Leon spoke excitedly, his voice filling the entire area as he skillfully leapt between the massive wooden trunks attacking him from every direction.
"Hahahahaha! You used that annoying technique again!"
He was referring to the dense Mokuton forest that Ishin continued to regenerate endlessly no matter how much of it Leon destroyed.
At the same time, he skillfully avoided the enormous wooden dragon that relentlessly pursued him. He shattered parts of it repeatedly, but it regenerated with incredible speed each time and never stopped. New wooden trunks continuously emerged and filled the destroyed gaps at an astonishing rate.
Then, at that very moment, Leon leapt away with lightning speed and avoided a flying attack in the form of a glowing blue chakra arrow that Hiroshi had launched from afar using Susanoo. The attack exploded violently where Leon had been standing, sending debris flying in every direction. But Ishin immediately took advantage of the pressure created by the explosion and launched a wide-scale assault from all directions with wooden trunks, exploiting the moment when he thought Leon might be distracted.
Leon responded with a rapid series of strikes.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
He shattered the incoming trunks one after another without slowing down or losing any momentum. Wooden debris scattered in every direction with each strike.
Then the enormous wooden dragon suddenly forced its way through the trunks and flying debris, rushing toward him before coiling around him.
But the confinement lasted only a single moment before the sound of breaking wood echoed throughout the battlefield.
CRAAACK!
Wooden fragments exploded across the area as Leon used both arms to tear the dragon apart into countless pieces. He immediately turned to block another incoming attack, for Hiroshi and Ishin had coordinated perfectly while he was occupied destroying the dragon.
Hiroshi stood atop the massive wooden golem that Ishin had created and used it to launch himself toward Leon like a deadly human projectile. To accelerate the attack even further, Hiroshi activated the special ability of his eye that increased the speed of his attacks tenfold, hurtling toward Leon with his sharp sword aimed directly at Leon's neck with lethal precision.
The attack was extraordinarily complex and dangerous. The launching force of the giant golem combined with the tenfold speed enhancement of the eye ability created a single strike so powerful that Leon was forced to release a greater portion of his strength to deal with it.
At precisely the right moment, immediately after destroying the wooden dragon, Leon spun around with incredible speed and caught the sharp blade aimed at his neck between his bare hands.
DIIIIIIING!
A sharp metallic sound rang out as the ground beneath Leon's feet cracked from the force of the collision, and a shockwave spread throughout the region.
Then he spoke in a voice filled with admiration while firmly holding the blade in his hands.
"That was truly a beautiful, lethal, and perfectly coordinated attack!"
Hiroshi replied with a tone of astonishment and resignation.
"You really are an unbelievable monster."
Leon laughed loudly and cheerfully.
"Hahahahahaha!"
Then he continued in a more serious voice, though it still carried his excitement.
"No! The two of you are genuinely strong in every sense of the word. You forced me to release a greater portion of my power than I expected just to block that combined attack of yours."
He then twisted the sword he was holding toward himself with tremendous force, attempting to pull Hiroshi directly into a knee strike.
However, the moment Hiroshi felt the overwhelming force dragging him forward, he made an immediate decision. He abandoned his sword and jumped backward, creating distance before landing beside Ishin and returning to his fighting stance.
Then he spoke.
"It seems we need to move on to the final stage now."
Ishin nodded silently in agreement.
The two young men exchanged one final glance filled with mutual understanding. Then Hiroshi turned toward Leon, raised his head high, and shouted with all his strength.
"Susanoo!"
The blue skeletal structure appeared around him, but it did not stop there. It rapidly evolved as flesh and muscle gradually covered the bones in massive layers. Then armor formed across its entire body from head to toe, and the figure continued growing larger and larger until it towered above the surrounding mountains.
The complete and final form of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan's Susanoo .the colossal giant in its strongest stage stood before them, dwarfing the surrounding mountains until they looked like nothing more than small rocks.
Everyone watching could feel the crushing pressure of the rising chakra despite the vast distance separating them from the battlefield.
Leon shouted loudly, overflowing with excitement as he gazed at the colossal giant standing before him.
"Hahahahahahaha! Yes! Yes! This is exactly what I wanted! You two heroes were worth every bit of time and investment I spent on you!"
His words carried genuine pride toward these two young men who had continued to grow and evolve despite every hardship and every defeat they had suffered at his hands over the years. They had never once given up until they reached this astonishing level.
The members of the Uchiha Clan watched the gigantic Susanoo with both pride and sorrow. Pride in their patriarch for achieving such an incredible feat, and sorrow because they knew this might be the last time they would ever witness this overwhelming power.
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Hello, dear readers of this work.
I have a question for you, or rather, I would like your opinion on something related to the direction of this story.
There is a future event that is still quite far away. However, because I already possess the roadmap for this story, I would like your opinion regarding a certain event. Without explaining the details because that would spoil the story I would like to hear your thoughts.
In the future, specifically after the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto will, according to my original plan, experience an event that will become a major turning point in his life. (And do not worry, I will not turn Naruto into a villain, an avenger, or anything of that sort. I will preserve the essential elements of his personality from the original story.)
This event will make Naruto more mature and more capable of dealing with the new world that will emerge because of Dan's future plans. However, it will be a dark event. Not merely dark, but extremely dark. At the same time, despite how dark I consider it, I believe it will be written exceptionally well, especially with the plans I already have. Furthermore, I will be using elements from the original story rather than something I completely invented myself. Therefore, I believe it would be a very well-executed event.
However, because of how harsh and dark it is, I wanted to ask for your opinion. Should I keep it exactly as I envision it because it would be more compelling and better written that way? Or should I soften the event somewhat and make it less dark?
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