Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

Chapter 96 Your teacher will always be your teacher

When the Nine-Tailed Fox, a symbol of destruction, appeared with heavy steps in Konoha's most bustling commercial street, the entire night sky seemed to be shrouded in its enormous, sky-covering form. Almost tangible chakra swirled around him, and that cold, violent, and oppressive energy surged and spread outwards like a tidal wave.

On the street, the smiles of the villagers who had been scattered and laughing in the night market instantly froze, replaced by a deep-seated fear. The old man's cloudy eyes widened in shock, while the children, terrified, cried out but couldn't utter a sound, trembling only in their parents' arms. Even the sleeping ninjas were awakened by this terrifying chakra. They sprang from their beds, gripping their weapons tightly, but when they looked through the window and saw the colossal figure standing in the middle of the street, their bodies trembled uncontrollably, a chill running from their feet to the top of their heads.

The Nine-Tails gave no one time to react. It simply raised its right claw casually, without infusing any chakra, and swung it at the surrounding buildings using only its physical strength. With a deafening roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, several houses collapsed under its claw, bricks and tiles flying everywhere, and dust filling the entire street.

Immediately afterwards, the Nine-Tails' nine thick tails, like nine agile giant pythons, swept outwards. The Konoha ninjas who had just gathered and tried to stop it had no time to make any defensive movements before being struck by the tails. Their bodies flew backwards like kites with broken strings, and their blood stained the ground beneath their feet.

The Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly opened its blood-red maw and let out a deafening roar. The sound waves were like a tangible shockwave, causing the surrounding buildings to shake violently and the entire earth to tremble as if the end of the world was about to come.

"Disaster...has really struck..."

Someone in the crowd let out a desperate murmur, the sound faint yet clear, reaching everyone's ears.

Hizashi of the Hyuga clan and someone from the Uchiha clan, almost the instant they sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra, their eyes widened and they both turned towards the location of the Nine-Tails.

"It...it really happened!"

The appearance of the Nine-Tails means that the dream they just had, the prophetic dream about the Sage of Six Paths, is very likely true.

Their feelings were complex... a mixture of heaviness and excitement... or perhaps entirely excitement...

Inside the Hokage Building, the lights were on.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was already dressed in a black bodysuit, his slightly aged face filled with solemnity. The moment he sensed that terrifying chakra, he immediately summoned his Anbu members and prepared for battle.

At that moment, a masked ANBU ninja appeared before him like a ghost, kneeling on one knee and speaking urgently: "Third Hokage, the Nine-Tails is wreaking havoc in the shopping district!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, and an astonishing aura erupted from his aged body. He slowly raised his head, looked firmly at the night sky outside the window that was dyed red by firelight, and said in a deep voice, "I understand. Leave everything to me."

"You are responsible for evacuating non-combatants."

After saying that, he led the group of ANBU ninjas and strode towards the door.

However, the Third Hokage was unaware that shortly after he led a group of Anbu ninjas out of the Hokage Building, three men dressed in cyberpunk attire walked in without any attempt to conceal their presence.

The Six Paths of Pain—the Path of Devas, the Path of Humans, and the Path of Animals.

The moment the Nine-Tails appeared in Konoha, the barrier surrounding the entire village was instantly broken, and Konan pushed Nagato's doppelganger into Konoha.

Flames leaped, winds howled, and the nine-tailed fox raged.

In just a few minutes, Konoha Village was plunged into hell on earth. Heartbreaking cries, painful wails, and the deafening roar of collapsing buildings mingled together. The air was thick with the smell of blood and burnt flesh. Everywhere one looked, there were broken walls and rubble, and ninjas and villagers lying motionless on the ground.

How powerful is the Nine-Tails?

Perhaps this guy could be easily dealt with by just glaring at Obito, who had obtained the Mangekyou Sharingan by acquiring Hashirama cells.

But to ordinary Konoha ninjas, it is a towering mountain that can never be crossed, a terrifying monster with absolute destructive power.

The Konoha ninjas unleashed their full power with ninjutsu—fireballs, water dragons, earth spikes... all sorts of ninjutsu rained down on the Nine-Tails, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea. It didn't even cause a ripple when it hit the Nine-Tails, which was itself a materialized form of a huge amount of chakra and was born with extremely high resistance to ninjutsu.

The only thing that could cause him even the slightest harm was the ninja's standard ninja tool, the explosive tag.

The ninjas strapped explosive tags to kunai and hurled them densely at the Nine-Tails. Hundreds upon hundreds of tags exploded simultaneously, flames shooting into the sky and deafening roars. But the Nine-Tails' enormous size made these explosions feel like mere tickles, at most causing it a slight pain.

