Capítulo 249: Chapter 249
Obito raised his head, glancing around. In the Kamui Dimension, an immense wall of darkness blocked his path.
He cautiously placed his hand on the barrier, confirming its solidity. Something was indeed obstructing his way.
This was unprecedented. The Kamui Dimension had never shown any limitations like this before!
Realizing something was wrong, Obito turned around to find that darkness surrounded him on all sides.
Since when did the Kamui Dimension have physical boundaries?
A cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and a hint of confusion flashed in his remaining eye. According to all his prior experience, the Kamui Dimension was a reflection of the shinobi world—its shadow. The dimension should be as vast as the world itself.
Yet now, it had shrunk to a confined space.
Obito exited the Kamui Dimension and returned to reality, looking back at where the dark barrier had been.
"Nothing?!" Obito's eyes widened in disbelief.
There was no sign of the barrier—everything appeared normal.
But the moment passed, and Obito realized something was off. It felt as though something was distorting his vision. He focused on a tree for a couple of seconds, and suddenly, the tree seemed to bend unnaturally, only to snap back to its original state in an instant, as if the distortion had been a mere illusion.
He performed a hand seal, attempting to disrupt any potential genjutsu, but nothing happened.
And yet, deep down, Obito doubted that he was under any illusion. Could it be tied to the strange occurrences in the Kamui Dimension?
Grabbing a nearby branch, he reached toward where the dark barrier had previously appeared.
Snap.
The branch was instantly twisted and broken by some unseen force, with half of it disintegrating into fine dust, drifting away.
The landscape in front of him, though visually intact, now seemed to belong to another world—a world too familiar to Obito.
This technique was eerily similar to the powers of his Kamui.
His left eye, the one capable of warping space, had been lost, but now he was witnessing something that closely resembled its abilities. Kamui could distort space for brief moments, severing limbs or warping parts of people and objects away.
However, what Obito saw before him seemed to be a permanent spatial distortion. Whether it would revert in time or remain forever was uncertain, but one thing was clear:
He was trapped.
Swallowing hard, Obito realized this wasn't something he could easily escape. He turned his gaze back toward the direction he had come from, unable to shake the feeling that the mysterious figure was somehow responsible for all this.
As that thought took root, it became impossible to ignore.
"Wait... If that's the case, where's Zetsu?" Obito muttered.
Even if this space had become a cage, Zetsu wouldn't have been defeated by just a water shark bomb.
Even now, Obito couldn't fully comprehend Zetsu's fate. He still assumed Zetsu was waiting somewhere, just like him, possibly observing from the edges of the battlefield.
With no other options, Obito decided to return to the battleground to assess the situation.
When he arrived at the lake five minutes later, he was stunned.
Twelve bodies floated on the lake's surface—Deidara, Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, Kisame, Uchiha Itachi, and the Six Paths of Pain.
Hidan's head was missing, and his body had been severed into numerous pieces, scattered across the battlefield. The lake's surface was tinged with a faint red, marking the site of a recent battle.
Among the debris were countless puppet fragments, indicating that Sasori had unleashed a large number of his puppets before dying.
"You're back?"
Thud.
"Ahhhh!"
Before Obito could fully process the sight, the mysterious figure's voice came from behind him. In an instant, a hand shot out from beside his head, and within moments, Obito's remaining eye was gouged out.
Everything had happened so fast.
Obito realized that this individual's physical capabilities far exceeded those of a normal person. The speed of his attack alone would have made it impossible for most shinobi to react.
On the other side, Dak gazed at the figure of Obito, who had momentarily escaped using Body Flicker Technique.
"Well, now you won't have to worry about using Izanagi anymore," Dak remarked calmly.
Moments ago, while focusing on Itachi, Dak had nearly fallen prey to Tsukuyomi—if not for his Conqueror's Haki, things could have gone wrong. Not to mention, there was the constant threat of Itachi's crows.
Every time one appeared, Dak would crush it with psychic power to avoid inadvertently encountering the one containing Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan and its dangerous Kotoamatsukami.
