Perhaps Aoi's gaze felt far too piercing, and Hotaru instinctively covered her chest in a moment of unease — but only for a second…
"Tch!"
She scoffed, boldly lowering her arms and looking at Aoi with undisguised disdain.
Veins bulged on Aoi's forehead; he could read the meaning in her eyes clearly: Little boy, at your age, even if I let you see everything, what could you possibly do about it?
Inhale… exhale…
Aoi took two deep breaths, gritting his teeth inwardly. "Just you wait. A gentleman takes his time — give me ten years, and I'll show you exactly what I'm capable of!"
As for the present… "Zetsu, the Six‑Tails is yours."
Aoi turned and smiled toward the depths of the ruins. In the thick shadows, something seemed to lurk like a hidden monster…
"Oops, you found me?"
A figure wrapped in pitcher‑plant‑like flesh, clad in black‑and‑white, emerged from the ground with a strange grin.
As he spoke, Zetsu stepped toward Hotaru and opened his pitcher‑plant maw, ready to swallow both her and Utakata whole…
"The girl is mine."
Aoi's voice turned cold. The Six‑Tails was under the watchful eye of the world's will — it was too risky to do anything more with it.
But the forbidden technique Hotaru carried was something the world's will cared far less about.
"Very well."
White Zetsu chuckled and spat Hotaru back out, then nodded. "Congratulations — you are now an official member of the Akatsuki. Take this ring…"
Clink!
A ring marked with the character North landed before Aoi.
"Maybe one day I'll collect the whole set," Aoi said with a faint smile. "If I brought these back to my old world, they'd sell like hotcakes…"
"What have you done to Lady Hotaru?!"
A voice filled with grief rang out — Tonbee had finally arrived from the stronghold.
But what he saw made his blood run cold: Hotaru lay motionless on the ground, her body covered in strange, slimy residue…
This monster!
"Calm down, Tonbee — she's still alive," Aoi said with a calm nod. "You've come just in time. Hand over the counter‑seal for the Heaven and Earth Creation technique."
"How do you know about that?!"
Tonbee was horrified. He had intended to take that secret to his grave, yet this three‑year‑old child had spoken it aloud as if it were common knowledge.
"Because I am the god of this world."
Aoi half‑heartedly mimicked Pain's dramatic manner, even forming a black rod out of Truth‑Seeking Orbs.
"To build a new world, I require this power."
"Have you lost your mind?" Tonbee stared at him as if he were crazy.
"Who in their right mind still goes around calling themselves a god these days?"
Aoi's face flushed slightly. Ever since he had begun trying to fit into the Naruto world and follow the flow of fate, his inner dramatic streak had completely run wild.
Being a character impersonator really isn't easy…
In the end, though, Tonbee had no choice but to give in. He could not simply stand by and watch Hotaru die.
"Ding — Acquired one Heaven and Earth Creation Orb, currently inactive."
Heaven and Earth Creation Orb: Gathers and stores natural chakra from the surroundings, then releases it all at once.
After charging for thirty minutes, its basic power can obliterate everything within a radius of several hundred kilometers.
When fully charged to its limit, it possesses enough destructive force to level an entire major shinobi village.
In the original story, many compared this forbidden technique to Pain's Shinra Tensei.
Their destructive potential was nearly equal — the only difference being that Heaven and Earth Creation required a longer preparation time.
Yet it also had a major advantage: it could be used repeatedly, and unlike Shinra Tensei, it did not drain massive amounts of the user's life force with every use.
Why did Sage Mode Naruto manage to defeat Pain?
Aside from his protagonist's luck, Pain had already exhausted his reserves from previous battles, and the massive amount of chakra used to destroy Konoha had left him severely weakened — that was one of the key reasons for his defeat.
Looking at it this way, the Heaven and Earth Creation Orb could, in a sense, actually fulfill Shiranami's ambition.
With this power, one could threaten the Five Great Nations and establish a sixth major power entirely under their control.
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