Wrap-Up

One force descended from above, while another surged upwards. The collision of these two forces exacerbated the already ravaged land.

The ground began to shake, and trees were involuntarily uprooted.

What's going on?

The sudden shaking of the ground made Naruto shout out.

Is this the end of the world?

Sakura was completely taken aback when she saw so many tall trees rising into the sky and cracks appearing in the ground toward her. This was beyond her wildest imagination.

As Sasuke stared intently at the battle Hatake brothers, he felt a deep longing within Sasuke. He yearned to possess such power, believing that if he did, his father would pay more attention to him. Sasuke also wished that Fugaku would focus more on him instead of solely on Itachi.

Karot felt a little embarrassed to see the destruction caused by the clash of the brothers' powers.

Let's stop here!

Karot had already assessed Kakashi's strength and wanted to introduce him.

Karot slowly bent over, placing his hands together on his waist.

"Kamehameha"

Karot raised his hands upwards. An energy wave shot out from Karot's hands and directly collided with Kakashi's lightning power.

Kakashi's lightning power was visibly suppressed by Karot's Kamehameha.

Karot smiled and added another Ki Blast energy, striking the dark clouds in the sky. With a deafening boom, the clouds were shattered by the Kamehameha, and the light returned.

What is that?

When the Kamehameha appeared, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others felt a sense of oppression; their Chakra power was suppressed by Karot's power.

"Brush."

Kakuzu the fighting ahead had stopped, Kakuzu immediately rushed over.

"Let's go too."

Sasuke and Naruto, not forgetting the unconscious Zabuza him up and followed Kakuzu. Sakura, seeing that her beloved had already set off, and Tazuna, not wanting to stay behind, went with them.

When they arrived at the place where Karot and Kakashi fought, it had become an abyss. When Karot used his Ki Blast, the ground sank, and underground water gushed out, filling the ground.

Kakashi was floating in mid-air with his arm around Karot's shoulder. If it weren't for Karot, Kakashi would have drowned long ago. When Karot broke Kakashi's ultimate move, Kakashi's body had already reached its limit, and he collapsed to the ground, completely limp.

"This is ridiculous, Kakashi."

Karot is having a bit of a headache with his younger brother; he's grown up now and can't be hit anymore. Karot is starting to regret not giving him a good beating when they were kids.

"Kakashi-sensei."

Just as Karot was reminiscing about his childhood, Naruto's loud voice began to shout. It was the first time Naruto had ever seen someone fly. He was extremely envious. Humanity's yearning for the sky will never change.

Karot and Kakashi descended from the sky. Kakashi was unsteady on his feet as soon as he landed; he had exhausted himself and overused his Chakra.

"Hiss."

Naruto roughly touched Kakashi, Kakashi gasped. Kakashi was in pain all over; the aftereffects of overusing Chakra made Kakashi extremely sensitive to physical contact.

"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright?"

Naruto said with concern, looking at Kakashi's expression, which left Naruto at a loss for words.

"I'm fine, as long as you don't touch me."

Kakashi hadn't expected that overusing Chakra would cause such a strong reaction. His body was overworked, and it would take him more than half a month to recover.

"This is what happens when you try to be tough."

Seeing Kakashi's furrowed brows as he suppressed his pain, Karot gloated. However, as a good older Karot certainly wouldn't stand by and watch him die.

Karot stretched out his palm towards Kakashi, and the power of his ki enveloped Kakashi. Kakashi felt his entire body being gently covered by a force that continuously repaired his injured body. This was a method of using ki that Karot had developed, comparable to the terrifying healing technique of the Kami Dandan. "We both use ki, so why can you do it but I can't?"

Just as Kakashi was enjoying Karot's treatment, Karot suddenly stopped.

"Huh? Why did it stop?"

Kakashi asked, looking bewildered, "Your injuries were almost healed, why did you suddenly stop? Shouldn't you have finished the job?"

"This is a lesson for you, for overusing your strength. Now your movements are unaffected, only your strength cannot be used."

Karot wanted to see how Kakashi would cope without his powers.

"You... you're ruthless."

Karot could guess what Kakashi was planning with his toes—he just wanted to see him make a fool of himself, right? Well, I'll make sure you don't see it.

The group arrived at a clean spot. Karot decided to treat everyone to a good meal.

"Come on, everyone, let's eat! Don't be shy!"

Karot invited everyone to eat. Ever since Karot acquired Kakuzu, his standard of living had been steadily improving. Furthermore, while the "gods" lacked many other things, the offerings from their followers were plentiful. Karot had taken all the treasures accumulated over the years, and now Karot could finally say goodbye.

"I'm the richest person in the entire Ninja World."

Even if you just laze around all day, you could never use up all the scrolls in several lifetimes. That's why Karot goes on a shopping spree wherever he goes; Kakuzu alone has hundreds of scrolls on him.

Kakashi showed no reaction when he saw the food Kakuzu took out of the scroll, as this was standard procedure. Naruto, however, were somewhat shocked. Using such an expensive scroll to store food—that was incredibly extravagant.

Naruto and the others were even more astonished by Karot's eating habits. "Is he even human? How can he eat so much?" they thought. At first, Naruto wanted to compete with Karot in terms of appetite, but even after he was stuffed, Karot showed no sign of stopping. Naruto went from admiration to surprise to complete apathy. Karot gradually shattered Naruto's perception of gluttons.

"Kakashi-sensei, is this person really your brother?"

Naruto turned to Kakashi beside him and asked, he really couldn't understand why Karot and Kakashi were brothers, they were completely different species.

"Without a doubt."

Kakashi never expected to be asked this question again after so many years.

The lunch turned into a complete Karot show; the scene was eerily quiet, with only the sound of Karot chewing.