Urashiki was already numb. He now knew that no words would matter. At the moment the golden sword sliced past—
His body split apart once again, transforming into countless red paper cranes, and after he pulled far enough away, his aura instantly changed again.
Those red Six Tomoe Rinnegan eyes transformed into a pair of blue Rinnegan at this moment, and when Kitagawa Gen's sword slashed past once more—
[Whoosh—]
Strangely, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's body flickered. The corner of his clothing was instantly cut open, but no wound appeared on his body.
"Oh?"
Kitagawa Gen raised his eyebrow, but Ōtsutsuki Urashiki spoke with a cold face.
"Now, do not think you can do whatever you want. I said that I will definitely kill you!"
"Why are you acting with such confidence?"
However, Kitagawa Gen raised his eyebrow again, and in an instant he struck once more.
He aimed at Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's head, and at the same time he was fully prepared to counterattack at any moment.
But Ōtsutsuki Urashiki again made a strange flicker to the side, and another cut appeared on his face.
And during the evasion, he did not make any counterattack at all, which made Kitagawa Gen sigh inwardly.
'What an idiot.'
He now finally understood why Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had extremely strong abilities, and why his skill combinations were very reasonable and powerful.
He had even destroyed far more than just one planet—otherwise he would not possess such Rinnegan—yet he behaved this weakly.
'A fool who only has strength.'
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had definitely experienced many battles, but they were basically massacres of natives on planets with no real strength.
And since internal fighting among the Ōtsutsuki was strictly forbidden, he almost never encountered battles against his own clan.
He even more so would never encounter someone like Kitagawa Gen, who had walked a path full of tempering—refining technical and tactical skill sets—and constantly grew, being able to fully draw out his own power!
"Do you really think I cannot see through your ability?"
While fighting, Kitagawa Gen continued speaking.
"Your ability is nothing more than time reversal. But the effect of your reversal is not great. And I am also very curious about one thing."
[Buzz—]
Another slash went across. Ōtsutsuki Urashiki instantly flickered aside, and the wounds on his body increased again.
"Being able to reverse time, yet being beaten by me to this extent."
Kitagawa Gen's gaze was ice-cold as he once again pressed forward!
"How did you survive until now?"
"Damn."
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki truly had not expected that his ability had only just been used, yet this guy before him had seen through it with two slashes?
This made an unprecedented sense of crisis surge in his heart. If this continued, he really would be killed by this guy!
Retreat had already sprung in his heart. He absolutely did not want to become the sacrifice for that guy's so-called "shared dream with Isshiki."
"Being distracted in battle, you are truly too weak."
However, just as he was thinking, Kitagawa Gen swung the golden sword, and that made even his reaction slow by half a beat.
[Squelch—]
Even though he activated time reversal, he still could not avoid this strike.
A spray of blood burst out, and his chest was actually slashed open into a deep wound that reached the bone!
"Accept your fate."
Urashiki rapidly pulled away, but Kitagawa Gen looked at him from afar, his gaze filled only with indifference.
"Your fate has already been decided. Actually…"
"Becoming a solid step on the 'Ascending-to-God Long Stair' for me and Isshiki-senpai—how is that not an honor for you?"
[Buzz—]
In an instant, Kitagawa Gen charged out once more. He was determined not to let Ōtsutsuki Urashiki escape.
And at that very moment, space trembled, and in the next instant Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama had already arrived at the battlefield!
But the moment they arrived, they immediately felt the overwhelming chakra.
Lifting their heads, looking at the figures in white clothes continuously intertwining in the sky, feeling the terrifying aura they released—
The two of them were both stunned for an instant, then fell into deep thought.
Especially Senju Tobirama; at this moment he could not help murmuring.
"As expected, I guessed right…"
Senju Tobirama was very excited right now.
He felt that he had truly discovered the truth of the Sage of Six Paths!
If it had only been speculation before, then now, looking at the figure continuously flickering in the sky and feeling the chakra they were releasing—
He was one hundred percent certain that his guess absolutely had no problem at all!
"As expected, the Sage of Six Paths is all-knowing and all-powerful."
Senju Tobirama lowered his voice and spoke to his big brother beside him, who was also stunned.
"He must have foreseen that in some future period, those so-called Gods, the Ōtsutsuki, would descend."
