The final battlefield of the original plot was not at the Valley of the End.
But this time, the boss was naturally no longer Menma, but Lin Nan himself.
So choosing the Valley of the End was within reason.
This was where the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, fought Madara Uchiha in the past. To commemorate this battle, two giant statues were erected in the canyon.
As a full moon rose in the sky, Lin Nan was already standing atop the giant statue of Hashirama Senju.
Seeing the moon, Lin Nan couldn't help but think of Tsukuyomi.
"Mr. Lin Nan, you're in quite a mood!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out, and Lin Nan looked up.
He saw a person standing on the statue of Madara Uchiha. He was short and wore a white fox mask.
Wasn't this the image of Naruto Menma from the Road to Ninja?
It was worth noting that a faint black mist emanated from his body.
It seemed he had been controlled by himself.
Had the "self" in this world not used Menma to revive himself?
Lin Nan suppressed his doubts, picked up the Vermilion Moon Scroll, and said, "I've brought you what you wanted. Return the Ajisai to me!"
"Give it back?" The masked man let out a cold laugh and immediately said, "Use Amaterasu to burn the scroll!"
Lin Nan complied.
As dark flames ignited, the so-called Vermilion Moon Scroll was reduced to ashes.
Seeing Lin Nan's promptness, the masked man couldn't help but suspect, "Did you read the contents?"
"I did, but I didn't understand it!" Lin Nan replied truthfully.
The masked man chuckled, then removed his mask.
"Jiraiya, that guy, he loved riddles. He could have clearly written down the information, but he insisted on using codes!"
He wasn't wrong. Lin Nan still remembered how Jiraiya, after sacrificing his life to obtain information about the Six Paths of Pain, had only written a riddle, and the intelligence had taken considerable effort to decipher.
Why bother?
It was as bizarre as someone dying without writing down the killer's name, opting instead for a coded message.
Afraid of others understanding.
"Are you saying that Jiraiya's information was actually meant to imply that you were the mastermind? Menma?" Lin Nan asked.
The masked man had already removed his mask, revealing the face of Naruto Menma.
Although he looked the same as Naruto, his current expression was filled with an evil smile.
However, unlike the original plot, Menma's hair was still yellow at this time, not black.
"Menma?" Menma's smile widened. "Honestly, I don't really like that name!"
Lin Nan stared at Menma for a long time before finally saying with annoyance, "Then what should I call you? Lin Nan or Xiao Lin?"
"Heh heh!"
Menma let out sinister laughter. "How is it? In my world, it feels great, doesn't it?"
Lin Nan stared fixedly at Menma, confused. "You are me, so you should know I could guess it was you. I don't believe you would harm Ajisai; and frankly, Menma's fate isn't of much consequence to me. It was all just to lure me here, right? The Vermilion Moon Scroll was just a smokescreen. What is your true objective?"
"I wouldn't harm Ajisai?" Menma burst into laughter. "Everything here is false, Ajisai is, and so am I. How could I not destroy a false thing?"
Lin Nan frowned slightly. "Are you stupid?"
Menma's smile froze. He was clearly stunned by the insult.
"Have you lived your life for nothing? Were you brainwashed by Obito? You actually believe the nonsense of that warrior who charged forward for love. Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Don't you dare say you're me out there; I'd be too embarrassed."
Lin Nan continued to curse.
Menma's veins bulged, and he said with a grim smile, "Oh? Are you trying to say that this is a parallel universe, a real existing world?"
"Whether it's a parallel universe or not, you've lived here for so many years. Don't you feel anything yourself? You think Ajisai is fake, just because she didn't have children with you? Stop bullshitting, you're truly pathetic!" Lin Nan spat, looking at him with disappointment.
The torrent of curses left Menma completely dumbfounded, unsure of how to respond.
The next moment, Menma seemed to have lost his mind and roared, "Shut up, what do you know, you know nothing!"
As his voice fell, a black and gold light flashed all over Menma's body, and his raging chakra began to climb rapidly.
Black and gold Kurama mode?
A different version.
Lin Nan looked at Menma and nodded with interest.
He had to admit, this chakra fluctuation was much stronger than Naruto's Sage Mode in reality.
Doesn't this mean that the Nine-Tails in the Infinite Tsukuyomi is stronger than the Nine-Tails in reality?
"Boom!"
This was not the end. Menma's black and gold light began to overflow, as if water was being poured into an already full bucket, reaching complete overflow.
As the chakra spread out, after a short while, a giant fox appeared in Lin Nan's sight.
Full-fledged Kurama mode?
Menma had reached this level?
Was he holding back in Konoha?
"Roar!"
With a roar, Menma, controlling the giant golden Nine-Tails, slapped towards Lin Nan.
Lin Nan had intended to dodge using Kamui, but unexpectedly, his body stiffened the next moment, and he was sent flying by the Nine-Tails, crashing heavily into the lake below the statue.
"Bang!"
Waves surged, creating a spectacular scene.
After a while, Lin Nan slowly crawled out of the water, his appearance somewhat disheveled, his expression unreadable.
So that's how it is. No wonder they lured me here. This space has been sealed, and I can't use Kamui?
This was unprecedented; he had never seen anything like it in Naruto.
Looking up, he noticed that the full moon in the sky had somehow turned blood-red and was even twice its normal size.
Was it because of the Infinite Tsukuyomi?
"Bang!"
The black and gold Nine-Tails attacked again. Lin Nan leaped up and jumped back onto the cliff.
"This is a clever plan!" Lin Nan said, but his expression remained neutral.
"You should feel honored!"
Menma sneered, then opened his massive mouth, and a Tailed Beast Bomb began to condense.
However, at this moment, a commotion suddenly arose behind him.
Menma turned his head and then looked again, only to find that Lin Nan was no longer alone.
"The mercenary Akatsuki Organization?"
Under the blood moon, several figures in red cloud cloaks stood beside Lin Nan. Just their presence exuded a suffocating pressure.
"Looks like I've been blindsided!" Lin Nan smiled at Menma.
"Senior, the sister-in-law has been rescued!" Obito said as he slowly placed Ajisai down from his back, still grumbling, "I don't know what's going on with this place; my ocular jutsu has been greatly weakened."
"At least it wasn't Kakuzu carrying her..." Lin Nan remarked.
Kakuzu grunted in response, saying nothing more.
Helping Ajisai up, Lin Nan looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces and sighed softly.
However, at this very moment, Ajisai suddenly opened her eyes, and a trace of black energy appeared in them.
"Puff!"