In this final moment of life, Hinata didn't cry but smiled, "Because, you see, I like Naruto."
"The old me just knew how to cry, would easily give up when things got tough, but it was your smile, Naruto, that changed me…"
Hinata had never seen such a strong person, obviously just a kid of the same age, even though Naruto's life was so hard, his face was always full of smiles, and he would extend a hand to help weaklings like her.
"It's a pity, in the end, I couldn't even take a walk with Naruto once." This was Hinata's only regret in her heart.
To her, Naruto was like the dazzling sun in the sky. Although she wanted to approach Naruto countless times, she was ultimately burned back by that fiery light due to her personality.
"I like you the most, Naruto."
Looking at the black rod impaled in her, Hinata closed her eyes and uttered her final confession, also her farewell.
"Pain!"
At this moment, Naruto deeply felt what pain truly was.
Not because of hands, thighs, or other parts being pierced, but because of Kakashi's death, the destruction of Konoha, heavy injuries to Gamabunta and other toads, and the severe injuries of many Konoha Ninjas' sorrow.
Now the girl confessing to him is about to die tragically, at this moment, the pain in Naruto's heart reached an unprecedented peak, and his breathing surpassed the limit, overcoming the wall that he couldn't surpass during his training at Mount Myoboku.
The Nine-tails wanted to transmit Chakra to induce Naruto to go berserk, but found Naruto remained very clear-headed, so it quickly stopped the Chakra flow to avoid giving Naruto an advantage.
"Hmm?"
Nagato, who was about to kill Hyuga Hinata, suddenly heard a sound cutting through the air, and immediately controlled the Deva Path of Pain to dodge away.
Whizz!
A black rod with bloodstains shot past where he was just standing, only to see Naruto, who was blocked by the black rod, actually stood up, and his aura became incredibly strong.
"I told you, the Secret Technique taught to me by Mokgetsu is definitely powerful." Naruto pulled out the black rods from his body one by one.
The pierced body almost instantly regenerated, as if it had never been injured.
At this moment, Naruto had already entered the Breath of Yang Chakra Mode, able to freely convert the Chakra inside his body into Yang Attribute Chakra to exert various Yang Release Ninjutsu effects.
"Little Naruto, quickly cancel the Shadow Clone!"
At this time, Fukasaku Sage also broke through the blockade of the Animal Path and the Summoning Beasts, obtained the Summoning Scroll, and summoned a Naruto Shadow Clone.
Naruto performed Hand Seals to release the Shadow Clone, allowing a large amount of Natural Energy to flood into his body and then be synthesized into Sage Art Chakra.
In the blink of an eye, Naruto re-entered Sage Mode.
"Sure enough, as long as I don't use the Breathing Technique to absorb Natural Energy, the Breath of Yang Chakra Mode can stack with Sage Mode!" Feeling the terrifying power in his body, Naruto silently thanked Mokgetsu in his heart.
Next is the switch of offense and defense.
Since Hinata was still on the battlefield, to prevent her from getting injured again, Naruto first separated a Shadow Clone to take Hinata away from the battlefield.
Nagato ignored Naruto's Shadow Clone and launched an attack on Naruto's real body.
Now the aura on Naruto made Nagato feel a bit uneasy, and he needed to resolve Naruto quickly.
"Heavenly Attraction!"
The Deva Path of Pain raised its hand, preparing to pull Naruto over just like before and attack with the black rod.
However, this time, Naruto was different.
Naruto was indeed pulled over by the Deva Path of Pain.
But when Naruto was absorbed near the Deva Path of Pain, his body swelled rapidly, instantly enlarging tenfold, and his rapidly attacking huge body directly knocked Nagato flying.
"Expansion Jutsu? When did Naruto learn that?" Sakura was puzzled.
Naruto went to train at Mount Myoboku, not with the Akimichi Clan, how could he learn a Secret Technique like Akimichi Choji's?
"Almighty Push!"
The Deva Path of Pain was just a Puppet with no sense of pain, quickly got up, intending to use Almighty Push to attack the enlarged Naruto.
Actually, Almighty Push itself doesn't cause any harm, the damage caused by Almighty Push is from the Repulsive Force repelling and various collision damages, so the larger the size, the higher the damage from Almighty Push.
But Naruto had seen with his own eyes the fate of Gamabunta and the three toads. How could he not know what success means, immediately shrinking his body again, only being pushed away by the Repulsive Force without getting hurt.
Although the Breath of Yang Chakra Mode's healing is very powerful, recovering from injuries also requires Chakra, if injury can be avoided, Naruto wouldn't stubbornly take it head-on.
"Sage Art: Wind Release Sand Dust!"
Noticing Naruto being driven back closer to the Animal Path, Shima Sage suddenly leaped up, creating a dust storm to cover the vision.
For Naruto in Sage Mode, vision doesn't matter much, he had an exceedingly strong Perception Ability.
With the vision obscured, Nagato didn't know the situation on the battlefield and could only control the Animal Path to gather the Summoning Beasts around.
But a few Summoning Beasts were simply unable to block Naruto, who had Sage Mode stacked with the Breath of Yang Chakra Mode.
Besides the Split Dog, Naruto didn't even need Ninjutsu, it was almost one punch per giant Summoning Beast.
And for the Split Dog, with two Sages intervening, Naruto didn't need to worry.
Boom!
When the skill cooldown time arrived, Deva Path of Pain forcefully used the Almighty Push to disperse the dust storm, the Animal Path had already been knocked down by Naruto.
"You're the only one left." Naruto clenched his fist and looked at Deva Path of Pain.
The Deva Path of Pain gave Naruto a deep look, then turned and ran in the direction of the main body.
Naruto itself was hard to handle, plus this was Konoha's main base, there might be other Konoha Ninjas capable of fighting, if he stayed here, the mission might really fail.