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"You don't have to care how I know; you just need to understand that I can handle them just fine."
Colt didn't want to explain too much and looked at Kaguya, who seemed to want to say something, then stretched out his palm.
"Look, you can't even beat me. Keeping the tailed beasts won't do you any good, right?"
Kaguya remained silent.
It was reasonable, but the thought of willingly dispersing her power made her feel insecure.
Black Zetsu spoke as Kaguya's negative will, inheriting her memories:
"Colt, you don't know the horrors of the Ōtsutsuki clan..."
"Of course, I know!" Colt nodded seriously.
"They're easy to fight, and they look pretty good when they cry."
"…" Kaguya was speechless.
This person actually took pleasure in watching her cry?
'Also… what do you mean by saying easy to fight?'
Black Zetsu also fell silent, unable to offer any useful rebuttal.
Seeing them both quiet, the power of Yin and Yang appeared in Colt's left and right hands.
The stones on the ground floated as if they had lost gravity, and Kaguya shook, standing unsteadily.
"Since we can't come to an agreement, I can only seal you."
"Don't worry, I'm stronger now than the Sage of Six Paths was back then. I'll make you a bigger moon."
"Wait, we're reconsidering." Black Zetsu hurriedly spoke, fearing that Colt would seal them.
This Chibaku Tensei was too fast!
After a long pause, Kaguya gently nodded.
"I agree to your proposal. But if I lose the tailed beasts, I'll be very weak, I hope you can protect me."
Colt's mouth twitched.
'Very weak?'
Even without the tailed beasts, Kaguya's power was undeniable.
'Who in the entire ninja world could even hope to bully her?'
However, Colt nodded solemnly and made his promise to Kaguya.
After all, without her, other Ōtsutsuki members would eventually discover this world and try to steal everyone's chakra.
He couldn't let that happen.
The deal between them was sealed.
Kaguya lowered her arm and her body swelled into a large, round shape.
Soon after, the faces of the nine-tailed beasts appeared as Kaguya controlled her chakra, slowly stripping them away.
After being imprisoned for so long, the tailed beasts finally reappeared in the world—though now, they were as docile as pets.
While inside Kaguya, they hadn't fully merged with the Ten-Tails and were able to sense the situation outside.
On one side was the ancestor of chakra, their natural nemesis.
On the other, a being even more terrifying than the chakra ancestor.
The tailed beasts, while known for their bad tempers, were not stupid.
At that moment, they all made the same choice in their hearts.
Colt didn't bother with them.
Instead, he asked Kaguya to release the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
The scene changed abruptly, and the two appeared on the ground, surrounded by trees.
Not just them, but Naruto and Sasuke, who hadn't found an opponent for the entire time and were stuck, also returned to the world.
These two were truly unlucky.
After gaining the power of the Six Paths, they had hoped to make a difference.
Instead, Madara had been stabbed before they could do anything, and they hadn't even gotten the chance to fight Kaguya.
Now that they were back, both were fuming.
Without so much as a greeting to Colt, they launched their attack.
The sun and moon marks on their palms glowed, ready to be imprinted on Kaguya.
"Kamiyo Colt, what are you doing?" Blac Zetsu panicked and yelled.
"Shinra Tensei," Colt spoke softly, and the strong force knocked the two of them back a considerable distance. He didn't reply to Zetsu however.
"Naruto, EdgeLord, calm down. The war is over."
"What?"
Naruto stumbled to his feet, confused.
"Why did you attack us?"
Sasuke glared at Colt, his expression hostile.
"Do you know what you're doing? And stop calling me EdgeLord!"
Black Zetsu, surprised at what had just happened, was relieved. But Colt had something in store for him.
"You think everyone is like you?" Colt said disdainfully, pulling Black Zetsu out from Kaguya's sleeve.
"This guy has caused enough trouble in the ninja world. You don't mind if I seal him, do you?"
Ignoring Black Zetsu's struggles, Colt swiftly sealed him away, then turned to Kaguya.
"I don't mind," Kaguya said softly, shaking her head.
Having agreed to Colt's terms, Black Zetsu had lost his purpose. It was her will created for the sole reason of freeing her.
Sealed away after thousands of years of scheming and lies, and abandoned—how cruel!
Meanwhile, with the tailed beasts gone, the Divine Tree lost much of its power and shrank back to the form of the Gedo Statue.
The Rinne Sharingan on Kaguya's forehead slowly closed, and as the moonlight shone down, the countless trees created by the Infinite Tsukuyomi receded.
The technique was finally lifted.
One by one, people awoke from their dreams.
"Colt! Naruto!"
As Colt, Naruto, and Sasuke explained the situation about Kaguya, several voices called out from behind them.
Namikaze Minato and Senju Tobirama arrived with the other three Hokages as quickly as possible.
Seeing Kaguya, all five Hokage felt a moment of breathless terror.
What kind of power was this?
"Colt, what in the world is going on?" Hashirama, the strongest of the group and the first to break free of Kaguya's influence demanded.
"Oh, Naruto, you can explain," Colt sighed, not wanting to waste his breath.
Sasuke, having moved away unnoticed, left Naruto to handle the explanation.
Colt, meanwhile, flew toward the Hyuga clan's location.
Kaguya silently floated after him.
The Hokages, sensing that things had settled, finally relaxed.
On a nearby stone platform, Hinata, Ino, Kurenai, Temari, and Yakumo began to wake.
"Was it all just a dream?"
Hinata sat up, shaking her head in disbelief.
In the world of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, she had spent decades.
Everything had felt so real.
But in the end, it was all fake.
"Honestly, if life in the dream was that kind, it wouldn't have been so bad," Ino remarked, her expression delicate.
The other women had similar reactions.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi had been so vivid, that it felt as if they had crossed into parallel worlds.
"So, what did you dream about?"
A voice filled with laughter suddenly appeared next to them.
It was Colt.
'Judging by the looks on their faces, they must have had a good time in there.'