Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 276 Dark Nine-Tails Chakra Mode
The atmosphere was eerie amidst the rain.

Jigen's hateful accusations left the Akatsuki members feeling a sense of bewilderment.

"Kaguya?"

Pain's Rinnegan coldly swept across the battlefield, attempting to glean useful information from those brief words.

“Kaguya…” he repeated the name in a low voice, his mind quickly filtering through the known ninja villages, secret organizations, and even legendary figures, but to no avail.

His gaze unconsciously shifted to the half-black, half-white Zetsu beside him, a hint of inquiry in his eyes: "Do you have any information about this ninja?"

Zetsu was responsible for intelligence gathering within the Akatsuki organization, and White Zetsu were placed in various ninja villages for surveillance.

Bai Jue's half immediately waved his hand and shook his head dramatically: "I don't know! I've never heard of this name before! It sounds like a woman's name!"

However, Black Zetsu's inner world was already in turmoil!

Kaguya!

Could the Kaguya they're talking about be... their own mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki?!
These two mysterious individuals not only possess power beyond common sense and use chakra rods similar to those created by the Rinnegan, but they even mentioned the mother's name!

Could they... also be ancient monsters who have survived from that era a thousand years ago to the present?!
He lay low for a thousand years, proceeding cautiously and methodically, before finally guiding the chakra of Indra and Ashura to reincarnate continuously, ultimately seeing the dawn of his mother's resurrection in Madara Uchiha...

But why are there so many variables happening now?
First there was that unfathomable "Shura" who seemed to possess the power of the Rinnegan, and now there are these two mysterious people who know their mother's name and are equally terrifying in strength!
The "composure" brought about by a thousand years of planning and forbearance almost collapsed at this moment. A huge panic of things being completely out of control seized him, but he forcibly suppressed it and dared not show it on his face.

On the ground, with the help of the two toad sages, Jiraiya had managed to drag his injuries to a relatively secluded spot behind a broken wall.

He leaned against the cold, damp wall, breathing heavily, his mind racing through all the known strongmen and secret information of the five great nations and various small ninja villages, but he still had no clue about the name "Kaguya".

The two hermits on his shoulders, Fukasaku and Shima, looked at each other in bewilderment. They had lived for hundreds of years and were very knowledgeable, but they had never heard of this person before.

"Honey, what do you think?" Shima asked in a low voice, his purple lips pressed tightly together.

“I don’t know… but these two are definitely connected to the legend of the Sage of Six Paths.” Fukasaku’s eyes beneath his long white eyebrows were incredibly sharp: “The level of power they use has already exceeded the scope of ordinary ninjas.”

On the battlefield, facing Jigen's angry accusations, Menma's peripheral vision inadvertently swept over Zetsu among the Akatsuki members, especially lingering for a moment on that black half.

The corners of his mouth curled up almost imperceptibly, forming a smile that was both playful and meaningful.

He twirled the black chakra rod in his hand deftly, as if playing with a toy, and Menma spoke to Jigen with a deliberately ambiguous tone:

"Heh... If that's what you think, then you're not wrong."

He paused, then his voice suddenly rose, carrying clearly across the battlefield: "I've been searching for you for a thousand years! Today, I've finally caught you!"

These words struck Black Zetsu's heart like a second thunderbolt!
A thousand years?!
he……

He really lived for a thousand years?!
Could he really be a contemporary of my mother?!

Does he know I exist?
Does he know my plan?!
Countless questions and fears of the unknown nearly consumed Black Zetsu.

Before Menma could finish speaking, his figure transformed into a dark red streak of light and shot out!

The jet-black chakra rod in his hand, like a viper's tongue, thrust straight at Jigen, who was suspended in the air, with an indomitable momentum!

"Arrogant!" Cixian snorted coldly. After entering "Wedge - State Two", his speed, strength and reaction were terrifyingly enhanced.

He also conjured a black staff in his hand, which he used to precisely block Mianma's thrust!
clang! ! !
This time, the sound of the clash was far more muffled and more shocking than before!
A terrifying shockwave erupted from the two of them, instantly displacing the surrounding rainwater and creating a brief vacuum!

