Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"Wow, this is terrifying! Am I still dreaming?"

As the shattered wooden fist fell, the blond boy dragged the charred corpse to the edge of the pit.

He placed his hand over his eye socket and gazed into the distance.

hum!

A fierce sword light flashed, and a black blade wrapped in Armament Haki slashed horizontally.

In the near-stagnant moment, natural energy was gathered in the hands of the blond boy.

Then, the fist, hardened and blackened by Armament Haki, slammed into the blade.

Two domineering forces collided.

The sound of steel rubbing against each other echoed, accompanied by shockwaves that swept outwards in all directions.

The gleaming blades shimmered on both sides, reflecting the boys' unrestrained smiles.

"Why did you suddenly attack, Sasuke!"

Naruto exerted a little force with his arm, sending Sasuke flying as he slashed at him.

"Isn't there someone who feels like they're dreaming? Let's help them wake up."

With a wicked smile on his lips, Sasuke twirled his long sword and slowly sheathed it at his waist.

"Tie Baa!"

Realizing he had been tricked, Naruto bared his shark teeth and unleashed a barrage of attacks at Sasuke.

Sasuke ignored him completely, and dragged over the dead Kisame Hoshigaki and Raiga Kurosuki, throwing them together with the charred corpses.

After doing all this, he walked to the edge of the pit, sat down cross-legged, and opened his kaleidoscope to watch the battle between the thousand-armed Buddha statue and the gravitationally disordered celestial body in front of him.

Countless fists erupted, forcefully wedging themselves into the massive celestial body like nails, seizing territory, drawing boundaries, and irrationally absorbing the chakra from the opponent's ninjutsu.

"Hmph, Senju's Wood Release again..."

Sasuke narrowed his crimson eyes, his pupils reflecting the girl standing atop the Buddha statue.

He thought that after learning Sage Mode, he could catch up with her a little, but now, even if he fully mastered the Devil Fruit and combined it with Sage Mode, it would be difficult for him to match her.

Should we transplant Shisui's eyes in pursuit of a more advanced form of vision? But the risks are too great...

"What is Senju? You mentioned that name when you were supporting Sunagakure!"

Naruto, ever the carefree one, plopped down next to Sasuke and slapped him hard on the back, scattering his thoughts.

Sasuke glanced at the idiot and explained helplessly, "The ninja clan that co-founded Konoha with the Uchiha clan in the past, including the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the current Fifth Hokage, all came from this clan."

"Wow, that's amazing, but... what's Sakura's connection to them?"

Naruto held his head, asking questions while casting his gaze toward the gradually disintegrating celestial body.

"Look at that!" Sasuke pointed to the wooden Buddha following Naruto's gaze. "That's Wood Release, a bloodline limit unique to the Senju clan."

"Sounds pretty cool?" Naruto's eyes rolled into white circles as he tilted his head.

"Is it a matter of whether he's handsome or not?"

Sasuke remained expressionless, already getting used to this idiot. "Look at the power of that jutsu, and think about how difficult it will be for us to surpass her?"

"Yeah! I want to surpass Sakura and take the Hokage position!"

Naruto suddenly realized what was happening and raised his left fist to smash it into his right palm.

"Huh? She won!"

Seeing that the battle between the giant thousand-armed Buddha statue and the celestial seal was over, Sasuke stood up and slid down the edge of the pit.

Naruto glanced at Sasuke, then looked back at the Konoha ninjas who were rushing towards him.

He raised his hand and pointed to the corpses of Akatsuki members lying to the side, then slid down from the edge of the pit to the bottom.

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The center of the battlefield.

Pain, whose spell had been completely torn apart, lay on the ground, his robes tattered, staring blankly at the sky.

"This is your last puppet!"

Sakura raised her hand and dispersed the True Thousand Hands, falling from the sky to the ground.

"Haruno...Sakura..."

Payne struggled one last time, then became as erratic as a toy that had run out of power.

Sakura stepped forward and pulled a small section of the black rod from Pain's body. Enveloped in Armament Haki, she stabbed it into her own arm.

