Naruto Immersive Replay, The Curse of the Sharingan

His voice was low and hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken in a long time, or as if he was suppressing some surging emotion.

“I can find the person behind all this.” You take a step forward, your clogs crushing the bloodstains on the floor.

"But it needs to be coordinated with the performance."

Your fingertips, dipped in special ink, trace incantations on his bare back, your breath brushing against the hollows of his spine, yet your strokes are as steady as carving a tombstone.

"Looking for the Nine-Tailed Fox?"

The eternal kaleidoscope of spots turns slightly, reflecting your serene face.

"Are you afraid I'll get hurt?" He suddenly ripped open his shirt and turned around, revealing his well-defined muscles.

On the pale skin, the life-saving incantation drawn with special ink still lingered, the cool touch of the pen tip tracing the spine.

Your fingertips traced the talisman, and chakra stirred up tiny golden lights. "I want you to live, after all... you are my most important bait."

A deep laugh erupted from Ban's chest, his black hair falling like a curtain, creating a dark space that belonged only to the two of them.

The Eternal Kaleidoscopes stared at each other, their pupils gleaming with the same mad determination. "Fine."

His canines rubbed against your carotid artery, his voice muffled against your skin, "I entrust my life to you."

The underground floor of the Uchiha Shrine was so dark and thick it was almost tangible.

The droplets of blood from your fingertips hit the stone slab with a soft "tap".

Kneeling on the ground, using blood as ink, they outlined the forbidden runes recorded in the Six Paths Manual. With each stroke, the air grew colder, as if countless dead souls were breathing against their backs.

"Communicating with Spirits: The Souls of the Dead in the Pure Land".

The moment the incantation was completed, the blood array on the ground suddenly lit up with a dark red light, and the cold chakra surged like a tide, but it seemed to hit an invisible barrier halfway through, making a grinding sound that made one's teeth ache.

Something... is blocking the call of the undead.

Uchiha Rei suddenly felt a sharp pain in his Mangekyou Sharingan. His eye power was always special; he could not only see through genjutsu but also sense the flow of chakra.

At this moment, a pitch-black 'line' appeared in his vision, stretching from the center of the blood array all the way to the distant west.

“I can feel… the source of that obstructing force,” he said, his voice hoarse as he covered his bleeding eyes.

You slowly rise, and your katana is drawn with a clang. The blade reflects the afterglow of the blood array, like a bloodthirsty crescent moon. "Lead the way."

Deep within the largest desert of the Land of Wind, Shikaga Rin unfolded her adoptive father's secret letter. The gold-embossed talisman spontaneously combusted under the blazing sun, turning to ashes that scattered in the air. From the ashes emerged your chakra script:

"Capture one, life or death is irrelevant."

The young daimyo squinted, gazing at the enormous shadow that was vaguely writhing at the end of the sand dunes. Shukaku's roar shook the sand, causing it to tumble down, while his fingertips had already formed the starting stance for a sealing technique.

In the land of water, on the vast lake, Bai Lian's fingertips brushed across the surface, creating a crimson ripple. The first secret letter from 'Li Nu' in five years was burning in his palm, the ashes forming a line of floating text:

"The three tails lie dormant at the bottom of the lake; retrieve them."

Suddenly, three scarlet eyes lit up at the bottom of the lake, and the water began to boil. Bai Lian's lips curled into a mad smile, and twelve poisoned sticks slid out from her sleeve.

"Lord Tanuki...you've finally remembered me?"

Mito Uzumaki's red hair flew wildly in the torrential rain as she stood at the edge of the Land of Lightning's canyon, boiling thunderclouds beneath her feet. Hinata Hatozaki's Byakugan pierced through the clouds, locking onto a shimmering blue light within—

"The Eight-Tails is actually hiding in a place like this."

The scroll in Tobirama's hand was cracked from being gripped so tightly, and his red eyes beneath his white hair were fixed on the words 'Tailed Beast Capture Plan'.

"Nine tailed beasts... Uchiha Nagi, what exactly do you want to do?"

Suddenly, thunder roared outside the window, and a torrential downpour began. Through the rain, it seemed as if countless eyes were peering into the ninja world.

There were the dead, the living, and... those who should have been sleeping 'gods' forever.