The two were locked in combat once again!
Having activated his second state, Jigen completely overwhelmed Menma in both power and speed.

His attacks were like a storm, his black staff wielding with the power to tear through space, forcing Menma to retreat and parry constantly, making him appear somewhat overwhelmed.

After a fierce clash of the black rods, Mianma's movements faltered slightly.

Cixian seized the fleeting opportunity and delivered a powerful side kick, striking Mianma's chest with lightning speed!

boom! ! !
Menma felt as if he had been hit by a high-speed train. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing into the middle of a still intact tower behind him like a cannonball!

He smashed a huge hole in the solid wall, and bricks mixed with rainwater fell down, raising dust that filled the rain.

Simple and unadorned physical techniques best demonstrate the difference between the two sides.

"It's over," Pain said coldly. Although his opponent was also an enemy, the overwhelming power displayed by Jigen made him even more wary.

Konan and Obito had solemn expressions; they could clearly feel the suffocating pressure emanating from Jigen.

Hiding in the shadows, Jiraiya's heart was in his throat. He couldn't imagine what power, besides the Rinnegan, could reach this level.

On the contrary, Orochimaru, who was hiding in the distance, had his golden snake eyes flashing with excitement and inquiry.

He stared intently at the lifelike black markings on Cixian's face and body, muttering to himself, "This form... this way of surging power... it's somewhat similar to the Immortal Transformation Seal I'm researching, but on a much higher level! It's practically forcibly integrating natural energy into the body in a more domineering way... and that kid..."

His gaze shifted to the dust-filled cave entrance, and he said with a smile, "He definitely didn't use his full strength... Back in Star City, he seemed far more dangerous to me than he does now... The real show is just beginning."

As Menma's collaborator, Orochimaru had stayed in the Star Capital for a long time and had naturally seen Menma's teenage form.

Cixian's figure had already teleported to the opposite side of the tower that Mianma had crashed into, hovering in mid-air, looking down at the dark hole.

The black chakra rod in his hand pointed straight at the cave entrance, his voice carrying the cold indifference and arrogance of a god's pronouncement:
"Now you should clearly realize the insurmountable gap between insects and gods."

However, he was not met with silence or groans.

boom--! ! !
A dark red chakra, far more violent and profound than before, filled with an aura of destruction and nothingness, suddenly erupted from the hole like a volcanic eruption!

The powerful energy impact even further shattered and peeled away the walls around the opening!
Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, a figure slowly emerged from the billowing smoke and dark red energy flames.

At this moment, Mianma's appearance has changed drastically!

His entire body was tightly enveloped in a dark red chakra that was so condensed it was almost tangible. This chakra even condensed behind him into a dark red chakra cloak that seemed to be burning fiercely, moving and fluttering even without wind!
Behind the cloak, nine enormous tails, formed entirely of dark red chakra and leaping and dancing like flames, stretched out wildly, stirring the surrounding air and rain.

His black hair was also covered by this dark red energy, which converged upwards, forming two sharp protrusions on the top of his head, like demon horns.

What is most striking is his right eye, that pure white eye is now emitting a faint, yet incredibly pure, green light, as if it contains the power of the birth and death of stars!
This is precisely the trump card that Menma used from the limited Tsukuyomi world—Dark Nine-Tails Chakra Mode!
It also connected to the giant reincarnation eye inside the moon, gaining a continuous supply of pupil power!
As Jigen looked at Menma, whose form had drastically changed, and sensed the alien chakra aura that was completely different from the nine tailed beasts and the ten-tailed beast, filled with emptiness and violence, his usually proud and indifferent face showed obvious astonishment for the first time.

Then it turned into an uncontrollable greed!
“This chakra…” Jigen’s voice trembled slightly. He had traveled through the universe for thousands of years, absorbing the energy of countless planets, but he had never felt such a peculiar and powerful chakra attribute.

"This is really...appetizing!"

