Konoha: Superman template, the spoiled brat becomes strong.

As he gazed with his Sharingan at the vortex where the Dark Messenger finally dissipated, a phantom of a white-haired samurai was drawing a demon sword from a painting of the Warring States period. The reflection of the sword was Naruto's future form, enveloped in dark chakra.

As the twelve soul lamps reignited... the final voice of the Dark Messenger echoed from the end of time. Three hundred miles outside Sunagakure, twelve blood-stained torii gates suddenly rose from the quicksand. That lord's favorite... the self-proclaimed Lightbringer's... despair...

Temari's three-star fan was suddenly burned to ashes by black fire that appeared out of nowhere.

To her astonishment, the terracotta figures that had absorbed the dark energy began to tremble in unison, and a pulse that surpassed even the chakra of the tailed beasts surged along the dragon veins into the depths of the five great nations.

Orochimaru licked his lips and retreated into the space-time rift, with seven Pain puppets wearing ANBU masks vaguely appearing behind him.

Just as Naruto was about to rush toward the most violently trembling terracotta warrior, Kurama suddenly issued a warning in his consciousness space.

When he looked down, he saw his shadow clone casting shadows of the twelve tailed beasts, one after the other, on the sand—and where Shukaku should have been was the silhouette of the mysteriously smiling boy from before the Dark Messenger disappeared.

The desert wind suddenly stopped, and black wedge-shaped marks appeared on the back of everyone's necks at the same time.

Chapter 499 Joint Statement

Outside Sunagakure Village, the quicksand continued to fall, and the twelve blood-red torii gates looked like dried fangs in the moonlight.

Naruto's clenched fist suddenly loosened, and as the sand grains fell through his fingers, they condensed into jet-black crystals. Kurama let out a low growl from the depths of his consciousness, and his chakra cloak rippled red without any wind.

"Konoha's liaison hawk has been intercepted." Kakashi suddenly spoke, his fingertips tracing the remaining spacetime folds in the Kamui dimension.

Dark red bloodstains seeped from the ninja tool pouch on his back, and the black flames he had just blocked for Temari were now engulfing the sealing scroll. "Three hours ago, when I passed over the Land of Rain, my feathers suddenly formed ice crystals."

Sasuke's Kusanagi sword suddenly appeared at Naruto's neck, the blade reflecting the distorted shadow of the tailed beast on the sand.

Amid the gasps of the crowd, he said coldly, "The mark on the back of your neck has darkened." Naruto's fingertips, which were touching his skin, were instantly burned and smoke rose from them. His nine chakra tails pierced the ground uncontrollably, turning the nearest terracotta warrior into dust.

"The Sand Village's puppeteer force is gathering here." Gaara's Sand Eye hovered in mid-air, its pupils reflecting the turbulent chakra currents on the horizon. "But they... are killing each other." Before he finished speaking, Temari suddenly covered her left ear, blood dripping from between her fingers onto the remains of the Three-Star Fan.

The ashes coalesced again into a black folding fan, its ribs clearly resembling a miniature torii gate.

Shikamaru's Shadow Stitching Technique spread a spider web on the ground, and when the shadow touched Hinata's Byakugan, it suddenly ignited with azure flames.

“It’s cognitive pollution.” He rapidly formed hand seals, but the flames scorched the sand beneath everyone’s feet. “As long as they are aware of the danger, their chakra will automatically transform into a technique to attack their comrades—”

Killer Bee's Eight-Sword Style was suddenly unsheathed, severing the shadow flames that were about to wrap around Naruto's ankle.

"But before my beautiful rhymes~" The rap was mixed with the buzzing of the Tailed Beast Ball, and the hurricane he stirred up as he spun turned the twelve torii gates into hourglasses that rotated counterclockwise. "Despair is like a wrong rhyme~ Broken rhythms need new rhythms~"

Kakashi's Sharingan suddenly shed tears of blood, and the First Hokage's armor appeared in the space-time rift.

As his hand passed through the phantom, a deafening roar shook the earth from the direction of Sunagakure, and twelve streaks of blood-red light shot into the sky, piecing together the incomplete outline of the Ten-Tails in the night sky.

Naruto's chakra cloak suddenly faded, revealing the wedge-shaped runes flowing beneath his skin.

"Return to Konoha." Tsunade's voice came through the slug, the slime of the Shikkotsu Forest corroding the communication scroll. "But don't go on the ground." Her last words were swallowed by a chewing sound as the slug split into seven jet-black individuals, each with pupils bearing the Rinnegan pattern.

