Naruto: The Ridiculously Talented Uzumaki

Chapter 324: Poking Where It Hurts

"From the moment I have memories, the only things that accompanied me were the endless indifference, hatred, fear, and abuse of the villagers!

It was the infamy of being a ’monster’ and a ’jinx’!

It was empty rooms, paint splashed on the outside of the house, and nights spent talking to the walls alone!"

"I never felt a parent’s hug, I never experienced the laughter of friends before starting school, even... people who could give me a kind smile were pathetically rare!

For a long time, my entire world consisted only of darkness, loneliness, and never-ending rejection!"

His words were like a heavy hammer, striking the cold stone walls of the Kamui Dimension, and seemingly striking the hearts of Nagato and Obito.

Nagato fell silent. This guy’s Pain...

Yes, where did his Pain come from?

Obito knew best.

He spoke slowly: "In that case, join us and create a perfect world together."

But Naruto ignored Obito.

He shifted his tone, his gaze like a torch, piercing straight into the depths of Nagato’s Soul:

"Nagato, you say you suffer, that you hate this world for taking Yahiko away."

"But you possess the Rinnegan; you hold the forbidden power of the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, which is enough to resurrect the dead!"

"But what about you? You would rather turn Yahiko’s corpse into a Puppet and have him carry out your so-called ’let the world feel Pain’ plan as a Puppet, rather than use that power to let him truly and warmly come back to life!"

Naruto’s questioning was like a sharp sword:

"You keep saying it’s for Yahiko’s dream, to create peace.

But have you ever truly asked Yahiko if he is willing to ’exist’ in this half-human, half-ghost manner?

Have you ever really cared about how Konan feels in her heart when she watches Yahiko’s body being controlled, damaged, and even eventually destroyed time and time again?"

"Is your so-called ’Pain’ and ’persistence’ for the deceased, for peace, or is it just to soothe your own paranoid and twisted heart that cannot accept reality?"

Nagato felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his body swayed violently, the light in his Rinnegan flickered wildly, and his lips trembled, but he was momentarily speechless.

Without waiting for his answer, Naruto turned his gaze toward Obito, who was clutching his wound with an increasingly dark expression:

"And you, Uchiha Obito."

"You are immersed in the grief of Rin’s death, viewing the entire world as a false Hell. You don’t hesitate to trigger wars and create countless tragedies just to implement that ridiculous ’Eye of the Moon Plan’ and create a world where everyone is ’happy’ in a dream."

"But, the same question..."

Naruto stared directly at the crimson Sharingan under Obito’s mask, saying word for word:

"Is it that you are truly unwilling to let Rin return to this ’real’ world..."

"Or is it... that deep down in your heart, you are actually afraid?"

"Afraid that even if you used the Samsara of Heavenly Life, even if Rin were resurrected..."

"In her eyes, the most important person in her heart would still be that Kakashi Hatake, who failed to protect her at the critical moment but has continued to live on carrying guilt and responsibility, rather than you, who chose to immerse yourself in hatred and fantasy, becoming an enemy of the world as ’Uchiha Madara’?"

"You are unwilling to face the possibility that ’Rin doesn’t love you,’ so you simply hide in an eternal dream woven by your own hands where everyone ’loves’ you, right?"

"How pathetic. You dare to raise a hand against your Village, your clan, and your teacher, yet you aren’t willing to gamble on whether the girl you like loves you.

It wasn’t this Ninja World that turned you into this; it was your own powerlessness and cowardice."

Obito:!!!

This kid... his words really damn well poke where it hurts!

For a moment, Obito almost lost control completely, wanting to pounce and tear the other party to shreds regardless of the cost. But he had, after all, weathered countless storms and possessed a firm will.

Forcibly suppressing his churning blood and emotions that were about to explode, the chaos and wavering in Obito’s crimson Sharingan were quickly replaced by an even more paranoid and cold determination.

"Hmph!"

He snorted coldly, his voice coming through the mask, "Sharp-tongued, nothing more than a trick to shake one’s resolve!"

"Realizing the Infinite Tsukuyomi, letting everyone be immersed in a dream of happiness, without war, without Pain, without loss...

