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Chapter 265: Naruto's Death
Chapter 265: Naruto's Death
"Sorry?" Kakashi Hatake's sudden words, tinged with bewilderment, rang in Naruto Uzumaki's ears. Naruto's instinctive thoughts were interrupted as a spray of hot blood splattered forward.
Naruto stiffened, slowly lowering his head to see.
A bumpy toad tongue had pierced his chest, completely crushing his heart.
"This is... me?" Naruto's voice trailed off as realization dawned, and his face turned deathly pale.
At the same time, Yu Xuan Yue froze in his tracks, bewildered by the scene before him.
He immediately suspected that he had fallen under some sort of genjutsu.
Naruto, the central figure in this drama, never imagined in his wildest dreams that the Great Toad Sage would take his life.
Unguarded from the start, Naruto now grit his teeth against the pain and turned his head, his face a mask of disbelief as he confirmed the identity of his attacker. Heartbroken, he asked, "Why?"
The Great Toad Sage lowered his eyelids, replying, "For the future."
"Why?" Naruto persisted, his heart ablaze with rage despite the Nine-Tails' fury at being sealed within him. His Sharingan eyes fixed on the Great Toad Sage, unflinching in the face of death as he demanded an answer.
The Great Toad Sage met Naruto's gaze, his tone calm. "The battle is over, Naruto. Rather than letting the Nine-Tails within you empower Yu Xuan Yue, it's better that you, as a jinchuriki, die with the beast extracted. It's better that I kill you now and let the Nine-Tails perish with you, thus thwarting Yu Xuan Yue's schemes."
"The battle isn't over! I still have..." Naruto began anxiously, wanting to explain his preparations.
Suddenly, a flash of memory struck him, and he instantly understood. A bitter smile curved his lips as he said, "Grandpa Toad, you intended to take my life from the very beginning, didn't you?"
Naruto thought back to how he had been unable to return to Konoha after mastering the sage arts, how Fukasaku and Shima had brought him to the Great Toad Sage when Yu Xuan Yue attacked, and how the Great Toad Sage had sealed him within the Cat Eye Stone when he wanted to face Yu Xuan Yue in battle.
Everything had been orchestrated by the Great Toad Sage so that he could strike at any moment under the nose of Yu Xuan Yue.
Hearing this, the Great Toad Sage did not deny it. He sighed and said, "I'm sorry, Naruto. I tried to change things."
This battle at Mount Myoboku was his attempt to alter destiny.
He had not foreseen Yu Xuan Yue's arrival at Mount Myoboku, but in his dreams, he had seen the future where Yu Xuan Yue gathered the power of the nine tailed beasts, and he knew what awaited Naruto.
Understanding that Konoha could not protect Naruto, the Great Toad Sage had brought him to Mount Myoboku and asked him to stay.
This ensured that Yu Xuan Yue would come to this place one day.
The Great Toad Sage had prepared for two outcomes: to change the future with his own power or to delay Yu Xuan Yue's plans at the cost of the Nine-Tails' death.
In the end, he had overestimated himself and could only choose the latter.
Naruto now understood the Great Toad Sage's intentions, and as his final moments approached, he felt a mix of resentment and regret for the many things left undone and the people he hadn't said goodbye to—Sasuke, his dream of becoming Hokage, Sakura, and Hinata.
Yet, even in his dying moments, he managed a carefree smile, giving the world one last brilliant glimpse of his sunny disposition before asking, "So, after I die, will everything be alright?"
Seeing the dazzling smile on Naruto's face, the Great Toad Sage remained silent for a moment before replying, "Perhaps.
As the words fell, Naruto closed his eyes and slowly fell.
The once-prophesied Child of Destiny, the reincarnation of Ashura, the jinchuriki of Kurama, and the Konoha genin, closed his eyes forever.
At the same time.
Within the sealing dimension, Kurama let out an angry roar before fading away as well.
Yuyi Xuan Yue, who had realized that he was not under any genjutsu, could only look on with shock and surprise at the events unfolding before him.
The Great Toad Sage had acted too quickly, and he had been unable to stop him in time. He could only watch as Naruto's heart was pierced, and unless he possessed the power of the Six Paths, there was nothing he could do to change this outcome.
"How ruthless!"
Yuyi Xuan Yue narrowed his eyes, directing his gaze at the Great Toad Sage, and slowly uttered two words.
The protagonist, the Child of Destiny, the Hokage, had perished so easily from a sneak attack, and the perpetrator was none other than the Great Toad Sage, who had once bestowed upon him the title of the Child of Destiny.
The irony was not lost on anyone.
Noticing that Naruto was slowly falling, Yuyi Xuan Yue, who had read the original story and knew of Naruto's future achievements and the countless miracles he would create, found it hard to believe that this was truly the end.
Was Naruto really dead? Could there be some unexpected twist? However, both his Rinnegan and his own senses told him that Naruto was indeed gone for good.
After a brief silence, Yuyi Xuan Yue remembered the purpose of his journey.
With Naruto's death, Kurama within him had also ceased to exist.
While the tailed beasts couldn't truly die, it would still take several years for Kurama to be resurrected.
Additionally, with Naruto's death, Yuyi Xuan Yue wondered what would happen to his system missions if they were related to Naruto in the future. With that in mind, he directed a cold gaze at the instigator of all this—the Great Toad Sage.
"You deserve to die!"
Boom!
A series of explosions rang out.
Before long, a Seek Path Orb was about to hit the calm and collected Great Toad Sage right between the eyebrows.
Yuyi Xuan Yue narrowed his eyes, and the Orb swiftly changed direction, striking the Great Toad Sage's right arm instead, rendering him armless.
Pu chi!
A long, dark rod then pierced through the Great Toad Sage's chest, lifting him up and bringing him closer.
Looking at the Great Toad Sage, who was now utterly at his mercy, Yuyi Xuan Yue temporarily suppressed his killing intent. He wanted answers, so he asked:
"I want to know, Mount Myoboku, or rather, Great Toad Sage, why did you have to get involved in this matter?"
When Kaguya Otsutsuki cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, shrouding the entire ninja world in its light, the toads had survived and thrived. Even then, the Great Toad Sage, known as Gamamaru, had taken the time to teach sage techniques to Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
It made no sense that now that Yuyi Xuan Yue wanted to attempt something similar, these toads were doing their utmost to stop him, even going as far as to kill Naruto, the once-prophesied Child of Destiny.
Yuyi Xuan Yue couldn't understand their motives.
Were the toads acting out of concern for the ninja world and its countless inhabitants?
Was their motive truly that noble?
He didn't believe it.
Hearing this, the Great Toad Sage, impaled in mid-air and accepting his fate, looked at Yuyi Xuan Yue and, after a moment's thought, chose to answer:
"I've already told you the reason before."
Yuyi Xuan Yue had a good memory, and after a brief moment of contemplation, he replied:
"A tree cannot stand without its bark."
The Great Toad Sage nodded, lifting his head to look at the sky with a complex expression in his eyes.
Although it was daytime, and the full moon was not visible,
he could still sense her presence and location, and his voice trembled as he spoke:
"She... is coming back."
(End of Chapter)
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