Playing with people's hearts has always been a tactic favored by Naruto.
Watching people lose faith and grow angry,
At that moment, they will burst forth with extraordinary power.
At this point, the Sandaime has already launched an attack on Naruto.
He starts with a probing attack using shurikenjutsu.
The predictable opening move leaves Naruto uninterested.
He raises his hand and directly uses Rasengan.
The yellow light formed by Rasengan dances in the air, easily blocking all the shuriken.
"Doton: Dochūbaku."
"Katon: Endan."
"Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu."
The Sandaime, worthy of the title of the Professor of the Ninja World, combines three different elemental ninjutsu as his opening move, directly sealing Naruto's retreat.
"Not bad power, but you've grown old." Naruto swings his sword expressionlessly, and the Reiatsu generated by Kyōka Suigetsu directly shatters the three ninjutsu.
Not a trace is left behind.
"Gale!" While Naruto swings his sword, Enma appears behind him and swings his staff forcefully, combining it with a wind attribute ninjutsu. The furious wind carries a force as heavy as a thousand catties.
If this hits an ordinary person, they would be reduced to dust.
But unfortunately,
He is facing Naruto.
"Don't bring out these childish toys to play with." Naruto dodges Enma's strike with a strange arc of his body as he sheathes his sword, kicking Enma with his right leg.
"Hadō #73: Sōren Sōkatsui." A giant flame, three meters thick, bursts out from Naruto's palm, enveloping Enma.
A thunderous explosion occurs, creating a large hole with a diameter of 15 meters, and the walls of the stands behind are riddled with holes.
Inside, Enma is in a sorry state, narrowly avoiding the attack, but his arm is red, swollen, and scorching from being grazed.
"Such terrifying ninjutsu!" The Sandaime's pupils suddenly shrink.
He and Enma are close partners, fighting side by side for decades, so they understand each other's strengths.
Although not as strong as himself, they are not far behind.
Yet, they are barely surviving under Naruto's consecutive attacks.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu." The Sandaime swiftly forms hand seals and spews out intense flames from his mouth.
This is a secret fire ninjutsu passed down through generations of the Sarutobi clan. The flames are extremely intense, and anyone hit by it would turn to ashes in an instant.
Additionally, the range of the ninjutsu is extensive, making it difficult to evade.
The Sandaime is well aware that he is not as skilled in taijutsu as Naruto, so he tries to maintain distance and use his proficient ninjutsu for attacks.
Of course,
The Gōkakyū no Jutsu is not his only move; he forms hand seals once again.
"Doton: Doryū Taiga." The Earth Style alters the terrain, and the ground beneath Naruto's feet instantly becomes muddy.
"Crack." Several earthen hands grab Naruto's ankles, restraining him.
"A Professor proficient in using ninjutsu, and you dare to call yourself the strongest Hokage of all time?" Naruto sneers disdainfully, effortlessly breaking free from the earthen hands. The Reiatsu emanating from Kyōka Suigetsu wraps around the air currents and the blade.
Amidst the sea of red flames, a bright white line suddenly appears from the left and right sides of the fire, extending horizontally and continuously.
"Swish." That fan-like flame, which covers half of the battlefield, splits apart, revealing a huge gap.
The swirling flames neatly separate, passing over Naruto's head and falling into the ground.
The Sandaime sees the powerful combination ninjutsu being effortlessly dismantled, his pupils abruptly contracting. Then he sees Naruto, who was just standing there, turn into an afterimage in an instant.
And in an instant, Naruto crosses the distance between them and slashes with his sword.
The Sandaime's heart rate skyrockets, and alarm bells ring in his mind.
Neither his eyes nor his aging body can keep up with Naruto's speed.
If it were his prime, he would never be as powerless as he is now.
The Sandaime tries to form hand seals, but Naruto's speed is too fast.
"You're old, the strongest Hokage."
"Swish." Blood splatters, accompanied by screams as one of the Sandaime's arms is severed.
