Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 303 The War Ends, the Ninja World is Unified

Taking advantage of this moment, Sasuke appeared beside Naruto and said coldly, "Yo, isn't this Naruto Uzumaki, the rogue ninja of Konoha? How come you've gotten so disheveled in just a few days?"

Naruto, who had just been freed from Isshiki Otsutsuki's ninjutsu, instinctively wanted to retort, but when he looked up and saw Isshiki Otsutsuki looking in their direction again, he had no choice but to give up for the time being.

"This guy should be the leader of the group of androids that Jiraiya and I encountered on the border of the Land of Rain. The special energy he has is very similar to that of the group of androids we encountered back then."

“I don’t need you to remind me. I’ve also received intelligence that this guy appeared on the battlefield in the Land of Earth some time ago. Neji was seriously injured in order to defeat him,” Sasuke said coldly. “His target is the Tailed Beasts.”

"Are you here for Kurama?" Naruto nodded, then used a Ninja Cult technique to contact Jiraiya and Gaara, who were below who were about to make their move.

"Grandpa Jiraiya, can you hear that? That guy is after the Tailed Beasts. You take Gaara and get out of here first," Naruto said seriously.

"What will you do if we leave?" Jiraiya asked hurriedly.

"Leave this to me and Sasuke. This isn't a battle you and Gaara can get involved in." Naruto took a deep breath, and then the orange-red Sage Mode eyeshadow appeared around his eyes.

"You should still be able to fight, right?" Sasuke said, as purple Sage Mode eyeshadow also appeared at the corner of his eyes.

"I could fight him all day long," Naruto said, clenching his fists tightly. The crimson-gold Nine-Tails chakra erupted once more, and almost simultaneously, Sasuke's Susanoo completed its coverage! The deep purple, liquid crystal-like chakra armor seamlessly enveloped and adhered to the Nine-Tails' massive body! The purple armor covered the Nine-Tails' crimson fur, and the burning purple flames intertwined and entwined with the Nine-Tails' golden chakra, forming a new, purple-gold fusion form brimming with destructive power!
"Roar--!!!"

A roar, a blend of the Nine-Tails' fury and Susanoo's cold majesty, erupted from the purple-gold behemoth's mouth! It abruptly rose from the collapsed ruins! Its massive body, covered in Susanoo armor, appeared even more ferocious and imposing! With each step it took, the shattered palace groaned under its weight!
Otsutsuki Isshiki hovered in the air, a clear emotion appearing in his eyes for the first time. His eyes were no longer completely indifferent, but rather held a hint of cold interest and scrutiny. "Interesting... but that's all."

He then raised his right hand, and the eerie light in his palm shone again. "In the face of absolute power, all struggles are futile."

"Whether it's futile or not, we'll find out by trying!" Inside the Nine-Tails Susanoo, Naruto roared with all his might, enduring the tearing pain! His and Sasuke's consciousnesses were synchronized like never before at this moment!
The colossal, purple-gold beast moved! The Nine-Tails, clad in Susanoo armor, drew its massive sword wreathed in purple flames and golden chakra, and with a crushing force, slashed fiercely at Otsutsuki Isshiki in mid-air!
At the same time, the huge wings on the back of Susanoo Nine-Tails flapped violently, stirring up a violent hurricane! Its huge head opened, and a ball of jet-black Tailed Beast Ball rapidly condensed in its mouth. The Tailed Beast Ball, which was wrapped with Sage Chakra and covered with a layer of jet-black lightning, was aimed at Otsutsuki Isshiki.

"Let's go, Sasuke!"

"Humph!"

The purple-gold sphere of destruction, arriving first after being launched later, followed closely by the giant claw that tore through space, like a world-destroying meteor, crashing towards Otsutsuki Issho!
Faced with this terrifying combined attack that could destroy a country, Otsutsuki Isshiki hovered in the air, his eyes calm and undisturbed. His black eye flashed, reflecting the overwhelming destructive energy that was sweeping in.

Viguni

A strange wave enveloped the Tailed Beast Ball that was hurtling towards him. Otsutsuki Isshiki activated his special eye technique, attempting to shrink the incoming Tailed Beast Ball.

However, having already gathered some intelligence, Sasuke naturally wouldn't sit idly by and watch his opponent succeed. He instantly formed hand seals and detonated the Tailed Beast Ball ahead of time.

