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Side Story: After the Cub Traveled to Shippuden 14
🕑 Added 2025-09-07 11:51:29 +0000 UTCSide Story: After the Cub Traveled to Shippuden 14
People are not the same.
Some ninjas need to apply oil from Mount Myoboku to sense natural energy to activate Sage Mode. Some ninjas need to use shadow clones or the fox pendant inside them to absorb natural energy.
Of course, there are also some ninjas for whom activating Sage Mode is as simple as breathing. After all, the Great Sage Crow of Naka Shrine lives at their house and even sleeps on the desk in their room…
There's really no arguing with that…
"When I was six, I began training in Sage Mode, synthesizing sage chakra, and researching and developing Sage Art ninjutsu. The gap between us is immeasurable… Sage Art: Feather Needle Senbon!"
The figure under the Hokage's robe did not form any hand seals, yet instantly released the Sage Art. He even flapped his black wings, flying above the rogue ninja, as black feathers wrapped in sage chakra rained down like a torrential storm!
While releasing the Sage Art, he could even move back and forth in the air, using the feather senbon to seal off the living space of the rogue ninja below!
This Fifth Hokage from another world was, just as he himself had said, extremely familiar with Sage Mode. Those wings, under his control, were as nimble as his own arms…
The Akatsuki's Itachi Uchiha could only fold his wings, blocking the rain of feathers in front of him. Countless feather senbon landed on his wings, bit by bit, eroding the chakra covering them…
"The length of one's training cannot determine the outcome of a battle between ninjas…" the rogue youth retorted softly. He mobilized the chakra in his body, formed a hand seal, and suddenly spread his wings towards the sky. "Sage Art: Fire Style: Great Eruption!"
A torrent of fire spewed from his mouth!
The moment it left his lips, it transformed into a raging sea of fire, turning the entire sky red. The cumulonimbus clouds from the perennial rain were even evaporated by this Fire Style Sage Art!
Under the black robe with red clouds, Itachi Uchiha took a light breath. He was well aware that in terms of chakra reserves, he could certainly not compare to his other-worldly self… Therefore, he had to rely on a single, powerful jutsu to decide the outcome, or at the very least, establish an advantage!
RUMBLE!
A nearby steel and concrete building was caught in the flames and exploded in an instant. Even the stone-paved ground was scorching. On the ground, Kisame Hoshigaki was pulling his counterpart from this world, dodging in a sorry state…
For some reason, Orochimaru had actually joined hands with Sasuke to help the mobility-impaired Nagato and Konan escape the battlefield. Perhaps it was because his conscience had made a discovery…
Until the flames, without the support of chakra, gradually dissipated…
"A very nice jutsu. You were right, the outcome of a battle between ninjas cannot be determined by training time and age…"
A voice of admiration came through. A black figure in the sky revealed his Hokage robe. The Fifth Hokage Itachi slowly re-spread his wings and said softly, "At least in our world, besides Shisui, there is no one who can compare to you in the mastery of Sage Mode."
"However, the Sage Mode you are using now was developed by me and Kitahara… Strictly speaking, this Sage Mode is actually the most suitable for me."
"Perhaps in a sense, because we are the same person, you can exert a portion of its combat power and release some powerful sage arts…"
"But that's as far as it goes!"
"Sage Art: Blaze Release: Yin Fire Heavenly Dragon!"
A giant dragon of pitch-black flame suddenly leaped out from the palm under the Hokage's robe. Its form grew continuously, and in just a few breaths, it had already blotted out the sky!
The black flame dragon that had suddenly appeared on the battlefield, like a demon god, danced behind the Hokage's robe, making his presence even more majestic!
This Fifth Hokage from another world, like a creator, had easily used the sage chakra in his body to create such a behemoth!
Perhaps in terms of chakra reserves, it could not compare to a Tailed Beast, and perhaps it could only appear for a short time, but just by its size and presence alone, one could realize the terror of this black flame dragon!
Black flames even continuously fell from its body, and the moment they landed on the ground, they set the earth ablaze…
With this Sage Art, the Yin Fire Heavenly Dragon, he was strong enough to easily destroy the entire Hidden Rain Village!
The expression on the rogue youth of the Akatsuki grew more and more solemn. This Fifth Hokage of Konoha from another world, who had the same name and appearance as him, had not been lying… This guy was indeed more skilled in Sage Arts!
"So this is the Sage Mode that Jiraiya-sensei often mentioned…" Orochimaru sighed with emotion. He too had once gone to Ryuchi Cave in search of the White Snake Sage, wanting to train in Sage Mode, but his wish had not been fulfilled. This matter became a regret of his life.
"The gap between one Sage Mode and another is not small…"
The ANBU Captain of the Hidden Mist Village looked up at the Yin Fire Heavenly Dragon in the sky and softly revealed the truth he knew. "Itachi-kun's Sage Mode and Sage Arts are Six Paths Sage Arts, blessed by the great Lord Kitahara. The gap between the two of them… ha, is probably as big as the one between me and the great Lord Kitahara!"
"That Kisame Hoshigaki from the other world! Answer me!" Sasuke Uchiha's brow was tightly furrowed as he looked up at the black flames in the sky. "Who on earth is this Kitahara you keep talking about? Is he much stronger than you?"
"…"
Kisame was struck dumb. This was the first time he had heard someone compare him to the crow. The shark-faced man glanced at Sasuke and revealed a mouthful of sharp teeth. "Let me put it another way. The gap between them is as big as the gap between a little thing like you and the Sage of Six Paths…"
Hearing his words, Sasuke Uchiha tightly gripped the Kusanagi sword at his waist. He really wanted to chop off a shark fin and roast it right now… but he knew he couldn't defeat this Kisame…
And everything they were doing was just a fit of pique… Before the battle between the two in the air was over, everything was meaningless.
"It sounds like that Kitahara is as powerful as the legendary Sage of Six Paths?" Orochimaru turned his head and looked at Kisame with a yearning expression. "Is he also a ninja who can easily change the environment of the entire ninja world?"
Kisame Hoshigaki shook his head. "I don't know if the great Lord Kitahara can change the ninja world, but I know it can definitely destroy the ninja world."
"…"
What's the difference between saying that and not saying anything! That Fifth Hokage Itachi Uchiha alone can already destroy the ninja world!
Of course, what they hadn't noticed was that something seemed to be missing from the battlefield… After all, that guy's presence wasn't very high…
Black Zetsu looked up at the sky-blotting Yin Fire Heavenly Dragon, and at the intensity of the chakra from its body, and said in a deep voice, "…No, if this goes on, I'll die here! That aura, that's right, it's the Six Paths Senjutsu those two guys used to seal Mother!"
"You seem to know some things about my past…" A phantom chakra soul landed beside Black Zetsu, its expression grave. "And from your body, I sense my mother's chakra. As expected, she would not give up so easily…"
"Otsutsuki… Hagoromo!"
Black Zetsu gasped in a raspy voice. "The unfilial son who sealed his own mother, what are you doing here? Surely not for a stray fish like me? Or is it for this seedbed?"
"…I am already deceased and cannot interfere too much in the world of the living…"
A smile appeared on the Sage of Six Paths' face. He looked at the youth in the Hokage robe in the sky, who was also casting his gaze down, and said softly, "Itachi Uchiha, I am here to negotiate…"
