"What?"
"Kill Boruto?"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
"There must be another way!"
Shikamaru and Kakashi's faces changed drastically. How could such a thing be allowed?
Not only would they never harm Boruto, but even if they did kill him, it would create a lifelong blood feud with Naruto!
Everyone in Konoha knew that once someone as kind and gentle as Naruto truly lost it, he was the most terrifying!
"You're lying!"
Compared to Shikamaru's emotional outburst, Sasuke was far calmer and more rational, immediately exposing Amado's lie.
"Oh? Where did I lie?"
"Kama can't be removed? This kid Kawaki is the best proof."
Sasuke patted the unconscious Kawaki beside him. He had personally witnessed the Kama on Kawaki's body disappear without any signs of recurrence.
This was enough to prove that Amado's claim—that once inscribed, Kama couldn't be removed—was contradictory!
Amado smiled, giving Kawaki a deep look before responding:
"Kawaki's Kama has indeed vanished, as I expected. It's a pity I couldn't witness it myself!"
"However, I must clarify, this isn't a normal method. It exploits a loophole in Kama's own protective mechanism."
Sasuke frowned. "What do you mean?"
"After an Otsutsuki completes reincarnation and resurrection using Kama, the Kama inscribed on other vessels will instantly vanish at the same moment, no matter how many vessels exist."
"This should be Kama's own protective mechanism to avoid the risk of conflicting Otsutsuki personalities being reborn simultaneously in multiple copies."
Sasuke and the others began to understand.
Times had changed, and Konoha, now in a technological era, had electronic devices and various online accounts. Thus, it wasn't hard to grasp.
It was akin to a protective mechanism where the same account couldn't log in and be used on two devices simultaneously.
But Otsutsuki Kama enforced this more thoroughly: once resurrection succeeded in one vessel, Kama on other vessels would have its records erased.
"If that's the case, the Kama on Boruto's body should also be removable this way, right?" Shikamaru was delighted, hope rising.
"Sorry, Boruto can't."
"Why not?"
"The premise for exploiting this loophole is that Otsutsuki Momoshiki has another vessel already inscribed with Kama, and that vessel resurrects first. Only then might Boruto's Kama be passively removed."
"But now, besides Boruto, does Otsutsuki Momoshiki have any other vessel?"
"So this method doesn't apply to Boruto."
"Either kill him or sit back and wait for him to turn into Otsutsuki Momoshiki!"
"To my knowledge, these are the only two options…" Amado answered honestly.
He didn't know that "Monk Momoshiki" could interfere with Kama's dissolution, so in his view, there was indeed no solution. Moreover, he didn't understand Momoshiki.
He could only speculate based on Isshiki's personality traits. If it were Isshiki's personality, even if his sole resurrection vessel faced a death crisis, he wouldn't sacrifice himself to save it.
This was a fundamental difference between Isshiki and Momoshiki.
"How can that be? So Boruto can only wait to die?"
"Reality is often that cruel. You'd better prepare. If Otsutsuki Momoshiki truly resurrects using Boruto, it'll be even more troublesome," Amado warned calmly and coldly.
"You bastard…" Shikamaru, frustrated, grabbed Amado's collar.
But Sasuke, rarely intervening, held Shikamaru back, signaling him not to get emotional.
"What he says isn't necessarily entirely true. I'll find a way to solve Boruto's problem." Six Paths Sasuke clearly had greater confidence.
Though Boruto's Kama seemed unbreakable, it wasn't completely hopeless.
If Amado couldn't solve it, that didn't mean Konoha's other great scientists couldn't. Even if scientific methods truly failed, worst case, they could kill Boruto first and then find a way to revive him!
Resurrection or the like shouldn't be impossible for the current Six Paths Sasuke or Tenshou Sennin.
"Exactly, there'll be a way! Believe in Boruto, believe in us!"
Kakashi also calmed Shikamaru. Over the years, countless difficulties hadn't stopped the ever-"fifty-fifty" Kakashi—this time would be no different.
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"You guys are truly optimistic!"
"Fine, figure out Boruto's issue yourselves."
"It's time we discuss my request."
"So, do you believe in my sincerity now?"
"Oh, by the way, the data on the crashed spaceship containing Isshiki's personal dimension coordinates—that was deliberately left by me."
"Isn't that enough to prove my stance?"
Amado played another card, admitting he intentionally left those personal dimension coordinates.
Sasuke and Kakashi exchanged glances, nodding in agreement.
Though they couldn't yet confirm if the opponent was feigning surrender, without those coordinates, Sasuke wouldn't have investigated Jigen and Juubi beforehand or arrived in time to support after Jigen moved Naruto.
Without that, Naruto, facing Jigen alone, might have met a tragic fate. From this alone, Amado had indeed helped Sasuke and all of Konoha.
"I understand. You've shown sincerity."
"But to gain Konoha's protection, I need to know your true goal." Sasuke wasn't as naive as Naruto.
Amado had long planned to betray Jigen in secret—there must be a hidden motive.
Don't talk about justice. Such naive ideas wouldn't fool Sasuke.
"My true goal? Naturally, to survive. Otsutsuki Isshiki knows of my betrayal. If I didn't escape Kara, Koji and I would be dead!"
"Then why betray Jigen before being found out?"
"Though we've only met twice, Uchiha Sasuke, you should sense what kind of monster Otsutsuki Isshiki is, right? He's not even human, let alone bound by human contract ethics. After achieving his goal and obtaining the Chakra Fruit, would he let us pawns go?"
"For survival, what's wrong with preparing early?"
"…"
Sasuke fell silent briefly.
The answer didn't fully satisfy him, but it was logically sound. Fine, now wasn't the time to dig into this man's true intentions.
"Alright. If everything you've said is true and doesn't harm Konoha, I, on behalf of the village, am willing to grant you protection." Sasuke gave a firm answer, making Amado finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Though confident Konoha wouldn't kill him, Six Paths Sasuke's appearance was unexpected. Before absolute power that could defeat Jigen, all his petty calculations and thoughts became meaningless…
Saving his own life first was the priority.
"Thank you, thank you, Konoha."
"But may I ask, what's Otsutsuki Isshiki's condition now? How did you manage to defeat him?"
While expressing gratitude, Amado kept probing about Isshiki's status—the question he cared about most.