Chapter 564: Change of Battle n


    Minato ponders Izuna''s previous words while witnessing the ''battle'' between Izuna and the ck Abyss dragon.


    Izuna''s words shook him quite a bit. He would be lying if he said he was not worried about the future.


    ''To think Izuna-kun is shouldering such a heavy responsibility all by himself.'' Minato sighs and continues watching Izuna''s battle.


    HAAH


    Izuna teleports above the giant ck dragon. He clenches his fist andpresses the reddish-ck aura.


    The ck dragon opens its giant maw and leaps towards Izuna in the sky.


    Bang


    Izuna greets him with a fist.


    BOOM


    Izuna''s fist distorts the surrounding space. The giant ck dragon turns into a ck streak and smashes into the ground.


    Rumble Rumble


    A massive crater appears at the point of the impact. The ck dragon''s body continues to pierce through the ground. It bores a hole through one half of the gigantic and ms into the core of the other half.


    Rumble Rumble


    Massive shockwaves spread across the surface of the entire. However, an invisible force acts upon the and calms the surface.


    Crack Crack


    Izuna cracks his knuckles and nces at the still-struggling ck dragon.


    "It had fun beating the shit out of this ck dragon. He gave me lots of trouble when we first met."


    Izuna and Minato fly in the air and nces at the unconscious ck dragon lying in the middle of a massive crater. Almost ny percent of its body is destroyed and yet it''s still regenerating slowly.


    "Izuna-kun, what kind of technique was that? There was no chakra involved in it." Minato asks curiously.


    "It is a pure Taijutsu technique. I call it the ''Eight Inner Chakra Enlightenment''. You can say that it''s the advanced version of Guy''s ''Eight Inner Gates."


    Izuna clenches his fist, and the reddish-ck aura covers his fist again.


    "I will teach it to you allter."


    Izuna turns his attention to the unconscious ck dragon.


    Shiing


    A gleam shes past his left Rinne-Sharingan. Several highly advanced sealing formations shroud the ck dragon. The sealpresses its body and seals it into a small ss orb the size of a marble.


    Izuna grabs the marble ball and nces at the figure trapped inside it. A purple kanji for ''Seal'' shes on top of the seal and Izuna tosses it beside it.


    A small spatial rift opens up and consumes the ss marble.


    "Minato-san, let me show the true nature of this world to you?"


    Minato''s vision turns blurry for a second and in the next second, both of them appear outside the entire star system of the.


    "This is"


    Minato''s eyes widen in shock as he notices several God trees remain spread across the variouss of the entire system.


    "Just what kind of ce is this?" He gasps in shock.


    "This ce is an orchard- an orchard of the Otsutsuki n for farming the chakra fruits. And the inhabitants of these worlds are nothing more than the fertilizers for these chakra trees. The foolish people of the shinobi world worship these trees as ''Divine Trees'', but there is nothing divine about them at all. It''s more like a devil''s tree than a divine tree." Izuna chuckles as his words wake Minato to reality.


    "Umm Izuna-kun just how far is this world? Er-I mean this dimension from our shinobi world?" Minato asks the most pressing question.


    "This world or this dimension is quite far from our shinobi world. There are at least a hundred worlds or dimensions of varying size between the two worlds." Izuna informs Minato.


    "So, if the person who destroyed this world were to make his move, it will take him at least a few hundred centuries to reach the shinobi world," Izuna reveals the information.


    "Then, Izuna-kun you" Minato nces at Izuna with a skeptical gaze.


    "Just how strong are you, actually? And how did you even achieve such a kind of power?" Minato asks him.


    Sigh


    Izuna sighs heavily.


    "Every poweres at a cost and I paid a fair share for this power." Izuna closes his eyes as he recalls the bittersweet memories of the past.


    He opens his eyes and turns to Minato.


    "Minato-san, I will reveal everything about my journey and whereabouts after this war. For now"


    Swoosh


    Izuna rips another spatial rift in front of him.


    "Let''s visit a few other worlds and witness their legacy."


    Thus, Izuna takes Minato on a cosmic journey.


    -----------------


    A few hours after the desertpany battle against Madara, the exhausted higher-ups gather in a camp.


    The medic-nins treat their wounds as they enquire about the situation of the coastal battlefield.


