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Seeing Baizu being crushed and beaten, Sara rushed to shut down the Dragon Veins spring. Naruto felt momentarily confused and at a loss, asking, "From all my past missions, you'd usually expect some kind of last-minute twist! Was this mission really too easy?"
Asuma replied calmly, "When you're out with Seiki, it's usually like this. You'll get used to it."
Naruto hesitated and shook his head, "Based on my previous experiences, there should always be some unexpected twists at the last moment!"
Asuma waved his hand dismissively, "How could something like that happen? Do you think you're—"
Boom!
A beam of light from above pierced through the ceiling layer, then completely engulfed Sara as she stood there in shock and terror.
Witnessing this scene, Naruto shouted in furious disbelief, "Sara!"
At the same time, a giant monster with wings on its back slowly flew down from the large hole created in the top layer.
"Hehe! Don't even think about shutting down the Dragon Veins... Huh, what's this?"
Satori was striking a pose as he fell from the sky, but when he saw a familiar energy sphere heading toward him, he immediately got scared and fled in panic.
Then the attack slipped past him entirely.
"Huh? Did I get stronger?" Just as Satori began feeling smug, he realized the person who had jumped up to attack him before falling back down was just a yellow-haired brat.
"I knew that brat suddenly got weaker! But using the exact same move is seriously pissing me off!" A terrifying surge of energy formed in Satori's mouth, and in an instant, a dark purple-black orb shot toward Naruto, who was helpless in midair with nothing to push off from.
"Not good! [Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!]"
Yamato's arms instantly extended multiple vine-like branches, which pushed Naruto away just before he could be hit.
Witnessing this, Asuma and others were stunned speechless.
"What? Wood Release?"
"Who would've thought this clumsy-looking guy actually knows Wood Release!"
But after their initial shock, they couldn't help but feel baffled all over again.
This legendary power that once ended the Warring Era... was it really just meant to shove people out of the way?
Naruto crashed into the wall, but bouncing off its surface, he leapt again toward the airborne monster.
However, attacks of this level had no effect on Satori at all. He simply flapped his wings casually and dodged effortlessly.
"Really weak and helpless..." As Satori spoke, he suddenly became alert and started carefully observing Naruto. "It seems like your tiny body contains an enormous amount of chakra!"
Naruto landed on the ground again, roaring furiously, "You bastard who hurt Sara—I absolutely won't forgive you!"
Just then, Sara's voice came faintly from afar, "Uh, I'm not dead though!"
Naruto froze for a second and turned around to look. He saw Seiki restraining the massive puppet with one hand while holding Sara under his arm with the other.
"Eh? How did this happen?"
Seeing Naruto distracted mid-battle, naturally Satori wouldn't let go of this opportunity. While dodging Yamato's attack, he accelerated again, gliding swiftly toward Naruto.
"That junior from another timeline, what's going on with him getting startled so easily? Where's his basic ninja discipline?" With a sigh, Asuma rapidly formed hand seals with both hands. "[Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning!]"
"Thick gray smoke billowed toward Satori, filled with sparks — a single breath could set the flames raging.
This wide-range attack left Satori nowhere to hide, forcing it to flap its wings and soar skyward.
"Let my youth ignite this flame — yohoo!" Guy shouted, leaping from a pillar and spinning midair as he delivered a flying kick toward Satori.
Predicting Guy's movements in advance, Satori instinctively dodged sideways.
However, the smoke beneath it exploded into a fiery wave thirty meters high from the hurricane-force kick.
"A good coordination indeed, but mere flames..."
Satori crossed its wings in front of its body, preparing to use a gust of wind to blow away the flames.
Just at that moment, however, a large sword came spinning directly toward it.
Had it unfolded its wings just then, it would've been hit dead-on.
"Timing is pretty good!" Satori wasn't even slightly panicked, actually having the leisure to mentally comment. "But for a god who sees through everything, this means absolutely nothing!"
While spreading its wings wide open, a beam of light shot out from its mouth.
The raging winds carrying the flames wreaked havoc throughout the base; the Cleaver Sword was deflected by the energy beam, snapping a steel pillar clean in half.
Half of the underground base completely collapsed, with flames and explosions everywhere.
"Ahhh! Help me!"
"Run for your lives!"
The people forced into hard labor screamed and ran chaotically.
"What great teamwork!" Yamato thought as he rescued people. "But how can this monster dodge it?"
"Everyone's amazing! No wonder they're like older mentors to me!" Naruto became incredibly excited when he saw these "seniors" and even enemies coming to help him. "Great! Let's fight it together!"
Asama, however, poured cold water on his excitement: "You're thinking too much. This monster isn't something we can defeat!"
Guy nodded in agreement. "Even the two Jinchuriki from Tsuchikage and Iwagakure couldn't kill it together. We'd be lucky just to drive it away."
Yamato turned his head disbelievingly. "If even Tsuchikage plus two Jinchuriki couldn't kill it, does that mean this monster is invincible?"
Satori cackled. "Once I devour this brat and consume the Dragon Veins afterward, that will be true im—"
Before finishing its sentence, it was blasted away by an enormous Rasengan fired across the air by Seiki.
Mizuki shouted excitedly. "See? Only Seiki delivers absolute victory!"
Seiki descended from the sky and gently set down the blushing-faced Sāra.
"This place will collapse soon. Quickly evacuate Queen Sāra and the civilians. Also, handle that puppet yourselves!"
Finally given a role to play, Naruto enthusiastically declared, "Leave it to us, Brother Seiki! We'll definitely beat that thing — no matter what!"
At that moment, Satori flapped its wings and took flight again. "You bastard! Don't you know that hurts like hell?"
Yamato looked up uneasily. "What is going on with this monster? It suffered such severe attacks, yet recovered so quickly!"
Asuma said grimly, "Its two strongest traits are Mind Reading and self-healing. The former lets it avoid most attacks while the latter gives it second chances!"
Satori flew upward, cackling weirdly, "I admit you're strong, but lower lifeforms stay lower lifeforms! Without even wings, I wonder how you'll ever hit me... Tch!"
Before his voice finished echoing, Seiki suddenly appeared and sent him flying with a blow.
"Grraaah!" Satori roared in pain, struggling back upright. "What just happened?"
"You thought I was just standing by while you showed off your strength earlier?" Seiki chuckled, spinning a kunai in his hand. "Stamping my [Flying Thunder God Technique Form] means you'll never escape my sight again!"
"That's how Queen Sāra was rescued back then!" Yamato's eyes widened as he whispered to himself. "Wait—developing [Rasengan], using [Flying Thunder God]... Could 'Seiki' actually be a codename for none other than Naruto's father? But age-wise, it doesn't quite match... Could it be related to space-time disturbances?"
Thinking this, Yamato couldn't help asking, "Who do you think would've most likely become Fourth in your timeline?"
Mizuki shouted fanatically, "Definitely Seiki!"
Clang!
Yamato was so startled he dropped his kunai on the ground.
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