Naruto: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 333: The World... Became Silent

"Infinite Tsukuyomi!" High in the sky, Hagoromo Gengetsu gazed up at the blood-red full moon that nearly filled his entire field of vision. He formed the hand seals and uttered each word slowly and deliberately.

In an instant!

The Rinne Sharingan at the top of the Divine Tree focused on the moon, projecting its own ocular power onto it.

Immediately, the surface of the blood-red moon displayed the pattern of the Rinne Sharingan.

Nine black tomoe, arranged in three rows of three, appeared on the moon for the first time.

At that moment.

Naruto, who had just regained his footing; Sasuke, who was still lying on the ground; the disintegrating remnants of the Allied Shinobi Forces; the remaining shinobi from the Hidden Villages led by Tsunade and other Kages; the pursuing Hagoromo Clan ninjas; and even people in various parts of the planet—all of them looked up at the sky and noticed the moon's transformation, different from anything they had ever seen before, now resembling a Rinne Sharingan.

"Is it finally starting?"

Lying on the ground, staring up at the sky, Sasuke noticed the change in the moon and sighed in relief. It wasn't in vain that he had just stalled Naruto by speaking from the heart.

"It's finally come to pass... just as the Great Toad Sage prophesied!"

In a secluded location far from the battlefield, Tsunade, Onoki, Mei Terumi, A, and others looked up at the moon, which had undergone a thousand-year transformation, and their faces were full of gloom and worry as they thought of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.

"What... what is that?"

"Why is the moon different from before?"

"This doesn't feel right! Run! Find a hidden place to take cover!"

The scattered remnants of the Allied Shinobi Forces, already terrified, noticed that the moon, which they had seen countless times, had become unfamiliar and more frightening, prompting them to flee in panic.

There are many strange techniques in the shinobi world.

To someone from Hagoromo Gengetsu's former world, the first thought would be that the current appearance of the moon was a peculiar natural phenomenon.

But here, many shinobi realized that the change in the moon was likely caused by some terrifying jutsu.

And they were right.

But they didn't know that no matter how they fled, it would be futile.

"It seems our current clan leader has succeeded!"

Noticing the change in the moon overhead, the ancestors of the Hagoromo Clan, who understood that the deed was done, stopped pursuing the already doomed remnants of the Allied Shinobi Forces and burst into joyous laughter.

All the Hagoromo ancestors knew that their clan's ascent to the pinnacle of the shinobi world was about to become a reality.

"This time, we definitely backed the right person."

On the side, members of the Akatsuki, such as Kakuzu and Sasori, breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the battle, they were worried about whether their side, which was outnumbered, could win.

Now, it was clear—their new leader was simply too powerful!

"Guy..."

Kakashi, who had also halted, looked up at the moon's tomoe pattern, thinking of Guy, who had left earlier, and sighed deeply.

"Did we still fail?"

At this moment, many people were filled with despair.

But there's always one person who never gives up.

Naruto, who had rushed back, desperately tried to stop Hagoromo Gengetsu.

He flew quickly into the sky.

But even at this speed, it was already too late!

"Hagoromo Gengetsu!! Stop this!" Naruto could only shout as he flew, "Infinite Tsukuyomi will only bring disaster! Your plan won't succeed! This is all..."

Naruto, filled with urgency, tried to tell Hagoromo Gengetsu the truth that the Sage of Six Paths had revealed, hoping he would turn back.

Hagoromo Gengetsu didn't even turn his head.

He looked up at the moon, which had transformed into the appearance of the Rinne Sharingan, filled with anticipation. "Now! Let the entire planet become one!"

As his words fell.

The Infinite Tsukuyomi was fully unleashed.

Light!

Endless light!

Naruto, still flying upward, was about to say something when he suddenly noticed that the blood-red moon, now resembling the Rinne Sharingan, emitted an intensely dazzling light.

He had no choice but to close his eyes.

After Naruto, no one else saw it—the blinding light emitted by the moon was rapidly spreading across the entire planet.

Though it was night, the entire world became as bright as day.

Under the power of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the moon's radiance penetrated all barriers. No matter where people hid, as long as they were on this planet, they were bathed in its light.

There was no room for resistance.

On the planet, including the cats and dogs, all living beings' eyes instantly took on the appearance of the Rinnegan, their bodies unable to move, and they gradually lost consciousness, falling into the eternal dream of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

From this moment on, everyone began to dream their deepest desires, a world uniquely tailored to each of them.

"As expected, the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi can penetrate everything; no one can escape."

High above, watching the world become unprecedentedly silent, Hagoromo Gengetsu glanced at Naruto, the only conscious living person besides himself, who looked shocked and bewildered. He then turned to the earth below.

Aside from the reanimated dead, every living being, even cats and dogs, was now motionless.

"Next..."

Hagoromo Gengetsu clapped his hands together.

"Divine Genesis: World of Trees!"

The entire planet's surface began to tremble violently as massive roots from the Divine Tree erupted from the ground, extending vine after vine that enveloped every person ensnared by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, hanging them from the branches.

Soon, everyone on the planet was neatly hung like cocoons from the Divine Tree's branches that covered the globe.

Their chakra began to be drained continuously, flowing through the Divine Tree and into Hagoromo Gengetsu.

"What a sight!"

The reanimated members of the Hagoromo Clan, unaffected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, were both shocked and delighted by the spectacle before them.

They had never imagined that the shinobi world harbored so many secrets, even jutsu that could affect the entire planet.

In contrast, the reanimated Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and his fellow reanimated shinobi felt a deep sense of unease.

Sarutobi Hiruzen watched as the vines from the Divine Tree wrapped around Kakashi, covering him from head to toe. He rushed forward, tearing off the vines, forcibly pulling Kakashi out.

But it was useless.

Kakashi, his eyes now permanently showing the Rinnegan pattern, stood motionless.

Above, more vines descended from the Divine Tree, wrapping around Kakashi once again.

No matter how many times Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other reanimated shinobi tried, the outcome was the same—Kakashi and the others were always re-hung on the tree.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen, his expression darkened, ceased his futile efforts.

"What do we do now?" someone asked.

No one answered.

Though they had once been great in life, what was happening now far exceeded their understanding and was beyond their reach.

What can ants do?

Simply wait for the judgment of the powerful.