"This must be the Pure Land. Did the Sage brothers open up a branching star domain?"
"But why does this branch feel like it doesn't truly exist within the world?"
As the thought crossed his mind, a translucent interface window popped up before Naruto's eyes. Displayed on it was a long, winding river—his consciousness had followed the Mirror World's locked coordinates into this extradinsional space.
"This isn't near the Earth star region Hagoromo once showed …"
Naruto's expression sharpened. In the upper-left corner of the interface, two star charts appeared. One had been pieced together from Black Zetsu and Kaguya's fragnts; the other had manifested after absorbing the Sage of Six Paths' power.
At this mont, the star chart originating from Hagoromo lit up. At the sa ti, a corner of the winding river began to flash repeatedly.
'Parasitic insertion failed! The first locked coordinate entrance has been destroyed.
Automatically switching to the next locked coordinate.'
'Warning! Forced interference detected during invasion!'
"Hmm!"
Naruto's eyes snapped open. He slamd his palms together—
His body expanded explosively, swelling in an instant into a towering giant tens of thousands of ters tall. Cracking sounds echoed as arms began to sprout from his back one after another. In less than a breath, over a thousand arms coiled and layered behind him.
But at that very mont—
Several ghastly white hands, each hundreds of ters long, materialized out of thin air to his left and right, slamming down toward him with overwhelming force. Each palm bore a black-and-white Sun–Moon seal.
Imdiately afterward, two colossal figures, just as tall as Naruto himself, erged—looming like ancient demon gods.
"A sneak attack?!"
Naruto's brows shot up in fury. The thousand arms behind him unfurled like a peacock's tail, sweeping outward to et the attack. Each of his palms bore the sa Sun–Moon seal.
In an instant, Naruto's countless hands clashed tens of thousands of tis with those of the two titans. Ripples like waves on water spread across the starry void—yet no sound echoed at all.
"Trying to bully with numbers?" Naruto sneered.
"I'm not Kaguya."
With a thought, his entire form blurred and vanished into the starry expanse.
The mont he disappeared, the two demonic giants vanished as well.
In their place, the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura stood suspended in the void.
"Brother," Hamura said gravely, "I can feel that he's on the verge of achieving Kekkei Mōra."
"That doesn't worry ," Hagoromo replied calmly.
"When we destroyed that all-devouring malice just now, I realized that the world behind him is still only in its infancy. Yet the rule-force it contains already surpasses that of the Pure Land."
"But how did he find this place? The Rinnegan?"
"Not just the Rinnegan. It's also because of the power I left within the tailed beasts," Hagoromo said slowly.
"For now, completely seal off the Pure Land. I sense that the malice which invaded us hasn't fully vanished."
"Hmph. Two old n ganging up on a junior—shaless," Naruto scoffed.
"But the coordinates of the Pure Land are already locked. There'll be plenty of chances later."
"…Still, why does Madara's Rinnegan feel noticeably weaker than Toneri's Tenseigan?"
As his consciousness returned, Naruto found himself back in the space containing the Giant Tenseigan. He first contacted Orochimaru through the Mirror World, left the nine tailed beasts here, then switched back to his own eyes.
With a single step, he entered the Tenseigan's dinsional space.
The scene shifted.
Naruto was now seated on a high throne in the main hall of the Land of Spring's base laboratory. Below the steps stood Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Keijirō, lined up neatly.
Naruto closed his eyes slightly and spoke:
"Keijirō, are the chips I gave you sufficient?"
"My lord," Keijirō answered solemnly, lifting his head,
"excluding the populations of the Land of Waves and the Land of Spring, if Kabuto's data is accurate, the chips are more than enough—with a significant surplus remaining."
"Good."
Naruto nodded. He created two shadow clones, who vanished using Flying Thunder God. Then he glanced at Kabuto.
"Kabuto," he said, "if Genji leads the Firefly Fleet and accompanies you to the other continent, how long will it take you to conquer all the nations there?"
"You may also freely mobilize the forces of Ryūchi Cave."
Kabuto straightened.
"Very few people there possess chakra. With Genji and Ryūchi Cave's support, I can unify that continent in half a month, at most."
"Too slow."
Naruto shook his head. In canon, the Fourth Shinobi World War had only lasted a few days.
"You don't need to worry about the excess issues. That continent is a loose collection of states, so I'll give you ten days. After ten days, I want every human over the age of five on that continent wearing the chakra extraction device developed by Keijirō."
"And rember—kill as little as possible. From now on, everyone on this planet is useful to ."
"Yes!"
Kabuto bowed deeply.
"You may depart for the Firefly," Naruto said.
Then he turned to Keijirō. "You'll go with him. Deliver the required number of chakra extraction devices for that continent's population."
Keijirō nodded. He and Kabuto turned and headed for the exit.
Just as they reached the doorway, a voice sounded behind them.
"Orochimaru—do you want these Rinnegan?"
Kabuto's expression changed instantly. His steps quickened as if fleeing, and he disappeared through the door. Keijirō froze for a split second, then seed to realize sothing and hurried after him.
Below the steps, Orochimaru's slit pupils contracted violently.
On the throne, Naruto casually held up a glass jar. Inside rested two pale-purple Rinnegan.
"Hmm?"
Seeing Orochimaru remain silent, Naruto smiled faintly.
"Orochimaru, haven't you always wanted the power of the Sage of Six Paths? Once you transplant these eyes, you'll imdiately gain the chance to comprehend the truth of his power."
"…What does Naruto-kun want to do?"
Orochimaru asked carefully, his gaze already turned away from the jar.
Naruto's smile did not change.
"Simple. I want you to take these eyes, assu Pain's appearance, return to Agakure, and declare war on the shinobi world."
Orochimaru frowned. "Wouldn't that unite them?"
"Exactly."
Naruto nodded. "That's precisely what I want—to unite them, then wipe them out in one sweep."
Orochimaru froze. "I know Naruto-kun is powerful, but wouldn't dividing and conquering be more efficient?"
"You're mistaken," Naruto chuckled.
"I just want them to unite."
"You think I want you to fight them?"
"…Then what do you an?" Orochimaru asked slowly.
Suddenly, he recalled the chakra extraction devices ntioned earlier. His expression shifted.
"From your arrangents for Kabuto… it doesn't seem like you intend to exterminate them."
Naruto's eyes glead strangely.
"Do you rember Jiraiya's prophecy from the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku?"
"I am that Child of Prophecy—the savior of the shinobi world."
"As a savior," Naruto continued softly,
"how could I bear to kill them?"
"When you force them to unite, when they all put on Keijirō's chakra extraction devices, everyone will be reborn."
"Just like you are about to be."
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