Chapter 616: The Real Trump Card
Minato's confident expression disappeared, replaced by a solemn one.
He had not expected his opponent to be not only fast enough, but also decisive enough to react instantly.
The moment he discovered that the Flying Thunder God technique had activated, he had immediately cut off the piece of flesh containing the Flying Thunder God mark and thrown it away.
As long as his eyes themselves were not directly attacked, enduring an exploding tag was nothing difficult for the physical constitution of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Kushina finally appeared, firing a Tailed Beast Bomb directly at Teuchi from the air.
What? You say this is inside the village, and firing a Tailed Beast Bomb will hurt the villagers?
Do you really think Kushina cares about that?
They were her villagers.
Otherwise, they could simply become part of her funeral procession.
As long as the enemy was defeated, no matter how many villagers died, they could always be relocated from elsewhere in the Land of Fire. More shinobi could also be trained over time.
But if the enemy wasn't defeated, many villagers might die anyway—and their deaths would have been completely pointless.
However, just like Jiraiya's Rasengan before it, the massive Tailed Beast Bomb had already shrunk to the size of a candy pill before reaching Teuchi and was directly absorbed.
Naruto watched this powerless scene and suddenly understood why Shiromo and the Akatsuki in the real ninja world had made so many preparations.
They were only facing an Ōtsutsuki Isshiki who had gone insane, had no intention of actively attacking, and would even deliberately avoid causing unnecessary harm.
If the original Isshiki from the real ninja world appeared here...
Naruto looked around.
'Kakashi-sensei, Pervy Sage, and everyone else here... They'd probably all die, wouldn't they?'
"Naruto, don't be afraid. Your dad still has one final trump card. This is the last strategy Kakashi and I came up with to protect the village, everyone, and Kakashi."
Seeing Naruto's gloomy expression, Minato assumed that his son had completely lost hope. He walked over and smiled as he patted Naruto on the shoulder.
'Another trump card?'
Naruto froze and looked up at his father, Namikaze Minato.
'Is this really the same dad who sacrificed himself during the Nine-Tails attack?'
'Where did he get so many trump cards?'
'And does the Minato of this world really want to protect the village and everyone?'
Naruto was skeptical.
"Ahem. Of course I want to protect the village and everyone, because everyone is my wing." (Wing here is lover/romantic interest)
Minato noticed the doubt in Naruto's eyes, coughed twice, and revealed the truth.
Konoha Village was his private treasury.
How could he possibly allow Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to destroy it?
'That makes sense. That makes perfect sense.'
Naruto immediately felt relieved.
"Dad, hurry up and do it. I'm afraid Teuchi might change his mind later and start killing everyone."
Naruto urged him on.
"Don't rush."
Minato once again wore a confident expression.
'Could there still be a Flying Thunder God mark on Teuchi?'
No.
Of course there wasn't.
However...
If one looked down at Konoha Village from above, one would discover that although the streets in the center of the village seemed chaotic and irregular, they just happened to form the four characters "忍愛之劍"—"Sword of Shinobi Love."
As the streets forming those four characters lit up, Minato looked toward Kakashi.
"Kakashi, now!"
"Kamui!"
Kakashi used Kamui to absorb Minato into the Kamui dimension.
Naruto was completely stunned when he saw this.
His plan for today had been to trick Dad into entering the Kamui dimension.
And before he had even done anything, Teuchi's appearance had caused it to happen automatically?
Thud.
"Ow!"
Naruto was still standing there in a daze when suddenly the ground beneath his feet disappeared, sending him crashing to the ground.
He wasn't the only one.
All around him, cries of pain rose one after another.
Looking closely, Naruto realized that all of Konoha had disappeared.
Minato had actually used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer the entire village, foundations and all, into the Kamui dimension!
This was Minato's final stubborn stand and last resort to protect his... friends with benefits!
No matter who the enemy was, no matter how powerful they were, as long as they stepped onto Konoha's land, they could be sealed inside Kakashi's Kamui dimension!
The only drawback was that Kakashi could no longer freely use his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities afterward.
Otherwise, the enemy might have a chance to escape.
This move really was an absolute finisher.
Especially against Isshiki, who wasn't exactly in his right mind and had already gone insane.
It was the ultimate finisher.
After being transferred, Isshiki didn't notice anything was wrong.
Minato simply returned from the Kamui dimension to Konoha.
Konoha was in complete chaos.
Every building had disappeared, as if someone had just carried the entire village away, leaving behind nothing but a huge pit.
It was already evening, so everyone had gone home.
Some were eating dinner.
Some were taking baths.
Some had even decided to enjoy a little something else before dinner.
And then Minato suddenly transported the entire Konoha, along with Isshiki, away.
Many people landed downstairs completely naked.
In some particularly unfortunate buildings, people on the third, second, and first floors had all been taking baths at the same time. They crashed into one another and ended up in a complete mess.
Back in Konoha, Minato stood on the "ruins" and looked at the extremely suggestive scene unfolding around him.
He was incredibly happy and excited.
"Everyone, take it slow! I'm joining too!"
Pretending that he was also one of the victims of the "disappearance of Konoha," Minato took off his outer clothes and charged into the crowd.
The crisis was over.
Naruto stared blankly at the situation around him, watching his father charge into the crowd like a pervert. For a moment, he had no idea what he was supposed to do.
He had promised Obito that he would trick Dad into entering the Kamui dimension.
So had he completed the mission or not?
Dad had indeed entered once.
But then he came back out.
Looking at the result according to their original plan, this was a failure.
They hadn't extracted the Nine-Tails from Dad before he left the Kamui dimension.
But if one considered only Naruto's personal objective, then he had already completed his part.
His mission was simply to make Dad enter once.
Controlling Dad inside the Kamui dimension was Obito's mission.
And now...
Obito's mission had failed.
Indeed.
Obito's mission had failed.
Inside the Kamui dimension, Obito had been patiently waiting for Naruto to complete his mission and send Minato-sensei inside.
He was completely focused.
He was single-mindedly waiting.
Then, all of a sudden, it was as though he had fallen under a genjutsu.
The empty Kamui dimension disappeared.
In its place were the streets of Konoha.
Obito was startled.
'What the hell is going on?'
'Did someone use genjutsu on me while I'm still inside the Kamui dimension?'
'Or did someone transfer me from the Kamui dimension into Konoha?'
Either possibility was terrifying.
'Could Kakashi have done this?'
While Obito was still stunned, Minato had already transferred Konoha and Isshiki into the Kamui dimension, casually tossed out a "See ya," and left again.
By the time Obito realized that the voice belonged to Minato, it was already too late.
Minato was gone.
Obito was filled with regret.
Because everything had gone so smoothly at the beginning, he had let his guard down. The sudden appearance of Konoha had distracted him, and he had failed to stop Minato-sensei.
'I wonder if Naruto can somehow send Minato-sensei in here one more time.'
(End of this chapter)