You and Leng Xi stand on the edge of a precipice, below which lies a bottomless chasm filled with a gray-white mist. His kaleidoscope spins wildly, and tears of blood stream down his face.

"Right down there... at the source of that power."

Your katana suddenly hummed, and strange black runes appeared on its blade, resonating with the sealing technique of the Sage of Six Paths.

Looking back at the path you came from, a complex emotion flashed through your Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Madara should have already set off to capture Kurama.

The air below the cliff was filled with the stench of decay and blood.

"Are you very familiar with the terrain here?" Leng Xi's voice sounded from behind.

Your fingertips trace the surface of a collapsed wall, where half a shuriken, covered in rust, is still embedded in a crack.

"Twelve years ago, I slaughtered the Feathered Clan here."

The next moment, your fingers tightened sharply, and the shuriken shattered into dust in your palm. It was to avenge Su, and to make them pay for their blood debts.

My steps faltered almost imperceptibly the moment I stepped into the ruins of the Hagoromo clan. The fire from twelve years ago had long since died down, but the charred beams and pillars still bore the marks of ninjutsu burning, like unhealable scars.

The door to the council chamber was kicked open, and dust flew in the light.

Then, you saw it.

The boy in the cage knelt quietly, his black hair as smooth as when he was alive, and his skin even retained its former luster. Only the hideous blood hole on his shoulder and the empty eye sockets proved that this body had been dead for many years.

Uchiha Suku has been dead for twelve years, yet he has not turned into bones.

"Ah Su...!"

Your voice ripped through the silence, almost as if you were rushing to the cage, your fingers frantically shaking the iron bars. The loud clanging of metal echoed in the empty hall, but it couldn't wake those empty eyes.

Why? Why must the dead be imprisoned? Why can't even the Pure Land find peace?!

A sharp pain suddenly shot through Lengxi's kaleidoscope. "Watch out—!"

His knife blocked the attack at the last second, and the sparks from the clash of metal illuminated the dark claws that were thrusting out from the shadows.

Black Zetsu emerged from the shadows, letting out a low laugh, like the whispers of hundreds of dead souls in one's ear.

"We meet again, Prajna."

It calls you by your real name affectionately, its twisted body flowing like liquid.

"Do you like the...eternal cage I prepared for your brother?"

A flash of cold light appeared in Lengxi's blade. "Get out of the way!"

The slash, imbued with the power of the Kaleidoscope, cleaved Black Zetsu in two, but the scattered black matter quickly reformed on the ground.

"it's useless..."

"You have no idea what you're fighting against..."

Your hand suddenly landed on Leng Xi's shoulder, your eyes regaining their chilling calm, your Eternal Kaleidoscope locked firmly on Black Zetsu.

The moment the katana was drawn, the temperature in the entire council hall plummeted, and the six sealing patterns on the blade shone with a blinding golden light, colliding with the chilling chakra surrounding Black Zetsu.

"Give Ah Su back to me!" Your voice was no longer calm, but carried a kind of madness on the verge of collapse.

Do you think you're the only one waiting for this day?

"That idiot Ban still thinks you're his salvation..."

"But he had no idea—"

"From beginning to end, all you've done is resurrect this dead man!"

A violent tremor suddenly came from underground.

Black Zetsu let out a piercing laugh as his body swiftly merged into the crack in the ground.

Leng Xi suddenly shed tears of blood. He finally understood why you were so obsessed with the Six Paths Forbidden Technique, even at the cost of stirring up turmoil in the ninja world to gather the Tailed Beasts. In your eyes when you looked at Madara, there was always a trace of... guilt.

Blood still dripped from Madara Uchiha's fingertips, the crimson liquid seeping into the soil, as if some ancient pact had been awakened. The summoning runes on the ground glowed with a dark light, and the air hummed uncontrollably under extreme pressure.

The earth cracked, and scorching chakra erupted into the sky like a volcanic eruption.

Crimson flames tore through the night sky, and nine enormous tails hung like clouds from the heavens, each hair burning with ominous demonic power.

Nine Lama's vertical pupils lit up in the smoke and dust, crimson like an inverted blood moon, reflecting Ban's tiny figure.

Chapter 78 - The Final Chapter (Slightly angsty, proceed with caution)

"Insignificant humans!" Its roar stirred up a hurricane, and the sound waves shattered rocks within a radius of a hundred meters.

