Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 536 The Indispensable Humanity

After receiving Naruto's prompting, Satsuki closed his eyes.

She sank her consciousness into the depths of those two Rinnegan eyes to feel the invisible bond connecting her to the Gedo Mazo.

The feeling was strange, as if countless tiny threads were extending from the core of her pupil technique and wrapping around that enormous creature.

She could sense the "presence" of the Gedo Mazo.

That kind of existence is not life, not consciousness, not anything with a soul. It's more like an empty container, a shell waiting to be filled, a machine that only knows how to obey orders.

And she can control it with her own will.

Satsuki opened her eyes.

She gave a simple command to the Gedo Statue.

Not with words, but with the power of those eyes, the thought was conveyed.

【retreat】

next moment.

Those White Zetsu, those tens of thousands of pale figures born from the Gedo Statue, reacted simultaneously.

They all raised their heads and looked in Zuoyue's direction.

Then, one by one, they slowly burrowed into the ground.

Like the receding tide, like the dissipating fog, like it never existed.

"This...this..."

Jiraiya stood on the wall, his mouth agape, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.

The white army that was just moments ago so aggressive and clamoring to crush Konoha has retreated just like that?

He just vanished like that? He turned his head and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen's face was also filled with disbelief.

"That's... the end?"

His voice sounded dazed.

It was originally thought to be a difficult defensive battle, possibly one of the most dangerous wars Konoha has faced in recent years, second only to the previous Menma invasion.

Tens of thousands of Chunin-level enemies, a terrifying number enough to overwhelm any village, and he and Jiraiya were prepared to fight to the death.

But now, it's just been resolved so casually?

"Bang."

With a soft sound, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path also deactivated its summoning state, and its massive body turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared from the spot.

On the watchtower.

The Konoha ninjas on guard duty witnessed this incredible scene.

They saw Zuo Yue jump off the wall, and they saw Zuo Yue summon a huge, terrifying, and never-before-seen monster.

They sensed a powerful, suffocating fluctuation of pupil energy emanating from that direction.

Then—those white enemies all retreated.

They didn't know exactly what had happened.

I don't know what the Gedo Mazo is, I don't know what the Rinnegan is, and I don't know why those White Zetsu obeyed Satsuki's orders.

They only knew one thing: the crisis seemed to have been resolved.

After a brief silence.

"We did it!"

I don't know who shouted it first.

Immediately afterwards, cheers erupted like a tidal wave among the Konoha ninja!

"We won!"

"We won—!"

"A descendant of the Uchiha clan—! That's amazing—!"

The ninjas waved their arms, their faces flushed with excitement. The older ninjas also smiled with relief, their tense bodies finally relaxing.

In their view, it was probably because Zuo Yue used a very powerful illusion technique that directly affected all the White Zetsu.

After all, the entire ninja world knows how powerful the Sharingan's genjutsu is.

Although I don't know why she suddenly has such strong eye power, it doesn't matter anymore. After all, she's one of us, and the stronger she is, the better.

Cheers echoed through the night sky, resounding throughout the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

"it's over?"

Jiraiya's voice still carried uncertainty as he stood on the wall, his eyes fixed on the distant plain that had once been covered in white but was now empty.

His senses spread out in all directions, searching inch by inch for the chakra traces of those white monsters.

It's gone, all of it has disappeared.

Those countless chakras had completely disappeared from his perception at this moment.

"Did they really all retreat?"

He turned his head and looked at Naruto, his eyes filled with disbelief that everything had happened so fast.

"Hmm." Naruto nodded, his voice calm.

"it's over."

He paused, his gaze still fixed on the empty plain in the distance.

"The power that Satsuki recently gained... has inadvertently attracted some unexpected things."

His voice was calm, but Jiraiya noticed it.

Naruto's expression was rather unpleasant.

It wasn't because of exhaustion, it wasn't because of the battle, it wasn't because of that war that barely even started.

Rather, it's because—after the White Zetsu disappeared, some scenes that were originally hidden by them were revealed.

In the distance, the villages closest to Konoha disappeared.

Those places where smoke once rose from chimneys, where children once played, those places once teeming with life—now only ruins remain.

Houses collapsed, roads broke, and the fire was not completely extinguished, with thick smoke rising into the night sky.

Also disappearing were the ninjas patrolling the outskirts of Konoha, those who left the village on missions, and their comrades who couldn't return to the village in time.

Not all of the tens of thousands of White Zetsu soldiers will obediently emerge from the ground and lie in wait.

Some came from the ground, some passed through those villages, and some encountered the patrolling ninjas head-on.

Jiraiya followed Naruto's gaze and saw the ruins, the still-burning flames, and...

He was silent.

He originally wanted to ask Naruto what those white enemies were, where they came from, and why they were looking for a "master".

But now, he doesn't want to ask anything anymore.

He saw the expression on his disciple's face—an expression Jiraiya was very familiar with.

That's the expression on a soft-hearted person's face when they see innocent people being harmed; it's the expression on a person's face when they take the injuries or deaths of others as their own responsibility.

"...Naruto." Jiraiya spoke, his voice much gentler than usual.

"You must understand, even the most powerful ninja cannot predict what will happen next."

"This has nothing to do with you, of course. Don't worry, I'll handle it."

He reached out and patted Naruto on the shoulder. "Go back and rest."

Naruto nodded slowly, but he knew in his heart that Jiraiya's words could not put him at ease.

Those who died, those villages that vanished, those tragedies that could have been avoided—all because of his and Zuo Yue's existence, because of Zuo Yue's awakened eyes, and because of the restlessness of the White Zetsu after sensing their new master.

He couldn't pretend it was none of his business.

But he also understood something else.

Despite wielding such immense power, he did not become indifferent to life.

Those who died still sadden him, and those tragedies still make him feel guilty.

He couldn't look down on the world from a superior position, nor could he accept those casualties as an acceptable price to pay.

So he decided that after returning, he would visit the Pure Land.

Bring back all the souls that were killed by White Zetsu.

Let them return to this world, back to the lives they were meant to continue.

"Naruto."

A voice suddenly entered his ears, interrupting Naruto's thoughts.

He turned his head.

Satsuki had returned to his side at some point, standing half a step behind him, her eyes filled with emotion as she looked at him.

Looking at her husband's face, at the sadness hidden in his blue eyes, at the slightly pursed corners of his lips—she suddenly understood.

"...I think I understand now," Satsuki said. "Those things arrived because of me, didn't they?"

It's not a question, it's a statement.

Don't worry.

She reached out and gently took Naruto's hand.

The touch was warm and soft. "Since it was my fault, I will handle it properly."

"I won't make Naruto sad."

After saying that, she let go of his hand.

Take a step back, raise your hands, and begin forming a hand seal.

It was a simple seal. "巳". But within that seal lay the core power of her eyes.

A powerful aura emanated from her body, like an invisible wave! The power was so immense and vast that everyone around her felt a sense of oppression!

"The Art of Reincarnation and Heavenly Life!"