Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33068326-20170910000953/@comment-734582-20170910200845

Vladosaurus wrote: @Thekillman Just saying that in an apocalyptic scenario where the whole shinobi world is being under serious treat, Naruto and the others might consider going all out, despite hurting the village. Assuming that it is. What if it's a nice, sunny day and all of a sudden 5 giant black chakra orbs start forming, and as Naruto wakes up groggy from sleep and maintaining dozens of clones in the middle of the night, an unarmed kid walks in and he's suddenly bound by some shadow from a hidden Kote? What if that kid is Shikadai, under some powerful Genjutsu? What if that's Himawari, under some powerful genjutsu? We've seen that he's willing to tank jutsu for others, and tank damage from people he doesn't want to hurt. All he needs to do is tank one jutsu he shouldn't. One he can't.

We've seen the damage that surprise attacks can do. We've seen the successes of ninja striking without the enemy even knowing there's a fight. You're assuming that Naruto is up and aware of some incoming threat. I'm assuming that if someone is intending to strike down an almost literal god, they're going to take every advantage they can and strike at the worst possible moment, at the worst possible place, in the worst possible way, with all the force they can, knowing there's no second chance and no room for error. I'm assuming that Kawaki will bring an army, armed with Kote's, armed with powerful jutsu that Naruto may be unaware of and may not even see coming.

We've seen what such strikes can do. We've seen jutsu of sufficient power, or undetectable ones. We've seen the stuff Orochimaru's been doing, the creatures he's been making, the DNA and power he has access to. And we know that his labs have been unattended for at least a few weeks or months in between his death and resurrection. There's no telling what's been developed, been found. There's no telling what people have been concocting. But with the Kote, such an attack is far more feasible.