Ōtsutsuki Kaguya possessed tremendous power, yet she had almost no combat experience.
She belonged to the type with overwhelming strength but no operational skill.
Or rather, the Ōtsutsuki clan was generally like this.
They possessed immense power by nature and could completely crush their enemies with absurdly high stats. For them, combat experience truly wasn't that important.
After all, no matter how skilled you were, it would hardly matter in front of overwhelming power.
Otherwise, Hagoromo and Hamura—and in the original story, Naruto and Sasuke—would not have resorted to the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal Kaguya.
At this moment, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke tried to take advantage of Kaguya's moment of distraction and use a sealing technique to seal her again.
"Don't even think about it!"
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya quickly came back to her senses, her voice filled with anger.
She ignored Uchiha Madara's attack, her Byakugan locking tightly onto Naruto and Sasuke, who were attempting to seal her.
Vast amounts of chakra gathered frantically as she aimed both palms at the two of them.
Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball!
Perhaps Kaguya was truly enraged. In order to avoid being sealed again, she even used an attack capable of destroying the entire ninja world.
"Madara-sama, stop her!"
Renya used the ability of his right eye and discovered that he could not directly stop Kaguya from using ninjutsu. He could only increase the time it took for her to gather the Truth-Seeking Ball.
He understood the power of this move very clearly. It absolutely could not be allowed to be unleashed.
They could only hope that Uchiha Madara would stop Kaguya and buy time for Naruto and Sasuke!
"No need for you to tell me."
Uchiha Madara's expression was solemn. Naturally, he also recognized the terror of that technique.
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
Four Limbo shadows launched attacks simultaneously, attempting to interrupt Kaguya's casting.
At the same time, Madara's real body stretched both hands forward.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Countless gigantic trees burst out from the ground, wildly entangling Kaguya's arms and body as she tried to perform the technique.
Although the trees were shattered by the chakra surrounding Kaguya the moment they approached her, they still effectively distracted her attention.
Renya pushed his ocular power to the extreme, and a line of blood tears burst uncontrollably from his eyes.
Kaguya suddenly realized in shock that the attack she had been gathering for so long was beginning to disappear?!
"Mother, deal with her first!"
Black Zetsu, hidden inside her sleeve, was practically going mad with anxiety.
He had already said they should deal with the cook first, yet Mother had forgotten again.
As long as there was no interference from Renya, with Mother's strength—plus his perfect command—dealing with those two brats and Uchiha Madara would be effortless.
Hearing this, Kaguya suddenly reacted.
She had originally intended to kill Renya.
But after a brief moment of distraction revealed a flaw, she had completely forgotten about it.
"I will kill you!"
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya shattered the trees rushing toward her and charged at Renya with incredible speed.
As long as she killed him, she would no longer be interfered with.
Looking at Kaguya rushing toward him, Renya curled his lips into a mocking smile.
"Kaguya, your combat intelligence is truly terrible."
As he spoke, he flashed backward. In the next moment, Kaguya appeared at the spot where he had just been standing.
Immediately afterward, the already prepared Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke rushed toward Kaguya from the left and right.
"Now!"
The two pressed their palms forward at the same time toward Kaguya.
"Mother, fly upward!"
Black Zetsu instantly realized they had fallen into a trap. This was their real killing move.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya immediately flew upward upon hearing that.
The two could not fly. As long as she flew high enough, they wouldn't be able to do anything to her.
At that moment, Uchiha Madara coldly said—
"Tengai Shinsei!"
A massive meteor descended from the sky. Kaguya, focused solely on avoiding the seal, did not notice it.
She was struck squarely by it, and her body uncontrollably fell downward.
"No!!!"
Seeing Naruto and Sasuke waiting below, Black Zetsu let out an unwilling roar.
Mother had only just been rescued. She absolutely could not be sealed again!
There had to be a way. Yes, there had to be another way!
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he thought, he could not find a solution.
He could only watch helplessly as Naruto and Sasuke placed their hands on Mother's body.
"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!"
Naruto and Sasuke said in unison.
No matter how Kaguya struggled, she could not escape that immense gravitational pull.
"Mother, break free! Use your full strength!"
Black Zetsu screamed desperately from inside her sleeve, but it was useless.
The meteor previously summoned by Uchiha Madara's Tengai Shinsei began to shatter under the control of the enormous gravity and involuntarily moved toward the center.
Kaguya's struggles became weaker and weaker.
Her body began to twist and deform, transforming into a torrent of white chakra. Together with Black Zetsu in her sleeve, she was completely drawn into the rotating and expanding pitch-black core of the Chibaku Tensei!
A brand-new gigantic sphere of rock slowly formed in the sky above the battlefield, floating between heaven and earth.
As Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was sealed, the Uchiha Madara of this time-space, along with the Tailed Beasts that had been absorbed, all fell back to the ground.
The wind stopped.
The light of the blood moon quietly faded at some unknown moment, revealing the normal night sky and a pure white full moon.
Because Kaguya had been sealed, the Divine Tree rapidly withered as if it had lost its life, eventually turning to dust and dispersing.
Those who had been caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi gradually lost the Rinnegan patterns in their eyes, and their bodies collapsed to the ground.
Though weak and unconscious, they had clearly been freed from the genjutsu.
Silence enveloped the devastated battlefield.
Naruto and Sasuke knelt on the ground, gasping for breath. Looking at the people who had fallen to the ground, smiles appeared on their faces.
"It's over. Everyone has been saved!"
Uchiha Madara remained silent, simply staring quietly at the other version of himself lying on the ground in the distance.
"Kid, go send him on his final journey for me."
As Kaguya's vessel, Madara's life force had long been drained. He did not have much time left to live.
Unexpectedly, the ideal he had pursued his entire life had led to such an ending.
The Uchiha Madara of this time-space felt his life slipping away, his face ashen.
At this moment, he noticed Renya approaching, yet he had no intention of turning his head to look.
He simply stared at the night sky, seemingly lost in thought.
Renya likewise said nothing and simply looked down at him.
After a long time, Uchiha Madara finally spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse.
"So, was I really wrong?"
"Madara, what you pursued was nothing but an illusion."
Renya looked down at Madara in his current state and said with pity in his eyes.
It had to be said—Madara was truly pitiful. He had been fooled and led astray since he was young.
It was equivalent to working for someone for free his entire life, only to be kicked away by the boss at the end.
Uchiha Madara murmured softly, with no trace of spirit left in his eyes.
"All the effort… was merely an illusion..."
As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes, and a tear slid from the corner of his eye.
The ideal he had pursued his entire life had turned out to be nothing but an illusion.
Hashirama… where exactly did I go wrong…