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Naruto: End of the Shinobi World

Chapter 265: Naruto, You Wouldn’t Want That Either… · 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

Demon Child Karin.

This was no longer simple impersonation or slander.

This was calculated, malicious framing of the highest order.

It was meant to nail him to the pillar of historical disgrace—forever condemned, forever unable to clear his name.

”Whoever is behind this… what do you want?!”

”What do you gain from ruining me?!”

”Or is your true target the entire shinobi system—and I’m merely the first sacrifice pushed forward to absorb the hatred?!”

The Sage of Six Paths raged.

Yet at the peak of his fury, he forced himself into a sliver of calm.

He realized that the hidden manipulator’s methods, power, and objectives far exceeded his original estimates.

Not only could the mastermind fabricate an indistinguishable projection—

They could replicate even his spiritual aura to publicly frame him.

This was not something achievable through the chakra system.

It might not even belong to any known power within this world.

For the first time in a thousand years—

The Sage felt true crisis overshadow his anger.

Inside the Projection

”Naruto.”

Sasuke’s voice was hoarse, yet clear—stripped of confusion, leaving behind only stubborn resolve.

”I don’t know whether what you said is true. I don’t know whether the path you’ve chosen is right or wrong.”

He raised his head. His dim yet unyielding Six-Tomoe Rinnegan met Naruto’s gaze.

”But there are things I must protect.”

His eyes seemed to pierce through space itself—toward the hidden facility where he had painstakingly reconstructed a distorted yet hopeful ”new Uchiha Clan.”

It was his obsession.

His answer to Itachi’s past.

His warped vision of rebirth.

No matter what, he would not allow anyone—not even Naruto—to destroy it.

Neji stood at Sasuke’s side. Though pale and unsteady, clarity had returned to his eyes.

He glanced at Sasuke, understanding the unspoken meaning, then turned to Naruto.

”Naruto… I have my friends. My comrades. My clansmen.”

”There are people who have shown me kindness. People I owe.”

”I cannot accept destroying everything to achieve your so-called ’purification’ or ’truth’—no matter how righteous it sounds.”

Their choice had nothing to do with grand conspiracies or whether the Sage of Six Paths was saint or devil.

Their choice was rooted in something far simpler—

The instinct to protect what they cherished.

Even if that protection appeared small, shortsighted, or even foolish within Naruto’s ”greater perspective.”

Naruto looked at them.

For the first time, the familiar cold mockery on his face faded—replaced by something heavier.

Disappointment.

Sorrow.

And loneliness.

”…Sigh.”

He exhaled deeply.

”Your vision… is still too small.”

”You only see what’s in front of you. Clinging to your little patch of bonds and responsibilities… shackled by emotions that may have been preset for you.”

He shook his head, as though lamenting that two weapons with divine potential had chosen the path of ordinary steel.

”You’ve truly disappointed me.”

Sasuke and Neji did not argue.

They did not waver.

They simply stared at Naruto like men facing a world-ending beast.

Words had run out.

Logic had been exhausted.

”So,” Sasuke stepped forward. The motion tugged at his wounds, forcing a grunt of pain—but his aura did not falter.

”Are you declaring war?”

A final confirmation.

A final ultimatum.

Naruto tilted his head, a faint smile returning to his lips. Gone was the earlier emotional weight.

What remained was cold calculation.

”War?”

His gaze swept over their battered states.

”Even without using chakra… I still have the advantage.”

It was true.

His body, strengthened by Divine Techniques, had long surpassed ordinary limits. Even without actively channeling chakra, he could overwhelm the gravely wounded Sasuke and the near-exhausted Neji.

”If that’s how it is…” Sasuke inhaled deeply, drawing in pain and resolve alike. His eyes sharpened, tinged with something bordering on madness.

”Then we’ll have to gamble.”

His gaze flicked deliberately toward the ground beneath them.

”Even if that means…”

”Releasing something… monstrous.”

A naked threat.

If the three of them erupted into another high-intensity battle, the immense chakra consumption and leakage might become the final straw that shattered the seal.

Neji immediately grasped Sasuke’s intent. Forcing himself upright, he added:

”Naruto. If we die here… no one will be left to stop you.”

”In that case…”

”Better to bet everything.”

”Our lives. And that monster.”

He locked eyes with Naruto, whose expression had darkened instantly.

”Naruto… you wouldn’t want that monster getting out… would you?”

An eye for an eye.

Earlier, Naruto had weaponized their fear of invasion and their instinct to protect the shinobi world.

Now, Sasuke and Neji turned the same logic against him—leveraging his concern that the monster’s release would disrupt his ”purification” plan.

It was the final card in a hopeless game.

A mutual destruction threat.

Naruto’s face darkened like a storm-laden sky.

Kill them?

The monster might break free—disrupting everything, plunging the situation into unpredictable danger.

Spare them?

Leave behind ideological enemies and potential threats.

Every option carried uncertainty.

The crater fell into suffocating silence.

Who would break it first?

Who would make the final decision?

Across the shinobi world, countless hearts pounded in unison.

And then—

”Whoa!”

A bright, lively voice—tinged with undisguised curiosity and excitement—rang out suddenly within the crater.

Like a pebble dropped into a frozen lake, it shattered the tension at its breaking point.

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