Boom! The Demon God Mechanical Giant's leg slammed into the ground. In an instant, the earth split and mountains crumbled, cracks spreading in every direction until the ground collapsed!
Just the aura radiating from that leg was enough to feel how terrifying it was. It was definitely beyond what an ordinary Kage Level could withstand!
"What the hell?!" Naruto frowned at the sight.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the next moment—
Whoosh! A gigantic mechanical hand, like a demon's claw reaching out from hell, suddenly thrust out of the golden vortex.
A violent gale rose wherever it passed.
"Ha ha ha ha..." Sasori laughed maniacally above the ground, looking like a demon. Then his crimson gaze abruptly fixed on Naruto, and he roared, "I'll let you witness my true art!"
In an instant—
Boom—!
The demonic hand and leg suddenly spread apart. The golden vortex erupted with an astonishing force, expanding dozens of times over. Along with a terrifying pressure, clouds of dust surged into the sky and blotted out the surroundings.
At the same time, a colossal being, as vast as a mountain, leaped out of the vortex with a thunderous crash, fully descending upon the Shinobi World!
It was the owner of that demonic hand and leg.
At this moment, the being was shrouded in dust. Though its appearance was hidden, its sheer presence made it clear that it was no ordinary creature!
Gradually, the dust began to clear, revealing its head.
"Wait... what the—!" Naruto's pupils shrank at the sight. Then he exclaimed in disbelief, "What the hell! Where'd you get a Gundam?!"
As Naruto finished speaking, the dust completely cleared, revealing the being in all its glory!
A hundred-meter-tall Demon God Mechanical Giant!
Its entire body was dark red, like an iron fortress, with an intensely metallic sheen!
Its angular body was sharply defined, and its head bore a domineering V-shape. Its eyes resembled burning scarlet flames, radiating boundless majesty.
Its limbs were as thick as pillars holding up the sky. Its joints fit together with perfect precision. Though its hands were not clenched into fists, it looked capable of crushing everything in the world.
A pair of enormous wings stretched from its back, as if ready to tear the heavens apart. Its overwhelming presence made anyone who saw it tremble.
It looked exactly like a Gundam from the anime Naruto had watched in his previous life!
Absurd. Absolutely absurd!
Even Obito, spying from afar, had a face that trembled beneath his mask. He murmured in disbelief, "Sasori actually has a puppet giant of this caliber?!"
"This thing's as big as a Perfect Susanoo!" Black White Zetsu beside him was just as shocked.
Sasori, a member Konan had recruited by force, actually possessed such a terrifying trump card!
Obito and Black White Zetsu were left reeling, unable to calm down for a long time.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield—
"This is absurd... just absurd..." Naruto felt the full impact of the Mechanical Giant more directly than anyone else, and shock filled his eyes.
But he quickly suppressed his agitation, turned his gaze toward Sasori in the air, and asked, "Sasori! There's no way you built something like this yourself! What's going on?!"
Hearing that, the ferocity in Sasori's eyes faded somewhat, replaced by a hint of relief. "You're right. I didn't create it... but I restored it!"
Whoosh! Sasori flicked his wrist, and chakra threads instantly wrapped around the Mechanical Giant's head.
He pulled himself over and stood atop the giant's head, then continued explaining, "I came across a puppet scroll in a small country by chance. When I summoned it, all I found was a heap of broken scrap metal. I spent decades gradually repairing it, but even so..."
At this, Sasori's expression turned forlorn. "There are still parts of it that I can't repair, no matter how hard I try!"
"Then what's happening now?" Naruto pressed, his eyes continuing to size up the Mechanical Giant.
Naruto still believed that even if Sasori had stumbled upon it in another country, it couldn't possibly have originated in the Shinobi World.
He guessed it was some relic left behind by an alien planet with highly advanced technology...
After all, beyond the Shinobi World, there were supernatural beings like the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
So a technologically advanced world wouldn't be all that strange!
As Naruto pondered this—
"Ha ha ha ha..." Sasori suddenly threw his head back and laughed. Madness glimmered in his eyes as he shouted,
"But if I sacrifice the parts from every Human Puppet in my Hundred Puppet Performance, I can temporarily fill in the damaged sections!"
That explained why those ruined Human Puppets had flown toward the golden vortex just now...
"I see." Naruto considered this, his eyes flickering as he continued, "With this, you could turn the Shinobi World upside down! But you've always left it unused, so I'm guessing there's a flaw you can't fix."
It seemed Naruto had hit the mark.
"..." Sasori's pupils abruptly contracted, and he fell into deathly silence.
But the next instant—
Sasori's eyes flashed. He swept his hand through the air and shouted, "That's right! To control it in battle, I have to inject it with a special energy source! But the Shinobi World doesn't have that kind of energy. Still, there's another way to force it to move..."
By now, madness had completely overtaken Sasori's eyes. He pointed at his own chest and roared,
"I can burn my Life Core!"
As soon as the words left his mouth—
Whoosh! The Life Core in Sasori's chest detached from his body and shot through the air, stopping in front of a diamond-shaped glass marking between the Mechanical Giant's brows.
Then, as Naruto watched—
Click! The glass marking slowly opened, and Sasori's Life Core flew inside.
In an instant—
Whoosh— A dazzling flash of light shot from the Mechanical Giant's forehead. Blazing flames slowly rose—the fire consuming Sasori's Life Core!
At the same time, Sasori's slightly frenzied words echoed across the battlefield.
"This is the final battle of me, Sasori of the Red Sands! Art is eternal beauty!"
As soon as he finished—
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Blinding red light flared from the Mechanical Giant's ankles. It surged upward, setting the entire giant ablaze!
Its scarlet eyes also unleashed their true divine might at that moment!
Now—
Rumble— A terrifying pressure erupted from the Mechanical Giant, crushing everything in its path as it swept in all directions.
In an instant—
The earth trembled, and gale-force winds howled, as if the world had become a living hell!
"So this is Sasori at full power?" Obito couldn't help activating his Mangekyō. His eyes were full of disbelief.
Seeing this, Naruto muttered, "He's using his life as a wager to force this Mechanical Giant to start? But if I just use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape, you'll blow yourself up..."
But before he could finish—
Naruto suddenly looked up, gazing at the Mechanical Giant's forehead as if he could see Sasori there. The corners of his mouth lifted.
"Still, I'll accept your final challenge. I want to try out a Gundam too!"
"Kurama! Time to pay rent!"
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