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"Lord Seimei?"
Kaito once again turned to Seimei with a pleading look.
Seimei tightened his folding fan and gently patted Kaito's shoulder. "Don't worry," he said, playfully blinking. "No matter the reason, since he said so, you can take it as truth. Moreover, with Lord Hagoromo and me backing you, you already hold righteousness on your side. So, go and do what you must!"
With those words, he too transformed into a burst of golden energy, flying out of the formation before reappearing at the forefront of the monster faction.
Fine!
Kaito took a deep breath.
There was no need to overthink things now!
It was time to act!
"Children of this planet."
Kaito's voice instantly spread across the entire wasteland, and the crowd fell silent.
He crouched down and placed his hands on the ground.
Countless golden chains erupted from the earth, shooting skyward and spreading outward in all directions from Kaito like a blooming flower.
Kaito stood up and spread his arms wide.
"To thoroughly defeat the invaders and plunderers from beyond the stars! To rebuild the shattered underworld! To restore the cycle of reincarnation!"
The chains dyed the night sky gold, weaving and stretching endlessly through the air until they reached every living being on the wasteland.
"Grasp the pulse of this planet and lend me your strength!!"
One hand grasped a chain.
Two hands grasped chains.
More and more hands reached out to hold the chains.
Even the snakes led by Shinya from Ryūchi Cave and the crows led by Jin clamped their jaws around the chains.
Yokai, shinobi, samurai, shrine maidens, monks, summoned beasts…
Kaito slowly turned in place, taking in every face—familiar and unfamiliar.
Sasuke. Madara. Izuna. Hashirama. Naruto. Tobirama. Tsunade. Jiraiya. Orochimaru. Neji…
Ōnoki. Mei. A. Gaara…
Yūrei. Gurē. Fūta. Kiei. The Kamaitachi brothers. Yūta. Onikiri…
The Sage of Six Paths. Hamura. Asura.
Seimei. Shuten Dōji. Tengu. Ibaraki Dōji…
"And us!"
"We'll help too!"
"Me as well!"
The Great Toad Sage appeared with a group of toads.
The White Snake Sage and the Three Snake Sisters arrived with their serpent kin.
The colossal Katsuyu, as massive as a mountain range, loomed in the distance.
The Great Toad Sage and the White Snake Sage glanced nervously at Kaito.
Kaito frowned but had no time to dwell on it now.
"Take them."
More chains shot forth, reaching the newcomers.
The toads eagerly gripped the chains with their forelimbs, the snakes coiled around them, and Katsuyu enveloped an entire bundle.
Power began pouring in relentlessly.
Additional chains emerged from the ground, and Kaito guided them into the formation.
The Uchiha clansmen within the formation shuddered in unison as crimson light erupted from their bodies.
Scarlet energy, like lightning, crackled through the formation before converging behind Indra and Uchiha Chiri.
The red glow in their eyes grew denser and brighter.
"Finally…"
Kaito clapped his hands together.
Four enormous Ryūmyaku crystals rose from the empty circles at the formation's center.
"The sealed consciousness of the Divine Tree. The sealed form of Black Zetsu. The sealed body of Isshiki. The sealed soul of Isshiki." He recited them before smiling. "For insurance, let's offer these as sacrifices as well!"
"Then… begin!"
He clapped his hands again, his long black hair and wide sleeves fluttering wildly in the raging wind.
Indra and Chiri simultaneously formed hand seals.
"Izanagi: Final Act—God of Creation!"
"Izanami: Final Act—God of Creation!"
In the next instant, an overwhelming surge of energy erupted, engulfing heaven and earth.
The crimson light from their eyes pierced through the four sealed crystals, through the six bubble worlds surrounding Kaguya, through the black spatial gate, and through Kaguya's chest.
"Oh ever-turning planet, oh world that nurtures all life, hear our plea. By the eyes you bestowed as our guide, by the invaders offered as sacrifice, we beseech you—reopen the sanctuary for wandering souls! Light the path of reincarnation for all!"
Kaito soared into the air, closing his eyes as he hovered midair. His hands moved like fluttering butterflies, weaving countless hand seals in mere seconds.
"The defiled goddess of Yomi stands here. Enma Daiō takes his throne. The fragments of hell return. The gates of Yomotsu Hirasaka open. The souls of the Pure Land slumber still."
His hands stilled, and his eyes snapped open.
"Rin! Pyō! Tō! Sha! Kai! Jin! Retsu! Zai! Zen!"
The [Pillar of Heaven] dissolved.
Kaguya's face twisted into a horrifying grimace as she screamed silently in agony.
The bubbles burst.
The six miniature worlds flickered between illusion and reality.
The sealed crystals shattered.
"KAGUYA!!!"
Isshiki's soul shrieked in torment.
"MOTHER!!!"
Black Zetsu churned like boiling tar.
"Swiftly, as decreed!"
Kaito scattered countless paper talismans into the air.
The inscriptions on the talismans lit up one after another, linking together as they wove through the formation on the ground.
The irregular black spatial gate warped, transforming into an ancient, shadowy stone gate inscribed with the words [Yomi]—the Underworld.
"MOTHER!!!"
Black Zetsu's form stretched infinitely, dissolving into the waters of Yomi that poured into the gate.
"KAGUYA!! YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO THE ŌTSUTSUKI!!"
Isshiki's body melted away, his soul scattering into nothingness.
"ROAR!!!"
The Divine Tree's consciousness flailed wildly as it dissolved.
"I AM THE PROGENITOR OF CHAKRA!!"
Kaguya finally regained her voice, but despair had already claimed her.
"HAGOROMO!!! HAMURA!!!"
Bloody tears streamed from her left hollow socket and her right Byakugan, while the Rinne-Sharingan on her forehead pulsed violently.
"I CURSE YOU!! MY CHILDREN!!!"
Enma Daiō's towering form shrank as he descended, his hand closing around Kaguya's throat.
"AHHH!!!"
Her horns began to rot.
"THE ŌTSUTSUKI WILL COME! YOUR DOOM IS INESCAPABLE!! WRETCHED INSECTS, I AWAIT YOU IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL!!!"
"YOMOTSUKUNI! THE EIGHT GREAT HELLS! THE EIGHT COLD HELLS! OPEN!!!"
Kaito bellowed once more.
The gates of Yomi expanded instantly, engulfing Enma Daiō's colossal form.
Kaguya's voice faded as her body crumbled into a skeletal husk.
The shadowy silhouette of Enma's palace shrank and hurled itself into the gates.
The six miniature worlds followed in succession.
Enma's vacant eyes gradually gained life. He cast one final glance at Kaito before stepping through the gates, Kaguya's remains in hand.
Countless Uchiha souls trailed behind him.
Kaito descended slowly, watching as Indra and Chiri—the last to leave—turned and waved.
Then, the gates of Yomi closed.
And vanished without a trace.