Chapter 766: So Hard to Die?
"Stop daydreaming. You can’t die until you fulfill the contract!" Lux bluntly warned Naruto.
’Thinking of dying? You won’t be able to die.’
’Even if you do die, I can drag you back from the Pure Land to keep working!’
’What’s this? Took my salary and still want to shirk responsibility?’
’Do you really think I’m a conscientious capitalist?’
Hearing this, Naruto tried to argue again:
"But..."
"No buts."
"Then let Sasuke do it! After I revive him, let him unite the world and fulfill the promise. If it’s Sasuke, he’ll definitely do better; he’s surely more suited to lead than me!" Naruto suggested a better option.
Looking back, Sasuke was far more suited to be Hokage than him!
If Sasuke were Hokage, village governance pressure would drop by at least eighty percent. What nation or daimyo would dare challenge the notoriously ruthless Uchiha?
Were they tired of living?
In short, the Hokage position was like a besieged city!
Those inside wanted out; those outside wanted in.
If he’d lost to Sasuke back then and didn’t become Hokage, Naruto couldn’t imagine how comfortable his wife and kids would be at home. At least he wouldn’t be exhausted like a dog daily!
"Revive Sasuke, then wait for him to sacrifice himself to revive you again?"
"Uh—" Naruto fell silent, realizing something was off!
With his and Sasuke’s friendship, Lux could guess the ending just by imagining it.
Neither would let themselves live alone at the other’s expense.
Naruto revives Sasuke with Rinnegan and dies suddenly; Sasuke revives, then sacrifices himself to revive Naruto, right?
You die, I live; then I die, you live.
If they kept looping this bug, what was the point of uniting Parallel World 7?
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"Lord, I really can’t give up—" Naruto still wanted to argue, but Lux stopped him.
"Enough. You don’t need to sacrifice yourself. There’s another way to revive the victims."
"What?!!!" Naruto was thrilled, instantly excited.
If there was another way to save all the victims, that was the best. He didn’t really want to die; he just had no choice.
"It’s simple—just have someone else activate Rinne Tensei no Jutsu."
"Someone else? Who?"
Lux flipped his hand, opening the Universe’s Golden Jar, revealing the unconscious Kaguya from Parallel World 7.
Seeing Kaguya, Naruto reacted instantly, nearly crushing her with another blow.
Fortunately, he restrained himself in time.
"Lord, you’ll let her activate Rinne Tensei no Jutsu?" Minato immediately guessed Lux’s plan. He just didn’t expect Lux to be so bold, using the Rabbit Goddess as a jutsu sacrifice...
"Is that really possible?" Naruto asked with excitement and doubt. To him, this was clearly the best option.
Letting the culprit pay with her life to revive innocent victims was far more uplifting to Naruto than killing Kaguya.
If only he hadn’t killed Isshiki outright, he’d have made him feel this humiliation—sacrificing his noble life to revive the lowly ninja world monkeys!
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"Of course it’s possible."
"But Kaguya surely won’t agree. Can she be controlled to activate Rinne Tensei no Jutsu? After all, she’s the chakra ancestor..." Naruto worried. As the chakra ancestor, Kaguya couldn’t be controlled by genjutsu!
Plus, with Kaguya’s personality, though foolish, she’d likely never willingly die, especially to revive humans.
"Who said the chakra ancestor can’t be controlled?"
"This..." Naruto fell silent, thinking that Lux could easily traverse space and time and grant him power far beyond Grandpa Six Paths. Even more absurd miracles weren’t impossible.
"Don’t worry, I have my ways."
Others might not dare speak, but Lux was confident he could control Kaguya.
Even setting aside other methods, don’t forget he had a 100% Domination Card!
It had been tested before.
The domination card could forcibly dominate and control even Isshiki, let alone a weakened Kaguya.
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"Wait... Naruto’s memories here seem altered by some Omnipotence. Can that be resolved? If not, even if all victims are revived, their memories and perceptions will still be wrong, right?" Minato noticed this key point and asked.
"Right! There’s this big issue too—I forgot again!" Naruto slapped his head, recalling this major problem.
"That girl named Eida activated Omnipotence, right? Can she actively cancel it?"
