I've Already Confronted the Five Kage, and the System Just Arrived!-Chapter 347 - 348

No matter what the Sage of Six Paths intended to do, stopping him was all that mattered.

Gensou took a moment to fire a shockwave at the Sage.

Having experienced a chakra-based existence, Gensou knew well that most ninjutsu wouldn't be able to kill or restrain him.

However, techniques related to space, gravity, and repulsion could disrupt the stability of chakra forms, causing momentary turbulence.

Yet, what happened next was beyond Gensou's expectations.

The Sage of Six Paths activated Yin-Yang Release, temporarily restoring his physical body, and chose to take Gensou's attack head-on.

And then—

Boom!

The Sage, carried by the force of the impact, was sent flying backward, crashing into the ruins.

Before anyone could react—

Inside the rubble, the Sage's eyes swiftly locked onto a black sealing array, which had been buried beneath layers of dust but was now exposed due to the disturbance.

His gaze hardened with resolve, and carrying the remnants of Gensou's attack, he formed hand seals and hurled himself directly into the seal—

Destroying it completely.

From the moment he had revealed Kami-Musubi no Mikoto, the Sage had remained silent.

He had witnessed Naruto and Toneri failing to stop Gensou.

He had seen Kaguya continuously evading combat.

He had accepted reality.

If things continued at this rate—

This Six Paths-level battle, one thousand years in the making, would have a new victor.

And it wouldn't be him.

Nor would it be his mother.

It would be the descendant who bore his name as a surname.

The Sage of Six Paths knew Gensou wouldn't spare him and the others just because of lineage or family ties.

After all—

Even a mother and son had turned against each other.

So what were countless generations of distant descendants in comparison?

If he wanted to prevent such an outcome—

The Sage had no choice but to take action.

It wasn't a perfect solution—

But it was the only one left.

"This is the only way to resolve my world's crisis. I'm sorry... to the unknown world."

With those words, brilliant light erupted from the shattered black sealing array.

Seizing his final moments, the Sage reverted to his chakra form, speeding toward Kaguya.

As promised—

He returned his chakra to his mother.

"Hagoromo..."

Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest, as if about to say something.

But then—

Boom!

From within the ruins—

The light from the black sealing array exploded skyward, shooting straight into the clouds before rapidly expanding outward in all directions.

And the speed of this expansion... was the speed of light.

Even for Six Paths-level beings, there was no escaping it.

"This is...!"

Gensou's pupils contracted sharply, instantly recognizing what was happening—

Yomotsu Hirasaka!

He tore open a spatial rift at lightning speed.

He was fast—

But not as fast as light.

Neither was Kaguya.

The only ones with a chance of escaping were Naruto and Toneri, who had already been at the outer edge of the battlefield.

The moment the Sage destroyed the seal, he had immediately warned them to escape.

Seeing that the seal's range was limited, the Sage felt a fleeting sense of relief as Naruto and Toneri managed to escape at the last possible moment.

As the true ruler of Earth for the past thousand years, the Sage had an unparalleled understanding of the planet itself.

He knew that, sometime during his slumber, a strange phenomenon had emerged beneath the planet's surface—

The Dragon Vein.

To the Sage, the chakra of the Dragon Vein was insignificant.

But—

Its time-space properties were extraordinary.

Even for Six Paths-level beings, space-time itself was something to be feared.

To avoid unnecessary disruptions, the Sage had left the Dragon Vein undisturbed, allowing it to continue its slumber beneath the deserts of the Land of Wind.

Until now.

Now, he forcibly awakened it, opening a gateway through time and space.

In exchange for half of his own chakra—

He ensured that Gensou and Kaguya would be removed from this world.

It might have been immoral to dump them into another world—

But it was the best choice for this one.

At that moment!

The Sage watched as Gensou and his mother's fates were sealed.

He was about to feel relieved—

Squelch!

A hand pierced straight through Toneri's chest.

"Toneri!!"

Naruto froze in shock.

"I—"

Toneri tried to speak—

But he had no time left.

A violent suction force erupted from the hand buried in his chest.

Beyond the hand, beyond the black portal—

Gensou, whose body was already engulfed in the expanding light, looked coldly at the scene before him.

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"Set off fireworks and think you can run?"

Even at the final moment, Gensou hadn't expected the Sage of Six Paths to pull such a trick on him.

But since he had—

There was no way Gensou was letting him walk away unscathed.

While the Dragon Vein had yet to fully explode, Gensou used Yomotsu Hirasaka to backstab Toneri—

At the same time, his hand unleashed immense suction, extracting the Sage's remaining chakra from Toneri's body.

If he was going down, he wasn't going alone.

More importantly—

Now that he understood what was happening, Gensou couldn't allow the Sage to escape.

If the Sage managed to seal the Dragon Vein again in the future, it would become a major problem.

So—

"You're coming with me!"

Gensou ripped out the last of the Sage's chakra.

"No—!"

The Sage's expression changed drastically.

He tried to resist—

But under Gensou's control, it was useless.

In the end—

He was dragged along into the light.

With the Sage's chakra gone, Toneri—

His heart pierced—

Coughed up blood and collapsed onto the ground, lifeless.

"Toneri!!"

Naruto had been on the verge of escaping the Dragon Vein's influence.

But—

Without hesitation, he turned back, rushing to embrace Toneri's dying body, trying to keep him alive.

However—

Naruto forgot one thing.

With the Sage's chakra gone, he no longer had Six Paths power.

His Yin-Yang Release was gone.

He couldn't save him.

"No need to thank me."

Leaving Naruto one final parting gift—

Gensou vanished into the light.

Taking Kaguya... and the Sage with him.

"What do you mean 'no need to thank me'?! You bastard! Explain yourself!"

Holding Toneri's lifeless body, Naruto roared in fury at the space where Gensou had disappeared.

But before he could do anything else—

The light caught up to him.

And in a mix of anger, sorrow, confusion, and disbelief—

Naruto, too, was swept away.

The explosion of the Dragon Vein's light came fast—

And disappeared just as quickly.

When everything settled—

The once-unstable desert fell silent.

Only a barren, shattered landscape... and a single still-warm corpse...

Remained to prove what had just transpired.

(End of Chapter)

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