The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

Menma looked calmly at Naruto and said, word by word.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 451 The Last Mercy

It felt like a heavy blow to the soul.

Menma's cold words jolted Naruto out of his daze. His consciousness returned, and his eyes, clearly bloodshot, stared at Jiraiya and Fukasaku lying in pools of blood.

In an instant.

Naruto's spirit seemed to have been greatly stimulated.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

The loud shout that came out.

"boom!"

The chakra surged forth.

An aura of divine magic permeated the air.

With a burst of chakra from the soles of his feet.

Naruto, seemingly driven by an unwavering determination to kill, charged straight toward Menma's location.

A clenched right fist.

It means aiming directly at the head.

A punch thrown with resentment.

Under normal circumstances, this would be an attack that no ordinary person could withstand, but Menma stood calmly on the spot, motionless, watching Naruto rush to his close range.

Those were all strong punches that you could feel.

Very close.

Mianma's hands clenched gently, as if about to lift them up.

next second.

Naruto deliberately veered away from that angle.

"Peng!"

It slammed heavily into the ground beside Menma, and as the dust rose, a huge crater came into Menma's view.

The two brothers exchanged glances.

Silence.

Naruto stood up again, gave Menma a deep look, and slowly walked towards Jiraiya's body. He knelt down and stared blankly at Jiraiya.

I want to cry, but I can't.

Naruto felt as if something very important inside him had collapsed. Just a moment ago, Naruto had indeed intended to strike hard against Ma, but in the end, he stopped.

It wasn't because I felt I couldn't be a match for Menma.

It's just that he can't get over that hurdle in his own heart. He regards Jiraiya as a grandfather figure, and Menma is his real older brother. These are the two people Naruto considers to be the closest to him in this world.

However, his own brother killed his grandfather right in front of him.

What an ironic scene.

Naruto's vision was already blurred; he didn't know what he should do, nor did he understand what was right.

All that could be done was to silently pick up Jiraiya's body and start taking steps again.

"Naruto, this is my final advice to you. Give up your ridiculous ideals. This world doesn't need dreams, it only needs a practical path. Go back and think it over carefully. If you're still on my side next time, then I won't hold back!"

Menma turned his head, looked at Naruto's back, and spoke the most chilling words in a very calm tone.

Naruto paused only slightly before carrying Jiraiya and galloping away into the distance.

"Menma, are you just going to let Naruto leave like this?"

The person sitting to the side walked lightly to Menma's side, looked at Menma with a slight hesitation and asked.

"No problem. This is my last bit of mercy as the older brother. There's practically no affection between us brothers. I've given him chance after chance. If he's still stubborn after this, then there's nothing more to say."

Watching Naruto's departing figure.

Mianma also shook his head slightly and said.

In fact, Menma just gave Naruto a chance to choose. If Naruto hadn't deviated from the direction of the fist at the last moment, Menma would have abandoned any remaining feelings for him. He wouldn't have killed Naruto, but he would have at least completely crippled him.

It was precisely because of Naruto's own final hesitation.

Menma was willing to give Naruto another chance.

Even though such an opportunity might bring some trouble later, Mianma will not regret it.

Humans are always a little irrational at times.

'In that case, I've done right by you, my parents in this life. From now on, I'm going to walk my own path completely!'

A sharp glint flashed in Mianma's eyes.

"Let's go, Master She!"

Then.

With a push of his feet, he quickly returned towards the village.

The attendant followed closely behind.

On the way back, Menma also met up with a group of his direct subordinates from the Dark Division who, despite having lost track of them, were still diligently searching for any trace they could find and were barely keeping up in the right direction, though they were quite far away.

After several hours, it was still the same.

Menma successfully returned to the eastern district of Guangyin Village.

Upon entering the ninja village.

One can clearly see the conspicuous ruins on the northwest corner. Even though not many people from Hidden Light Village live in that area, and the damage to Hidden Light Village is not significant, this scene is still glaring to Menma.

He became increasingly convinced that his decision to kill Jiraiya was correct.

In essence,

They were all the same, acting to achieve their own goals. Menma didn't insist on standing on a moral high ground to condemn Jiraiya.

I just feel that Jiraiya can be really hypocritical at times.