That is true, eternal peace!"

Obito’s voice rose sharply, as if convincing himself, and as if declaring his ’noble’ goal to his opponent and the world,

"And you, Uzumaki Naruto!

Even if you can temporarily suppress Hidden Stone Village with force today, or even conquer the entire Ninja World in the future and establish a unified nation... so what?"

He pointed at Naruto, his tone full of disdain:

"What you bring is nothing but a brief and fragile peace maintained by power and fear!

A few decades? A hundred years?

As long as humans still have selfish desires, conflicts, and the Pain and injustice brought by birth, aging, sickness, and death, your Empire will eventually collapse, and the flames of war will ignite once more!

History has proven this countless times!"

"Your path is just a cycle of the old world, a futile effort that treats the symptoms but not the root cause!

In the eyes of people from other countries, you are merely an invader.

Only the Infinite Tsukuyomi can eliminate all seeds of conflict from the source, allowing humanity to obtain ultimate happiness and tranquility in an eternal dream!

This is true salvation!"

After being scolded by Naruto, Obito’s will instead became even more ’firm.’

He packaged all his obsession with Rin, his escape from reality, and his complex emotions toward Kakashi into this seemingly ’noble’ ideal of’saving the world,’ using it to resist Naruto’s sharp psychological attack and grant ’legitimacy’ to all his subsequent actions.

More importantly, Obito truly believed he was fighting to save the world.

Having said that, he didn’t wait for Naruto to retort, nor did he wait for Nagato to fully adjust his state; a fierce light flashed in his eyes!

"Do it!"

With a low shout, Obito struck out boldly!

Even though the wound on his abdomen was still seeping blood and the intense Pain affected his movements, he still erupted with astonishing speed!

He no longer used the gunbai for a reckless close-quarters attack; instead, his hands rapidly formed seals while his body leaned forward slightly, the Mangekyo pattern in his right eye spinning at high speed!

"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!"

He first spat out a surging wave of scorching fire from his mouth, and immediately after, his Kamui ocular power activated, creating a violently spinning spatial vortex in front of the fire wave! The wind aided the fire’s intensity, and the spatial distortion added a layer of eeriness!

The scorching fire tornado, like a fire dragon ready to devour people, swept toward Naruto!

And almost at the same time Obito struck, Nagato also forcibly broke free from the brief daze and inner turmoil caused by Naruto’s Soul-piercing questioning!

Perhaps he was infected by Obito’s ’firmness,’ or perhaps it was an even more extreme and resolute rebound after being stung by Naruto’s words, or perhaps...

Simply to seize this opportunity to ’avenge Yahiko and Konan’ and ’prove his own path,’ the last trace of hesitation and wavering in Nagato’s Rinnegan was covered by cold killing intent!

He raised his right hand, which was wrapped in ’Tobi’s’ white substance and had temporarily recovered some function, pointing it in Naruto’s direction.

"Ha!"

With a low growl, Nagato’s right arm suddenly underwent an amazing transformation!

The white wrapping on his forearm and palm wriggled and deformed rapidly like a living thing, while the internal bones and muscles made a tooth-aching mechanical restructuring sound!

This was the creative power of Yin-Yang Release.

In the blink of an eye, his entire right forearm, along with his palm, completely changed form!

The skin split, flipped, and restructured, exposing sophisticated internal energy conduction devices and barrel structures, finally assembling into a hideous-looking Chakra laser cannon with a deep muzzle flickering with dangerous blue light!

This was the signature ability of Pain’s Asura Path, now reappearing on Nagato’s Main Body!

Moreover, combined with the temporary body support and Chakra assistance provided by ’Tobi,’ as well as being driven by Nagato’s Main Body, its power was even greater than the Puppet version!

The light at the muzzle gathered rapidly, emitting a low energy hum!

The target was also locked onto Naruto!

"Asura Path!"

Facing this joint onslaught from the two cores of the Akatsuki organization, Naruto didn’t have a look of fear on his face; instead, he showed a hint of excitement as if saying, ’Finally.’

The light in his heterochromatic eyes grew even brighter.

"Now this is more like it..."

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