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Uchiha Haru was moving toward Nagato.

From the look on Deva Path Pain's face before he left, Haru was sure—Nagato had to be in this direction.

And as long as he followed this trail, he would definitely find him.

He was certain.

However, just as he was on his way, Haru suddenly realized that Deva Path Pain hadn't followed him. Instead, Pain had turned back in the opposite direction—toward the Hidden Leaf Village. The unexpected move made Haru pause.

At first, he thought it was some kind of trick—Pain deliberately trying to draw him off course.

But something didn't sit right.

If it were really a ruse, Deva Path Pain would've followed him the moment he saw Haru wasn't fooled.

But now...

As Haru's sense of unease grew stronger, the sky above suddenly shifted.

A pitch-black sphere emerged in midair, blotting out the sun.

Then, the ground started to quake.

Even though Haru was already far from the origin of the tremors, he could feel the earth shaking beneath his feet.

Chunks of rock and earth began rising skyward, pulled upward by a tremendous gravitational force, converging around the black sphere.

The sphere that initially seemed small was growing rapidly, devouring more debris by the second.

And it wasn't stopping.

"Chibaku Tensei..."

Haru recognized the jutsu immediately—and with it, Pain's true purpose.

Pain couldn't outrun him. He couldn't outfight him. So instead, he'd launched a catastrophic threat against what Haru held dear.

If Haru continued pursuing Nagato, the Hidden Leaf Village would be annihilated.

His comrades were there. His students. His lover.

So now he had to make a choice.

Save the village—or finish the mission.

He could only choose one.

Uchiha Haru looked toward Nagato's direction. He didn't hesitate long.

Some things, once lost, could be regained.

But others—once gone—were gone forever.

There was only one choice he could ever make.

He wouldn't be saving just the village. He would be saving the ones he had bonded with—those who had truly touched his life.

Haru placed his hand on the nearby tree and etched a Flying Thunder God seal into the bark.

In the next instant, he vanished.

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At that moment, within the Hidden Leaf Village, everyone was staring up at the ominous, ever-expanding sphere looming in the sky.

Its sheer size was horrifying. And the larger it grew, the more devastating its impact would be if it crashed down.

If the current growth continued and it collapsed onto the village from such a height, Konoha would be completely destroyed.

The black orb hanging in the sky was like a sword poised to fall at any moment—ready to cut down everything.

The shinobi from the Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Sound Village, who had been wreaking havoc across Konoha, halted their actions when they saw the monstrous jutsu.

They didn't hesitate.

They turned and fled.

They were powerful enough to understand that if they ran at full speed, there might—just might—be a chance to survive.

But the civilians of Konoha didn't have that luxury.

If that monstrous sphere fell, it would be the end for them all.

They had nowhere to run.

Panic and dread painted the faces of every man, woman, and child.

Among them, the expressions of Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi were especially grim.

They had thought that defeating Deva Path Pain would be the end of this crisis.

They never imagined something even more devastating would come after.

What were they supposed to do now?

No one had an answer.

If only Haru were here—he'd know what to do.

That thought echoed in all of their minds.

But Uchiha Haru had gone after Pain. There was no way he could return in time.

So what could they possibly do?

Just as despair was sinking in, Haru appeared beside Kurenai Yuhi—seemingly out of thin air.

"Haru!"

Kurenai was the first to notice him, her voice filled with disbelief and hope.

Only a moment ago, she'd been asking herself what to do—and now, as if summoned by her thoughts, Haru was right there beside her.

Surprised as she was, Kurenai wasn't exactly shocked.

She had seen this before—many times.

Flying Thunder God.

Haru had used that technique countless times to appear by her side without warning.

At first, it had made her uncomfortable.

But slowly, she had grown used to it.

"Haru!"

"You... why are you back all of a sudden?" she asked, heart pounding.

Compared to Kurenai Yuhi's calm composure, Might Guy and Asuma were visibly shaken. This was their first time witnessing such a sudden and mysterious technique appear out of nowhere.

Kakashi, however, handled it better. After his initial shock, his gaze landed on the special kunai in Kurenai Yuhi's hand—etched with the formula of the Flying Thunder God Technique—and he immediately recognized it. It was the very space-time jutsu that had made his teacher, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, legendary. The Flying Thunder God.

This wasn't the first time he had seen this incredible jutsu.

In fact, he had once attempted to learn it himself.

But ultimately, he failed.

The requirements for mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique were exceptionally high. Especially in terms of spatial awareness and control over time-space chakra manipulation—an obstacle too great for most.

