With her current strength, killing one or two Otsutsuki would no longer be difficult for Chinatsu.
But immense power always came with a price.
And Chinatsu's price was absolute.
[Unable to Leave the Ninja World]
It wasn't that leaving the Ninja World would make Chinatsu feel lonely or helpless.
Rather…
If Chinatsu left, the Ninja World itself would become helpless.
After her assimilation with the natural energy of the Ninja World, Chinatsu had effectively become part of its natural laws.
If nature itself left the world, how could the world continue to survive?
Therefore, Chinatsu couldn't leave the Ninja World.
And because she couldn't leave, she naturally couldn't travel beyond it to confront the Otsutsuki main clan.
That was her greatest limitation.
Chinatsu looked down at Otsutsuki Reishi, whose body was temporarily trapped beneath the earth.
A thought slowly formed in her mind.
If she couldn't leave…
Then she would make the Ninja World a place the Otsutsuki could never afford to enter.
And for that
Reishi would become the foundation.
Not a sacrifice to any individual.
Not to a god.
Not to herself.
But to the Ninja World.
His chakra would be broken down and returned to the world's natural energy, replenishing the portion of the world's essence that had been lost when Kaguya consumed the Chakra Fruit.
Chinatsu's eyes gradually became serious.
"Since I can't leave the Ninja World…"
She slowly raised both hands.
"Then I'll turn it into a forbidden land that even the Otsutsuki won't dare to enter!"
Her hands formed a strange seal.
This time, she wasn't bluffing.
She was genuinely preparing to activate her power.
At the same moment
Rip!
A spatial rift suddenly appeared beside her.
A figure shot out.
BOOM!!!
Otsutsuki Shiki crashed heavily onto the ground.
His face was covered in swollen bumps, and his expression was utterly miserable.
A second figure emerged from the spatial rift immediately afterward.
Kaguya Otsutsuki floated down gracefully and landed beside Chinatsu.
"Kaguya!!!"
Naruto and Sasuke immediately became alert.
They had already heard about Kaguya from Chinatsu after defeating Isshiki and Momoshiki.
She was the Otsutsuki who had once attempted to possess their sister.
Naturally
In their minds, she was still labeled:
Bad person!
Naruto and Sasuke stared suspiciously at Kaguya.
Chinatsu noticed their expressions and gave an awkward laugh.
"Relax, relax."
She glanced at Kaguya.
"Even if we weren't allies before, we're not enemies anymore, right, Kaguya?"
Kaguya immediately pouted.
"That's difficult to say."
She crossed her arms.
"If I didn't know that I couldn't beat you right now, you could try trusting me."
Chinatsu blinked.
Then she laughed.
"Hahaha! Then I'll trust you."
She paused before adding with a mischievous smile:
"Besides, you're not stronger than me anymore~"
Kaguya's eyebrow twitched.
"Don't get arrogant."
"Too late."
Chinatsu turned her attention back to Reishi.
Below them, Reishi seemed to have sensed what Chinatsu intended.
His expression changed dramatically.
"No…"
The earth surrounding him suddenly tightened.
Reishi's chakra exploded outward.
BOOM!
The ground cracked.
But it didn't break.
Reishi's eyes widened.
"Could this be… a sealing technique?!"
He couldn't understand it.
With his strength, ordinary earth and stone could be destroyed effortlessly.
Even mountains were nothing more than obstacles.
Yet the earth surrounding him refused to yield.
However, it wasn't actually a sealing technique.
Chinatsu had simply infused the earth with her chakra and strengthened it using the authority of the Ninja World's natural laws.
For the moment
It was enough to hold Reishi.
But not forever.
Reishi gritted his teeth.
"Damn it!"
He struck the earth again.
BOOM!
The ground shook violently.
But the prison remained intact.
Otsutsuki Toneri's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion had been powerful enough to split the moon in half.
And Toneri was considered relatively low-ranking among the Otsutsuki.
Reishi, a top-tier member of the main clan, possessed power far beyond Toneri's.
Given enough time, he was confident he could destroy the entire Ninja World.
Yet now…
He couldn't even escape a patch of earth.
This was no longer a matter of strength.
It was a matter of authority.
Above him, Chinatsu began preparing the reverse transformation ritual.
Kaguya stood silently beside her.
She understood exactly what Chinatsu was planning.
If Chinatsu succeeded, something remarkable would happen.
The portion of the Ninja World's essence that Kaguya had once consumed would be replenished.
