Chapter 392

Even without the alert from the scout ninja, Naruto and Sasuke would not have ignored the sudden surge of furious chakra.

A figure rapidly descended from the sky, appearing before Sasuke and Naruto in an instant.

"You are... Jigen!?"

Sasuke scrutinized Jigen before coldly questioning him.

"Did you learn about me from Victor? I never paid much attention to insignificant intel before, but I didn't expect you to track me here… Looks like I underestimated your Rinnegan."

Jigen glanced around but soon fixated on the approaching Jūbi. His shock quickly turned to rage as he demanded, "That's… the Jūbi!? What did you do to it!?"

"It doesn't matter what we did. Our goal is simple—eliminating you!"

Sasuke responded icily. Even though Jigen's reaction didn't seem feigned, it didn't change the situation. Eliminating Kara and sealing the Jūbi were objectives they would never compromise on.

"Devour an Ōtsutsuki… only then can I evolve."

The Jūbi moved closer, but its full attention was now on Jigen. Among everyone present, Jigen most resembled an Ōtsutsuki—even more so after inheriting Isshiki's Kāma.

"Eat you."

Ignoring Naruto and the others, the Jūbi lunged at Jigen, its right arm morphing into a blade midair, slashing viciously toward his neck.

However, Jigen vanished in an instant, causing the Jūbi's attack to miss.

The moment the Jūbi passed through where Jigen had been, he reappeared as if nothing had changed. This was Isshiki Ōtsutsuki's dōjutsu, Sukunahikona, allowing him to shrink any non-living object except himself.

From afar, the Tenseigan clone watched everything unfold in this alternate dimension. Uchiha Yoichi's two clones were positioned at a safe distance, using the Byakugan's abilities to observe every detail.

Both the Kamui clone and the Tenseigan clone were spirit-based projections controlled by Yoichi, meaning they could share intel without speaking. Whatever the Tenseigan clone saw, the Kamui clone immediately knew.

"Wait a little longer… strike at the very end."

...

As dawn approached, Yoichi suddenly woke up.

"Where are you going?"

Temari, still groggy, sensed him getting up and sleepily asked.

"Just heading downstairs to grab something. Get some rest. Remember to go home later."

After speaking, Yoichi quickly got dressed and went to the second-floor alchemy room.

Seeing his real body return, the Kamui clone used the Kamui dōjutsu to pull him into the Kamui dimension. Upon arriving, Yoichi laid eyes on the Jūbi.

Through his spirit-linked clones, he rapidly absorbed the memories of everything that had transpired—the battle between Jigen and the Jūbi, Jigen's clash with Sasuke and the Five Kage, his subsequent confrontation with the elite jonin of the Five Great Nations, and, finally, how he was ambushed and injured by the Tenseigan clone.

After reviewing all the memories, Yoichi couldn't help but think that Jigen was incredibly unlucky. He had become the common enemy of everyone present.

But it was inevitable. Jigen's goal was to take the Jūbi, yet the Five Great Nations would never allow that. The moment his true intentions were exposed, he was bound to be targeted.

Moreover, he had used a considerable amount of Isshiki Ōtsutsuki's power. Before the Tenseigan clone revealed itself, Jigen was the strongest opponent in the battle.

However, after he seriously wounded Naruto, Sasuke, the Four Kage, and the jonin who came to aid them, the Tenseigan clone had struck from the shadows, delivering a devastating sneak attack.

The attack left Jigen critically wounded. Even though he reacted quickly and used Sukunahikona to evade, his body was still torn apart by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

When the Kamui clone attempted to finish him off, Jigen activated the second stage of his Kāma, using his space-time abilities to escape.

This was a textbook case of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." No one had expected two hidden observers in that alternate dimension.

In the end, even the Jūbi was taken by the Kamui clone. Since Jigen had restrained the beast with black rods and had been forced to flee, he never had the chance to retrieve it.

"Though he escaped, the Kamui clone recorded the coordinates of the other end of his space-time portal. That's probably where Jigen is hiding. And without the Jūbi, Kara is finished. Even if Isshiki is reborn, his power won't be a threat anymore."

Yoichi contemplated his victory. The brief skirmish had allowed him to gauge Jigen's strength. Even with Isshiki's features emerging, he was only slightly stronger than the Tenseigan clone.

"But there's something odd about the Jūbi… That black substance on its body—it looks more and more like…"

Yoichi's thoughts grew uneasy. The Jūbi's evolution seemed premature. Logically, it shouldn't have developed self-awareness yet, nor should those black growths exist.

Boom!

A golden flame ignited in Yoichi's palm—Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, a fire more terrifying than any Katon technique in the shinobi world.

The moment the flames appeared, the surrounding temperature skyrocketed by dozens of degrees. And this was Yoichi restraining its power—if he unleashed its full might, the entire area would become as hot as a volcanic core.

"Spare me! Spare me!"

As soon as the flames ignited, a black head emerged from the Jūbi's body, speaking in a broken, eerie version of the shinobi world's language.

"Don't destroy me!"

"So it's confirmed."

Upon seeing the distinct features of the black entity, Yoichi finally understood what had fused with the Jūbi.

It was one of the creations of Knull, the God of Darkness from the Marvel Universe. It must be one of the undiscovered four symbiote beasts… and somehow, it had bonded with the Jūbi.

(End of Chapter)

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