Chapter 57 – Final Battle: End of the Naruto Volume
The man standing before Hatake Kyūjō looked unmistakably like an Ōtsutsuki. Pale grey skin, three alien-like eyes across his face, and a pair of crown-shaped horns sprouting from his head—his very presence radiated overwhelming divinity.
There was no mistaking it.
He was the one closest to godhood among the Ōtsutsuki Clan—Ōtsutsuki Shibai.
At that moment, something happened that Kyūjō never expected.
For the first time ever, his Infinity Perception System—a cognitive engine that had always been able to simulate all possible combat outcomes—completely failed to compute anything.
It could still observe. But simulate? Predict? Analyze?
Nothing.
Was it due to a lack of data?
Or perhaps… was the entity named Ōtsutsuki Shibai truly a manifestation of cosmic will itself?
A being so far beyond mortal comprehension that even simulation became meaningless?
Kyūjō shook his head. He had lived through three lives, faced hundreds of battles, and had long learned not to get lost in thought.
Instead, he focused.
His mind, body, and spirit aligned, and Starforce surged through his veins like a celestial storm. He prepared himself fully—for the most intense battle of his life.
So what if his support system had failed?
The power he'd forged through his own effort was enough to shatter stars.
Wasn't that more than enough?
Even if his enemy had ascended into full godhood...
Hatake Kyūjō would still fight him without fear.
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But unknown to Kyūjō, Shibai's heart was also reeling with shock.
Thousands of years ago, in the eternal silence of the cosmos, a primordial will had whispered to Shibai. He followed that voice, crossing galaxies—until he arrived here.
And now, as he gazed upon Kyūjō, something stirred inside him.
That mysterious power coursing through Kyūjō's body—Starforce—it was the missing key.
The final piece he needed to ascend into a true Ōtsutsuki God!
If he could devour that power, he could finally transcend all.
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Celestial energy swirled from Kyūjō's palm—Starforce manifesting in radiant waves of multicolored light.
In a single flash, that energy became a massive blade of pure light, several meters long.
Without warning, Kyūjō vanished—then reappeared beside Shibai, sword in hand, and struck without hesitation!
"Repel," Shibai murmured.
A colossal shockwave blasted outward from his body, hurling Kyūjō dozens of kilometers away.
But in the blink of an eye, Kyūjō tore through space again—this time appearing right in front of Shibai once more!
His light blade pierced forward, driving with all his power—straight into the golden Rinnegan on Shibai's forehead!
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Was Shibai defeated?
Of course not.
As the final boss of the cosmos, there was no way someone like Shibai would go down that easily.
A moment later—
The golden Rinnegan exploded with blinding white light, swallowing everything in its wake.
In an instant, Kyūjō's perception of reality vanished.
Everything around him dissolved into an endless white void.
And Shibai—was gone.
Time passed.
No attacks came.
No sounds, no movement.
Just silence. Endless, smothering white silence.
Kyūjō wandered the nothingness, unable to grasp direction, unable to feel time.
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Meanwhile, in the real world, Shibai stood still, glowing faintly with white light.
His eyes were vacant.
Kyūjō had vanished completely from reality.
This was the true power of Shibai's Rinnegan—Void Realm.
He didn't create an illusion.
He became the void itself.
Any being pulled into that realm would slowly be consumed by nothingness.
No resistance. No escape.
Until they were completely absorbed and became part of Shibai's body.
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Then Kyūjō noticed something terrifying—
His once-brilliant blue hair was fading.
A part of his power... was being drained away.
And there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Even unleashing a full-power blast of Starforce didn't leave a single scratch on this realm.
He smiled bitterly.
"After everything... is this how it ends?"
"Haah..."
"If I'm going to die, then let it be my choice. Ōtsutsuki Shibai—get ready!"
"Eight Gates Released Formation—Activate!"
With absolute resolve, Kyūjō opened all eight chakra gates within his body:
Gate of Opening, Healing, Life, Pain, Limit, View, Wonder... and Death!
The moment the eighth gate burst open—
Starforce exploded within him like a dying sun.
His power skyrocketed beyond imagination.
But just as he felt himself peak, his eyes widened in horror.
"Damn it...! Why is my soul burning too?!"
He hadn't expected this.
In a panic, Kyūjō tried to shut down the technique—
But it was too late.
His Starforce had lost all control.
The energy pathways inside him had shattered.
He could only watch helplessly as his soul burned alongside his body—fueling an uncontrollable supernova of power.
Desperate, Kyūjō punched himself in the forehead in frustration.
At this rate, he had less than one minute before his soul disintegrated completely.
— — —
This was his fatal mistake:
After achieving unity between body, soul, and spirit to create Starforce, the three had become one.
They could no longer be separated.
That meant unleashing Eight Gates didn't just burn his body anymore—it burned his entire existence.
And Starforce couldn't manifest through body alone—it needed everything: mind, body, and soul.
Now, it was too late for regret.
With a furious roar, Kyūjō hurled a full-force punch into the endless white void!
— — —
Crack—Crack—Crack—Crack—Crack—Crack—
It sounded like glass shattering all around him.
The white world began to fracture.
And at that same moment—
Shibai's golden Rinnegan exploded.
Cracks spiderwebbed across his body.
Blinding light poured from every fracture.
With every flash, his form crumbled more and more...
Until finally—he vanished into pure nothingness.
— — —
Kyūjō escaped the Void Realm.
He had won.
But there was no victory in his heart.
His body... was gone.
His soul... crumbling.
Death was certain.
The only question left was:
With his soul this damaged... could he ever be reborn?
— — —
As his soul began to collapse entirely, his consciousness faded.
But just before it disappeared—
A strand of golden light descended from the heavens and enveloped his body.
For three silent seconds, it held him.
Then both the light—and Kyūjō—vanished from the universe.
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End of Naruto Volume
Next Volume — BLEACH
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