Then it all lined up.
First, Otsutsuki Isshiki and Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime came to the Shinobi World together. But Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime rebelled, striking upward from below and severely injuring Otsutsuki Isshiki. He probably hadn't died. He would appear again later, cross hands with Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke, and most likely beat them badly.
Then Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura came under orders to subjugate her. Although they defeated Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime, for some unknown reason, Otsutsuki Hagoromo established Ninshu and taught the people of the Shinobi World about Ninjutsu and Chakra.
That was clearly a mistake the Otsutsuki Clan should never have made, teaching Ninjutsu to the creatures of another world.
And Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki were probably the third group sent by the Otsutsuki Main Family.
Their mission was still to complete the task the first group, Otsutsuki Isshiki and Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime, had failed to complete?
And that mission was to seize the Chakra Fruit?
What was the Chakra Fruit?
Also, a thousand years had passed since the previous group, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura, appeared to subjugate Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime?
No, wait. Was the Otsutsuki Main Family really that far from the Shinobi World?
Did traveling through space-time take a thousand years?
If that was true, then it was good news. At the very least, after the future found a way to defeat Otsutsuki Kinshiki and Otsutsuki Momoshiki, the Shinobi World could enjoy a very long period of peace.
As for the even more distant future, that had nothing to do with him.
He would not live that long anyway, much less come up with some plan to counterattack the Otsutsuki Clan. Kaede Kitahara calling them something like a Clan of Gods was not wrong at all.
Their clan could easily live for over a thousand years. They could cross the starry void with Space-Time Ninjutsu. How was that any different from gods?
Someone like him was already considered among the very best in the Shinobi World, but placed among that clan, he might not even measure up to an ordinary person.
To this day, Uchiha Itachi still did not know what kind of existence the Otsutsuki Clan led. But thinking about it, even their ordinary members were probably overwhelming by the standards of the Shinobi World.
"The Chakra Fruit..."
Namikaze Minato listened to Otsutsuki Kinshiki's explanation in the diary video.
Although he still did not know exactly what the Chakra Fruit was, there was no doubt that it was connected to the Tailed Beasts.
To obtain this so-called Chakra Fruit, they needed to gather the Tailed Beasts.
Their goal was different from the Akatsuki Organization's, but their actions were the same.
And he had no way to avoid it, because the second Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails was his girlfriend and future wife, the third Jinchuriki was his son, and the fourth Jinchuriki was his granddaughter.
Their family had no choice but to fight the Otsutsuki Clan, even if it was only to protect the Nine-Tails.
Thinking of that, he couldn't help letting out a self-mocking smile. As someone destined to die at the hands of the Nine-Tails in the future, here he was thinking about protecting it.
And not only because removing the Nine-Tails would cause the Jinchuriki to die miserably.
More importantly, he was beginning to realize that the Nine-Tails might very well be an important future fighting force for the Shinobi World.
In his heart, the Nine-Tails was not only a guardian weapon protecting the Hidden Leaf Village. It was also an important force that would protect the Shinobi World in the future.
His future son should have reached an understanding with the Nine-Tails. Once Naruto could fully draw out its power, his combat strength would be Super Kage Level at minimum, perhaps even among the strongest at that level. That was an extremely rare power.
"According to Kaguya's Scroll, they came to seize the Chakra Fruit. That's why Kaguya gathered a White Zetsu Army!"
In the video, Uchiha Sasuke explained.
Through Uchiha Sasuke's perspective, everyone finally saw, for the first time in the video, the existence that had been mentioned again and again: Otsutsuki Kaguya Hime.
She had a delicate face and an ethereal air, like someone untouched by the mortal world. But her eyes could be clearly seen. They were a pair of Byakugan.
This once again confirmed what Kaede Kitahara had said in his diary before. The Byakugan was the starting point of every dojutsu Kekkei Genkai. It was just that a blood-red Rinnegan had grown on her forehead.
"Byakugan. Byakugan again. So the Byakugan isn't just the starting point of dojutsu Kekkei Genkai, it was also brought here from an alien planet by the Otsutsuki?"
Hatake Kakashi murmured to himself.
Judging from the Otsutsuki who had appeared so far, every single one of them had a pair of Byakugan. The only difference was that some of them had Rinnegan growing on their foreheads or in their palms.
"So the Byakugan is the most basic eye of the Otsutsuki Clan. After that, other eyes may mutate from the foundation of the Byakugan, such as the Sharingan, the Rinnegan, the Jogan, the Black Eye..."
Tsunade's brows knitted together.
If they followed that logic, then not only the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan were inextricably connected to the alien Otsutsuki Clan. Even the bloodline the Senju Clan was so proud of, if traced back far enough, had the blood of the Otsutsuki as the essence of their Sage's Body.
