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Naruto: End of the Shinobi World

Chapter 257: More Than Likely, Still a Sacrificial Pawn · Oct 25, 2026

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251 Chapter 251: Three Against One 2026-10-25
252 Chapter 252: I’m Destroying the World. Why Do You Still Trust Me? 2026-10-25
253 Chapter 253: Extreme Regeneration 2026-10-25
254 Chapter 254: The Sealed Monster 2026-10-25
255 Chapter 255: Are You Brain-Dead? 2026-10-25
256 Chapter 256: Tsunade? 2026-10-25
257 Chapter 257: More Than Likely, Still a Sacrificial Pawn 2026-10-25
258 Chapter 258: Your Vision Is Too Small 2026-10-25
259 Chapter 259: Chakra Is the True Invader 2026-10-25
260 Chapter 260: Shaping the Heart in Reverse 2026-10-25
261 Chapter 261: How Did He Live for Over a Thousand Years? 2026-10-25
262 Chapter 262: Chaos in the Shinobi World Benefits Him 2026-10-25
263 Chapter 263: The Destruction of a Thousand-Year Civilization 2026-10-25
264 Chapter 264: The Sage of Six Paths Is Dumbfounded 2026-10-25
265 Chapter 265: Naruto, You Wouldn’t Want That Either… 2026-10-25
266 Chapter 266: Karin Appears Again 2026-10-25
267 Chapter 267: Sasuke, You Idiot 2026-10-25
268 Chapter 268: Twisting the Knife 2026-10-25
269 Chapter 269: And Why Should He Care If the World Drowns? 2026-10-25
270 Chapter 270: Come Out—And Destroy This World for Me 2026-10-25
271 Chapter 271: A Yellow Dog 2026-10-25
272 Chapter 272: Prosperous Wealth ( Wangcai)? 2026-10-25
273 Chapter 273: Did She Just Get Buffed Again? 2026-10-25
274 Chapter 274: Sage Art? Devoured. 2026-10-25
275 Chapter 275: Susanoo? Devoured. 2026-10-25
276 Chapter 276: The Meteor? Shattered. 2026-10-25
277 Chapter 277: Sakura Returns 2026-10-25
278 Chapter 278: Karin’s Fury 2026-10-25
279 Chapter 279: We Need to Leave — Now 2026-10-25
280 Chapter 280: A Red Stone? 2026-10-25
281 Chapter 281: Why Can’t We Be the Invaders? 2026-10-25
282 Chapter 282: All of Them Are Invaders 2026-10-25
283 Chapter 283: Does It Even Matter? 2026-10-25
284 Chapter 284: Other Worlds 2026-10-25
285 Chapter 285: Better to Do Nothing at All 2026-10-25
286 Chapter 286: Orochimaru Is Thrilled 2026-10-25
287 Chapter 287: Fish Ponds and Fish 2026-10-25
288 Chapter 288: Baiting? 2026-10-25
289 Chapter 289: The Toy Kingdom 2026-10-25
290 Chapter 290: Karin’s Ambush 2026-10-25
291 Chapter 291: In the End, It Still Comes Down to Orochimaru 2026-10-25
292 Chapter 292: Creating a Monster? 2026-10-25
293 Chapter 293: When the Time Comes, Who Will Be the Pond Owner? 2026-10-25
294 Chapter 294: Has Neji Been Turned into a Toy? 2026-10-25
295 Chapter 295: Does the Entire Uchiha Clan Deserve to Die? 2026-10-25
296 Chapter 296: Three Trash? Who Else? 2026-10-25
297 Chapter 297: You Can Only Take Me With You 2026-10-25
298 Chapter 298: The Hyūga Clan… Has Geniuses? 2026-10-25
299 Chapter 299: Creating an Uchiha Light 2026-10-25
300 Chapter 300: Even Danzō Can’t Take the Blame for This One 2026-10-25

”Nawaki…” Orochimaru murmured softly, speaking the name long buried beneath the dust of time.

That bright smile.

That youthful energy.

The boy who had died meaninglessly on the battlefield.

It was witnessing Nawaki’s futile death—feeling firsthand the fragility and brevity of life—that had driven Orochimaru onto the path of pursuing immortality and probing the essence of existence.

