Maelstrom EXE.

"Normal speech"

"Tailed Beast speech"

[Talking from the PET]

Chapter 12: Climax

The day of the final round has arrived as Naruto was already awake but the thought of the bout against Gilgamesh wasn't the only thing on his mind as he was currently communicating with the shadow clone operating the PET relating to their previous investigations outside on the island along with the information received from Kazuradrop as well.

"Are you still not able to meet with the NetOps or even getting out of the room?" asked Naruto.

[Not at all, even the door's now when it used to be open. I'm not liking this at all boss] said C-Naruto.

"Feeling's mutual, given that we're drawing to a close in this tourney. We're fully aware that things are gonna go beyond just fighting Gilgamesh-teme and making a wish from the Moon Cell, that is if it would even come to that,"

"Better prepared for anything, you are practically jumping in headfirst into a viper's nest. The unknown is rapidly increasing the tension," said Kurama.

"I know, and I'm trying not to let it get to me," Naruto got off the bed and went up to the roof where he found Alice and Shiori sitting together, though they perked up when they saw him and scampered over.

"Are you preparing for the final round, Naruto?" asked Shiori curiously.

Naruto nodded in affirmation "Yup, I'm all set…I hope. Once I'm done, I'll take you two along with me in my PET,"

"I can't wait to see how the outside world is like!" said Alice excitedly.

"You both will soon enough," Naruto fondly patted Alice's head "I'm gonna head for the infirmary before the labyrinth, so wish me luck,"

"Good luck Naruto, we hope you win!" said Alice and Shiori simultaneously.

Naruto nodded in affirmation before exiting the dormitory before making his way to the main school and went inside the infirmary where he saw Sakura sitting, but it seemed like her mind is elsewhere as she didn't respond when he was opening the door so the blonde cyber ninja called out to her.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto a bit loudly which seemed to be enough to get her attention.

"Oh Maelstrom, sorry but my mind was elsewhere," said Sakura apologetically.

"No worries, just came in to check on you before heading to the labyrinth for the final stage,"

Sakura looked worried upon hearing that "Maelstrom, I think…I think you shouldn't continue into the final stage,"

Naruto blinked in confusion upon hearing that "Why do you say that?"

"Many had advanced into the final stage, but something never seems to go the way one would expect and it constantly repeats every time. I do not wish for you to go through the same thing as well,"

"What is it that happens?"

"I can't seem to recall properly but I can remember the sensation of it every time,"

"I suspect that Sakura's connection with BB would have something to do with this, she must have sensed albeit weakly whatever that BB does," said Kurama.

"That sounds about right," thought Naruto before speaking up with a warm smile "You don't need to worry, I'm sure that everything will end just fine. I've got a couple of trump cards hidden up my sleeves to pull out when a push comes to a shove, wish me luck Sakura-chan!"

Naruto left the infirmary with Sakura watching him leave as she held her hands as a way of prayer "I wish there was a way to change all this, the whims of this system has gone on for far too long,"

Meanwhile the blonde cyber ninja had arrived at the entrance of the Sakura Labyrinth but noticed that there's no one else around and that he's the only one here, leaving him standing there in confusion.

"Okay…did I come too early or maybe they started without me?" Naruto muttered lowly.

"Doubtful, I suspect that since this is the final stage, they might have something different in mind," said Kurama.

[He's right, I just got a message from BB, it says that going through the entryway will transfer you directly to the very bottom of the labyrinth and that we won't be going to the previous stages anymore] said C-Naruto.

"Well, time waits for no man or in this case cyber ninja. Time to dive in and see what this final stage is all about,"

Naruto leapt into the entryway of the Sakura Labyrinth. He finally emerged to see that the landscape takes on the aspect of digitization as the ground is green with streams of numerical data moving along it with broken pillars and buildings of Grecian design under a blue sky albeit with grey clouds. Naruto looked around and caught no sign of an enemy.

"Nowhere else to go but forward I guess," said Naruto with a shrug before beginning his trek through the Datascape, with the sound of his own footsteps, Naruto continued to look around for anything else besides what he getting familiar with around him. He was suddenly snapped back into focus as a white swirling portal appeared a fair distance away from him and a familiar figure emerged from it "Passionlip, what are you doing here?"

Naruto was about to approach her when Kurama suddenly spoke up sharply to him "Don't get any closer to her kit, something's wrong with her!"

"What are you talking about?" thought Naruto confusedly.