But he endures the intense pain and uses a one-handed hand seal.
"Fūton: Tatsumaki." He spews out a hurricane from his mouth, engulfing Naruto, and Enma, who had arrived from behind despite the intense pain, joins in.
He swings his staff, aiming for Naruto's back.
"Your sense of battle is decent, but you're naïve." Naruto turns around, in the eyes of everyone shocked, his slender arm directly catches the incoming staff.
White mist swirls around the arm, negative emotions permeate the air, and half of a grim bone mask forms on Naruto's face.
In the horrified gaze of Enma, Naruto's other hand grabs Enma's neck and tightens, his eyes beneath the mask filled with killing intent.
"Bang." Enma is slowly lifted up, his legs weakly flailing as his eyes roll back.
His staff falls to the ground, and his hands weakly claw at Naruto's hand, his eyes gradually filled with despair.
"Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu." At this critical moment, the Sandaime's ninjutsu support arrives.
Naruto turns around, shielding Enma in front of him as the water bullets collide with Enma.
The tremendous impact causes Enma to fall into complete unconsciousness.
Although water ninjutsu lacks destructive power, its impact is solid.
The simple water flow bullets bring an impact comparable to falling from over twenty meters high and crashing into the water's surface.
Even summoning animals cannot withstand it.
"So eager to die? You haven't even reached your climax yet." Naruto then throws Enma aside and points his index finger at the Sandaime.
"Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō"
Six long rods of light descend from the sky, precisely impaling the Sandaime's body, pinning him to the ground.
No wounds appear on the Sandaime's body, and no blood flows, but his chakra completely loses connection.
No matter how he manipulates it or exerts his strength, he can't break free.
He can only watch in despair as Naruto approaches, speaking in a calm tone:
"When you become obsessed with power, you are already decayed. Now you don't even have the qualification to die by my hands."
Amidst the horrified gazes of everyone, Naruto steps on the Sandaime's face, his left hand shattering the bone mask, revealing his mocking blue eyes.
"Have you ever thought that the Kyubi's Jinchuriki you tried to control would one day humiliate you?"
The ninja in the stands look on angrily as Naruto humiliates the Sandaime. But no matter what they do, they will find themselves
Like headless flies, repeatedly returning to their original positions, only able to watch helplessly as the strongest village in the ninja world, Konoha, and its Sandaime Hokage are humiliated.
One Kage can represent a village.
Naruto's actions are tantamount to trampling and humiliating Konoha under his feet.
"Release the Hokage-sama!" The Twelve Guardian Ninja wear painful expressions, and Naruto's eyes brim with anger.
In the eyes of the Sandaime, everyone is controlled by Naruto's genjutsu, standing in place like puppets.
In their battle, Naruto can even control these hundred or so people, a terrifying power indeed.
Naruto actually possesses such terrifying genjutsu talent?!
If he had intervened when Danzo spread rumors.
If he had exposed Naruto as the Yondaime's son when Naruto was a child, perhaps the current Naruto would be as talented and powerful as Naruto, right?
If he had treated him sincerely, Konoha might not have fallen to this point.
Unfortunately,
There are no "ifs" in this world.
The Sandaime's gaze is filled with regret.
"So now, do you regret it?" Naruto's tone is full of mockery.
"If you hadn't hidden Naruto's identity as an Uzumaki, he would have grown up in everyone's favor, received the resources he deserved, and his talent could have been fulfilled, enough to grow into a ninja who inherits the Will of Fire."
"Even surpassing Kage-level."
"But, for the sake of controlling the Kyubi's Jinchuriki, you made the most wrong decision."
"The Kyubi is indeed a formidable weapon in war, but don't forget, Naruto is the son of the Yondaime and Uzumaki Kushina, inheriting the Yondaime's talent and the Uzumaki clan's chakra constitution. He already possesses the potential to surpass Kage-level."
"In fact, you suppressed his growth."