Blue eye-shadow, cyan chakra cloak, red steam, and the sparkling aura of the Super Five-Tails Mode…
The Sage of Six Paths stared at Naruto—
His aura growing stronger, layer by layer, until even he, the creator of chakra, began to feel uneasy.
His face grew even graver.
Maybe I shouldn't have had children at all…
That thought stunned him.
Because in this very moment, he realized…
I have become what I once sealed away.
The same as Mother.
This world really is a wheel of endless sorrow…
A moment of clarity flickered through his Rinnegan.
"Return… Ten-Tails!"
The Gedo Statue let out a thunderous roar—
Even those in the Shinobi World, leagues away, felt their ears ringing.
After all the recent chaos—
The giant Dust Style cube in Iwagakure
The gods' battle in the Mist
The Moon being sliced in half
And now, this demonic roar…
The people were in panic.
The Gedo Statue swelled—
The Ten-Tails was reborn.
The nine Tailed Beasts were all uniquely shaped.
But their fusion—the Ten-Tails—looked… grotesque.
But that alien form… suited it.
It let out a deafening screech again—
Naruto moved.
One foot stomped the air—
BOOM!
He vanished.
In the blink of an eye, he landed atop the Ten-Tails' head.
With just one step—
He shut the Ten-Tails up.
An invisible shockwave erupted.
A body that even Tailed Beast Bombs couldn't scratch…
Now had a crater—caved in by a single kick!
Naruto immediately attempted to absorb it.
"Hmph. Ashura, the Ten-Tails is beyond your control!"
The Sage activated a contract seal he'd inscribed during the Tailed Beast split.
The Ten-Tails shrieked and clawed madly, turning away from Naruto—
—And charged toward the Sage.
They merged.
The Sage absorbed the Ten-Tails.
His soul form reconstituted into flesh.
He had resurrected.
Now with deep, ancient eyes, he prepared to lecture once more—
But Naruto didn't give him the chance.
BOOM!
Red steam exploded into the shape of a fox.
A single kick.
A move greater than Guy's Night Guy.
This was Night Naruto.
The red fox-enveloped Naruto drove a kick toward the Sage at light-speed.
The Sage swept his black staff—
A Truth-Seeking Ball shield formed behind him.
The kick collided with the shield.
Cracks bloomed like spiderwebs.
Even the indestructible Truth-Seeking Orb fractured.
"What power…"
The Sage was shocked.
But Naruto wasn't done.
His body blinked in and out of view—
Each flash a kick.
Nine red foxes, from nine angles—
Each one a Night Naruto strike.
So intense, they looked like they could melt space itself.
"Super Shinra Tensei!"
The Sage raised both arms.
The Six Paths-level repulsive force slammed into the foxes—
But they resisted.
Snarling jaws and burning bodies—
The nine foxes pushed forward.
BOOM!!
A massive explosion erupted—
The Sage's white robe was shredded in several places.
He looked completely disheveled.
And this was after using Super Shinra Tensei and the Truth-Seeking Orb for defense.
Their first real clash—
And he was already on the back foot.
The Sage stared at Naruto, utterly baffled.
What has this kid been eating?
Not only is his personality different… but this strength is insane!
Even with Ashura's chakra, this shouldn't be possible…
And yet…
I'm the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki!
From afar, Kaguya's Byakugan gleamed—
She watched the Sage being brutalized by Naruto—
And couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
"Hmph. About time, Hagoromo!"
Her heart swelled with satisfaction.
Her gaze toward Naruto became even softer.
Meanwhile, Naruto launched another ten Night Naruto kicks.
To Might Guy, one kick meant near-certain death.
Naruto?
His legs were just a little sore.
Time Rewind – Activate.
Even that ache disappeared.
"Looks like I have to get serious…"
The Sage sighed.
"Sage Art: Susanoo!"
A pale blue Susanoo, nearly 1,000 meters tall, materialized.
Bigger than the Ten-Tails.
But in the narrow Moon crevice, it felt claustrophobic.
The Sage noticed it too.
He raised both arms—
And pushed the two halves of the Moon apart.
The rift widened—room to move.
Naruto didn't summon his own giant avatar in response.
Instead—
He raised his right hand.
Steam gathered.
But this time—
It was black.
Like a singularity.
The first time using the Super Boil Release since receiving the Super Five-Tails.
He swung his hand—
The dark steam condensed into a massive beam—
Fired straight at the Sage's Susanoo.
Space itself fractured in its wake.
The Sage, alarmed, drew Susanoo's massive blade.
He swung—
The blue sword met the black steam beam head-on—
And instantly—
Melted.
Even with Six Paths power and Sage Art infused into the Susanoo—
It vaporized.
The beam didn't stop.
It surged toward the Susanoo's head—where the Sage sat.
"Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Orb Rashōmon!"
A massive black gate, forged from dozens of Truth-Seeking Orbs, rose to defend him.
The beam crashed into it.
Even this Six Paths-level Rashōmon was burned through—
Leaving a gaping hole.
The Sage stared through it—
On the other side stood Naruto—
Eyes calm.
Aura still rising.
The Sage's expression froze.
"Ashura…"
"You're far too dangerous."
"You must be sealed."