Naruto: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 334: The Final Step!! Infinite Tsukuyomi!

Divine Genesis: World of Trees!

Everything was going according to plan.

As the light from the moon gradually faded, Hagoromo Gengetsu could feel the chakra from the entire planet surging into his body through the Divine Tree. His expression grew serious.

Now, it was time for the final step—the most crucial moment!

"Hagoromo Gengetsu!!!"

Suddenly, Naruto's angry shout echoed from below.

With the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi gone, the sky had returned to darkness.

Naruto snapped back to reality, his face filled with fury as he glared at Hagoromo Gengetsu.

The world as it was now was not what he, or anyone else, had wanted to see!

Naruto looked at the ultimate sealing jutsu left to him by the Sage of Six Paths, etched on his palm.

Although he hadn't been able to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he knew that by defeating Hagoromo Gengetsu, the Infinite Tsukuyomi could still be undone.

Everyone, and the entire ninja world, could return to normal.

With that thought, Naruto flew swiftly towards Hagoromo Gengetsu.

If it had been Uchiha Madara, who pursued peace throughout his life, he might have paused to explain the arrival of a peaceful world and eagerly engaged Naruto in another battle.

But Hagoromo Gengetsu did not do this.

He merely glanced at Naruto indifferently, with no interest in further confrontation.

At this point, he no longer needed to pretend to care about the Eye of the Moon plan.

The chakra from the entire planet was gathering just as planned. The only thing left for Hagoromo Gengetsu to do was to claim it as his own.

So...

The sound of something cutting through the air echoed.

Before Naruto could reach him, Hagoromo Gengetsu sped off in another direction even faster.

He didn't want to waste any more time on unnecessary conflicts.

"Don't run away!"

Even though Naruto had activated Sage of Six Paths mode, he was still a step slower than Hagoromo Gengetsu, who was now the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.

With Hagoromo Gengetsu deliberately avoiding a fight, Naruto was left helpless and growing increasingly anxious.

But Naruto wasn't the only one who was anxious—so was Black Zetsu.

As a creation of the Sage of Six Paths, imbued with Kaguya's power, Black Zetsu was unaffected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Now that the Infinite Tsukuyomi had been unleashed, there was nothing to stop his mother's return.

As a devoted "child," Black Zetsu was desperate to see his mother, whom he hadn't seen in a thousand years.

He was very tempted to betray Hagoromo Gengetsu right then.

After all, the situation had changed. Hagoromo Gengetsu was becoming increasingly influenced by Kaguya's power, and Black Zetsu's chances of successfully stabbing him in the back had greatly increased.

This would allow his mother to return sooner.

However, Hagoromo Gengetsu kept flying through the sky at high speeds, making it difficult for Black Zetsu to find the right moment to strike.

"What is he doing?"

Just as Black Zetsu was considering giving up, he noticed something unusual about Hagoromo Gengetsu.

The chakra from everyone on the planet was gathering towards Hagoromo Gengetsu. As the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, he should have been able to absorb it all into his body.

But Hagoromo Gengetsu wasn't doing that.

At this moment, under his conscious control, the vast amount of chakra coming from all directions wasn't entering his body. Instead, it was gathering in his palm.

As time passed, a visible, solid chakra orb—similar to a Chakra Fruit—began forming more and more clearly in Hagoromo Gengetsu's hand.

"Is he preparing a new jutsu?" Naruto grew more cautious as he relentlessly pursued Hagoromo Gengetsu.

But Black Zetsu frowned. "What is Hagoromo Gengetsu doing? Why isn't he absorbing the chakra into his body?"

As the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, the more chakra he absorbed, the quicker his mother would return.

But at this critical moment, Hagoromo Gengetsu was doing something so unexpected.

Logically, shouldn't he be allowing his body to absorb the chakra, making himself even stronger?

As he thought about this, the joy Black Zetsu had felt from the release of the Infinite Tsukuyomi quickly faded.

He couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

From the beginning, Black Zetsu had believed that Uchiha Madara was the ideal candidate for the Eye of the Moon Plan. If Madara had been in Hagoromo Gengetsu's place, Black Zetsu was sure that nothing unexpected would be happening right now.

But Hagoromo Gengetsu had inserted himself into the plan, killing Madara and taking his place, and there was nothing Black Zetsu could do about it.

He tried to recall everything he knew about Hagoromo Gengetsu, including what he had seen in the world of Limited Tsukuyomi.

It seemed that his worst fears were about to be realized.

"No! I have to stop this!"

Even though he didn't fully understand what Hagoromo Gengetsu was doing, Black Zetsu decided he had to act immediately.

Hagoromo Gengetsu was too dangerous.

He was the most terrifying person Black Zetsu had encountered in a thousand years, someone who had lived through Kaguya's era and had even participated in the battle against her.

At this critical moment, even the slightest unexpected action from Hagoromo Gengetsu had to be met with the utmost caution.

Even though he believed in his mother's power...

He couldn't underestimate Hagoromo Gengetsu!

With the same resolute expression as Naruto, Black Zetsu vanished in a flash.

It wasn't long before...

As Naruto continued to hurl Rasenshurikens at Hagoromo Gengetsu, hoping to slow him down, and as Hagoromo Gengetsu dodged them with ease, his eyes remained fixed on the increasingly solid, sun-like Chakra Fruit in his hand.

Suddenly!

A strange black shadow appeared out of nowhere, speeding towards Hagoromo Gengetsu.

Hagoromo Gengetsu snorted coldly.

A Truth-Seeking Ball instantly expanded into a barrier, intercepting the shadow.

"Black Zetsu."

Hagoromo Gengetsu looked at the intruder and said calmly,

"I've been expecting you."

Hearing this, Black Zetsu revealed his face through the barrier, his expression grave as he replied,

"Hagoromo Gengetsu, you know far more than I ever imagined."

This latest move clearly showed that Hagoromo Gengetsu had anticipated Black Zetsu's arrival.

Given the state Black Zetsu had previously exhibited, Hagoromo Gengetsu shouldn't have been able to predict his actions so accurately.

"Why?" Black Zetsu couldn't help but ask.

"Why don't you wait until you're all here, and then ask that question?"

As Black Zetsu's expression changed, three Truth-Seeking Balls flew out from behind Hagoromo Gengetsu, crashing in three different directions.

Soon, three more of Black Zetsu's split forms were forced out of hiding.

Black Zetsu's plan to use one body as a decoy while the others attempted to possess Hagoromo Gengetsu was effortlessly foiled.

Seeing this, with no other options left, and realizing how deeply Hagoromo Gengetsu had hidden his true intentions, Black Zetsu could only struggle and shout out one last word:

"Mother!!!"

"Mother?"

Not far away, Naruto heard Black Zetsu's cry and looked around in confusion.

There were no sisters, aunts, or grandmothers around.

Why was that shadowy figure shouting for his mother?

Naruto was puzzled, but Hagoromo Gengetsu's expression changed.

After Black Zetsu's heartfelt cry, an unfamiliar chakra that Hagoromo Gengetsu had never sensed before suddenly surged within his body.

Not only did it begin to rapidly invade his entire being, but the chakra he had gathered from the Divine Tree was also slipping out of his control, forcing its way into his body.

"It's time!"

Seeing the nearly solid Chakra Fruit in his hand start to destabilize, Hagoromo Gengetsu made a swift decision.