It took less than half an hour from the moment Otsutsuki Urashiki descended upon Konoha to the moment Naruto and Sasuke joined forces to defeat him and restrain him with a sealing technique.
Although the battle looked simple on the surface, it was filled with hidden dangers.
If Urashiki's chakra hadn't been weakened from traveling through time and space, and if he hadn't wasted time talking nonsense after arriving, instead choosing to temporarily hide using Amenominaka, then Naruto and Sasuke's battle would never have gone so smoothly.
After all, besides being able to freely switch the forms of his Rinnegan, Urashiki also possessed a form known as the "Crane Form."
As long as he devoured his own eyes and carried the Otsutsuki treasure with him, Urashiki could completely enter a combat state and continue fighting until both his chakra and vitality were exhausted.
However, Naruto never gave Urashiki that chance. By using the sealing techniques prepared in advance, he successfully captured Urashiki alive.
Looking at Urashiki trapped within the sealing formation, Sasuke let out a sigh of relief, then glanced at Naruto beside him with complicated and lonely eyes.
He had clashed with Urashiki no fewer than ten times, and the outcomes had mostly ended in draws.
Those who mastered space-time abilities could calmly retreat even after temporary defeat.
Yet Naruto of this era had only fought Urashiki once. After making careful preparations beforehand, he managed to capture Urashiki alive and accomplish something Sasuke himself had never even imagined.
After exchanging a glance, Naruto and Sasuke walked toward Urashiki and saw that most of his body had already been destroyed.
Even though Urashiki had lost most of his chakra, the remaining strength still kept him conscious. He stared at Naruto, who was noticeably smaller than the older Sasuke standing nearby.
"I never expected I'd fall into the hands of a fox like you…"
As though he already understood his fate, Urashiki became much more polite.
Naruto stared at Urashiki and slowly asked, "Since you possess the ability to predict the future, you should already know what Sasuke and I want from you, right?"
Hearing this, Urashiki snorted coldly.
"I know you want information about our clan, but the power of our family is beyond what you monkeys can even imagine. Even if you kill me, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki, your planet will still be destroyed in the end."
"However, if you willingly offer up the chakra in your body and become servants of our clan to help deal with Kaguya's betrayal, then it's not impossible for you to become members of the Otsutsuki Clan in the future."
"How about it? Little fox over there, you should be much smarter than Uchiha Sasuke. You know how to make the right choice."
Hearing this, Sasuke's expression changed slightly, and he immediately looked toward Naruto beside him.
He was genuinely worried Naruto might actually switch sides. After all, this Naruto was completely different from the Naruto he knew. Maybe he really would join the Otsutsuki.
After a moment of silence, Naruto replied indifferently:
"Urashiki, I'm very interested in your proposal, but can we change the terms a little? If you willingly become my slave and hand over the Ninja World to me, then I might consider joining the Otsutsuki Clan."
The first half of Naruto's words made Sasuke's heart jump into his throat, but once Naruto finished speaking, Urashiki's face turned extremely ugly, and he no longer mentioned recruiting Naruto.
He was a noble member of the Otsutsuki Clan, not some servant from a branch family. How could he possibly become a monkey's slave?
After the first negotiation with Urashiki failed, Naruto reinforced the seal, completely severing Urashiki's connection with the outside world. Then, together with Sasuke, he collected all the scattered Otsutsuki blood around the battlefield.
Naruto had not forgotten that the ninja world still had mad scientists like Orochimaru around. Who knew what kind of horrifying shit they might create with Otsutsuki cells?
To make sure not a single Otsutsuki cell remained, Naruto used the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique once more, then burned the entire area clean with Fire Release before finally returning to Konoha with the sealed Urashiki.
On the way back to Konoha, Naruto also encountered Jiraiya and Tsunade, who had arrived alongside the Anbu.
Looking at the half-destroyed Forest of Death, fear appeared in the Anbu's eyes, while Jiraiya sensed the lingering chakra fluctuations in the area, including traces of Sage Chakra and Nine-Tails Chakra.
Although they had no idea what exactly had happened inside the Forest of Death—
judging from the scale of the destruction and the earthquake earlier, the ninja who fought Naruto had to be at least at the level of the Five Kage.
After hesitating briefly, Jiraiya caught up to Naruto and anxiously asked:
"Naruto, what the hell happened here just now? Who were you fighting?"
Naruto glanced at Jiraiya and casually replied:
"Lord Hokage, aliens appeared in the ninja world just now. After a hard battle, I successfully defeated the aliens and saved the ninja world."
Hearing this, Jiraiya and the others rolled their eyes and stared blankly at Naruto's back.
If you didn't want to reveal the details, then fine, don't reveal them. But aliens? At that point, the story that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had teamed up to invade Konoha sounded more believable.
If Naruto knew what they were thinking, he would probably feel helpless. What he said was completely true, yet nobody believed him.
At this moment, Tsunade pointed toward the remaining sealing formation on the ground and thoughtfully said:
"Jiraiya, I think Naruto might actually be telling the truth. He really may have encountered an enemy beyond the level of the Five Kage. Otherwise, there'd be no reason to use a sealing technique on this scale."
After pausing briefly, Tsunade continued:
"Also, over the past few days, two more uninvited guests appeared in the village. The younger one isn't very strong, but even the sensory unit can't fully see through the older ninja. They're probably connected to these so-called aliens Naruto mentioned."
"Jiraiya, we need to figure out exactly what's going on here…"
Before Tsunade could finish speaking, Jiraiya raised a hand to stop her and sighed softly.
"Tsunade, there's no need to say more. I sensed the disturbance here over ten minutes ago."
"Besides Naruto's powerful chakra, there were also two other chakra signatures that weren't inferior to Naruto's."
"The quality of those chakras had already surpassed ordinary Tailed Beasts and was even more refined than Sage Chakra. It reminded me of the level Naruto once described to me—the Super Kage level."
"The so-called Super Kage are existences beyond the Five Kage, ninjas capable of rivaling the combined strength of the Five Great Ninja Villages by themselves."
"Naruto already possesses the strength of a Super Kage, and the ninjas who fought here just now were also at that level. This isn't a battle we can interfere in anymore. This domain belongs solely to Super Kage-level monsters."
After saying this, Jiraiya looked at Naruto's departing back and sighed softly.
Back when he wanted to search for the Child of Prophecy to save the ninja world, Naruto told him that instead of waiting for a savior, it would be better to become Hokage and actively change the world himself.
Then, after Jiraiya became Hokage and tried to strengthen Konoha through reforms—
Naruto proved with absolute power that the overall strength of a village wasn't important at all, nor was becoming Hokage.
As long as an individual's strength surpassed the collective power of the Ninja Villages, then the very concept of a Ninja Village would become a joke.
And on this path, he would always remain one step behind his disciple.
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