Naruto: Passerby and Returnee

Chapter 112 The Mad Urashiki

The ninth failure.

Urashiki, still shaken, touched his neck; the tearing, dull pain of flesh being separated was utterly terrifying. He would never forget those cold, golden eyes. Stripped of the azure disguise, Naruto Uzumaki seemed more like a divine messenger born to judge, solely for the purpose of judging those supposedly above the heavens. That guy was cool-headed and ruthless; the moment he showed a weakness, Urashiki would surely die.

This was the ninth time. More and more mysteries piled up in his mind. He couldn't understand the workings of that black sphere, couldn't understand why the blade imbued with Naruto's chakra could cut through his skin, and couldn't comprehend the unpredictable space-time ninjutsu. It was even more elusive than Yomotsu Hirasaka; at least that required opening a portal! And Naruto? He appeared right in front of him in a flash, leaving him no time to react!

"I don't know you."

Urashiki finally went crazy after hearing this for the tenth time.

He knew his physical body was inferior to Momoshiki and Kinshiki, and even those two ultimately died in a group attack. He had closely observed most of that battle, knowing the true power of the two once hailed as saviors. Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki could fight Momoshiki to a standstill after their evolution. If it weren't for the later incident, the two of them working together wouldn't have needed that little brat Boruto at all. So he devised a plan to defeat them one by one, collecting the tailed beasts everywhere, and only when he couldn't find any did he go back to try and steal the Nine-Tails' chakra. Who knew that Sasuke and Boruto would ruin his plans, and he would encounter such a troublesome Naruto Uzumaki! In just a few exchanges, the opponent was able to corner him in various ways. The attackers were indeed different each time, but Urashiki was certain that Naruto's unknown space-time ninjutsu was the culprit behind it all!

"I hate you to the core!"

Instead of casting, Pu Shi swallowed the fishing rod and basket whole, and even swallowed his own eyes on the spot because he didn't have enough energy!

The four, completely bewildered, had no idea why Urashiki was self-harming. They stared in horror at his act of crippling himself, while Naruto immediately pulled out a sealing scroll and extracted a jet-black sphere. Although this object was stable at this moment, the chakra it contained was palpable even to the three who lacked sensory abilities.

"Naruto, what is this?" Jiraiya saw something new from Naruto again, and it was obviously something extraordinary!

"There's no time to explain, that guy's chakra level is skyrocketing!" Naruto said as he poured chakra into the black sphere.

In fact, Truth-Seeking Balls are already an extremely high-density and stable collection of chakra; compressing chakra further would be incredibly difficult. But Naruto is quick-witted; he immediately thought of sealing techniques that can even bind tailed beasts. And the container for storing such a massive amount of chakra couldn't be an ordinary object, so he chose Truth-Seeking Balls.

In his past life, he couldn't create this thing because he lacked Yin-attribute chakra. But in this life, for some reason, after entering Sage Mode, he was able to separate Yin Release chakra from his own chakra. Perhaps it's because Sage Mode chakra comes from nature, so it has everything?

Naruto would never dwell on such trivial matters, and quickly used the Yin Release chakra to create several miniature Truth-Seeking Balls. Except for attempting to inscribe sealing techniques, which required his main body to do, he used clones when injecting chakra.

New techniques inevitably come with risks, especially highly dangerous space-time ninjutsu. If the Truth-Seeking Ball explodes due to improper operation, it can be fatal. In this situation, he truly valued life as he believed, and thus sent his shadow clone with the Truth-Seeking Ball to a remote and desolate place to test it. Finally, after flattening an entire mountain, he obtained a relatively stable, enhanced Truth-Seeking Ball.

Although the technique is not perfect, it can still distort space locally after activation, and the power of the throw is definitely enough to kill an ordinary Otsutsuki.

A screen of light appeared in front of Urashiki, and upon hearing Naruto's warning, Jiraiya and Sasuke immediately took action to block him. Jiraiya unleashed a line of fire, while Sasuke, disregarding his own safety, flashed red light in his dark eyes, and black flames instantly filled the screen of light. However, their attacks were not their true trump card; the black sphere launched by Naruto using his shadow clone was the real killer move.

The burning light barrier failed to stop Urashiki's evolution. His appearance changed drastically; a golden Rinnegan grew on his forehead like Momoshiki's, his Byakugan turned golden, the horns on his head transformed into feather-like crests, and his face was covered in black markings. However, although he could devour the flames, he swiftly dodged the black sphere, which flew straight into the sky and suddenly exploded. A dazzling white light swept through, clearing away the dense dark clouds. At the very center of the void, an irregular spatial rift appeared, and the seemingly all-consuming darkness took several seconds to return to normal.

"Mortals, you're really just trash! I'll kill you all!" Still shaken, Urashi cursed vehemently as he unleashed a torrent of abuse at the four men.

His courage swelled considerably after missing that most dangerous attack. After all, he no longer had the ability to reverse time; if he had been hit, he would have truly died. He had paid such a high price to allow his physique to undergo a qualitative leap; with this body alone, he could easily crush these people! He just needed to be careful of Naruto's attacks.

Urashiki swooped down into the group of four. Jiraiya trusted Naruto and dodged the impact with a step back. Naruto grabbed Boruto, who was closest to him, and dodged away. Sasuke, though shocked, still acted instinctively. The skeleton of Susanoo appeared on its own. Although it was shattered by Urashiki's punch, it at least got out of the attack range.

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!" Jiraiya slammed his hand on the ground, and the soft soil quickly engulfed Urashiki. However, this was not enough to truly subdue him, and Urashiki easily broke free while cursing.

"You think you can control me with such petty tricks? You ant!"

Urashiki spread his arms, and an invisible repulsive force blew Jiraiya away. Sasuke, however, withstood the attack and launched another Amaterasu attack. He knew that his opponent could absorb ninjutsu, but at the moment, his other attacks were not suitable for targeting the sky, so he could only try to stall this guy for the time being.

Although Amaterasu was an attack that suddenly appeared at a single point, Urashiki, who could see the flow of chakra, predicted it and dodged it. He simply felt that the thing was burning him a little and didn't want to get involved. However, Sasuke not only knew Amaterasu, but could also control its form. The flames still covered Urashiki's entire body, making him wince in pain from the heat.

Just then, the familiar feeling of activating a space-time ninjutsu appeared. Urashiki, disregarding Amaterasu, gritted his teeth and suddenly reached forward.

This time, he finally managed to grab the cunning fox by the neck, which had suddenly appeared.