Kudai's smile widened as he said eerily "You think I didn't expect this much retaliation?" Then, a terrifying amount of dark chakra started gushing from his body as he said "DARK POSSESSION"

Bakorio's eyes narrowed as he noticed the seed that was dormant all this time inside of Kudai's heart suddenly broke and merged with his body completely, then he started transforming in front of them into a terrifying monstrosity…

He became a giant monkey with six arms and three heads that each had a varying number of horns, and he clearly lost all of his sanity as his eyes turned pupilless and blood-red in color…

"Be careful, he's far stronger than before" said Bakorio and was about to set up a few defenses but suddenly, Endai stepped in front of them and said with a calm look on his face

"We already involved you too much in this mess, leave the rest to me"

Bakorio was surprised. After all, this new monstrosity Kudai had transformed into was already at the medium super Kage level and was only getting higher and higher in terms of strength…

'How's he planning to fight such a monster?' thought Bakorio but he soon got his answer as Endai took a deep breath and clasped his hands together and a golden aura manifested between his hands…

'Is this… the same arts used by the Buddhists of the temple of fire?' Bakorio's eyes widened as he watched in surprise as a huge golden statue appeared in front of them, It had thousands of hands and its size even matched his perfect Susanoo before it evolved!

"Amazing…" Thought Bakorio as he watched the dark and golden giants fighting an epic battle… However, even with this crazy show of strength, the wisdom sage still failed to win so he unleashed one of his special attacks.

"Space palm" one of the hands of the status suddenly disappeared in a portal and appeared right on top of Kudai's three heads and smashed him into the floor and held him in place as the rest of the 1000 palms smashed repeatedly on his body and kept crushing it…

However, he was also regenerating at a rapid speed so Shudai made his move as well "Blaze release: Infernal wave!"

A huge wave of dark flames left Shudai's mouth and covered Kudai's body hindering him from recovering any further… They weren't holding anything back anymore… and not long after, Rendai also joined the fight creating many clones of the three of them to confuse Kudai, and at one point he even created a reflection of Kudai that had 50% of his power!

This fight went on for Three days, and in the end, the three monkeys were completely exhausted, however, they succeeded in taking down Kudai…

"Even if you defeat me today, you won't escape your fate" He said while laying in a pool of dark blood as dark flames kept eating at his body until he was completely incinerated and left behind nothing but dust…

Endai, Shudai, and Rendai instantly collapsed to the floor exhausted from overexerting themselves beyond their limits… The hardest thing during this fight was Kudai's unhuman regeneration which forced them to kill him multiple times to be completely sure they got rid of him…

….

One day later, Bakorio visited the injured monkeys inside their shrine once more and said "I'm sure you have many questions"

Endai nodded silently and asked "How did that darkness infiltrate our hearts, and even the heart of someone like Hashirama?"

Bakorio pondered slightly before he said "I'm not sure how the process happens, but I'm pretty sure Hashirama didn't have it until after his fight with Madara, he probably had too many regrets inside of his heart for killing his friend and the darkness found a hole to sneak into his heart…"

"I see… Can you 'see' it?" Asked Endai while pointing at Bakorio's now normal Sharingan eyes and the latter calmly nodded

"I can, in fact I'm going to initiate my plan soon…" Said Bakorio and Endai was slightly surprised before he asked "What plan?"

"Something that required this" Said Bakorio before the aura around him strengthened multiple times before he gained a flow of pure white chakra covering his body but there didn't seem to be any other changes to his body.. However, the monkeys felt otherwise! It was as if a giant was standing in front of them!

This was the six paths chakra mode that Bakorio achieved during the time the monkeys were fighting after merging all six Sage arts and they couldn't help but feel shocked when they sensed the tremendous pressure emanating from him!

"You, you actually achieved this state?" Asked Endai in shock and Bakorio calmly nodded as he remembered the notification he received yesterday

[Congratulations host, you have learned six paths chakra mode]

[Six path Chakra Mode level 30: All attributes +900. Greatly enhances the power of all Jutsu!]

'Once I reach Level 100, all my attributes would be enhanced by 3000 thousand, but the real increase is actually in the enhancement to any Jutsu I use including Dojutsu! Which is what I need for my plans…'

"Yes, although I still haven't mastered it fully" Replied Bakorio to the inquiry of the wisdom sage who then asked "What do you plan to do?"

"I can't tell you, that darkness has ears all around after all. However, I will require your help once Kuma's seal is broken and reaches your level of power" Replied Bakorio and the monkeys agreed with his worries and nodded at him accepting his request before they watched as he left calmly since he didn't have anything more to do in their sacred ground…

….

"Endai, can we really trust him? He also wields dark chakra in the end?" asked Rendai coldly and Endai couldn't help but frown before he replied

"I don't know, I don't trust my previous visions anymore, and I feel like this kid is our only chance in winning, so I decided to make a bet"

"A bet?" Asked Rendai and Endai nodded calmly and said "Only someone who can wield the darkness in their hearts will be able to face the descent of that monstrosity, this is what our ancestors said… and this is what this kid had showed so far!"

Rendai fell silent for a bit before he nodded and turned to Kuma "Be prepared for the training that awaits you"

Kuma stared at the injured Shudai that couldn't even speak from the damage caused to him by the blaze release and nodded with a smile "I will do my best"

….

"How long has it been?" wondered Bakorio as he arrived back at Konoha, the village seemed a little bit more prosperous with kids running and playing all around the place, however only he could sense the darkness lurking in the dark…

Then he arrived in front of his house and entered while saying "I'm home" and Naruto who was fighting with Kurama on the coach suddenly froze and turned to stare at the source of the sound only to see Bakorio sitting by the door and his eyes couldn't help but water up as he jumped at him and gave him a bear hug while barely holding his tears

"Bakorio! Where have you been all this time" Asked Naruto while crying silently, although Bakorio could clearly feel his shoulder getting wet as he said with a smile "Sorry, I was busy with so many things"

"I became a ninja student you know? Sniff sniff" Asked Naruto and Bakorio nodded at him with a smile and said "I know, I heard you are a very amazing student, I can't to see you beat Minato's and Itachi's records"

"I will!" Said Naruto confidently before the sound of footsteps echoed from the room upstairs and Kushina and Minato both came down to greet Bakorio…

"Welcome home Bakorio-kun" said Kushina while giving him a hug before she observed him closely and said in surprise "You grew up once more"

Bakorio smiled awkwardly before he turned to Minato "Minato, it seems like I'm going to end into a giant"

Minato chuckled slightly and responded with a smile "As long as that giant is still our Bakorio, it doesn't matter"

Naruto didn't catch on to the meaning behind these words… But the perceptive Bakorio could already tell that they noticed something from their sad smiles… It was soon time to make a move…