Sage of Six Paths level

In the real world, Ōnoki sat slumped on the ground, his cane fallen beside him, as though every ounce of strength had drained from his body.

He stared blankly at the sky. The Canopy Screen had long since vanished, yet the Land of Earth Person's devastating power and Deidara's final resolve to take his enemy down with him kept replaying before his eyes.

What exactly did my future self do?

A wave of regret surged through him, threatening to drown him.

To protect his village, his future self had crossed forbidden lines, only to create a monster capable of destroying the entire shinobi world with his own hands.

That obsession, that distrust of the younger generation, had nearly dragged Iwagakure and the shinobi world into an abyss of eternal ruin.

At the same time, his heart was filled with indescribable shock.

That brat Deidara had actually been hiding such terrifying power—power that could make even that so-called earthly sage body sense the threat of death.

And there was his composure in a crisis, his decisiveness, and his determination to protect his comrades.

What shocked him even more was that a mere clone of Naruto Uzumaki had been so powerful that Deidara had needed to threaten mutual destruction to force him back.

The strength of the real Naruto Uzumaki in that future was simply unimaginable!

An old man's tear slipped silently from the corner of his wrinkled eye.

It seems my future self really has grown old. There are some things I truly ought to let go of.

In Kumogakure, Fourth Raikage A remained silent for a long time before finally punching the wall, leaving a deep fist-shaped indentation.

"Pass down the order. Suspend all plans targeting Iwagakure and Konoha."

"Reassess the threat levels of Deidara and Naruto Uzumaki. No, reassess