"Scum! Disappear from my sight!!!"
Kurama's head suddenly lunged forward!
That pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball, like a massive cannonball fired from its barrel, shot directly towards the three Sky Ninja motherships near the coast.
Wherever the Tailed Beast Ball passed, the sea surface below was violently ploughed open into a deep gully by the terrifying energy pressure, and the seawater on both sides surged high like walls!
The Sky Ninjas on the motherships only had time to see a black-red light rapidly expanding before their eyes; infinite fear instantly devoured all their thoughts.
The next second—
The Tailed Beast Ball accurately hit the largest mothership in the middle!
First, there was extreme silence and pure light—
A massive, dark-red energy sphere rapidly expanded, instantly engulfing the three motherships.
The energy within the sphere was extremely violent; all matter touched, whether the sturdy metal hull, the terrified Sky Ninjas, or the vast amount of seawater, was instantly decomposed, ionized, and finally transformed into primordial particles, utterly annihilated!
Then, "Boom!!!!"
The terrifying explosion finally arrived, a deafening roar like the world's creation!
A colossal dark-red fireball soared into the sky, followed by an overwhelming shockwave and tsunami. Even from a distant, Naruto could feel the slight tremor of the cliff beneath his feet and the scorching hot air current rushing towards him!
On the sea surface, a massive, temporarily unfilled vortex appeared, with steam rising like a mushroom cloud. Those three Sky Ninja motherships, along with all the Sky Ninjas, weapons, and ambitions on them, had been completely erased from this world, leaving no trace.
Kurama looked at its "masterpiece" with satisfaction, snorted, and exhaled two streams of scorching white air.
Its massive body began to shrink rapidly, the crimson Chakra receded, and it quickly reverted to the small, crimson fox that nestled back onto Naruto's shoulder, even letting out a lazy yawn.
"Done and dusted. Brat, next time deal with these small fry yourself, don't always make me do it." Kurama flicked its tail, its tone still arrogant.
"Oh~ not bad, not bad."
"As expected of a Tailed Beast Ball, its power is immense."
Naruto's Shadow Clone placed one hand on its brow, looked up, and sighed.
In the movie "Bonds," Shino Aburame used his insect manipulation secret technique to devour and destroy two of the three Sky Ninja motherships, which was quite exaggerated. The remaining Sky Ninja mothership and two wrecks were later blasted by the Zero-Tailed Fortress Cannon of the Sky Fortress activated by Shinno.
But in terms of power, the Nine-Tailed's Tailed Beast Ball had even greater destructive force.
"Let's go, mission accomplished. I hope this mission will yield a good amount of compensation."
Naruto's Shadow Clone, along with Kurama, turned and left, unhurriedly returning to Konoha Village.
On the other side.
According to the original plot, Shinno and Amaru still appeared in Konoha Village.
Because Naruto was absent, Shinno, Amaru, Uchiha Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno went together to Amaru's Village for assistance.
The four traveled swiftly and arrived at Amaru's secluded Village deep in the mountains.
However, what awaited them was a scene of devastation; the Village showed clear signs of destruction and searching, and the few remaining villagers looked terrified. Just as they were investigating, a group of Sky Ninja remnants suddenly appeared and attacked!
During the battle, Shinno, to protect Amaru, was "unluckily" hit by a Sky Ninja's Chakra beam and fell to the ground, "critically wounded." Sakura immediately rushed forward to provide first aid, but Shinno's breathing was faint, and it seemed beyond help. On his "deathbed," he tightly gripped Sasuke and Sakura's hands, haltingly pleading with them to protect Amaru and find the culprit who destroyed the Village.
A sorrowful Amaru cried inconsolably, and Sasuke and Sakura, heavy-hearted, vowed to fulfill the old man's last wish.
They settled the "deceased" Shinno, took Amaru, and, based on fragmented clues provided by the villagers, tracked the Sky Ninja remnants deep into the dense forest near the Village.
However, during the pursuit, the meticulous Sasuke, using the keen observational skills of his Sharingan, gradually discovered some inconsistencies: the attack patterns of those "Sky Ninjas" seemed somewhat deliberate, and the dissipation of Chakra when Shinno "died" was slightly abrupt—a suspicion arose in his mind.
He told Sakura to protect Amaru while he continued the chase, moving through the dense forest like a ghost. Finally, deep within the forest, he found the ancient ruins of the Land of Sky!
Sasuke infiltrated it without hesitation.
The interior of the ruins was not as dilapidated as imagined; instead, the passages were complex like a maze, and there were many patrolling Sky Ninjas.
Sasuke's Sharingan spun furiously, helping him evade the Sky Ninjas.
Eventually, he arrived at the core of the ruins—a vast hall.
In the center of the hall stood a giant throne. And sitting on that throne was none other than the Shinno who was supposed to have "died"!
He had shed his elderly disguise, his figure was tall and straight, and his body exuded a cold and powerful Chakra fluctuation completely different from before.
"So, the Uchiha brat still couldn't be fooled by those eyes, eh?" Shinno slowly turned around, a playful and cruel smile on his face, devoid of his former kindness. "Too bad, you've come too late, and you're too superfluous."
"As expected, you orchestrated it yourself." Sasuke calmly drew a ninja sword, lightning flickering along its blade. "What is your goal? And what is this ruin?"
"Goal?" Shinno spread his arms, looking fanatically at the high dome. "Of course, it's to restore the glory of the Land of Sky! To obtain ultimate power! This ruin is the crystallization of our ancestors' wisdom, and it will soon be mine!
As for you—you shall be the first sacrifice for this great power's awakening!"
Before his words finished, Shinno's figure suddenly vanished!
So fast!
Sasuke's Sharingan spun rapidly, barely catching a afterimage attacking from the side! He immediately raised his sword to block!
"Clang!!!"
An unimaginable force came from the ninja sword!
Sasuke's tiger's mouth split open, and he was sent flying, crashing heavily against the wall.
He was horrified; this guy's speed and strength far exceeded the Jonin level.
Although three years had passed, Sasuke had not experienced events like defection or Orochimaru's Cursed Seal, so his strength was much weaker than in the original story, and he was indeed no match for Shinno.
"Hmph, is the Uchiha genius only capable of this?"
Shinno shook his wrist. His taijutsu had become extremely fierce and domineering. After removing his round hat and taking off his shirt, his originally lean body became robust and muscular.
"Let me show you the power of my Body Activation Technique and Dark Medical Ninjutsu, which I've researched for many years!"
Shinno attacked again. His punches and kicks were not only immensely powerful but also cunningly angled, each strike containing insidious Chakra designed to disrupt the body's meridians.