"How can this be? He turned into a chakra fruit!"
The sudden turn of events on the battlefield left countless people in shock and fear.
Especially the Six Paths Sage, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, inside Naruto, who stared in horror at what had happened.
If Kinshiki could be turned into a chakra fruit, did that mean even he, the Sage of Six Paths, was just prey to be harvested?
Now, holding the chakra fruit in his hand, Otsutsuki Momoshiki let out a sinister laugh.
Momoshiki wasn't stupid—he kept talking big, but he moved quickly, knowing that only by eating the chakra fruit would it truly become his power.
With a twisted grin, Momoshiki raised the fruit and opened his mouth to take an excited bite.
Crunch!
As broken pieces of rock scattered, the sudden change shocked everyone, including Naruto and Sasuke in the distance.
"Impossible!"
The so-called red chakra fruit in Momoshiki's hand was nothing but a fist-sized rock—he'd taken a bite out of a stone!
"Who did this?!"
The taste of dry stone in his mouth enraged Momoshiki, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes. Without the chakra fruit, how could he defeat his enemies?
It looked like these people might be able to beat him senseless—and if one of them got the fruit, he'd lose for sure!
Dōjutsu: Amenotejikara!
In the distance, Shirou's figure slowly appeared, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at the red chakra fruit in his hand.
"The Rinnegan is useful."
When everyone saw Uchiha Shirou appear, they gasped in shock. Naruto even blurted out:
"That's Sasuke's Rinnegan technique!"
Amenotejikara, the ability to instantly swap the position of anything his eyes locked onto.
"What?!"
The Five Kage all cried out in surprise, but Sasuke's expression grew grim as he rasped:
"No! My Amenotejikara can only swap my position with a target, but he can swap other objects."
Sasuke stared intently at the newcomer, and in the distance, Momoshiki, seeing only a stone in his hand, was beside himself with fury.
"Damn it!"
When Naruto recognized who had used the eye technique, his pupils shrank, and he shouted in shock and anger:
"It's you! Uchiha Shirou!"
With a sudden realization, both Naruto and Sasuke stared at the newcomer in disbelief.
Uchiha Shirou, who had been hiding until now, smiled. Facing everyone, instead of eating the chakra fruit, he used a forbidden technique.
Forbidden Jutsu: Chimera Jutsu!
Before everyone's eyes, the red chakra fruit was visibly devoured, leaving them all in disbelief.
Shirou gazed at them with contempt, especially at Naruto, and mocked:
"Seventh Hokage Naruto, I told you, when you came to my world and meddled, you'd regret it."
"Damn it! This is my world! I won't let you destroy it!"
Naruto roared in anger—he never expected Shirou to come to this world.
"How hypocritical!"
Shirou sneered, his laughter full of scorn.
"You go on and on about justice and morality, but you do the very things you claim to hate. If you don't want others to meddle in your world, then why did you meddle in theirs?
Don't try to justify it. Why should every ninja world submit to your will? All I'm doing is what you did. And as for you, Sasuke..."
If Shirou felt contempt for Naruto, he felt pure disappointment towards Sasuke.
"Useless! You wanted to change the world, but just because you lost, you suddenly had a change of heart? What's this talk about atonement? What are you atoning for?!"
He berated Sasuke, his tone full of hatred:
"Konoha was founded by the Uchiha and the Senju. In the end, Konoha destroyed the Uchiha, and you stupidly seek to atone for Konoha? That's just idiocy!
Even if you destroyed Konoha, so what? Without the Uchiha, there would be no Konoha…"
If pre-Boruto Sasuke was a normal person, then Boruto's atonement arc meant the real Sasuke was already dead.
After his clan's massacre, Sasuke was driven by hate, but he wasn't inhuman—what was wrong with wanting revenge?
All he did was sacrifice his soul for the power to get his revenge. What did that have to do with Konoha—or you, Naruto?
If you were his friend, you should have helped him get revenge and then tried to persuade him back, not just shout, "I'll break your limbs and drag you home!"
Naruto Shippuden's Sasuke fell into darkness as the truth and manipulation unfolded—any normal person would have lost their mind long ago.
Sasuke was the Uchiha's king of enduring pressure.
After the Fourth War and Kaguya's sealing, the so-called change was a joke—he just gave up because he lost. And then tried to atone for Konoha?
"Bastard! I won't let you insult Sasuke like that!"
Naruto roared—he knew that the Sasuke from the other world was totally manipulated, and he absolutely couldn't let this world's Sasuke go down the same path.
Sasuke's mind was wavering under the scolding when, suddenly, Momoshiki seized the moment and roared:
"That's our Otsutsuki chakra fruit! You lowly creature aren't worthy—"
Boom!
As Momoshiki tried a sneak attack, Shirou met him with a devastating knee strike.
In an instant, Momoshiki's eyes bulged, bloodshot with pain. His mouth gaped as the knee smashed into his chest—he almost coughed up his heart and liver.
"Perfect timing!"
Dōjutsu: Amenotejikara!
In a flash, Sasuke appeared in front of Shirou—the earlier hesitation had all been an act.
At that moment, Sasuke, with the power of the Six Paths, temporarily regained his lost strength.
Their positions instantly swapped, and Sasuke shouted: "Naruto, eat the chakra fruit now!"
It turned out this had all been Sasuke's plan—he knew that whoever ate the chakra fruit would receive a huge boost in power.
