Naruto noticed that every time he tried to enter Sage Mode or when he was in Sage Mode, it was like someone was trying to talk to him. Like someone was trying to summon him into a different plane. The connection itself was very weak and fragile but there's something that's telling him not to find out what or who was calling him.
In Sage Mode, Naruto can sense supernatural beings within a given area. It required his utmost focus if the supernatural being was well hidden.
Talking about modes, it seems his Six Paths Chakra was much more powerful than ever. Having both powers of the yin and yang sealsl had its perks.
The Bijūs were suffering from extreme chakra exhaustion and the only way to wake them up is if they were in a place with high chakra concentration and with the Hero Faction on his tails, the task was minimized.
A light disturbance entered Naruto's range in Sage Mode and a second later, six clones Leaf Shunshinned to where Naruto was sitting.
"Boss, they're here, Hero Faction members and, their numbers are the largest they've sent so far," a clone said.
Naruto closed his eyes and grit his teeth. He never really enjoyed killing or too much violence, he'd rather bring out the good in people but these guys just don't know when to give up and his patience was running thin.
Naruto snapped his eyes opened and the fabled Rinnegan appeared in his eyes.
"Let's give them a warm welcome, shall we?"
All the clones went stone-faced and they all disappeared into the forest to start the operation.
(With the Hero Faction)
"What's so special about this guy exactly?" a random lackey asked. Said lackey was among a group of people sent to capture Naruto.
How did they know where he's at, you ask?
Well, it's because they placed a tracking seal on the blonde shinobi. Their orders were to bring him back using extreme lethal force. The organization even sent some powerful members to apprehend him if he was proving too difficult.
These orders were given by Cao Cao himself.
"This guy took out Daisuke, man!" another random lackey stated.
"Yeah! And I heard he defeated dozens of other people, man," a brown-haired lackey stated.
"Hn, these guys are so noisy," a man with a sword and shield complained.
This man was Perseus, the reincarnation of the demigod Perseus.
"We should be hunting down devils," a man in a black coat grumbled.
"This guy is going to fall to the power of my Sacred Gear," a man in white muscle shirt and grey pants boasted.
"I wouldn't be so arrogant if I were you," Perseus warned.
He knew the blonde wasn't any pushover even though Daisuke was a low ranking member lucky enough to have achieved balance breaker, his sword skills were good.
A sudden heavy fog descended on the group and Perseus knew this fog wasn't a normal occurrence.
"Stay sharp boys, this is the enemy's doing." he warned.
A cold chuckle rang from every direction around the fog. "8 kill points... which one shall I start with?" The voice seemed like multiple people were talking at once, cold chills ran down their spines, feeling a kage-level shinobi's pure killing intent for the first time.
A scream of terror rang out before a squelching sound reached the ears of everyone. A body fell later and all hell broke loose. Bodies started dropping around like dominoes.
Perseus kept a level head through the clandestine assault and he deduced that this fog was actually a camouflage for Naruto.
They need to remove the fog-screen.
"Clear the fog!" he screamed out and most of them caught onto his idea immediately.
A few wind based Sacred Gear users used their powers to clear out the fog. As the fog cleared out, six Narutos surrounded them, all armed with kunais. They sneered in contempt at what they thought were magic illusions as the clones rushed forward paying them no heed in favour of looking around for the original.
One of them even taunted Naruto to come out and stop hiding before a clone kicked him square in the face.
Multiple gasps came out from the Hero Faction members upon seeing doplegangers draw blood from their comrades. All of them had schock written all over their faces and a battle between clones and Sacred Gear powered humans ensured.
As the battle went on, Perseus analysed every one of Naruto's moves and he couldn't recognize the style he was using.
"It seems this guy can multiply himself, huh," Persues pondered before one man stabbed a clone of Naruto with his Sacred Gear and, a second later, the stabbed Naruto poofed out of existence.
"It seems like one attack is all that is needed to take out these 'clones' of his," he mused.
Five other poofing sounds followed later as the clones were defeated. Perseus, the black hooded man, and Yagi, the arrogant one, along with a few low ranking members remained.
"Yknow, I've been angry and frustrated lately," the original Naruto perched atop a tree said.
All the remaining members turned thier gaze to him and a member with a discerning Sacred Gear knew he was the original and warned the rest about it.
"Naruto Uzumaki, Come with us peacefully and we'll forgive you for your actions," Perseus tried to reason with the blonde.
"I have no intention of joining you and I'd rather you stop sending people to apprehend me. It's becoming more of a bother lately," Naruto replied.
"Get him!" Perseus ordered and the remaining low ranking member charged.
Naruto made quick work of them and four men stood in the small clearing.
"Hn, you're not bad but your Sacred Gear's power is below mine," Yagi boasted. "Let me show you the difference between you and me,"
Yagi held his right wrist with his left hand. The hand mutated into a furry, red limb with a long, sharp claw.
"This is my Sacred Gear, Dobutsuton!" he screamed with glee as he charged at Naruto and the black-hooded guy followed.
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