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Chapter 49 - Himawari: “Daddy, can I play with the Big Fox?” Naruto: “…”

[Kisame]: "Itachi-san, you look way too excited."

[Itachi]: "My apologies… but this Naruto's power might even surpass Madara Uchiha himself."

[Deidara]: "You're joking, right?"

[Boruto]: "That idiot old man's this strong?!"

[Sarada]: "Boruto! Show some respect to Lord Seventh!"

The soundtrack hit its peak—drums pounding like heartbeats. Everyone watching leaned closer to the glowing sky projection.

Kakashi rubbed his eyes. Wait… that silhouette…

"Is that… Naruto?"

His disbelief was almost funny—

though to be fair, that Sharingan eye had seen better days.

[Narrator's whisper]: Uchiha eyesight: legendary for genjutsu, notorious for nearsightedness.

Guy gasped beside him. "That power…!"

BOOM!

Mountains disintegrated in the distance, one after another, still trembling from the impact of five redirected Tailed Beast Bombs.

Naruto had slapped away all five like bouncing balls at a summer festival.

Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "So this… is the power of a true Jinchūriki."

Guy nodded, half in awe, half in terror. "And here I thought I'd seen everything…"

Obito hovered above, eyes cold behind his mask. "Deflected them all? Then let's see you handle this."

Six bijū lunged forward together.

The air warped under the combined chakra.

For an instant, even the spectators held their breath—six monsters, one boy.

Naruto's expression didn't waver.

"Let's do this, Kurama!"

"RAAAHHH!!"

A golden inferno burst outward, engulfing the sky.

The chakra gathered, molded, shaped—

until the colossal form of the Nine-Tailed Fox towered behind Naruto.

One swing.

Six tails met one.

And six tailed beasts went flying like they'd been hit by a celestial flyswatter.

[Himawari]: "Whoa! Daddy's big fox is so cool!! Can I play with it?!"

[Kurama]: "Play with what, brat?!"

[Naruto (Adult)]: "Hima, no! Kurama's my partner, not a plush toy!"

Kurama's fur practically bristled through time. Even dead and gone, he would never tolerate being mistaken for a pet.

[Hashirama]: "That fox is still terrifying. Good thing I sealed it back then."

[Kurama]: "…"

Kurama decided silence was the wiser move. You don't sass a man who once conjured a thousand-meter Buddha statue.

Back in the battle, smoke thinned.

Kakashi and Guy realized they were standing inside Naruto's chakra cloak, untouched.

A sage-mode clone had already been dispatched, sensing the chakra rods binding the Jinchūriki.

"Five minutes," Kurama rumbled. "That's all the chakra I can hold right now."

"Five's plenty." Naruto grinned and rocketed skyward. "Sorry if I'm a little rough this time!"

High above, the Seven-Tails shrieked as Naruto grabbed it midair, ripping the control stake free. The Three-Tails charged, jaws wide, only for Naruto to catch it with one hand and slam it into the sea.

The Six-Tails rushed him next. The Two-Tails blurred circles around the crater, shaking the ground like an earthquake.

Naruto simply extended his arm—whoosh!—and swatted the Two-Tails into the horizon. The Five-Tails tried to wrestle free but found itself pinned under a golden claw.

"Gotcha."

Naruto's grin widened. "Found all your control points!"

[Guy]: "This is like a kaiju movie!"

[Kakashi]: "A terrifyingly canon one."

Obito frowned above. "Enough games."

He poured more chakra through his Rinnegan. The beasts convulsed, glowing.

Within seconds, the six broke free, gathering together again—each mouth forming its own mini-sun.

A Tailed Beast Bomb—this one nearly a hundred meters across—rose like a dark moon.

[Hashirama]: "Ah, the youth's power! How nostalgic!"

[Tobirama]: "Brother, don't slap my back so hard—your nostalgia hurts!"

[Hiruzen]: "Naruto's power eclipses even mine…"

[Itachi]: "Naruto, don't forget your comrades."

[Naruto]: "I won't, Itachi-nii!"

[Sasuke]: "Hmph. Still a dope."

Sasuke folded his arms in the present, eyes twitching.

Itachi had complimented Naruto, not him.

Unforgivable.

Obito's monstrous Bijuudama crackled, tearing the sky apart.

Naruto didn't flinch.

He raised Kurama's head. "Then let's match it."

A golden sphere coalesced, equal in scale and fury.

The two bombs collided midair—

white light swallowed the world.

For a heartbeat, it felt like two suns kissing before annihilation.

The explosion bloomed into a titanic mushroom cloud, vaporizing the clouds themselves. The shockwave stretched for miles.

Obito turned intangible to survive it.

Killer B tucked himself into his own tails, humming nervously.

Kakashi and Guy could only stare as the heavens split apart.

[Ōnoki]: "Too hot-blooded! My back just cracked again!"

[Itachi]: "Incredible…"

[Minato]: "That's my boy."

[Kakashi]: "Obito… you might be out of your league."

[Obito]: "Heh… sweat? Against a mere upstart? Hardly."

Even now, Obito's voice stayed calm—but deep beneath that mask, he finally blinked.

The world was watching, hearts hammering in rhythm with the battle.

Naruto stood glowing like dawn incarnate.

And far above… a new storm began to gather.

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