Shinju heard the Sage of Six Paths' words and replied, "How did you come up with that idea?"
"It's too dangerous to take him into the fight. I want to see if I can remove the yang power from him…"
As he spoke, Shinju pressed his right palm directly against Naruto's right palm!
"Eh, you—"
Off to the side, the Sage of Six Paths opened his mouth, about to speak, but then noticed Shinju frowning.
He immediately swallowed the words that were about to come out!
The Sage originally wanted to say that Six Paths yang power wasn't something just anyone could accept, and that if Shinju intended to accept Naruto's yang power, he could assist…
But seeing Shinju being so headstrong, he simply stayed silent, floating nearby to watch the show!
Just wait till you fail to take it; you'll be begging this old man for help! ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )
The moment this thought formed in his mind, Shinju let go of Naruto's hand!
Hashirama anxiously asked, "It didn't work?"
As he spoke, Hashirama looked at the Sage beside him. "Sage of Six Paths, do you have a way? •﹏•"
The Sage lifted his chin proudly; he was waiting for Shinju to beg him—at least say something soft!
Shinju shook his head as he heard Hashirama's question.
"The yang power in Naruto really is difficult to remove…"
The Sage nodded. "Exactly. But if you were to ask me for help, I could—"
Before he could finish, Shinju continued, "I couldn't take it, but I copied it exactly the same anyway! (ಡωಡ)"
As he spoke, Shinju lifted his right hand—there was a blazing white sun-mark engraved in his palm!!
Sage of Six Paths: ⊙▽⊙
Refusing to believe it, the Sage carefully examined Shinju's hand. In the end, his brows furrowed deeply as he said in an aged tone, "It really is yang power…"
"You… how did you do this?! Σ( ° △ °|||)︴"
His eyes widened, and even his speech turned clumsy!
This yin–yang power could activate the "Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei" that sealed Kaguya. Even after splitting these powers, he himself could no longer recreate them—yet this red-haired kid just said he copied it?? (≖╻≖;)
What is he made of?!
Shinju patiently explained, "First like this, then like that… but you guys probably can't pull it off… This yang power seems to resonate with the chakra inside me…"
Hearing this, the Sage suppressed the shock in his heart and quickly recovered his sage-like composure. "Ahem…"
"You… did well…"
"But boy, you must understand—if you want to seal my mother Kaguya, you need to touch her body with both yin and yang power at the same time…"
"And right now you only have yang power…"
As the Sage finished speaking, Shinju replied, "Not only that. The yin power, I seem to…"
As he spoke, Shinju clapped his hands together!
*Pa!*
His palms met, then opened—on his left hand appeared a black crescent mark representing the power of yin!!
Shinju: "I have it too!"
Sage of Six Paths: ∑(✘Д✘๑)
"Y-you—you—"
Shinju could roughly guess what the Sage wanted to ask. He spread his hands casually.
"Yin and yang oppose each other. Since I've mastered yang, reverse-deriving yin from it isn't hard. Calculations and such—they're nothing to me! ❛‿˂̵✧"
Hashirama: "So this is science! ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞"
The Sage's eyeballs were practically falling out, yet he still forced himself to maintain the air of a great master.
"Y-yes, indeed… kid, you're quite clever. Nearly catching up to the me of my youth… ㅍ_ㅍ"
"Alright then, since you now possess both yin and yang power, you can act boldly without worry…"
"Remember—only when both your hands touch my mother's body at the same time can you use 'Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei' to seal her."
"Young one~, the task of saving the shinobi world is entrusted to you! (⌯︎¤̴̶̷̀ω¤̴̶̷́)✧︎"
Shinju still had a question. "It has to be both my hands touching her? Can't I use yin–yang infused ninjutsu to cast it?"
The Sage frowned and answered, "In theory you could. I never tried it… But channeling yin and yang into a technique for the seal is far less reliable than direct contact…"
Shinju nodded. "Got it."
As his voice fell, Shinju formed a seal and used Flying Thunder God.
"Eh~" Hashirama opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but Shinju vanished.
"I was hoping he'd take me with him. One more person means more strength, and I'm pretty strong, right? ~_~"
"You are strong, but you likely can't help him…" The Sage looked toward the distant stump of the Divine Tree, expression unfocused.
"That boy could copy and reverse-derive yin and yang just by sensing… Such talent… tsk~~~"
...
Elsewhere, within Kaguya's Gravity Space.
Kaguya's Amenominaka belonged to the Rinne Sharingan's abilities—able to instantly transport herself and anyone nearby into one of five spaces: lava, gravity, ice, sand, or acid.
Beyond these five was a sixth space connected to them—Beginning Sphere Space.
In the Beginning Sphere, Kaguya could absorb the chakra of those trapped in Infinite Tsukuyomi to restore her strength.
After her intense battle with Shinju earlier, she had consumed a great deal of chakra and returned to the Beginning Sphere to recover.
She had just finished restoring herself and returned to the Gravity Space to continue fighting Shinju—only to find he had mysteriously vanished!
Only a strangely shaped kunai remained on the ground!!
"He can escape my Amenominaka… As expected of someone with that kind of chakra…" Kaguya picked up the Flying Thunder God kunai, her Byakugan narrowing.
Soon, as the progenitor of chakra, she noticed the Flying Thunder God formula carved into the blade.
"Using such a bizarre art to create a link… Does this mean—"
Before she finished speaking—
*Whoosh!!*
Shinju suddenly appeared, right hand landing directly upon the Flying Thunder God kunai!!
And because Kaguya was holding it as well, the instant Shinju appeared, their fingers intertwined—
Kaguya became extremely alert. At the moment the change occurred, her other hand released Ash Bones, stabbing toward Shinju!!
Then she lifted her head… and found the boy's handsome face only inches away!!
Their noses were practically touching!!
More importantly, the boy's clear eyes were locked directly onto hers!!
Honestly, Shinju really did have some good looks. Even Kaguya, viewing him from such a close distance, found herself dazed for a moment.
In that instant of eye contact, this thousand-year-old progenitor of chakra… her cheeks seemed to redden slightly…
"Gulp~"
Across from her, Shinju also hadn't expected that the moment he teleported, he'd end up in 'intimate contact' with Kaguya!
Wanting to quickly put distance between himself and someone as dangerous as Kaguya, he reacted instinctively—kicking out with his leg, landing a clean strike on Kaguya's chest!
*Boom!!!*
Kaguya's body instantly shot backward like a human cannonball!!