"Take a good look at her eyes and see what I mean,"

Naruto did just that and soon noticed that Passionlip's eyes were blank and unfocused as if she was in a trance and not aware of what's going on in her surroundings "Now I do, what's going on here?"

"Target located; beginning procedure of erasing anomaly from the system," said Passionlip in a dead tone, something Naruto flinched at given how nice and meek she was before.

"What's going on with her?" asked Naruto worriedly.

"She must be under a trance and being by something or someone, similar to that of Genjutsu," said Kurama thoughtfully.

"Any way we can wake her up?"

"Only thing you can do for her right now would be to fight to subdue especially since she being manipulated to fight with the intention to kill,"

Naruto groaned at this "Oh man, guess I owe her an apology after this," he took a combat stance for the upcoming but reluctant fight.

Music Start: Tekken 5 - Dark Resurrection OST; Snow Castle

The blonde cyber ninja made the first move as he conjured a handful of cyber shuriken and flung them towards Passionlip who simply used one of her claws to reflect them with a backhand back at Naruto, forcing him leap into the air to avoid them. he summoned the Aurum Blade and pulled the trigger to fire plasma projectiles rapidly only for Passionlip to hold her claws forward to shield her from the incoming projectiles. He dashed forward whilst switching to blade mode to attack only for Passionlip to reach to catch the energy blade with a claw and swiping with the other with the blonde ninja shifting the Aurum Blade to the Tiger Claws to get free before rapidly building distance with a series of backflips.

"Shadow Clone jutsu!" Naruto created about three dozen copies of himself which then equipped themselves with various weapons being the Chakra Blade, Aurum Blade, Tiger Claws and the Vorpal Blade "Charge!" the clones immediately rushed forwards to engage the lone opponent in close range. Passionlip swung her nails left to right whilst blocking and parrying at times to send the attacking clones flying away from her like ragdolls to grabbing several handfuls then crushing them with an inescapable grip.

"Let's try this, Yoyo battlechip in, and download!" C-Naruto inserted a chip into the slot of the PET as Naruto's left hand transformed into an attachment which opened up to fire a large bladed yoyo with a long rope attached to it to attack, Passionlip quickly blocked the bladed yoyo with a talon as sparks flew then she grabbed the rope and yanked Naruto over in an attempt to skewer him with the other talon "I don't think so! Airshot battlechip in, and download!" Naruto's other arm transformed into an arm cannon which he aimed at the ground to fire an air bullet with the recoil propelling him into the air and evading the talon aiming at him to position behind Passionlip and fired another bullet towards her exposed back to send her flying.

"Time to try this out!" Naruto switched out for the Aurum Blade which he then transformed into the Palutena Bow, the cyber ninja made the motion of pulling back a bowstring as an arrow of blue energy appeared then he released to fire it at the target only to be blocked but continued to fire rapidly with Passionlip once more using her talons as a makeshift shield to defend against it "Let's see you block this, Hailstorm of Arrows!" he aimed an arrow skyward and fired as it shot into the air before descending towards Passionlip duplicating itself into a massive number of arrows with the resulting impact throwing up a cloud of dust "Did that do it?" the dust settled to reveal Passionlip standing before with only a few bruises on her body and parts of her outfit were charred.

"We can take that as a no, she must possess a strong durability to be able to endure that attack," said Kurama with a frown.

Passionlip then spoke in a monotone voice "Resistance is futile, surrender and be erased,"

"Like I told someone before, I suck at giving up!" Naruto dashed forward while rapidly firing at Passionlip with the Palutena Bow albeit they were being blocked, he quickly performed a slide to duck underneath a talon swipe whilst splitting the bow to form two shortswords with one held in a standard grip and the other in a reverse grip. Naruto took to using his agility to for hit-and-run tactic against Passionlip with a few risky dodges, he tossed the bow into the air in mid-dodge then created a dozen shadow clones to rush forwards and grab the talons in an effort to hold them apart. Without missing a beat, he caught the bow to send it away as two clones stood at both sides with one helping form a blue spiraling sphere of energy then the other grabbed his other hand and performed a hammer throw to launch him towards Passionlip "Take this, Rasengan!"

"…Salome to Degenerate," a dome of red energy appeared simultaneously dispelled the clones restraining her and dispersed the Rasengan, Naruto noticed his body being enshrouded in a blood red aura and felt weakened somehow, "The Secret Room is the Bell's Box…" he looked up to quickly cross his arms to block an incoming punch which sent him flying away and tumbling along the ground. Naruto attempted to rise to his feet but soon noticed that his entire body felt numb.

