Hearing Sage Fukasaku's warning, Naruto nearly ground his teeth in frustration, his expression darkening.
"I'll go take him down right now!"
Naruto created two Shadow Clones and, in coordination, unleashed [Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken]!
As Pain looked on, slightly surprised, the shuriken in Naruto's hand quickly formed before he hurled it forward at incredible speed.
Already fast by nature, Wind Release combined with the shuriken's shape made it arrive at Pain's location almost instantly.
The three barely managed to scatter when the Rasenshuriken suddenly expanded, reaching critical mass before violently exploding, consuming everything around it!
Wild winds howled and energy roared like hundreds of thousands of explosive tags detonating at once at the epicenter!
"That's the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken Naruto used to defeat Kakuzu!" Sakura exclaimed, covering her mouth in shock.
"Naruto's become this strong!" Shikamaru said, equally astonished.
"Stay focused! Watch out for those Chakra Dragons!" Ino shouted urgently.
Seeing the anxious look in Tsunade's eyes, Seiki spoke steadily, offering unexpected reassurance. "Tsunade-sensei... may I call you that? Get everyone behind me—now!"
Tsunade startled. "You're serious?"
Seiki's voice remained calm and confident. "Please trust me. I was the one who fought and defeated Pain in my timeline!"
"You defeated Pain?" Tsunade's mind reeled, but the urgency of the situation left her little time to question. Clenching her teeth, she declared, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
Turning to the others, she shouted, "Everyone, gather behind me!"
At Tsunade's voice, hesitation swept through the crowd.
Common sense suggested scattering would be their best chance—standing together only made them an easier target.
"Master must have a plan!" Seeing Seiki beside Tsunade, Sakura darted forward without hesitation.
Then came Ino and Shikamaru.
Seeing this, the rest stopped hesitating.
From all directions, people rushed toward Tsunade, some noticing that even Tsunade-sama herself seemed to be hiding behind someone else.
Chakra Dragons soared through the sky, charging straight toward Seiki at the front.
Now even the slowest among them understood Tsunade's confidence.
"Who is he? I've never seen him before!"
"Can he really stop that deadly technique?"
Even Sakura held her breath, anxiously waiting to see what would happen.
After all, that instant-death ability was truly terrifying!
Everyone held their breath, watching closely, hoping to see his strength in action.
Yet, Seiki simply stood there, seemingly frozen in fear, unmoving.
As the Chakra Dragon closed in, someone finally cried out in panic, "Run—"
Before the word finished, the lead Chakra Dragon slammed directly into Seiki's body.
It vanished without a trace, like a stone swallowed by the sea.
The following dragons seemed to sense danger, desperately braking to flee backward—but Seiki's body acted like a black hole, dragging and sucking them into his body one by one.
"Just a bit of help!" Seiki calmly nodded. The Truth-Seeking Balls of Hagoromo were naturally superior in essence to the Chakra Dragons of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!
The crowd behind him watched in stunned silence. The sight of the Chakra Dragons trying to escape but being dragged back shattered their understanding of reality!
That mysterious ability, capable of instantly obliterating even giant summoned beasts, couldn't even faze him at all!
"What... what exactly is going on here?"
"Am I still dreaming?"
Sakura cheered, "Big brother is amazing!"
"Big brother?" Shikamaru gave a strange look. He had no reason not to know Sakura's senior!
Ino nodded vigorously, "Big brother is super-duper awesome!"
The fighters in the middle of battle were also drawn to the commotion here.
"Actually absorbing the Chakra Dragons from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path! How is that even possible?" Pain's pupils abruptly constricted.
"That's... Seiki-Aniki!" Naruto shouted with joy.
Fukasaku asked, "Naruto, do you know him?"
Even the Chakra Dragon was something he couldn't confidently withstand, yet the opponent had swallowed it like having a snack!
When did such an incredible newcomer appear in the shinobi world?
"Yeah, Seiki-Aniki is an extremely powerful senior!" Naruto nodded repeatedly, then suddenly realized something and chuckled nervously at Mizuki, "You're that world's Mizuki-senpai?"
Mizuki's face faintly darkened. They had been fighting together for so long, yet this idiot hadn't recognized him?
Pain narrowed his eyes, "He's the one who cast that healing rain?"
Mizuki corrected, "By your standards, I am a god!"
"A god? Then let's see if he has the capability to survive this technique!" Pain said, clapping his hands.
[Planetary Devastation]!
Pain separated his hands from the praying position, and a black seed resembling a black hole flew into the sky.
"What is this?" Naruto asked in confusion, then felt his body yanked upward uncontrollably.
Not just him, every living and inanimate object nearby was being pulled toward that black seed as if it intended to devour the entire Konoha!
"Waaaah! What's happening?!"
"What will happen to us? Will we be sealed away?"
The Konoha ninjas cried out in panic, their bodies being yanked upward by an invisible force.
"This is a technique once used by the Sage of Six Paths to create the Moon! To die this way is truly your honor..." As Pain spoke, a brilliant beam of light cut through the floating sphere in the sky, piercing right through it.
In the next moment, the floating sphere began to disintegrate without its gravity core, and everyone fell back down from the sky.
Instinctively, Pain looked toward the 'god' mentioned by Mizuki, "How did you do that?"
Seiki smiled slightly, a laser shooting from his fingertip, "Like this!"
That beam pierced straight through Pain's chest like a lance.
In a forest near Konoha, inside a tree made of a paper sheet in disguise.
Nagato suddenly sat upright from his leaning posture, murmuring, "How is that possible? What power is that?"
Konan asked anxiously, "Nagato, what's wrong with you?"
"Chakra Dragons have been absorbed. Planetary Devastation neutralized — and by the same person!" Nagato spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Who? The Nine-Tails' jinchuriki?" Konan gasped.
"I don't know. I can't read him!" Nagato's tone was low. "That guy is more terrifying than any enemy I've ever faced!"
Konan's eyes darkened. Even the 'Demigod of the Shinobi World' had been crushed beneath Nagato's might like an ant. For him to say such a thing, that enemy must truly be horrifying.
"What if we pull out and try again another day?" Konan suggested after a moment's pause.
But Nagato only let out a bitter smile. "It might already be too late!"
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