Chapter 238
Minato didn't prolong the debate with Naruto on this matter; he remained resolute.
The current Naruto struggled to grasp the full magnitude of the dusty events from the past, and Minato acknowledged that.
Despite his efforts to enlighten Naruto, there was a lingering sense of powerlessness. He patiently reasoned with Naruto, attempting to soothe the emotional turmoil caused by Pain.
As Naruto absorbed his father's comforting words, a profound seriousness settled over his expression.
"Even so, I can't forgive Pain. His actions have inflicted so much harm on Konoha; forgiveness feels impossible," Naruto declared.
Minato met Naruto's gaze, and a weighty silence hung between them. In the end, Minato chose not to provide a direct answer. "You need to find the answer yourself because even I don't possess it," he stated cryptically.
Naruto grew immediately anxious at this response. "How am I supposed to figure out something that even Pervy Sage and the Hokage don't have an answer for? You guys are all so strong-willed! I don't have a keen mind, and I'm not a powerful ninja, and I..."
Interrupting Naruto, Namikaze Minato gently pressed his head. "If it were anyone, it would be you who finds the answer. I believe in you," he affirmed.
For Naruto, who had long yearned for recognition, Minato's words were a soothing balm on his wounded heart. "Okay, I should go too," Minato announced. "My chakra is running out."
The abrupt farewell caught Naruto off guard. Evidently wanting to convey more, Minato continued, "I restored the seal, but this is the last time." Placing his hand on the seal on Naruto's stomach, he began the process of fixing it, his form gradually becoming transparent.
"If you ever find yourself unable to find the answer, seek out different perspectives, perhaps from someone like the powerful Carnes. He might offer a unique viewpoint," Minato suggested, expressing his own curiosity on the matter.
With a final assurance, Minato vanished into the sky and earth. "Thank you, Dad," Naruto spoke with newfound determination, lifting his head as his eyes regained their resolute gleam.
The external world teetered on the brink of chaos.
Upon the battlefield, Deva Path maintained a dignified posture.
"It can break free from the Planetary Devastation. What an astounding power! In this manner, our only recourse is to employ a more significant..."
His sentence remained unfinished.
The eight tails, which had surged forward, abruptly transformed into a billow of white smoke.
"The Nine Tails... disappeared?"
In the next moment, Naruto stood outside the Planetary Devastation, confusion no longer etched across his face.
"He is no longer disoriented."
"What in the world is happening!?"
"Has he mastered control over the Nine Tails already?"
Nagato's main body, amidst the ongoing skirmish, registered faint coughs, the protracted battle taking a toll beyond what Nagato's body could bear.
He could no longer persevere.
Simultaneously, the colossal stone orb suspended in the air commenced its disintegration.
The ground quivered with smoke and dust.
Naruto descended swiftly amid the tumultuous stones.
"Due to the Nine Tails' transformation, Chakra is in complete disarray. The Shadow Clone that channels the mystical Chakra has dissipated. The only mystical Chakra at my disposal is what lingers within."
Naruto swiftly strategized in his mind.
He understood that without Sage Mode, he would be no match for Deva Path.
Irrespective of how much Deva Path expended.
Meanwhile, in Konoha, Tsunade and her cohorts breathed a collective sigh of relief upon witnessing Naruto escape peril and extricate himself from the clutches of the Nine Tails.
However, if the situation persisted.
Even if Naruto triumphed over Pain.
It wouldn't improve; rather, it might worsen.
For at that juncture, Naruto would cease to be Naruto, embodying instead the wrathful Nine Tails.
With Nine Tails harboring animosity towards Konoha, it required no stretch of the imagination to foresee the havoc it could unleash upon the village. There was no ninja within Konoha capable of standing up to Nine Tails!
Unless, perhaps, Carnes in the rocking chair deigned to intervene.
Yet, relying entirely on others was untenable; how could they accumulate such debts of gratitude!
Naruto had severed ties with the Nine Tails.
Having eluded the clutches of the Planetary Devastation.
This, undoubtedly, represented the optimal outcome for Konoha.
Nevertheless, the question lingered as to whether Naruto, now disassociated from the Nine Tails, could stand against Deva Path.
As the Planetary Devastation's stone sphere plummeted from the sky.
A mound of undulating earth took shape on the desolate plain.
Amidst the pervasive smoke and dust.
Naruto faced off against Deva Path.
"Have you entered Sage Mode? You are quite the resilient one!" Deva Path's countenance turned serious, the earlier exuberance extinguished. "I sought to ascertain the potency of the Nine Tails' abilities, only to discover that even Planetary Devastation has been..."
Naruto gazed at the thick smoke billowing from the village.
His expression tightened abruptly.
"Is this the result of... the Nine Tails' transformation? The villagers, Hinata, and the others... shouldn't they be—"
A small Katsuyu emerged from Naruto's clothing.
"Naruto, fear not. Carnes-san has everything under control."
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