"How dare you wake me, Your Majesty!"

Ban's Eternal Kaleidoscope was eerily calm. He looked up at the legendary behemoth of calamity, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"A beast is a beast; all it can do to greet someone is bark."

The Nine-Tailed Fox's claws slammed down, the force enough to crush mountains creating a deep crater in the ground.

As the smoke cleared, Madara stood atop his claws, his Sharingan reflecting the Nine-Tails' furious pupils, his fingertips forming the final hand seal.

The hum of chains tore through the night sky.

"You beast, recognize your master!"

Ban's voice was deep and thunderous, carrying an undeniable air of authority.

He walked slowly forward, each step seemingly treading on the dignity of the Nine-Tailed Fox, causing it to roar even more furiously.

The nine giant tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox lashed the ground wildly, each strike raising towering clouds of dust, cracking the earth, and sending shards of rock flying.

But the chains didn't budge; instead, they tightened even more as the creature struggled, the light of the incantation almost blinding it.

"roar--!!!"

The Nine-Tails' roar was deafening, but Madara merely narrowed his eyes slightly, "This was prepared especially for you."

His voice was light and airy, yet it sounded like the whisper of death, causing the Nine-Tails' struggle to pause slightly.

"From now on, you will be the sharpest weapon in my hand."

A flicker of fear crossed the Nine-Tails' eyes, but it was quickly replaced by overwhelming rage. "How could I, the mighty Nine-Tails, submit to you!"

It took a deep breath, and its chakra gathered wildly, condensing into a huge Tailed Beast Ball in its mouth.

The pitch-black energy sphere spun, emitting destructive fluctuations that distorted the air, as if it would annihilate Ban completely at any moment.

"boom--!!!"

The earth-shattering explosion resounded through the sky, and the distant mountains collapsed instantly under the impact of the Tailed Beast Ball, with smoke and dust billowing into the sky, obscuring half of the sky.

Madara remained standing in the same spot, not even lifting the hem of his clothes. "Resistance is futile."

It was as if the devastating attack just now was nothing more than a gentle breeze brushing past his ear.

The eternal kaleidoscope of spots looked down upon it, like a god scrutinizing an ant.

"You!" The Nine-Tails' struggle caused the illusion space to tremble violently, but it could not break free from the restraint of those eyes.

Madara walked slowly, his boots creating crimson ripples in the air. He reached out and pressed his hand against Kurama's nose, injecting chakra like poison. "Quiet, you're making me miss her."

"Follow me, and you will witness a new era, an era ruled by me, Uchiha Madara."

The struggles of the Nine-Tails gradually ceased.

Its eyes still burned with resentful rage, but its body could no longer defy the will of those eyes. The incantations on the chains were completely imprinted into its chakra, like eternal shackles.

Madara withdrew his hand, turned around and looked in the direction of the Uchiha clan's territory, a deep emotion flashing in his eyes.

The crimson chakra collapsed like the receding tide, eventually transforming into a palm-sized fox, which Madara held by the scruff of its neck.

It bared its teeth, ready to bite, but was instantly frozen in place by a mere glance from the Eternal Kaleidoscope.

Madara took out the sealing scroll you had prepared beforehand from his pocket and roughly stuffed Kurama into it. The moment the scroll closed, he seemed to hear you whisper in his ear, 'Waiting for you to come back.'

The night wind on the return journey suddenly became biting, and Ban abruptly stopped in his tracks.

The scroll in his arms suddenly became hot, and the Nine-Tailed Fox's sneer seeped out from the gap, "The reincarnation of Indra..."

"Do you really think that woman wanted the Tailed Beasts for you?"

Suddenly, countless pale, tumor-like growths appeared on the ground.

Those slimy white creatures burst out of the soil, twisting and writhing like rotting tree roots.

Their bodies have no facial features, only a serrated mouth on their heads that emits a shrill cry like that of a baby.

Uchiha Rei's katana slashed through the first three that pounced, but the blade felt as if it were cutting into glue. The split bodies writhed and reformed, splitting into twice the number of monsters.

"These things...can't be killed all of them."

Lengxi tried to see through the regeneration core, but only captured the continuous flow of chakra deep underground, as if the entire earth was their incubation ground.