"What's going on here, why can't I move?" Naruto grunted out in an effort to regain mobility.

[This is bad, your body's been paralyzed!] said C-Naruto, looking at the status on the PET screen then he saw Passionlip approach with her talons glinting in the light [I won't let you get any closer! Hi-Cannon x2 battlechips in, double download!] he rapidly inserted the battlechips into the PET as two blue cannon turrets materialized and opened fire which impacted Passionlip which threw up another cloud of dust, the dust cloud settled only to reveal that she was nowhere to be seen much to their surprise and confusion.

"Where did she go? I can't see her anyw-gyak!" Naruto cried out in pain as he felt something wrap around his body very tightly and was lifted a few meters off the ground with no way of breaking free whilst the cannons were destroyed as well, he was brought round to see someone turn visible and reveal to be Passionlip "She must have used some sort of invisibility to sneak up on me from behind,"

"It must be stronger than the one you use to be able to move undetected," said Kurama with a growl.

"Like I said before, resistance is futile. Prepare to be deleted," said Passionlip stoically, squeezing Naruto even more tightly and was about to skewer him with her talons when a bright light shown through the gaps of the talons and she released him in pain "Wh-what is happening!? My parameters are being rewritten!"

Naruto rose from the ground with a pained groan "What just happened? She was about to finish me off," he looked to see a small blue diamond with matrixes of numbers swirling within it "That's the thing Kazuradrop gave to me earlier!"

"Don't just stand there, attack her while she's vulnerable!" said Kurama urgently.

"Right, I'll need some of your chakra for this!" Naruto created a shadow clone and worked together to create a Rasengan then Kurama channeled his chakra into the jutsu to enshroud the spiraling sphere in a vermillion red aura. Naruto rapidly closed the distance between himself and Passionlip who looked up to stare into his red slitted eyes as he let out a bestial roar "Nine-Tailed Rasengan!" he rammed the attack into her torso as it inflicted great damage upon her weakened defenses and was sent flying, smashing through multiple pillars in the way before crashing to the ground and laid there unmoving.

Music End

Naruto picked up the matrixed diamond and unsheathed his Chakra Blade before cautiously approaching Passionlip in case she got up to attack him once again. He was soon upon her and calmly waited till he heard a groan and Passionlip raised her head to look around in confusion before seeing Naruto who noticed that she doesn't have that unfocused expression anymore.

"Maelstrom, what happened and why am I hurt all over?" asked Passionlip confusedly.

"Do you remember anything?" asked Naruto, going down on one knee to check on her after putting away the matrixed diamond.

"All I could remember was a terrible headache which was so unbearable that I blacked out and couldn't wake up till now,"

"Well, you were trying to delete me so I had to defend myself. It looked like you were some kind of mind control,"

"I'm so sorry, I never wanted to hurt you," Passionlip bowed her head in guilt.

"You're not at fault, something was controlling you. I think you should rest for a bit before getting out of here while I continue for the core to find out what's going on," said Naruto in a placating manner.

"O-Okay, please be careful,"

"I will,"

Naruto got up and left in the direction Passionlip gave to him at a walking pace in order to recover his strength along the way. Passionlip looked down to the ground in thought of what had happened and wondered just what would have been strong enough to control her, she noticed a pair of feet before her and looked up only for her eyes to widen upon recognizing who it is. Before she could react, everything went black once more with the only she would hear being a dark chuckle.

Meanwhile, Naruto was still on the move albeit he felt a shiver and turned to look at where he left Passionlip with concern "Maybe I should have waited until she recovered long enough to leave this place,"

"Understandable but we also needed to hurry for the core before Gilgamesh gets there and makes a wish as we both know that the Moon Cell is not what it seemed, I suspect that it was the one to control Passionlip to attack us just like the warning Kazuradrop gave to us," said Kurama with a frown.

"You're right, if the Moon Cell is able to take control of Passionlip then I got a bad feeling that BB is next on its list which could also affect Sakura-chan. I better move quickly," Naruto broke into a ninja run to pick up the pace and soon enough came across a large stone arch with a white swirling vortex of energy within "That must lead to the core of the Moon Cell," he made to approach when he heard a voice call out to him.

"You have kept me waiting for long mongrel," Naruto turned to see Gilgamesh leaning against a broken stone pillar nearby with a look of annoyance.

