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"Madara!"
"Hashirama!"
Madara and Hashirama locked eyes, their faces unconsciously breaking into bold, confident smiles.
"Fighting side by side." Hashirama shifted his gaze toward Kaguya. "Even though we've known each other for so many years, this is the first time, isn't it, Madara?"
"Yeah." Madara planted his war fan on the ground. "But now, I'm stronger than you. Try to keep up, Hashirama!"
"I will."
Hashirama closed his eyes, pressed his palms together, and golden mist began to rise around him as crimson Sage Mode markings appeared on his face.
"Let's go, Madara!" He opened his eyes.
"Try to keep up, Hashirama."
Purple Sage Mode markings simultaneously emerged on Madara's face. He lifted his war fan with his right hand, gripped his sickle with his left, and flashed forward.
Swish!
Madara's figure dashed across the now-shrunken hands of Enma, his sickle carving a golden arc through the air as he severed the tree roots embedded in Enma's palms in a single strike.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!!"
Hashirama sprinted forward with his palms still pressed together, massive trees erupting from the ground around him.
"Sage Art: Ryūmyaku Wood Human Technique!!"
The trees shimmered with a brilliant golden hue from their roots upward, rapidly merging together to form a colossal wooden humanoid crouched in a ready stance. Hashirama leaped gracefully onto its head, and with creaking groans, the wooden giant stood, its entire body gleaming with golden radiance.
The enormous golden wooden human charged toward the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball as Hashirama clapped his hands again.
"Sage Art: Ryūmyaku Wood Dragon Technique!!"
A deafening dragon's roar echoed as the remaining trees transformed into a golden wooden dragon, coiling around the wooden human's body.
"Madara!!"
At Hashirama's shout, Madara descended from the sky, landing atop the wooden human's head beside him.
"Armored Susanoo!!"
Madara formed hand seals, and in an instant, the wooden human beneath them was clad in violet-gold armor. Massive wings unfurled from its back, flapping powerfully as it brandished two colossal blades, each dozens of meters long. Two additional arms sprouted from its sides.
The golden giant, now armored and winged, stretched all four arms wide and closed the distance to Kaguya in just a few strides.
"Sasuke!! We can do it too!!"
Watching this spectacle, Naruto bounced excitedly, unable to contain himself.
"You can armor up my fox!!"
Sasuke's eyes gleamed, though he only snorted in response. "You'll have to keep up with me first, dead-last."
"I won't lose to you!"
Naruto grinned foolishly as he admired the majestic wooden human in the distance.
Meanwhile, Kaito ignored the resentful aura emanating from his younger brother, Izuna, his gaze fixed firmly on Madara and Hashirama.
"You brat!" Izuna gritted his teeth. "You actually made my brother fight alongside that damned Senju Hashirama!!"
Kaito paid him no mind, lightly stomping his foot.
Golden chains burst from the ground once more, encircling the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball, waiting for an opportunity.
"ROAR!!"
The wooden dragon bellowed as it surged forward from the wooden human's body, entangling with the newly sprouted roots of the God Tree emerging from Kaguya's form.
The wooden human extended its lower two arms—one pressing against the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball, the other gripping Kaguya's body—and exerted force, attempting to tear apart the hair connecting Kaguya to the orb.
"Insolent fools!!!"
Kaguya's fury reached its peak as countless gray bones erupted from her body in an instant.
"All-Killing Ash Bones!!"
The wooden human's hand clutching Kaguya was instantly pierced, and from the points of contact, it began crumbling into ash.
"Hold on!!"
Hashirama roared as he and Madara simultaneously pressed their palms together.
The Ryūmyaku crystals embedded in their chests rapidly shrank, golden flames erupting around their bodies.
At the same time, golden liquid surged across the wooden human's pierced hand, slowing its disintegration.
"BREAK IT!!"
Hashirama shouted again, and with a groaning creak, the wooden human's hands finally pried Kaguya and the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball apart.
Madara's eyes widened as he unleashed his ocular power. The wooden human's upper arms raised their massive blades, now coated in golden liquid.
"Slash!"
The two colossal swords swung down in alternating strikes, leaving behind two immense golden arcs of energy that lingered in the air, severing the connection between Kaguya and the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball completely.
"Well done!!"
Kaito clapped his hands together.
Violet energy surged once more from the Hall of the King of Hell, flowing into Enma's body.
Enma, whose size had diminished after Kaguya's absorption, grew once more, reaching out to seize the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball and lifting it high.
Simultaneously, the golden chains that had been lying in wait swiftly coiled around Kaguya's body.
"Indra! Miss Chisato! Uchiha Clan!!"
Kaito suddenly raised his voice.
"Indra Ōtsutsuki is here."
"Uchiha Chiri is here."
Indra and Chiri emerged from the Hall of the King of Hell, each leading a squad of Uchiha clansmen.
"The time has come!" Kaito continued. "Take your positions!!"
"Understood."
Indra, clad in flowing white robes, and Chiri, who smiled faintly at Kaito, dashed toward Kaguya's location.
Behind them, Uchiha clansmen of all kinds streamed endlessly from the Hall of the King of Hell.
Moving swiftly, they soon arranged themselves in a precise formation.
Indra and Chiri stood at the forefront, flanking Kaguya on either side. Behind each of them stood three thousand clansmen, their Sharingan of varying levels gleaming.
"Positions secured!"
Indra grinned as he observed Kaguya's disheveled state.
"Let us begin."
Chiri glanced at Kaito from afar and nodded lightly.
"Prepare!!"
Kaito crouched, pressing his hands against the ground.
"HAH!!"
With his shout, an endless surge of Ryūmyaku energy erupted from the earth, dyeing every Uchiha clansman in radiant gold.
Golden threads extended from their bodies, interweaving rapidly to form yet another intricate sealing array.
Kaito straightened, pressing his palms together once more.
"Power of Enma!"
Enma opened its maw, and violet energy condensed into a thread, shooting from its mouth to connect with the array.
"I took great care in interrogating Black Zetsu."
Kaito rose slowly, his demeanor calm and composed.
"I learned many of your secrets."
His gaze settled on Kaguya.
"Only within your 'Root Time-Space' can you fully absorb the chakra of those trapped in the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi.'"
"YOU—"
Kaguya's body continuously sprouted gray bones. Madara and Hashirama had already retreated, but the golden chains tightened relentlessly.
"Using the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball before reclaiming all the chakra must be quite draining."
Kaito smiled brightly.
"The greatest difference between myself and Lord Seimei is that I stand upon the foundation laid by countless predecessors—and I know far more about you."
"This princess cannot die."
Kaguya gradually regained her composure.
"You cannot kill me, Onmyōji!!"
"I, too, once agonized over this problem, seeking help from many allies."
Kaito tapped his head as if troubled, then suddenly grinned.
"Yet, as if by the will of fate itself, first came Miss Chiri, and then, not long ago, Indra-sama appeared. Miraculously, the solution presented itself!"
"What do you mean?"
Kaguya's expression shifted.
"You see, the Sharingan is not an ability inherited from the Ōtsutsuki bloodline." Uchiha Izuna continued. "It manifested after you consumed the fruit of the God Tree—a fruit born from the planet's energy."
"What are you implying?"
Kaguya's patience wore thin.
"Therefore—"
Kaito raised his right hand, unfurling a paper fan with a sharp flick.
"—it is no coincidence that, separated by nearly a millennium, two pairs of Sharingan emerged, each uniquely suited to counter you. One could say… this is the world's will."