Naruto, having activated his new form, charged rapidly towards Obito, who had transformed into a mountain of flesh.
His speed was so fast that even Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan could only capture a blurry afterimage.
"We absolutely cannot let you take over this world!"
Naruto shouted as he charged forward.
His goal was very clear: to pull the Ten-Tails out of Obito's body.
The Sage of Six Paths had told him in the mental world that if Obito were allowed to rampage unchecked, he might overcome the power of the Ten-Tails and become a true Jinchuriki.
Furthermore, if he were to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, things would become completely uncontrollable.
Sasuke quickly reacted and immediately charged forward as well.
The dark purple armor of Susanoo covered his entire body, the black flames of Amaterasu wrapped around his blade. With a single swing, the black flames formed a wall of fire, blocking Naruto's path.
He absolutely would not allow anyone to interfere with the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan.
If the Ten-Tails were pulled out of Obito's body, everything would have been for nothing.
Naruto's pace didn't falter. Facing Susanoo's blade, he extended his right hand, fingers spread wide. Golden Chakra surged from his palm, forming a giant golden fox claw.
That hand grabbed Susanoo's blade. The black flames of Amaterasu and the golden Nine-Tails Chakra collided and eroded each other.
"Sorry, Sasuke!"
Naruto flicked his hand.
Susanoo's entire body was flung away. The dark purple, upper-body giant tumbled through the air several times, crashing into a small hill and shattering it completely.
Sasuke tumbled out from the wreckage of Susanoo, rolling several times on the ground, ending up face-down in the dirt, covered in dust.
Everyone's expressions changed.
"How did that kid suddenly become so strong?"
Reze's eyes widened in shock.
Especially since, just yesterday, the fight between Naruto and Sasuke had ended with Sasuke's victory.
So how come Naruto had suddenly become so strong today?
Makoto, looking at Naruto in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, immediately guessed the reason and muttered to himself: 'The old Sage of Six Paths made his move, didn't he?'
That was right. Naruto suddenly having a power-up and unlocking Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was 120% the work of that undying Sage of Six Paths, giving Naruto his power early.
Probably when everyone's attention had just been on Obito, the Sage of Six Paths' consciousness had entered Naruto's mental world, telling him everything, just like in the original work.
And incidentally, giving him a power-up, letting him instantly master Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and obtained power beyond the Super Kage-level.
Although he couldn't yet match Six Paths Obito, he at least had the capital to contend with him.
Makoto then looked at Sasuke, who had been knocked to the ground. His Susanoo had been shattered by a single slap from Naruto.
Sasuke supported himself on the ground, trying several times before he could get up.
His eyes were still ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan, not having turned into Rinnegan, without any power-up from the Sage of Six Paths.
Makoto found it somewhat strange, 'Why hadn't the old Sage of Six Paths given Sasuke a power-up?'
But then Makoto immediately understood the reason.
He figured that the old Sage of Six Paths had discovered that this era's reincarnation of Indra's Chakra also approved of the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan, so he didn't want to give it to him.
In the Sage of Six Paths' view, the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the result of sealing his own mother with his own hands. And here was a man who wanted to release his mommy again?
Dream on.
Thus, Sasuke became the reincarnation abandoned by the Sage of Six Paths.
'What a f*cking hypocrite.'
"Waaaaaah!"
The power of the Ten-Tails inside Obito was still going haywire.
Those fleshy masses burrowed out from beneath his skin, extruding each other. His hands and feet were no longer distinguishable. Only the left half of his face remained vaguely recognizable as human.
And Naruto in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode had already charged right in front of him.
The golden Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak stopped before Obito's tumor-covered face. Naruto opened his right hand, revealing the Yang Release mark on his palm.
"With this move, you're done."
This was the technique the Sage of Six Paths had taught him in the mental world: Six Paths · Tail Releasing Method.
