"You forced me into this!"
"Then let us perish together! This entire universe!"
A voice beyond all concepts rang out from the source of the world.
It transcended countless planes, space and time, past and future.
At that moment, a shadow shrouded every corner of the universe.
The sky over the Naruto World suddenly went dark.
"Huh? Why did the sky suddenly go dark?"
In the Naruto World, tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, Yahiko scratched his head and looked up at the suddenly darkened sky in confusion.
"I don't know. It might be genjutsu. Everyone, stay alert."
Konan's expression was grave. More than two months had passed since they had graduated from the Ninja Academy.
During that time, Minato Namikaze had led them through quite a few A-rank missions, and even some S-rank ones.
This time, the four genin of Team 7 were carrying out an A-rank mission on their own.
Their mission was to capture or kill a rogue ninja causing trouble near the Land of Fire's border.
Their target was initially suspected to possess jonin-level strength.
This was their first mission of this kind, and although Nagato and his two companions were already no weaker than jonin,
they still felt compelled to proceed cautiously.
Now, with the sky suddenly changing as well, an ominous feeling welled up as they looked at the murky gray expanse overhead.
"Is it really just genjutsu?"
Nagato murmured, watching the sky continue to darken.
What his companions did not know was that his Rinnegan made him innately immune to genjutsu.
The sight before them could not possibly be something as simple as genjutsu.
"Let's finish the mission first."
Kakashi spoke calmly.
Over the past few months, Kakashi had not grown particularly close to Nagato and his two teammates.
Nagato,