As expected, Itachi had attempted to use Kotoamatsukami to alter Dak's will.
But Dak now held Itachi's Shisui Eye in his hand, preventing the jutsu from being used.
As for Itachi himself…
The body of Itachi floating on the lake was, in fact, still alive. He had used Izanagi to reverse his death, faking it for the moment. Dak, of course, knew this, but he didn't expose Itachi's act.
His reasoning was simple: leaving Itachi alive would allow Sasuke to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, fulfilling his desire for revenge. Once that was done, Dak could potentially recruit Sasuke to the Pokémon League as a powerful asset.
Despite being a complicated character, Itachi's unwavering dedication to protecting Konoha was something Dak could respect. Allowing Itachi to live would help preserve stability in the shinobi world.
"What's your goal?" Obito's voice called out.
By now, Obito had come to realize that Akatsuki was finished, and with it, the Moon's Eye Plan.
"For peace," Dak replied simply.
"Peace? Hahahaha! Do you even know that Akatsuki's entire purpose is to maintain peace in the shinobi world?!" Obito sneered.
"Spare me the fake peace from Infinite Tsukuyomi," Dak scoffed, waving his hand dismissively.
If the Moon's Eye Plan succeeded, Dak's ambitions for reshaping the shinobi world into a Pokémon World would be thwarted.
To destroy this plan, Nagato, Obito, Madara, and Zetsu—the four individuals who knew how to implement it—had to die.
"..."
Obito hadn't expected Dak to be aware of the Moon's Eye Plan. "I'm telling the truth. Without Akatsuki, the Fourth Great Ninja War will break out within months!"
"Is that so? Then let it happen," Dak replied indifferently, tilting his head, confused by Obito's reasoning.
Why would Akatsuki's fall trigger more war?
Based on Dak's understanding, Akatsuki was responsible for igniting countless small wars throughout the shinobi world. By monopolizing war commissions from smaller nations, Akatsuki was steadily expanding the scale of conflict, disrupting the established systems of the great nations.
Wasn't Akatsuki already making wars worse?
"You'll regret what you did today!" Obito declared with certainty.
In his mind, Dak was making a grave mistake if he truly believed that Akatsuki was the cause of war rather than a means of controlling it.
"You can die now," Dak said coldly, raising his hand. He had no intention of debating further, and with a swift motion, he crushed Obito's heart.
Although Dak didn't fully understand Obito's logic, he couldn't dismiss the possibility entirely. Without Akatsuki, the Fourth Great Ninja War might indeed come sooner than expected.
In the time of Boruto, the five great nations managed to maintain peace due to their alliance against Akatsuki and its remnants, as well as the larger threat of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. The cooperation born from the Fourth Great War endured, with the five villages working together for decades.
However, with Akatsuki destroyed before the Ōtsutsuki threat could emerge, the likelihood of the five villages maintaining their unity was slim. The balance of power would be shattered, and war would be inevitable.
Without a common enemy to unite them, the shinobi world might descend into chaos, as the great nations resumed their power struggles.
For the world to find peace, there could only be one solution:
The unification of the shinobi world.
The wars must continue until one nation emerged victorious, dominating the others and uniting the world under one rule.
Only then would true peace be achievable.
This had once been Madara's belief as well. Before he was manipulated by Zetsu and misled by the falsified writings of the Sage of Six Paths, Madara had planned to unify the shinobi world by force.
But in the end, Madara was swayed by Hashirama's dream of a peaceful Konoha, leading him down a different path—until the day he uncovered the altered stone tablet.
Had Madara been more ruthless, had he pursued his original vision, the shinobi world wouldn't have endured three major wars. And Zetsu's schemes would have been thwarted from the start.
In a way, Oda Nobunaga had done the same in his own world—unifying warring states into a singular empire. History had proven the effectiveness of that approach.
And now, Dak believed it was time for the shinobi world to follow suit.
True peace could only come through unification.