Meanwhile, the Akatsuki members, along with Jiraiya and Orochimaru who were hiding in the shadows, were completely shocked by this sudden and terrifyingly large amount of tailed beast chakra!
"This...this is?!" Xiao Nan exclaimed in shock, the pieces of paper around her body trembling slightly from the impact of the energy.

"The chakra of a tailed beast... and it's so vast..." Pain's Rinnegan stared intently at the nine tails behind Menma, his tone more solemn than ever before.

He looked at Obito: "Any information from the major ninja villages about any Jinchuriki recently going out of control or escaping?"

Obito's brows furrowed beneath his mask. He shook his head, his voice low and menacing: "Zetsu's surveillance didn't detect anything unusual. And... nine tails... that's clearly the Nine-Tails' chakra! But the feeling... is completely different!"

"One, two, three... nine?" Shima, the sage on Jiraiya's shoulder, counted the dancing tails in astonishment, looking at Jiraiya in disbelief: "Little Jiraiya! This is... the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?! Isn't the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in Konoha?!"

Fukasaku, the sage, looked at Jiraiya with a solemn expression: "Although I am old, my senses are not wrong. This is indeed the chakra of a tailed beast, and it is the complete Nine-Tails level! The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha, that kid named Naruto, could never possess such power!"

Jiraiya's mind was already in complete turmoil.

It is certain that half of the Nine-Tails was taken away by the Shinigami along with Minato, and the other half was sealed inside Naruto!

But why would Shura use the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode?
It should be noted that even the Gold and Silver Brothers, who devoured the flesh and blood of the Nine-Tails, could not achieve this near-perfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode!
Suddenly, he remembered something, and his pupils contracted sharply!

The accusations from Kumogakure!

They were adamant that "Shura" was the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki! They mobilized a large force to demand an explanation from Konoha!
When he received Sarutobi-sensei's secret letter, he assumed it was a slander and a way for Kumogakure to shift blame after being humiliated by Shura, and dismissed it with a laugh.

But now… looking at that black-haired boy enveloped in dark red chakra, radiating a terrifying aura like a true tailed beast, a horrifying thought surged uncontrollably into his mind—could what the Hidden Cloud Village said… be true?!
This mysterious boy, "Shura," truly possesses another... Nine-Tailed Fox, something they've never known before?!

Orochimaru, hidden in the shadows, licked his lips with his long tongue, his eyes filled with fanaticism and inquiry. "Interesting...so interesting! Where did this 'Nine-Tails' come from? The one Minato sealed away? The timing doesn't add up..."

"That is... the 'Nine-Tails' from the future?"

Orochimaru still firmly believes that Shura comes from the future.

On the battlefield, Menma felt the surging Dark Nine-Tails chakra within his body and the vast eye power provided by the giant Tenseigan, and an unprecedented sense of power filled his entire body.

This was the first time he had been forced to use this mode since leaving the limited Tsukuyomi world.

However, it should be enough to deal with Jigen's "Wedge - State Two".

As for the more powerful 'Fairy Fox Mode,' which requires combining immortal techniques, he has not yet cultivated immortal techniques; and the high-cost Heavy Particle Mode, he has not yet thoroughly researched.

He prefers the future Sage of Six Paths mode, but before that, he must first get his hands on the second Ten-Tails that Isshiki has hidden.

"Warm-up is over." Menma's deep voice came through the chakra cloak, carrying a sense of oppressive pressure like a tidal wave.

The next moment, he moved!
In Dark Nine-Tailed Fox mode, the speed of the skin increases by more than several times!
Everyone only felt a blur before their eyes, and the dark red figure appeared in front of Cixian as if by teleportation!

His right foot, covered in condensed chakra, slammed into Jigen's abdomen with a piercing shriek that tore at the eardrums!

"What?! That was fast!" Cixian only had time to utter a cry of surprise before he was thrown back as if he had been hit by a high-speed train again, even faster than when Menma had been sent flying!

However, this is just the beginning!
Menma's figure blurred again. Using the extreme speed brought by the Dark Nine-Tails' chakra and the coordinates of the Flying Thunder God kunai, he appeared like a ghost in the path of Jigen's backward flight, and his fists covered in dark red chakra fell like raindrops!

