Chapter 570: Where is Hayate Gekko?
Aside from the golden Rinnegan, the last proof that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki had left in this world was that tattered white robe. For some reason, this guy's cells had dissolved like water, without any warning.
Ino had only managed to snatch back a piece of clothing. If she had been a little slower, even the clothes might have dissolved.
This was the first time she had killed an Ōtsutsuki, and she didn't know if this was normal or not.
She could only assume that his life essence was all in the golden Rinnegan. With this eye being violently taken away, his genes had completely collapsed.
Aside from this reason, she couldn't think of any better explanation.
When Ino returned to the Rōran oasis, the Hokage Minato, Naruto, Shizune, and Hayate Gekko had already disappeared. They had been sent in by the Ryūmyaku's energy explosion and then trapped by Urashiki's Kekkei Mōra. Now that the obstacle was gone, the timeline would automatically deport these "stowaways." Go back to where you came from!
Ino and the other three had traveled normally. The treasured tool Plough had a cooldown time. Now they had to wait for its cooldown to end before they could go back.
After the jonin Minato sealed his and his comrades' memories and took his leave, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Sasuke simply stayed in Rōran to rest and recuperate.
When Urashiki had transformed into his third stage, his personality had changed drastically, and he had thrown away his favorite fishing rod and basket.
Ino searched around and picked up the fishing rod and basket that he had discarded. Since you threw them away, they're ownerless, right? If I pick them up, they're mine! I'm not robbing you; you didn't want them!
The fishing rod and basket were just a bonus. The real prize was undoubtedly that golden Rinnegan.
It contained almost all of Urashiki Ōtsutsuki's life essence. His visual power, his chakra, his Ōtsutsuki bloodline—almost everything was in this eye.
Urashiki had been targeting the Nine-Tails in Naruto's body. Before coming to Rōran, it seemed he had been collecting Tailed Beast chakra.
Ino really couldn't understand why Urashiki, who could reach the level of the golden Rinnegan and possessed such a high-level Ōtsutsuki bloodline, would do something as low-class as collecting Tailed Beast chakra.
Anyway, Ino felt that if she reached the Six Paths level, she wouldn't even look at Tailed Beast chakra. In this regard, the Sage of Six Paths was her role model.
Urashiki, on the other hand, was a typical example of someone who regressed as he lived.
In any case, Urashiki had been collecting Tailed Beast chakra, and his fishing basket was a treasured tool for storing it. When he entered his third state, Urashiki had swallowed all the chakra in it in one gulp. Now, this golden Rinnegan was also rich in Tailed Beast chakra.
Tailed Beast chakra plus the Rinnegan. What was that? That was undoubtedly the power of the Six Paths!
Moreover, the Six Paths power in the golden Rinnegan was several times more concentrated than the power Ino had given to Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki. If she extracted and absorbed all this energy into her body and turned it into her own visual power, she felt that she could awaken the Rinnegan without using mental stimulation.
As for transplanting this golden Rinnegan, she had no such thoughts for the time being.
This eye was a vertical pupil in the center of the forehead. The internal nerves, blood vessels, and chakra pathways were different from a normal Sharingan. Ino didn't have a place on her forehead to install this eye. The best solution was to convert it into pure Six Paths power and absorb it.
The remaining people of Rōran, old and young, left in groups. Ino and the others took the opportunity to stay in the city.
The Sand rogue ninja Mukade had wreaked havoc here, and living supplies were scarce.
The people had taken a lot of food with them, so there was even less left.
Ino's sage body allowed her to live on air to maintain her body's consumption, but the other three didn't have this ability.
After eating a couple of rough corn cakes, Choji touched his shriveled stomach and cheeks and asked, "I'm still so hungry. Can we go to Konoha for a barbecue?"
Ino glanced at the others. Shikamaru didn't care, but Sasuke was quite tempted, obviously wanting to go back and see his parents again.
She immediately refused Choji. "Just bear with it. We'll have a big meal when we get back to our own time. Don't cause any more trouble now."
The fat in Choji's body had been completely consumed by his two full-power outbursts. The Hokage had been successfully rescued, and the enemy had been defeated. His father would naturally recover. He wouldn't be eating with tears in his eyes anymore. Being this hungry, how much would he have to eat? How much would it cost?
"The front line is tight, the rear is eating tight" was in line with the Akimichi clan's usual principle. No matter how much they ate, it could be counted as mission expenses, and Koharu would reimburse it, provided the receipts were reasonable. But if you ate barbecue in the Konoha of twenty years ago and got a receipt, could Ino get reimbursement from the old lady when she got back?
Just bear with it for two days and eat when you get back!
Ino handed "her" fishing rod to Shikamaru. "Go fishing. I see there are still some fish in the lake. It should be enough to fill our stomachs for two days."
Two days later, the treasured tool Plough's cooldown ended, and they immediately returned to their own time.
After Ino and the other three had left, Sakura had been in a state of severe anxiety.
She had tearfully written three last wills, one for her parents and one for Sasuke.
Sadness! The thought of her own impending death was truly indescribable.
Yet, she couldn't refuse. If sacrificing her one life could save Ino, the Fourth Hokage, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, and a whole bunch of others, then she had to die. It had nothing to do with personal preference. This was the resolve of a Konoha ninja, and also a manifestation of the Will of Fire.
After struggling for a whole day, just as she was about to punch a wall in frustration, the Fourth Hokage returned with Naruto and Shizune.
Sakura was overjoyed! But then her heart sank. Where are Ino and Sasuke? They went to save people, but the rescue targets came back, and the rescuers got trapped instead? No way!
In Konoha Village, Ino's role was much more important than hers. Sakura clutched the Shinigami's prayer beads tightly, feeling that she might still have to make a sacrifice...
"Sasuke? Sasuke didn't come back?! Sakura-chan, have you seen Sasuke?" Naruto returned to the camp that the Konoha ninja had set up in Rōran and shouted, looking for his friend.
Minato himself was in a daze. It had all happened too suddenly. He hadn't even had a chance to ask what was going on before the timeline had sent them back.
How did Ino and the other three get there? He had no idea.
How did he and the others get back? He didn't know either.
What happened to that powerful Ōtsutsuki? The safety of the jonin Minato's team? The future of the people of Rōran? A pile of questions lay before him, but there were no answers.
The most crucial problem was that he found that only three of them had returned: him, his son, and Shizune. Hayate Gekko hadn't come back!
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