Tsukuyomi Space.
When Itachi Uchiha raised the ninja blade in his hand and looked up at Naruto Uzumaki, a flash of shock swiftly crossed his face!
Before his eyes, Naruto Uzumaki's body gradually grew enormous. This guy's spiritual energy was far too vast, even exceeding the Tsukuyomi's control.
Because Naruto Uzumaki was no longer constrained by his body within the Tsukuyomi Space, the memories that had been sealed away by the Time Ninjutsu gradually began to unseal, surfacing in his mind...
Throughout his long life, countless figures drifted through his mind—Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Jiraiya, Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, Kaguya Otsutsuki...
Including the Itachi Uchiha before him.
"I see..."
Tears fell from the corners of Naruto Uzumaki's eyes. A single tear was even larger than Itachi Uchiha's body, startling him into taking half a step back.
Naruto Uzumaki closed his eyes, letting tears trail down his cheeks as he recalled scene after scene from his memories. He murmured with a sigh, "What a long dream it's been..."
Itachi Uchiha stared up at the gigantic Naruto Uzumaki in astonishment and said in a low voice, "How could your spiritual energy possibly be this powerful..."
"Because I lived for too long."
Naruto Uzumaki's tears continued to fall as he slowly spoke like an elderly man near the end of his life. "Back then... no, it should have been a hundred years later. To prolong my life, Kurama, whose chakra was closest to the Ten-Tails', found a way to give all its chakra to me..."
That proudest of all the tailed beasts in the ninja world...
Before its Jinchuriki died, it could have broken free of its shackles and gained freedom, yet it chose to merge its chakra with Naruto Uzumaki's to extend its Jinchuriki's lifespan.
It, however, lost its power forever. Its body