Lending a Helping Hand

Chen had never seen anyone escape from a collapsing space. Once lost in the void, there was only one possible ending: growing old and dying in the cracks between dimensions.

Then Chen seemed to realize something. "Now that the Sage of Six Paths has been devoured and all Five Kage are trapped in this space, does that mean no one can send them out?"

Thinking this, Chen suddenly slapped his forehead. This space contained almost all the strongest people in the entire Naruto world. Whether it was the Five Kage or the second generation of Legendary Sannin—Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura—they were all famous throughout the Ninja World.

Even Rock Lee, Kakashi, Obito, and Might Guy had made names for themselves. Obito, for one, had been the biggest boss in the early stages of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Madara Uchiha had outsmarted him, but that didn't mean he was weak. It just meant the two of them were too devious.

And Might Guy—after opening the Eight Gates, he'd come close to kicking the story into its finale. Kakashi Hatake was the same: he could go toe-to-toe with anyone, and his greatest moment had been becoming the Sixth Hokage.

Except for Rock Lee, whose reputation wasn't as great, everyone else was famous. If they all died in this space, Konoha would suffer devastating losses. It might take decades to recover.

Konoha hadn't exactly been friendly to Chen. He'd even once led Sasuke in an attack on the village, carrying out the Konoha Crush Plan in Pain's place and finishing what Pain hadn't. But Sasuke was among them.

A brotherly bond forged over more than ten years wasn't something he could just cast aside. Their blood ties ran deep. Chen could turn a blind eye to everyone else, but he couldn't do