Naruto World, Konoha Village.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was currently talking nonsense with the Kage of the other four Great Ninja Villages, essentially stalling regardless of what they said.
Hiruzen Sarutobi would say, 'This is a Genin from our village; as for the one in the video, I don't know, it might be something from over a decade later.'
'Can't you "old fellows" just calm down a bit?'
'The two of them might very well be the main force against Uchiha Madara in the future.'
Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi said that, the Kage of the other four Great Ninja Villages, pressured by the future appearance of Six Paths Madara, could only collectively demand that he hand over some information on Naruto and Sasuke.
No matter what, Naruto and Sasuke were now completely targeted by the Kage of the other villages.
Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi barely managed to handle the matter, he saw the Indras Arrow that Sasuke was about to fire in the video.
This caused Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart to skip a few beats. Even in his prime, using Five Elements Ninjutsu, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand this strike.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that, he soon laughed bitterly, feeling he was being too arrogant.
Because at this moment, he thought of the testing attacks Sasuke and Naruto had used earlier, which were enough to change the terrain.
Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but shake his head. Never mind this strike; even if he could survive the previous testing attacks, it would be considered a miracle.
If these attacks could truly be blocked, perhaps peace could have been realized in his hands.
"Bang—!!"
At that moment, the door was suddenly kicked open, and Danzo Shimura walked in quickly, his face looking exceptionally excited and agitated as he shouted, "Hiruzen! The Nine-Tailed and that Uchiha..."
"Swish swish swish—!!!"
Three Anbu appeared simultaneously. As the Hokage's direct subordinates, they looked at Danzo Shimura with unfriendly gazes. If the other party showed any signs of abnormality,
they would attack immediately to subdue this village 'elder.'
After all, barging into the Hokage's office like that was already considered a provocation to the Hokage.
Furthermore, as long as one knew even a little about what Danzo Shimura did, no one would have a good impression of him.
"You all stand down."
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the Anbu. Although he was also somewhat displeased that his old friend had entered this way, seeing his excited look, he knew he had to be more decisive from now on.
If he continued to turn a blind eye to his actions as he had in the past, he would have no face to see Hashirama-sensei and Tobirama-sensei.
"...Yes, Hokage-sama."
The three Anbu left using the Body Flicker Technique, leaving only Danzo Shimura and Hiruzen Sarutobi in the room.
"Hand over the Nine-Tailed and Uchiha Sasuke to me; my Root will make them..." After seeing the Anbu leave, Danzo Shimura stated his purpose for coming without a second thought.
Initially, because of the Six Paths Madara matter, he had returned to the Root base to start preparing various things.
But as soon as he saw Naruto and Sasuke in No. 1, he immediately rushed over.
"Enough!"
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted Danzo Shimura, looking at his old friend with a cold gaze. "Danzo, I can yield to you on other matters, but if you dare to interfere with either of those two, then you and Root will no longer need to exist."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was naturally very clear about what his old friend had done; in fact, he had tacitly approved of most of it.
But now, what did Hiruzen Sarutobi see? Minato's child, Itachi's brother.
They had become powerhouses not inferior to Hashirama-sensei and Madara. As long as they were allowed to develop, Konoha would regain its former glory in the future.
After seeing this beautiful future, Hiruzen Sarutobi also hardened his heart.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo Shimura and said, "Everything is for Konoha. Don't let me down, Danzo."
"..." It was the first time Danzo Shimura had seen such a determined Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Even when he had tried to assassinate him, he hadn't shown this expression.
Knowing his old friend's temperament, Danzo Shimura knew that if he really dared to interfere with Naruto and Sasuke,
he truly might be killed by Hiruzen.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was old, his current behavior made Danzo Shimura think back to that night long ago.
When Tobirama-sensei asked who would stay behind to cover their retreat, he had hesitated, while Hiruzen had said without hesitation that he would stay.
Danzo Shimura gritted his teeth, showing an unwilling expression. He slammed the door in anger and shouted, "You will regret this, Hiruzen!"
"..." Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the tobacco pipe beside him, took a puff, and sighed. For the short term, Danzo shouldn't make any moves.
However, if this continued, even he would soon be unable to suppress Danzo.
He had to quickly decide on the next Hokage.
Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his gaze to the multiverse projection. Currently, there were only two candidates who could become Hokage.
His two disciples, Jiraiya and Tsunade.
The video continued to play.
Sasuke used the Indras Arrow; this strike would decide the outcome!
Watching this, cold sweat appeared on Naruto's forehead. Clearly, he knew he couldn't block this strike. He shouted, "Is it ready yet?! Kurama!!"
The scene shifted slightly. A Nine-Tailed was currently sitting cross-legged on the ground, its nine Tails spread out. It also spoke internally, "Maybe I've accumulated too much; everything on the ground is here. I'm sending it to you now."
"Bang—!!"
As soon as it finished speaking, this Nine-Tailed disappeared from the spot, and then a massive amount of energy was transmitted from its center toward Naruto above.
"It's here!"
At that moment, Naruto also felt a massive amount of energy enter his body.
Then, three Nine-Tailed stood back-to-back, and these three Nine-Tailed seemed to merge together, with three heads and six arms.
That's right, three heads and six arms: three Nine-Tailed heads, six arms, and nine golden Tails spread out.
'I felt it, such a massive amount of natural energy suddenly...' Sasuke was also quite surprised. Clearly, he hadn't expected Naruto to be able to do this in such a short amount of time.
He had gathered such a massive amount of natural energy; it seemed the other party hadn't been idle just now either.
"..."
The Nine-Tailed moved. It extended its six arms and said to Naruto, "Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
Naruto naturally agreed and also extended both hands. At that moment, a terrifying aura emerged from the Nine-Tailed's hands.
In the Nine-Tailed's hands, a golden and a dark Rasengan appeared respectively, and then, centered on the Rasengan, rapidly rotating white shuriken emerged.
Just like the Indras Arrow that Sasuke had released earlier.
What Naruto was performing now was precisely his strongest technique—Six Paths: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken.
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