After leaving the Sky Fortress, Momoshiki turned to Isshiki and asked, "He agreed too easily. Could this be a trap?"
He had a very poor impression of the people on this planet.
In just a few days, they had left a deep and disturbing impression on him.
Putting filth inside chakra, using dirty taijutsu to attack sensitive spots...
They were nothing but a bunch of sly rascals!
And now, they had "stolen" the moon from these rascals. Surely the locals wouldn't swallow their pride so easily?
Most likely, they were plotting some evil scheme again!
Isshiki rubbed his chin, "Probably because he sees we have an escape route, and at the same time, they're unwilling to give up our power, so they're being so cooperative."
"Hmph! These inferior beings actually consider us as resources to be consumed—it's truly despicable!" Momoshiki clenched his fists. "If time wasn't pressing, I'd summon more clansmen and show these lowly beings our true might!"
Isshiki's voice dropped low, "If their plan succeeds, even ten or twenty clansmen might not stand a chance against them. That's precisely why we must stay here!"
Momoshiki nodded gravely. "Even we, as higher-ranking warriors, have only used lower warriors as offerings during the God Tree Festival. Most higher-ranking warriors have only presided over one or two God Tree Festivals at most. But look at the offerings being sacrificed in this war?"
"First there's Toneri Otsutsuki and Kaguya's entire family, whose chakra is already equal to, or even far surpasses that of ordinary higher-ranking warriors. Not to mention the two monsters Seiki Shimaseki and Sosuke Aizen, plus the accumulated power of this peculiar planet across a thousand years!"
"When all this power converges into a single being, it could possibly give rise to the fabled Otsutsuki God!"
"To prevent this threat from endangering our Homeworld, the Otsutsuki God must emerge from either you or me!"
Hearing Momoshiki practically shout those words, Isshiki narrowed his eyes. "Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking!"
Momoshiki looked at him earnestly. "In fact, right now we already have a surefire winning method!"
"What method?" Isshiki asked gravely.
Momoshiki's eyes burned with intensity. "We are both higher-ranking warriors. If we use our bodies to bear the God Tree's Chakra Fruit, the result will surely be incredibly powerful. If one of us is willing to sacrifice themselves, the other could instantly surpass those two inferior beings!"
Isshiki's eye twitched violently. He himself had only dared to scheme against Toneri after returning to the Main Family.
Yet this guy was different—he had just arrived a few days ago and was already acting so freely!
Isshiki nodded. "My strength is greater than yours. Perhaps you should be the one to sacrifice?"
Momoshiki sighed. "Under normal circumstances, I should indeed be the offering. However, your body was destroyed. Even if you replace the vessel with the Kāma, it's still one of those inferior beings' bodies—you wouldn't be able to fully utilize your power!"
"For the sake of the clan, perhaps it's better if you're the one to sacrifice? I will preserve your Kāma and transfer you back into an Otsutsuki body... Hmm, that Toneri Otsutsuki would work quite nicely!"
Isshiki's eyes turned dangerous. "Enough! You're still young. This kind of risky matter is beyond your control!"
"Is that so? What a shame!" Momoshiki lamented.
"Is this guy taking advantage of my weakened body, confident that I can't withstand the power of two Otsutsuki?" Isshiki mused inwardly. "Fortunately, he doesn't know I've already prepared the vessel... Hmm, I must perform the ritual soon!"
From Momoshiki's perspective, however, the conversation meant this: Isshiki had suggested fusing together, then laughed loudly about soon changing vessels!
"The old man is hinting that if I hand over my chakra now, he'll still leave my Kāma intact, giving me a second chance! But once he completes his ritual, he'll come taking my power for himself! No, I need to ambush him while he's performing that ritual!"
Each secretly plotting against the other, they exchanged glances, laughed loudly, then turned away before resuming their conversation.
Momoshiki spoke up, "Senior, I think the Xu Organization might not be reliable regarding their attack on the Underworld!"
Isshiki gave a slight nod. "Indeed, those despicable lower beings cannot be fully trusted. We will need to seek assistance elsewhere!"
Momoshiki proposed, "Senior, what do you think of those self-proclaimed gods, yao monsters, and immortals here on this planet?"
A slight twitch at the corner of Isshiki's mouth, he replied, "Hmph, that's no laughing matter. It was Kaguya and I who drove them from this land long ago!"
Momoshiki raised a finger, "Senior, destruction doesn't only breed hatred, it also creates fear! Perhaps it was precisely because they witnessed the might of the Otsutsuki that they now loyally follow us? After all, the starfield is far more dazzling than any single planet!"
Isshiki fell silent for a moment, then laughed. "Then I'll leave this matter in your hands!"
...
Two days later, at Mount Myoboku.
"This is where Teacher Jiraiya used to train?" Nagato looked around, asking, "Since Seiki is the summoner of Shikkotsu Forest, why did you, as his disciple, contract with Mount Myoboku?"
"You're thinking too small!" Naruto shook his head proudly. "For Master, it doesn't really matter which sacred land he contracts with!"
Nagato asked again, "The relationships between the Three Sacred Lands aren't exactly harmonious. Would they even allow such a contract?"
"What's the big deal? Didn't Master and the others do exactly the same back in the day?" Naruto replied casually. "Although, Sasuke did run into some trouble when he studied Sage Art!"
Nagato expressed surprise, "That kid can use Sage Art too?"
Naruto waved it off casually. "Only very basic Sage Art! He just didn't have much talent for it and stopped after learning only a little. But I suspect he deliberately stopped because he felt it would be embarrassing to fall short of me in Sage Art!"
Amused, Nagato asked, "What trouble did you mention earlier?"
Naruto sighed. "The Sage of Ryuchi Cave said Sasuke's desire for power wasn't strong enough, and that he would only teach him Sage Art when his heart burned with passion and his thirst for power grew intense enough!"
Nagato asked with interest, "How was it eventually resolved?"
"Later, Master visited Ryuchi Cave, and then..." Naruto shrugged. "And that was that!"
Nagato twitched his mouth and immediately caught on — the immortals of Ryuchi Cave had backed down!
Still, he could understand their mindset.
Back in the day, even someone like Hashirama Senju, the God of Ninja, might not have been enough to make them retreat.
After all, the three immortals' sacred lands had stood the test of time, harboring unfathomable hidden powers!
But Seiki was just too powerful — so powerful that even the immortals from another realm dared not resist!
Nagato thought to himself, "That's what happens when you ignore the news. If those immortals had better intelligence, they wouldn't have dared provoke him at all!"
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