Chapter 361: Naruto, Triple Jump to Super Saiyan Mode!
"Why did you do this?!"
Naruto stared at the Skynet Naruto before him and shouted.
He couldn't believe he would ever do something like this—it was unimaginable.
"Of course, it was to protect the Shinobi World."
Skynet Naruto answered calmly.
"Killing so many people counts as protecting the Shinobi World?!"
"Do you think humans represent the Shinobi World?" Skynet Naruto countered. "Humans are only a part of this world. Animals and plants are part of it too. Humanity's ever-expanding desires will eventually destroy all other lifeforms, and with them, the entire Shinobi World. Besides, it's not like I wiped out all humans—I spared that so-called Infinite Sasuke Alliance."
"What?!" Naruto's face filled with shock. "You know about the Infinite Sasuke Alliance?!"
"Of course. Whether above ground or below, nothing escapes my eyes. Originally, they could've lived out their days in peace, but your arrival gave them hope for rebellion."
As he spoke, Skynet Naruto projected a screen in front of Naruto. It showed footage of Hokage Sasuke fighting alongside his brother Sasuke until the very end, only to be killed. Then came scenes of the Infinite Sasuke Alliance's underground base being breached by robots, who brutally slaughtered everyone.
"Enough!"
"All of this happened because you showed up, Naruto." The screen vanished as Skynet Naruto stared at him. "But it's precisely because of you that I made up my mind to wipe out all these hidden threats. From now on, I will capture you, rewrite your thoughts, and transform you into my ally."
"No... I'll stop you! I won't let the sacrifices of the Infinite Sasuke Alliance be in vain!" Naruto looked at Skynet Naruto, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Anger! Anger! Anger... RAAAHHH—!!"
Golden chakra flickered over Naruto's body, but ultimately, it failed to ignite fully.
In an instant, Skynet Naruto appeared before him, seized Naruto's head with one hand, and smashed it into the ground.
Even as a Jinchūriki, the impact left Naruto dizzy and in pain.
"Looks like you still have a trump card... but it depends on your rage to activate, doesn't it?" Skynet Naruto had indeed analyzed Naruto's sudden chakra spike earlier. "Too bad—you won't get the chance. Soon, you'll become my comrade, completely and utterly..."
"I won't let you!"
Clown Sasuke's severed head suddenly regenerated.
"Sasuke?! You're okay!"
Naruto, cornered and desperate, looked at Clown Sasuke with relief and joy.
"Izanagi, huh..." Skynet Naruto turned his head toward the newly revived Clown Sasuke, instantly analyzing the situation. "Pointless. I'll just kill you again."
"No need. Without that lantern's protection, I'll be dead soon from the atmosphere here anyway. But before that—" Clown Sasuke suddenly shouted, "Naruto, drop your guard!"
Out of trust for Clown Sasuke, Naruto instinctively lowered his defenses.
"Sharingan Genjutsu!"
Though Skynet Naruto had analyzed Clown Sasuke's move, he couldn't stop it in time.
Through the Sharingan's illusion, Naruto was shown the deaths of Sasuke, Hinata, Boruto, and the destruction of the Hidden Leaf Village—over and over again.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!"
Golden chakra exploded from Naruto's body. Fueled by his rage, he pushed straight into Super Saiyan Mode's second form.
His hair stood straight up, with only a few bangs left at the front, golden lightning crackling around him.
Naruto grabbed the right hand that Skynet Naruto had been using to hold his head.
"HAH!"
A powerful burst of chakra erupted, blowing Skynet Naruto's hand away as Naruto flung him into the sky.
As Skynet Naruto adjusted his posture in midair, Naruto stomped the ground and launched himself upward.
"Go."
Skynet Naruto sent six Truth-Seeking Orbs he had created hurtling toward Naruto.
A kick, a punch—Naruto deflected them with ease. The impact of the deflected orbs hitting the ground caused a minor earthquake.
Skynet Naruto lost all connection with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that had been knocked away.
Despite the brief obstruction, he quickly recalibrated. Gas jets sprayed from his feet, letting him hover in midair, ready for Naruto's next assault.
A flurry of punches and interspersed kicks tore through the air, leaving afterimages and shockwaves.
Skynet Naruto's data analysis let him narrowly dodge each of Naruto's strikes with pinpoint precision.
"If this is all you've got, then it's my turn to counterattack." Using the force of Naruto's punch to widen the distance between them, Skynet Naruto's body began to spark. "Overload Mode!"
His internal systems went into overdrive, boosting all of his stats. But if sustained for too long, he risked entering a forced standby state.
He launched himself toward Naruto and, with slightly superior speed, double-kicked Naruto in the gut, sending him crashing into the ground and shattering nearby buildings from the impact.
"Rasengan!"
Skynet Boruto raised his hands above his head, forming a massive blue sphere and hurled it at where Naruto had fallen.
The ground split open into a huge crater. Naruto lay at its center, clothes tattered, eyes blank, staring at the sky. A floating stone sphere hovered above him.
Inside were Trans Sasuke and Mecha Sasuke, sealed away.
"...I can't fall here."
Naruto pushed himself up again, eyes tightly shut.
"You can still stand...? Whatever, I'll finish this quickly."
Skynet Naruto formed another giant Rasengan and launched it downward.
At that moment, Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and raised his right hand to catch the incoming Rasengan.
"You think one hand is enough to block my attack?"
Skynet Naruto stared at the crumbling ground beneath Naruto's feet.
"HAAAH!"
Super Saiyan Mode: Third Form!
Naruto's hair now flowed down to his waist, his eyebrows and brow ridge had shifted, and golden chakra burst from his body with tremendous force.
Naruto pushed the giant Rasengan upward, charging straight at Skynet Naruto in the sky.
"What?!"
Skynet Naruto crossed his arms to block, but the instant the giant Rasengan struck, it exploded. From within the explosion, Naruto's fist slammed into his face, followed by a relentless barrage of punches aimed at Skynet Naruto's head.
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