Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

A real waterfall.

"Naruto, you can let your dark side go, but you must defeat it within seven days, or something extremely terrible will happen."

Kirabi repeatedly reminded them along the way, and when they arrived at the waterfall, he reminded them again.

grunt.

Naruto swallowed hard, his mind filled with a series of terrifying stories.

"Seven days... what will happen after seven days?"

Unable to contain his curiosity, Naruto pressed for more information.

"We'll be on our annual leave in seven days."

"..."

Naruto's expression, which had been a mixture of fear and anticipation, froze instantly.

"What? Uncle, you mean you're going on holiday, so this place is unattended?"

Naruto looked disappointed.

He thought it was some kind of terrifying scenario where, after seven days, the dark side would completely replace him and become Naruto.

"No, Naruto, you misunderstood. When I said annual leave, I meant the New Year in our Land of Lightning."

Kirabi looked serious.

"What's the difference?"

Naruto scratched his head.

"The first day of the new year in our Land of Thunder originates from a legend from this land."

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a monarch in our Land of Lightning named Yemamba who mastered Sage Mode before chakra even existed.

He can not only turn water into milk and grass into bread, but he can also soar freely in the sky.

Moreover, he is very hardworking, and every morning at four o'clock he would fly away to distant places to bring fresh food to everyone.

One day, while Yemamba was soaring through the sky, he was struck by two meteorites falling from the sky and crashed straight to the ground, losing his life.

The ancient people of the Land of Thunder wept for Yemamba's death, praying that the heavens would return this benevolent ruler to them.

They suddenly realized that the milk and bread they used to eat were all transformed by Yemamba using his "divine power".

In that case, they just need to return the power to Yemamba, and maybe Yemamba can be resurrected?

So the villagers fed Yemamba all the produce from the latter two options: eating, drinking, and relieving himself.

Miraculously, Yemamba was resurrected on the seventh day after his death.

Everyone sang and danced to celebrate, and from then on, this day became the New Year of our Land of Thunder.

And because of the method everyone used to revive Yemamba, we have the custom of eating "big bento boxes" during the Lunar New Year.

After Killer Bee finished telling the story, he looked at the real waterfall.

"I'm giving you seven days to defeat the dark side because if you don't, by the time our New Year arrives, which is also the day of the Yemamba's Easter,..."

Your dark side might just take advantage of this day to consume a large amount of vomit and successfully become a truly living being.

By then, you won't be able to make him disappear anymore; the only way to solve the problem is to kill him.

Moreover, the portion of power you separated will never return.

Because from that day on, he became an independent individual.

"So that's how it is, Uncle."

This is like my shadow clone. If I cancel it within seven days, the shadow clone will remain a shadow clone. If it exceeds seven days, the shadow clone will become another real me, right?

"That's right."

"I understand completely now, let's begin!"

Naruto walked to the center of the pool below the waterfall and sat down cross-legged.

"We should go."

After Naruto closed his eyes, Killer Bee quietly told the others to leave.

"I have to stay here and watch over him."

Obito shook his head and refused.

After his two previous mistakes, he has made a decision.

He had to monitor Naruto's every move to prevent any further accidents.

"Then be careful, the dark side of the True Waterfall doesn't just attack the main body."

Killer Bee left a warning and then departed with the others.

Obito didn't care at all; when he was outside, he could use Hollowfication.

As for the technique within the Kamui dimension, there's no need to worry about that.

If only one form was sealed, then his intangible form would indeed be at risk of being attacked.

But there's still an entire Konoha in the Kamui dimension.

His ethereal body will most likely appear in a house somewhere in Konoha, where he is perfectly safe.

Besides, even if there is danger, Naruto will be the first to be in danger.

Naruto's style was permanently sealed in the Kamui dimension. When he enters the Kamui dimension, his true form will automatically appear at the location of the style and begin to assemble.

His departure from the Divine Might Space was like logging off a game; the style would remain, but he himself would leave.

In other words, when Naruto left with him, it was as if Naruto suddenly disappeared in front of Isshiki, leaving only Isshiki behind.

Obito originally harbored some dark thoughts.

He deliberately didn't remind Naruto, hoping that Naruto would become like him, a person without class, so that Naruto could understand his pain.

Even if this Naruto wasn't the Naruto from the real world, Obito still wanted to drag him into darkness and make him like himself.

Unexpectedly, after so much time, Naruto still hasn't reacted at all.

What does this tell us?

The Madman's Style doesn't involve mindless, random attacks, so his intangibility is absolutely safe.

A day passed, and Turtle Island fell into a deathly silence.

As Killer Bee said, the Land of Lightning is about to celebrate the New Year, and everyone is going home for the holidays.

In key areas, some people might stay behind to work overtime, but Turtle Island is mainly a primeval jungle, and it's difficult for outsiders to get in without someone to guide them, so there's no need to leave anyone behind.

Only Obito and Naruto remained on the entire island.

After a full day, Naruto finally managed to separate his dark side.

Naruto opened his eyes and was stunned the moment he saw the darkness.

Because the so-called dark side turned out to be a blonde fox girl named Shao Fu Rui who relied on her fox ears!

—Isn't this what he looks like after activating Nine-Tailed Fox mode?

Naruto suddenly realized something and quickly checked his internal organs.

As expected, all the Nine-Tails chakra in his body disappeared!

By separating the dark side, they actually separated out the other side within him, including the Nine-Tails' chakra!

The good news is that he is now completely human.

The bad news is, how is he going to defeat the dark side that possesses the Nine-Tails' chakra?

After hesitating for a moment, Naruto decided to take care of the important matter first.

He glanced at Obito waiting for him in the distance. Anyway, he had many helpers in this world, and he could ask them for help when the time came.

"that……"

"I know what you want me to do, Naruto Uzumaki."

The dark fox girl's eyes were bloodshot, and she revealed an evil smile.

Then she twisted and transformed into Naruto's appearance, and the Nine-Tails chakra on her body was also contained.

"You don't need to tell me. I have your memories. I will help you bring Minato Namikaze in."

"..."

Dark Naruto readily agreed, but it made Naruto feel very uneasy.