Good news: The suspected main villain boss disappeared without even getting to make a move.
Bad news: Our strongest ally might become an enemy.
Just as everyone thought the war would end in a whimper, Imu's avatar instantly vanished, and his body was completely sucked into Naruto's through the black tentacles.
At this moment, Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan spun like a washing machine on high speed.
It was the instinctive reaction of the Indra bloodline within him.
Witnessed by all, Naruto's body rapidly transformed towards that of the Otsutsuki Clan.
Or rather, this was Naruto's current 'true form'.
And it was the first time everyone had seen Naruto like this.
"Hey… Naruto! Are you still you?"
Garp wasn't entirely sure. He stopped the others who were about to move forward and shouted the question loudly.
In a way, this was a coincidence.
When Rocks was controlled by Imu, he grew two long demonic horns on the sides of his head, and a sharp tail extended from his coccyx.
Now, as Naruto revealed his 'Otsutsuki true form', his appearance was even more terrifying than Rocks'.
Not only did he also grow two horns, but a third eye even appeared on his forehead.
Moreover, a sharp tail also sprouted from behind his rear… exactly like Rocks back then.
As his body changed, Naruto also began to float slowly, his pure white robe billowing without wind.
When Garp's voice finally reached his ears, Naruto's three eyes all opened.
Rinnegan, Byakugan, Kokugan… three eyes gathered.
When stared at by these three eyes, even an old pirate like Whitebeard couldn't help but feel a creepy chill.
It wasn't a mental assault.
It was pure, life-hierarchy suppression.
It was every creature's, every person's most primal instinct for self-preservation and avoiding harm screaming in protest.
"Don't meet his gaze!"
Sasuke understood the unusual nature of the Otsutsuki Clan's eyes.
He quickly descended from the sky, blocking everyone's front. At the same time, two lines of bloody tears streamed from the corners of his eyes due to the strain of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
But even so, he showed no intention of retreating.
After all, no one present had experience dealing with Genjutsu… especially Genjutsu cast through the Rinnegan.
Even though Conqueror's Haki was also a manifestation of Spiritual Energy and could to some extent counteract Genjutsu effects, one could still easily fall victim if careless.
In Huodou's field of vision, the black aura symbolizing calamity was so thick it seemed almost solid.
Just as Sasuke planned to strike first, Naruto suddenly spoke.
"It's... okay, I can still control it-"
His voice was halting, shifting back and forth between male and female tones.
Originally, Kaguya, whom Naruto had devoured, had been almost completely 'digested'. The remaining shred of will persisted purely due to her pure-blood Otsutsuki lineage.
It could be said Kaguya's influence on Naruto was nearly nonexistent, far less threatening than Momoshiki hidden within Karin's consciousness.
But that was the previous situation.
Judging solely by willpower and Conqueror's Haki, combined with Naruto having transcended the 'human' species in terms of life hierarchy, even if he were truly hit by Domi Reversi, he might not have been completely transformed and lost control like Rocks.
He might even have broken free from its influence given a little time.
Imu wasn't a problem. Kaguya wasn't a problem either.
But when their powers combined, they became a big problem.
"Is that... another face!?"
Aokiji felt like he was watching a horror movie, his voice growing strained.
Following his gaze, everyone saw another figure slowly manifesting behind Naruto.
This person's appearance was very familiar to Karin, floating behind Naruto.
Who else could it be but Kaguya?
Seeing this, Karin gritted her teeth and sped up the unsealing process on her hand.
Finally, before the face fully formed, she broke the seal on the Kama on her palm.
The next moment, surrounded by flame clouds, Karin unhesitatingly overdrew her life force to enter her Awakened state. Countless golden chains extended forward with her will.
This was the fusion of powers from the Ninja World and the One Piece World, something already seen in Naruto and Sasuke.
After Awakening, Garuda still possessed two forms.
The beast form, the Golden-Winged Garuda, further enhanced physical abilities, possessing the terrifying size capable of 'flying ten thousand miles with a single wingbeat'.
The human-beast hybrid form, the Valkyrie, strengthened her internal energy and spirit, leaning more towards the Ninja Power within her.
These chains were the new manifestation of the fusion between the Adamantine Sealing Chains and Garuda's power.
"Nirvana Purifying Chains!"
The chains existed between tangible and intangible, passing through Naruto's body unimpeded, coiling around the part belonging to Kaguya.
The moment this technique touched that face, Kaguya's eyes opened.
Whoosh-
The next instant, a terrifying pressure erupted from Naruto as the center, blasting everything around him away.
