Naruto: What Kind of Starter Pack is 13 Years Late?

Chapter 513: Both Savior and Destroyer

Boom!

The golden giant tree swayed at this moment. Under the golden light, an even larger giant dragon roared out.

The giant dragon opened its massive mouth and bit the Wood Dragon condensed by Hashirama and Madara. Under the Wood Dragon's struggle, it suddenly exerted force, and the Wood Dragon instantly shattered into pieces.

"You bastard—"

Madara and Hashirama had already arrived behind Takemi, their bodies erupting with the power of Yin Release and Yang Release.

"The way all living beings survive is to trust and blindly follow the excellent ones. Overwhelmed ninja seek those who are superior."

Takemi didn't even turn around. He simply spoke calmly, twisting the long sword in his hand slightly.

"Those who are superior must seek even higher beings worthy of trust. Thus, the Hokage were born."

Whoosh!

Everyone felt a blur. Only a silver light flashed, and nothing else.

But the next moment, everyone found that Takemi had already changed positions. He was still facing away from Madara and Hashirama, who were clutching their chests, with blood splattering in the sky.

"But this is far from enough, because if you go even higher..."

Takemi flashed again, avoiding the attacks of Tobirama and Minato, and the long sword in his hand once again emitted a cold gleam.

In the blink of an eye, Takemi had already struck with his sword. The two's bodies seemed to freeze, then violently crashed towards the ground.

However, at this moment, with roaring Chakra, Sasuke and Naruto had already flown up with Guy, catching them.

Takemi's voice rang out at this moment. "Gods were born, and that is the goal I have always been pursuing."

As he spoke, the golden glow in the sky became even more dazzling and brilliant. The giant fruit had matured at this moment, and endless Chakra resonated within it.

Inside, it seemed to be brewing energy that could shake the world, inside it seemed to possess the power to destroy everything.

"When did you become like this?"

Kakashi stood up, his eyes filled with despair. He gazed at Takemi with disbelief, his voice low.

"Why do this? Why must you do this? Is everything Naruto said true? Do you really not care at all?!"

"Didn't I say it before? From the very beginning, I wasn't the Takemi you imagined."

Takemi looked up at the fruit brewed by his God tree. He felt that he should eat this fruit now. Moreover, he had enjoyed himself thoroughly, and at most, he would deliver one more heavy blow to everyone before it could end.

As for Kakashi's question, he merely chuckled.

"Do you remember what I once said? Betrayal that can be seen with the naked eye can be known. The truly terrifying betrayal is the unseen one, Kakashi-sensei."

"Why did you lie to everyone? Why?!"

Naruto roared loudly, and so did Sasuke, but Takemi didn't even spare them a glance.

Buzz!

A golden pillar of light fell upon Takemi, and at this moment, endless tree vines wildly spread, instantly enveloping everyone.

Such a shocking scene did not cause chaos among the crowd, because by this time, they were already numb.

Takemi, enveloped in golden light, began to move towards the fruit. It was then that he shook his head and spoke with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I never intended to deceive you. It's just that none of you understood my true nature."

"True nature."

Everyone's hearts fell silent upon hearing these words. Sasuke and Naruto clenched their fists even tighter.

"Don't blindly trust others, and don't casually admire certain people, because..."

Takemi still maintained his smile. His gaze swept over everyone, and finally, he slowly said with a smile.

"Admiration is the emotion furthest from understanding."

— — —

"Big brother, what exactly is going on?"

At the very back of the crowd, Hamura looked at his older brother with a face full of confusion. He seemed to be filled with an inexplicable bewilderment about everything that was happening.

What's going on? How did it turn into an apocalypse scenario in the blink of an eye?

Could it be that Takemi really intends to do it?!

"Or do you have some plan?"

"I do have some thoughts. In fact, you should have heard them already."

Hagoromo was actually startled by everything before him. For a moment, he wondered if this kid was going to destroy the world. But he didn't believe he would do that, and he was carefully observing Takemi.

Watching Takemi's movements, feeling his Chakra, he finally came to a conclusion.

He is having fun.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Hagoromo was troubled internally. He spoke to comfort his younger brother, while also glancing at his other younger brother, who was already dumbfounded.

"He hasn't tried to kill anyone from beginning to end. If you carefully sense his Chakra, you won't detect any malice at all, so..."

"I see, I think I understand a bit now."

Hamura was also a sharp individual. As soon as his older brother said that, he immediately understood.

Moreover, whether an Ōtsutsuki's Chakra has malice is not something ordinary people can sense, one must reach a certain level to do so.

The ninja, even with his older brother's blessing, couldn't do it. He just couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"But, this kind of harm to Takemi is not ordinary, he has sacrificed too much."

"Let's see what this child himself does, perhaps he has his own ideas."

Hagoromo gave a wry smile, then spoke earnestly.

"What we need to do is watch the remaining children and see what they will do."

"After all, Takemi also said..."

Hamura stopped overthinking and seriously watched everything in the distance.

"Don't blindly trust others. Sometimes, people need to trust themselves more. That's his way of speaking and acting."

"For himself and the people of this world, it's too cruel."

Hamura's sentiment was entirely valid. All of this was indeed too extreme and cruel for the world, and too despairing.

The savior was actually the true destroyer.

He gave everyone the fire of hope, yet he unhesitatingly dragged everyone into the abyss, even intending to kill everyone with his own hands to complete his Path to Godhood.

All the friendships, bonds, and everything else in this world would be buried and destroyed by his own hands.

This was unimaginable for anyone.

"Damn it."

Among the Allied Forces, countless ninjas couldn't help but clench their fists, and those from Konoha were even more on the verge of breaking down.

Kiba's face was filled with disbelief, Neji and Lee were already despairing, and Ino's eyes were crimson. A moment later, Ino seemed to make a decision. She looked up at the distance, then ran forward.

No one stopped her at this moment. Shikamaru and the others were already silent, and the rest were even more so.

And in the headquarters building of the Allied Forces, everyone was even more distraught.

Whether it was Shikaku or Inoichi, especially the Third Hokage, such pain and despair were even more indescribable, but after a while, Hiruzen suddenly bit his pipe and spoke.

"Now is not the time for despair. Immediately notify everyone, we must rally and solve these troubles before the moon's debris falls."

"Third Hokage-sama..."

Everyone present was a bit stunned. They all looked up at Hiruzen.

Hiruzen appeared exceptionally resolute. "We are not dead. Even if we are to die, we must fight until the last moment. If we give up like this, what meaning does our existence have?!"

"I understand." Shikaku nodded.

He took a deep breath and said, "I will arrange the tactics as quickly as possible. Now is far from the time to give up."

Under Shikaku's arrangements, the entire operations headquarters once again began to run frantically.

On the front lines, the originally despairing crowd suddenly heard the information in their minds. They all involuntarily looked up and gazed into the distance.

"We will not surrender, we will absolutely not surrender!"

Naruto, Sasuke, and the others also received the message at this moment. Their eyes like torches, stared intently at Takemi.

They all gathered Chakra, their stance as if they were about to fight to the death.