"Is this a wooden sword?"
Kakashi curiously examined the wooden sword in Kazuki's hand. It looked like a wooden sword, but his intuition told him it was no ordinary wooden sword.
Kazuki, seeing Kakashi's apparent confusion, patiently explained, "I spent a lot of effort crafting this wooden sword. Its material is the same as the Uchiha clan's ancestral flame fan." It can easily cut through even S-rank Ninjutsu."
Kakashi's eyes widened.
S-rank Ninjutsu!
Is this wooden sword really that powerful?
But does this wooden sword have any offensive power?
After some thought, Kakashi abandoned this strange idea. Whether it had destructive power or not no longer seemed so important.
A weapon capable of breaking through S-rank Ninjutsu was not something one could simply acquire.
Kazuki said, "Alright, let's begin."
Kazuki instructed Kakashi in Kenjutsu, and in the very first exchange, Kakashi was surprised to find that Kazuki's wooden sword was definitely not ordinary. In terms of Chakra conduction, it was far better than the Sword of the Thunder God. Even weapons made of chakra metal seemed inferior to this wooden sword in Chakra conduction.
Moreover, the most crucial point was that the moment the Sword of the Thunder God and the wooden sword collided, Kakashi realized that the wooden sword's sturdiness far surpassed that of the Sword of the Thunder God. Not just the Sword of the Thunder God, but even his father's White Light Chakra Sabre probably couldn't compare to the wooden sword in Kazuki's hand.
Kakashi continuously absorbed Kazuki's Kenjutsu experience.
Kakashi's talent was outstanding. Setting aside his space-time ninjutsu talent, Kakashi might even surpass Minato.
It was just that the original Kakashi stopped studying Kenjutsu and instead embarked on the path of Ninjutsu, which was somewhat regrettable.
Kakashi possessed excellent Kenjutsu talent, which was not inferior to Sakumo. But he had one point that was even more outstanding than Sakumo: a superior ninjutsu talent.
In Kazuki's view, the Ninjutsu-Taijutsu system was the path Kakashi should have taken. A Sasuke without a Mangekyo Sharingan was the path Kakashi should follow.
Furthermore, he had already traveled far down this path, enough for Kakashi to learn for a long time.
Kakashi cherished this opportunity to learn from Kazuki. His teacher was the guardian of the Ninja World and the Hokage. Where would he usually find time to instruct him in his training?
Even when performing missions, he was always accompanied by Minato.
Since Kazuki was teaching him, he just needed to learn. As for forging his own path, there was absolutely no need for it, right?
What Kazuki taught was almost perfectly customized.
Kakashi was a smart person. How could he not understand that Kazuki was creating a combat system for him? He only needed to integrate all of this into his own combat system.
Moreover, Kakashi was eager to become stronger. He had some understanding of the recent events in Konoha. After all, he was Kazuki's student and would know sooner or later. Therefore, Sakumo had not hidden too much from Kakashi.
Kakashi knew that his father had made a mistake and needed to atone for it. As Sakumo's son, he needed to quickly get stronger to help Sakumo resolve this problem in the future.
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"How is it? Kaguya, how are your preparations coming along?"
On this day, inside the moon, Kazuki asked Kaguya.
He was preparing to absorb Shibai's Chakra. If the future Isshiki could do it, why couldn't he, Kazuki, do the same?
Releasing Kaguya naturally did not mean allowing her to absorb the power of the Tailed Beasts to restore her strength.
After all, Nine-Tails was still inside Kushina, and as for the other Tailed Beasts, they were crucial to the Ninja World. Not a single one could be lost. Kazuki did not intend for any Tailed Beast to be harmed.
The entire Ninja World's Natural Energy cycle was closely related to the nine Tailed Beasts.
However, some of Shibai's power could be given to Kaguya.
Kazuki's strength had been slowly growing over the years. He no longer focused his attention on the Ninja World, but rather on what lay beyond it.
He had a premonition that perhaps in a few days, Ōtsutsuki would descend upon the Ninja World.
