Chapter 460: Otsutsuki... Can They Really Be Killed?
"I'll concede on other points, Senior."
Naruto's voice was calm, carrying a composure that belied his age.
As he spoke, he extended a finger, its tip wreathed in a pale golden glow of Chakra, and gently touched the ancient Sealing Jutsu imprisoning Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
The Sealing Jutsu formation was complex and profound, containing the power of the Hagoromo and Hamura brothers at their Peak. Even with Naruto's current mastery of Sealing Jutsu, it was difficult to grasp its entirety in a short time; he could only sense the immense energy and delicate balance contained within.
"But regarding the understanding of power..."
He looked up, his azure eyes locking onto Kaguya within the Seal, before turning to Hamura, who stood by in spirit form.
"Aren't you curious about the real reason your mother initiated the Infinite Tsukuyomi back then?"
Hamura's forehead, deeply lined with wrinkles, suddenly tightened, like parched, cracked old tree bark being compressed.
The truth behind his mother initiating the Infinite Tsukuyomi?
Hamura's heart skipped a beat. Although he didn't know what the Infinite Tsukuyomi was, he assumed it referred to the time his mother used divine techniques for sacrifice.
This was a question buried in his heart for a millennium, and it was also the source of the deepest pain and struggle when he and his brother chose to Seal their mother.
Could this blond youth before him know something?
"You know?"
Within the Seal, Kaguya, who had remained silent like a stone statue, slowly raised her head.
Her long white hair cascaded down, and those pure, flawless, yet chillingly hollow Byakugan eyes focused on Naruto for the first time, revealing a profound sense of inquiry.
The descendant of this planet... what is he saying?
He knows her purpose? How is that possible? So much time has passed. She hadn't even told Hagoromo or Hamura.
Naruto didn't answer Hamura's question immediately. Instead, he turned his gaze back to Kaguya, his tone calm: "I encountered a member of your kin, and I killed him."
"Impossible!"
Almost the instant Naruto's voice fell, Kaguya's cold, ethereal voice rang out decisively, carrying an unquestionable arrogance rooted deep within her Bloodline.
Her gaze locked firmly onto Naruto, as if scrutinizing something utterly absurd.
"You are indeed a rare powerhouse on this planet."
Kaguya's voice carried a judgmental tone, as if looking down from above, "You also harbor a portion of the Chakra separated from the God Tree within you..."
She sensed the presence of the Nine-Tailed inside Naruto, but she also clearly "saw" the incompleteness and division of that power—Yin and Yang separated, like two halves forcibly torn apart.
However, Yin cannot grow alone, and Yang cannot arise in isolation.
The God Tree Clone in this state was far inferior to its complete form; even its self-recovery cycle was vastly diminished.
Her tone suddenly turned icy, "Wanting to kill a true Otsutsuki is as absurd as a tiny ant attempting to bite a giant elephant to death. You simply do not understand the unbridgeable chasm that exists between us."
Kaguya's denial was absolute, carrying the Otsutsuki Clan's inherent, supreme superiority regarding their own Bloodline and power.
She had only been defeated by her own sons, both of whom she had conceived alone after receiving the blessings of everyone.
In her eyes, all the power in the Ninja World, including the youth before her who had fused with a portion of the God Tree's energy, was merely nourishment required for the God Tree's growth—they were inferior life forms.
Killing an Otsutsuki? That was a delusional fantasy that defied the laws of the Universe.
Naruto did not argue, nor did he try to use words to shatter Kaguya's arrogance. He simply shook his head slightly; facts speak louder than words.
Naruto took out a sealing scroll. "Release!"
"Whoosh—" The scroll unfurled, and with a puff of smoke, a lifeless body was released from thin air, landing heavily on the cold ground.
The body wore strange white attire, with pale skin and a wooden forehead protector on its brow.
His eyes were tightly shut, though it appeared he had not died peacefully.
The most impossible thing to ignore was the unique and powerful energy fluctuation remaining on his body.
Although it had mostly dissipated, the Origin aura belonging to the Otsutsuki Clan, rooted deep within the Bloodline, was as distinct as a brand!
Otsutsuki Urashiki!
"!!!"
Hamura's wrinkled old face was instantly covered in extreme shock.
He needed no explanation, for he sensed the Bloodline on the other party that was similar to his mother's.
Although the strength might not match his mother in her prime, it was undeniably the same level of life as his mother.
He and his brother Hagoromo had given their all back then, paying a tremendous price to barely manage to Seal their mother.
And yet this youth before him, so young, had actually killed an existence on the same level as his mother?
An indescribable, complex emotion—shock, bewilderment, and even a hint of sentimentality for the changing times—instantly overwhelmed Hamura.
As for Kaguya within the Seal, her reaction was even more intense!
Those Byakugan eyes, which had always been hollow and indifferent, now suddenly widened to their limit.
Within her pure white pupils, the cold corpse of Otsutsuki Urashiki was clearly reflected!
An unprecedented, earth-shattering wave, enough to overturn her perception, exploded in her heart.
The words "impossible" still lingered in her consciousness, but the ironclad facts before her were like the sharpest wedge, ruthlessly piercing through her deep-rooted superiority.
Otsutsuki... can they really be killed?
Killed by a life form born on this "inferior" planet?
She knew Urashiki; Urashiki was by no means weak!
His strength was definitely far superior to her state before she consumed the God Tree fruit. At that time, facing the powerful Otsutsuki Isshiki, she could only rely on a sneak attack to counter him.
And Urashiki had been killed by this youth before her!
A cold thought instantly flashed through Kaguya's mind: having lost the Ten-Tails, lost the vast majority of the power brought by the God Tree fruit, and having been sealed for a millennium...
Her current strength, perhaps... was already inferior to this blond youth before her.
The fact was indeed so; the only advantage Kaguya had left against Naruto was perhaps just her experience in using the Origin power of the "Truth-Seeking Ball".
Hanabi and Hinata also recognized the corpse on the ground, and the sisters both gasped simultaneously.
They clearly remembered that after the Chunin Exams, it was this bizarre white monster that had suddenly descended, only to be defeated by the combined efforts of Naruto and that mysterious Uchiha Hikari.
So, he was actually an existence on the same level as the legendary mother of the Six Paths Sage! And Naruto-kun had actually killed such an existence?
Naruto watched the violent fluctuations of Hamura's Soul and the undisguised shock and wavering in Kaguya's eyes, and finally, a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.
The Otsutsuki were indeed very powerful, but unfortunately, the Ninja World was the world where the protagonist of the story was born.
This guy Urashiki was also unlucky; in the original plot, he faced Boruto, the protagonist of boruto: naruto next generations, and the still-protagonist young Naruto, going up against two protagonists, plus the second male lead Sasuke and the original Naruto's master, Jiraiya.
With this lineup, even if Madara who hadn't become the Six Paths Sage came over, he would have been killed by plot armor.
His voice was not loud, but it resonated like a great bell in this dead silent space, every word striking the hearts of these ancient existences:
"You have overestimated your clan too much."
His gaze swept over Urashiki's corpse with the scrutiny of a victor, then fell back onto Kaguya, his azure eyes seemingly capable of penetrating the Seal to peer straight into the depths of her Soul.
"And you... have vastly underestimated the life nurtured on this land."
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