Yet, Dak had overlooked one crucial detail: the shinobi world didn't have a Nobunaga.
The one person capable of unifying the world, Madara, had already strayed too far off course.
(End of Chapter)
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Capítulo 250: Chapter 250
At this moment, the only surviving members of the Akatsuki were Konan and Nagato, aside from Itachi, who had been deliberately spared by Dak, and Zetsu, who had been captured by Darkrai.
Everyone else had been wiped out.
While Konan's fate was of little consequence, Nagato had to die. Even without Zetsu or "Uchiha Madara" (Obito), Nagato would still continue to pursue the Moon's Eye Plan.
All for the sake of peace.
The Akatsuki's goal, as much as it had become distorted, was indeed for peace. From Madara to Nagato, Konan, Kisame, Itachi, and even Obito, each member had fought for their version of peace. Of course, their individual desires and twisted interpretations of what "peace" truly meant varied.
Dak was no different. He, too, sought peace in the shinobi world. However, his vision was not for human peace, but for a future where Pokémon could live happily and freely in the shinobi world, guiding it into a new era—the Pokémon Era.
At this point, the question wasn't about who was right or wrong. It was about who was stronger.
Because in the end, the stronger one would shape the future.
"Palkia, shrink the space," Dak commanded, though there was no verbal response. He knew that Palkia was reducing the enclosed space as ordered. For a god of space, such a task was simple. Even in a world like this, far smaller than the Grand Line, it was trivial.
Closing his eyes, Dak expanded the reach of his Observation Haki, letting it stretch until it could no longer extend further. The limitation wasn't his ability—it was the space around him that had reached its boundary.
In the world of One Piece, when a person's Observation Haki reached its limit, it sometimes developed unique abilities. These could range from foreseeing five seconds into the future, to affecting others' emotions, or even reading minds.
For Dak, the ability he developed was simple but powerful—range.
His Observation Haki surpassed even Enel's Mantra in range. Enel had used the power of the Goro Goro no Mi (Thunder Fruit) to enhance his Haki, but Dak achieved the same level purely with his Haki. If he added his maxed-out Psychic powers to the mix, his range would become even more terrifying.
While the full extent of his abilities had yet to be tested, Dak had once managed to sense and cover the entire Pokémon League City, including its outskirts. His telepathic range also extended that far, though the greater the distance, the weaker the effect.
For example, while he could communicate clearly over short distances, at the farthest edges of the city, his words would come through faint and incomplete.
"Found them," Dak murmured after just two seconds. He had located Konan and Nagato at the far edge of the enclosed space. They had already realized that the area was cut off from the rest of the world.
With a flicker, Dak teleported behind them, his Teleport ability snapping him into position instantly.
"What exactly are you?" Nagato demanded, his voice cutting through the ever-present rain of the Land of Rain. Using his Rain Tiger at Will Technique, Nagato could sense any movement within his territory as long as the rain fell.
At this moment, he could feel the presence of another Akatsuki member coming to a halt. Likely, another one had died.
Nagato's face darkened. Considering Zetsu had disappeared earlier, he assumed that the one who had just fallen was "Uchiha Madara" (Obito).
Even that guy had been killed.
"They call me the God of Creation," Dak said after a brief thought, offering his introduction. "Though some know me as the 'King of Peeping,' what do you think of that title?"
"…"
Nagato and Konan were stunned into silence for two full seconds.
At this point, Nagato's Six Paths of Pain had been entirely destroyed by Dak. Incidentally, all six bodies had once been shinobi who had crossed paths with Jiraiya. Perhaps Nagato had chosen them because of that connection.
Jiraiya had authored multiple books throughout his life. His only serious work, the Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, had three parts, with Naruto as the main protagonist, though the inspiration came from different sources.
The first part was inspired by Jiraiya's experiences with the Prophecy of the Great Sage and his journey to find the prophesied child. In this tale, the protagonist's teacher was a reflection of Jiraiya himself, and the story revolved around the prophecy's influence.
