Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

“Okay, let’s do it this way.” Naruto nodded.

About ten minutes later, the drone that had left Hinata finally found Hanabi's room. After the three of them looked at a temporary map for a while, they determined their route.

"Get ready." Naruto took a deep breath, and his chakra exploded instantly. At the same time, he entered Kurama Mode and transferred his chakra to Neji and Sasuke, and chakra flames also ignited on both of them.

"Go!" Naruto shouted, and the three of them charged out like arrows. The intense chakra reaction triggered the alarm mechanism of the puppets in the palace almost instantly. Alarms sounded one after another in the palace, and a large number of puppets began to gather rapidly in their direction.

"What?" Deep within the palace, where the giant Tenseigan was located, Toneri, who had heard the alarm, turned around abruptly, a hint of annoyance on his face. "The people of the ninja world are really persistent. It seems that destroying them was indeed the right thing to do."

After saying that, Sheren turned around and rushed towards the place where the alarm sounded.

Naruto transformed into a golden lightning bolt, darting and weaving through the not-so-spacious corridors of the palace. His golden chakra fox claws flashed intermittently, tearing the puppets that appeared around him to shreds.

Naruto barged into the room where Hinata was being held. A flash of golden light appeared before Hinata's eyes, and the two puppets guarding her were torn to pieces by Naruto.

"Hinata, I'm here to save you!" After dealing with the puppet, Naruto turned around and showed a bright smile.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata's face showed a hint of surprise when she saw Naruto. After seeing the drone from the village's Science Ninja Tool Research Institute, she knew that the village had sent someone to rescue her. But she did not expect that the person who came to rescue her would be Naruto, who had been missing for almost a year since he left without saying goodbye that day.

"I rushed back as soon as I received Neji's message. How are you? Are you alright?" Naruto asked.

"I...I'm fine," Hinata said haltingly. Although she knew the occasion might be a little inappropriate, Hinata's face involuntarily turned red again.

"Are you still able to move?" Naruto asked upon seeing this.

"I...can't mobilize my chakra," Hinata said, bowing her head.

"Can't mobilize chakra?" Upon hearing this, Naruto probed Hinata's body with his own chakra and quickly discovered that there seemed to be some kind of seal on Hinata's chakra.

"Damn it! Why are there sealing techniques everywhere?!" Naruto was overwhelmed by the sight of sealing techniques. He gritted his teeth, then scooped Hinata up in his arms. "Hold on tight!"

"Eh? Naruto-kun..." Hinata wanted to say something, but when Naruto's scent entered her nostrils, the little girl's brain went blank for a moment, and she could only instinctively wrap her arms around Naruto's neck.

The next moment, Naruto transformed into a streak of light once more, shattering the puppet blocking the doorway with a Rasengan before rushing out of the room to reunite with Sasuke and Neji.

Meanwhile, Sasuke and Neji also brought Hanabi, who had lost her eyesight and fallen into a coma, out of the room.

After the two groups of people who had split into two groups reunited, they were just about to break through and leave when they heard very rhythmic footsteps coming from deep within the palace behind them.

Everyone turned around and saw a figure slowly emerging from the depths of the palace.

"Otsutsuki Toneri?" Neji frowned as he looked at the newcomer.

"Ninjas of the ninja world, if you dare to trespass here, then stay and atone for your sins!" Otsutsuki Toneri said as he approached the crowd. When he saw Naruto holding Hinata, his expression instantly twisted.

"Who are you? What do you want to do to my chosen bride!" Otsutsuki Toneri roared at Naruto.

"The bride?" Neji was furious upon hearing this. Good heavens, this guy not only stole one of his sisters' eyes, but it seems he's planning to steal the body of his other sister too.

"You dare to covet the noblewoman of the Hyuga clan?" Neji said coldly.

"It's not up to you to decide who Hinata wants to marry," Naruto said in a deep voice.

"Noisy insects! Die!" Otsutsuki Toneri raised his hand angrily, a faint blue light flashing in his Byakugan. "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

"Naruto!" Neji shouted. Naruto stomped his foot, and the golden-red chakra aura expanded instantly, forming a huge shield that enveloped the group.

The repulsive force of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion slammed heavily onto the chakra shield, causing the Nine-Tails' chakra shield to shake violently. However, the person inside the shield was completely unharmed.

"Is this all the strength you have? You think you can destroy the ninja world with such meager power? Don't daydream!" Neji roared, unfurling a series of scrolls. After a series of flashes of light, all sorts of spears and cannons instantly appeared, then aimed at the opponent and fired all their weapons!

A burst of blue-green light appeared, and a barrier also appeared around Toneri, blocking Neji's attack. However, inside the barrier, Toneri suddenly covered his eyes and screamed in pain.

"Damn it! Is the eye power that guy gave me almost used up? And why did the Tenseigan's embryonic movement have to start at this time?" Shiren gritted his teeth, taking advantage of the last bit of time the protective shield was still there, he turned and fled, "Just a moment, once these eyes have evolved, I'll make you all die here!"

