In the endless void of space, the golden Susanoo towered like a god.
Wielding a jet-black blade long enough to cleave through stars, its figure cast a radiant yet terrifying silhouette across the cosmos.
The blade gleamed with chilling light—its tip aimed directly at a single point on the blue planet below:
Sakura Country.
With a single thought from Hikaru Uchiha, the heavens responded.
Energy from across dimensions converged into the sword—forming a terrifying wave of annihilation.
Then, the blade fell.
The slash tore through the sky like a roaring dragon, and the light from the black sword seemed to split the very firmament in two.
As the sword descended, space itself twisted and screamed.
Below, the people of Sakura Country lifted their eyes in horror.
Above them, the heavens cracked open—a pitch-black web of destruction spread rapidly like ink across the sky.
Then came the sound.
BOOOOM!!!
It shattered the world.
Fear gripped the land.
Some wept. Some screamed. Others fell to their knees, hands clasped in prayer.
But the gods they cried to would not answer.
Their defenses—cannons, missiles, jutsu arrays—all launched in desperate response.
But against Susanoo, it was like throwing pebbles at a tsunami.
The black blade ignored it all.
With a final, world-shaking blast, the sword crashed into the earth.
The land cracked open.
Mountains shook. Cities collapsed. Streets split apart as chasms devoured everything.
Cries for help were swallowed by the roar of destruction.
In that single moment…
Sakura Country ceased to exist.
Erased—utterly—from the map.
Oddly enough, no other region on the planet was touched.
It was as if the blade had judged only Sakura Country worthy of eradication.
And when the deed was done…
The massive Susanoo dissolved, its golden form breaking into shards of light, fading into the void.
But the message it left behind was permanent.
Across the globe, nations trembled.
This wasn't a bomb.
This wasn't a forbidden technique.
This was a celestial execution.
And its wielder had the style of Xia Country—Huaguo.
Governments scrambled to convene emergency sessions.
No one dared test whether this power was sanctioned by Xia, or if it had acted alone.
Either way—the fear was real.
No country wanted to become the next Sakura.
So they distanced themselves.
And for now, Xia Country was left alone.
But the rise or fall of Xia no longer had anything to do with Hikaru.
He was never their savior.
He had never claimed to protect them.
His strike had not come from righteousness, nor duty. Only from disgust and disdain.
No guilt.
No remorse.
Only clarity: They deserved it.
As Hikaru stepped back through the World Gate into the Naruto world, he remained unaware—
That his actions had drawn attention from far beyond.
In a place beyond description, in the depths of higher dimensions, three beings stirred.
Their forms were cloaked in law and order, their every breath shaking the edges of reality.
An ancient elder opened his eyes. Within them flowed stars, galaxies, time itself.
"So he's the chosen one?" he murmured. "Fortunate little fellow."
A middle-aged man with overwhelming authority scoffed.
His breath alone shattered countless budding parallel universes.
The elder waved his hand—and those destroyed realms reversed in time and reassembled themselves.
"Bah. A mere human, and yet he's fated to such luck? Why not just take it from him?"
The elder gave him a long look.
"Have you forgotten what it truly is? If you steal it… are you ready to be devoured by its backlash? Even if we three acted together… we may not survive."
The middle-aged being gritted his teeth. He knew the truth.
He just didn't like it.
It wasn't just greed.
It was envy.
Hikaru—a human—had touched what he long coveted.
Then the third figure, a smiling youth, finally spoke.
"Why not take him in as a disciple?"
That suggestion caused the middle-aged man to snort in disgust and vanish from the realm.
"I have no interest."
The elder also shook his head.
"He walks a different path than mine. But if you're interested… feel free."
The smiling youth nodded calmly.
Alone now, the young man whispered:
"A disciple shouldn't be taken lightly. If I'm to choose… he'll need to pass a little test first."
With a flick of thought, the Sacred Timeline of Hikaru's Ichi-jin World shifted ever so slightly.
The change was so faint, even the stars themselves did not notice.
But one thing did.
As Hikaru stepped through the World Gate and landed back in the Naruto world—
A sudden notification flashed in his mind.
He blinked.
Then focused.
[System Notification Detected]
[A change in the Sacred Timeline of "The Outcast" has been detected.]
Please proceed with caution.
If you choose to abandon this world and initiate a new search,
Estimated cooldown: 1 month.
Warning: Difficulty of this world has increased.
As a result, quest rewards have been significantly upgraded.
World Quest: Acquire the Eight Forbidden Techniques.
Reward: +1000% Idle Training Speed