The end

"Sora..." Naruto called out as he rushed toward Sora.

Sora finally escaped Uzumaki Hane's control, roaring wildly as he sent Naruto flying. Naruto crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Sora..." Naruto immediately got up from the ground and rushed towards Sora while calling out to her.

Sora watched as Naruto charged towards him, roared, and sent Naruto flying again with a single claw strike.

Naruto kept charging forward, only to be repeatedly knocked away by Sora. Time and again, Naruto kept calling out to Sora.

"Naruto..." Before anyone knew it, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Rock Lee, worried about the situation here, hadn't rested much and rushed over immediately. Seeing Naruto's desperate appearance, everyone fell silent, quietly watching Naruto.

"Sora, come back quickly..." After an unknown amount of time, Naruto finally approached Sora and roared hoarsely. With a single punch, he shattered the Nine-Tails Chakra on Sora's body. A phantom of a demon Chakra swept outwards.

Naruto could vaguely see Sora smiling at him before he was blown away by the blast wave and crashed heavily to the ground.

After a while, Naruto finally came to his senses and saw Sora lying on the ground, covered in burn marks. Naruto immediately shouted, "Sakura, quickly treat Sora!" Then, he struggled to his feet and crawled toward Sora.

With a flash, Uzumaki Hane Yu landed in front of Naruto, helped him up, and brought him to Naruto's side.

Naruto knelt on the ground, calling out to Sora. Sakura also came to Sora's side and began to treat him.

Meanwhile, Asuma and Kazuma are engaged in fierce combat.

Clang! Asuma forcefully grabbed Kazuma's steel claws and said excitedly, "Ku is your son."

"Asuma, what does it have to do with you what I do with teaching my son?" Kazuma shouted, shoving Asuma away.

Asuma frowned, let out a sudden roar, and charged forward. Clang, clang, Kazuma! Kazuma, caught off guard, had his scepter knocked away.

Kazuma frowned and said in a deep voice, "Asuma, it seems your strength has improved quite a bit over the years. It looks like I'll have to go all out, or I really won't be able to beat you." As he spoke, Kazuma took out a steel claw from his body and put it on his hand. Then, the steel claw was covered with Chakra.

"Asuma..." Kazuma shouted, charging towards Asuma.

"Kazuma..." Asuma shouted, charging towards Kazuma.

"Let's settle this once again." The two exchanged blows, their weapons clashing repeatedly, clanging and sparks flying. In an instant, they had exchanged more than a dozen blows, then simultaneously sheathed their weapons and took a few steps back.

"I've prepared for this day countless times. Today, no one can stop me from destroying this decaying Konoha, not even Asuma!" Kazuma roared, gripping his steel claws, and charged at Asuma once more.

Asuma said resolutely, "Today, you will not destroy Konoha. Kazuma, don't you realize you are about to fail?" With that, he thrust his weapon forward, shoving Kazuma away. Kazuma stumbled back several steps.

"Impossible! Sora will transform into the Nine-Tails soon and destroy Konoha just like before." Kazuma said, charging towards Asuma again.

Asuma forcefully pushed Kazuma back, his face full of determination, and said, "I believe in Naruto. Naruto can definitely stop Sora."

Asuma leaped up, kicking Kazuma away as he attacked. Looking at Kazuma, he continued, "We were all wrong, wrong from the very beginning. Turn back, Kazuma."

"I'm not wrong, there's no way I could be wrong!" Kazuma shouted, brandishing his steel claws as he charged at Asuma.

Asuma looked at Kazuma with a determined gaze. "We were both wrong." Then the two walked past each other.

A spray of blood appeared on Kazuma's body. Kazuma looked at the wound on his stomach, blood uncontrollably flowing from the corner of his mouth, and he collapsed to the ground.

The next day, Sora packed his bags and embarked on his journey alone, saying he wanted to see more places and make more friends. Naruto made a promise to meet Sora again and watched him leave.

Naruto then underwent three days of treatment.

On this day, Naruto began a new round of training.

On the training field, Naruto was overjoyed. After so many days of continuous training, he could finally train again. Naruto said, "Kakashi-sensei, what kind of training will we do today? Like the Super Invincible Rasengan or something like the Rasengan that Naruto Uzumaki specially made?" Naruto said, gesturing excitedly as he spoke.

Yamato hearing this, Yamato was exasperated and said, "Didn't I tell you to perform Chakra Nature Transformation?"

Kakashi exchanged a glance with Yamato beside him, then said, "Today, I've invited someone to help you with your training."

Upon hearing this, Naruto excitedly exclaimed, "Who is it? Could it be that the Pervy Sage has returned?"

"It's me, Naruto." At that moment, Uzumaki Hane emerged from the woods.

Naruto became even more excited upon seeing Uzumaki Hane and asked, "Yu, are you here to help me train?"

Uzumaki Hane smiled slightly and said, "That's right, Naruto, I will also help you with your training from now on."

Time flies like an arrow, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. In this month, the reconstruction of the village has finally been completed.

Meanwhile, Uzumaki Hane, along with Kakashi Yamato, helped Naruto train while also carrying out various missions.

Deep within Orochimaru's base, in a secluded stone chamber, Orochimaru sat on a stone chair, listening to Kabuto Yakushi's report below.

After a long silence, Orochimaru finally said, "In other words, Konoha was almost destroyed during this invasion."

Kabuto Yakushi respectfully replied, "That's right, Lord Orochimaru. The one who invaded Konoha this time was Kazuma, one of the original Twelve Guardian Ninja. He once launched a coup, but it was stopped by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. Kazuma was also killed by Asuma, and I don't know why he's still alive."

"Oh, the Twelve Guardian Ninja, Asuma is one of them, how interesting." Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, revealing an interested expression.

Kabuto Yakushi adjusted his glasses and continued, "Lord Orochimaru, this time the enemy invaded Konoha and almost succeeded in destroying Konoha. Unfortunately, they failed at the last moment, Kazuma was killed by Asuma again."

Orochimaru said grimly, "Really, Konoha is becoming more and more useless. But that's fine, only I can destroy Konoha. Once I get Sasuke, I'll go and deal with this rotten Konoha." As he spoke, Orochimaru revealed a dangerous smile, like a giant snake eyeing its prey.