Sasuke's large hand rested on Momoshiki's head.
Instantly, Momoshiki's eyes snapped wide. The Divine Spirit's ability to strip away power was an agonizing experience for anyone on the receiving end.
Sasuke remained fully focused on extracting Urashiki's time-reversal ability.
He didn't notice a thing.
Behind him, lying on the ground, Kinshiki watched as Urashiki writhed in some kind of torment.
As the elder, he had not only allowed Urashiki, that brat, to come and rescue him, but he had also failed his duty to the prestigious Ōtsutsuki clan.
He no longer had any reason to live.
After all, living like this was nothing short of a disgrace!
'Damn it... you lowly monkeys!'
'Ignorant, inferior creatures, how dare you do this to us, the Ōtsutsuki!'
'You won't get away with this.'
'As members of the noble Ōtsutsuki clan, we will never be slaughtered like this!'
Suddenly, a glint flashed in Kinshiki's eyes.
In the next instant, a terrifying chakra storm began to brew.
Naruto, who had been wondering what Sasuke was up to, suddenly sensed a terrifying surge of chakra behind him.
He immediately felt that something was wrong.
This intense sense of crisis wasn't just his own feeling; even the tailed beasts within him felt a dark premonition.
"Naruto, this is bad! Is that guy planning to self-destruct?!"
Kurama exclaimed.
Naruto was stunned. Self-destruct?!
He quickly turned his head towards Kinshiki.
By this time, Kinshiki had already risen into the air. Chakra poured from his body, forming a terrifying vortex that swirled madly around him.
This swirling caused cracks to appear on Kinshiki's body.
The high-density chakra fluctuations seemed to tear through space itself.
Cold sweat broke out on Naruto's forehead.
'This is bad. This guy really is going to self-destruct.'
Naruto turned, intending to grab Sasuke and get them out of there.
However, in the next second, he felt someone shove him.
Crack!
Suddenly, Naruto was pushed aside.
In that split second, Naruto looked up and saw Sasuke, still in the critical moment of extracting Urashiki's power.
He rushed back to Sasuke's side.
But it was already too late.
"Die!"
"Perish along with this planet!"
Kinshiki's final words echoed.
In the next instant, the rapidly expanding chakra erupted.
It transformed into a terrifying light that engulfed the entire desert, spreading endlessly.
In the blink of an eye, it swallowed Naruto, and soon after, Sasuke was also consumed.
At that moment, the Divine Spirit experienced its first disruption.
The process of extracting Urashiki's power was abruptly interrupted.
Sasuke suddenly snapped awake. This had never happened before.
It was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation—the Divine Spirit being directly interrupted.
When Sasuke regained consciousness, the first thing he noticed was that his body was being ravaged by the terrifying energy.
He turned to look at Naruto.
Naruto was also looking at him.
Perhaps this moment lasted less than a hundredth of a second.
But for Sasuke and Naruto, it felt like an eternity.
They both realized one thing.
If this power were allowed to run rampant, the entire shinobi world would be affected.
The severity of the impact would depend on the situation at the time.
In this situation, Sasuke and Naruto made a decision without hesitation.
They unleashed every ounce of power within their bodies.
They had to find a way to contain this power.
As they released their chakra, the two of them began to absorb the chakra from the explosion.
In an instant, a white light erupted.
Sasuke and Naruto vanished from everyone's sight.
The cameraman's body was trembling uncontrollably. He no longer had the will to continue filming.
This was literally life-threatening!
If he had the chance, he would never dare to film a battle of this magnitude again.
Even from a distance, one could easily be caught in the aftermath of such a battle.
And even the slightest ripple...
Could mean death.
'Am I going to die?'
The shinobi of the Leaf Village were also filled with worry.
What would happen to the Hokage?
Did that guy really self-destruct?
Would the Hokage be killed by the explosion?
Time passed second by second.
After a full ten seconds.
The white light slowly dissipated.
As the light faded, the cameraman, who had been bracing for death with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.
He wasn't dead?
He was still alive?
Looking down, he saw a massive crater where Kinshiki had been. The self-destruction had likely reduced him to ashes.
On the other side, Urashiki lay still.
His breath was gone.
The wounds on Sasuke's body were rapidly healing.
He let out a long sigh.
"We finally... managed to block it!"
The power Kinshiki had unleashed in that moment had truly shocked Sasuke.
Fortunately, Naruto had been there to help. If Sasuke had been alone, completely blocking that power would have been a terrifying task.
Thinking about this.
Sasuke turned to look at Urashiki.
What a pity!
Urashiki was dead.
He hadn't managed to strip away his time-reversal ability. What should he do now?
Just as Sasuke felt a pang of frustration.
Suddenly, a system interface appeared before him.
[Congratulations, host, for defeating a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan.]
[Reward obtained: Ten-Tails and a dimensional space.]
Instantly, Sasuke felt a connection to a new dimensional space.
Within that space, a Ten-Tails was imprisoned.
This Ten-Tails seemed to be mentally linked to Sasuke.
Sasuke could sense everything about the Ten-Tails.
He even felt like he could directly draw on the Ten-Tails' chakra.
Although this newly born Ten-Tails had very weak chakra.
Even though the Ten-Tails was inherently powerful, without any consumed chakra, it wasn't currently strong.
'What is this?'
'A consolation prize?'
The most important thing, the time-reversal ability, hadn't been obtained. Despite completing the mission and gaining a dimensional space and the Ten-Tails, Sasuke was deeply disappointed.
He didn't have the energy to examine the effects of the dimensional space and the Ten-Tails on him.
At this moment, Naruto's voice came from behind.
"Sasuke! You... look at me... what's... happening to me?"
What's happening?
Although Sasuke couldn't see Naruto, he could sense that Naruto's chakra fluctuations were stable.
He should be safe, right?
Thinking this, Sasuke turned to look at Naruto.
But when he did.
Sasuke was completely stunned.
Because the Naruto before him... was still Naruto...
Had no injuries. To be precise, even if he had been injured, with Naruto's power, he would have already healed by now.
The reason Sasuke was confused was...
Naruto had become smaller!
No!
It was more like he had reverted to the age he was during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Just like Sasuke now.
They both looked like they were back to being fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Naruto... you..."
Naruto himself was also puzzled. "I don't know why I've become like this..."
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