"Everyone... made it back, right?"
Uchiha Sasuke panted as he spoke. At this point he was already propping himself up with the Kusanagi Sword, his stamina nearly exhausted.
The battle against Jigen had practically drained all his Chakra, and he had even used Amenotejikara multiple times to save the other four Kage. If he hadn't taken several Recovery Pills, there was no way Uchiha Sasuke's Chakra could have lasted until now.
The Medical Ninja had also gone to help other wounded. Jigen's strength far exceeded what they had imagined; in the end, in order to save the Five Kage, many ninja paid with their lives.
If not for that man who suddenly appeared, they probably would all have died there.
Uzumaki Naruto looked at the last ninja to step out of the Space-Time Passage. Seeing the other shake his head, he turned to Sasuke and said, "That's enough, Sasuke!"
Swish!
The Space-Time Passage vanished, and then Uchiha Sasuke's eyes changed from the Rinnegan back to ordinary black pupils as he collapsed and lost consciousness.
"Sasuke..."
Uzumaki Naruto immediately said to the Konoha Ninja who were still uninjured, "Go call the Medical Ninja and the Anbu here, have them treat the wounded!"
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
Very soon Sakura arrived with many Medical Ninja, Anbu, and other Konoha Ninja. Seeing the numerous wounded, Sakura was anxious about Sasuke, but after checking she found that he had only fainted from exhaustion and his injuries were not fatal, so she went to treat the more critically injured first.
After dealing with the injuries of most of the severely wounded, they were all taken back to Konoha Hospital for further treatment.
The Five Kage were also badly hurt. They had been the main force facing Jigen. Aside from Uzumaki Naruto, the other four Kage could no longer stand.
So many wounded suddenly arriving at Konoha Hospital immediately filled every bed. Fortunately, Sakura arranged for some alternative accommodations so that every injured person had a place to stay.
Treating the wounded, arranging the ninja from each village, even Shizune had to rush through several surgeries. Not until the next morning did all the patients' conditions finally stabilize.
After the injuries of Darui, Kurotsuchi, and the other Kage had eased, they all came together to the Hokage Office.
This time it wasn't only them. The former Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages were also present. Konoha's Kakashi and Tsunade were in the Hokage Office as well. A of the Hidden Cloud Village, Onoki of the Hidden Rock Village, and Terumi Mei of the Hidden Mist Village didn't come in person, but they joined through a video conference.
"...That's how it is. This operation failed. The Ten-tailed gained self-awareness and was taken away by that man, and that Otsutsuki from Shell was also injured by them. We can conclude that those two are not in league with Shell..."
Uzumaki Naruto spoke with a grave expression. After thinking for a while, he continued, "I'm planning to make a trip to the Moon and ask Otsutsuki Toneri..."
Kakashi asked in a serious tone, "Naruto, are you sure? About those two's Pupil Techniques!"
Uzumaki Naruto nodded. "I'm sure. That golden beam of light was definitely a Tenseigan Pupil Technique. And that Space-Time Ninjutsu—it was exactly the same as Kamui."
"Obito is dead, that's a confirmed fact. After the war ended, I used up his power as well... and in the Ninja World, the Uchiha Race has only Sasuke left. By all rights, another Mangekyo Sharingan shouldn't exist, let alone... Kamui."
Kakashi couldn't make sense of it. He had been the last one to use the Kamui Dojutsu and knew very well where that power had come from and where it had gone. Obito's Chakra should have returned to the Pure Land.
"And the Tenseigan—there are actually two such people in the Ninja World... What on earth is going on?"
Tsunade asked, "Naruto, in the end they didn't attack you, and they didn't harm a single ninja, then just left?"
"Yeah. But they did go for Jigen's life; at the time he was almost... However, the Ten-tailed was taken by them! And together with that Artificial Divine Tree last time, we can conclude that their goal is the same as the Otsutsuki, even the same as Kaguya—it's just that they've diverged from the Otsutsuki of Shell..."
Uzumaki Naruto gave his assessment. In his view, anyone interested in the Ten-tailed was an enemy of the Ninja World.
The Ten-tailed's growth required absorbing the energy of this planet, which meant harm to every living being in the Ninja World. Even if the Kamui Clone and the Tenseigan Clone hadn't harmed Uzumaki Naruto, in terms of position Uzumaki Naruto still regarded the Kamui Clone and the Tenseigan Clone as enemies.
It was just that the Space-Time Ability of Kamui was far too difficult to guard against, and the other accomplice actually possessed the Tenseigan. Having fought Otsutsuki Toneri himself, Uzumaki Naruto understood the Pupil Techniques of the Tenseigan better than anyone.
So Uzumaki Naruto felt this was a huge headache.
After discussing for a long time, they still couldn't come up with any concrete solution. Faced with an enemy whose information was unknown, who was difficult to defend against, and whose traces could not be searched out, the Five Great Ninja Villages couldn't even properly set up defenses.
Moreover, the other four Kage were all injured, and Uchiha Sasuke had yet to wake. The meeting could only be adjourned for now. The Five Great Ninja Villages merely greatly raised their state of alert, and the Anbu of each village began thoroughly investigating anyone in their country who might be colluding with Shell, the Kamui Clone, or the Tenseigan Clone.
Aside from the Daimyo, everyone was within the Anbu's surveillance range. This proposal came from the Fifth Generation Raikage Darui, and the others all agreed.
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"Get off the Ten-tailed right now, or I'll burn you to death!"
Inside the Divine Power Space, Uchiha Yoichi was somewhat interested in the Symbiote. Holding up the flames in his hand, he said, "I know you're afraid of heat and high-frequency sound waves. If you don't leave the Ten-tailed, I'll kill you on the spot!"
"If... I leave, I'll die too..."
This Symbiote was still unfamiliar with the language of the Ninja World. It had only obtained some residual memories from the Ten-tailed, and those memories were of what Jigen had said to the Ten-tailed over the years. If not for its high capacity for comprehension, it wouldn't even have been able to learn the language of the Ninja World.
"Come onto me. I know you can record the memories of previous hosts. Up till now, how many hosts have you parasitized?"
"You and... me, we're not compatible..."
Boom!
Just as the Symbiote finished speaking, golden flames burst out all around and on the Ten-tailed's body.
The scorching heat immediately made the Ten-tailed curl up, and its body too was being burned. The temperature of the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame instantly made the Ten-tailed howl in agony, and from its mouth came two distinct voices.
Sizzle, sizzle!
When the flames went out, Uchiha Yoichi said, "This is your last chance. Next time I'll just burn you to death!"
When he finished, Uchiha Yoichi also used a Truth-Seeking Orb to create a large bell beside the Ten-tailed, then struck it twice.
Hiss, hiss!
Shaken by the tolling of the bell, the Symbiote was forced halfway out. In the end it simply couldn't endure anymore and detached from the Ten-tailed.
Although it instinctively sensed that hateful scorching heat from Uchiha Yoichi's body, compelled by its survival instinct, it still crawled toward Uchiha Yoichi and clung to him.
Uchiha Yoichi didn't resist. If it were Nar, he would have been more cautious, but this Symbiote was too weak. Even if it resided in him, he could easily kill it with Flame Transformation; it posed no threat at all.
Not long after the Symbiote attached to him, Uchiha Yoichi immediately felt his emotions being magnified many times over deep inside, and at the same time many unfamiliar memories appeared in his mind.
The lives of several different people flashed before his eyes like a slideshow. This Symbiote had parasitized quite a few hosts, completely copying their memories, and now it passed them all to Uchiha Yoichi.