Naruto didn't waste words. He formed two shadow clones and charged straight ahead.
"No matter who you are, put Hinata down!"
Kairen grew a pair of wings from his back. Hanabi hugged his waist, while he held Hinata and flew up into the sky.
High above the sky, Kairen saw many people.
The already grown-up Shizune, Kurenai who had become pregnant, Anko holding a kunai, and within the ANBU there was also Yugao with purple hair.
The world is unpredictable.
"Konoha, we'll meet again another day!"
His form shifted, transforming into a gigantic black dragon.
"Roar—"
The evil dragon roared. A pair of dragon wings blotted out the sky, and the ferocious dragon horns made many people step back several paces.
Tsunade clenched her fists tightly.
The power Kairen displayed was already enough to easily destroy the entire Konoha Village.
Is this the power of the Tenseigan?
Truly astonishing!
Below, Naruto was completely fearless, utterly unaware of what fear was.
He split into several hundred shadow clones and leaped toward the sky, preparing to slay the dragon.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Kairen spewed dragon flames, burning half the sky and wiping out all of Naruto's shadow clones.
With a beat of his wings, he flew even higher into the sky.
"Mm~ ⊙ω⊙"
A faint bear-like cry reminded Kairen that he had forgotten his panda again.
Kairen dove downward from the sky like a meteor falling from the heavens. All the Konoha ninjas froze in place, as if scared silly.
Kairen didn't attack them. In a single dive, he grabbed Fenchu near the Hyuga clan's main gate and left Konoha with it.
He suddenly realized something—Danzo and the Root still existed in this timeline, still continuing to disgust people.
Kairen spat out a Fire Gun from his mouth and fired it toward the underground location of Root.
"Rumble—!"
An explosion sounded, followed by thick smoke billowing into the sky.
Without even looking, Kairen flew toward the Land of Wind.
...
After Kairen flew away, many Konoha ninjas narrowly escaped disaster and cried out in relief.
Tsunade let out a breath. Fortunately, Kairen only fired one shot and left. If he had truly gotten angry, the entire Konoha would have been destroyed.
Beside her, Shizune whispered to Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, I always feel like I've dreamed of him many times."
Tsunade found it strange as well.
"Same here. He always gives me a sense of familiarity."
Endless time and space, endless parallel worlds, all connect to one another in the form of dreams.
Even separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, their encounters will reflect each other through dreams.
Tsunade shook her head. "Enough. Every time it's a spring dream. That kid is handsome, sure, but every time I'm in front of him I feel utterly humiliated."
"Shizune, hurry and assess the damage. I want to see what place that kid just blew up."
Shizune looked at the distant rising smoke and flames. "Lady Tsunade, that… seems to be Root!"
Tsunade froze for a moment, then couldn't help laughing.
"Looks like it's that Root leader's nemesis again."
The underground of Root turned into a sea of fire. Danzo cursed nonstop,
"Damn it, Konoha is so big, how did it end up attacking my Root?!"
"Speak! How much did we lose?"
"Lord… Lord Danzo, there's… there's only you and me left!"
"Ahhh… damn it, go die!"
In the end, only Danzo was left in Root. He howled toward the sky, "Damn it!"
...
Sakura punched Naruto. "Great, now the person we saved has caused a huge disaster."
Naruto said anxiously, "But he took Hinata away!"
"Then what do we do?" Sakura was also at a loss.
The oppressive feeling Kairen gave was too strong. He almost destroyed the village. Facing such an enemy, the only option was to beg for mercy.
And yet to go looking for trouble—wasn't that just courting death?
But Naruto didn't care. He would never abandon any companion, so he went to find Tsunade.
"Granny Tsunade, we have to get Hinata and Hanabi back."
Tsunade shook her head. She had heard Hanabi's words clearly just now—the other party left of her own will.
Naruto was full of confusion. "Why?"
Tsunade glanced toward the Hyuga clan's direction.
"Didn't Hyuga Neji tell you? Because of the Caged Bird."
At a certain training ground in Konoha Village.
Watching Kairen transform into a giant dragon and leave the village with Hanabi and Hinata, Hyuga Neji murmured,
"It's better that they left. Once gone, they won't be bound in a cage anymore."
...
Flying high in the sky, Hanabi's face was full of delight.
"Kairen, we're flying! We're really flying!"
"Mm~"
Fenchu urged Kairen to go find his younger brother.
"Don't worry. I'm heading in the direction of the Land of Wind anyway. We'll find Wolon soon."
Hanabi patted Kairen's back and asked, "Kairen, aren't you human? How did you turn into a giant lizard?"
"This is a giant dragon. Kairen is a true dragon reincarnated. What's wrong with turning into a dragon?"
"Oh!"
Kairen prepared to change how Hanabi addressed him.
"Hanabi, from now on, call me brother-in-law!"
"Brother-in-law?!"
The little sister-in-law looked at the Hinata sleeping beside them and immediately understood.
"So you want my sister! You big bad guy—did you plan to snatch my sister a long time ago?!"
Kairen grinned evilly like a vicious dragon.
"Heh heh… you realized it too late. You sisters belong to me, this evil dragon!"
"Bad dragon! (｀⌒´メ)"
...
News of Konoha being attacked spread through the underground world in an instant, sweeping across the entire ninja world.
All forces, while gloating, also sent out Pangolins to probe for intelligence.
Land of Rain.
Nagato controlled the Deva Path Pain, standing at a high place and gazing at the misty Amegakure.
At this very moment, he wanted to compose a poem.
But unfortunately, he hadn't gone to school much as a child and lacked literary talent.
Soft footsteps approached.
A young woman with light blue hair came close to Pain, her face indifferent, as aloof as the rain of the Land of Rain looking down upon the earth.
A pitcher plant bulged up from the ground.
"Pain, we've gathered the intelligence. It was someone from the Hyuga clan who awakened the Tenseigan and destroyed Konoha's Root."
Pain was puzzled. "The Tenseigan?!"
White Zetsu continued explaining, "We infiltrated the Hyuga clan and found out that the Tenseigan is an eye that stood alongside the Rinnegan in ancient times. It possesses world-destroying power and belonged to the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother."
Pain's expression didn't change—nor could it—but there was a trace of surprise in his tone.
"An eye that stands alongside the Rinnegan. He would be a tremendous asset."
"Konan, go invite him to join our organization."
Nagato had a good impression of Kairen. The other party wasn't from Konoha and even destroyed Root.
Moreover, the Rinnegan and the Tenseigan were brotherly eyes, proving that both of them bore the mission of changing the world.
Konan nodded. Her body turned into sheets of paper and slowly disappeared into the air.
In the shadows, Obito was somewhat puzzled.
"Zetsu, was this Tenseigan part of the plan?"
White Zetsu shook his head. "It wasn't part of the plan. Lord Madara never planned for this."
"Then will the Tenseigan pose a threat to the overall situation?"
"I don't know."
Everyone fell silent, only Black Zetsu's expression shifting between light and dark.
The appearance of the Tenseigan truly disrupted his plans, but he instantly recovered his thousand-year schemer's mindset.
I toyed with the Rinnegan all the same—so what if it's the Tenseigan?