"Hmph! Fine, let me show you why the Ōtsutsuki... truly exist!"
Isshiki raised his hand, repelling Naruto, then turned to gaze at Kaguya, who had just arrived.
He stared at her intently.
Slowly, Isshiki began to speak.
"The Ōtsutsuki clan travels in pairs across the universe, searching for planets with life to plant the Divine Trees!"
"Our mission is to plant the Divine Trees, destroy all life on those worlds, and then offer the fruit of the Divine Trees to the main family!"
"This is the purpose of the Ōtsutsuki clan!"
As he spoke, Isshiki looked at Kaguya.
At this moment, everyone seemed to understand.
Traveling in pairs!
So, Kaguya and Isshiki were once partners?
But Isshiki had mentioned betrayal earlier, meaning they originally came to destroy this world.
In the end, it must have been Kaguya who betrayed Isshiki, leading her to become the progenitor of chakra.
She also left her bloodline in the ninja world.
Thinking this, everyone began to feel that they should help Kaguya.
"If you think this woman before you is your savior, you are gravely mistaken!"
"She merely wants to escape the Ōtsutsuki clan, having stolen the Divine Tree's fruit, committing an unforgivable crime!"
"As long as she remains here, the Ōtsutsuki clan will continue to send people after her, endlessly pursuing this world."
"This world will eventually be destroyed!"
Hearing this, everyone's breathing became rapid.
If that's the case, then Kaguya truly is a calamity!
"But if you help me, I promise to leave this world, taking the Ten-Tails with me, and plant the Divine Tree in another world. Whether you are discovered by other Ōtsutsuki will depend on your luck!"
"However, conservatively speaking, your world could have thousands of years of peace!"
Everyone was stunned. This was not an easy choice to make.
"If you choose to help this woman, it won't be long before the Ōtsutsuki clan descends upon this world, and it will still be destroyed!"
Having said this, Isshiki turned to look at Naruto.
"The choice is yours to make!"
With that, Isshiki immediately attacked Kaguya.
His relentless assault once again easily suppressed Kaguya. Even when Kaguya tried to counter with her expanding Truth-Seeking Balls, it was futile.
Facing a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan like Isshiki, even transferring him to the alternate dimensions of the Kaguya's "Amenominaka" was useless.
After all, Isshiki could freely traverse dimensions, easily escaping any space.
Thus, Kaguya's combat methods were severely limited.
Even her ultimate taijutsu technique, the "Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack," unleashed through her Byakugan, seemed powerless against Isshiki.
Isshiki, who also possessed the Byakugan, had even greater ocular power than Kaguya, making him completely unafraid of her attacks.
As the two fought fiercely, the others fell into deep thought.
Help Kaguya?
Then the ninja world would face endless invasions from the Ōtsutsuki clan.
After all, a clan capable of freely traversing the universe would undoubtedly possess unimaginable power.
And the worlds they planted Divine Trees in were surely not limited to the ninja world.
There were other worlds out there.
How powerful such a clan could be was beyond their imagination.
In this situation, choosing to help Kaguya would be akin to seeking death.
Yet, if they left Isshiki alone, his goal seemed to be obtaining Sasuke's body.
Would they sacrifice Sasuke's life to buy the ninja world thousands of years of time?
Naruto gritted his teeth. "Sasuke... if it were you... what would you choose?"
Just as Naruto pondered this, he suddenly smiled. If it were Sasuke, he would probably choose to... eliminate both of them!
That's it!
If they eliminated both of them, perhaps the Ōtsutsuki clan wouldn't be able to sense their presence.
This way, they could indirectly buy thousands of years of time.
By then, the ninja world would have ample time to prepare for the eventual arrival of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Thinking this, Naruto opened his eyes.
The people gathered around him noticed the change in his expression.
"Have you made your decision?" asked the First Hokage.
The Second Hokage also looked at Naruto, as did Minato, Tsunade, Sakura, and Itachi.
Naruto smiled. "Humans and the Ōtsutsuki clan... it seems there's no room for reconciliation. In that case, we can't just sit back and wait."
"Although the Ōtsutsuki clan sounds incredibly powerful, humans, ninjas, are not weak either."
"If we eliminate both of them, the ninja world will have thousands of years to prepare!"
"By then, when the Ōtsutsuki come, who knows who will be stronger!"
Though Isshiki was busy fighting Kaguya, he heard Naruto's words.
"Hahaha!"
"Ridiculous! If I send a signal to the Ōtsutsuki main family before dying, they will descend upon this world within twenty years!"
"Do you think you can grow strong enough to face the Ōtsutsuki in just twenty years?"
"By then, you'll all be dead!"
"So you have no choice but to cooperate with me. I promise I won't harm this world!"
Hearing this, Kaguya grew anxious.
"You mustn't believe this man's lies! His words cannot be trusted!"
"He is not someone who keeps his promises!"
Isshiki's expression darkened, and he kicked Kaguya away.
"Your words, traitor, are even less trustworthy!"
"I won't easily trust either of you. I only trust our own strength!"
Naruto clenched his fist.
At this moment, Isshiki grew furious.
"Your own strength?!"
"You? A lowly creature!"
"You think your power can stand against the Ōtsutsuki?!"
In an instant, Isshiki appeared before Naruto, his fist aimed squarely at Naruto's head.
The air seemed to compress, and a deafening sonic boom erupted.
Naruto tried to block, but the speed was too fast... he couldn't react in time!
*BAM!!!*
A shockwave swept through, and the ground cracked open in a long fissure.
In that split second, Naruto stood frozen.
He looked at his hand. Had he managed to block it?
No, he hadn't.
So why had Isshiki been... sent flying?
Watching Isshiki skid across the ground for over ten meters before coming to a stop, Naruto blinked in confusion.
Then, someone patted his shoulder.
"Your choice... was not wrong, Naruto!"
Hearing this voice, Naruto turned around in shock.
Standing behind him was Sasuke, his black eyes gazing intently at Naruto.
His hair had returned to its original black color.
Looking at Sasuke, Naruto was momentarily stunned.
What... had happened?
He thought Sasuke had awakened some Ōtsutsuki bloodline, becoming a new Ōtsutsuki.
But now, he looked just like an ordinary human... What...?
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