"She doesn’t seem able to. Omnipotence isn’t under her control; she can’t activate it herself. It seems Isshiki controlled it somehow, making her unconsciously activate Omnipotence," Naruto explained.
If Eida could control Omnipotence at will, she’d have activated and canceled it long ago.
A Divine Technique that could instantly alter and continuously affect the entire world clearly wasn’t something Eida could control.
Ultimately, her Omnipotence and Daemon’s Killing Intent Reflection were just bits of Ōtsutsuki Shibai’s power they stole and borrowed genetically.
"That makes it more troublesome!"
Not only must they consider revival, but also resolve Omnipotence’s memory changes post-revival.
These weren’t issues solvable by strength alone; the only hope rested on Tenshou Sennin.
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"Lord, about Omnipotence...?" Naruto looked at Lux, eyes full of hope.
Lux chuckled and shook his head, joking:
"Naruto, if you’d agreed easily before, there wouldn’t be so many issues, right?"
Naruto felt a bit ashamed.
Deep down, he felt bad—his earlier doubts caused a series of tragedies.
Now he had to ask Lux to clean up this mess, truly embarrassing!
"Sorry, I was foolish before."
"Please forgive me, Lord!"
"From now on, I’ll definitely listen to you and never doubt again!" Naruto said firmly.
As long as he could revive Sasuke and others and restore the world, Naruto was willing to do anything!
"You don’t need to obey completely—just maintain the world’s unity and peace in the future."
"Okay, okay, I promise I’ll do it!" Naruto patted his chest, guaranteeing.
Lux saw this and gave a helpless chuckle but was indeed set on ending the disputes in Parallel World 7.
Since it was a resolution, might as well settle everything forever.
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The next second, Lux raised his hand, opening a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal beside him, instantly grabbing Eida, Daemon, and Kawaki from a few hundred meters away.
The three were a bit confused.
But Lux didn’t want to waste time, getting straight to the point:
"Eida, let me borrow your body for a bit."
"Huh?"
"What are you doing to my sister?!!!" Daemon grew wary. Even if it was a Sennin, he wouldn’t let anyone harm his sister.
Unfortunately, Lux directly applied a Restraining Technique on Daemon, then activated world teleportation, moving him off Eida’s back.
No matter the Killing Intent Reflection, against jutsu and World Teleportation, it wasn’t enough, forcibly restrained and moved aside.
Next, without waiting for Eida’s consent, Lux activated genjutsu on her, preparing to temporarily dominate her.
But he found ordinary genjutsu was immune to Eida! Her passive charm ability was extraordinary, with high genjutsu resistance.
Lux immediately increased his eye power output, activating Tsukuyomi genjutsu from a nine-tomoe Rinne-Sharingan.
This time, Eida was successfully controlled temporarily.
But controlling Eida to activate Omnipotence again, to cancel or negate the previous Omnipotence’s effects, wasn’t simple.
First: Lux didn’t know the specific method Isshiki used to activate and force Eida’s Omnipotence.
Second: Eida, due to frequent Senrigan use, had little chakra left and was in poor condition, unable to activate Omnipotence again.
Of course, these issues were minor to Lux.
Lux casually injected a bit of Six Paths chakra, instantly refilling Eida’s body, nearly bursting with fullness.
After all, not everyone could withstand Six Paths chakra’s quality.
Ordinary ninjas, even with a little, might explode.
Only Naruto and Sasuke, Ashura and Indra reincarnations, could handle large amounts of Six Paths power—and only at their growth’s peak, qualified to control it.
Next, Lux controlled Eida, activating Senrigan to look into the past, witnessing how Isshiki activated Omnipotence.
He had to admit Senrigan’s incredible power. It could not only see the entire map and track locations but also view history and peek into the past.
If given to ’reporting Jiraiya,’ wouldn’t it be amazing?
Finally, after obtaining the activation secret and with Six Paths chakra support, conditions were met.
Lux immediately controlled Eida to activate Omnipotence again.
How to cancel a previously activated Divine Technique’s effects? Eida didn’t know. So the only way was to activate Omnipotence again to negate the prior changes.
