From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

Inside the third training ground of Konoha.

Looking at Naruto, who had fallen into a deep sleep, his face occasionally flashing with various complex emotions, and whose chakra fluctuations had become extremely chaotic, Sakura asked Yakumo beside her with concern:

"Yakumo, so much time has passed, I hope nothing's wrong with Naruto."

"No, don't worry, Sakura."

Yakumo shook his head and said calmly and with absolute certainty, "Naruto is a person with a strong heart and a strong will. Once he has a goal, he will always think about achieving it and will not back down until he achieves it. Even if he is unable to overcome the darkness in his heart this time, he will definitely not be swallowed by the darkness!"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Sakura nodded, but the worry in her eyes remained.

She actually believed that Naruto could overcome his dark side, but concern clouded her judgment.

Sakura is usually very calm and collected, but when it comes to her companions, she always finds it hard to stay focused.

Sasuke is like this, and so is Naruto.

Unlike Yakumo, a psychology expert, he was able to remain calm in the face of any situation.

Go for it, Naruto! I believe in you!

Sakura cheered herself on in her heart.

At that moment, Yakumo and Sakura noticed that Naruto's tightly closed eyes suddenly streamed down his face with two hot tears, while a bright smile appeared on his lips.

Seeing this, Yakumo whispered, "Naruto succeeded!"

Inside Naruto's mental space.

"Strength, speed, chakra—I have everything you have, and I know everything you can do. What makes you think you can beat me?"

With a sinister grin, Dark Naruto said, "I am you, and you are me. I am your resentment, your loneliness and pain, your hatred for Konoha. It is the pain and loneliness you have endured over the years that gave rise to my existence."

"How hypocritical! You clearly hate Konoha so much, and resent those villagers who ignore and ostracize you, yet you still pretend to be magnanimous and indifferent. Have you forgotten how Konoha and those villagers treated you?"

Upon hearing this, Naruto remained silent for a moment before calmly saying, "Indeed, I did harbor resentment towards the village back then, and I have never forgotten that loneliness and pain. I have asked myself this question more than once."

"What did I do wrong?"

Why does everyone hate me so much?

"Why do the villagers treat me like a fox demon they avoid at all costs?"

Naruto muttered to himself, "How could I forget this pain and loneliness? More than once, I've had the thought of killing them and destroying them."

Hehehe...

Upon hearing this, Dark Naruto's lips curled into a wider, more ferocious smile:

"In that case, come on, join me and let's destroy Konoha together, so they can feel the pain we've suffered all these years!"

Naruto shook his head. "But Konoha gave me more than just pain and loneliness; it also gave me warmth and light. Iruka-sensei, the Third Hokage, Chen-sensei, Jiraiya-sensei, my teammates in Team 7..."

In that brief moment, many images of his comrades flashed through Naruto's mind.

"It was their appearance that made me realize that I am not alone, and that there are things more worthy of my cherishing than resentment and pain!"

"Moreover, during my year-long ninja career, I realized that there are many more people in this world who have suffered more than me and endured more pain and hardship. But even so, they still did not give up their integrity and kindness. As Naruto, who never gives up, I will never admit defeat in this regard!"

After graduating from the Ninja Academy, during a year of missions, Naruto realized that the ninja world was not entirely like Konoha Village, where everyone was living in peace, stability, and comfort.

In many corners of the ninja world, there are still people who are worse off than him.

Every rainy season, floods inundate homes, destroying them and displacing refugees.

Those miners at Caojinshan, exploited and living hand to mouth, never knowing when they would die from exhaustion or illness.

Desert dwellers who can't even get water during natural disasters.

Wait, wait, wait...

There are many people in this world who don't even have enough to eat or wear, and whose lives are worse than Naruto's. They have experienced more pain than him, but they have never given up on their kindness.

Some people, having experienced pain and witnessed darkness, will fall completely into darkness, becoming blind to the light and warmth of the world, and even brazenly inflicting the pain and harm they have suffered on others!

As long as there is a glimmer of light and warmth in this world, Naruto will ignore all the darkness, hold onto the light and warmth in his hands, expand that light and warmth, and spread that love to more people!

Upon hearing this, Dark Naruto paused for a moment, then sneered, "You say they are the light that illuminates you, the love that warms your heart, but haven't you noticed? These lights and warmth are leaving you one by one. Uchiha Sasuke defected, the Third Hokage died in battle, Chen Baojun died of illness, and the light you call yours is leaving you one by one."

"One day, they will all leave you. What will you do then? Hehehe..."

"Then let me be the sun myself, bringing light and warmth to more people."

Naruto suddenly broke into a bright smile, his clear blue eyes looking at the dark Naruto before him with amusement and sincerity.

"And you too!"

Dark Naruto was stunned by Naruto's bright smile and sincere eyes.

In a moment of surprise, he saw Naruto stride towards him and gently hug him.

"You've had a tough time all these years, bearing so much pain alone. You must be exhausted."

Upon hearing this, a strange ripple flashed in Dark Naruto's eyes, and his body, which was about to defend, instantly froze.

The next moment, it slowly merged into Naruto's body like a ball of water.

At that moment, Naruto outside shed two streams of tears and slowly opened his eyes under the watchful eyes of Sakura and Yakumo.

............

Meanwhile, on an unnamed island near Ghost Island...

Honoka and Karin stood before a rainbow-colored jade disc that shimmered in the sunlight.

