Kaguya, together with the Ten-Tails, was sealed inside that enormous rocky celestial body that blotted out the sky, suspended above the palace.
The dust over the plaza slowly settled, leaving only Hamura standing there alone, his face deathly pale.
"...Mother... has been sealed?"
Hamura's pupils shrank violently, and all color instantly drained from his face.
He suddenly turned and tried to flee into the distance. Pushing the Tenseigan's power to its limit, his body became a streak of light as he attempted to escape.
But Hagoromo gave him no chance at all.
Several Truth-Seeking Balls shot out instantly, streaking across the sky like black meteors. They formed layer after layer of barriers around Hamura, completely cutting off every escape route.
"Trying to run?"
Hagoromo's voice was cold. With a flash, he was already behind Hamura.
His hand rose and fell. Without the slightest hesitation, he reached straight for Hamura's face. The purple light in his Rinnegan flared brilliantly as he accurately dug out the pair of Tenseigan with his bare hands.
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Hamura let out a heart-rending scream as the overwhelming pain instantly swallowed his consciousness.
Blood poured wildly from his eye sockets, leaving only darkness where his eyes had been.
Clutching his eyes in agony, Hamura struggled violently in midair before Hagoromo kicked him down to the ground.
Immediately afterward, Hagoromo rushed forward and mercilessly drove several heavy punches into Hamura's body.
Each punch landed with the muffled sound of ribs shattering. Blood sprayed from Hamura's mouth as he was beaten until his face was swollen and bruised, finally collapsing to the ground in utter misery.
For the first time, Hamura truly felt death closing in.
His eyes had been gouged out. He was completely blind. Every sense of security had collapsed.
Hamura no longer cared about his dignity. Trembling, he knelt on the ground, his voice breaking with sobs as he begged in utter terror, "B-Big Brother... I'll gladly be exiled and become a slave! I only ask for your mercy! Mercy! Please spare my life, please...!"
As he begged for mercy, Hamura repeatedly kowtowed.
Hagoromo stood before him, his hands still stained with blood, looking down coldly at the one who had taken over his younger brother's body.
"My real younger brother... where did he go? Tell me! Right now!", Hagoromo shouted coldly.
"I... I don't know... When I transmigrated here... I was already inside Hamura's body... I really don't know where the original owner went..."
Hamura's whole body trembled. Blood kept dripping down his face as he spoke in broken, fearful sentences.
Hearing this, Hagoromo's heart sank.
It seemed that his real younger brother... truly could not be brought back.
That final trace of hope had been completely extinguished.
Killing intent rose again in Hagoromo's eyes. His Rinnegan slowly rotated as he prepared to use its eye power to forcibly pull this transmigrator's soul out of his younger brother's body.
Just then, a familiar yet calm voice suddenly echoed across the plaza.
"Hagoromo, leave this person to me.", Arisu floated in the air as he spoke.
Hagoromo paused, turned to look, and respectfully lowered his head slightly.
Blind, Hamura could only strain his ears to listen.
His face was filled with confusion. He had no memory of this unfamiliar voice. There had never been such a person in the original story. Who was it?
Arisu spoke again, "I'm leaving. Next, undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the world will be freed."
Hagoromo bowed deeply, "Thank you."
Although Hamura couldn't see, he heard their conversation clearly.
A storm surged through his heart.
'Something is wrong. Everything is too wrong! This person never existed in the original story!'
"All right, come with me."
Arisu silently appeared beside Hamura and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
The next instant, the two of them disappeared from where they stood, leaving behind only a faint ripple in space.
Hagoromo stood in the plaza, staring blankly at the place where they had disappeared, his expression complicated.
After a long while, he took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, turned around, and began dealing with the God Tree.
The immense power of the Six Paths surged as he began separating the Tailed Beasts one by one.
———
Meanwhile, in space, inside a pocket of space, Arisu brought Hamura there in an instant. Around them stretched the boundless starry sky, the blue planet Earth, and the moon that was gradually growing larger.
Hamura barely dared to breathe. Cold sweat instantly soaked his back. Blind, he could only stand there trembling, relying on his senses.
"You're quite a crafty transmigrator. Which planet did you come from?"
With his hands behind his back, Arisu looked at him with a smile, his tone relaxed and teasing.
Hamura's heart sank, and his fear deepened.
He hadn't expected the other party to know he was a transmigrator. His voice immediately trembled as he answered, "T-Teacher... I'm from Earth. I'm just an ordinary person..."
Arisu waved his hand, cutting him off, "Enough."
Hamura swallowed hard. Fear was obvious in his voice as he carefully asked,
"... Who are you...?"
Arisu remained calm as he slowly replied, "I am the will of this world."
Hamura felt as though he had been struck by lightning. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Inside, he complained wildly.
'Why is it that the protagonists in every other Naruto fanfiction never run into the will of Heaven, but I, this unlucky bastard, had to be the one who did?!'
After a moment, filled with unease, he asked in a trembling voice, "... Are you going to kill me?"
Arisu shook his head.
"No. Have you forgotten Hamura's role in the original story?"
Hamura froze.
He carefully recalled what happened to Hamura afterward in the original story: going to the moon, establishing the Otsutsuki branch family, becoming the local ruler, leaving descendants, and having many children...
After remembering that, joy immediately welled up inside him.
'Could it be that Will Of Heaven wants me to honestly follow the original story? That actually doesn't sound too bad!'
Arisu seemed to see through his thoughts at a glance and calmly continued, "I gave you a chance before. You were the one who kept trying to interfere with the plot."
The joy on Hamura's face instantly froze.
Arisu's expression remained calm.
He had already made up his mind. First, Hamura would stay on the moon and accompany Kaguya. Later, he would bring a group of people from Earth and turn Hamura into a breeding machine.
To establish the Otsutsuki clan on the moon.
After Hamura finished the "work" he was supposed to do, he would personally send him on his way and dispatch Hamura's soul to the Pure Land to work.
"Ah!?"
Hamura's face turned deathly pale. He stood frozen in space, unable to say a word for a long time.