"Hmph, trying to escape? Neji!" Sasuke snorted coldly, and arcs of electricity instantly appeared around him as he crossed his arms. Seeing this, Neji took out a handful of steel balls from his waist and threw them at Toneri. The steel balls increased in speed as they passed through the magnetic field formed by the arcs of electricity around Sasuke, and hurtled towards Toneri.

However, at this moment, the puppets that had gathered earlier blocked the escape route of the Sheren one by one, and were blown into powder by the steel balls accelerated by the magnetic field.

"Should we go after them?" Sasuke asked, turning his head.

"Let's retreat first. Although we haven't retrieved Hanabi's eyes yet, the safest plan right now is to wait until we tell the teacher about the situation here, and then bring the village's army to conquer them." Neji took a deep breath, then looked down at his sister's eyes, which were wrapped in bandages, and gritted his teeth.

But at that moment, the palace suddenly shook violently, the ceiling began to crumble, and a violent energy erupted from the depths of the palace.

"This aura... Byakugan? How can there be so many?" Neji's expression changed drastically after sensing the energy emanating from everyone. However, the next moment, his limbs suddenly stiffened, and he fell straight to the ground.

"Neji?" Naruto was alarmed when he saw this, and he and Sasuke caught Neji and Hanabi, who had fallen, respectively.

"What's going on? Genjutsu?" Naruto suddenly remembered Neji's situation when they passed that lake, and hurriedly looked at Sasuke, hoping to get a positive answer. However, after all, his understanding of genjutsu was probably even worse than his teacher's.

"It doesn't seem like a genjutsu. At least, disrupting his chakra wouldn't wake him up," Sasuke said, shaking his head after trying it out.

However, in just a short while, the palace was already on the verge of collapse. Seeing this, Naruto had no choice but to shout, "Brother Kurama!"

The chakra flames surrounding Naruto suddenly expanded, instantly condensing into a giant golden nine-tailed fox, protecting everyone within it while simultaneously blasting open the palace ceiling.

Chapter 278 The Mighty Susanoo (Part 2)

After the enormous nine-tailed fox pierced through the top floor of the palace, the group initially thought they would fall to the ground. However, they soon discovered that they seemed to have followed the nine-tailed fox to the surface of a planet. The huge blue planet not far away clearly indicated that they were indeed on the moon.

Not long after, the ground on another part of the moon also cracked open, and a bizarre statue even larger than the Nine-Tailed Fox rose from the ground.

"This is... So this thing was on the moon?" Kurama froze on the spot the moment it saw the statue. After all, this thing could be considered, strictly speaking, their tailed beast's... placenta?

However, before the Nine-Tails could be stunned for long, the giant Gedo Mazo had already raised its hand and attacked the Nine-Tails.

The Outer Statue's skin had an ominous bluish-gray sheen, and crimson light emanated from the gaps in its nine tightly closed eyes. Its enormous mouth opened and closed, emitting a silent roar that shattered the surrounding floating rocks.

"Give up, you ninja world insects," Toneri hovered above the golem's head, his voice directly entering their minds, carrying a cold detachment and absolute confidence. "The Earth's chakra, along with these eyes, will be the cornerstone of the new world. Your power is utterly insignificant before the creation of our ancestors."

"Enough nonsense! Give Hanabi's eyes back!" Naruto roared, and the golden Nine-Tails chakra erupted instantly. He clasped his hands together, condensing a huge Tailed Beast Ball, which blasted towards the golem with a destructive aura.

However, faced with this ferocious attack, the Gedo Statue simply raised its massive arm, and the bandage-like substance wrapped around the arm instantly hardened, forming a giant shield.

boom--!!!

A deafening explosion erupted on the lunar surface, the shockwave hurling countless lunar particles.

As the smoke cleared, only a few scorch marks remained on the golem's arm shield; its body was completely unharmed! It hadn't even taken a single step back.

"What?!" Naruto's pupils contracted.

"Roar—!" The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path let out a silent roar, its enormous hand slamming down with a speed completely disproportionate to its size! The massive nine-tailed creature, its four limbs tumbling to the ground, barely managed to dodge, leaving a bottomless crater in its wake.

The battle instantly intensified. The enormous nine-tailed fox roared as it charged towards the demonic statue, its claws tearing through the air as it unleashed a barrage of Tailed Beast Balls. However, under Toneri's masterful control, the Gedo Mazo displayed terrifying power and defense. Its arms were like towering pillars, each block causing the nine-tailed fox's body to tremble violently. The chakra beams it spewed from its mouth were agile and cunning, constantly tearing at the nine-tailed fox's chakra cloak. Furthermore, several enormous chakra chains extended from its back, coiling around the nine-tailed fox like giant pythons.

"You nuisance, die!" Sheren's voice was completely calm.

Several chakra chains had firmly bound Kurama's limbs and neck! The chains exerted a terrifying suction force, frantically drawing out Kurama's chakra!

"Ughhhhhh—!" Naruto and Kurama roared in agony simultaneously. Kurama's massive body was forcibly restrained by chains, dragged bit by bit towards the golem's gaping maw. A chaotic and terrifying ball of chakra energy condensed within the golem's mouth, aimed directly at the bound Kurama!

