Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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Naruto watched his disciples busily working and nodded in satisfaction. He then rolled up his sleeves, ready to use his shadow clones to get to work.

However, as he approached the dark cave entrance, his brows furrowed slightly involuntarily.

A... very strange feeling.

It wasn't a fluctuation of chakra, nor was it any killing intent or trap.

Rather, it's a more subtle and indescribable feeling.

The space inside the cave seems...very unstable?

It's like a calm surface of water concealing countless undercurrents and whirlpools, or like looking through frosted glass, where everything appears somewhat distorted and blurry.

Ever since Meng used the Nine-Rat Link state, even in normal times, his perception has become extremely sharp.

"Wait a moment."

Naruto's relaxed expression vanished. He raised his hand and called to a halt to his busy disciples and the two construction team members assisting him.

"What's wrong, Naruto-sensei?" Konohamaru ran over, puzzled.

"Something feels off inside."

Naruto stared into the depths of the cave, his eyes becoming wary: "You all step back and stay away from the entrance. I'll go in and check things out first."

"Hey? Is it dangerous? Let's go help!"

Konohamaru spoke immediately, and Moegi and Udon also came over, their faces showing tension and a hint of excitement.

Naruto's tone became unusually serious: "No one is allowed to approach until the situation is clear! That's an order!"

Seeing Naruto's serious expression, the three little ones, though somewhat reluctant, obediently retreated to a safe distance.

The construction team members also withdrew as instructed.

Naruto took a deep breath, focused more intently on his investigation, and cautiously stepped into the cave.

The cave was deeper and more winding than I had imagined.

The further you go in, the dimmer the light becomes, and the more damp and cold the air grows.

The eerie feeling of spatial instability grew stronger and stronger.

What they were stepping on was no longer mud, but an unusually smooth, polished black stone.

On the stone wall, one can vaguely see some ancient carvings that have long been blurred, seemingly depicting some strange creatures and star patterns that have never been seen before.

"This place... doesn't seem like an ordinary sacrificial cave..." Naruto muttered to himself, raising his alertness to the highest level.

Finally, after rounding a sharp bend, the view suddenly opened up before us.

Deep inside the cave is a huge, naturally formed circular stone chamber.

In the center of the stone chamber, there was no altar or statue, but instead, a mass of something that could not be described in words floated in the air.

It resembled a constantly twisting and rotating grayish-white energy body, about the height of a person.

It has no fixed shape, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting, its surface like boiling water, constantly rippling and bubbling.

It emanated from that very spatial distortion that made Naruto feel extremely uneasy!

What shocked Naruto even more was that the space around this energy body seemed to be trembling and folding slightly.

The light passing through there is strangely deflected, and you can even see fleeting, fragmented scenes that don't belong to this place at all—

The desolate red earth, the forest of steel, even the vast starry sky...

"What the hell is this?!"

Naruto felt a chill run down his spine.

The energy fluctuations emitted by this thing are extremely strange; they are neither chakra nor natural energy.

Yet it contains an unimaginable, terrifying power that seems capable of tearing apart time and space!

We absolutely cannot leave it here!

What if Konohamaru and the others wander in out of curiosity, or this thing suddenly goes out of control...

It must be destroyed immediately!

Having made up his mind, Naruto no longer hesitated.

He took a few steps back, exited the stone chamber, and came into a relatively narrow passage.

He quickly clasped his hands together, and the immense Nine-Tails chakra instantly enveloped his entire body.

A dazzling golden light illuminated the dark cave, and a highly compressed mini Tailed Beast Ball, radiating destructive energy, quickly took shape!

The buzzing sound echoed through the passage, causing debris to fall from the stone walls.

"No matter who you are or where you come from... just disappear!"

Naruto's eyes narrowed, and he prepared to completely annihilate this dangerous, unknown energy entity along with the cave!

However, just as the energy fluctuations of the Tailed Beast Ball in his hand reached their peak—

The grayish-white energy body, which was originally just slowly twisting, seemed to be stimulated by the extreme power of the Tailed Beast Ball.

It suddenly boiled and expanded violently!

Immediately afterwards, a point of extreme, indescribable white light suddenly appeared at its core!

That point of "white" suddenly spread at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

It instantly devoured the entire stone chamber, the passage, Naruto, the Tailed Beast Ball in his hand that he hadn't yet unleashed, and everything else!

Naruto only had time to feel an irresistible, immense suction force that seemed to come from the entire universe itself.

Before my eyes I was overwhelmed by an endless expanse of pure white that deprived me of all senses!

He didn't even have time to react; his consciousness was like being thrown into a high-speed spinning washing machine, instantly becoming blurry and chaotic...

Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, and the construction crew members were waiting listlessly.

The sunshine made me feel warm and cozy, and even a little sleepy.

"Naruto-sensei has been inside for a long time... why is there no sound at all?"

Menghuang cautiously tiptoed and peered into the cave, but unfortunately it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

"Don't worry! Naruto-sensei is so strong, he'll be fine!"

Although Konohamaru said that, his constant pacing betrayed a hint of anxiety in him.

at this time--

Without any warning!

A thick beam of light, composed entirely of indescribable white, suddenly burst forth from the cave entrance and shot straight into the sky!

Its light was so intense that it instantly dimmed the sun in the sky!

The beam of light was not an energy surge, because it did not produce any explosion or shockwave, nor did it make any sound.

It simply exists, purely, silently, and with an incomparably tyrannical attitude, devouring everything within its range!

Tools and rubble that were close to the cave entrance were wiped off the drawing paper the moment they came into contact with the white light, just like being erased by an eraser.

They disappeared without a sound, leaving no trace.

"Then...what is that?!"

Konohamaru stared in horror, his eyes wide, and he retreated repeatedly in fright at the incomprehensible phenomenon.

Moegi and Udon were also terrified, their faces turning pale, and they clung tightly to each other.

The white light didn't last long, only about two or three seconds.

Then, just as abruptly as it appeared, it vanished.

The sky returned to blue, and the sun shone brightly as always.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Konohamaru and the others looked tremblingly towards the location where the cave had originally been...

There's nothing left there.

There was no cave entrance, no landslide debris, no mountainside...

What should have been a hillside is now just a huge, smooth, perfectly regular... hemispherical gap!

It's like there's an enormous spoon, scooping up that area along with the mountain behind it.

And the caves, passages, and stone chambers inside the mountain... and Naruto Uzumaki who just went in...

Completely and utterly... "dug" away from this world!

No trace was left behind, not a trace of chakra remained, as if there had never been any mountain or cave there.

A deathly silence enveloped the scene.

A gentle breeze blew by, swirling up a few fallen leaves that drifted past the enormous, heart-stoppingly smooth gap.

Konohamaru stared blankly ahead, his lips trembling, his mind a complete blank.

Several seconds later, a heart-wrenching scream, filled with terror and despair, suddenly pierced the sky:

"Naruto-sensei—!!!"

Chapter 372 Someone's ambushed! Is it the Uchiha?

Consciousness slowly rose from a state of pure nothingness and chaos.

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes, and the blinding sunlight shone through the gaps in the dense foliage, creating dappled light spots in front of him.

He instinctively sprang to his feet, assumed a defensive stance, and cautiously looked around.

"here it is……?"

As far as the eye can see, there is a dense, seemingly untouched primeval forest.

Towering ancient trees block out the sun, and thick vines coil around them like pythons.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves, and the air was filled with the unique smell of damp soil and rotting plants.