"Would have 'apologized' for the delay if I cared but I would be kidding myself," said Naruto with a roll of his eyes.

"Insulting a king while ignorant of one's own standing, I expected nothing less from a plebian such as yourself," Gilgamesh now stood a fair distance away with his arms crossed.

"Respect is earned not given at the drop of a hat, something I'm gonna enjoy teaching you," Naruto now took a combat stance with his faceplate sliding into place.

[Let's have a good battle] said Gil with an apologetic look on his face via a holoscreen.

[Same here, we won't hold back] C-Naruto responded.

"You shall know your place soon enough mongrel," said Gilgamesh with a scoff.

"We'll see about that," Naruto replied.

Music Start: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep; Rage Awakened -The Origin-

"Let us begin servant, time to show this mongrel why I am the King of Heroes," said Gilgamesh arrogantly.

[I'm on it, activating Gate of Babylon] Gil complied, operating on his PET. Gilgamesh then snapped his fingers as multiple golden ripples appeared around him and the tips of various weapons ranging from swords, axes, spears, lances, daggers, etc. could be seen poking through with Naruto looking on in a wide-eyed expression.

"Holy shi-WOAH!" Naruto rapidly darted left and right then formed multiple kunai in each hand and flung them at the incoming projectiles to deflect them only to be knocked aside and had to duck to avoid them, then he noticed that where he stood began to glow golden and rolled to the side right before a torrent of swords shot out of it, more golden portals appeared on the ground with Naruto having to be very evasive lest he ends up becoming a pin cushion.

"Fuhahaha! Is this how you advanced to the finals? Dancing around like a monkey? You certainly are amusing. Loose the Winds!" a golden portal appeared over Gilgamesh's shoulder which he reached to pull out a golden ornamental single-edged sword before rushing right up to Naruto and struck out with a diagonal slash, Naruto unsheathed his Chakra Blade in a reverse grip and parried the incoming slash to the side and was about to retaliate but leapt into the air to evade another barrage of blades from his left side then twisted his body to dodge the next volley before landing back on the ground.

"Forget Archer, Tenten would worship this guy," said Naruto, focusing on his opponent but also keeping an eye out for more of those portals "Gotta get to the offensive, Shadow Clone jutsu!" he created several dozen copies of himself which then rushed towards Gilgamesh in an attempt to overwhelm him with numbers.

"So a cockroach is capable of making mores cockroaches, it will make no difference as it will end in the same way…crushed like the insects they are!" Gilgamesh snapped his fingers to create more golden portals around himself to launch a barrage of weapons at the clones and them all out before they could react, throwing up a cloud of dust. Something shot out of the dust cloud, revealing to be Naruto dual wielding both the Chakra Blade and the Vorpal Blade to attack with a cross slash "…Enkidu: Chains of Heaven!" golden portals appeared around Naruto as chains shot out and wrapped around his limbs to restrain him in midair.

"Now to show you where you belong!" Gilgamesh strutted forward as Naruto struggled to break free from the chains but they held strong against him, the King of Heroes pulled out a halberd from a portal to jab the cyber ninja with, then he followed up with a slash from a claymore, a blow from a mace, a strike from a golden axe, he finished up by snapping his fingers for a cannon to emerge from a portal and firing to send Naruto flying as the chains released their hold on him with the cyber ninja tumbling along the ground "Fuhahahaha! Lying on the ground certainly suits a mongrel such as yourself and many others before you!"

[Hang on, Recov120 battlechip in, download!] C-Naruto quickly inserted the battlechip into the PET for a beacon of light to engulf Naruto and heal his injuries [Something was up with those chains as they prevented me from using any battlechips]

"Kit, you better get back up and beat this guy. His arrogance is really getting on my nerves," said Kurama, pumping chakra through Naruto's body to heal him further.

"I know, at least we learnt a bit about this guy. Now let's try this again!" Naruto charged forward once with Gilgamesh scoffing at the action and launched more weapons towards him then Naruto unsheathed the Chakra Blade and the Aurum Blade before proceeding to deflect each bladed projectile coming his way, the power of the weapons was nothing to scoff at but the cyber ninja was quickly adjusting to it and properly defending whilst firing plasma bullets with the Aurum Blade.

