "But it will take time. Moreover, the defense system may fight back."
At this moment, the machine suddenly sounded a piercing alarm.
The surrounding walls cracked, countless black pipes stretched out, and the muzzles were pointed at the two people.
"It seems it doesn't want you to hack in." Naruto stood in front of Sasuke, with his back to him, "How long do you want?"
"Three minutes."
"Okay." Naruto took a deep breath, orange eye shadow appeared on his face, "Sage Mode, open!"
Without the huge Chakra of Nine-Tails, Sage Mode has become his strongest trump card now. His perception spreads instantly, and all the movements around him are clearly reflected in his mind.
Da da da da!
Countless Chakra bullets shot out of the tube, pouring down like a torrential rain.
Naruto didn't flinch.
"Xianfa·Frog Kumite!"
He did not use ninjutsu to counterattack, but used Sage Mode's perception and Taijutsu to shuttle through the hail of bullets. Every punch carried the invisible Natural Energy, shattering those tubes in the air.
But he can't leave Sasuke too far away.
This is a defensive battle.
A stray bullet grazed Naruto's cheek, leaving a trail of blood.
"Not yet?" Naruto shouted.
"There's still one minute." Sasuke was sweating on his forehead, and he was operating the keyboard with one hand so fast that he couldn't see clearly.
The machine's defense system seemed to sense the threat, and all the tubes suddenly stopped firing and began to gather energy.
"Oops." Naruto's pupils shrank.
That is an energy reaction of Tailed Beast Bomb level.
"Sasuke, get out of the way!"
"No, the last ten seconds!" Sasuke didn't move.
Huge energy beams spurted out.
Naruto gritted his teeth and stood in front of Sasuke. He put his hands together and mobilized all the Natural Energy in his body.
"Don't underestimate Hokage!"
At this moment, he thought of Jiraiya, Minato, and Kurama.
No failure, no foreign aid.
Only himself.
"Xianfa·Super Great Ball Rasengan!"
The huge golden light ball collided with the energy beam.
Boom!
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The violent explosion set off strong winds inside Underground Space, and fragments of old instruments flew everywhere like shrapnel. The smoke and dust were so thick that no one could be seen at all.
"Ahem..."
Naruto was half-kneeling on the ground, his hands were blackened and still trembling slightly. The blow just now almost exhausted the Natural Energy he had just accumulated. In the past, Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak would have automatically repaired the injury, but now, the pain is so real and sharp.
"Hey, Sasuke... how long do you want?" Naruto asked with heavy breaths.
There was a crisp sound of keyboard tapping from behind.
"Done."
Sasuke Pulled out the scroll, the progress bar on the screen flashed Zeroing, and then the machine let out a whine and the screen went completely black. The surrounding tubes that were originally preparing to launch the second round of attacks also hung down like puppets with their strings broken.
"All data intercepted." Sasuke put away the scroll, walked over and pulled Naruto, "Are you still alive?"
"Nonsense." Naruto used his strength to stand up and waved his hands with a grin on his face, "This is a small injury, just go back and put a band-aid on it."
Sasuke looked at his burnt palms with complicated eyes.
"You're getting weaker."
"Ah, yes." Naruto did not refute, but smiled heartily, "It's a bit unaccustomed to not having that complaining fox making noises in my stomach. But..."
He clenched his fist. Although it hurt, it felt real.
"This also lets me know how much I relied on it before. Now I am the real Uzumaki Naruto."
Sasuke raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "Humph, you're such a tough-talking person."