Naruto froze. At this moment, having experienced Hinata saving him and now her life or death unknown, and Neji sacrificing his life before his eyes, he also felt an unbearable cruelty in facing reality.
Since he couldn't face it, then he might as well escape. Escape might not solve the problem, but it could erase it.
Naruto's resolve wavered. His once firm, never-retreating belief developed a crack. Strangely, involuntarily, he lifted his foot and took a step back.
Obito saw this and revealed a smile. Naruto was very similar to him, so he understood Naruto's current mentality well.
Just like when he witnessed Rin's death with his own eyes and couldn't accept it.
He raised one hand and said to Naruto, "Don't be afraid. Come, become my companion. Let us end this world together and create a better one where everyone can be happy." [T/N: Come to darkside, we have cookies.]
Naruto involuntarily took a step forward.
This step made the Allied Shinobi Forces feel a chill. Was Naruto, at this most critical moment, having his will shaken, about to be swayed by the enemy?
How could they accept such a situation?
Shikamaru couldn't help but speak, "Naruto, calm down, wake up! Neji is already dead and can't return, but Hinata might still have a chance to be saved."
"As long as we defeat the enemy in front of us, all those captured by the God Tree might still wake up. They've only had their chakra absorbed, it doesn't mean their lives are over."
These words brought Naruto slightly back to his senses. He couldn't help but look at Hinata hanging on the God Tree.
Only after almost losing her did he finally realize, Hinata had always been the one who cherished and cared about him most.
It was an indescribable heartbreak. This pain even outweighed the confusion and despair brought to him by Neji's death.
Naruto looked toward Obito, his eyes now filled with deep hatred. He roared, "GIVE HINATA BACK TO ME!"
Obito couldn't help but flinch as a dangerous feeling welled up in his heart.
'His Rin's life or death is unknown, so… has Naruto also gone mad?'
Before Obito could say anything, Naruto suddenly charged at him at an incredible speed.
So fast that even Obito in Six Paths state had to use all his strength and concentration to clearly see it.
At the moment of crisis, Obito instinctively twisted his body, narrowly dodging Naruto's slashing hand. But even so, his arm was still cut open by Naruto. If he had been even a little slower, it wouldn't have been just a wound, it would've been the entire arm.
Obito was slightly dumbfounded. Where did Naruto get this speed that rivaled or even surpassed Six Paths level? Clearly, he hadn't even activated Sage of the Six Paths mode?
Was this the bloodlust-filled Naruto that Young Obito once joked about? Suddenly, Obito felt this joke was not funny at all.
The current Naruto made him feel threatened. Though he didn't know what was going on in Naruto's body or where this power came from, but… better to kill him now. Otherwise, his plans would be threatened.
With that thought, Obito turned around, and as Naruto dashed behind him for another strike, he reached out one hand.
A Truth-Seeking Ball swiftly floated to Obito's hand and transformed into a black rod. The next moment, the black rod shot out rapidly, aiming for Naruto's charging figure.
Naruto, who had just erupted with an extraordinary burst of speed, was in poor condition. Without entering the Six Paths mode, his body couldn't withstand the drain.
He turned his head, just in time to see the black rod launched by Obito.
But this move was the first time Six Paths Obito had attacked with killing intent. Its speed and power were incomparable to before.
In the next moment, the black rod had already reached Naruto. Naruto wanted to dodge, but his body wouldn't respond. He could only stare helplessly as the black rod pierced into his body.
Instantly, the rod, transformed from the Truth-Seeking Ball, nearly in a flash, destroyed Naruto's bodily functions. On his chest, it left a large hole. The flesh and tissues surrounding the hole vanished completely.
Naruto's eyes grew vacant. His body, no longer under control, began to fall downward. Then he crashed heavily onto the ground, his life already completely gone.
Obito's single move directly killed Naruto instantly. This was the Six Paths' absolute suppression of an ordinary shinobi. Even if Naruto was often said to be "not really transformed," he still couldn't escape it.
This scene happened so fast that by the time Naruto had already fallen, the Allied Shinobi Forces only then reacted. Was Naruto, who had stood before them like a war god, really gone?
A wave of despair swept through the Allied Forces.
Uchiha Sasuke saw this. Even his usually cold face showed a trace of disbelief. He couldn't help but shout, "NARUTO!"
Then, with the Black Flame Chidori infused with Kagutsuchi in hand, already formed, as if to avenge Naruto, he charged toward Obito at top speed.
However, compared to Naruto, even though Sasuke was filled with killing intent, his speed wasn't as ghostly. He was still within Obito's perception range.
Obito merely raised his hand slightly. As Sasuke's Chidori was about to strike, he accurately grabbed Sasuke's wrist.
Sasuke didn't expect his move to be caught so easily. Just like when he was a child, trying to use Chidori against Itachi, and Itachi had grabbed him.
He struggled hard to break free, but Obito's grip was like an iron gate, he couldn't escape no matter what.
Obito looked at Sasuke's look of "I'll fight you to the death" and said indifferently, "It seems your feelings for Naruto are deeper than you realized."
"It's just that hatred has clouded your mind. This kind of attack, if your speed and reaction can't match your enemy, you'll only be charging to your death."
After speaking, in Obito's other hand, the Sword of Nunoboko that he'd been holding stabbed toward Sasuke. Sasuke, with his hand caught, couldn't move freely and could only watch as the spear pierced through his chest.
Obito flung Sasuke away like throwing out garbage, and he crashed heavily down not far from Naruto.
Obito looked at the now completely fallen Naruto and Sasuke and muttered, "Let this count as my final mercy. On the road to the Pure Land, may you travel together."
Of course, though he said that, Obito didn't dare lower his guard even slightly. After all, from Young Obito, he already knew that after Naruto and Sasuke's deaths, they might go to the Sage of Six Paths and gain even greater power before returning again.
So, he needed to speed things up.
Since the God Tree had already captured two more waves of shinobi, the bud was only one step away from blooming. Obito didn't want to waste time. Before Naruto and Sasuke possibly return as Six Paths-level powerhouses like him, he must absorb the God Tree and gain even greater power, and complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Thus, he once again stretched his hand toward the remaining Allied Shinobi Forces, "You all… will become nourishment for the God Tree!"
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