"Naruto!" Although Sasuke was blind, he could still clearly sense that Naruto's chakra and life force were rapidly draining away.

"Almost there, faster!" Sasuke endured the excruciating pain and channeled Sage Chakra into his eyes to accelerate the fusion of the two ocular powers!

In that instant, it was as if some kind of shackles had been broken!

puff!

The excruciating pain in his eyes reached its peak, and Sasuke ripped off the white cloth covering his eyes, blood streaming down his cheeks.

However, the flowing blood seemed to carry a strange power. The original Mangekyou Sharingan patterns in Sasuke's pupils completely disappeared, replaced by a new, more complex, more profound, and eternally powerful pattern—the two Mangekyou Sharingan eyes, sharing the same bloodline, completely merged at this moment.

A powerful force of light surged forth, so strong that it caused the space itself to tremble slightly!

"What... kind of power is that?" Even Sheren was slightly surprised, and his movements as he controlled the golem paused slightly.

"Drink—!" Sasuke roared, and the pattern of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan spun eerily in his left eye!

"Martial Hammer!"

Black, seemingly quiet lightning, yet possessing the power to annihilate everything, descended from nowhere onto the chakra chains binding the Nine-Tails! The chains, devoured by this black lightning, silently began to crumble!

"Naruto! Now!" Sasuke's voice carried an unprecedented power.

The Nine-Tails, having broken free of its restraints, let out a deafening roar, and its accumulated power exploded instantly!

"Susanoo!" Sasuke's chilling voice rang out at that moment.

A layer of purple armor slowly emerged from the surface of the golden nine-tailed fox's body, until it completely enveloped the nine tails. The nine tails' figure also suddenly grew taller, and a long sword wrapped in black lightning appeared in the nine tails' hand.

"This feeling... it's been a long time since I've felt this way." Nine-Tails looked at the long sword in his hand and grinned. He had experienced this feeling of power before, but the memory of that time wasn't very pleasant. This time, he could finally have a good fight.

The Nine-Tails, clad in purple armor, moved! With a single step, the moon's surface shattered! A massive chakra katana, carrying an aura of world-destroying destruction, tore through the vacuum and slashed down fiercely towards the mountain-like Gedo Mazo!

Under Toneri's control, the Gedo Mazo roared, crossed its arms, and formed the strongest chakra barrier in an attempt to block.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An indescribable, terrifying collision erupted! The purplish-gold blade light clashed violently with the bluish-gray barrier, and the resulting energy storm instantly swept across the entire battlefield, crushing the suspended giant stone sphere into dust! The lunar surface resembled a lake tossed with boulders, unleashing towering waves of lunar debris!

The stalemate lasted only a moment!

Click!

Faced with the absolute power of the fusion of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and the Nine-Tails' chakra, the Gedo Mazo's seemingly indestructible defensive barrier developed its first crack! Immediately afterward, the crack spread rapidly like a spiderweb!

"Break for me!!!" Naruto and Sasuke roared in unison.

The purple-gold chakra blade shone brightly, shattering the barrier as easily as splitting rotten wood, and slammed heavily into the massive body of the Gedo Mazo!

"Roar--!!!"

The demonic golem let out a deafening scream of pain. Its massive body was cleaved backward by the blow, leaving a deep, bone-revealing gash on its chest from which dark blue blood gushed out like a waterfall! The golem's head shook violently beneath Toneri's feet, almost knocking him off!

The situation was reversed in an instant!

"Damn it! You ninja world insects!" After regaining his balance, Toneri spat out a mouthful of blood. The Gedo Mazo was severely injured, and he, the one who provided it with chakra power, also suffered a huge backlash.

"Since that's the case, let's all be buried with this sinful ninja world!" Toneri roared, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes. His pale blue chakra exploded, and the surface of the moon cracked further. A huge Tenseigan slowly rose from the surface.

Meanwhile, in Konoha Village, Uchiha Touko, who was watching this scene through a telescope, narrowed his eyes, took out the Purple Ring that Nagato had given him, channeled chakra into it, and activated the Illusionary Body Technique.

Soon, two beams of light flashed past Uchiha Touko, and after the characters Zero and White flashed, phantoms of Nagato and Konan appeared in front of Uchiha Touko.

"Hokage, are you looking for me because of the meteorite attack on Konoha? If needed, I can come to Konoha right now," Nagato said.

"It's not because of that. A few meteorites are nothing to me," Uchiha Touko said. "I came to confirm one thing with you: is the Gedo Mazo still with you?"

“The Gedo Statue?” Nagato was taken aback. “That thing has always been kept in our Akatsuki’s underground base.”

"Alright, I understand." Uchiha Touko nodded, then looked up at the moon. So, the one fighting Naruto and Sasuke on the moon right now is probably the Gedo Mazo in Isshiki's hands. In other words, Isshiki must have already made contact with Toneri on the moon.

Uchiha Touko thought for a moment, then got up and headed towards the clan's shrine in Nakagawa. It was time to use this news to scare Old Deng into giving him more gold coins.