And now, after so many years, he heard that name again… in this way.

Orochimaru’s gaze sharpened, dangerous excitement rekindling within his golden eyes.

Nawaki’s corpse?

A newly born consciousness?

A different form of life?

The secrets behind this were deeper—and far more interesting—than he had imagined.

”Heh heh heh…” His low laughter echoed through the base. ”Sensei… Danzō… and Nawaki… how very intriguing…”

Inside the Projection

Naruto’s silence was more terrifying than any roar.

When Shu’s body finally disintegrated completely, Sasuke and Neji tensed to their limits.

Then Naruto did something unexpected.

He sat down cross-legged on the ground.

Casually.

As if declaring he posed no immediate threat.

”Sasuke. Neji.”

His voice was calm—almost inviting.

”Become my right and left hands.”

”—What?!”

Shock. Absurdity. Then fury.

”Are you insane?!” Sasuke’s voice cracked with humiliation and rage.

Submit to the man who had killed Tsunade and plunged the world into catastrophe?

That was worse than death.

You cut off my arm—and now you want me to be your arm?

Neji said nothing, but his usually composed eyes burned with cold fire.

A member of the Hyūga Branch House, branded with the Caged Bird Seal since birth—yet he had never truly surrendered to fate.

Serve a butcher who trampled everything?

Impossible.

Naruto seemed unsurprised.

”You don’t stand a chance,” he said evenly. ”From the beginning, this fight was already decided.”

Not taunting.

Just stating what he believed to be fact.

And rationally—

They knew he was right.

The gap in condition.

The gulf in power.

Naruto’s bottomless calculation.

Hope was razor-thin.

”I don’t understand,” Naruto continued, eyes drifting between them as if studying flawed masterpieces.

”Sasuke. Your clan was pushed to annihilation by Konoha’s higher-ups. Your parents. Your people. All gone in that so-called ’night of rebellion.’”

”What did Konoha give you afterward? Surveillance? Suspicion? A hollow ’hero’s orphan’ label?”

”Why cling to something so rotten?”

Each word stabbed directly into Sasuke’s deepest wound.

Sasuke trembled—not from fear, but from the reopened scar.

He wanted to argue.

To say revenge was over.

To say it was Itachi’s burden.

But even he couldn’t untangle his feelings toward Konoha.

Hatred.

Resentment.

And something else—

A warped sense of belonging he refused to acknowledge.

Or perhaps he simply didn’t want the Uchiha tragedy to repeat itself elsewhere.

Naruto’s gaze shifted.

”Neji. Hyūga Branch House. Branded from birth. Your life and eyes never truly yours.”

”Your father, Hizashi Hyūga—sacrificed to preserve the Main House’s dignity.”

”Raised on fate. Ordered around like a servant.”

”You like being a slave?”

”Like protecting the clan that treated you and your father as expendable pieces?”

Neji’s face turned pale.

The words struck home.

Even though awakening the Tenseigan had nullified—or at least altered—the Caged Bird Seal, the humiliation carved into his soul remained.

He touched his transformed eyes briefly.

They held power enough to change the Hyūga.

Maybe even the world.

But the scar beneath that power had never vanished.

Silence.

Heavy.

Sasuke spoke first.

”This… has nothing to do with stopping you.”

His reasoning might have been tangled.

Contradictory.

But stopping Naruto had become instinct.

Beyond clan.

Beyond revenge.

Neji inhaled slowly.

The confusion in his eyes steadied into resolve.

”I will change it. The Hyūga. The injustice. With my own strength.”

It was his answer.

To fate.

To Naruto’s philosophy of annihilation.

Naruto laughed softly.

”Change? Stop me?”

He shook his head and looked at Sasuke.

”Admit it. You were never my equal. And now?”

”You’ve lost an arm. Your dōjutsu is drained. Your chakra’s nearly gone.”

”What exactly are you stopping me with? That messy resolve you can’t even explain to yourself?”

Then he turned to Neji.

His voice sharpened.

”Remember this.”

”The Hokage’s son becomes Hokage.”

His eyes seemed to pierce through Neji—past him, to Hizashi’s silhouette kneeling in sacrifice.

”And a sacrificial pawn’s son…”

”…is likely to be a sacrificial pawn too.”

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