That's where he'd fallen short.

But now, to witness this divine-like jutsu mastered by someone else—a comrade—was both astonishing and a little humbling.

"Uchiha Haru," Kakashi said, pointing to the massive sphere suspended in the sky like a meteorite, "do you have a way to deal with that thing?"

His mind flashed back to the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, when Minato had used this very technique to teleport the Tailed Beast Ball far from the village, sparing countless lives.

Could Haru do something similar?

"Could you use the Flying Thunder God to teleport it somewhere else?" Kakashi asked.

Of course, he knew that teleporting a Tailed Beast Ball and moving something as massive as this black celestial sphere were two completely different feats.

The Tailed Beast Ball caused significant destruction—but this?

This meteorite would utterly obliterate Konoha.

The difficulty of teleportation would multiply a hundredfold.

Kakashi wasn't really expecting much—he had asked on impulse, more out of desperation than hope.

But Haru merely responded with a calm, indifferent tone, "I could. But there's no need."

There was no trace of arrogance in his voice—just a simple statement of fact.

To activate the Flying Thunder God Technique, two elements were critical: the amount of chakra a shinobi possessed, and their sensitivity to spatial dimensional flow.

Coincidentally, these were precisely Uchiha Haru's greatest strengths.

He had once used this very technique to teleport Tsunade, Shizune, and Patriarch Kaguya from the Hidden Mist Village across an enormous distance, all in the blink of an eye.

Sending this so-called meteorite away would pose no real problem to him.

But he didn't intend to do that.

Kakashi could sense it too. If Haru wasn't using Flying Thunder God, then he had another method—one possibly even more powerful.

And perhaps, that method was already in motion.

At this point, Kakashi found himself no longer able to comprehend the depth of Uchiha Haru.

The man seemed limitless—one remarkable jutsu after another, wielded with casual ease, as though they were nothing more than toys in his hands.

Whatever problem arose, Haru had a solution. Always.

And Kakashi, once heralded as a genius himself, now felt more than just a little outclassed.

While Konoha endured disaster after disaster, all he could do was watch helplessly from the sidelines.

He couldn't even imagine what the state of the village would be if Haru weren't here.

And now, Haru said he wouldn't use Flying Thunder God.

Because he didn't need to.

That kind of confidence—that certainty—it shook them.

Guy, Asuma, Kurenai—all of them believed in him.

Then, before their eyes, the ground trembled slightly as thick roots burst forth, twisting and rising, forming into a massive tree trunk.

The wood spiraled into the sky, forming the mighty body of a Wood Release: Wood Dragon.

Its scales glimmered with a bluish sheen, its long, powerful body coiled like steel, exuding unshakable dominance.

Uchiha Haru stood atop the wooden dragon's head as it rose into the sky, climbing steadily into the air.

On the ground, the villagers of Konoha—previously despairing under the looming shadow of death—watched as Haru ascended like a god from myth.

Hope flickered to life in their eyes.

They knew they were not alone.

Among the crowd, some had witnessed Haru's performance during the Chunin Exams. Others had only heard of him in whispers, rumors of the young Uchiha who could challenge even legends.

"It's him!" someone shouted.

"The hero of Konoha!"

"That's Uchiha Haru! He was the one who crushed the enemy at the Chunin Exams!"

"He saved our lives then—and he's here again now!"

"With someone like him, we might actually survive this!"

The villagers burst into cries of awe and hope. Faces that moments ago had been full of despair were now lit with excitement and faith.

They believed in him.

Even those who hadn't seen him in action now saw what kind of man he was.

They had no doubt that Uchiha Haru could protect them.

High in the sky, on a distant rooftop, Deva Path Pain—Tendo Pain—watched it all unfold.

A faint smile crept across his face.

So... Uchiha Haru had returned after all.

Which meant...

His gamble had paid off.

Nagato was safe, hidden far away.

If Haru had come back to deal with this Chibaku Tensei, then he wouldn't have time to chase after Nagato now.

Tendo Pain had succeeded in his strategy.

A feint toward Konoha in order to draw Haru away from Nagato—

It had worked perfectly.

"Then I'll let you experience the full force of this Planetary Devastation," Tendo Pain muttered coldly.

He activated his chakra, manipulating the gravitational core at the center of the massive sphere.

And then, just as Haru rose to meet it...

The meteorite—crackling with accumulated power—plunged toward the Hidden Leaf Village like divine punishment.

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