While studying the Loulan land magic array that Sasuke left for them, they would occasionally cast a few mysterious spells around the Rainbow Jade Wall, and then erase them from time to time.

It seems that the two are about to use the Loulan Earth Magic Array as a basis to create a genius magic array that combines the light-absorbing and heat-absorbing properties of the Rainbow Jade Wall.

And this was precisely the task Sasuke assigned to the two of them.

Meanwhile, inside the underground base on Ghost Island.

Standing in the center of the five-cell embryo nutrient tank, Kabuto looked at the corpse of the white phosphorus serpent before him, a strange glint flashing in his pupils behind his glasses.

As promised, Sasuke handed Orochimaru's corpse over after he learned the Sage Mode.

He has now begun cultivating five clones of Hyuga Kaguya, Senju Uchiha, and Oni-Gera, whose core is based on Shinji cells.

'Once I've fully nurtured these clones, I can absorb them all at once, and then I can recreate the power of the Sage of Six Paths of the Ninja Sect!'

A smirk curled at the corner of Kabuto's lips as he thought coldly to himself.

'Uchiha Sasuke, you're too arrogant, so arrogant that you don't even consider me a threat. Just you wait!'

Lord Orochimaru, I will definitely fulfill your unfinished dream!

Yakushi Kabuto's eyes suddenly turned cold. After putting the corpse of the White Phosphorus Serpent into the scroll, he continued to work on cultivating the five clones and Oni-Garra.

The Lord of the Sound Village chapter is finished.

...........

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Chapter 313 Departure.

The sun was blazing, the azure sky was cloudless, and the whole world was as hot as a furnace. The sea breeze felt like a heat wave.

Time flies, and now it's June of Konoha year 64.

In a sea kingdom, on a nameless island.

The sage clone sat cross-legged in mid-air, his body supported by sage chakra in a vortex.

At this moment, the body of the immortal clone, who was sitting quietly, suddenly underwent a strange change, and grains of golden, dazzling light began to emanate from acupoints such as Touwei, Faji, Yangbai, and Baihui on the head.

It then rapidly spreads to acupoints on the chest such as Qishe and Yufu, and finally to acupoints on the feet such as Yongquan, Dadun, and Taichong.

In just a few seconds, golden light spread across all 365 acupoints on his body, and the immortal clone transformed into a radiant being shining with golden light.

If someone with good eyesight observes carefully, they will find that it is not the immortal clone itself that is emitting light, but rather that tiny golden beads the size of ants have appeared at the various acupoints of the immortal clone.

Although the golden bead was no bigger than an ant, it was actually filled with Yin-Yang Escape Power of extremely high quality, as well as a strangely peaceful and harmonious energy fluctuation.

The technique of unleashing fury upon the heavens!

Unlike the Tsuchigumo clan, who use Yin-Yang Release chakra to create vortex-like chakra balls that are embedded in the back of the user, the Sage clone can absorb natural energy from its entire body.

The Sage clone, possessing superb medical ninjutsu skills, combined medical ninjutsu with the method of refining Sage Chakra. Based on the human body's meridians and acupoints, it condensed 365 tiny particles of Ragefury Heaven Chakra on 365 acupoints in the human body.

Each one can form the unique Yin-Yang vortex energy field of the Wrathful Heaven, each one can absorb natural energy, and each one can amplify the efficiency of the immortal clone in absorbing natural energy!

The improved version of Sage Clone Technique, Rage of Heaven, not only naturally merges and refines into Sage Chakra, but also has a greater efficiency and range in absorbing natural energy than the original, and even more.

Splash!

As soon as the 365 Rage Heaven Chakra particles took shape, the golden rays from these acupoints intertwined and combined to form thick golden energy channels that spread out from the surface of his body, forming blood vessels, meridians, bones, and flesh!

In no time at all, a golden giant, tens of meters tall, was formed around the immortal clone!

Sage Art: Shakyamuni!

It uses Sage Chakra to create unique forms to attack enemies and defend itself; it's a Sage version of Susanoo.

The golden giant's body also had 365 acupoints filled with Rage of the Heaven Chakra particles. Perhaps it was no longer appropriate to use particles to form them, since with the golden giant's huge body that was tens of meters tall, each acupoint was much larger than that of an ordinary person. The Rage of the Heaven Chakra particles that were the size of ants had become the size of fists!

At this moment, the immortal clone located in the giant's dantian began to breathe and exhale, absorbing the surrounding natural energy. The golden giant also breathed and exhaled in a manner completely synchronized with the immortal clone.

In an instant, a strange change occurred.

With each breath of the golden giant, it surged like a giant wave, and the surrounding air currents rushed and surged like a flood, with an overwhelming momentum.

Within a radius of 100 kilometers centered on the golden giant, the natural energy floating between heaven and earth suddenly trembled, as if being pulled by a deep-sea vortex, and rushed towards the nameless island at an extremely fast speed.

Wherever the natural energy passed, the inexplicable pressure caused all the fishermen who went out to sea within a radius of a hundred kilometers to feel a chill in their hearts, but they could not find anything unusual even after looking around.

Fortunately, natural energy is not matter, but energy, and it is a kind of energy that ordinary people cannot see or touch.

Otherwise, the outburst of natural energy would have caused an unimaginable upheaval and attracted the attention of countless people.

An hour later, after absorbing all the natural energy within a radius of 100 kilometers, the immortal clone withdrew from Shakyamuni and slowly landed on the ground.