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He paused for a moment, then concluded, "Since I can't figure out the principle behind your troublesome ability, I might as well just turn you into a living 'Flying Thunder God Coordinate Station'."
"Wouldn't it be much easier to find you this way?"
Simple, direct, and effective!
By bypassing complex ability analysis, they directly used the most fundamental chakra sensing to crack the biggest advantage of "Sunka Bikona"—hiddenness!
Kawaki slumped to the ground, staring at the Flying Thunder God marks clinging to his body like maggots.
He looked up again at the "young seventh generation" with his cold eyes and cunning tactics.
An unprecedented sense of despair and collapse overwhelmed him like a tidal wave.
His ability, which he relied on to run rampant and thought no one could solve, was actually... was actually used in this way.
It was cracked in a way he had never imagined, a method that was almost humiliating?!
Chapter 408 Father and Son's Verbal Skill!
As the golden chakra cloak surrounding Naruto receded like the receding tide, it eventually disappeared completely, revealing his true form.
He walked up to Kawaki, who was slumped on the ground, looking dazed.
Without any further words, he grabbed his collar and lifted him off the ground.
"you lose."
Naruto's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable sense of finality.
Kawaki bit his lip, seemingly still wanting to struggle, and retorted hoarsely, "I...haven't..."
"There's none?"
Naruto interrupted him, his eyes sharp as knives, piercing the most vulnerable part of his heart: "This power that you have always relied on, and even been proud of."
"I found a way to break it and completely defeat you even before I fully understood its specific principles."
"If you can't even protect yourself with this power, what makes you think it can truly protect the Seventh Hokage?"
These words struck Kawaki like a heavy blow to the head, leaving him speechless and his pupils trembling violently.
He always regarded the "Wedge" and the power of the Otsutsuki as the ultimate means to protect Naruto.
But I never imagined that this power itself could be broken, or that it might be... easily defeated.
Naruto didn't stop. He released one finger and pointed to Boruto, who was supporting each other, and Himawari, who was hiding behind her brother and looking over timidly.
The voice, like a biting cold wind, swept across Kawaki's heart:
"Look at them! Look at the Seventh Hokage you claim to want to protect, his most cherished treasure!"
"You idolize him, admire him, and keep saying you'd give anything for him! But what have you actually done?"
"You are destroying the family he risked his life to protect! You are hurting the children he cherishes as his own lives!"
"You're not protecting him, you're dragging him into an abyss more painful than any enemy!"
At that moment, Boruto, supported by the still somewhat weak Hikari, slowly walked over.
He looked at the distraught Kawaki with a complex expression, but not hatred; rather, it was an understanding and a heavy heart born from hardship.
Boruto spoke, his voice steady: "I understand your deep-seated fear of the Otsutsuki."
"To be honest, three years ago, I was also afraid that the Momoshiki inside me would hurt the people around me, and I even thought about... ending my life, thinking that would end everything."
He paused, recalling his father's warm yet resolute figure.
"But when my dad found out about all this, he never thought of giving up on me, let alone locking me up."
"He believed in me, believed that I could defeat Momoshiki and control that power through my own will. He gave me a chance and gave me hope."
Boruto's gaze turned incredibly serious as he looked directly into Kawaki's eyes: "But what about you, Kawaki?"
"You keep saying it's to protect the Seventh Generation, but you don't even believe him himself."
"You don't believe his will can overcome difficulties, you don't believe his strength is enough to protect everything he cherishes, you even... deny his dream and belief as Hokage."
He spoke each word with the precision of a surgeon, dissecting the deepest wounds in Kawaki's heart, wounds that even he himself was unwilling to acknowledge:
“In your heart, you regard him as a fragile 'piece' that needs to be carefully protected.”
"Instead of the Seventh Hokage who forever burned with the 'Will of Fire' and never gave up! Your distrust is the greatest harm you can do to him!"
These words completely shattered Kawaki's last psychological defenses.
He swayed, almost unable to stand.
Himawari, who was hiding behind Boruto, also mustered up her courage.
With a sob in her voice, soft yet clear, she said, "Brother... you weren't like this before... you would play with me, you would protect me... I, I'm so scared of you now... I want Daddy, I want Mommy, I want everyone to come back... I want to go back to how you were before..."
Sunflower's words, filled with both fear and anticipation, were like the last straw, breaking down the high wall of prejudice in Kawaki's heart.
Looking at the father and daughter in front of me.