As everyone leaped onto the ninja hawk summoned by Sasuke, Temari's black fan suddenly unfurled into a scroll, revealing a joint edict from various daimyo.

As Shikamaru tried to decipher it, the ink turned into a black snake and burrowed into his ear.

“Joint statement…” He staggered and steadied himself on the eagle’s back, his voice hoarse, “The five great powers simultaneously announced… that they would impose sanctions on villages that illegally harbor human jinchūriki.”

The desert below suddenly collapsed into a giant sundial, and the sundial needle was the chakra tail from which Naruto lost control and fell.

The moment Kakashi activated Kamui, the shadows of the twelve torii gates pierced through space and time, leaving an inverted "wedge" character on everyone's palm.

Kurama's roar shattered the clouds, and the moonlight suddenly became thick and blood-red, carrying the bloody smell wafting from the direction of Sunagakure, dyeing the entire night sky dark red.

As the ninja hawk swept across the border of the Land of Fire, Sasuke's Rinnegan suddenly revealed an anomaly outside the Konoha barrier—the chakra protective layer, which should have been emerald green, was now flowing with the same blood-red light as the torii gate.

Ripples spread across the Leaf Village barrier under the blood moon, and twelve blood-red runes moved across the surface of the chakra barrier, like a sealing spell that restrains a giant beast.

As Naruto landed, he staggered half a step, and the inverted wedge syllable on his palm suddenly burned his meridians. The Nine-Tails' chakra condensed into tiny black ice crystals in his meridians.

The entire Barrier Team lay unconscious before the Divine Tree Monument. Shizune rushed in, carrying Ton-Ton, her medical gloves smeared with shimmering, fluorescent slime. Their chakra circuits... were flowing in reverse. Tsunade smashed the carved wooden door of the Hokage Tower with a single punch. The flying wood chips condensed into hourglass shapes in mid-air, and as the last grain of sand fell, everyone simultaneously heard the deafening roar of the collapsing torii gate.

The scrolls of classified reports piled up in the office were self-immolating, their ashes coalescing into the miniature outline of the Ten-Tails in Tsunade's palm. The Thunderbird of Kumogakure crashed to its death at the Valley of the End in the early morning. Her hand, tearing off the bandages, trembled slightly; the Yin Seal of the Hundred Healings Technique began to leak inky liquid, and the Libra of Iwagakure, the liaison frog, unleashed its tongue streaked with ice crystals and exploded.

Temari suddenly covered the gap in the Three Star Fan, and the sand and iron fragments condensed into miniature puppets between her fingers: the Sand Village's puppeteer force went berserk this morning, but... She tore open her blood-stained sleeve, revealing black wedge-shaped symbols running under her skin, the Shukaku talisman left by her father was devouring chakra in reverse.

Kakashi's Sharingan suddenly reflected a phantom image—three blood-red torii gates rising from behind the Hokage Rock.

When he attempted to unleash Kamui, what surged from the space-time rift was not nothingness, but viscous, asphalt-like tailed beast chakra. The medium for cognitive contamination was probably... His voice suddenly caught in his throat, and blood mixed with ice shards seeped from beneath his headband.

It was the concept itself. Shikamaru suddenly pierced his own shadow with a kunai, the burning Yin Release chakra projecting a star map onto the ground. When the concept of alliance was corrupted, all attempts to form an alliance would trigger a self-destruct program. He pointed tremblingly out the window, where twelve blood-red pillars of light were rising into the sky from the directions of various countries, piecing together the fragmented fangs of the Ten-Tails on the dome.

The screech of the slug's split body suddenly pierced the silence, and the Sand Village's communication scroll automatically unfolded in front of Tsunade.

Gaara's Sand Eyes hovered between the ink stains, golden light of sealing techniques flowing deep within his pupils: Sunagakure was about to send a hundred puppeteers, but... the sand grains suddenly solidified into obsidian fragments, slicing across his pale cheeks. They had to be blindfolded and deafened, and move by sealing techniques.

Naruto suddenly clutched his chest, and his nine chakra tails uncontrollably tore through his Hokage robes.

As his gaze met Sasuke's Rinnegan, the wedge-shaped runes beneath his skin suddenly materialized into chains, forcibly linking their chakra. "You loser, inside you..." Sasuke's Kusanagi sword abruptly drew its sheath, severing the chains, its blade stained with blood that belonged to no one.

Suddenly, a distress flare from Sunagakure exploded in the night sky, and the puppet remains of the Fourth Kazekage emerged from the crimson light.