Each punch contained the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, slamming heavily into Cixian's hastily blocking arms and torso!

boom!boom!boom!boom!
The dull, relentless blows forced Jigen, even in his second state of the wedge, into a completely passive and defensive position!
He tried to fight back, attempting to use "Shona Bikanna" to shrink and dodge, but all his struggles were in vain in the face of Menma's absolute speed and power suppression, as well as the Byakugan that was linked to the giant Tenseigan and could see through all his actions!
After several rounds, Cixian was spitting out blood, his magnificent feathered robe was even more tattered, and even the curved horn on his forehead had developed a tiny crack!
He was beaten so badly that he had no chance to fight back, and was bombarded by Mianma in the air like a sandbag!

This scene completely stunned everyone!

The Akatsuki members, Jiraiya, and even Orochimaru were all dumbfounded!

They could barely catch a glimpse of Mianma's movements; all they could see was a dark red streak of light flashing continuously. The mysterious man, who had been so arrogant and self-proclaimed a god, was being thrown around in a sorry state under the repeated impacts of the streak of light!
Only Pain, who possessed the Rinnegan, and Obito, who had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, could barely keep up with the ultra-fast pace of the battle. But the clearer they could see, the greater the shock they felt!

This power... has completely surpassed their understanding of "ninja"!

"Damn it!!!" The humiliation of being completely suppressed and the excruciating pain in his body drove Cixian into a frenzied rage!
He made a snap decision, no longer caring about the cost, and suddenly activated the backup plans he had previously laid out throughout the battlefield!
Om-! ! !
In an instant, centered on the area where Jigen and Menma were fighting, countless black chakra rods that he had quietly scattered and were in a microscopic state were magnified instantly!
Thousands upon thousands of pitch-black rods, exuding an ominous aura, like a suddenly growing forest of death, densely covered the entire sky and ground, shooting indiscriminately towards the central area!

"Watch out!" Xiao Nan exclaimed, her paper wings flapping as she quickly flew backward.

Obito and Zetsu immediately used their respective methods to evade; Obito became intangible, and Zetsu disappeared underground.

Pain then used the repulsive field of "Shinra Tensei" to deflect the black rods that were being shot at him, and at the same time flew to a high place.

However, amidst this death storm of countless black rods, Menma, at the center of the storm, merely raised one hand indifferently and gently pushed it towards the void in front of him.

"Shenra Tianzheng."

An immense and unimaginably terrifying repulsive force erupted from him!
Unlike Pain's repulsive force, which requires cooling and has a limited range, Menma's "Shinra Tensei" seems effortless, with a wider range and greater power!
Rumble——! ! !
All the chakra rods that were shot at him were thrown back at an even faster speed in the face of this irresistible repulsive force, as if they had hit an invisible and indestructible wall. Some even collided and broke in mid-air!
In an instant, the sky was filled with broken and shattered fragments of black rods!

"What?!" Pain's Rinnegan widened in disbelief and shock!

"This move...! Could it be... he is... Shura?!" He would never forget the battle in the Land of Stars, when Shura used a single chakra teleportation technique to unleash his power on him using Uchiha Shisui's body!

Obito's expression under the mask also changed drastically. First, there were the black chakra rods, then the Shinra Tensei. This guy!

When Cixian saw that even this final killing move had been easily countered by the opponent, a hint of ruthlessness and determination finally flashed in his eyes.

He clasped his hands together abruptly, unleashing even greater power!

"The Great Heavenly Box!"

In the sky, space itself was violently distorted!
Dozens of enormous black cubes with flashing red edges appeared out of thin air!

These cubes exude a chaotic and heavy aura, which not only interferes with perception but also contains terrifying destructive power!
They fell like meteors from the sky, carrying the power to destroy everything, crashing down on the area where Menma was!

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The enormous black cubes crashed into the ground and the remaining buildings one after another, creating a deafening roar!

The entire battlefield seemed to be facing its end; the earth cracked, and smoke and dust rose into the sky, swallowing everything in its path!
However, amidst the chaos and smoke created by this devastating attack, no one noticed that a dark red portal had silently opened beside Menma.