And that would mean
Kaguya would finally be free.
She could leave the Ninja World without carrying the burden of its stolen essence.
She could travel between worlds again.
Reishi could also leave.
But Chinatsu…
Would remain here forever.
Kaguya unconsciously tightened her fists.
The strong naturally desired freedom.
She understood that better than most.
Yet Kaguya also understood something else.
Freedom wasn't simply the ability to travel wherever one wanted.
If that were the definition of freedom, then it was far too shallow.
Chinatsu's definition of freedom was much simpler.
To live peacefully with her family.
To spend time with the people she cared about.
To eat good food.
To laugh.
To occasionally cause trouble.
To live without constantly worrying about enemies invading the world.
That was enough.
For Chinatsu, that was freedom.
Kaguya lowered her eyes.
What a foolish woman…
And yet
A faint smile appeared on her face.
That's probably why I can't hate her.
Chinatsu took a deep breath.
Her physical body remained standing on the ground.
But her consciousness had already begun merging with the natural world around her.
At this moment, the body was almost nothing more than a vessel.
Her true consciousness had returned to nature.
And the Ninja World's natural energy began responding.
Before arriving in this world, Reishi had already consumed several Chakra Fruits.
His existence represented an enormous amount of energy.
To the Ninja World
He was a gigantic gift.
And when someone offered you an enormous gift, would you reject it simply because accepting it was troublesome?
Of course not.
Trouble creates motivation.
The natural energy of the Ninja World surged.
The earth trembled.
The forests swayed.
The oceans churned.
Invisible forces began reaching toward Reishi.
Like countless hungry hands.
Reishi's expression became horrified.
"What are you doing?!"
The answer came from everywhere.
The earth.
The sky.
The oceans.
The mountains.
The forests.
The entire Ninja World was responding to Chinatsu's will.
And Reishi was being pulled into it.
"Damn it!"
He unleashed his divine techniques.
Gravity.
Corrosive Blood.
Frozen Space.
Annihilation.
One after another.
But none of them mattered.
Because no matter how powerful Reishi was
He was still inside the Ninja World.
And here…
Chinatsu's authority was absolute.
Nearby, Otsutsuki Mai remained trapped inside the massive stone sphere created by Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.
She had no strength left to resist.
Shiki was unconscious, his body covered in swollen injuries.
Reishi was the only one still fighting.
And he fought desperately.
"DAMN IT!"
His roar shook the sky.
"DAMN IT!!!"
He unleashed everything he had.
But the natural forces continued advancing.
Reishi's resistance became weaker.
His chakra began to disperse.
His physical body gradually broke down.
And eventually
Even his resistance disappeared.
The three Otsutsuki became nourishment for the world.
Their immense chakra returned to nature.
Their energy flowed into the earth.
Into the oceans.
Into the forests.
Into the atmosphere.
Into every living thing.
The Ninja World began changing.
At first, the changes were subtle.
Then
They became impossible to ignore.
The Land of Wind changed first.
The endless desert began to transform.
Green appeared across the golden sands.
Then more.
And more.
Until towering trees began growing from the desert itself.
Water suddenly erupted from beneath the ground.
Rivers formed.
The air became cleaner.
The sky seemed brighter.
Even the harsh climate gradually softened.
The people living there stared in disbelief.
The leader of the Land of Wind stood frozen.
"What's happening…?"
Elsewhere, the Land of Lightning experienced an equally shocking transformation.
The mountains became greener.
The rivers became clearer.
The air became noticeably fresher.
Even ordinary people began feeling a subtle improvement in their physical condition.
Their bodies became healthier.
Their fatigue decreased.
Their vitality increased.
The changes spread throughout the Ninja World.
And no one could explain them.
If countless people hadn't witnessed the transformation with their own eyes, some of the leaders would probably have suspected that they were hallucinating.
But this wasn't a hallucination.
It was the birth of something new.
A world that had been wounded for centuries was finally beginning to heal.
And at the center of it all
Chinatsu stood silently.
Her eyes closed.
Her consciousness spread across the entire world.
She could feel everything.
Every tree.
Every river.
Every mountain.
Every living creature.
The Ninja World was breathing.
And for the first time
It felt stronger.
Chinatsu slowly opened her eyes.
A faint smile appeared on her face.
"The foundation is complete."
She looked toward the distant sky.
"The next time an Otsutsuki comes here…"
Her smile disappeared.
Her voice became cold.
"They won't be coming back alive."