Almost simultaneously, a flash of indigo light, characteristic of Lightning Release, illuminated the northwest, while a rocky mountain totem formed from Earth Release chakra appeared on the southeastern horizon.

The moment Tsunade crushed the teacup, blood dripped from between her fingers, drawing a map of the five great nations' territories on the table.

She prepared to receive the delegations from various countries. She wiped away the black blood that had spilled from the corner of her mouth. The patterns of the Hundred Healings Technique flickered on her neck, but everyone who entered the barrier... Before she could finish speaking, a loud crash of rocks shattering came from the Hokage Rock. Crimson liquid flowed from the eyes of the First Hokage's statue, solidifying into a new blood-red torii gate under the moonlight.

Chapter 500 Three-tenths of the decision-making power

The thousand torii gates at the entrance of Konoha Village glowed with an eerie blood-red light in the twilight, and Naruto Uzumaki stood on the bluestone steps, pressing his still throbbing ribs.

He watched as the Sand Village delegation approached from afar, with hundreds of puppets veiled in black floating in mid-air, their sealing talismans fluttering around the puppeteers' bandages like fireflies.

As the Kazekage's gourd brushed past his shoulder, he smelled chakra mixed with the scent of rust in the sand.

Your Tailed Beast Chakra has stabilized by seven percent compared to last time. Gaara's Sand Eyes flickered through the gaps in his bandages, and suddenly someone in the puppeteer's ranks let out a hoarse screech. Three puppets went out of control and crashed into the edge of the barrier, the exploding wood chips leaving charred marks on the protective shield.

Sasuke's Kusanagi sword suddenly appeared at Naruto's neck, the six tomoe in his Rinnegan spinning wildly: Look at the puppeteers' ankles. Moonlight pierced through the gaps in the bandages, revealing blood-soaked cursed iron rings wrapped around the ankles of every Sand Village ninja.

Just as Naruto was about to speak, the Nine-Tails' chakra suddenly condensed into a sharp spike in his throat, causing him to stagger and grab onto the Raimon pillar.

Konoha's hospitality is truly unique. The Fourth Raikage's Lightning Release armor shattered three barrier stones as he leaped into the arena, followed by Cloud Village ninjas descending from the sky on indigo lightning, scattering the Sand Village's puppet formation.

When Onoki's rock clone emerged from the ground, the entire Naka River suddenly formed crystalline rock layers, and twelve stone giants carried the Iwagakure delegation out of the water.

As the map of the five great nations lit up the dome of the conference room, Tsunade smashed the granite table with a punch.

Amidst the flying sawdust, the Hundred Healings Mark on her neck glowed with a bluish-purple light: three days ago, forty-seven corpses bearing wedge-shaped runes appeared on the border of the Land of Fire, twenty of whom wore Mist Concealment Headbands.

The Cloud Village's lightning storm force can cover the area within a quarter of an hour... The Raikage's lightning blade plunges into the center of the map, and lightning tears a crack along the border of the Land of Iron.

Onoki's Dust Release sphere suddenly flattened the tip of his Lightning Blade, and the floating rubble pieced together in the air to form a defensive map of the Land of Earth: the ley lines of the Land of Earth could seal off anything.

As Naruto watched Sasuke's Rinnegan flicker in the shadows, he suddenly recalled the wedge-shaped runes that had been running through their veins when their chakras were forcibly linked three days ago.

As he reached out to pat Sasuke's shoulder, the Nine-Tails' chakra suddenly materialized into chains that wrapped around their wrists.

Kakashi's mask moved automatically without wind, and the void cracks connecting the ends of the chains were reflected in his Sharingan.

Enough! Tsunade's powerful punch shattered the map, and flying shards of pottery cut blood down her cheek. While Byakuya's puppeteers were dismembering the Kirigakure delegation in the Land of Rain, the ninjas were still arguing about the escort route!

The conference table was suddenly engulfed in gold dust, and Gaara's Shukaku claws pressed against the remains of three puppets engraved with the word "White Night" as they rose from the ground.

When Chiyo, the advisor of Sunagakure, opened the puppet's chest cavity, the twenty-seven red-glowing sealing scrolls buzzed. Kakashi's Kamui vortex had just devoured three scrolls when the remaining ones suddenly projected 3D images of the palaces of various daimyo.

The Hidden Cloud Village demanded 30% of the decision-making power. The Raikage's Lightning Release chakra condensed into an eight-tailed phantom behind him, arcs of electricity sweeping across the area where the Hidden Stone Village delegation was located, including absolute command over the northern front.

