The colossal lightning blade, stretching from earth to sky, crashed down with a thunderous roar.
Its overwhelming power sliced the entire secret passage apart, turning it into nothing more than a pile of rubble and debris.
"Now let's see how lucky I am."
Aoi flew over the wreckage, searching for Utakata and Hotaru.
Going by Sasuke's luck, a strike like this should have knocked them both unconscious, leaving them completely at his mercy.
But just then, a strange, translucent bubble lifted a large stone and floated slowly upward. Inside, Hotaru lay unharmed and safe.
"Looks like even with my new skin, I still don't have Sasuke's plot armor," Aoi muttered, clicking his tongue.
"Still, the Six‑Tails jinchūriki's abilities are pretty strange no matter how you look at them."
Love is but a bubble, a fleeting spark of light…
Gurgle, gurgle…
While Aoi was still thinking, countless tiny bubbles rose from the ruins and drifted toward him, surrounding him from all sides.
"Now this is interesting!"
Aoi's playful side suddenly got the better of him. Clenching both fists, he grinned and mimicked a certain electric‑type creature: "Pika, pika, pi~!"
ZAP!
A surge of wild electricity exploded outward, detonating every bubble in the air all at once.
Soft and fragile as they were, they stood no chance against the most violent force of nature — lightning.
"Who exactly are you?!"
Utakata clutched his broken arm, shouting in disbelief. "No one like you exists in the Hidden Mist Village!"
...
What was he supposed to say at a moment like this?
After thinking for a moment, Aoi decided to borrow Pain's grand, dramatic speech: "To build a new world of true peace, I need you — or rather, the Six‑Tails sealed inside you."
"Hmph — then go ahead and try!"
Without another word, a blood‑red cloak of chakra erupted around Utakata's body.
He was already shifting toward his full tailed‑beast form, ready to fight Aoi for as long as it took.
"Unbelievable — am I even less lucky than Pain, who barely lasted long enough to make a name for himself?" Aoi sighed with a helpless smile.
In the original story, Pain only needed a few missiles to take Utakata down.
"Ding — In the order of this timeline, the Host's standing is at the very bottom of the world's hierarchy."
The System's remarks were as blunt and unsparing as ever.
Still, it made perfect sense.
To the world of Naruto, Aoi was like an undocumented stranger with no official status.
Without the cover of being an Akatsuki member, even his mighty Sword of the Thunder God might not have ruffled Utakata's hair, let alone hurt him.
Truly, this is a world where fate and standing decide everything…
But now that he was here, he would not let fate dictate the outcome.
By this point, Utakata had fully transformed into the Six‑Tails: a giant, slug‑like creature with six long tentacles.
A pillar of blood‑red chakra shot straight into the sky, twisting and writhing like a storm cloud.
Aoi's expression turned cold. "Lightning Armor, Serpent Sage Mode, Eight Gates Formation — activate!"
Three powerful techniques were unleashed at once. His chakra surged upward like a blazing beacon, lighting up the entire night sky.
Gurgle…
The Six‑Tails slug flinched instinctively, swallowing hard. It had lived for centuries, yet never encountered a shinobi with such terrifying energy.
The amount of chakra pouring out of him seemed even greater than its own…
In all history, only the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, had ever possessed such power!
"Hmph — and you dare act arrogant before me, little Six‑Tails?"
Aoi opened yet another gate, and his chakra flared even brighter.
Gurgle…
The Six‑Tails lowered its head further. This human's chakra is already on par with the Eight‑Tails…
Hahaha!
Just as Aoi felt pleased with himself, the System's annoying voice rang out without warning:
"Ding — Attention, Host. Chakra Potions are being consumed at a rate of one bottle every five seconds. Supply is estimated to run out in five minutes."
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