"Looks like you really had a backup plan."
For Kaguya to emerge, Obito's sacrifice was unavoidable. However, Neji, who intended to save Obito with Yin-Yang Release, froze when he saw Obito's eyes. Even now, he admired Obito's foresight.
"Sacrificing one Mangekyo to save a life, that's definitely worth it. It's just like you, Obito. Madara has trained an incredible person."
One could only say that years of experience had made Obito grow a lot, even arranging a way out for himself. Neji sighed as he looked at Obito's Mangekyo eyes turning gray and Obito slowly regaining his vitality.
"That's natural. I didn't originally intend to do this, but at the time, the unknown nature of the Evil God and the Death God was too great. Moreover, it's not easy for someone like Madara, who only wanted me to trade one life for another, to kindly let me become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. It's only natural to leave myself a way out in the face of these things."
Obito, back to his original self, said slowly as he woke up. Even so, he didn't expect to die at Neji's hands.
As the two talked, the Divine Tree also underwent a change. After absorbing all of Obito's chakra, its core soon opened completely, and the giant Rinne Sharingan, upon appearing, resonated with the moon above.
A red nine-comma Rinnegan appeared on the moon.
Although it was night, the moon emitted a blinding light. However, this was not the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but simply a necessary step to break Kaguya's seal.
A moment later, the moonlight gradually receded, finally forming a beam of light that shone directly onto the Divine Tree's core. A figure with long, silver-white hair slowly slid down this beam of light and landed on the giant Rinne Sharingan in the core.
"Kaguya..."
Seeing the woman before him, who looked as if she were sleeping, Neji's eyes welled up with excitement, and he immediately let go of Obito.
Obito, suddenly falling, felt a surge of frustration, but luckily, having reached the Sage of Six Paths' level, he could still create some Truth-Seeking Balls to support his descent.
At the same time, large amounts of chakra began to surge from the ground, rushing towards the light cluster formed by the Divine Tree like a volcanic eruption, creating a spectacular sight.
This was naturally Neji's doing. The Divine Tree could release Kaguya's body, but awakening Kaguya's consciousness required an enormous amount of chakra. This natural energy, which Neji had prepared long ago, was purer than ninja chakra and most suitable for awakening Kaguya.
The Divine Tree began to change after receiving this natural energy, flowing into Kaguya's body like a vortex. When the Divine Tree had completely merged into Kaguya, Kaguya also woke up.
"I... is this, the seal is broken? Where is this?"
Kaguya felt dizzy as soon as she opened her eyes, like someone who had been bedridden for a long time and suddenly woke up. The sharp pain made her not want to think about it, and instead, she curiously looked at everything around her.
She remembered telling Hagoromo and Hamura not to awaken her, but it seemed these two children hadn't listened to her at all. She even wondered if she should give them a little spanking with a wooden board when she saw them later.
Just then, she suddenly felt her arm being held, which made her frown slightly. She turned her head to look, and in her vision was the familiar face from her dreams. The scent, though she hadn't smelled it for a long time, was still so comforting.
"Neji~" Kaguya tilted her head, asking nervously in her heart.
"It's me, Kaguya. We meet again."
Kaguya's cute and childlike appearance made Neji's eyes mist over. He had only been apart from Kaguya for a few hours, but Kaguya hadn't seen him for over a decade, even without counting the time under seal. Especially seeing Kaguya reminded him of Hagoromo and Hamura.
"Is it really you, Neji?"
Even though Neji had admitted it, Kaguya still wanted to confirm. It felt like a dream to see the person she loved most the moment the seal was broken, so she hugged Neji tearfully.
"Yes, it's me, Kaguya. I'm back."
The two held each other tightly in mid-air, the sweet scent of love filling the entire area. Though they had many words to say to each other after their reunion, when they reached their lips, they could only convey their feelings through their heartbeats.
This scene finally made the expressive onlookers certain that Neji was telling the truth, and for a moment, their mood soured slightly.
Hyuga Hiashi stated that the relationships were too tangled and he needed to sort them out first.
"Neji, your eyes..."
After crying in each other's arms for a long time, Kaguya finally noticed Neji's eyes. They were the Rinne Sharingan, just like the one on her forehead, and both eyes were like that.
"Don't you like these eyes?"
Neji found it difficult to explain, so with a blink, he reverted his eyes back to the Byakugan.
"No, I like them very much."
Kaguya shook her head cutely and buried her pretty face in Neji's chest, greedily enjoying the embrace she had been deprived of for over a decade.
Putting aside the couple's affection, Neji's romantic entanglements were slowly accumulating anger. They didn't care if Kaguya was the progenitor of chakra or the father of the Sage of Six Paths; they only knew that they now had another rival, and a very powerful one at that.
Having given birth to two sons made them very jealous.
"Tsk, boring."
Madara looked at the two figures above. Knowing that his plan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi had completely failed, he had no desire to linger in this world any longer. However, being played as a pawn for decades still made him resentful. If Black Zetsu hadn't died, he would have undoubtedly ground him into dust.
He quickly performed the hand seals to release the Edo Tensei, and his body began to glow, scattering into pieces of paper.
"How about it, Madara? You lost this battle again, didn't you?"
Hashirama, as Madara's best and only friend, naturally held no grudges despite Madara's many wrongdoings. He walked up to Madara to bid him a final farewell, though his expression was rather annoying.
"Get your face out of my sight," Madara said irritably. "Enjoy this second life of yours. There probably won't be such good things in the future."
"Ah, you're still wishing me dead? Madara, I'm heartbroken."
"Get lost!!"
Though he didn't say it, Madara was grateful to Hashirama in his heart. Only Hashirama could accept him so openly. However, Hashirama, in his clumsy attempt at care, clearly didn't understand Madara's nuanced feelings.
Amidst their bickering, Madara's soul ascended into the sky with a beam of white light.