~ Thank you, We've hit 200 Powerstones. This is the Bonus Chapter
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Hello everyone, Since it's the start of a new week, I've decided to run a small event.
As usual, we'll have 1 bonus chapter for every 100 Power Stones. But for this event, there's an extra reward: every 500PS milestone will give 2 additional bonus chapters.
So for example: 500 Power Stones = 3 bonus chapters total
The same applies to 1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000, and so on.
Thank you all so much for the support!
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"CROOOOOAK——————!!!!"
The thunderous sound wave rolled across the land—and every civilian within earshot jolted in fright, heads snapping toward the source.
Before anyone could process what was happening, dozens of toads of every conceivable size were already bursting from rivers, ponds, and forests!
Some perched on rooftops. Others balanced on treetops. A few had landed squarely on the central platform of the village marketplace, bellowing in unison:
"Lord Sage Manji descends to save the world——!!!"
"ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Something massive is coming!!!"
"Lord Sage Manji descends to save the world!"
"I am Gamamaru, disciple of Lord Sage Manji! The Sage has entrusted me with this message: evacuate immediately, or face total annihilation!"
Across the outside world, Gamamaru and his army of talking toads were hopping from settlement to settlement, spreading the word at the top of their lungs.
The civilians had never witnessed anything remotely like this.
Talking toads? Speaking on behalf of Lord Sage Manji?
"They can talk! This has to be real!"
"We can't ignore the Sage's word!"
"Then let's GO!"
The moment Manji's name was invoked—combined with the unmistakable reality of talking toads—the population mobilized without question.
Gamamaru watched the exodus with deep satisfaction, a wide grin splitting his face.
He waved a front leg at the smaller toads behind him. "Move out! Next settlement! We can't miss a single corner!"
"RIBBIT! Yes, sir!"
Dozens of toads scattered—some into town streets, some toward remote villages, some skimming across rivers to reach communities on the far banks.
Their Sage-enhanced voices punched through walls, carried over mountains, and crossed rivers—delivering Manji's decree to every corner of the shinobi world.
"By order of Lord Sage Manji! Evacuate to the Western Mountains——!"
"Catastrophe approaches! Under the Sage's protection, gather at the canyon——!"
Wherever the call reached, not a single person hesitated.
Every household scrambled to pack their belongings. Even isolated tribes deep in the mountains joined the flood of refugees streaming toward the canyons.
Gamamaru perched on a dirt mound, surveying the endless column of evacuees stretching to the horizon, and stroked his chin with smug satisfaction.
"Heh—my Master's name. Gets the job done every time."
He turned to the small toad beside him. "Come on—let's check the eastern region. Can't miss anyone. After all, Master said it himself: when gods go to war, mortals can't be caught in the crossfire!"
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"Lord Sage Manji truly thinks of everything—he'd already arranged the evacuation before any of this began…"
Hagoromo gazed across the deserted villages, a quiet nod of respect forming in his mind.
With the civilians clear, this battle—which was destined to shake the world—could unfold without restraint. No innocent blood on anyone's hands.
Hagoromo walked with heavy steps, arriving at the vermillion gates of his mother's estate before he realized it. His fingertips traced the cold patterns carved into the doorframe.
"So it's come to this after all…" he murmured.
He drew a deep breath, pressed his palm against the magatama necklace resting over his heart—Haori's parting gift. The cool jade spread through his skin, and his resolve crystallized into diamond.
BANG!
He threw the doors open.
Silence and suffocating pressure crashed into him like a wall.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sat enthroned in the center of the hall—wreathed in an aura of ancient, unyielding cold. Her white robes cascaded around her like a frozen waterfall.
She had been waiting.
"Mother—I've returned."
Hagoromo forced his churning emotions down, keeping his voice level and calm. Only the faintest trace of conflict flickered in the depths of his eyes.
Kaguya regarded him without expression—those pale, detached eyes boring into him as though they could strip away every thought. She held her silence for a long, oppressive moment—seemingly weighing how to handle this "rebellious" son.
The quiet stretched and tightened like a wire about to snap.
Finally—her voice cut through, cold as permafrost.
"Hagoromo—the power I sense on you… it carries the scent of those toads. Did they teach you?"
She'd immediately detected the Sage energy clinging to Hagoromo—unmistakably similar to Manji's aura. The connection was obvious.
What she couldn't fathom was the source. Manji had died under her All-Killing Ash Bone. Reduced to ash. There was absolutely no possibility of resurrection.
"Where my power comes from doesn't matter, Mother. All I want to know is—will you stop what you've been doing?"
Hagoromo's voice was steady, carrying the faintest edge of a plea.
Kaguya's lips curved into a thin, icy smile—contempt and pity in equal measure. "You don't understand."
"I'm your SON!"
Hagoromo's voice rose sharply, raw with urgency and heartbreak. "I refuse to watch you fall any further!"
Kaguya's expression didn't waver. She knew no amount of words would shake his determination.
Her finger lifted—barely a gesture.
WHOOSH!!!
A figure materialized from thin air—Hamura. Eyes blank and vacant, stripped of all will—a puppet severed from its strings and reconnected to a new master.
The instant he appeared, Hamura launched himself at Hagoromo in a frenzy of mindless violence!
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK-CRACK——!
Fists and feet collided in a rapid-fire barrage—dense as drumbeats, fast as lightning. In the span of a heartbeat, the brothers had exchanged dozens of blows!
Palm strikes whistled. Kicks carved arcs through the air. Every collision sent shockwaves rippling outward—tables, chairs, and pillars shattering into splinters around them.
"Hamura?? She's controlling you!"
Hagoromo's pupils contracted violently—his stomach dropping through the floor.
'Master was right. He was absolutely right.'
He blocked Hamura's relentless assault with one arm while desperately trying to reach his brother's buried consciousness—but the attacks only intensified, every strike aimed at a vital point.
The battle spiraled out of control. They crashed through the hall, out into the courtyard, trailing a wake of shattered stone and churning dust. The immaculate estate grounds were reduced to rubble in seconds.
Under Kaguya's control, Hamura's power had surged far beyond its normal limits—every blow a killing strike. Hagoromo was caught between defending himself and refusing to hurt his brother, and the gap was widening rapidly.
He was losing.
One more exchange—and he'd be finished.
Hagoromo's jaw clenched. Pain—pure, searing, soul-deep pain—flashed through his eyes.
Then—resolve.
"Forgive me, Hamura!"
Lightning erupted across his palm—chakra condensing into a white-hot fist of concentrated thunder. The air screamed as his arm shot forward—
And punched straight through Hamura's heart.
"Guh—"
Blood sprayed across Hagoromo's sleeves.
Grief hit him like a tidal wave—instant, total, drowning. His vision blurred. His chest constricted as if an invisible hand had seized his heart and was crushing it to pulp.
And in that moment of absolute agony and despair—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A deafening resonance shook the world.
Hagoromo's three-tomoe Sharingan blazed with blinding radiance—the patterns spinning, dissolving, reforming—and in a single, cataclysmic instant—
They evolved.
The Rinnegan.
Concentric purple rings pulsed with a power that could move the world. His chakra erupted in a visible shockwave, the sheer magnitude of it warping the air itself.
Kaguya's eyes narrowed.
She stared at those newly awakened eyes, and felt a cold knot form in her stomach.
This power was far beyond what she'd anticipated. She had to act now—before it was too late.
Her own chakra surged, a suffocating, godlike pressure radiating outward as the Rabbit Goddess prepared to strike.
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