"Awen, wait! You're not this kind of person! Calm down! We can talk this out properly. As long as we clear everything up, it'll be fine, Awen..."
Naruto felt that the Awen from his memories had become utterly unfamiliar. He was nothing like the Awen he remembered.
"Did I cause a huge disaster, Naruto?" Shion looked aggrieved, like a wronged little wife.
"No!" Naruto stared seriously at Awen before him.
"He's completely different from the Awen I remember. Shion, this has nothing to do with you. To put it another way, Awen is completely out of character now. He's totally broken. He would never do something so pointless."
Kurama hurriedly added, "His soul was torn into two halves. In other words, even if the real world and the Limited Tsukuyomi are opposite worlds, Awen was originally one whole person. I don't believe a guy like Awen would turn into this just because of Menma's influence."
"Exactly, exactly..." Naruto said urgently. "With his personality and nature, he would definitely go to the Waterfall of Truth to solve this problem. You're just an impostor wearing Awen's face. Shion, let's destroy this guy together..."
Naruto and Shion held hands, their chakra merging as the golden form of the Nine-Tails took shape. Shion's chakra completely enveloped the Golden Body Nine-Tails, and the Super Chakra Armored Nine-Tails born from Naruto and Shion emerged.
Awen's expression turned cold as he formed hand seals. "You really do know quite a lot. Come on..."
"Sage Art: Ice Release Soaring Dragon!"
A wave of frigid air spread outward. Awen stepped atop an Ice Release Soaring Dragon, and the battle escalated in full.
Outside the alternate space, Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze used space–time perception to study the alternate space Awen had created.
"Hanabi, come help!"
Minato Namikaze called out.