[Regarding why Sasuke didn't use Ame-no-Sakate on Naruto from the start: Ame-no-Sakate cannot transfer death directly—it only causes chronic death after inflicting severe injury. If it can't kill Naruto in a single blow, he'll recover quickly. Plus, Ame-no-Sakate can't be used repeatedly in quick succession, so Sasuke saved it as a trump card for the most critical moment.]
—Ōmononushi Style: Truth-Seeking Great Black Heaven!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Truth-Seeking Orbs poured out, filling a three-hundred-meter radius!
The number of copies Ōmononushi could create depended on the sample's size. Since Truth-Seeking Orbs were larger than the core of Chibaku Tensei, the total was much lower—but even so, thousands filled the sky!
The rain of arrows ceased.
Sasuke stared at the endless black spheres, his scalp prickling. "What the hell are you…?"
Naruto paid his reaction no mind. With a single thought, nine Truth-Seeking Orbs floated before him, his eyes sweeping over each one in turn.
—Futsunomitama!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Each orb was granted a soul in succession, coming alive: "Father! Father!"
To honor the fallen Kurotarō, Naruto immediately bestowed names upon these nine newborns.
In order of their creation, he named them—Kurojirō Uzumaki, Kurosaburō Uzumaki, Kuroshirō Uzumaki, Kurogorō Uzumaki, Kurokurō Uzumaki, Kuroshichirō Uzumaki, Kurohachirō Uzumaki, Kurokurō Uzumaki, and Kurojūrō Uzumaki!
Naruto spoke solemnly, "From now on, you ten brothers will serve as my personal guard, following me into every battle!"
Kurojirō carefully counted and asked, "Father, there are only eight of us!"
Kurosaburō piped up, "You dummy, you forgot to count yourself!"
Kurojirō blinked. "Oh, but that's still just nine!"
Naruto said, voice heavy, "Your departed brother Kurotarō is with you all, so you are ten brothers!"
The nine orbs chorused, "Understood, Father!"
"With my current Six Paths Sage mastery, I still can't create Truth-Seeking Orbs from scratch—Ōmononushi can only copy objects without souls. So…"
He gazed at the orb in his hand. "I'll keep this one as a sample for replication."
With that, he opened his mouth wide and gulped down the orb whole. After wiping the corner of his mouth, he soared through the sky, gathering the scattered orbs into the seventy-meter radius where he could control them.
Sasuke's eyes glinted coldly. "Controlling so many black spheres must be exhausting. Just look at how sluggish their movements are compared to before. If you really wanted to stop me, you'd do what you did with those Kagutsuchi arrows—mark me as the target and have the orbs attack automatically!"
Naruto looked up. "If I did that, you'd die for sure. I won't do it."
Sasuke clenched his fists. "Still clinging to that naïve dream? You think you can beat me without killing me? You really underestimate Uchiha Sasuke!"
Naruto's voice was firm. "Enough talk, Sasuke. Show me everything you've got! With the Sage of Six Paths' Yin-Yang power, your strength should be far beyond this!"
Sasuke's eyes narrowed. "Fine. If you're so eager to die, I'll oblige you!"
His Susanoo formed a hand seal.
Natural energy from the atmosphere surged in, forming a tidal wave above.
Sasuke growled, "Indra could activate Sage Mode with Susanoo, drawing in nature energy on a massive scale. Now I can do it too—and my absorption rate is even higher!"
Whooooosh…!
Susanoo's back armor opened, torrents of nature energy pouring in.
Naruto watched calmly. "So, it's Indra's Arrow again? Only this time, you're using sage power from the atmosphere instead of the Tailed Beasts. But the essence hasn't changed. If that's all, I'm disappointed—wait, what?"
What happened next caught Naruto off guard.
Enormous Six Paths Yin-Yang seals appeared on Susanoo's palms!
Naruto: "Nani?!"
The phantom of Six Paths Yin-Yang mysteries shimmered behind Susanoo.
Whoosh! Whoosh! The sage chakra within Susanoo split, channeling to both hands.
Crackle! Crackle!
White lightning gathered in Susanoo's right hand, marked with the Yang seal.
Black lightning gathered in the left, marked with the Yin seal.
Lightning flared, the air trembling with power.
Sasuke bared his teeth. "How's this? This is my full power—satisfied?!"
"All right, I'll give you that…"
Naruto muttered. Over his golden Six Paths cloak, Kurama expanded, and a gray Susanoo armor layered atop.
Sasuke scoffed, "Wearing Susanoo over Tailed Beast chakra—what a tired trick…"
Naruto's eyes darkened. "You said controlling too many orbs made me slow, right? Then let's cut down the number…"
Whoosh! The thousands of scattered orbs swarmed together, merging into a single, massive sphere that hovered in front of Kurama's paw, spinning rapidly, black winds spiraling off its surface.
Sasuke's gaze sharpened. "So you're finally trying to kill me? Too bad—you still can't win!"
Susanoo spread its wings, both hands gripping lightning forged from Yin and Yang, and lunged at Naruto in a deadly thrust!
—Six Paths: Yin-Yang Taiji Chidori!
Naruto roared, "I told you—I won't kill you!"
Kurama's avatar surged forward, pushing the colossal, multi-orb Truth-Seeking Sphere to meet the world-shaking lightning head-on!
—Six Paths: Three Thousand Dao Rasengan!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
At the moment of impact, their powers clashed in a frenzy!
"RAAAAAAAAH—!"
Sasuke howled, trying to pierce the spinning shell of the giant orb with the lightning in Susanoo's hands!
Crack… Crack…!
He was actually succeeding—fissures split the orb's surface!
"Sorry, Sasuke. I'm about to do something really unfair…"
Naruto's left eye glinted.
—Ōmononushi!
Whoosh!
He copied the massive orb at Kurama's paw—deploying the duplicate right beside the original!
Then, the two giant orbs fused, swelling to an even more monstrous size!
This was the limit—no further replication possible!
"Sasuke, you've really grown strong. If I didn't go this far, I'd never beat you…"
Within Kurama's golden chakra, Naruto stretched out his palm.
—My Style: Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb!
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