"Wait! Wait a minute!"
Facing death, the Kumogakure ninja finally realized something was terribly wrong.
One of them shouted with terror-filled eyes.
At this moment, he felt that if he were even a step slower, he would die on the spot.
Against Uzumaki Naruto, he couldn't muster even the slightest resistance.
It was at this very moment that the Kumogakure ninja finally understood something.
His fate had never been anything more than cannon fodder.
Yes.
He had been sent by the Raikage to carry out this mission.
Regardless of whether the mission succeeded or failed—
With Naruto's personality, there was no way he would survive.
Originally, after Naruto destroyed Kumogakure, his heart had been filled with hatred. He had even wished to die together with Naruto.
But when death truly arrived…
He hesitated.
That's right!
It must be because he couldn't drag Naruto down with him, which was why he felt fear.
It had to be like this!
"I… wait a moment… I have something to say!"
In order to survive, the Kumogakure ninja desperately searched his mind for words that might make Naruto stop.
But—
Naruto wasn't thinking that much.
These Kumogakure ninja were no longer useful.
At first, Naruto hadn't even expected people from Kumogakure to show up.
But since they had come, he simply used them as an example.
Now that they had already provoked him, dragging things out any longer would only weaken the effect.
After the Kumogakure ninja finished speaking,
Almost everyone thought Naruto would hesitate.
After all, the man claimed he had something to say.
But the truth was—
Ding—
Golden chains clattered violently.
They shot through the air at terrifying speed, creating a sharp sonic boom.
The Adamantine Sealing Chains were originally a sealing technique, but they also possessed overwhelming physical power.
After all, chains that thick and solid, piercing through a human body, couldn't possibly lack lethality.
Pfft!
In the blink of an eye, the three Kumogakure ninja were impaled by the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Under Naruto's control, the chains lifted their bodies high into the air.
They didn't die immediately.
The three of them struggled desperately, trying to break free.
But here was the problem—
The Adamantine Sealing Chains were a sealing technique.
Their chakra had already been almost completely suppressed.
Without chakra, even taijutsu was greatly weakened.
After all, not everyone was capable of fighting purely with physical strength.
The chains twisted violently in midair.
Like a meat grinder, they shredded the three bodies apart.
Chunks of flesh rained down from the sky.
Many ninja with weaker nerves vomited on the spot.
Although they were shinobi—and all of them had killed before—
Not like this.
This was simply too horrifying.
Yet Naruto didn't stop.
What he did next plunged everyone into even deeper fear.
Standing atop the building, Naruto casually produced three kunai.
Kunai were something every shinobi was familiar with.
But these—
These kunai were engraved with horrifying cursed seals.
That evil aura was instantly sensed by every sensory-type ninja present.
Naruto closed his eyes and activated Kagura's Mind Eye.
After locking onto the remnants of the three Kumogakure ninja, he formed hand seals and threw the kunai.
What followed truly terrified everyone.
The souls of the three Kumogakure ninja materialized as gray, distorted figures.
They appeared directly in the real world.
And they were struck by the kunai Naruto had thrown.
A powerful sealing technique activated instantly, sealing the fragmented souls into the kunai.
Terrified screams echoed across the area.
"What's happening?!"
"We're already dead—why are you still tormenting our souls?!"
"Am I… am I unable to enter the Pure Land?"
The Pure Land was something all shinobi knew about.
After death, souls were supposed to return there.
But now—
Their souls were sealed.
Naruto raised his hand, retrieved the three kunai, and said calmly,
"Sorry. You'll have to endure it for a while."
After that, he put the kunai away and looked at everyone as if nothing had happened.
"Hiss…"
What… exactly was this?
Those who had previously doubted Naruto's intentions now felt genuine fear.
Was this man really about to do something even Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had never done?
Under everyone's gaze, Naruto's eyes shifted, pausing briefly on several familiar faces.
"You all go wait in the back," he said.
No one understood what he meant.
But Naruto continued immediately,
"Now that the disturbance has been dealt with, I invite all envoys to gather in the main hall. I have something to discuss with you."
Hearing this, the envoys felt their hearts sink.
Whatever Naruto was about to say—
It definitely wasn't good news.
Under Naruto's arrangements, the envoys were divided into two groups.
The Hyūga Clan, like Kumogakure, had arrived uninvited.
As for Konoha, Naruto didn't want Sakura Haruno involved too deeply.
Those close to Naruto left first, led by Karin.
The remaining envoys—those Naruto knew, but who didn't truly understand him—were brought into the main hall.
Once everyone was seated, Naruto immediately dropped a bombshell.
"Our world may soon face a crisis."
The hall froze.
A crisis… for the entire world?
They had speculated about Naruto's intentions—
Unifying the shinobi world, establishing authority, extortion—
But none of them had expected this.
If this was false, then Naruto's justification would be absurd.
But if it was true…
It was terrifying.
Naruto didn't waste words.
He revealed everything he knew about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
From Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's arrival, to the chakra fruit, to the birth of the Sage of Six Paths and his brother, to Black Zetsu, and the Ōtsutsuki themselves—
Everything.
This information wasn't secret forever.
They would eventually learn it.
But decades later.
Now, hearing it for the first time, the envoys could only feel disbelief.
Alien gods?
Chakra harvesters?
If it were true, why had no one ever seen them?
After finishing his explanation, Naruto stood up.
"Whether you believe it or not," he said calmly,
"the Ninja Alliance must be established."
"And not just the Four Great Shinobi Villages."
"All of you present have a responsibility to report this information to your Kage and leaders."
"I have already announced the time and location for the Alliance's founding."
"When that day comes, I expect no absences."
Naruto's gaze swept across the hall.
"So—"
"Who approves of my proposal?"
"And who opposes it?"
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