However, this slight pain completely ignited the Nine-Tails' ferocity.

It suddenly turned its head, its scarlet eyes filled with ferocity, and its nine tails lashed the ground wildly, smashing huge craters into the earth. Countless Konoha ninjas who had no time to dodge were struck by the tails and instantly turned into mincemeat, without even having time to scream.

Seemingly enraged by these "annoying little bugs," the Nine-Tails slowly opened its gaping maw. An unimaginable amount of chakra gathered wildly within its mouth, the black chakra swirling like a vortex, gradually condensing into a massive black sphere radiating an aura of destruction.

Tailed Beast Ball (Tailed Beast Cannon)!

The tailed beasts' most proficient destructive techniques are based on a very simple principle: by continuously compressing and changing the shape of chakra to its extreme, they mix and compress it in their mouths in a yin-yang ratio of 2:8 into a super-density sphere, and then release it all at once.

However, simplicity does not mean weakness. The so-called "powerful brick-flying" means that when a certain level is reached, it will show the beauty of numerical values.

An ordinary Tailed Beast Ball can easily destroy a mountain, but the Tailed Beast Ball of the Nine-Tails, the leader of the nine tailed beasts, is even more terrifying.

The air around the black sphere was distorted, as if even space itself couldn't withstand the force, and began to tremble slightly. If this Tailed Beast Ball were to land in Konoha, the entire village, even if not razed to the ground, would certainly suffer a devastating blow and be forced to prepare for reconstruction.

At this critical moment, a figure instantly appeared above the Tailed Beast Ball. Minato Namikaze, who had just brought Kushina to safety, appeared just in time. Without hesitation, he quickly formed hand seals, and a peculiar rune instantly appeared in front of the Tailed Beast Ball.

Immediately afterwards, the black sphere exuding an aura of death vanished as if swallowed by an invisible black hole.

Flying Thunder God Technique—Spatial Transfer.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away from Konoha Village, a massive mushroom cloud slowly rose over a desolate wasteland. A small hill that had once stood there had vanished without a trace, leaving only a bottomless, enormous crater.

Just as Minato was about to reunite the three generations to fight the Nine-Tails, Obito, who had attacked Kushina earlier, appeared behind him without making a sound.

A chilling crimson glint flashed across the exposed single eye.

Obito is determined to eliminate his teacher, Minato Namikaze, the most troublesome enemy in his current plans!

Although Minato's sensory abilities were slightly inferior to Kushina's, they were still among the best in the ninja world. Even though Obito appeared suddenly, he couldn't hide from Minato's senses and immediately stabbed him with a kunai.

However, the kunai pierced through Obito's body, as if the masked man in front of him was just an illusion.

Kamui becomes ethereal!

This is arguably the most disgusting ability in the entire Naruto storyline, without exception. Obito also used this almost unsolvable ability to cause trouble all over the ninja world.

The next moment, Minato's body began to twist rapidly.

It was Obito who used the Kamui dimension's absorption ability against Minato.

Once sucked into the Kamui dimension, no matter how strong Minato is, he's just a fish out of water, placed on a chopping board.

Unfortunately, while Obito's abilities were formidable, his opponent, Minato, was no ordinary man either.

Almost the instant Kamui absorbed the power and activated, Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"That was a quick reaction... No wonder you're my teacher."

Watching Minato suddenly disappear, Obito sighed sincerely, "Next time, I must absorb you as quickly as possible."

After he finished speaking, Obito's body began to gradually fade.

He went after Minato. Since obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan and Hashirama's cells, Obito's strength and confidence had swelled to an unprecedented level. Whether they were genin, chunin, or jonin, opponents who used to have to fight to the death to barely defeat could now be finished off in an instant.

After acquiring Madara's legacy and deceiving Nagato, Obito's confidence reached its peak, and he became arrogant and disdainful of everyone.

Even when facing a teacher he could only look up to, he firmly believed that he could easily defeat him.

He will soon pay the price for his arrogance.

Just as a battle between master and disciple was unfolding in a corner of Konoha, Nagato obtained the sealing technique scroll he had always wanted from the location Minato had told him about, and Pain also emerged from the Hokage Building carrying a huge scroll.

Sealing techniques, the Book of Sealing...getda☆ze!

"As expected, murder and arson bring wealth..."

Things that are usually under strict guard can now be easily packed up and taken away.

Incidentally, Nagato took not only the forbidden technique scrolls, but also the secret techniques and other materials stored together. This time, Konoha's losses were not insignificant.

Having obtained what he wanted, Nagato was in a very good mood and could even glare at the ferocious beast in the distance and make sarcastic remarks.