A powerful suction force came, and Mianma's figure was instantly sucked in and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the vortex closed rapidly.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, only the devastation remained on the battlefield, along with Cixian, who hovered in the air, panting heavily.

The Akatsuki members observed warily, only to find that the black-haired boy's aura had completely vanished.

……

A desolate and lifeless world.

The sky was an eerie dark purple, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, only an eternally unchanging dim light.

The earth was cracked and riddled with huge craters resembling those from a meteorite impact. There was no sign of life, and even the wind seemed to have frozen.

Mianma's figure emerged from the dark red teleportation portal and appeared at the bottom of a huge meteorite crater. He looked around, sensing the unique laws of this space and the natural energy that was so thin it was almost negligible.

"This should be the alternate dimension where Isshiki fought Naruto and Sasuke," Menma muttered to himself, confirming his surroundings.

Just then, in the dark purple sky above him, a familiar black and red vortex portal slowly opened.

Cixian's figure stepped gracefully out from the pit, hovering in mid-air, looking down at Mianma at the bottom of the pit.

His face regained its arrogant expression of complete control.

“No matter how strong your abilities are, in this alternate dimension that I completely control, you are nothing more than a turtle in a jar, a bird in a cage.” Cixian’s voice echoed coldly, exceptionally clear in this deathly silent space.

"There's no food, no water, no chakra to replenish... even the passage of time is different from the outside world. I'd like to see how many days you, this slightly stronger insect, can manage to survive here?"

He planned to use the characteristics of this alternate dimension to wear down and torment Mianma with a long period of time and endless loneliness, eventually forcing him to submit or die from exhaustion.

However, Menma suddenly smiled when faced with the announcement of Jigen's death.

The smile held a sense of relief, yet also a hint of... the hunter's amusement at finally seeing his prey fall into the trap.

“Jigen,” Menma raised his head, a sharp light flashing in his heterochromatic eyes, “I also want to thank you.”

"Thank me?" Cixian frowned slightly.

“Yes,” Menma stretched his neck, making a slight clicking sound, “Outside, it’s really not good to use some of our trump cards and moves. After all, it wouldn’t be good to scare the flowers and plants.”

"Come out and say hello, Kyu!" Before Menma finished speaking, a dark red chakra, far more terrifying and enormous than the one he had encountered in Amegakure, seemingly about to burst through this alternate dimension, erupted from beneath Menma's feet like an ancient beast awakening from its slumber!

boom! ! !
A dark red pillar of chakra shot into the sky!

Within this pillar of light, the phantom of a colossal beast, large enough to rival a mountain, rapidly solidified!
Its entire body was an ominous dark red, with a fox-like outline, but its eyes burned with the flames of nothingness. Nine tails made entirely of dark red energy danced behind it like giant pillars supporting the heavens and the earth, emanating a violent and destructive aura that made the entire alternate dimension tremble!
Roar!
Dark Nine-Tailed Fox roared!
Menma's figure stood steadily atop Dark Nine-Tails' head. His dark red chakra cloak fluttered in the powerful energy surge, and the two horns on his head and the white light in his right eye complemented each other, making him look like a demon god descending upon this desolate world!
Jigen hovered in mid-air, gazing up at the giant beast of a different kind of chakra that was completely different from any of the tailed beasts he knew, emanating a power that made his soul tremble.

The arrogance and composure on his face vanished completely, replaced by extreme shock, anger, and a hint of disbelief!

He sensed a chakra aura on this Dark Nine-Tails that was completely different from that of the Ten-Tails and the other nine tailed beasts, but he was also very certain that it was absolutely... absolutely not the tailed beast he knew!

The repeated encounters with things beyond his comprehension plunged Cixian into deep confusion, and an unknown fear enveloped him. These were unknown creatures that he had never encountered in his millions of years of traveling through the universe since his birth!
Cixian's cheeks twitched, and he almost gritted his teeth as he forced the question out from deep in his throat:

"What...what are you?!"

(End of this chapter)