The second part was inspired by Nagato, who Jiraiya once believed to be the prophesied child. Nagato had read this part, and perhaps, in seeing those written characters, he found the other five paths to complete the Six Paths of Pain.
As for the third part, which was never finished, it would have focused on the real child of prophecy—Naruto Uzumaki. Sadly, Nagato would not live to see this story's conclusion, as his life would end before that chapter began.
But at this point in time, Jiraiya had only finished the second part of the story, unaware that his encounter with Naruto would change everything.
"You're close to death already, so it doesn't really matter who I am. What should concern you is the truth about the Moon's Eye Plan."
Dak shook his head at Nagato and Konan's wary expressions.
Ironically, these two were probably the least deserving of death in the entire Akatsuki. They truly wanted peace in the shinobi world, but Nagato had been manipulated by Obito into believing that the Moon's Eye Plan was the key to achieving it, with the belief that people would learn to yearn for peace after suffering endlessly in an illusionary cycle of pain.
Konan, though she had her own thoughts about peace, lacked a strong will of her own. She had followed Nagato's lead, never questioning his vision.
Had Yahiko survived, the Akatsuki would have likely remained an entirely different organization—an idealistic, but ultimately out-of-place faction in a war-torn world.
"What do you mean?" Konan asked, her voice tense.
"Well, let me explain…" Dak proceeded to reveal the entire truth about the Moon's Eye Plan, exposing Obito's true goals, Madara's influence, the role of Zetsu, and finally the resurrection of Kaguya.
By the time Dak finished, Nagato and Konan stood in shocked silence.
"Do you believe him?" Konan asked Nagato softly.
Nagato shook his head. "No."
But the truth was, Nagato had already begun to believe. Too many details lined up, and the fact that Dak knew so much was unnerving.
A mole? But that made no sense—almost all of the Akatsuki members were dead.
"…"
Konan, however, had fallen into silence. As she recalled Obito and Zetsu's strange behavior over the years, Dak's story seemed increasingly plausible.
But if what Dak said was true, then everything they had fought for was meaningless.
"Konan, we did nothing wrong. Only through pain can the people of this world understand what peace truly means," Nagato said, sensing her hesitation.
But he remained steadfast in his beliefs. Even if the Moon's Eye Plan had a different purpose, it didn't change the fact that they were working to make the shinobi world feel the pain needed to achieve peace.
"You're even more naive than Yahiko was… No, you're worse," Dak said, shaking his head.
This belief—that pain could lead to peace—was foolish. Just look at what pain had done to Sasuke and Obito. Despite all the suffering they had endured, both of them had descended into darkness.
The same could be said for the Five Great Nations. They had experienced so much pain and bloodshed, yet war still raged on. Peace, if it ever came, was merely a temporary break to recover from the toll of battle.
And if the world needed pain to achieve peace, what about the people who had already suffered?
"You're an idiot!" Nagato shouted, his voice trembling with anger. He was on the verge of losing his composure. "Thanks to you killing Obito and Zetsu, I can finally move forward with the Moon's Eye Plan without interference! Once I cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, I will bring true peace to this world!"
He raised his hand, preparing to use Universal Pull or Almighty Push.
Nagato wasn't wrong—without Obito and Zetsu, there was no one left to stop him from using the Moon's Eye Plan to plunge the world into an endless cycle of pain. No one, except Dak.
"This is why I have to kill you," Dak said calmly.
From the beginning, Dak knew that trying to reason with Nagato was pointless. He wasn't Naruto, who had an emotional connection to Nagato or the power of talk-no-jutsu to sway him.
But that was fine. Dak had something even better: strength.
Without Naruto around to stop Nagato's destruction of Konoha and prevent the continuation of the Moon's Eye Plan, Dak had to step in.
Otherwise, the shinobi world would be lost to Nagato's cycle of pain. Without the intervention of Naruto or Jiraiya, who could save the world?
"Universal Pull!" both Dak and Nagato shouted in unison.
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