If he wasn't mistaken, Uchiha Itachi was about to unleash the power of his Mangekyo Sharingan—Tsukuyomi!
In the original story, Kakashi fell victim to Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi. In the genjutsu space, Itachi bound Kakashi to a cross and created numerous illusions of himself. These illusions, along with Itachi, would continuously stab Kakashi's body with ninja swords for 72 hours, inflicting immense physical and mental pain.
Kakashi's mind almost broke down.
Just as Naruto blocked Kakashi, the three tomoe in Uchiha Itachi's eyes spun, twisted, and deformed at an unprecedented speed.
Mangekyo Sharingan, activate!
Cold, eerie, and powerful ocular energy instantly bloomed in Itachi's pupils!
"Tsukuyomi."
In an instant, the real world's scenery rapidly receded, and a blood-red world instantly enveloped Naruto.
On a pitch-black cross, it was no longer Kakashi who was bound, but Naruto.
Itachi slowly approached, holding a long spear: "Naruto, the Fourth Hokage's legacy. Although our true target is you, or rather, the Nine-Tailed inside you—"
His words abruptly stopped.
Uchiha Itachi suddenly realized something: if the Nine-Tailed was sealed within Naruto, wouldn't he theoretically be immune to genjutsu?
Naruto, bound to the pitch-black cross, looked up and suddenly smiled.
"Did you notice?"
"Look up at the sky."
Uchiha Itachi nodded and looked up, discovering that the blood-red giant moon, originally suspended high in the genjutsu space, now resembled a Sharingan. Three tomoe appeared around it, rapidly spinning and melting, transforming into a new Mangekyo pattern.
This Mangekyo Sharingan was clearly not inferior to Uchiha Itachi's own.
"Wait—this is Shisui—"
Uchiha Itachi's perpetually unchanging face finally showed extreme shock.
But it was already too late.
Even though he also possessed one of Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan.
Deep within the giant Sharingan moon, a magnificent golden light quietly spread!
Kotoamatsukami!!
This was the genjutsu hailed as "the strongest," capable of directly invading the opponent's brain and altering their will without being detected.
The golden light from Naruto's right eye surged like a tide, actually opening up a pure land within Tsukuyomi's blood-red space.
The cross collapsed in the golden light, the black-and-white illusionary figures vanished completely, and the long sword in Uchiha Itachi's hand shattered inch by inch. He watched in horror as his Tsukuyomi space was inversely corroded by the golden light!
"This light is impossible! The strongest genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, mastered by Shisui, why can you activate it?!"
Uchiha Itachi's heart wavered, filled with countless doubts, but these doubts and shock were instantly overwritten by the power of Kotoamatsukami.
In the real world.
Uchiha Itachi's body swayed violently, and a line of blood tears flowed from his right eye.
He instantly collapsed, crow feathers scattering, then reformed into his black-cloaked, red-clouded figure beside Kisame Hoshigaki.
"Mr. Itachi?!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was shocked and enraged to see Uchiha Itachi injured. He gripped samehada tightly, preparing to charge at Naruto and his group, who stood on the South He River.
"Kisame, let's go."
Uchiha Itachi indifferently dropped a sentence, then led Kisame Hoshigaki in a swift retreat.
"They left?"
Kakashi suddenly froze, somewhat disbelieving, filled with questions.
"Isn't it good that they left? If two genuine S-rank rogue ninja fought, we wouldn't be their match. Mission accomplished, mission accomplished."
Naruto retracted and concealed the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye, his hands in his pockets, speaking in a very relaxed tone.
Without waiting for Kakashi's reaction, he stepped on the calm, mirror-like river surface and swiftly departed.
"Oh right, Naruto, you still need to come with me to buy sake!"
Kurenai Yuhi, who had been completely slacking off during the battle, remembered something and quickly shouted to Naruto's retreating back, then used the Body Flicker Technique to catch up.
Kakashi looked at the retreating figures of the large and small, pulled down his headband to cover his Sharingan, and fell into contemplation.
"Just now, Itachi clearly intended to use the strongest power of the Sharingan—the 'Mangekyo.' But why did his Sharingan bleed after only an instant? Did the Mangekyo's power fail to activate, or was it activated but resisted by Naruto with some kind of power?"
The more Kakashi thought, the more confused he became, and the more alarmed.
He didn't know about Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi, so he was more inclined to believe that Uchiha Itachi failed to activate his "Mangekyo," suffered a backlash from his ocular power, and was in poor physical condition, which was why he left in a hurry.
Although Naruto had displayed extremely formidable strength during the Chunin Exams, Kakashi did not believe he was strong enough to repel an S-rank rogue ninja yet.
A massive water pillar exploded beside Kakashi.
Might Guy, who had arrived with a flying kick, almost overturned the South He River. He looked around in the falling rain, full of vigor.
"Did—did I arrive late?!"
Might Guy asked, confused, seeing that the battlefield was already empty.
"What do you think?"
Kakashi cast aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, pulled out his orange book again, and walked away on the water, reading it with his head down.
"Huh? Where's the strong presence I just sensed? Who were they, Kakashi? Quickly tell me." Might Guy quickly chased after Kakashi Hatake.
Konoha Village became exceptionally quiet at night.
As more and more people lived with him, Naruto bought another mansion with a hot spring on Hot Spring Street.
Now that Danzo was dead, the Root Organization disbanded, Hiruzen Sarutobi had retired, the Hokage position was temporarily vacant, Konoha Village was rebuilding, and everything was waiting to be revived. Although the Anbu still monitored as a routine duty, it was no longer as strict as before.
Naruto used a huge sum of money to buy a house, and even if the Anbu reported it, no one would question it much.
Even if they did, so what?
With Naruto's current strength, there was no one or any power in Konoha Village that could threaten him.
Even if Naruto declared that he wouldn't eat beef, the entire Konoha Village would have to submit and obey.
Although he could have Shadow Clones do the housework, having Kurenai Yuhi and Karin do it gave the home more warmth and was more pleasing to the eye.
Kurenai Yuhi, with her ample hips raised, was wiping dust on the floor, while her peripheral vision shot a resentful glance at Naruto, asking: "Naruto, I'm your teacher. Do you have to treat your teacher like this?"
"Kurenai-sensei, pay up."
Naruto said with a smile.
"Do it, do it, isn't it just wiping dust? I, your teacher, am best at housework!"
"But do I have to wear a maid outfit?"
The usually bold and generous Kurenai Yuhi was now blushing, pulling at the maid's short skirt that barely covered her hips.
"Pay up."
Naruto uttered two simple words.
"..."
"Teacher suddenly thinks the maid outfit looks quite good too."
Naruto turned to look at Karin, who was diligently "pioneering" their new home, and said: "Kurenai-sensei, you should learn more from Karin. Look at her, she's diligent, hardworking, and has no complaints."
"Anyone who could marry Karin would truly be blessed."
Karin, who was cleaning the furniture, heard this and worked even harder and more enthusiastically.