The devastating explosion occurred instantly, and Otsutsuki Isshiki was caught off guard and was also affected by the blast wave, flying backward.

Amidst the shock of the explosion, Kurama, clad in Susanoo armor, followed up with a heavy slash. Otsutsuki Isshiki, somewhat disheveled, flashed a ruthless glint in his eyes. With a wave of his hand, a spatial gate opened in front of him, from which a massive, pitch-black cube shot out and collided with Kurama's massive sword.

A terrifying energy surge erupted, and the bull demon below, who had just recovered a little from his injuries, was enveloped by the energy surge as soon as he looked up, letting out another piercing wail.

The massive purple-gold body of Susanoo Nine-Tails trembled violently under the terrifying energy backlash. The Susanoo armor covering its body emitted a piercing cracking sound, and spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly. The Nine-Tails' main body let out a painful roar, and golden chakra spots seeped out from under its crimson fur.

Sasuke groaned in the crystal on Susanoo's forehead, blood tears streaming from his eyes, the Eternal Eye reaching its limit.

Naruto felt as if his internal organs had shifted at the core, and the intense pain almost made him faint.

However, before the light from the explosion had completely dissipated, Otsutsuki Isshiki's pale figure still hovered in the shattered spatial rift, his golden Rinnegan coldly looking down at the struggling behemoth below, completely unharmed. However, the spinning speed of the tomoe around his right eye seemed to have slowed down slightly.

"Is that all?" Itachi's voice remained calm, yet carried a hint of barely perceptible annoyance. To have his clothes soiled by ants in his eyes was unacceptable to him. He slowly raised his hands, and an eerie light shone from his palms once more. This time, the light was deeper and more dangerous, as if it wanted to compress and devour the entire space! "Then, the game is over."

The terrifying suction force descended once more! This time, the target wasn't just chakra; it seemed as if even light and space itself were about to be devoured by those palms!

The massive body of Susanoo Kurama was uncontrollably pulled upwards, the cracks on its surface spreading rapidly, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable strain! Naruto and Sasuke simultaneously felt their souls being pulled out of their bodies!
"Damn it!" Naruto roared, desperately squeezing out the last bit of Kurama's chakra within him. The purple-gold light intensified for a moment, attempting to resist the terrifying suction force. "Damn it! This guy is stronger than when we met Neji last time!" Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted.

"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted through gritted teeth, resisting the immense suction force. Their tacit understanding, honed from growing up together, allowed them to find a way to defeat the enemy without needing to communicate.

Within the Nine-Tails Susanoo, the wills of the two were unified like never before! The behemoth suddenly opened its maw, and this time, what it condensed was not a massive energy ball, but an extremely condensed, compressed beam of destructive light, like a thin purple-gold thread—the ultimate compressed form of the Tailed Beast Ball and the power of Susanoo! This beam of light ignored the edges of the chaotic repulsive field and, with a speed beyond visual perception, precisely shot towards the center of Itachi's chest, which was slightly exposed due to his raised hand in defense!

Otsutsuki Isshiki's pupils contracted violently for the first time! He sensed the concentrated destructive power contained within this beam of light, enough to threaten his vessel! At the critical moment, Otsutsuki Isshiki had no choice but to activate his ability once more.

"Young name Vigana!"

Just moments before being struck by the beam, his body shrank by almost infinitesimal numbers, becoming a speck of dust almost invisible to the naked eye! The condensed beam of destruction grazed that barely visible "dust" and shot into the distance, annihilating everything in its path into nothingness!
However, forcibly activating multiple eye techniques and the "Karma" ability in succession, especially the hasty and extreme shrinking, obviously put a considerable burden on this vessel. When Isshiki instantly returned to his original state in the distance, his face seemed even paler than before, and his breathing became extremely erratic. For the first time, his indifferent eyes were filled with icy anger as he stared intently at Naruto and Sasuke below, who had exhausted their power and disintegrated from their fusion, kneeling on one knee and panting heavily.

“Not bad struggle… but it ends here.” Yishi’s voice was icy cold as he slowly raised his hand, seemingly preparing to unleash a true killing move.

