Chapter 211: Konoha, Year 60 — A Technological Explosion
Five years passed in the blink of an eye. One residential house had long since been cleared out by Franklin, with everything already prepared inside.
"Judging by the timing, it should be about right."
Just as Franklin was thinking this, a streak of white light suddenly appeared. Seeing the familiar figure standing within it, Franklin revealed a knowing smile.
"Everything feels as if it's been set along a predetermined path, and yet I don't dare alter even the slightest detail. It's caution—and also humiliation."
Filled with emotion, Franklin could not help but question himself deep down.
"Could it be that fate truly exists in this world? Something like destiny, something predestined?"
Unable to find an answer, and lacking the courage to probe it for now, Franklin acknowledged his own weakness. Suppressing his chaotic thoughts, he began to retrace the sequence of events.
Looking at the silent village, Franklin frowned slightly. There was no way such a covert teleportation should have been discovered—so why had those ninjas come?
After a brief moment of thought, Franklin ultimately decided to intervene.
The Rinnegan opened instantly. Far away in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage suddenly shuddered, springing to his feet in alert.
Watching the Anbu members who had been urgently summoned rush toward the location, Franklin directly restored the unconscious past version of himself back to consciousness.
Everything unfolded exactly as he had anticipated, until the past Franklin safely escaped into the former Uchiha district.
For the next two days, Franklin—who had been observing everything from the shadows—remained constantly beside the phantom of his past self, providing cover at all times.
If not for Franklin's concealment, those loud conspiratorial discussions would have been heard clearly by everyone nearby.
There was also the Third Hokage's close surveillance of Naruto. At every moment, Franklin had to feed him false visual information in return.
After reliving everything he had personally experienced, and after leaving behind a message of gratitude to his parents on his past self just before departing safely, the past Franklin turned into a streak of white light and vanished.
Having completed the closed loop of the worldline, Franklin let out a heavy breath.
"When it comes to my own safety, nothing is more important. Now is the time to truly spread my wings."
Franklin vanished from his spot. When he reappeared, he was already inside a two-story villa filled with an intense technological aesthetic.
Over the past years, relying on Nymph's ability to invade all things, probe everything, and her advanced technological knowledge stored within her mind, and through the Akatsuki's talent selection, a large number of young people from Amegakure had been implanted with knowledge far beyond this era.
During these years, Amegakure had undergone frenzied reconstruction. Above ground, countless ventilation pipelines crisscrossed the land, while the clouds of an industrial revolution perpetually shrouded the sky.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Franklin had directly set up a massive rain-summoning formation there, ensuring constant misty rainfall over Amegakure.
Meanwhile, beneath Amegakure, the underground had been completely transformed into a massive cyberpunk-style subterranean city.
Now, it was time to put this technology into real-world application. The future ninja world was about to undergo earth-shattering change.
He couldn't help but wonder—when the Fourth Great Ninja War came, would those old monsters summoned back to life think they had crossed into another world?
Suppressing his anticipation for the future, Franklin strolled up to the second floor and entered his room.
On the expanded bed, three angelic girls lay peacefully. Beside the bed stood a machine filled with futuristic technology, displaying detailed visuals.
Dragon Ball VS Naruto VS Bleach
Son Goku VS Six Paths Naruto VS Kurosaki Ichigo
With balance mechanics in place, damage and skill scaling were kept relatively similar—there was no scenario where Super Saiyan 3 would instantly obliterate Six Paths Naruto.
At this moment, the three were locked in chaotic melee. A Kamehameha was directly blocked by Truth-Seeking Orbs. On the other side, Kurosaki Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō cleaved straight toward Goku's head.
The battle intensified further. Ichigo entered the Mugetsu state. Six Paths Naruto activated the Nine-Tails Susanoo-like construct. Goku's eyebrows vanished, his hair extending down to his waist.
The three charged toward the center simultaneously. Goku's fists slammed straight through Mugetsu's slash without injury. One kick sent the Nine-Tails construct flying backward, earth and vegetation exploding upward as massive trenches tore across the land.
Power surged once more. A Kamehameha collided head-on with Mugetsu's final Getsuga Tenshō. The Kamehameha was cleaved apart instantly, and the Getsuga Tenshō shot straight toward Goku.
In the next instant, unable to evade in time, Goku was struck directly. His health bar emptied in an instant.
At the same time, the Nine-Tails construct—playing dead—seized the opportunity and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb.
The Tailed Beast Bomb was blasted apart. Amid the explosion's smoke, a hidden shadow clone leapt out simultaneously.
A Tailed Beast Rasengan was formed in an instant and hurled directly at the utterly weakened Mugetsu-form Ichigo.
A massive fireworks display bloomed across the sky. Against all odds, Six Paths Naruto successfully depleted Mugetsu's final sliver of health and claimed ultimate victory.
Seeing this, Franklin directly pressed the force-exit button. The three girls instantly woke up.
"See? I told you. The character stats are a bit weak, but the skills are complicated. As long as you use them properly, you can still secure the final victory."
Nymph's smug expression was immediately shut down by Astraea ramming her with a headbutt.
"You only won because you ambushed us! If you hadn't sneak-attacked, this round would've absolutely been your loss."
The quietly rising Ikaros ignored the two who were bickering and walked straight over to Franklin.
"Master, is there something urgent?"
Seeing the faint worry in Ikaros's expression, Franklin smiled and gently rubbed her head.
"I'm about to begin putting my plan into action. Are you all coming with me, or are you staying here to keep playing games?"
The moment Franklin said this, Nymph and Astraea—who had still been lying on the bed—immediately stopped fooling around and jumped down.
"Of course we're going with Master! Oh, right—didn't you say earlier there was something urgent? Are you done with it already?"
Hearing Nymph's question, Franklin raised an eyebrow slightly and flicked her forehead.
"As expected, I can't let you all immerse yourselves in games. You've played yourselves silly. Do you have any idea what time it is now? It's already been two days since then."
Clutching her forehead, Nymph recalled how she had spent the past two days completely focused on scheming against Ikaros and Astraea, having long since thrown all sense of time out the window.
Though her face was full of grievance, she still lowered her head and hurriedly apologized.
"Sorry, Master. It won't happen again. I definitely won't completely immerse myself in games next time."
Seeing her pitiful expression, Franklin couldn't bring himself to say anything more. He simply rubbed her head in reassurance.
"Since it's decided, we'll head to Amegakure first. The technological products there are due for their official debut."
As he spoke, Franklin had already taken the hands of the three girls. In the next instant, the four of them vanished from the room.
A tremendous roar thundered in his ears. Upon arriving, Franklin frowned slightly as he looked at the massive machinery in operation. He immediately expanded his divine sense and located Nagato.
At this moment, Nagato's body had already recovered, and the power of the Six Paths could now be smoothly and freely wielded through his own body.