Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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Although Shukaku within him was not completely absorbed, Gaara was already on the verge of death from having his chakra drained so directly.

Shukaku trembled inside Gaara's seal; it no longer had its towering body, but was now just a small mound.

[Ten-Tails!!!]

The remaining figures and the enormous demonic statue of the heretics disappeared.

Deidara and Sasori were left to deal with Kakashi and the others.

Outside, Naruto and Hinata opened their eyes as a touch of orange-red eyeshadow appeared around their eyes.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Boom boom boom!!!" Four shadow clones appeared, and then immediately scattered.

Proceed to the locations of the remaining four talismans.

After breaking the Mirror Attacker's spell, he tore off the five seals of the barrier.

Seeing that nothing happened after Naruto tore off the talisman, Hinata slowly walked forward and punched the large rock blocking her way.

Chakra erupted from his fist, instantly shattering the massive rock and revealing the cave inside.

Deidara sat on Gaara's lap, watching them alongside Sasori.

They obviously already knew they were outside.

When Naruto saw Deidara sit directly on Gaara, his eyes instantly turned cold.

Upon realizing that Gaara was still alive, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. Despite their frantic efforts, they had finally found the Akatsuki before Gaara died.

There was no unnecessary talk; everyone knew what kind of people they were.

"Swish swish swish!!!" Naruto threw kunai in the direction of Deidara and Sasori.

"The Shadowless Clone Technique!"

A few kunai instantly multiplied into dozens, forcing Deidara away from Gaara.

Scorpion didn't move, letting the kunai shoot at him.

"Clang clang clang..." The kunai struck Sasori, making a metallic clanging sound.

"Is that all the tricks you have?" Deidara, who had just dodged the kunai attack, was about to taunt him.

But when he looked towards Naruto and the others, Naruto and Hinata were no longer in his sight; only Kakashi was looking at him with his Sharingan.

"What?" Deidara's pupils shrank. When did the other two disappear?

As he was thinking this, the hairs on his neck stood on end, and he felt an extreme sense of danger.

Run! Run! Run!

But it was too late.

His neck suddenly hurt, and he couldn't breathe for a moment. His brain started to lack oxygen, and he felt dizzy.

This is normal!

He instinctively took a deep breath, but it had no effect.

Hinata activated her Byakugan, and beneath her feet, a green Bagua formation had unknowingly filled the entire cave.

She expressionlessly withdrew her hand from behind Deidara's neck.

It brought out a large amount of spurting blood.

Deidara is dead.

It wasn't just because of the fatal wound on his neck.

To prevent him from struggling and unleashing a final burst of power before he died, Hinata injected chakra into his brain as she inserted her hand into the back of his neck, completely destroying his brain.

"Kakashi-sensei, let's go." Naruto carried Gaara back to Kakashi's side and said to him.

Kakashi, seeing Hinata had already turned to face Sasori, asked, "Is Hinata alright on her own?"

Naruto grinned and said, "You have to believe in Hinata's strength. Even I'm having a bit of a headache with her current power! Staying here will only result in us being affected by her attacks."

Kakashi broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

If even Naruto says so, then what level of attack will Hinata use next?

Without the slightest hesitation, Kakashi immediately followed Naruto's footsteps and quickly left the area.

"You actually defeated Deidara with a single blow? This isn't a simple Body Flicker Technique; it's a space-time ninjutsu!" Sasori's gloomy voice slowly rang out.

He glanced at Deidara, who was already lifeless.

That brat was too careless; Hinata used the Eight Trigrams Shift to launch a sneak attack from behind.

He died before he could even unleash a single ninjutsu.

There is really no information about Hinata that has been leaked.

Anyone who has witnessed Hinata's move is already dead!

Nobody knew that Hinata knew space-time ninjutsu; if it were anyone else, they probably would have done the same.

Space-time ninjutsu is just that insidious.

"But this move won't work on me!" Sasori said. His Haku was extremely sturdy, and Hinata's sneak attack couldn't catch him off guard!

Indeed, eternity is art.

With his control, a poisonous thorn on the back of Haboro suddenly stabbed towards Hinata.

Hinata didn't speak, but took a deep breath and gathered her Sage Chakra.

He suddenly threw a punch towards the scorpion!

In an instant, a massive chakra fist filled Sasori's vision.

"What terrifying ninjutsu!"

Scorpion sighed.

Then, his wrathful form, along with the body hidden beneath it, was torn apart like paper by the frenzied chakra fists.

But the residual power of the Divine Sky Strike did not stop at all.

The sage chakra fist shadow, concentrated to its extreme, pierced through the mountain, and the entire cave instantly vaporized in a blinding white light.

Wherever the fist passed, the earth tore apart and the rock collapsed, and a fan-shaped ravine more than 100 meters wide spread wildly outward from the foot of the mountain.

The forests within a radius of dozens of miles were uprooted, and giant trees were shredded into wood chips that were mixed into the mudslide. The once lush mountains and forests were instantly transformed into bare rock beds, as if they had been brutally plowed by a giant plow from the gods.