Onoki's Dust Release barrier suddenly enveloped the Iwagakure representative, and the floating rocks above his head formed a strategic sand table: the underground tunnel network from the Land of Grass to the Land of Hot Springs, only Iwagakure could... Before he could finish speaking, the twelve rock lamps suddenly exploded, and the flying shards sparked at Tsunade's forehead.

Naruto felt the nine tails were about to tear his back apart. As he slammed his fist on the table and stood up, the Tailed Beast Cloak burned through the ceiling uncontrollably.

Sasuke's Amenotejikara instantly teleported him to the courtyard, the purple light of his Rinnegan illuminating the wedge-shaped markings remaining on their wrists: "You loser, haven't you noticed what's inside those puppet remains..."

A deafening roar came from the direction of the Fire Shadow Rock, and the scroll in the hand of the First Generation Stone Statue suddenly burst out with bloody light.

As the blood-red torii gate fully materialized under the moonlight, the chakra of all the Kage-level powerhouses simultaneously stagnated. Kakashi's Sharingan reflected a blurry figure emerging from the depths of the torii gate—the person held the chakra threads unique to Sand Village puppeteers in their right hand, while their left hand was wrapped with fragments of Cloud Village's Lightning Release armor.

The scorching airflow from Naruto's Tailed Beast Cloak stirred up a small whirlwind in the courtyard, and Sasuke's Rinnegan suddenly turned to the northwest.

Gold dust and gravel formed an eerie vortex at their feet, and the wedge-shaped runes carved on the puppet remains began to move under the moonlight.

Amaterasu! Before the black flames bursting from Sasuke's eyes could even touch the runes, bluish-gray patterns suddenly appeared on the ground of the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

Kakashi ripped off his headband, revealing his Mangekyou Sharingan. As his Kamui vortex pulled the two back to the conference room, he happened to witness Tsunade cutting open her own palm with a chakra scalpel.

Blood droplets floated in mid-air, reflecting Lei Ying's twitching lips.

The eight-tailed phantom behind him suddenly let out a painful roar, and the Amber Purification Bottle, a Six Paths Ninja Tool carried by the Cloud Village delegation, opened automatically. The broken walls of the Land of Rain appeared in the black mist that poured out of the bottle.

The corpse from three days ago... Onoki's Dust Release sphere suddenly split into twelve, enveloping the representatives of various countries.

On the suspended crystal screen, the Hidden Mist ninjas who should have died were walking through the ruins of the Land of Rain, the wedge-shaped runes on the back of their necks shimmering with the same luster as the puppet remains.

Hinata's Byakugan suddenly bulged with veins, and she pointed tremblingly at the Hokage Rock: "The First Hokage's scroll... is absorbing chakra!" Everyone followed her gaze and saw that the blood-red torii gate had expanded to the point of blotting out the sky. The scroll in the hand of the Hashirama Senju statue was slowly unfurling, revealing the two characters "Byakuya" written in blood inside.

The Raikage suddenly changed direction, the tip pressed against his own throat: Kumogakure could relinquish 30% of its decision-making power. Blood seeped from the crackling patterns on his forehead, but the Thunderstorm troops on the northern front had to...

A violent tremor interrupted his words, and the map of the five great nations hanging from the top of the conference room suddenly cracked.

Just as Shikamaru's Shadow Binding Technique ensnared the falling ceramic shards, Temari's Three-Star Fan had already whipped up a hurricane, blowing the fragments into a corner.

Amidst the fluttering pottery shards, Kakashi's Sharingan suddenly caught a strange sight—in the reflection of each shard stood the blurry figure emerging from the torii gate.

Report! A blood-soaked Hyuga branch family ninja crashed through the barrier, his empty eye sockets still bearing traces of Sand Village puppeteers' chakra: Around the village... all twelve warning barriers simultaneously sensed dark chakra fluctuations!

Sasuke's Kusanagi sword suddenly emitted a dragon's roar, and the wedge-shaped patterns that had been moving across Naruto's face were reflected on the blade.

The chains formed from the Nine-Tails' chakra were still wrapped around their wrists, but now they displayed the same blood-red characters as the First Hokage's scroll.

When Killer Bee's Samehada sword slashed at the chains, the sparks that flew out condensed in the air into the shape of miniature torii gates.

Tsunade slammed her fist into the ground, and the Hundred Healings Seal spread throughout the conference room along the crack.