[Shotgun battlechip in, download!] Naruto sheathed the Chakra Blade for the arm to transform into a canon before firing energy bullets in a scattershot, Gilgamesh scowled at this and snapped his fingers to make the Enkidu chains appear around him to form a barrier against the incoming projectiles [FlashBomb battlechip in, download!] a white spherical lightbulb appeared before Naruto as he kicked it towards Gilgamesh to release a bright flash of light, blinding the enemy [Mole battlechip in, download] a hole opened up on the ground before Naruto to jump inside and closing up afterwards. The golden armored NetNavi finally restored his sight from the sudden flash only to note that his opponent was nowhere in sight.

[Where did he go off to?] Gil looked around confusedly, suddenly a hole opened up right before Gilgamesh and Naruto out of it to lash out with a powerful uppercut then followed up with a charged shot from the Aurum Blade to knock him [What!?]

Gilgamesh looked absolutely livid with what had just happened "You dare lay a hand on me, the King of Heroes!?"

"First time for everything buddy, and one of them will be the feeling of defeat," Naruto retorted, Gilgamesh summoned more portals to attack when the cyber quickly created a group of shadow clones which quickly threw their Vorpal Blades at the portals to disrupt them much to his opponent's and his NetOps surprise "Don't be so stunned, my opponent before me pointed out that despite my lack of strategic mindset and capabilities not always up to par, but my adaptability is nothing to scoff at which brings me to a rather important question…,"

"And what would that be?" asked Gilgamesh in annoyance.

"In a battle of attrition, which would win; an arsenal of weapons or an army?"

"Hmph, don't think so highly of yourself mongrel,"

Naruto dashed forward quickly with the clones following closely behind him as he rapidly deflected any blades fired at him with the Aurum Blade and Chakra Blade in hand whilst the clones provided support fire with plasma shots from their Aurum Blades and throwing their Vorpal Blades at either some of the incoming projectiles to protect the original or at the golden portals to disrupt Gilgamesh's rate of fire. Naruto continued to deflect when he suddenly somersaulted backwards to avoid the Enkidu chains which shot out of the ground via a golden portal in an attempt to capture but there was another barrage of swords launched at him from above, the clones quickly positioned themselves before Naruto and quickly deflected the blades with their weapons.

Gilgamesh frowned at this "Why are those clones beginning to give me trouble? They were pathetic before,"

"I see you aren't getting what's going on, you may be known to be one of the high level NetNavis across the world because you possess a massive arsenal of battlechips. However, you never took the time to be proficient in any of them as all I saw was you using the most basic of moves with each weapon so far. The only thing you do is stand there and launch them from afar like a one-trick pony," said Naruto.

Hearing those words really got on Gilgamesh's nerves "When I'm through with you, there won't be so much as a pixel left of your cranium!"

Even more portals appeared and fired more weapons, Naruto took off across the landscape to outpace some of the projectiles whilst creating more clones in addition to the ones supporting him. The clones took to intercepting the projectiles to deflect them or take the hit in the original's place with the others returning fire with the cyber shuriken and cyber kunai which forced Gilgamesh to dodge lest he would be hit with clouds of dust thrown up in the air from the impacts. Naruto suddenly channeled chakra to his feet for a high-speed dash towards Gilgamesh with a slash from his Chakra Blade only for his opponent to draw out a golden sword from a portal to clash with him as both struggled for dominance.

"How is this possible? I'm actually being pushed back?!" Gilgamesh grunted in disbelief.

Naruto grunted in response "Ever since I began my life as a shinobi, I've encountered and fought many who specialize in arts attuned to them best in battle with the aim to become better than what they were previously every day. Unlike them, you refused to move forward…to improve yourself all because you believe that no one can match your level. But as you can see right now at this moment, I'm rapidly catching up and soon…I will surpass you!" at that moment, Naruto triggered the Chakra Blade's Overflow state for it to shatter Gilgamesh's sword which aggravated him.

"Damn you… DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!" He began pulling out one sword after another to attack Naruto shattering each of them with his empowered blade but quickly performed a substitution jutsu with a shadow clone to escape from a barrage of weapons fired from above to appear a fair distance and stared onto the enraged red eyes of his opponent "Damn you! To think that I must go all-out against the likes of you!"

[Gilgamesh, please calm down!] said Gil in an attempt to placate his NetNavi but to no avail.

"Silence knave! My anger shall not be calmed until I rid myself of this mongrel!"