"In other words, for some unknown reason, Kaguya Hime rebelled and either severely wounded or killed Otsutsuki Isshiki at the time. Then, fearing subjugation by the Otsutsuki Main Family, she created the so-called White Zetsu Army? But her resistance clearly failed, and she was defeated by Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura, who came afterward to subjugate her," Uchiha Itachi murmured. "Just two people? They defeated her entire army?
"So in the myths and legends, the Sage of Six Paths defeated the Rabbit Goddess because Otsutsuki Hamura went off to deal with Otsutsuki Kaguya's White Zetsu Army?
"Or perhaps it can be said that the Otsutsuki Clan also has an army of its own, some kind of ninja army?
"And ordinary Otsutsuki clan members are the commanders within that army?"
For a moment, the doubts in Uchiha Itachi's mind only multiplied.
He thought of Kaguya's Scroll, which Uchiha Sasuke had handed to Uzumaki Naruto earlier in the video so it could be decoded. It contained top-secret information that even the Rinnegan could not read, and it had been found inside Kaguya's Palace.
He was not unfamiliar with that kind of thing. The Uchiha Clan had something similar, the Uchiha Stone Tablet. Different levels of Sharingan could see different contents on it, and even he, with the Mangekyo Sharingan, still could not decipher all of it.
Kaguya's Scroll most likely used a similar method.
But what he truly cared about was Kaguya's Palace, the place where Sasuke had obtained the scroll.
If they could learn about it ahead of time, wouldn't they have several extra decades to prepare?
"First Kaguya Hime, and now this... What are they planning to do with the Chakra Fruit?"
Uzumaki Naruto frowned as he spoke.
"It seems to be Pill Refining," Uchiha Sasuke said.
"Pill?"
Uzumaki Naruto clearly did not understand what that was.
"Medicine," Uchiha Sasuke explained.
Hearing that, Otsutsuki Momoshiki could not suppress his urge to show off. "That's right. With it, one can gain immortality and do as one pleases."
"You pitiful, incompetent mortals. Unless you keep training and exhaust every last bit of effort, you accomplish nothing." Otsutsuki Momoshiki held a Chakra Pill in his hand, a smug, disdainful smile on his face. "Look at us. With this pill, we can immediately obtain true power without effort."
His gaze fell on the Scientific Ninja Tools in Uzumaki Boruto's hand, and his contempt was obvious. To him, gaining a tiny amount of power by relying on external tools was putting the cart before the horse. It was laughable.
At this point, everyone finally understood why the Otsutsuki pursued this Chakra.
Unlike Nagato, who wanted to gather the Tailed Beasts to create a super Tailed Beast Weapon and guarantee peace in the Shinobi World, the Otsutsuki used the Tailed Beasts on a far higher level. They even intended to directly refine the Tailed Beasts into pills and swallow them in one bite.
"So this is the true reason they gather Tailed Beasts?"
Hatake Kakashi felt as though he had drawn close to the truth.
In terms of power and lifespan, this clan was undoubtedly like gods compared to the ordinary ninja of the Shinobi World.
In the Shinobi World, Senju Hashirama was known as the God of Shinobi, yet even he only lived to middle age before dying. For most ninja, living to seventy or eighty would already count as a peaceful end.
So the Otsutsuki Clan truly was a Clan of Gods. That much was not wrong. But clearly, even a Clan of Gods was not necessarily born with such long lives and such enormous power. There was another reason behind it.
Chakra.
Clearly, the Tailed Beasts, which were embodiments of Chakra, were their targets.
"So the mission Kaguya Hime failed to complete was gathering these Tailed Beasts?" Hatake Kakashi faintly guessed.
A picture immediately formed in his mind. Throughout the universe, there might be many worlds similar to the Shinobi World, and within those worlds existed Chakra aggregates similar to the Tailed Beasts.
The Otsutsuki crossed the universe to reach different worlds in order to capture those Tailed Beasts. Then they refined the Tailed Beasts into pills and consumed them. By swallowing those pills, the Otsutsuki could achieve immortality, gain immense strength, and even cross the starry void.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became. Because this proved that within the Otsutsuki Clan, there had to be a powerful Main Family capable of controlling clan members who were already terrifyingly powerful, almost godlike beings.
The Otsutsuki God?
Just an Otsutsuki pair was already enough to make them face a great enemy. If the power of the Otsutsuki Main Family behind them was added on top of that, how terrifying would it be?
At that moment, Hatake Kakashi's mind had already imagined an unbearably frightening scene.
"What are you talking about? That's not true power," Uzumaki Naruto cut in at once.
A trace of irritation entered Otsutsuki Momoshiki's voice. "Inferior creatures like you could never understand!"
A flicker of killing intent rose in him toward this lowly native creature of the Shinobi World who dared refute him.