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Naruto Uzumaki didn’t want to fight Sasuke, but the outcome wasn’t up to him. Even if Naruto wanted to stop, Sasuke wouldn’t agree.
Unless Naruto Uzumaki was willing to hand over the Nine-Tails. But if he did, Naruto Uzumaki himself would die—
“Sasuke, why have you become like this?” Naruto Uzumaki gritted his teeth, blocking Sasuke’s Kusanagi Blade, and asked.
Though Sasuke had been aloof in the past, Naruto Uzumaki had always considered him his best friend.
Even if he acted like he disliked the arrogant Sasuke, deep down, he had never really hated him.
“Konoha forced me to do this… I will make Konoha atone for the Uchiha Clan!”
Sasuke’s eyes burned with hatred.
“Even if you are my best friend, I will absolutely not let you do anything to Konoha!” Naruto Uzumaki gritted his teeth.
“<Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!>”
This was likely one of Naruto Uzumaki’s most proficient ninjutsu. Relying on the Rasengan and Shadow Clones, Naruto Uzumaki had fought his way through many battles.
Countless Naruto Uzumakis filled the area; the Valley of the End was completely overrun by his shadow clones.
“<Naruto Two Thousand Uzumaki Barrage!>”
Two thousand shadow clones attacked Sasuke Uchiha simultaneously. Though it was just one person, the shadow clones created the feeling of an entire army.
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“Naruto Uzumaki has so much chakra. Is it because of the Nine-Tails’ chakra??”
Obito Uchiha, hidden in the shadows, couldn’t help but frown and mutter to himself upon seeing so many shadow clones.
“It’s not because of the Nine-Tails’ chakra. He himself has that much chakra.”
A voice came from behind Obito Uchiha, making him jolt.
Turning his head, Obito saw Shin smiling at him. Obito couldn’t bring himself to smile back; he couldn’t…
Hidden beneath his mask was Obito’s miserable face. It was already a feat that Obito Uchiha hadn’t burst into tears.
“Why are you here?” Obito Uchiha asked Shin.
Actually, Obito Uchiha had already roughly guessed. If he wasn’t mistaken, White Zetsu must have told Shin Uzumaki. Otherwise, Shin Uzumaki definitely wouldn’t know.
At this moment, Obito Uchiha had the urge to eliminate White Zetsu. If not for considering White Zetsu still had its uses, he really would have eliminated this guy.
The amount of information White Zetsu had leaked was too much, so much that Obito wanted to tear that bastard White Zetsu apart.
“Looks like you already know how I found out.” Shin sensed the fluctuation in Obito’s gaze and knew he had probably guessed.
As for whether Obito would cause trouble for White Zetsu, Shin didn’t particularly care.
It was unlikely. Obito wouldn’t go and eliminate White Zetsu out of anger.
After all, eliminating one White Zetsu was useless. And eliminating all White Zetsu would be very difficult.
Moreover, it would be like cutting off his own arm. As long as Obito had some sense, he definitely wouldn’t do such a thing.
Shin only greeted Obito, then focused on the battle between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.
The battle between them was becoming increasingly fierce. Naruto Uzumaki’s Shadow Clone Technique was easily broken.
Shadow clones basically dispersed with a single touch.
Initially, Sasuke Uchiha suffered a great loss, but after using his Mangekyō Sharingan and activating Susanoo, Sasuke Uchiha was no longer at a disadvantage.
“Perfect Susanoo… Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?” Shin looked at the Perfect Susanoo Sasuke Uchiha unleashed, slightly surprised.
He hadn’t paid attention before.
Only now did he realize Sasuke Uchiha’s ocular power had more than doubled; his eyes had evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Shin glanced at Obito Uchiha.
In the original story, it should have been Obito Uchiha who helped Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
But the current situation was definitely not like that, because one of Itachi Uchiha’s eyes had been permanently closed due to the use of Izanagi.
So, it was impossible for Sasuke to evolve his eyes into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan using Itachi Uchiha’s eyes.
“Interesting. The power of that old geezer—the Sage of Six Paths,” Shin said with a light chuckle.
Because Shin’s voice wasn’t lowered, Obito Uchiha, standing beside him, naturally heard it. Obito Uchiha’s gaze sharpened.
He couldn’t help but look at Shin. What did Shin Uzumaki mean just now? The Sage of Six Paths’ power?
His intuition told Obito that there was definitely a big secret here, and it was a big secret he didn’t know.
However, after hesitating for a long moment, Obito ultimately didn’t ask Shin. The reason was simple: even if he asked Shin Uzumaki, Shin might not tell him.
No, it wasn’t that he might not tell him, but that he definitely wouldn’t tell him. So, there was no point in asking Shin Uzumaki now.
Hearing Shin Uzumaki’s words, it seemed to be related to the Sage of Six Paths. Perhaps he could investigate along this line.
Even if he investigated, he definitely couldn’t entrust it to White Zetsu. Obito Uchiha, having completely lost trust in White Zetsu, decided to investigate himself.
“So he’s completely reached an agreement with the Nine-Tails.”
At this moment, seeing Naruto Uzumaki use Nine-Tails Mode, Shin knew he and the Nine-Tails had reached an agreement.
For what reason did the Nine-Tails help Naruto Uzumaki?
Shin felt it wasn’t because the Nine-Tails had been captured before. Perhaps there was also the Sage of Six Paths’ intervention.
Of course, these were just Shin Uzumaki’s guesses; he had no evidence.
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Naruto Uzumaki’s Nine-Tails Mode versus Sasuke Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo—this was indeed an earth-shattering battle.
Transforming into a Tailed Beast state while maintaining absolute rationality—his combat strength was capable of fighting against a Perfect Susanoo.
Of course, this was Naruto Uzumaki fighting Sasuke Uchiha’s Perfect Susanoo. If it were Madara Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki would definitely be beaten senseless.
“<Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi!>”
Sasuke Uchiha controlled the Amaterasu black flames, causing them to change shape. The black flames transformed into blades, shields, arrows, and various other forms, attacking Naruto Uzumaki.
Amaterasu’s strongest physical attack—that was just Black Zetsu’s exaggeration. So many Amaterasu black flames attacked, yet they couldn’t affect Naruto Uzumaki at all.
The black flames burned on his Tailed Beast Mode body, and Naruto Uzumaki simply discarded that part of his body.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
After a clash, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha both retreated hundreds of meters, staring at each other.
Naruto Uzumaki held no killing intent towards Sasuke Uchiha. Even at this stage of the battle, he still had no killing intent—
However, Sasuke Uchiha was overflowing with killing intent, determined to completely eliminate Naruto Uzumaki.
Obito looked at the current Sasuke, a slight flicker of fear in his eyes. But thinking that the Rinnegan was already in his hands, Obito’s fear lessened somewhat.
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