The creature hidden in the ground poked its head out and stared at the scene with wide eyes.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this? The power is too exaggerated!" White Zetsu muttered to himself.

Black Zetsu silently murmured in his heart, "Mom?"

Kakashi, who had already followed Naruto far away, looked at the terrifying environment behind him, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and pulled down his headband.

Revealing the Sharingan would be completely unnecessary.

If he's with Naruto and the others, he won't need to fight.

Well, I'm used to it. When I was fighting Zabuza, he was the one who stayed behind to protect the client.

He didn't even need to lift a finger!

Naruto put Gaara down and placed his hand on Gaara's chest: "Sage Art: Yang Release: Eight Directions Return to Origin!"

Intense golden chakra appeared on his hands, rapidly entering Gaara's body with a strong sense of vitality.

Chapter 11 We are the same kind of people

Gaara, who was originally on the verge of death, received a boost of life force from this Yang Release technique. His breathing quickly stabilized, and a trace of color gradually returned to his pale face.

His physical condition is clearly improving rapidly.

"What kind of medical ninjutsu is this?" Kakashi looked down at the ninjutsu Naruto used on Gaara and asked curiously.

He had never seen a medical ninjutsu with such rapid effects.

"This move, Eight Directions Return to Origin, is a Yang Release medical ninjutsu that I created myself."

"Kakashi-sensei, you should know that the essence of medical ninjutsu is actually the transformation of Yang Release, right?" Naruto explained while treating Gaara.

Kakashi nodded slightly.

"I have developed Yang Release to a certain level. Although I am not at the level of the First Hokage, I can directly use the power of Yang Release through Sage Mode."

"Compared to medical ninjutsu, Yang Release is pure life energy. It does not require secondary conversion through medical ninjutsu, so its effects are naturally much stronger than medical ninjutsu itself."

"Even Lady Tsunade probably couldn't do that," Kakashi remarked.

“Grandma Tsunade’s mastery of Yang Release is no less than mine, but without Sage Mode, she can only use it on herself and not on others,” Naruto said, shaking his head.

"I see." Kakashi nodded.

Under Naruto's Eight Directions Restoration healing, Gaara's body quickly recovered, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"You are... Naruto Uzumaki?" Gaara hesitated for a moment before speaking, looking at Naruto who was so close to him.

"Yes, it's me, the fool you completely fooled!" Naruto said irritably.

"I'm sorry!" Gaara paused for a moment, then sincerely said to Naruto.

Looking into Gaara's watery green eyes, Naruto suddenly grabbed Gaara's fair face and roughly ruffled his red hair.

With Gaara looking completely bewildered, Naruto stopped ruffling his hair, placed his hand on Gaara's head, and said with a gentle smile, "Fine, we're even now!"

Gaara stared blankly at Naruto, looking at his golden hair and feeling the warmth from his hands. Gaara felt as if he had seen the sun again.

"Why are you here?" Gaara suddenly asked.

He remembered being knocked down and taken away by members of the Akatsuki organization.

"Of course it's to save you," Naruto said matter-of-factly.

“But I lied to you before, didn’t I?” Gaara said in a low voice.

"Ah, if it were me accepting that kind of mission, I wouldn't know what to do either," Naruto said, scratching his head.

“You remember I said that you and I are the same kind of people, right?” Naruto said, looking at Gaara.

"A Jinchūriki?" Gaara asked.

“It’s not just about being a Jinchūriki.” Naruto shook his head. “It’s also about your personality and your inner self.”

Gaara was stunned.

"The moment I first saw you and sensed the aura of a tailed beast on you, I knew you were a Jinchūriki like me, and I also recognized your personality and your cold heart."

“He looks a lot like that guy!” Naruto looked at Gaara, as if he saw another side of himself in him.

The dark Naruto that was exposed when the Nine-Tails' chakra invaded.

Gaara didn't know who Naruto was talking about.

“We’re actually quite similar!” Naruto suddenly said.

Gaara was taken aback, then said, "No, you and I are completely different!"

You are the sun, and I am the cold sand hidden deep underground. How can we be alike?

“No, Gaara, if I hadn’t met some people who cared about me and were willing to become my friends and brothers, I would be exactly the same as you!” Naruto said earnestly, looking at Gaara.

In his mind, images of Guy-sensei, Uncle Fugaku, Aunt Mikoto, the Third Hokage, Sasuke, Hinata... all those who were kind to him and full of goodwill towards him appeared one by one.

If it weren't for them, I would definitely have fallen into darkness like Gaara.

Dark Naruto's revealed personality is exactly the same as Gaara's back then.

Kakashi gave Naruto a deep look.

Gaara remained silent, the sunlight shining on his red hair and Naruto's golden hair.

Naruto's hand, which was resting on Gaara's head, did not move away, and the warm feeling continued to emanate from it.

He looked into Gaara's still bewildered and inquisitive green eyes, took a deep breath, and the gentle smile on his face gradually faded, revealing a rare heaviness belonging to the past.

“From a young age…” Naruto’s voice lowered, as if he were lost in a distant memory, “I grew up being looked at with strange eyes by the whole village.”