Even Admirals like Aokiji and Kizaru couldn't withstand this pressure head-on… their bodies would have their elementalization forcibly canceled upon contact.
Blown back in unison, everyone looked on in disbelief.
"Is this Conqueror's Haki?"
"Similar, but it feels completely different..."
Garp answered Sengoku's question, but he himself had no answer.
Karin, being the first to bear the brunt, was directly blasted away, all her chains shattering.
Even in her Awakened state now, she seemed unable to oppose Kaguya in this form.
Just as Naruto's strength increased not just a little after gaining Otsutsuki power-
Kaguya, having 'consumed' Imu's spiritual energy, also underwent a trans-world transformation.
However, Naruto wouldn't just watch this creature run wild.
Though he hadn't fully regained control of his body, Naruto still forcibly reached behind his head, covering Kaguya's face with his hand.
Then-
"Haah!"
Like tearing a piece of flesh from his own body, the not-yet-fully-formed Kaguya was forcibly separated from Naruto's body.
Blood sprayed instantly.
If not for Naruto now having an Otsutsuki physique, such an injury alone might have been fatal.
"Tch… that really hurts!"
While complaining, Naruto immediately moved to decisively kill Kaguya, this lingering enemy.
However, Kaguya seemed to have inherited Imu's 'immortality'.
Though only her head and partial torso remained, she could still freely control her body.
Before Naruto could form another Black Hole Rasengan in his hand, Kaguya dissolved into a mass of white flesh, slipping from his grasp.
After creating distance, her body rapidly inflated, regaining human form almost in the blink of an eye.
"I have returned."
Poof-
A pair of bat-like white fleshy wings spread from Kaguya's back, and the long, sharp demonic tail extended as well.
But aside from these two new additions, Kaguya looked almost no different from before.
If one had to point out a change.
The only difference was those eyes, filled with intense hatred and resentment.
Those Byakugan, now turned pitch black, stared fixedly at Naruto. Even without visible pupils, the intense hatred could be felt.
Kaguya's hatred was almost entirely focused on Naruto, her enemy. Everything else in her eyes was like mere vegetation.
Seeing this, Naruto ignored everything else, instantly teleporting in front of Kaguya.
At the same time, a black void appeared in the air.
[Yomotsu Hirasaka]
Whether Kaguya didn't react or did so intentionally, she was directly pushed into it by Naruto.
The next moment, the two appeared tens of thousands of meters above the ground.
It wasn't that Naruto was overly cautious.
It was that the pressure Kaguya now gave off felt even stronger than Imu's.
"Staring at me like that... looks like you're really angry."
High in the sky, Naruto could still joke like this.
And Kaguya opposite him didn't attack immediately.
"Surprised? Uzumaki Naruto."
She stared at Naruto with those pitch-black eyes.
"I have been thinking of you every moment."
Perhaps having experienced life and death, or perhaps due to this peculiar method of rebirth, Kaguya's personality had changed somewhat.
The originally ever-expressionless, icy Kaguya now spoke like this.
This did surprise Naruto.
Originally, if Kaguya hadn't been within Naruto, this Domi Reversi would have targeted Kurama.
And while a transformed Kurama might not have completely overwhelmed Naruto, he certainly wouldn't have been quiet.
He might even have partially broken the seal to some extent, strengthened as he'd be.
But through a series of unforeseen events, this move was instead consumed by Kaguya as an opportunity for rebirth.
Finally, it created the current [Princess Kaguya] rebirth version with demonic features, yet not controlled by Imu.
Swish! Swish! Swish!...
Without seeing Kaguya make any move, several black bone spikes shot towards Naruto from all directions.
It was the All-Killing Ash Bones!
A technique Naruto hadn't been able to learn even after devouring Kaguya.
"Don't say such ambiguous things. I already have loved ones."
Choosing not to recklessly block, Naruto calmly dodged those bone spikes, whose appearance had changed, while keeping up his banter.
"I still have some matters to attend to. Can you let me handle the aftermath first..."
What greeted Naruto was Kaguya's sudden appearance and countless sharp black spike illusions.
Each spike was entwined with terrifying Haki.
Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists - Demonic Spikes!
"Die!"
Kaguya manipulated her newly grown tail to frantically attack, her face contorted into a fierce grimace.
"I preferred your initial, unreadable expression."
"If you won't make way-"
Naruto's figure retreated, also unleashing his own enhanced Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists.
"If I could kill you once, I can kill you a second time."
For a moment, fist shadows filled the sky and black shadows collided, Haki spreading wildly around like it cost nothing.
If this were still Marineford, at least ninety percent of the people on the battlefield would have died in this indiscriminate wide-area attack.