What is being said.

It's completely different from what he did.

The only thing that could be consistent with his words and actions was to follow the instructions of Mount Myōboku and go find the so-called Child of Prophecy. From this point of view, Menma suddenly felt that Jiraiya had lived a truly unsuccessful and pitiful life, as if his life had never truly belonged to him.

Whether it's his dreams or the people he loves.

'That's why you deserve to die even more, Jiraiya.'

He muttered to himself, his face numb.

"Menma? Why are you back in the village? Did you fail to stop Naruto and that Jiraiya?"

Karin, who could sense Menma's chakra from a great distance, immediately came out to greet him. When she couldn't sense Naruto and Jiraiya's chakra, Karin subconsciously showed a hint of doubt.

You can't just kill both of them while playing mahjong, can you?

Jiraiya was fine, but Naruto was Menma's younger brother after all. As Menma's closest person, Karin was also unwilling to see Menma's hands stained with her own brother's blood, since he was Menma's only remaining family member in this world.

If possible, Karin truly hopes that the two brothers can understand each other, and that Naruto can choose to stand on Menma's side.

"I managed to stop him, but I still let him go. This was my final choice for him; the rest is up to him."

Mianma paused for a moment, then gently shook his head and said.

Let Naruto go?

Karin blinked, seemingly a little confused, but seeing that Menma was clearly not interested and didn't want to talk more, Karin sensibly didn't ask any more questions and just nodded naturally.

"Has the problem on the southern front been completely resolved, Mianma?"

Karin immediately changed the subject.

"Yes, the main force of the Kirigakure has been completely wiped out. Kirigakure will no longer be able to cause any trouble. In the southern defense line, we only need to pay a little attention to Sunagakure. I have already made arrangements to bring the entire Land of Rivers under our sphere of influence. If it weren't for another unexpected incident, I would have planned to cross the sea and destroy Kirigakure directly."

Mianma nodded slightly and said.

"Should we just wipe out Kirigakure? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

This time, Karin was truly stunned. In the original plan, even if Hidden Light Village was fully prepared, the first ninja village to be attacked would be Hidden Sand Village, which was the closest and weakest. The goal was to completely eliminate the threat in the southwest before expanding to the entire continent. Hidden Mist Village would be the last target.

The Land of Water is far from the mainland, and an expedition across the sea would either have to pass through the Land of Fire, using the Land of Waves and the former Land of Whirlpools as springboards to invade, or follow the route of the current attack by Kirigakure, heading south from the Land of Rivers, boarding a ship to the Land of Tea for a transit, and then undergoing a relatively long sea voyage before finally reaching the main island of the Land of Water.

Regardless of which route they choose, there are real objective limitations for Guangyin Village.

If something unexpected happens, it can easily disrupt their plans.

“There’s no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate. Kirigakure is at its weakest right now, with no resistance whatsoever. But we still need to suppress it a bit, at least until we resolve the issues in the north.”

Mianma paused for a moment, then continued.

As they talked, they returned to the Sky Shadow Building.

"Come on, tell me what the situation is like in the north right now, Karin?"

Menma sat upright in his main seat, gesturing for Toneri and Karin to each sit on the sofa to one side, and then asked softly.

"Oh, this is the latest information we received the day before yesterday. According to the progress, the Iwa ninja forces should have already arrived in the Crimson Valley area. If nothing unexpected happens, they may encounter our front-line forces in the Tianxi Mountains today. I have already arranged for Wugou-kun and Fu to fight together, as you previously suggested. With Ajun-san in charge of the rear and coordinating, under normal circumstances, we should be able to withstand the Iwa ninja forces' strong attack."

Karin nodded and said seriously.

"Crimson Valley? That's already quite deep. With so few troops at the front, it's really not easy to withstand the strong attack of the Iwa ninja forces. Not to mention, that old Tsuchikage might personally take action."

Mianma gently shook his head and said.

"You mean the Third Tsuchikage? I heard he's over 70 years old, right? Can he still fight? He didn't even fight when we besieged the Third Raikage more than ten years ago, right? Now he's probably just sitting in the village and keeping watch, isn't he?"

Hearing Mianma's words.