The tailed beast chakra extracted from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya suddenly transformed back into the nine tailed beasts, collapsing onto the ground.
At the same time, without the chakra of the nine tailed beasts, Kaguya's body reverted to the husk of the Ten-Tails—the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. It was caught in the swirling vortex of chakra created by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama's joint Demon Sealing Wave (Mafūba), spinning violently in midair.
Then—
BOOM!
SPLAT!
The Demonic Statue in the vortex suddenly spat out a figure.
That figure was none other than Uchiha Obito!
Immediately after, both Kaguya and the Demonic Statue were sucked into a sealing gourd by Madara and Hashirama!
Without hesitation, Madara stepped forward and slapped a sealing talisman onto it.
And just like that, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was successfully sealed!
Having accomplished this, both Madara and Hashirama—still in their Edo Tensei bodies—let out a deep sigh of relief.
However, they soon felt their reanimated bodies reaching their limits.
After all, their vessels were merely White Zetsu clones. The fact that they could sustain Six Paths-level combat for so long, even pulling off a technique like the Mafūba, was already a miracle.
This didn't mean they would immediately disperse, but without switching to better vessels, they wouldn't be able to maintain their previous level of power in future battles.
Meanwhile, outside the Root Time-Space, the Sage of Six Paths (Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki) and his brother (Hamura Ōtsutsuki), who had been secretly observing the battle, were utterly stunned.
At one point, they had thought the sealing would fail, even panicking for a moment. Yet, in the blink of an eye, the sealing succeeded—though in a way completely different from what they had imagined!
Madara and Hashirama, however, didn't care about their reactions.
As soon as Kaguya was sealed, Hashirama immediately contacted Lin Xuan, pointing at the gourd and asking, "Lin Xuan, should I just send this directly to you?"
"Yes, send it over with the Red Packet System!" Lin Xuan replied eagerly, unable to hide his excitement.
Though his main goal had been to collect DNA from powerful shinobi to reduce the cost of future Edo Tensei summons (especially for his impending war against the Marines), unexpectedly acquiring a top-tier maid like Kaguya was a pleasant surprise.
After all, this was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, the Progenitor of Chakra!
Even if she was now weakened after losing the tailed beasts' chakra, her potential for growth was immense.
Not to mention her… aesthetic value.
Following Lin Xuan's instructions, Hashirama immediately activated the Red Packet System, sending the sealed gourd away.
The moment Kaguya was dispatched, Hagoromo and Hamura's expressions twisted in shock.
They had always maintained a faint but undeniable connection with their mother—even when she was sealed.
But now… that connection was completely severed!
"What happened?! Where is Mother?!" Hamura exclaimed, his voice trembling with disbelief.
Hagoromo was equally disturbed. "Did they… kill her?!"
The surrounding shinobi—Tsunade, Kakashi, Jiraiya, Minato, and the other Edo Tensei warriors—were stunned by their reactions.
What could possibly shake these legendary figures so much?
In truth, their panic was understandable.
According to their understanding, Kaguya was truly immortal—she could only be sealed, never killed.
Yet now, the bond between them had vanished entirely. Had Madara and Hashirama done the impossible and erased her existence?!
"We must get answers—now!"
Without hesitation, Hagoromo and Hamura worked together, using a massive Summoning Jutsu (with help from the other shinobi) to pull everyone—Madara, Hashirama, Naruto, Sasuke, the tailed beasts, and the barely alive Obito—out of the Root Time-Space and back to the shinobi world.
"Are we… back?" Hashirama murmured, scanning their surroundings with relief.
But before he could thank the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura stormed up to him, his voice dark with fury.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?! Where is our mother?!"
Hamura, having once merged with Kaguya's will, knew that she wasn't truly evil—just a woman terrified of threats from the cosmos. Her actions (like the Infinite Tsukuyomi) had been desperate attempts to create an army for defense.
He disagreed with her methods and had fought to stop her, but he could accept her sealing—not her death.
Hagoromo, equally furious, glared at Madara and Hashirama. "Did you two… murder her?!"
The surrounding shinobi tensed.
Were they about to witness a battle between the Sage of Six Paths and the two legendary shinobi?
Madara, however, remained unfazed. "What? Are the legendary Sage of Six Paths and his brother looking for a fight?" He smirked, his eyes gleaming with battle lust.
Now that he had reached Six Paths-level power, he was eager to test himself against the original Sage.
"Madara, shut up!" Hashirama scolded before turning back to the others with a calm smile.
"You've misunderstood. She's not dead—she was just sent to another world."
Hagoromo & Hamura: "…"
The assembled shinobi: "…"
Sent to another world?
Isn't that just a poetic way of saying she's dead?!
Clearly, everyone assumed "another world" meant the Pure Land (heaven).
But in reality…
She had been isekai'd.
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