At that time, the Ninja World would become restless. Even if the Ninja World was not very peaceful to begin with, and could be described as extremely chaotic, compared to the Ōtsutsuki clan, the wars in the Ninja World were merely minor skirmishes.
"Your aura."
Kaguya did not answer Kazuki. Instead, she looked at him with disbelief.
Previously, Kazuki's aura resembled that of Hagoromo and Hamura, already very close to her own. However, she could still sense that Kazuki should be her descendant. But this time, upon seeing Kazuki again, she felt that Kazuki's aura was extremely similar to hers. No, he was even more like herself than she was.
Could it be that Kazuki had already begun to absorb Shibai's power?
After all, she herself was a descendant of Shibai and inherently possessed some of Shibai's power.
The closer Kazuki became to her, the more Kaguya believed that he had obtained Shibai's power.
"I've just had a breakthrough recently. My bloodline has continuously been undergoing atavism." Kazuki naturally understood what she was referring to.
"Autonomous atavism?" Kaguya's expression was somewhat subtle.
Could Kazuki really be Shibai's reincarnation?
Logically, Shibai should have left this world. Could it be that the so-called becoming a god was false? Just starting over again?
Among the Ōtsutsuki, there were some who had grown tired of life and bestowed their power upon others. Of course, these Ōtsutsuki were generally guardians.
"I can give you a portion of Shibai's power. That should be enough to compensate for Ten-Tails' power, right? Afterwards, I'll need your help with a few things."
"What help?" Kaguya's Byakugan trembled slightly.
She didn't know what Kazuki's request was, but it seemed she had no choice.
Even she had to admit that Kazuki's strength was simply too formidable.
Not to mention herself alone, even if she added her two sons and several grandsons, they probably wouldn't be a match for him.
Kazuki resembled a descendant of Shibai more than she did, and his strength was far greater than hers. He might not be comparable to those top-tier Ōtsutsuki who had devoured countless Chakra Fruits, but even within the Ōtsutsuki clan, he was an outstanding individual.
If she could gain Kazuki's protection, then facing the Ōtsutsuki clan, she might not be unable to fight them.
"I said before that we need to go into space together to fight the Ōtsutsuki clan. I hope you can release your aura into space." Kazuki said, looking at Kaguya with a half-smile.
Kaguya's heart trembled. Although she was a bit naive, her mind occasionally paid attention. She instantly understood Kazuki's intention.
She asked, "You want me to be a target?"
"To be precise, I want you to be bait. A few years ago, we killed Isshiki and his Karma. An annihilation from all angles." Kazuki's gaze deepened.
"The Ōtsutsuki clan is not entirely unbeatable. I hope you can cooperate with us to weaken the Ōtsutsuki's power as much as possible. As for the Ōtsutsuki who come looking for you, we can help you deal with them, and we can even share a portion of the Chakra pills refined with you."
Kaguya fell silent upon hearing this. She pursued strength. Otherwise, she wouldn't have ambushed Isshiki and devoured the Chakra Fruit.
Of course, at that time, she was also acting in self-preservation. If she didn't resist, it would mean death. This was not the life Kaguya wanted to endure.
Kazuki said with a confident smile, "Since Chakra pills can be refined from Isshiki, they can naturally be refined from other Ōtsutsuki. Moreover, I also possess a dōjutsu that can kill the souls within the Karma. Weakening the enemy is helping you. Isn't that good?"
Kaguya fell silent once more. Kazuki not only possessed Chakra Edible Creation, a jutsu that extracts Chakra from others to refine into pills, but he could also kill the souls within Karma. This was simply the Ōtsutsuki clan's natural enemy.
The means to kill souls within Karma were few and far between, even within the Ōtsutsuki clan, and Kazuki alone had mastered these two powers. If the Ōtsutsuki were to learn of Kazuki, they would definitely fight him to the death.
After all, the threat he posed was simply too great, and he had too much potential. No one knew to what extent he would grow once he matured, whether he would become a second Shibai.