So Sasuke was willing to sacrifice himself, using his eye technique to swap places.
But everything happened in a flash—too fast for anyone to react.
"Sasuke!"
Naruto watched as Sasuke was captured by Shirou, filled with rage.
Inside him, the Sage of Six Paths urgently shouted: "Naruto! Eat the chakra fruit now! Only if you get stronger can you protect Sasuke, and protect the ninja world!"
At the Sage's urging, Naruto painfully gave up trying to save Sasuke, and instead grabbed the chakra fruit Sasuke had risked everything to deliver.
Crunch! Crunch!
As juice sprayed everywhere, Momoshiki—who'd been sent flying—saw this and howled, his eyes wide:
"Lowly creature! That's a god's fruit! You don't deserve it!"
Meanwhile, Shirou, seeing the fruit in his hand had turned into Sasuke, smirked in triumph.
He grabbed Sasuke's throat and used a sealing technique to paralyze him.
"Heh, you lost."
Sasuke managed a hoarse smile. He knew he might die this time, but he had no regrets.
He could feel a suction from Shirou's hand—his Six Paths power was being pulled out, devoured!
"Lost?!"
Shirou, floating in the sky, sneered at Sasuke. Sasuke had a bad feeling, and the next words made his pupils contract in horror.
"If I knew your ability, did you think I wouldn't prepare? And what makes you think you got the chakra fruit?"
Shirou smirked evilly, raising his other hand. Instantly, red chakra weapons appeared.
"This is—!"
Sasuke's eyes widened in terror. Now he understood.
This was the ability of Otsutsuki Kinshiki: the Crimson Weapon.
"And do you understand the Otsutsuki? Do you understand the so-called chakra fruit?"
With a mocking smile, Shirou looked at Naruto, who had just eaten the fruit and grinned.
"The Divine Tree's fruit—the so-called food of the gods—isn't what it once was. Otherwise, why would it have the Ten-Tails' berserk will?
The chakra fruit comes from the same source. While it gives great power, it also contains the Ten-Tails' or Divine Tree's negative energy…"
Shirou's words echoed as Sasuke's eyes filled with disbelief and dread.
The truth was, the chakra fruit made from Kinshiki was filled with terrifying negativity.
Shirou's forbidden Jutsu, Chimera Jutsu, had consumed the pure energy—what was left was only the negative energy.
"Naruto!"
Sure enough, as Shirou smirked, Naruto's eyes turned blood-red, his skin darkened, and his body began to transform—not into a tailed beast, but into something demonic.
Momoshiki, crawling out of the rubble, saw Naruto and began mocking him:
"You lowly creatures! That's a god's fruit! You ants aren't worthy—this is your punishment!"
The chakra fruit's pure energy had been devoured by Shiou—what Naruto ate was just the dregs.
"Naruto, hold on to yourself!"
Inside, even the Sage of Six Paths panicked. He hadn't expected the chakra fruit to be a disaster for them.
In the original story, after Momoshiki ate the fruit, though he gained power, he lost his composure—his mind was affected.
And with the Ten-Tails' will, that berserk, destructive energy would easily drive someone mad.
Sure enough—
"Shut up, you old fool!"
Naruto's hoarse voice echoed across the sky, shocking Sasuke, Kakashi, and the other Kage.
Naruto's form had changed—dark red skin, fanged teeth, a demonic figure. His eyes were wild with violence as he looked at everyone.
"Heh! Power! I can feel it! None of you can stop me!"
"And let Sasuke go!"
With a final roar, Naruto unleashed a terrifying blast of energy that blew apart the storm clouds above.
The fruit's negative energy had amplified all of Naruto's darkest impulses—but his determination remained.
When he saw Shirou choking Sasuke, Naruto went berserk, launching himself at terrifying speed.
Shirou just sneered.
"Stronger, sure—but it's just brute force, you beast."
Limbo: Border Jail!
As Naruto charged, Shirou's Rinnegan spun, and four shadow clones appeared and attacked.
Boom!
Even Naruto couldn't handle four at once—he was smashed into the ground, the earth-shattering.
"That's Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan ability!"
Sasuke, weak and powerless, gasped in shock.
His Six Paths power had been drained—he was now just an ordinary ninja.
Shirou, looking bored, tossed Sasuke aside and spoke coldly:
"From now on, as the Uchiha clan leader, I revoke your surname. And you all!"
He glanced at Kakashi, Gaara, Darui, and the others, making their faces change dramatically.
Shirou gazed at them coldly.
"From now on, Konoha is under Uchiha rule. Without Uchiha, there's no reason for Konoha to exist. The Five Great Nations have only two choices: submit, or be destroyed!"
"Impossible!"
The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, shouted in anger, but the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi, took a deep breath and, under everyone's shocked gaze, knelt on one knee.
"Tsuchikage Kurotsuchi, on behalf of the Rock Ninja, pledges allegiance to Lord Shirou."
Kurotsuchi's submission shocked the other Kage, who looked at her with questioning eyes.
She looked at them calmly and said:
"What choice do we have? In the end, we're just ripping off the mask. We're replacing Naruto with Lord Uchiha Shirou, that's all."
Her words bluntly exposed the reality, making the other Kage flush with shame.
Since the Fourth War ended, it was only because of someone like Naruto that the Five Great Nations maintained peace.
The other villages had all become cautious, worried about offending Konoha.