In the end, Shion shared everything she had sensed with Naruto.
Naruto looked at her, a bit intrigued.
"So you're saying you saw me appear in your dream… but weren't sure if I'd win?"
Shion nodded slightly.
"But that wasn't just a dream. I'm the Shrine Maiden of the Land of Demons. It was a prophecy."
Naruto followed up with a grin, "So in your prophecy, I'm a good guy?"
Another nod. "Of course."
Hearing her answer, Naruto chuckled.
If the Shrine Maiden's prophecy said he was a good guy…
Then he must be a good guy.
Shion hesitated. "That enemy is incredibly strong… so strong it's hard to even imagine. Naruto, you're not from the Land of Demons. You don't have to face this with me…"
Naruto simply replied with a calm, almost lazy tone:
"Let's go. I don't care if it's a demon or a ghost—let's just beat the hell out of it."
His nonchalant composure made Shion stare at him, slightly dazed.
She'd grown up isolated in this quiet temple…
And now she found herself completely mesmerized by him.
All the fear and dread she'd felt from the prophecy—gone.
With him here, she feared nothing.
Outside the Mōryō Seal.
The once ominous, purple-tinged sky was now eerily calm.
A man with a single horn, one golden eye, and one Byakugan, stood before the sealed gate.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, having absorbed Mōryō's entire power, had reverted from a decrepit monk to his true form.
He flexed his neck and spat on the ground.
"Damn you, Kaguya…
I had to live in that useless old body all these years because of you.
You better be dead—because if not…"
Though his body had recovered, one Mōryō wasn't enough to fully restore him.
He still needed more energy.
Just as he was about to leave, Naruto and Shion appeared before him.
Isshiki looked up, locking eyes with Naruto.
And then, to his surprise—
"You're an Ōtsutsuki too?
I've never seen you before… A new generation?"
He could already sense the Ōtsutsuki blood in Naruto.
But instead of feeling a sense of kinship, he grew wary.
The Ōtsutsuki clan was filled with competition and betrayal.
There was no such thing as unity among them.
He had only just regained some of his power—he had to stay alert.
Naruto didn't answer.
Instead, he activated Transparent World, scanning Isshiki's body from the inside out.
His chakra was vast—but disorganized.
What caught Naruto's attention most, though, was the tiny Ten-Tails inside him.
It was much smaller and weaker than the one Kaguya had created…
But meat was meat, even off a mosquito.
Isshiki noticed Naruto's penetrating gaze and flared with rage.
"You're not just ignoring me—you're inspecting me with your eyes?"
"In our clan, that's a forbidden act."
"You dare look down on me… you little brat!"
In Ōtsutsuki culture, scanning someone with a dōjutsu without consent was a major offense.
His pride ignited. He lashed out.
And Naruto, as always, stacked his buffs first—out of respect.
Eight Gates Release Formation
Tenseigan Chakra Mode
Stage Two Sage Mode
These three forms corresponded to:
Physical power (Taijutsu)
Divine energy (Chakra)
Natural energy (Senjutsu)
With all three activated, Naruto radiated overwhelming force.
Isshiki's pupils trembled slightly.
"So strong…"
He hadn't expected a younger Ōtsutsuki to be this powerful.
Shion stood behind Naruto, watching his glowing figure.
Her thoughts drifted back to what he'd said earlier:
"This is what you call 'average' strength…?"
The energy coming from Naruto now was far beyond Mōryō's.
The monster that generations of Shrine Maidens had died sealing…
Was nothing before this.
Isshiki sensed real danger—but he had already spoken big.
There was no backing down now.
"This body of yours… It's perfect.
It'll make an ideal vessel for my Kāma."
He stared hungrily at Naruto's physique.
In his golden eye, that greed turned sharper.
If he could mark Naruto with Kāma, he could resurrect even stronger than before.
Even though Naruto's stats were higher now, Isshiki had full confidence in his battle experience and dōjutsu.
After all, younger Ōtsutsuki were often strong but naive.
But Isshiki was different.
He had ruled and manipulated the shinobi world for centuries.
He knew how to win.
In the next instant, Isshiki disappeared.
To the normal eye—it looked like teleportation.
But Naruto, using his vision, saw through it instantly.
Isshiki had simply shrunk himself smaller than an atom.
He aimed a kick at Naruto's face from point-blank range.
Naruto stood still. Calm.
Unmoving.
"Got you," Isshiki smirked.
He believed Naruto was a rookie—overconfident and under-trained.
This seemingly average kick contained Six Paths-level force.
Even a Susanoo could be shattered by it.
But just before the kick could land, it stopped midair—frozen.
As if something invisible had grabbed his leg.
Isshiki's face twisted.
A silent Limbo clone had seized his ankle.
He tried to retreat, shrinking again.
What he didn't notice was the Flying Thunder God seal now attached to his foot.
He reappeared behind Naruto with a sneak attack:
a barrage of microscopic black rods made from Yin-Yang Release.
They were invisible to the naked eye.
In Boruto, this technique had left Naruto and Sasuke bloodied and struggling.
But here—
Naruto didn't even flinch.
He activated Flying Thunder God and teleported to the seal—right next to Isshiki.
From a distance, it looked like Naruto kicked empty air.
But—
Boom!
A deep thud echoed as Isshiki was kicked out of his miniature state and slammed into the earth.
Still buffed by the Eight Gates and Sage Mode, Naruto's kick shattered Isshiki's barely-recovered body.
Isshiki lay crumpled in a massive crater, bones broken, stunned silent.
His golden eyes were wide in disbelief.
"H-how?!
How can you see through all my techniques?!"
Just one kick, and he was already on the verge of death?
"What is this monster…?!"
Isshiki's heart howled in frustration.