*SHUA!*
Soon, a red-white light burst from Eida’s body, shooting into the sky, piercing the horizon; then it quickly turned into a crescent moon halo, spreading outward, covering the entire earth.
Simultaneously, an invisible, indescribable wave emerged in most people’s hearts, altering memories and perceptions.
Kawaki and Daemon watched in confusion, their first time witnessing Omnipotence’s activation, hearts filled with indescribable shock.
Lux didn’t deliberately adjust the second Omnipotence’s effects.
He could control Eida to make the second Omnipotence alter everyone’s memories, instantly deeming Naruto the world’s ruler, uniting it in a flash.
But no need.
Parallel World 7 was one step from unity; no need for extra changes. If such control wasn’t recognized by the unity system, or if Naruto and others opposed such memory changes...
Either way, it’d only add unnecessary trouble.
Better to proceed normally—it wouldn’t take days.
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"It worked?!!!" Six Paths Naruto excitedly looked left and right, eager to confirm the results.
Just then, Gamabunta nearby answered Naruto:
"Naruto! It’s you! And Minato. What was wrong with me? Why did I think you were an Ōtsutsuki?" Gamabunta, with restored memories, was instantly regretful, not understanding why he went mad, mistaking Naruto for an enemy.
This was too absurd!
"Gamabunta, you remember me?!" Naruto was thrilled, meaning Omnipotence’s world-altering changes were finally canceled!
He was no longer the hated Ōtsutsuki Naruto but the honest, dignified Seventh Hokage...
"Sorry. I really don’t know why I misidentified you...!" Gamabunta slapped his cheek hard, full of regret. How could he see Naruto as an enemy?
Naruto couldn’t bear to blame Gamabunta, his summoning beast friend who protected him growing up and fought alongside him many times—especially since it wasn’t his fault.
"It’s okay, not your fault. I’ll explain why later; it’s enough you’re back to normal!"
"Lord, after they recover, will they still remember what happened?"
"Of course."
"Won’t that cause memory conflicts?"
"There’ll be some impact, but not much. Better than losing part of their memories—that’d be a bigger issue."
"Oh! Got it..." Naruto was no longer confused. As long as everyone could recover, these minor issues weren’t problems.
"Such terrifying power, able to directly alter memories—truly frightening!" Kushina gasped, unable to imagine herself having altered memories, seeing Naruto and Minato as enemies—that’d be despairing.
"Don’t worry, I won’t let that happen!" Minato whispered comfortingly, glancing at Eida.
Though he held no malice toward Eida, for Konoha and his family’s safety, Eida in Parallel World 4’s future must never be born.
A Hokage who survived the Third Ninja World War wouldn’t hesitate on this.
Of course, he wouldn’t harm Eida here. Let Naruto and others handle this world’s issues.
"Done? Give my sister back!" Daemon charged, no longer daring to be rude to a Sennin who could control him at will, but he still protected his sister wholeheartedly.
"Of course." Lux released the genjutsu on Eida. The Six Paths chakra he injected was used up, but the little left also helped heal Eida’s body, very beneficial.
No longer for free.
After all, this disaster was triggered by her ability; now it had a beginning and an end.
"Lord, what’s next...?" Naruto looked at Lux hopefully.
"Next is reviving all the victims."
"Do I need to do anything?"
Thinking of Sasuke, Hinata, and others soon reviving, Naruto trembled with excitement, more thrilled than when his son was born!
"Return the Rinne-Sharingan to Kaguya."
"Huh? Won’t that be dangerous?"
"Relax, just do it."
Naruto obeyed, returning the nine-tomoe Rinne-Sharingan he took from Kaguya’s forehead to the unconscious Kaguya beside him.
With the eye back, her self-healing activated, and soon Kaguya reconnected her Rinne-Sharingan.
As the eye’s power flowed, she quickly awoke from unconsciousness.
But before she could grasp her situation, Lux raised his hand, activating the 100% Domination Card.
*SHUA!*
A milky-white light pillar pierced the sky, enveloping the confused Kaguya.
In an instant, Lux successfully dominated her body.
Though not his first time, the feeling was still odd.
But now wasn’t time for games.
Without hesitation, Lux controlled the Rabbit Goddess, activating the forbidden eye jutsu, Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!