Chapter 350: The New Chapter of the Shinobi World
In the desert—or rather, this planet, the true masters had already left.
One minute, ten minutes... an hour.
Finally!
Realizing that the beings who once made him tremble with fear were completely gone, the ravaged desert, like a joyous beast, roared. A fierce wind, like an unstoppable wave, swept across the vast sands.
Countless grains of sand were enveloped by the wind, surging towards the scarred earth like a torrential downpour.
It wouldn't be long before the surface of this desert would be restored to its original state.
Everything would be buried beneath the sand.
Just like the half-buried corpse of Ōtsutsuki Toneri at that very moment.
However, just as the pale face of Ōtsutsuki Toneri was about to be buried, a giant purple skeletal hand suddenly reached out and grabbed it from a distance.
The sound of flowing sand echoed in the air.
The owner of the skeletal hand, Uchiha Sasuke, along with his followers, Hanare and Hagoromo Anki, looked towards the body of Ōtsutsuki Toneri that had been brought before them.
Sasuke's eternal Mangekyō Sharingan scanned it.
He found the mark of the Hagoromo Clan on Toneri's heart.
He used the clan's secret technique to unlock it.
It turned out to be a message left by Hagoromo Gengetsu.
After everyone had read it, Sasuke calmly announced, "As entrusted by Lord Hagoromo, from now on, I will lead everyone to transform the Shinobi World into the world envisioned by Lord Hagoromo."
"Yes!" Hanare and the others voiced no objections.
They had all seen the clan leader's message.
Hagoromo Gengetsu, who had endured so much darkness and yet remained the most rational person in the Shinobi World, could trust Sasuke to take over the Shinobi World after his departure.
With Hagoromo Gengetsu's endorsement, and Sasuke's strength being the most formidable in the current Shinobi World, no one had any objections.
Though the clan leader had faced unexpected circumstances and could not preside over the transformation of the Shinobi World as its master as planned, Sasuke and those who retained their peak combat power had no difficulty taking down the remnants of the Shinobi villages whose strength had been significantly weakened by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
"When you return, Lord Hagoromo, you will see a new world!"
Finally, with determined eyes, Sasuke looked at the desert before him, then turned and left with his companions.
A new chapter of the Shinobi World had begun!
Simultaneously, another new chapter in the Shinobi World was unfolding.
Hagoromo Gengetsu didn't know how others experienced time travel.
But for himself…
As someone truly on the level of the Six Paths, he could sense that he was being pushed into a vast, rapidly spinning cylinder with no end.
It was as if the heavens and earth were spinning; he couldn't control himself at all.
Fortunately, Hagoromo Gengetsu knew that the power of the Dragon Vein was enveloping him, guiding him in a specific direction, and preventing him from becoming completely lost in the turbulent currents of space-time, which would lead to his death.
Moreover, having weaker strength had its benefits.
You close your eyes, and when you open them again, you've arrived in another world.
But for someone like Hagoromo Gengetsu, who had long surpassed mortals and transcended worlds...
Just as you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into you.
In his conscious state, Hagoromo Gengetsu attracted many dangers that were usually undisturbed in the turbulence of space-time.
One by one, he withstood these dangers with his immense power.
At last, a blinding white light, like a link between heaven and earth, appeared before him and completely enveloped him.
He didn't know how much time had passed.
When Hagoromo Gengetsu finally regained consciousness, the sound of howling wind was the first thing to reach his ears.
Before he could open his eyes, the sound of a loud crash, the shattering of furniture, and the screams of humans all echoed into his ears one after another.
"Did I crash into something?"
As a faint pain spread through his body, Hagoromo Gengetsu pondered.
Suddenly!
The scent of alcohol mixed with the fragrance of a woman wafted into his nose.
Before Hagoromo Gengetsu could react, he felt a tight grip on his collar. The next second, as he was lifted off the ground, a somewhat familiar and particularly frantic voice rang in his ears:
"My leopard! My All-Devouring! You destroyed everything! Unforgivable!!!"
...
Meanwhile:
"Where am I?"
Naruto opened his eyes once again and found himself lying on a familiar desert.
Startled awake, he quickly jumped up and looked around anxiously.
"Where's Hagoromo Gengetsu? Where's Kaguya? And... Toneri?"
Naruto remembered that he had just been holding Toneri in his arms.
Now, the other party had disappeared.
There was no way Toneri had run off on his own.
And Hagoromo Gengetsu and Kaguya...
Did they fight further away?
But there were no traces of battle here!
"Old Man Six Paths?"
Naruto instinctively called out.
However, in the next second, he remembered that the chakra of the Six Paths had already left his body.
Now, he had returned to his original form, and the Truth-Seeking Balls behind him were gone as well.
Naruto scratched his head in confusion as he looked around at the endless golden desert, which looked the same no matter where he turned.
He was unaware of the Dragon Vein incident.
Earlier, the Sage of Six Paths had asked them to retreat, mentioning the great danger, but time had been too limited to elaborate.
In the turbulence of space-time, Naruto, who was no longer on the level of the Six Paths, had lost all perception of the outside world. He had been unconscious the entire time until just now when he woke up.
He didn't know that this desert was no longer the one he was familiar with.
Naruto looked left and right and decided to head off in a random direction.
Luckily, his luck was good.
He quickly found a city standing in the middle of the desert, and there were many people inside.
"Amazing! They built such a large city in the desert!"
Naruto exclaimed in amazement.
"Of course!"
At that moment, a clear female voice came from a nearby sand dune.
Naruto turned his head to see a red-haired little girl, holding a board, emerging from behind the dune. She proudly said to Naruto:
"You have a good eye!"
"I think so too."
Facing the unfamiliar girl, Naruto responded with a smile, while internally feeling relieved.
'Thank goodness the previous battle didn't affect this place. If a stray attack had hit this city…'
Imagining the towering city in front of him being obliterated in an instant, Naruto's expression grew serious.
No one could guarantee that Hagoromo Gengetsu and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya wouldn't come back to fight again.
For the safety of the people in this city, he needed to warn them and organize an evacuation.
Naruto looked at the red-haired girl.
After introducing himself, he learned that the girl's name was Sara, and her mother was the queen of this city, which was called Rōran.
'So, she's the child of the queen. But why haven't I heard of this place called Rōran?'
Though confused, Naruto seriously explained to Sara:
"Sara! Take me to see the queen! There's a great danger coming soon, and everyone needs to prepare!"
"A great danger?" Sara tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Are you talking about the Suna-nin? The Land of Wind has always wanted to annex our country!"
"Of course not! This is something worse than the Suna-nin!" Naruto shook his head.
The Suna-nin weren't the threat right now.
"I get it! It must be the Third Kazekage! If the one called the strongest leads the team himself, the Suna-nin who attacked us before are nothing in comparison." Sara's small face showed a look of fear.
Hearing this, Naruto was about to shake his head again.
But suddenly!
He noticed something and looked sharply at Sara:
"Wait! Did you just say… the Third Kazekage???"