"Even with all my strength, I could only deal with half of this thing's Eight-Tails form... If I didn't have a stronger power-up now, I'd really like to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki or something..."

The Nine-Tails truly lives up to its reputation as the leader of the nine tailed beasts; in terms of sheer power, it far surpasses the White Whale, one of the three great demonic beasts. In terms of destructive power alone, the Tailed Beast Ball far surpasses all of the White Whale's attacks. However, if we're comparing abilities, the White Whale's "Mist of Annihilation" is something the Nine-Tails cannot replicate.

Overall, both have their advantages and disadvantages.

It's just unknown whether Puck's original form, the Beast of the End of the Permafrost who could withstand three swords from the contemporary Sword Saint, could compare to it.

"Next..." Nagato said, looking at the Nine-Tails wreaking havoc in Konoha. At this moment, the Nine-Tails' eyes had regained their clarity and become its signature vertical pupils, no longer the three-tomoe form it had been before. It was clear that it had been freed from the control of the Sharingan.

Then Nagato looked towards a corner of Konoha, where the battle was nearing its end: "Get ready to enjoy the next scene."

As representatives of high attack but low defense and limited health, battles between ninjas are extremely fast. Even if their strength is equal, the outcome will be decided in a short time. And battles between ninjas who are good at using space-time ninjutsu are even faster.

In the short time that Nagato was lost in thought, his battle with his teacher ended.

As expected, Obito got a lesson from his teacher and was thoroughly humiliated.

This once again proves that experience counts, and your teacher will always be your teacher.

In terms of the priority of space-time ninjutsu, Obito's Kamui was actually superior to Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique. Even so, he still suffered a crushing defeat. The gap in strength might be bridged with special abilities, but the chasm of intelligence is not easily overcome.

With his meticulous mind, insightful guesses about Kamui, and rich combat experience, Minato completely restrained the latter.

In the end, the battle between master and disciple ended with Obito suffering severe injuries to half of his body, while Minato emerged unscathed.

But this is just an appetizer for tonight; the real enemy is a monster of pure numbers—the Nine-Tailed Fox.

On the battlefield in Konoha Village, smoke and dust filled the air, and screams and roars mingled together.

The Third Hokage summoned his summoning beast, Enma, transforming it into a colossal staff that reached the heavens. With all his might, and using the immense power of the staff, he forcefully pushed the Nine-Tails out of the heart of Konoha Village.

However, all the Hokage who led Konoha through numerous Shinobi World Wars could do was push this ferocious beast away, rather than truly defeat it.

The Nine-Tails' power is so terrifying that it inspires despair.

Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails, who had regained consciousness, was also furious. Originally, he just wanted to stay peacefully in Kushina's seal and sleep soundly, but because Kushina was about to give birth and worried that he would cause trouble, she tied him up in the sealed space without saying a word. Let's leave those things aside.

Who would have thought that someone would inexplicably break into the sealed space, immediately use their Sharingan to control it, and manipulate it to wreak havoc in Konoha Village.

Having finally broken free from control and regained consciousness, Kurama hadn't even had time to figure out its situation when a group of Konoha ninja, like ants, relentlessly attacked it. What enraged it even more was that an old man wielding a giant club delivered a solid blow to its head.

It didn't know what these ninjas wanted; it only knew that it was controlled by the Sharingan, and the Sharingan was the symbol of the Uchiha clan, who were part of Konoha. It was furious as the victim, and now these damned Konoha ninjas wanted to attack it. New and old grudges surged within it, and Kurama decided to settle this score with Konoha.

Therefore, even without Obito's control, Kurama still fought to the death with the Konoha ninjas, and it was even more ferocious than when it was being controlled.

"This is so annoying, let's just destroy this village!" The Nine-Tails' scarlet eyes were filled with killing intent. It opened its blood-red maw, and another Tailed Beast Ball containing destructive power began to condense in its mouth. The terrifying chakra fluctuations distorted the surrounding air.

At this critical moment, a loud shout resounded through the sky.

"Spirit Summoning: Rooftop Collapse Technique!"

A gigantic toad, with a pipe in its mouth and a katana at its waist, descended from the sky like a mountain, landing heavily on Kurama's body with overwhelming force. Kurama let out a painful howl, and the unfinished Tailed Beast Ball in its mouth went out.

"It's the fourth generation!"

"The Fourth Hokage has arrived!"

The Konoha ninjas were stunned for a moment, then erupted in deafening cheers, their faces, once again radiating hope in their despair.

At this point, Kushina's life was about to end, with a full half hour remaining.

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