Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito had taken turns stirring up trouble, first with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then with God: Nativity of a World of Trees. You think the Kara organization was completely unconcerned? Impossible.
Otsutsuki Isshiki had been silently watching the drama unfold from within his dimension.
However, there were too many powerhouses over there, a whole crowd of them at the Six Paths level. Each one either had exceptional eyes or heightened sensory abilities. Coupled with Kaguya's revival, he didn't dare get too close to investigate in person. Did he want to watch Ino and the others fight Kaguya like a live broadcast? That was impossible. At most, he could use technological means to detect the chakra fluctuations and indirectly calculate the outcome of their battle.
Otsutsuki Isshiki was quite satisfied. He had always considered himself a wise man, and hiding in the shadows, watching others fight to the death, gratified his ego. But he never imagined the drama would land on his own head.
His reaction to the voice that suddenly appeared behind him was undeniably fast, but as fast as he was, Kaguya, who was already prepared, was faster.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!" The next moment, an infinite barrage of palm strikes came crashing down.
A step behind Kaguya Otsutsuki, Master Six Paths also flew out of the portal. With a flick of his wrist, a mountain of rock materialized out of thin air and smashed straight down onto Otsutsuki Isshiki.
"Five-Finger Mountain!"
When Ino stepped out of the portal, her face full of vigilance, she saw that Isshiki had used his ocular jutsu that enlarges objects to barely block the "Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack," only to then have half his body suppressed by the cunning Master Six Paths.
She switched positions three times before finding an opportunity to strike the man while he was down. Without a second thought, she charged forward and thrust her sword.
Boil Release chakra gathered on the Seven Star Sword. With a flick of her wrist, she twirled the blade in a flourish as she began to accelerate.
"Pheasant Hunt!" A giant bird of flame accompanied the blade as it pierced through Isshiki's chest. Bracing himself on the ground with one hand, he endured the immense pressure of the "Five-Finger Mountain" and drew a long staff from behind his back in an attempt to counterattack.
Uchiha Madara and Izuna stepped out of the portal, and the two brothers landed another blow on Isshiki. By the time Senju Hashirama arrived, he looked around for a long time but couldn't even find a place to set his foot...
All that could be said was that Isshiki's situation, being ganged up on by five Six Paths-level individuals, was truly miserable.
Ino sighed. Judging from the power, speed, and techniques Isshiki displayed, he was actually a bit stronger than her. The man hadn't been lazing about for the past several thousand years. With nothing better to do all day, he had honed his martial arts to perfection. His staff techniques were so earth-shattering that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them a unique mastery.
If Ino were to fight him one-on-one, it would be a sixty-forty split at best—sixty for him, forty for her. If she added Sasuke and Minato Namikaze, they could probably make it an even match.
He was definitely a formidable enemy. Unfortunately, he had run into the ridiculously powerful mother-and-son duo of Kaguya.
Ino shifted slightly to make some room, allowing Senju Hashirama to squeeze in and contribute an assist. In the end, Isshiki was pinned down by Master Six Paths with two rock formations that looked like decorative garden mountains.
To be defeated in his own home, his countless schemes and plots crushed before he even had a chance to implement them, Otsutsuki Isshiki could only glare furiously at the five of them.
The man was so angry his eyes could have shot fire. He clearly knew their names and identities, which ruined Ino's plan to do a dramatic "Say my name, and tremble in fear!" reveal.
She surveyed this other dimension.
Orochimaru acted as a guide, leading the group to see the so-called remains of the Otsutsuki God.
It was a massive glass container. Inside were some tattered pieces of skin tissue, with bits of flesh still attached. It was impossible to tell what body part it was.
"Where did you get these things?" Kaguya Otsutsuki demanded harshly, her voice trembling faintly.
Otsutsuki Isshiki's chakra was sealed. Knowing he was doomed, he completely let go. He sneered, his tone filled with resentment, "You bitch, you and your bastard son are all going to die!"
That insult has a pretty wide blast radius!
Previously, Ino had mentally called him 'old fossil' this and 'old fossil' that, but after formally becoming his disciple, she had never used such terms again. She held great respect for Master Six Paths. Without a word, she now formed a black rod and stabbed it into Isshiki's collarbone. After piercing the skin and muscle, she twisted it in the opposite direction from within.
Otsutsuki Isshiki gritted his teeth. She looked completely unfazed. "What, you still want to jump up and hit me?"
Being a shinobi was not a bright and cheerful profession; things like torture and interrogation were all too common.
The Interrogation Unit was now under the jurisdiction of the Anbu, directly subordinate to the Hokage, but before that, it had always been part of the Intelligence Division. As the head of intelligence, Ino naturally had her own interrogation methods.
At this point, Otsutsuki Isshiki had already abandoned Jigen's host body and returned to his original form. Ino didn't use traditional methods like pulling out fingernails or using finger clamps; those would be useless. She manifested five different chakra natures on her five fingers, with Yin and Yang in the center of her palm, and then slammed her hand onto Otsutsuki Isshiki's forehead.
Yin, Yang, and the five elements reversed, grinding down like a millstone, forcibly crushing Isshiki's life force.
After abandoning Jigen's body, his own life force had been reduced to a negligible sliver. If he had lain flat and not moved, he could have lived for another ten years or so. But now, under this grinding pressure, his life force plummeted off a cliff.
After hesitating for half a minute, he finally yielded. "I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Before Kaguya and her son could press him, he spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube. "Momoshiki gave them to me! After you betrayed me and I barely escaped with my life, I was dormant for nearly three hundred years. I contacted Momoshiki, hoping that lord would come and dispense justice, but Momoshiki said..."
Kaguya urged him, "What did Momoshiki say?"
Isshiki chose his words carefully. "Momoshiki's tone was uncertain. He suspected that great lord was either killed by a powerful enemy and is now reincarnating, or... or he ate too many Chakra Fruits, broke through some kind of limit, and reached another level of existence, a level completely beyond our comprehension."
At that moment, Orochimaru also brought Amado Sanzu out from a sealed laboratory.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi could not affect the other dimension, but the scientist had still managed to collect some of its data and was studying it in his lab.
It was only when Orochimaru found him that he realized the world outside had changed completely.
In times like these, science, in the end, was no match for a good fist.
Amado Sanzu added, "The life form designated as Otsutsuki Yatsume, according to my calculations, has an energy level far higher than any of you. That includes you, Your Highness Princess Kaguya. Your energy levels don't even amount to a fraction of his.
Death is one hypothesis, but I am more inclined to believe it was an evolution.
Otsutsuki Yatsume underwent countless evolutions, eventually casting off his physical body in the material sense and sublimating into a higher-level existence. If you are looking for Yatsume, I can only say that 'He' is likely no longer in this world. You are too late."
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