Click!

Blood flowed from where the black thorn pierced through, and at the same time, Sakura used the chakra connection to find Nagato's hiding place high in the mountains.

"The final finishing touches..." Sakura, inside Konoha, took a deep breath and raised her fingers to form a hand seal.

"Sakura-chan, wait! I haven't gotten on the bus yet!" The boy's slightly deep voice rang out from afar, causing her to pause in her hand seals.

Sakura turned around and saw Naruto and Sasuke running towards her together.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you going to enjoy the flowers and praise from the villagers?" the girl asked playfully, squinting her eyes.

"You're going to find the leader of Akatsuki, right? We're going too!" Sasuke was much more capable than Naruto, standing right in front of Sakura with a "you decide" look on his face.

"Hmm... okay!"

After thinking for a while, Sakura agreed to bring Naruto and Sasuke along. Having two more fighters would also allow Naruto to see Jiraiya's other disciple.

After all, we're all brothers and sisters, beloved family and friends.

Sakura raised her hand and grabbed Naruto and Sasuke's arms.

The sense of chakra easily pierced through time and space, arriving at a cave not far from Konoha Village.

Nagato, who was being arranged to evacuate by Konan, suddenly raised his Rinnegan, and a pair of emerald eyes opened in the void behind him.

"coming!"

As Nagato's voice faded, the space-time ninjutsu, using these minute chakra points as coordinates, tore through space and time, transporting the caster directly from the ruins of Konoha, several kilometers away, into a cave.

call out!

A fleeting glimpse of time and space light appeared, and the figures of the boy and girl were already inside the cave.

"Nagato, you retreat first!"

Xiao Nan flicked her long robe, and a large amount of waterproof and fireproof oil paper extended from under the black robe with red clouds, condensing into two long swords.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

A blinding thunderstorm erupted in the cave, and the trembling of the heavens subsided into a sliver of light.

Sasuke's longsword shattered and burned Konan's technique, while his black sword, wrapped in Armament Haki, was held against Konan's neck.

"Wait, don't hurt her. She wasn't involved in Konoha's affairs. If you want to make a move, come at me, the mastermind!" Nagato's breathing was extremely heavy, as if he might die at any moment.

He unexpectedly unleashed several Super Shinra Tensei attacks, and just now he used Chibaku Tensei to clash with Sakura's True Several Thousand Hands.

Even Nagato, a member of the Uzumaki clan, couldn't withstand the terrifying drain from these Rinnegan eyes that didn't belong to him, and was now on the verge of collapse.

"You bastard, are you the one who cut off the arm of the perverted sage?!" Naruto gritted his teeth, his azure eyes flashing with anger for the first time since returning to the village.

Nagato calmed his heart, which was pounding in his chest, and glanced at Sakura and Naruto. "I didn't expect to see Jiraiya's other students under these circumstances."

"Sakura-chan, what do we do with this guy?" Sasuke pointed with his chin at Konan, whom he had subdued, ready to strike her down at any moment if needed.

"Let it go. Amegakure can't be without a leader, and like he said, we only kill the ringleaders!" Sakura patted Sasuke on the shoulder, signaling him to put down his sword.

She then lifted her foot, walked past Sasuke and Naruto, and stood in front of Nagato, waving to him like a girl next door.

"Yo, nice to meet you, Senior Brother Nagato, and... I've come to kill you!"

Chapter 295 The End

"For the sake of your teacher, I'll give you some time to say your last words!"

Sakura's figure flashed, and she instantly stepped onto the machine beneath Nagato. She took out a kunai, swung it a few times in the air, and then stuck it in front of Nagato.

"Why don't you approve of our plan?" Nagato, who had already disregarded life and death, asked the question that posed his deepest curiosity.

"Because this plan was doomed to fail from the start!"

The girl's clear eyes overflowed with pity, "The ultimate weapon you want to create, the Ten-Tails, is actually a vessel used to resurrect your mother, who was once sealed away by the Sage of Six Paths and his brother."

