—"Sasuke, I won't let you hurt Black Uncle!!!!"
As the shout rang out, a repulsive force hurled Sasuke away from Naruto's body in the outside world!!
Inside the Six-Pointed Star barrier within Naruto's consciousness, Sasuke's figure grew ethereal, while Black Zetsu's nearly vanished form... solidified again!
Having escaped the greatest crisis he had faced in a thousand years... Black Zetsu's ecstasy was easy to imagine!!
"Ha, hahahahahahahaha, hahahahahahahahahaha! Naruto, oh, Naruto, you really are my lucky star...!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ugh...!!!"
Madara's expression twisted in pain...!!
The sensation was familiar, but this time, he could no longer resist it. Naruto's awakening... had become unstoppable!!
"This time... we really are switching."
In the black depths of his subconscious.
Thump! Thump! Thump-thump-thump!
The heartlike cocoon pulsed violently!!
The black vines covering its surface loosened as it heaved. Golden light shone through the gaps, instantly tearing the black vines apart...!!
Crack! The cocoon split open, spilling more golden light... which instantly banished the darkness of the deep!
Where the light converged... the boy who emerged from the cocoon was none other than blond-haired Naruto!!
His body was bare, his azure eyes opened... and a pair of vivid red butterfly wings spread behind him!
Those butterfly wings were the last power Kushina had left her beloved son!
Before him... a White Diamond Crystal floated in the air!
Minato had forcibly stripped away thirty percent of the Black Cursed Seal, purified that power, and bound it completely to Naruto's will. Even Madara could not reclaim it!
"..."
Naruto's gaze was unfocused. Instinctively, he raised his hand and grasped the crystal!
Inside the Six-Pointed Star barrier.
Madara closed his eyes, Naruto opened his, Asura lowered his eyelids, Nine-Tails bared his teeth, and Black Zetsu's face contorted viciously...!!
That was the final image frozen there... because Sasuke, who had been