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Chapter 264: The Sage of Six Paths Is Dumbfounded · 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

So…

That benevolent progenitor… might be the instigator behind everything—and the ultimate beneficiary?

Am I… merely a ”fruit” cultivated by the Sage of Six Paths?

Countless people asked themselves in silence, yet found no answers.

The ground beneath their feet felt unreal.

The sky above seemed unfamiliar.

Even their own bodies—and the chakra flowing within them—began to feel suspect.

Tsunade’s gaze remained hollow. The shadow of Nawaki, layered atop the shattering revelations about the world, left even the steadfast Hokage mentally exhausted—unable to think clearly.

Jiraiya’s expression had never been more grave. He stroked his chin, eyes dark and thoughtful.

”The Great Toad Sage… has lived for over a thousand years… There’s no way he doesn’t know something…”

He muttered under his breath. A decision had already formed in his heart: once the projection ended, no matter the cost, he would go to Mount Myōboku and demand answers.

In one of Orochimaru’s hidden bases, the scientist’s eyes burned with manic excitement.

”A civilization overwritten? History rewritten? A higher-dimensional ’experimental field’?”

”How exquisite… This… this is the ultimate mystery!”

His body trembled with exhilaration.

Civilians. Genin. Chūnin. Jōnin. Even the Kage.

All were cast into a dark abyss of doubt—forced to question the nature of their world and their own existence.

”I can’t see it clearly… I truly can’t…”

The Pure Land

The Pure Land was no peaceful paradise of legend.

It was a strange dimension where consciousness drifted and memories flowed like mist.

Most souls wandered in a hazy stupor. Only a rare few—those whose will and strength had reached extraordinary heights in life—retained fragments of clarity, like isolated islands in a black ocean.

They could not communicate.

They could only observe—alone.

The projection in the sky had become the only dynamic ”window” in their endless silence.

And at the deepest point within that sea of consciousness, the largest, densest, most ancient presence of all—

Was the Sage of Six Paths.

From the moment the projection first appeared—showing fragmented visions of possible futures, ambiguous yet disturbingly coherent—the Sage had felt something he had not experienced in a thousand years:

Unease.

He tried to trace its origin.

The power behind it was like a reflection in water—untouchable, untraceable. As if it existed outside the laws of the world itself.

Even he could not grasp it.

But this latest development—

Had transformed his vigilance into astonishment.

Then into shock.

And finally—

Into blazing fury.

First, ”he” had appeared.

In the guise of a benevolent elder—granting power to Sasuke and Neji, guiding them against Naruto.

The Sage’s consciousness flickered in agitation.

Yes, he had been observing. Yes, he had hoped someone would stop the extremist path taken by the reincarnation of Asura.

But then—

”He” had helped Hyūga Neji awaken the Tenseigan.

The Sage nearly lost control of his own spiritual stability.

The Tenseigan?

That was the power of his younger brother Hamura’s lineage. Its awakening conditions were extraordinarily stringent.

Even he could not simply ”grant” it.

An impostor.

It had to be.

Then came Naruto’s ruthless accusations—

Chakra as invasion.

Civilization overwritten.

A thousand years of war as nourishment.

The Sage as hidden mastermind and ultimate beneficiary.

”Absurd! Slander! Outrageous defamation!!”

His consciousness surged violently within the Pure Land, radiating immense anger. Nearby wandering souls recoiled instinctively, trembling before the ancient pressure.

He had founded Ninshū to end war.

He had spread chakra to foster understanding.

He had endured the endless reincarnations of Indra and Asura as a tragic consequence of his sons’ ideological divide.

How could he possibly be the cold ”gardener” Naruto described?

A vampire treating the world as pasture and humanity as fuel?

The hidden manipulator had not only impersonated him—but twisted his intent and cast all blame upon him.

It was an attack on the very foundation of his legacy.

An attempt to turn him into the enemy of the entire shinobi world.

”Who is it?!” his consciousness roared like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

”Who is trying to destroy me like this?!”

He felt an invisible net tightening—its target unmistakably the ”source” of the shinobi system:

Him.

And just as his fury reached its peak—when he nearly disregarded ancient constraints to forcibly interfere in the living world—

Another anomaly occurred.

The Shinobi World — The Sky

The projection showing the crater confrontation was abruptly overwritten.

In its place appeared an enormous face—vast, clear, eclipsing the heavens themselves.

It was a kind, bearded face with horns upon its forehead.

Identical to the Sage of Six Paths.

The colossal visage loomed across the sky like a god gazing down upon insects. Its presence radiated overwhelming pressure—mingled with fury.

A thunderous voice rolled across the entire shinobi world:

”Which old fool is meddling in my plans?!”

”Don’t let me find out who is sabotaging my plan!!”

The roar shook the air itself. Eardrums rang. Hearts trembled.

Then—

Just as suddenly as it appeared—

The face vanished.

The sky returned to normal.

Only the projection remained.

And a suffocating silence blanketed the world.

For dozens of breaths, no one spoke.

At last, a trembling whisper broke the stillness:

”Th-that was… the Sage of Six Paths, wasn’t it? I saw that face in the projection… exactly the same…”

”He said… ’plan’…”

”Does that mean… what Naruto said… is true?”

The murmurs were sparse—and terrified.

Most people simply stood frozen, faces pale, eyes hollow.

A chill shot from their heels to the crowns of their heads.

If Naruto’s words had once been dismissed as conspiracy—

This sudden manifestation—admitting to a ”plan,” radiating anger and possessive control—was like a crushing hammer blow.

The final shred of doubt shattered.

The Pure Land

The real Sage of Six Paths…

Was completely dumbfounded.

Then—

Overcome by boundless rage so immense it threatened to fracture his very consciousness.

”WHO—?!”

”WHO DARES—?!”

His spiritual presence surged like a tidal cataclysm, fury shaking the dimension itself.

He was in the Pure Land.

Watching.

And yet someone had the audacity to use his face, imitate his aura, and publicly confirm Naruto’s accusations before the entire world.

He could only watch—

As his name was sealed as the villain of a thousand years.

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