The winner takes all, and the loser eats dust.
Facing Yami, the Sage of Six Paths, and Hamura had little confidence at this point.
After forcing himself to remind Yami once again not to relax his supervision over Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths quickly slipped back to the Pure Land.
Hamura, however, had one more request.
"Sleeping for a thousand years, I never thought that the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon would experience so many twists and turns."
Hamura sighed. He had been in a deep sleep along with his mother, and if the Hagoromo hadn't woken him up, he wouldn't have even noticed Kaguya's escape.
Let alone pay attention to the lives of their descendants on the moon.
Damn it.
There weren't many descendants to begin with, and then an internal split occurred. After so much infighting, there was now only one Ōtsutsuki Toneri left.
What Hamura asked Yami to do was take care of Toneri and not let him return to the moon. He wanted him to have children on Earth so that his bloodline could continue.
Possessed by Hamura, Toneri had now awakened the Tenseigan. With some training, his strength would definitely reach the level of Naruto and Sasuke.
Most importantly, he was a fool and easy to manipulate.
Yami agreed after having Hagoromo leave a message in Toneri's mind to be obedient.
As Hamura's spirit was pulled out, Toneri fell unconscious. Yami waved his hand, storing him inside Takamagahara, then turned to look in the direction of Mount Myōboku with a sneer.
In the past, Mount Myōboku had been relatively well-behaved and maintained a good relationship with Konoha, so he had never found a reason to act.
This time, it was the old toad himself who provided the evidence.
No rush. He would first settle the beginning and end of the Ninja War, then head to Mount Myōboku to kill the toad.
Yami's body gradually faded away and disappeared on the spot.
Inside Mount Myōboku, Gamamaru sighed as if sensing something, slowly closing his eyes as if awaiting the end of his life.
Swish!
Yami returned to the battlefield.
Following Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, Six Paths Obito, Six Paths Orochimaru, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and the Sage of Six Paths brothers, there were finally no more invincible enemies falling from the sky.
The world finally grew quiet.
All those trapped had woken up, but no one caused trouble.
A joke.
When the Sage of Six Paths and his mother had appeared, the battle had already reached the stage of gods fighting. For mere mortals, struggling now would only increase casualties.
Therefore, before Yami returned, everyone stayed still, quietly waiting for the final result.
When Yami appeared, the scene briefly erupted in noise.
He was the only one who returned, and the jumpsuit on him didn't have a single wrinkle. That said it all.
The Konoha ninjas erupted in cheers, while the ninja alliance remained silent.
Kaguya still floated silently behind Yami like a spirit, the tension between her brows easing somewhat.
Even though she hadn't acted herself, it was satisfying enough that Yami had helped her teach her two rebellious sons a lesson.
"Confiscate all the weapons of the ninja alliance and their forehead protectors. The First and Second Combat Teams will escort them back to Konoha. Naruto, Shisui, Fourth Hokage, you keep an eye on them."
"The Third and Fourth Combat Teams will head to the Kumo base camp to clean up. Sasuke… First Hokage, you lead that team."
After scanning the surroundings, Yami waved his hand, arranging the follow-up operations immediately.
Yami's reputation was at its peak now. No one dared to challenge his orders. Even the First Hokage prepared to act without a word.
But suddenly, Yami stopped them again. He opened a space and dropped out two people.
One was Orochimaru, the other Uchiha Obito.
Both had served as Ten Tails Jinchūriki. Even after the tailed beasts were extracted, their remaining vitality could still sustain them for a while.
However, Orochimaru's condition was far worse. He had been the sacrifice to revive Kaguya. Both his soul and vitality had been devoured, and the remainder was slowly dissipating.
As the two appeared, aside from Tsunade who looked at Orochimaru with a complicated expression, almost everyone's eyes turned to Obito.
Especially Naruto, Sasuke, Shisui, and the others, whose killing intent leaked out uncontrollably.
The ground slowly rose, revealing Kabuto, who had been absent since the latter half of the war. He bowed slightly to Yami, then squatted beside Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru-sama, are you alright?"
"Kabuto…" Orochimaru's breathing was faint. He barely opened his eyes and forced a smile. "At least… I have seen the grace of the Six Paths."
"It's a pity… we know too little."
With the little information he had, Orochimaru had still managed to weave a conspiracy that reached the Six Paths level in one leap. That was a remarkable feat.
But the knowledge he had was merely the fantasy of someone deceived, which led to this ending.
"You are luckier than me. Inherit everything from me, and then… learn all the ninjutsu in the world."
After saying that, he closed his eyes completely.
In truth, Orochimaru had left behind a curse seal as a backup in the ninja world. But with his main soul gone, there was no chakra or physical strength to trigger it.
This time, Orochimaru was truly finished.
Kabuto listened silently, then bowed deeply to Orochimaru's body. He released a massive white python from his sleeve, which swallowed Orochimaru whole.
As for Obito, Konoha was almost on the verge of a civil war over him.
Naruto wanted to kill him to avenge his parents, and Sasuke wanted to kill him to seek justice for the Uchiha clan.
Shisui, Yuichi, and others wanted to do it themselves, not to mention the Konoha shinobi whose relatives had died in the Nine Tails Rebellion.
On top of that, Konan had been persistently asking Yami to give Obito to her…
All of a sudden, Obito had become a hot commodity.
"Sasuke! He killed my parents and made me an orphan since I was a baby. I am the most qualified to kill him!"
"Naruto, he killed dozens of my clansmen, and he was the one who tricked Uchiha Itachi into killing my parents. My situation is worse than yours."
"I can give you everything else, but I can't give you Obito."
"Really? Then will you let me be Hokage?"
"Get Lost."
(To be continued.)
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