Naruto, my father's name is Uchiha Madara.

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The faint arcs of electricity from a thousand birds danced and hissed at his fingertips!

He demonstrated his answer through his actions.

For Naruto, he would wield his sword against any enemy, even the legendary Madara Uchiha!

Ban's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

The slight tolerance that came from the similarity with Izuna has now been completely worn away by this "out of touch with reality" resistance.

He didn't even need to form hand seals; he simply raised his right hand casually, palm facing the exhausted Sasuke.

"Shenra Tianzheng."

The indifferent words were like a death sentence.

"boom--!"

It was stronger than when it knocked Kakashi away, far exceeding the terrifying repulsive force that Sasuke could withstand at this moment.

This repulsive force, like an invisible giant hammer, slammed down on him!

"puff--!"

Sasuke couldn't even parry; he was sent flying backward, coughing up blood, like a kite with a broken string, a clear cracking sound coming from his ribcage.

He drew a blood-stained arc in the air.

It finally crashed heavily into a huge, half-buried rock in the distance with a dull thud.

He then slid to the ground, completely lost consciousness, and his fate was unknown.

No one noticed Naruto, who had been discarded like trash in the rubble and whose life force had almost completely vanished.

His fingers twitched almost imperceptibly.

Then, a sudden change occurred!

Naruto, who was originally limp as mud, seemed to have been injected with a strange power.

With a speed completely out of character for someone on the verge of death, he suddenly sprang up from the ground!

His movements were swift and decisive.

However, his target was not the arrogant Ban.

Instead, it was Uchiha Sasuke, who was lying on the ground nearby, also seriously injured and unconscious.

Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm, and almost simultaneously, the two of them vanished in a flash of golden light.

The art of flying thunder god!

They moved incredibly fast; the two disappeared just as Madara was about to raise his hand.

Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village), Hospital.

Due to the Fourth Shinobi World War, most of the village's elite medical ninjas and combat personnel had gone to the front lines.

The Konoha Hospital was unusually deserted at this time, with only a few medical staff on duty.

Suddenly, the space in the center of the empty emergency room rippled.

Two blood-covered, barely breathing figures appeared out of thin air and then fell heavily to the floor with a dull thud.

The nurse on duty was so startled by the sudden situation that she screamed.

Inside Naruto's body, in the space of consciousness.

The illusory image of the water gate flickered violently, almost becoming transparent.

He slowly released his control over Naruto's body, his face filled with exhaustion and worry.

"This is... all I can do..."

The sound of the water gate was faint and barely audible.

In the last moment before Naruto's consciousness completely dissipated and his bodily functions ceased.

It was he, the father, who forcibly took control of his son's body.

Using the Flying Thunder God mark left by Naruto, this final survival teleportation was activated.

The coordinates he was teleported to were a secret formula that he knew very well and that was engraved in the emergency room of Konoha Hospital.

At this moment, Kushina tightly embraced her son's faint, almost extinguished glimmer of consciousness.

Using his own chakra, he enveloped and soothed Naruto's consciousness layer by layer, barely maintaining that last glimmer of life.

"Hang in there, Naruto... Everyone... Everyone needs you..."

Kushina's voice was choked with sobs, yet incredibly firm.

Outside, at Konoha Hospital.

After a brief moment of panic, the well-trained medical team reacted immediately.

They recognized the two people on the ground.

Naruto Uzumaki, the village's jinchūriki, is a hero who brought peace to the village.

And the Uchiha genius, Uchiha Sasuke!

"It's Naruto and Sasuke!"

"Quick! First aid! Prepare for resuscitation immediately!"

The medical team leader's voice was urgent and hoarse. He quickly checked the two people's condition, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Naruto's face was ashen, his breathing was barely audible, and his chest was barely rising and falling.

Without the immense chakra of the Nine-Tails, even the Uzumaki clan's tenacious vitality is like a tree without roots, rapidly dissipating.

He could almost be judged as a dying man, with vital signs so weak that instruments could hardly detect them.

Sasuke's condition was also not optimistic, although he was still breathing faintly.

However, his internal organs were ruptured in multiple places, his chakra meridians were in complete disarray, he had lost too much blood, and his breath was barely a whisper.

The two were almost at the point where a critical condition notice could be issued immediately.

"I must save her immediately! But..."

The medical team leader's forehead was dripping with cold sweat: "This level of injury, especially for Naruto..."

"Right now, the only ones in the village capable of pulling them back from the brink of death are probably Lady Tsunade and her disciple Sakura..."

But those two are currently on the distant front lines, and their help is too far away to be of any use.

"Tell Nonou to come over!"

The medical squad leader acted decisively, yelling at his subordinates, "She's one of the best medical ninjas in the village right now! Get her here immediately!"

"Then notify all on-duty and standby medical ninjas! Concentrate all resources and spare no effort to save them both!"

The order was quickly passed on.

Not long after, a figure rushed to the hospital emergency room.

It is none other than the current director of the orphanage—Yakushi Nonou.

Her face showed worry and urgency, clearly indicating that she had already learned of Naruto and Sasuke's return with serious injuries.

However, what is noteworthy is her surroundings.

Also following them was a "strange person" wearing a gray cloak, with a slightly hunched figure and scattered white scales covering his face and exposed skin.

This strange man followed behind Nonou in silence with his head down, yet his behavior was unexpectedly well-behaved.

It even carried a hint of cautious compliance.

Although the guarding ninjas were vigilant, seeing that Nono had not made any move and that the situation was urgent, they did not stop her.

Nono quickly checked Naruto and Sasuke's injuries, and her face instantly became extremely solemn and pale.

Although she has extensive medical experience and superb medical skills.

However, the condition of these two people is beyond the scope of what conventional medical ninjutsu can handle.

"Naruto... his life force is almost completely depleted, which is a sign that the tailed beast has been extracted... Sasuke's internal organ damage is also too severe, and his chakra is almost exhausted..."

Nonou's voice trembled with a hint of resentment: "We... our current methods can probably only barely maintain their last vital signs and buy them time... but saving them is too difficult..."

Her words made the hearts of all the medical staff around her sink.

Even Nono said that...

Just then, the "weirdo" who had been silently following behind Nono slowly raised his head.

Beneath the shadow of the cloak, a pair of slightly pale eyes with serpentine vertical pupils were revealed.

It was Yakushi Kabuto.

He looked at Naruto and Sasuke, who were barely breathing on the hospital bed, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

There is a numbness to past sins.

A glimmer of light emerged after being influenced by Nono.

There is also the instinctive excitement and focus that researchers feel when facing extremely difficult medical challenges.

“…Dean,”

Dou's voice was a little hoarse, with a hissing sound unique to snakes: "Let me... give it a try."

Nonou suddenly turned to look at Kabuto, her eyes filled with worry and uncertainty.

Dou's physical condition is extremely unstable, and it is extremely risky to let him handle such a critical wounded person.

But when she saw a hint of pleading and trust in Kabuto's vertical pupils, a desire to "do something," Nono's heart softened.

"...Are you sure?" Nono asked softly, her hands unconsciously clenching.

"There is no absolute certainty,"

Kabuto answered frankly, his gaze sweeping over Naruto and Sasuke: "Especially Naruto... Sasuke's injuries are fatal, but with my knowledge, I might be able to forcibly heal them. But Naruto..."

He walked to Naruto's bedside, gently placing his fingers on Naruto's cold wrist, sensing the faint life force within.

"The tailed beast has been removed, and its life essence has been severely damaged."