But at that moment, his gaze suddenly turned to the other side of the battlefield—the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, lying heavily injured, missing one of its tentacles, and with its chakra fluctuating wildly!
[Taking this guy away first seems like a good idea. With his chakra, I can recover some of my strength.] Isshiki secretly calculated to himself. Although taking down these two brats in front of him wouldn't be a big problem, given his current physical condition, he would inevitably have to pay a huge price. And behind them was an even stronger Uchiha Touko, who was eyeing him covetously.

The next second, his figure vanished without warning!
"What?!" Sasuke's eyes snapped to the unusual fluctuations in space, and he warned sharply, "Watch out!"

But they weren't Yishi's target at all!

Almost simultaneously, the space above the heavily injured Gyuki rippled like water! Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's arm shot out from it with lightning speed, the eerie light in his palm like a gaping maw of an abyss, an irresistible and terrifying suction force instantly enveloping Gyuki's massive body!
"Moo—!!!" The bull demon roared in shock and rage. Its massive body was forcibly pulled off the ground and dragged toward the spatial ripples! Its remaining tentacles struggled frantically, lightning crackling wildly, but it was no match for the terrifying power from a higher level of life!
Upon seeing this, a fierce glint flashed in the bull demon's eyes, and he resolutely severed his own body from the part that was being sucked into the spatial ripples!
"Pfft—!!!" Dark blue blood splattered across the sky like a waterfall! The Gyu-oni's body exploded and then dissipated, revealing Killer Bee, who was already unconscious and encased in it.

Killer Bee's body crashed heavily into the ruins, while Isshiki Otsutsuki vanished into thin air.

"Damn it, he got away again?" Although Sasuke said this, he was still relieved. He wiped away the blood and tears from the corner of his eyes. In just a short while, his eye power was almost depleted. Otsutsuki Isshiki's current strength was far above theirs. If the fight continued, he might have to use the trump card left to him by his brother.

"But the Eight-Tails was taken away by that guy." Naruto said with some regret after recovering for a while, supporting his knee.

"Kid, go over there now. The Ox-Demon hasn't been captured." Just then, the Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly reminded him.

"Huh?" Naruto was taken aback and looked towards where Killer Bee had landed.

The two rushed over together, and as soon as they reached Killer Bee's side, they saw a slowly writhing mass of chakra recovering. Upon seeing the two arrive, Gyūki said to Kurama in disbelief within the Tailed Beast Space, "Kurama, you've gone too far!"

"An octopus severing its tail to survive? I see." Sasuke sneered upon seeing this and then unleashed a Mangekyou Sharingan genjutsu upon it.

……

After the Eight-Tails was defeated and the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning was confirmed dead, the situation in the Land of Lightning settled down. Although some nobles and some ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village still wanted to put up a last stand, with the help of the chakra left behind by Naruto's Ninjutsu technique, some of the bolder civilians of the Land of Lightning forcibly broke through the defenses at the city gates and surrendered to the Konoha ninja army that was rushing to the city.

What's truly unsettling is that those who spearheaded this act were actually some small business owners in the Land of Lightning. It's fair to say that under the previous policies of the Land of Lightning, apart from ninjas and nobles, most commoners were driven to the brink of despair.

After taking over the Land of Lightning, the Konoha ninja continued their usual practice of not harming the civilians of the Land of Lightning. They only sent all the ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village and most of the nobles of the Land of Lightning to Konoha as war criminals. Among them, the most important person was Amado, who provided the Hidden Cloud Village with a large number of scientific ninja tools.

This war, which Uchiha Touko had been preparing for more than ten years, has now come to a temporary end. Apart from his allies, the entire ninja world has fallen under the control of the Land of Fire. Soon after, the Land of Rain, an ally of the Land of Fire, became the first to announce that it would join the newly established Ninja World Federation. Konan, the front-line representative of the Akatsuki organization, was appointed by Uchiha Touko as the governor of the Land of Rain province. Other allied countries began to follow suit.

The process went relatively smoothly overall. After Kakashi personally went to a few countries and used physical means to help them complete the change of daimyo, Minamoto no Yoshinori, the new emperor and mascot of the Shinobi Federation, gained a few more good friends to play cricket with.

Of course, the process was not entirely smooth sailing. A week after the fall of Raiju, the Jonin squad escorting war criminal Amado was attacked by Otsutsuki Isshiki and was wiped out.

(End of this chapter)