Beneath the shattered crystal slab, twenty-seven sealed scrolls were oozing black blood, each scroll's surface bulging with the shape of a human face.

A cold smile tugged at the corner of her bloodied lips, and her medical chakra materialized into a giant blue hand that gripped the shoulders of the Raikage and Tsuchikage: Since you're going to form an alliance...

A violent explosion came from outside the village, and the conference room was suddenly plunged into absolute darkness.

When Kakashi illuminated the surroundings with his Lightning Blade, everyone was shocked to discover that every wall was covered with breathing wedge-shaped runes, and the Hyuga ninja who should have been outside the village was now staring at the Lightning Blade at the Raikage's throat with empty eye sockets.

A sense of crisis was quietly brewing within the cracks in the crystal slab, as the chakra absorbed by the First Scroll resonated with the dark energy.

As the wedge-shaped runes of the White Night begin to erode the core of the barrier, the still-fragile alliance will face its first true test—and the blood-red words crawling beneath the skin of some already point to a deeper shadow of betrayal...

Chapter 501 Reverse Psychic Communication

The moonlight was shattered by thick clouds, and Kakashi's Lightning Blade flickered uncertainly among the ruins.

Sasuke's Kusanagi sword was still trembling, and the wedge-shaped patterns floating on the blade echoed the bloodstains under Naruto's eyelids.

As Killer Bee used Samehada to pry open the fallen beam, the Eight-Tails' chakra tentacles curled up the fragments of the crystal slab that Tsunade had smashed into the crack in the ground—those sealing scrolls, seeping black blood, were writhing like living things in the broken crystals.

Northwest Barrier Tower! The Raikage's Lightning Release armor exploded with arcs of electricity in absolute darkness, illuminating Onoki's hunched figure floating above the broken bricks.

The Third Tsuchikage's Dust Release sphere swept past Naruto's hair, turning the three attacking black figures into atomic dust. The Sand Village's puppeteers triggered a reverse summoning array while setting up defenses in the southeast corner.

Sasuke's Rinnegan suddenly started bleeding.

He saw Hinata's Byakugan flickering behind the broken wall thirty meters away, and the wedge-shaped markings spreading across the girl's neck resonated with the black mist in the eye sockets of the unconscious Hyuga ninja in her arms.

Kakashi's kunai grazed past the Raikage's ear and pinned to the wrist of a Sand Village ANBU member who was trying to form hand seals—blood-red characters were writhing like maggots under the man's skin.

Kurama! As Naruto's Tailed Beast Cloak swelled, it tore off the chakra chains wrapped around his wrists. The golden rings fell to the ground and instantly corroded, leaving hexagonal dents identical to those on the First Hokage's scroll.

The roar of the Nine-Tails shattered the last few intact crystal windows. Through the prism fragments flying everywhere, everyone saw twenty-seven torii gates made of black blood standing in the forest outside the village, each vermilion pillar inlaid with fragments of the Sand Village headband.

Temari's three-star fan created a hurricane, deflecting the black flames that were heading straight for Shikamaru.

As she turned, she saw Gaara's Sand Eyes frozen high in the sky, Shukaku's chakra condensing into a twisted swastika seal among the sand grains. These were no ordinary enemies. The shadows of the Nara clan entangled the ankles of two rogue Takigakure ninjas, Shikamaru's voice trembled metallically through the chakra communication network, and their ninjutsu carried the vibrations of the Shikotsumyaku from the Kaguya era.

Kirabi's rap came to an abrupt end.

The eight-tailed tentacle suddenly pierced his right shoulder, pulling out a cloud of black mist that was devouring lightning chakra.

As Samehada crushed the mass of matter, the burst of purple sparks traced a wedge-shaped array in the air, mirroring the pattern on the conference room wall. Xiao Ba said these bastards were absorbing the barrier's energy! He rolled away, dodging three crisscrossing bone spikes, shards of his sunglasses drawing blood from his face.

Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken! Naruto's roar unleashed a chakra storm.

When the giant shuriken carrying natural energy struck the center of the enemy formation, the shockwave that should have erupted was suddenly compressed into thin threads by some invisible force field—Chiyo's puppet strings entangled Hidan's bloody three-month scythe at the last second, while Ebizo was sealing the black blood overflowing from the center of the explosion with a scroll.

Sasuke's Amaterasu Black Flame then incinerated the hearts of seven enemies.

He leaped onto the dilapidated watchtower and saw that Tsunade's Yin Seal patterns had spread to the surface of the Raikage's Lightning Release armor.