"So he cruelly, almost cold-bloodedly, drilled the entire shinobi world?"
Senju Hashirama's spirit was still somewhat dazed. He quietly responded to his younger brother.
"Even if countless people died over a thousand years, even if his own two children were included, he did not care at all?"
"Correct, but that was also inevitable, because he himself had faced Ōtsutsuki, and he knew how strong Ōtsutsuki are!"
"..."
"So sacrifices made over a thousand years, even if the corpses piled up, as long as it allowed us in the future to deal with such a crisis, what does that amount of cost matter?"
"..."
"And the situation we are facing is even more complicated and severe. Look, are there not two of them here now? And in the future, there may be even more!"
Senju Hashirama looked at his excited younger brother. For a moment he was speechless, yet he could not refute him.
In fact, he himself was beginning to believe his younger brother's judgment. On one hand, Tobirama's ability to judge was extremely strong. Even when he had been Hokage, he had needed to rely on Tobirama.
On the other hand, Tobirama's words were reasonable and logically self-consistent, especially now that even unknown Ōtsutsuki had appeared!
"Only…"
Senju Hashirama still had some doubts. He furrowed his brows and spoke.
"Why did these two start fighting? What exactly is going on?"
"I do not know either, but it is absolutely not something simple."
Senju Tobirama shook his head. He swept his gaze around before speaking.
"We can ask them later, but the situation may be even worse. After all, if someone can completely crush the other one-sidedly, that is enough to show that the enemy we are facing is even more frightening!"
Senju Hashirama solemnly nodded. After all, two Ōtsutsuki had inexplicably started fighting, and one was pinning the other down and beating him.
And that person was Ōtsutsuki Genshiki. That alone was enough to show the severity of the problem.
"Do not think that much. We still have more important matters."
However, at this moment Senju Tobirama suddenly spoke again. His gaze was directed toward the other side.
Senju Hashirama also seemed to sense something and similarly looked over.
"Mm. For us right now, this indeed is the most important matter."
And the point where their gazes gathered was Uchiha Obito, who was heading toward the unconscious Utakata.
...
"Did not expect this guy to be even easier to deal with than imagined?"
Kitagawa Gen did not know what the Senju brothers were thinking. His God Tree clone was handling Isshiki's "White Kāma."
After a brief exchange, he discovered that this "White Kāma" seemed to be "special" in a way he had not expected.
"Consciousness completely chaotic, or rather now a beast driven only by hatred."
Seeing this "White Kāma" attack once again, Kitagawa Gen waved one hand, and the Terumi Mei beside him instantly disappeared.
At the same time, a black staff appeared in his hand. His gaze swept across the black mesh-like objects below.
"Claw Mark, that Shinjutsu that can teleport infinitely… seems its strength inheritance is decent."
While he was thinking, the monster in front of him suddenly flickered, merging entirely into those "black nets."
"Ahhhhhh!"
In the next moment, accompanied by a roar, he appeared behind Kitagawa Gen!
His fist tightened fiercely, then swung toward Kitagawa Gen.
"Careful!"
Terumi Mei had already been teleported to a safe position. Seeing this, she could not help but shout out.
But Kitagawa Gen simply shifted his body to the side, and in the next instant casually avoided that punch.
His hand did not stop either. The black staff stabbed forward violently, piercing through the "White Kāma's" leg and driving deep into the ground!
"Ah!"
The "White Kāma," feeling pain, roared again. Seeing Kitagawa Gen right before him, a trace of unease flickered in his eyes.
But very quickly that unease was replaced by anger and killing intent. He swung another punch, but it was blocked by Kitagawa Gen with one hand, and at the same time another black staff appeared.
[Puchi—]
The black staff again pierced through the other leg of the "White Kāma," nailing him in place in an instant!
"Be quiet. Do not move around."
Kitagawa Gen spoke calmly. His peripheral vision swept across the sky, then toward the Senju brothers who had run to the Six-Tails jinchūriki.
Another black staff filled with Yin–Yang Release surfaced in his hand, and his gaze returned to this even more frenzied "White Kāma."
"This way, your pain will be a bit less."
Kitagawa Gen's God Tree clone on the ground delivered heavy punches, while his true body in the sky was giving Ōtsutsuki Urashiki a brutal beating.
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