The stone tablet in the Uchiha clan's territory, visible only to those with the Sharingan, records this history, but its true contents have been intentionally altered.

As Sakura recounted her past stories, Naruto, unable to comprehend what they were saying, began to drift off into his own thoughts.

Sasuke, standing beside him, struggled to maintain a cool expression, but in reality, his curiosity was like a cat scratching at his heart!

How does this girl know the contents of the stone tablet, and even know that it has been altered? Does she have the Sharingan?

"Cough cough cough, what did you say?" Nagato coughed violently again, his face flushed with a sickly redness.

He instinctively wanted to question Sakura, but couldn't find a reason to refute her, because his knowledge of the Ten-Tails was limited to it being the strongest chakra aggregate. Not to mention, he was a dying man, so what was the point of deceiving him?

"So that's how it is. We've all been used?" Nagato's face turned ashen.

The very thing he had long adhered to, the only way he believed to achieve his deceased best friend's ideals, turned out to have hidden dangers. How could he face Yahiko, who had sacrificed himself for them, as he was about to go to the Pure Land?

There is no greater sorrow than a broken heart, and Nagato's figure became increasingly hunched.

"Sakura Haruno, I'll ask you one last question: after you kill me, what kind of order do you want to create?" Nagato raised his head with a hint of hope.

I hope that this girl, who is also a disciple of Jiraiya, can uphold the long-standing belief of Jiraiya's lineage of teachers and students in pursuing peace and eliminating hatred.

However... Sakura never disappoints when it comes to being disappointing.

"That kind of thing has nothing to do with me. Stop acting all high and mighty, like you're some kind of savior who thinks you can control everything!"

Sakura gave them a disdainful look, saying, "The order of this world is determined by everyone who lives here. You and I are just their representatives pushed to the forefront!"

After saying that, Sakura pulled the kunai from the ground and walked towards Nagato.

Death was drawing ever closer, and after waking from the long dream, Nagato unexpectedly... wanted to laugh.

Looking back on my life, it has been a series of wasted years. Yet, I was stopped before I could make a grave mistake; perhaps I used up all the good fortune of my life in this one moment.

"Xiao Nan, I am now giving you the final leader's order."

Nagato turned his head, his deep voice softening, "From this day forward, you will serve as the third leader of Akatsuki. Protect Amegakure, do not seek revenge, and do not reveal the cause of my death. Also... live well!"

“Nagato…” Tears streamed down Konan’s cold face as she lowered her head to hide her expression.

Sakura straightened up, and the Haki in her hands flowed to the tip of her kunai, forming a sharp outer shell.

After twirling her sword, Sakura held the kunai in her hand and thrust it towards the beginning of all the tragedy—those Rinnegan eyes!

"bring it on!"

Knowing Sakura's plan, Nagato's eyes widened, but there was no sign of him trying to dodge.

Just as Sakura's kunai was about to pierce Nagato's Rinnegan, a large amount of chakra suddenly surged from his body.

The black fluid instantly enveloped his body, usurping Nagato's will and using his body to perform hand seals and unleash ninjutsu.

Shinra Tensei!

Squeezing out Nagato's last bit of life force, a powerful repulsive force erupted centered on him!

Naruto, Sasuke, and Konan were caught off guard and were thrown back by Shinra Tensei. Only Sakura, who managed to attach chakra to her feet, resisted the repulsive force and gradually approached Nagato in the storm.

"This is troublesome, this monster!"

Thousands of miles away, Black Zetsu, who was controlling Nagato using Yin-Yang Release, cursed.

Helpless, he could only insert his arm into Obito, who was unconscious and charred to the ground beside him, to extract more chakra to support Nagato's technique.

"Black Zetsu, how dare you do this to me...?"

With half of his body covered, Changmen raised the hand on the side that was not under his control and forcefully grabbed his own neck.

The exposed half of the face looked at Sakura, who was resisting the repulsive force, and said, "Quick, destroy those eyes!"