It had the same origin as the Tail Releasing Method Obito had used to extract the Nine-Tails from Uzumaki Kushina back then, but it was more powerful.
If faced with Six Paths Obito, who could control the Ten-Tails' power, Naruto, with his current ability, would have no chance of pulling the Ten-Tails out of his body.
But Obito was still in a state of berserk right now, so success was still possible.
"I can't let that happen, kid."
At the critical moment, Madara, enduring the combined attacks of Hashirama, Tobirama, Minato, and others, suddenly used the Summoning Technique.
A giant fist from the Wood Human technique smashed down. The Complete Body Susanoo hastily raised its arm to block it.
Taking advantage of this opening, Madara deactivated Susanoo, landed back on the ground, and slapped his hand down on the earth.
"Summoning Technique!"
Boom—!!!
A cloud of white smoke, even larger than the Gedo Statue, exploded between Obito and Naruto.
An Edo Tensei coffin stood between the King of Scum and Naruto.
"What...!?"
Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone, including Naruto and even the rampaging Obito, the coffin lid automatically opened.
The coffin lid clicked open, smoke billowed from inside the coffin, and a figure stepped out, about twelve or thirteen years old.
Brown short hair, dark brown eyes, wearing a Konoha's forehead protector.
Her features were not extraordinarily beautiful, but her entire being exuded the youthful aura of the girl next door.
"Wh-Who is she?"
Chika, Eriri, and others asked in confusion.
Kurenai, standing nearby, opened her mouth in shock, finally squeezing out three words after a long moment: "Nohara Rin."
Upon hearing this, the players like Marin and Haruno also had their expressions changed drastically.
"She's Nohara Rin?"
Marin covered her mouth with both hands, her eyes wide open.
In the past, at the dinner table, Makoto had often told them the story of the simp Obito and his goddess Rin.
What, had these players always imagined Nohara Rin as some kind of breathtakingly beautiful woman? And this was it?
To be honest, at the Shuchi'in Academy in their real world, girls with this kind of face were a dime a dozen.
Well, it just goes to show that these young ladies were still too superficial.
If a woman only has an attractive exterior, she's merely a plaything that can be replaced at any time.
What made Rin able to attract the pathetic simp Obito must have been something special about her.
After all, which loser could resist a pure, bright girl who constantly cared about them?
Even if that pure, bright girl was equally kind to everyone else.
Makoto turned his head and asked Tsunade: "Was Nohara Rin's body also stolen?"
Tsunade was startled by the question and shook her head.
She didn't know Rin either.
Kakashi walked out from the side and explained: "When I escaped from Kirigakure back then, I didn't see Rin's body. I assumed it had been taken by the people of Kirigakure."
Under Kakashi's explanation, Makoto learned that after Kakashi had been forced to kill Rin with Chidori back then, he had also fallen unconscious.
When he woke up, Rin's body was not beside him.
He assumed it had been taken by Kirigakure to be used as research material. Therefore, the body beneath Rin's tombstone in Konoha's cemetery was actually a cenotaph, containing only some of the things she had used when she was alive.
Makoto turned his head to look at the beaming Madara, that sly old bastard.
Noticing Makoto's gaze, the Konoha's Dance King, in a good mood, also explained: "Back then, that boy Obito buried the little girl's body on the spot, but—"
The corner of Madara's mouth curled into a malicious arc.
"I brought her back."
'Alright, case closed.'
Makoto now also understood what the trump card Madara had mentioned in the original work was.
Back then, after Obito had absorbed the Ten-Tails, Madara had also said, "Before I use my final trump card, there's no guarantee Obito won't get to the Ten-Tails' power first."
Many people had been curious back then about what exactly this final trump card of Madara was.
But because Naruto and Sasuke had powered up and defeated Six Paths Obito early, Madara had never ended up using this so-called trump card.
Unexpectedly, this was it.
Although it was unexpectedly simple, it had to be said, for Obito, its lethality was indeed the highest.