A "brother" who, despite his hardships, still tries to understand him and give him a chance.
A "sister" who was hurt by him, yet still longs for the warmth of the past.
Then, feeling the undeniable power emanating from the collar of the "young seventh generation" in my hand...
As Naruto looked at Kawaki's eyes, which showed intense struggle and eventual collapse, his own surging anger gradually subsided, transforming into a complex and indescribable emotion.
He loosened his grip on Kawaki's collar, his tone softening slightly, but still firm:
“Kawaki, I’ve fought that guy named Juro, and I know his strength and terror better than you do.”
"To be honest, whether it's me now or me after becoming Hokage, my chances of winning against him alone are extremely slim."
His voice carried a heavy weight, as if it had been ravaged by war.
"But when faced with an invincible enemy, do you choose to hide, bury your head in the sand, thinking that the danger will disappear if you can't see it?"
"This is definitely not the best solution! Nor is it the path he would choose!"
Boruto picked up the conversation, extending his hand to him with sincere eyes: "Kawaki, it's not too late."
"The Ten Luos are indeed powerful, but if we join forces and combine our strength, we may not be without a fighting chance!"
"Your power should not be used to imprison those you want to protect, but to fight alongside them against the real enemy!"
"Isn't this exactly what Dad wanted to see?"
"What he wanted to see was a Kawaki who could stand on his own and protect his companions, not a Kawaki who locked everyone up out of fear!"
Faced with Naruto and Boruto's successive "talk-no-jutsu," and Himawari's expectant yet timid gaze.
Kawaki lowered his head deeply, his shoulders trembling slightly.
The long silence felt like an eternity.
His deep-seated obsession, fear, genuine admiration for Naruto, and nostalgia for the warmth of the past.
The final, fierce battle is underway.
Finally, as if he had used up all his strength, he slowly and tremblingly raised his right hand.
A relatively gentle spatial fluctuation, unlike the previous aggressive ones, emerged in his palm.
A dark, slowly rotating vortex tunnel appeared before them, like an open portal.
Then, under the tense and expectant gazes of everyone, two familiar figures appeared, figures that sent shivers down everyone's spines.
Supported by a gentle force, it slowly floated out of the black vortex and landed steadily on the ground.
It was the Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki, who had fallen into a deep sleep, and his wife, Hinata Uzumaki!
Their faces were serene, as if they were simply in a deep sleep, without any marks on their bodies, and time seemed to have stopped flowing for them.
Kawaki's voice carried a sense of relief mixed with incredibly complex emotions: "Their time... is stopped inside, so there won't be any problems."
"Now... take them to the hospital to rest, they should wake up soon."
"Kawaki, you..."
Boruto looked at his parents, who were unharmed on the ground, and then at Kawaki, who seemed to have all his strength drained away in an instant.
His eyes were filled with disbelief and a glimmer of renewed hope.
Kawaki didn't look at Boruto. He silently walked forward, his movements even a little cautious, and bent down to lift the unconscious Seventh Hokage Naruto onto his back.
He lowered his head, his voice muffled:
"What are you waiting for? Let's go to the hospital."
Upon hearing these long-unheard words, which carried a slight awkwardness but were no longer filled with murderous intent, Boruto was taken aback.
Immediately, the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, a relieved smile that seemed to have lifted a heavy burden and resolved past grievances.
He strode forward and carefully helped his unconscious mother, Hinata, to her feet. Looking at Kawaki's retreating figure, he chuckled and muttered a curse:
"You bastard...brother!"
The word "brother" made Kawaki's body stiffen almost imperceptibly.
But he didn't turn around. He simply adjusted the position of "Seventh Hokage" on his back and started walking towards Konoha Hospital.
"That's great...that's really great..."
Young Naruto watched this scene of reunion.
The tension in my heart finally eased, and a genuine, radiant smile appeared on my face.
The heavy weight on my heart has finally been lifted, and the crisis in this world seems to have taken a turn for the better.
His gaze swept easily over Hinata, who was being supported by Boruto and was in a coma.
At first, I just felt that the woman looked somewhat familiar.
But as he watched, his smile gradually froze on his face, and his eyes widened as if he had seen something unbelievable.
"Wait... why does this look so familiar?"
He moved closer, carefully examining Hinata's peaceful sleeping face, her fair skin, her short hair, and her gentle and quiet demeanor...
A figure he had forgotten in a corner, belonging to his youthful, innocent memories, suddenly overlapped with the mature and beautiful face before him!