Pure Land
[Hashirama: Madara! It's just a necklace. Compared to Konoha's future, it's nothing.]
[Tobirama: Big Brother… you've never given me a necklace!]
[Hashirama: Tobirama, you're a grown man.
What do you need a necklace for?]
[Uchiha Izuna: Brother… you've never given me a necklace either.]
[Madara: Izuna! Don't fuss over worldly possessions.
Want me to give you a big slap instead?]
The footage continued.
[Deva Path Pain: "Shinra Tensei!"]
[The repulsive force blasted everything around him away instantly.]
[BUT—]
[To Deva Path's shock, the Nine-Tails Naruto withstood the Shinra Tensei head-on.]
[Naruto (in Nine-Tails form) smashed Pain away, then began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.]
[Deva Path quickly used Banshō Ten'in to interrupt it, triggering a massive explosion.]
[On the ground, Hinata slowly opened her eyes, whispering softly:
"Naruto-kun…"]
Inside the Shinigami's stomach (Reaper Death Seal)
Kushina cheered, fists clenched:
"Great! My daughter-in-law isn't dead yet!"
"Naruto! Hurry up and beat that bastard down
and carry my daughter-in-law to get treatment!"
Chūnin Exam Arena
Naruto looked at Hinata with teary excitement.
"Hinata! Thank goodness—you're alive!"
Hinata, just waking up, found Naruto's face suddenly so close.
Her entire face flushed red again.
Naruto, afraid she'd faint yet again, hurriedly backed away.
The footage continued.
[Most of Deva Path's cloak had been blown off.]
[The battle continued regardless.]
Rain Country — Akatsuki Base
Tobi shrieked:
"Leader! This is bad! Really bad!"
Deidara frowned.
"Tobi, what are you screaming for? Hmm!"
"Can't you see Leader has the upper hand? Hmm!"
Tobi waved frantically.
"No no no! Look! Leader's clothes are mostly gone!"
Hidan: "It's just clothes. He's not injured.
What are you panicking about?"
Tobi's voice trembled.
"Have you forgotten… the way Deidara-senpai and Sasori-senpai died…?"
Deidara: "…What exactly are you trying to say? Hmm?"
Sasori narrowed his eyes.
"Are you mocking me?
Say one more word and I'll turn you into a puppet so you never speak again."
Tobi waved frantically again.
"No no no! Not like that!
Don't you remember?!"
"When Deidara-senpai and Sasori-senpai died…
they were both shirtless!"
"Now Leader has lost half his clothes…
It's dangerous!"
All the Akatsuki members felt black lines form above their heads.
Tobi's logic sounded stupid—
But thinking back…
Deidara did blow himself up shirtless.
Sasori did lose his robe before dying.
Did that mean—
In Akatsuki…
to lose your clothes is to LOSE YOUR LIFE?!
If that were true—
Then in future battles:
Heads can break, blood can spill—
BUT THE CLOAK MUST NEVER COME OFF!
The footage continued.
[The battle intensified, Naruto and Deva Path drifting further from Konoha.]
[Finally—Deva Path unleashed his ultimate technique:
"Planetary Devastation!"]
[With Chibaku Tensei activated—]
[Even the Nine-Tails Naruto resisted with all his might,
but was gradually overwhelmed.]
[A giant sphere of rock formed in the sky.]
[Nine-Tails Naruto tried to break free,
but the technique's power was too great.]
[At last—
under Nagato's full power—
Naruto in his Nine-Tails form was sealed inside the Planetary Devastation.]
All Ninja Villages
"What in the world was THAT technique!?"
"That's beyond anything I've ever seen!"
"Terrifying! Too terrifying!
Good thing Pain didn't come attack my village!"
"Not even the Nine-Tails could beat Nagato…
Is Akatsuki invincible!?"
Inside the Shinigami's stomach
Kushina: "Minato! What technique is that!?"
Minato: "A sealing technique… I believe."
Kushina: "That sealing jutsu looks even stronger
than the Uzumaki Clan's!"
"Naruto is completely sealed now, right?
Even the Nine-Tails can't break out of that… right?"
Minato:
"If the full power of the Nine-Tails erupts…
that level of sealing won't be enough."
"But—
if the Nine-Tails ever breaks out fully…
then my contingency plan will activate…"
Pure Land
The Sage of Six Paths widened his eyes slightly.
"He can actually use that technique… impressive."
"But Asura… won't be sealed that easily."
Moon — Core of the Seal
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya gritted her teeth in rage.
That technique… THAT technique!!
The reason I'm trapped here…
is BECAUSE of that cursed jutsu!
Once she got free—
she'd beat that unfilial son of hers to death!
The footage continued.
[Nagato's hidden location.]
[Konan stared at the enormous sphere floating in the sky.]
["Isn't that… a bit too big?"]
[Nagato, bleeding from nose and mouth, replied weakly:
"The opponent is the Nine-Tails. One must not take risks."]
[Nagato:
"Besides—"]
["Compared to the moon created by the Sage of Six Paths,
this is nothing."]
["In any case—
the Nine-Tails is now captured."]
Pure Land
The Sage of Six Paths chuckled calmly.
"As expected.
None can surpass me in Chibaku Tensei."
"Otherwise I wouldn't have been able
to seal my mother for so many years."
He looked toward the moon, worry flickering in his eyes.
"I only hope this mysterious scroll
doesn't cause too great a disruption…"
"At the very least—
may it not lead to Mother's release."
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