"Isshiki, I was just looking for you. I didn't expect you to come right to me."
Satori Hyūga fixed his gaze on Isshiki Otsutsuki, who had stolen his target, and launched the first attack.
He raised his arm and instantly unleashed a powerful vacuum pull, drawing Isshiki straight toward him.
Facing Satori's assault, Isshiki Otsutsuki flickered away with a body movement technique. With his hands behind his back, he calmly molded chakra into multiple Black Receivers imbued with Yin-Yang Release.
These Black Receivers were formed using Yin-Yang Release, designed to absorb and disrupt enemy chakra.
They flew toward Satori, guided by the pull of his own suction technique, and pierced his body in an instant.
Landing a decisive blow, Isshiki pressed forward without hesitation, summoning countless massive black cubes.
[Heaven's Great Seal!]
Innumerable crimson-striped black boxes rained down from the sky, crashing onto Satori and emitting a deep, resonating hum.
Each one weighed over ten thousand pounds. Hundreds stacked together formed a massive jet-black pyramid.
But in the next moment, the million-pound pyramid shattered. A figure burst forth from within it, launching himself fiercely at Isshiki.
It was Satori, now having opened the Eight Gates. His physical power was fully unleashed—his muscles rippling, his body hardened beyond limits.
Using sheer brute strength, he hurled away tons of heavy black boxes.
As for the Black Receivers, Satori expelled them all from his body, rendering them completely ineffective.
Faced with a Satori as swift as the wind and lightning-fast, Isshiki frowned and was forced into Taijutsu combat.
Isshiki was still using Jigen's body, meaning he could not unleash his full strength.
During his fight against Satori, he soon found himself at a disadvantage.
With the Eight Gates fully open, each of Satori's movements was like a falling meteor—an earth-shattering devastation.
Each punch and kick carried the force of shattering space-time itself.
In addition, black chakra flames raged around his body, burning away anything they touched with intense corrosiveness.
This eerie and overwhelming fire engulfed Isshiki during the fight, charring his previously pale skin into deep black burns.
As the dark flames consumed him, the energy stored inside Isshiki's body rapidly drained away.
Looking utterly defeated and barely able to rise, Isshiki stirred disappointment in Satori's eyes.
"Isshiki, is this really all you've got?"
Though Isshiki was supposed to be a top-tier threat in Boruto's era, Satori found him disappointingly weak—had he really become that overpowered?
After all, this was the very being who had fought Naruto Uzumaki to the brink of death in the future—but now could barely survive a single strike from Satori's fist.
"You lowly worm! Don't dare underestimate me!" Isshiki shouted, struggling to rise while glaring angrily at Satori.
"If my contract weren't incomplete, how could you strike me like this?"
"Just wait. Once my experiment succeeds, I will return to end you—vermin who dares to defile the Otsutsuki Clan's power!"
He spat out these threats, and behind him appeared a swirling crimson-black portal, ready to teleport him away.
But Satori had no intention of letting him escape.
There were only two Otsutsuki left in the ninja world. If he let them both escape, where else would he find another Otsutsuki?
Faced with Kaguya's remnants' portal, Satori Hyūga threw a punch, instantly tearing through space and destroying the gateway.
"You're not going anywhere."
Satori's body suddenly expanded. His five fingers formed a cage-like prison that trapped Kaguya's remnants inside.
Seeing this, Kaguya's remnants quickly used the divine technique [Shōming Baguna] again, shrinking his body infinitely and flying toward the outside world.
But this time, how could Satori possibly let him escape?
Satori sneered coldly as the space between his five fingers transformed into five Chakra-sealing techniques, locking Kaguya's remnants away.
Although the battle seemed long, it was over in an instant.
Staring at the tightly sealed prison, Kaguya's remnants desperately searched for flaws but found nothing useful. Satori had no intention of letting him go.
Compared to Kaguya, Kaguya's remnants held even more secrets that Satori desired—such as Qi, divine techniques, and the hidden Otsutsuki corpse he had secretly brought along.
Just when Kaguya's remnants exerted all his strength yet couldn't escape, Kaguya encouraged, "One-style, you've survived so long in the ninja world—don't tell me you don't have an ace up your sleeve strong enough to break this seal?"
Kaguya's remnants scoffed, "If you hadn't attacked me unexpectedly, I wouldn't have had to hide in a weak human body, delaying my return to full power."
"Over these thousand years, I've been constantly searching for the perfect vessel suited precisely for myself. I had no time to develop special abilities."
What he said indeed made sense.
His original power alone was already peak-level beyond limits within the ninja world—what need would he have for hidden techniques?
Now though, confronted by someone far stronger, escape proved impossible.
Looking down at the two Otsutsuki descendants trapped in his palm, Satori Hyūga's eyes flickered slightly as he turned his gaze toward a distant direction.
In that direction, a mighty force surged rapidly toward him, moving at incredible speed—strength surpassing even Kaguya's remnants.
Faced with this presence, Satori immediately guessed the identity of the approaching figure.
The Sage of Six Paths.
Few individuals within the ninja world could surpass Kaguya's remnants, and the Sage of Six Paths certainly belonged among them.
Standing atop the Moon with hands clasped behind his back, Satori exuded an imposing aura like an unfathomable abyss, patiently awaiting the arrival of the other.
Could one truly reach the pinnacle of the ninja world without stirring Satori's excitement?
Previously, he'd played too cautious, rarely engaging in combat.
Now fully empowered, suitable opponents were hard to find.
"Life feels as lonely as falling snow," Satori sighed.
At that moment, a towering surge of energy rushed forward and landed before Satori.
The arriving figure wore white robes, his face aged with a long beard extending past his chest, appearing incredibly ancient.
Truth-Seeking Balls hovered behind him, while he held a Shakujo (a Buddhist staff) brimming with immense power.
Seeing the newcomer, Satori smiled. "Six Paths Sage, finally we meet."
Facing the living Sage of Six Paths, Satori showed no surprise.
Upon reaching True Six Paths Level strength and undergoing transformation, he'd gained awareness of the boundary between life and death—making true death extremely difficult.
As expected, the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land could have emerged—but simply chose not to.
Now that he'd captured his opponent's mother, the Sage inevitably decided to come out.
The Sage of Six Paths stared solemnly at Satori, his gaze dark with suspicion, asking cautiously, "What are you really trying to do?"
"Why did you release the one whom I sealed away? Don't you know this could throw the world into chaos?"
As the son of Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Sage of Six Paths, his knowledge surpassed that of ordinary people, and his fear and dread of the Otsutsuki Clan surpassed those of anyone else.
Precisely for this reason, after sealing Kaguya, he withdrew to the Pure Land to quietly amass his strength.
While Kaguya used the God Tree to create her White Zetsu army, he used the Pure Land to house the souls of deceased ninjas, storing them there as potential military assets.
In truth, what mother and son were doing was not so different—only that one acted with open cruelty, while the other operated in secret.
"What do I want to do?" Satori Hyūga rubbed his chin, reflecting inwardly.
"I just want to live peacefully and reshape the world to bring it peace."
"As for the Otsutsuki Clan, they are latent threats. We must make the first move and eliminate them before they strike."
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