    "What?! Naruto is fighting against the masked guy called Obito?" A m his fist on the armrest of his chair.


    "Why would he do something so reckless?"


    "He is not alone. Lord Jiraiya and Lady Mizukage are also fighting alongside him. Their opponents are the former Edo Jinchurikis, that are being controlled by Obito."


    "What?! How could that be? Wasn''t Edo-Tensei dispelled earlier?" Onoki also questions the authenticity of the news.


    "No, all six of those Jinchurikis are still fighting on the battlefield. Their presence has something to do with the Rinnegan."


    "Rinnegan?! Does Rinnegan have such a technique?"


    All of them turn to Konoha shinobis for answers.


    "We don''t know!" Sakumo shakes his head.


    "The full extent of Rinnegan''s power was never explored. And we were never able to recover Pain''s Rinnegan since it was stolen by that masked figure." He adds.


    "Damn it! First Madara and now him!"


    "Madara?! What Madara?!" Fugaku and a few other Uchiha n elders ask in surprise.


    "Of course, it''s the real Madara Uchiha. Not the fake Madara that masked fellow was masquerading as," Onoki replies to him.


    "But didn''t Madara die a few decades ago? How is he still alive? Unless he was brought back as"


    "Yes, your guess is correct. Kabuto resurrected Madara as an Edo-Tensei." Rasa nods and continues.


    "Not only that, it seems like Madara, Kabuto, and the masked Uchiha Obito seems to have some sort of grand n that they worked on for decades."


    "n? What n?" Fugaku asks with a frown.


    He suddenly recalls the content of the Uchiha Shrine''s Stone Tablet that was passed down in the Uchiha n since the days of the Sage of Six Paths.


    Reading the letters on that tablet requires a powerful Dojutsu technique and only Mangekyo Sharingan can decipher a major portion of that information.


    Suddenly, Sakumo, Kakashi, Fugaku, and a few higher-ups of Konoha recall the information left behind by Izuna.


    "Akatsuki so the goal of the Akatsuki to revive the ten-tails is real?" Onoki and others are shocked by the revtion.


    The higher-ups of Konoha could only sigh at the distrust of Kumogakure and Iwagakure.


    "Be careful! Madara is missing from the battlefield. He might head your way to capture Naruto." Gaara warns them.


    "Madara is heading towards us!" The expression of Fugaku, Akira, and Yagami changes slightly. Especially Akira, who is nervous as well as excited at the prospect of meeting his father for the very first time.


    ''Perhaps, Dad won''t even recognize me since he doesn''t even know of my existence. I wonder, does Dad still retain his feelings for Mother after all those years?''


    Akira clenches his fist.


    ''I have to face him and ask him myself. Perhaps the bond of blood runs thicker than the hatred for the world in his veins.''


    The discussion continues as the group exchange intel for a period.


    Finally, Shikaku breaks the silence.


    "Our current battle strategy isn''t suitable for the safety of our shinobi. In these four years, we lost sixty percent of our allied shinobi force, and the other twenty percent are grievously injured. Only a rare few shinobi can partake in battle. Even then, the continuous battles have taken a physical and mental toll on them."


    Shikaku nces at all the leaders,manders, and vicemanders in front of him.


    "So, it''s not feasible for us to push our remaining shinobis to their death." He adds.


    "Shikaku, what do you want to say?" A frown.


    "Raikage-sama, by the change of n, I mean the time for the final confrontation between both sides has arrived. We will pick our most elite shinobis, equip them with our remaining supplies, and devise a battle formation to confront Madara, Obito, and the tailed beasts."


    Hmm


    Onoki, Rasa, and others ponder over Shikaku''s words. After some time, Onoki opens his mouth.


    "Shikaku is right! We can''t meaninglessly sacrifice our remaining shinobis. Their battle is over with the fall of the Zetsu army. Now, it''s time for us elite shinobi to lead them to victory."


    "I also agree with Shikaku-san!" Rasa also nods in agreement.


    "Fool ya fool! That n is cool!" Bee chimes in from Kumogakure''s side.


    "S-shut the f-fuck up!" A bashes Bee''s head with a punch.


    "Since this fool has agreed, then this seems to be the only perfect n."


    "There are no perfect ns!" Shikaku shakes his head.


    "Then we just have to make one!" Kushina''s voice echoes in their head.