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Chapter 235: Kaguya Otsutsuki
The Gedo Statue was Kaguya Otsutsuki's physical body. After an elderly Madara awakened the Rinnegan and summoned it down, only Kaguya's spiritual body remained on the moon.
"Konan." Alex mused, "An ordinary White Zetsu body probably can't withstand Kaguya's spirit..."
"Hmm..." Konan nodded. "A Kekkai Mora's spirit is terrifying. The flesh needs to be strong to a certain degree to host it." It was no wonder Black Zetsu chose Six Paths Madara as a host. Besides meeting the specific conditions for Kaguya's revival, Madara's body was tough enough.
"I'll use a part of the God Tree's trunk to make her a new body."
Konan walked to the God Tree. The thick trunk blotted out the sky like a massive mountain. Her right hand glowed slightly as she touched it. Kekkai Mora power activated, peeling a wooden figure from the trunk.
Konan released her hand. "This wooden body is made entirely from the toughest core of the God Tree. It should be able to withstand Kaguya's spirit."
Alex agreed. After all, in a way, the God Tree was essentially the same as the Gedo Statue.
Konan's eyes lit up with brilliant starlight; the Tenseigan was activated.
Alex walked closer to watch, surprised. "Konan, after ascending to Kekkai Mora, has your Tenseigan evolved again?"
Before, if there was a galaxy flowing in her eyes, now it had turned into a shimmering sea of stars. Truly like the cosmic ocean—mysterious, profound, vast, and colorful.
"Alex, my Tenseigan has indeed evolved... The God Tree Fruit I just ate had some power absorbed by these eyes. I can feel the Tenseigan becoming stronger."
Now, if she used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, condensing just one Truth-Seeking Ball into a golden lightsaber would release the power of eight from before. It was terrifying.
Konan spread her right hand. A green Mental Sphere condensed in her palm and was driven into the wooden figure's chest. She condensed more, driving a total of nine Mental Spheres into it.
Kaguya was a Kekkai Mora, after all. Even if not revived in complete form, restrictions had to be set.
"Alex, the preparations are done. I'm going to retrieve Kaguya's spirit..."
Alex nodded and watched silently.
Konan activated the Rinne Sharingan again. Yomotsu Hirasaka activated. A patch of black mosaic appeared in the void to her right and split open. She had opened a passage connecting to the interior of the moon. Anywhere she had been, she could reach instantly via Yomotsu Hirasaka.
However, just to retrieve Kaguya's spirit, she didn't need to go to the moon personally. Konan simply reached in with her right hand. A golden lightsaber condensed in her palm, and a low-power Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion instantly annihilated the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei that had been maintained for a thousand years.
Deep inside the moon.
The space was dim and dead silent. One couldn't even sense the passage of time. A figure with long silver-white hair stood quietly in the center. Motionless, like a stone statue.
It was Kaguya Otsutsuki's soul, sealed here.
Unknown years had passed in this posture. In this lightless, eternal prison, there was nothing to do but space out. Even thought seemed to have stopped.
Boom—!
Just then, the ground and the surrounding prison walls shook violently. Then, everything collapsed, annihilated by endless golden light.
Kaguya's dull eyes showed a slight fluctuation. Her mind, dormant for a millennium, began to turn slowly, seemingly pondering this sudden change. Before she could fully recover, her soul floated upward uncontrollably. Enveloped by a domineering suction force, she couldn't struggle.
Then... she was grabbed directly out of the moon by Konan and pulled through the open spatial rift.
"This is Kaguya Otsutsuki..." Alex examined her carefully, stroking his chin. "She looks a bit dazed..."
"Could it be that after a thousand years of confinement, her brain has rusted?"
The Sage of Six Paths brothers were truly ruthless, locking their mother up for a millennium. The torture of a thousand-year prison was terrifying to imagine.
"Alex." Konan looked at Kaguya's soul in her hand and smiled. "Her soul is just a bit weak; there are no other abnormalities. She's dazed now simply because she was locked up for too long and hasn't fully woken up."
As she spoke, she inserted nine Mental Spheres directly into the soul. With both body and soul restricted, Kaguya couldn't make any waves even if she fully recovered.
Konan stuffed her into the wooden figure and activated Kekkai Mora power again. The brown wooden figure visibly deformed and softened, becoming a real human body.
At this moment, Kaguya Otsutsuki was revived!
With the help of the Mental Spheres, her consciousness recovered quickly, fully awakening. The dazed expression vanished, replaced by her usual indifference and arrogance.
"Did you revive me?" Kaguya stared at Konan.
Her gaze lingered especially on the Rinne Sharingan and Tenseigan, moving back and forth. Her heart grew more and more shocked. "You... also ate a complete God Tree Fruit, and your eyes... What is your relationship with Hamura?"
She might be naive, but she had some brains. The moment she regained consciousness, she realized her revival was incomplete. Moreover, she couldn't sense any Kekkai Mora power. It was as if she were completely sealed, unable to use a trace of it.
Current her was like an ordinary person. Facing a powerhouse on the same level as her prime self, she couldn't be an opponent.
Kaguya quietly glanced around. The familiar God Tree, the familiar cocoons hanging from the branches. It was very similar to the scenes where she used the God Tree to hang others in the past.
But... she didn't see Black Zetsu.
It should have been Black Zetsu reviving her... Not seeing him now, and with a Kekkai Mora powerhouse in front of her, Black Zetsu's fate was self-evident...
Escaping that thousand-year dark prison was certainly cause for happiness. But falling into the hands of another powerhouse... she didn't know what her fate would be next...
"I have no relationship with Hamura Otsutsuki." Konan closed her Rinne Sharingan. She suddenly looked at Alex beside her, smiling brightly. "Alex, is Kaguya pretty?"
"Pre..." He answered subconsciously but stopped in time. He said solemnly, "I was just observing the state of her revival, nothing else."
What did that mean?
Kaguya was a bit slow. Just then, a breeze blew, and she suddenly realized something. She looked down.
Snow-white skin spanned the air; she couldn't see her toes, and she wasn't wearing a single thread. She could feel a gaze, solid as substance, constantly roving over her body...
Kaguya had just been revived, so being naked was normal. Her long silver-white hair floated gently in the breeze...
Alex coughed dryly, feeling his nose itch slightly...
Unexpectedly, it's all white...
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