Naruto took a spinning step forward as he unsheathed the Vorpal Blade from its holster to dual wield in order to rapidly deflect the bladed projectiles aimed his way with every swung of the Chakra Blade launching crescent waves of energy to disrupt the portals attacking him. He kept at it till the Overflow state was exhausted then he sheathed both blades to summon the Aurum Blades and transformed it into the Tiger Claws before running towards Gilgamesh whilst still deflecting the incoming attacks, the clones grabbed one another and flung them into the air towards the portals like makeshift rockets to slam into the portals.

"Feral Frenzy!" the Tiger Claws glowed with energy as Naruto jumped into the air and spun rapidly which unleashed an onslaught of whirlwind projectiles that deflected more swords and sliced through additional which Gilgamesh produced and maintained his approach. The golden armored NetNavi refused to give in as he launched the Enkidu chains to ensnare his opponent who darted from left to right constantly to avoid being captured for the second time so he surrounded the cyber ninja from all sides and angles with portals before firing simultaneously which resulted in an explosion of dust and debris.

At first he thought it was over when he suddenly sensed something and looked up only for his eyes to widen in shock upon seeing Naruto high in the air, apparently C-Naruto inserted the Areasteal battleship to help Naruto escape from the seemingly unavoidable attack at the last moment. Diving towards his opponent to end things, Naruto created some more shadow clones and began working with one to form a Rasengan, the remaining clones acted on defense to shield them from both blades and chains till the jutsu was complete. Gilgamesh gritted his teeth and prepared to pull out a weapon when the clones grabbed Naruto and threw him at great velocity. Everything was occurring in slow motion…Gilgamesh has just pulled out an oddly shaped sword and was about to use it as Naruto thrust the spiraling sphere towards him.

"Rasengan!"

*BOOM*

A large cloud of dust threw up into the air along with debris upon impact, obscuring the view. C-Naruto and Gil watched in trepidation to see who emerged victorious. Soon the dust settled to reveal a large crater with Gilgamesh lying sprawled out in the center of it with a hole in the chest section of the armor and Naruto stood before albeit panting in exhaustion but clearly the winner.

Music End

Gilgamesh opened his eyes and groaned out in pain "To think that I would lose to someone like you, it's just not possible,"

[I never would have thought that he would lose] said Gil in surprise.

Naruto shook his head "I was always told that I would forever be a loser and that I would amount to nothing, so I strive to be the opposite of that…to prove to them I am more than capable of being successful just like them. To never run away…to never go back on my word…that is my Nindo, my Ninja Way!"

"…mark my words mongrel, I'll wash this dirty mark off with your defeat in due time. For now, I will grant that fact you are strong," said Gilgamesh.

[We'll be ready for you by then] said C-Naruto with a look of challenge, they watched as Gilgamesh faded away in pixels.

"I guess, it's time to head for the core of the Moon Cell and get to the bottom of all this," said Naruto, turning to face the stone archway.

"Hang on, take a moment to rest for a bit to recover some chakra before going in. I get the feeling that once we go in, we won't be coming back out for a while," said Kurama, feeling a sense of tension just by looking at the portal through Naruto's eyes.

"Good idea Kurama, do we have enough battlechips left for us to use?" Naruto sat on the ground cross-legged before asking the question.

C-Naruto checked the pack and did a headcount before responding [We still got battlechips remaining with a couple which we can use to pull off a couple of Program Advance techniques]

"Good to know cause I get the feeling that we would be needing them," said Naruto, he rested for a bit longer till he sensed that he had recovered most of his chakra before rising to his feet "I think I've rested long enough, let's get going,"

The cyber ninja approached the gateway and went through to make his way towards the Moon Cell and where all the answers would be revealed to him. Unaware that a dark silhouette walked out from behind a broken stone pillar to see him leave and chuckled darkly before following after with ambitions benefiting no one but itself.

This is Hussbek online with the latest, Naruto has finally reached the finals of the tournament and is now heading for the Moon Cell. A strange conversation with Sakura has further increased Naruto's suspicion towards the Moon Cell's deception and what BB might be hiding as he went to the final level of Sakura Labyrinth. Once there, he runs into a brainwashed Passionlip and was forced to fight her, he nearly got deleted if he hadn't been saved by the item given to him by Kazuradrop and was able to make her come to her senses.

Afterwards, he continued on his way where he met Gilgamesh and the two went head to head in a heated battle. It was anyone's fight but Naruto managed to pull off a win over the King of Heroes and is now the supposed winner of the tourney but the ninja and bijuu know full well that there's more to this than meets the eye whilst a hidden enemy begins to make its move. The next chapter will mark the end of the arc before moving on the to the canon series.

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