I'm Not Naruto, But I Got a Better Bloodline-Chapter 359: Three Ōtsutsuki Rise from the Coffin
"You two seem even weaker than I expected."
Amid the chaos engulfing the ninja world, Kitagawa Gen’s Divine Tree clone was still pressing the attack with heavy punches.
The Obito and Kimimaro being controlled by Isshiki and Urashiki were not as strong as expected.
More precisely, those two were resisting with everything they had, and that severely affected Isshiki and Urashiki’s control.
Willpower truly is the key to countering the Ōtsutsuki ’Kāma.’
Under their frenzied struggle of will, Isshiki and Urashiki were genuinely having a hard time.
"Hmph, you really are extraordinary. Your power truly is surprising."
But no matter how much they acknowledged it, they would not soften their words, even though they were being tormented badly by the will inside their bodies.
"But what use is everything you’ve done? In the end, won’t it still bring us back to life?"
"And besides, no matter how that battle ends."
"Can your planet really escape it?"
In Isshiki and Urashiki’s view, this planet’s fate was already sealed.
How could he not know the purpose behind everything this guy was doing now? It was simply self-preservation.
It was to make them become consumable pieces for that Genshiki guy—to make the Ōtsutsuki fight among themselves!
But the problem was that no matter which of them won, it would be impossible for them to let this planet go.
"What’s the point of spouting so much nonsense?"
Kitagawa Gen could not help but shake his head, but at that moment he suddenly heard voices from the Allied Shinobi Forces’ side.
’Black Zetsu?’
To make sure everyone could hear clearly, Black Zetsu decisively used chakra to spread his voice across the entire battlefield.
Even on their side—and even on the main body’s side—everything could be heard clearly.
But the more he listened, the more his expression became strange.
"What the hell, what kind of development is this?"
Hearing all of this, Kitagawa Gen was completely dumbfounded—what the hell is this?
What kind of "Hyūga bookmark" was rewritten by the Sage of Six Paths? Didn’t he and Kaguya write this thing together by hand?
How did it turn into "summoning Kaguya" becoming evidence that the Sage of Six Paths wanted to kill his own mother in the blink of an eye?
’And on top of that, Black Zetsu already completely believes that the Sage of Six Paths is the mastermind behind it all?’
With developments like this, even though Kitagawa Gen had seen every kind of conspiracy theory, he had truly never run into something like this!
"Hey, what is going on here?"
On the other side, Urashiki could not help but ask.
Right now, aside from being beaten senseless by Kitagawa Gen, he was also completely thrown off by the way the situation was developing.
Ever since the Sage of Six Paths’ soul appeared just now, he had already been bewildered.
The Sage of Six Paths—wasn’t he something that Isshiki guy was impersonating?
Now he had popped out again?
And what exactly was that "as if weeping and pleading" voice saying? Why could he understand every single word, but once they were put together, he could not really make sense of it?
"Wasn’t Kaguya already killed by you, and the fruit already devoured by you—could it be that you held back then?"
"..."
Isshiki shot Urashiki a disdainful glance. Right now, deep down, he had a kind of relieved comfort, as if his "wrongful grievance" had finally been cleared.
How long had it been?
Ever since he ran into that Ōtsutsuki Genshiki, how long had he been wronged?
"I already told you—Kaguya’s matter wasn’t done by me, but you all just kept refusing to believe it. I really didn’t do it!"
"You too, and Momoshiki too—whatever anyone says, you believe it? Especially that Genshiki—he believes not a single word I say!"
"Are you trying to drive me to death?!"
"Why won’t you believe me?!"
Looking at Isshiki in front of him, who was a bit hysterical, Urashiki fell silent.
And opposite them, Kitagawa Gen could not help but blink—had he made Isshiki suffer a bit too much?
Forcing an Ōtsutsuki into this kind of state... it really did seem a bit hard to justify.
"So you didn’t do it?"
After a long while, Urashiki looked at Isshiki strangely, though he also kept a close watch on Kitagawa Gen the whole time.
"...No."
Isshiki fell silent for a moment, then finally nodded, but suddenly he caught a trace of contempt flashing through Urashiki’s eyes.
"Then what about you? What’s your deal? Could it really be just like you said—that you were ambushed by Kaguya?"
"..."
Isshiki felt stabbed in the heart, but in the end he still nodded, which only earned him even more contempt from Urashiki.
"So you mean you were ambushed by your own guardian, she took the fruit, and all you could do was cling to life in the ninja world?"
"..."
"So you aren’t the real culprit behind all of this at all—Genshiki just misunderstood you?"
"..."
"Are you really Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?"
"..."
Isshiki regretted it.
He felt that he might as well not have admitted any of this and simply kept following the script that Ōtsutsuki Genshiki had laid out.
At least that would not have been so humiliating—especially since Ōtsutsuki Genshiki’s misunderstanding of him had, in fact, led him to find the path of the ’Stairway to Godhood.’
And Isshiki had already decided that he must use the ’Stairway to Godhood,’ particularly after he had seen traces of Kekkei Mōra on Ōtsutsuki Genshiki.
Innocence seemed to be no longer that important to him now.
"Enough of this nonsense. There’s something I’m more worried about right now."
Isshiki shook his head and decisively interrupted Urashiki.
"Genshiki has probably already learned the truth, and right now he may be summoning Kaguya."
"You mean—"
Although Urashiki’s eyes still carried contempt and even disdain, he understood it now.
"That Genshiki guy’s current target is Kaguya?"
"That’s right. Kaguya has devoured a fruit before, so her energy will only be greater."
Isshiki nodded gravely, which immediately made Urashiki’s gaze turn equally grave.
And beyond that gravity, there was also a trace of excitement.
A woman who had devoured a fruit had already completed Kekkei Mōra—if that woman were used as the steps of the ’Stairway to Godhood,’ then—
"No matter what kind of grave crimes she committed, at least right now we must protect her!"
After thinking it through, Urashiki suddenly spoke in a low voice. This made disdain flash through Isshiki’s eyes, but he still nodded and said, "That’s right. No matter how things ultimately turn out, Kaguya cannot fall into Genshiki’s hands. We must protect Kaguya!"
At this moment, the two reached a consensus: Kaguya absolutely had to be ’protected’ and must absolutely not be taken by that Genshiki guy!
"Are you two done talking?"
At this moment, Kitagawa Gen’s voice suddenly rang out. He put on an act, shrugged his shoulders, and then said with a smile, "Although I’m not sure what exactly is going on, I think it’s time we ended this game."
"End... the game?"
Kitagawa Gen’s single sentence immediately made Isshiki and Urashiki’s expressions turn unpleasant, and Isshiki spoke in a low voice.
"We admit that you are very strong. You are no longer among the ranks of inferior beings; you are even an existence on par with us—but..."
"Do you really think you can deal with us so easily?"
Urashiki’s gaze was particularly gloomy now as he clenched his teeth and stared at Kitagawa Gen.
"You native of this planet simply have no understanding of the vastness of all things in the universe. Your power is nothing more than this!"
"Is that so? There’s actually something I’m quite curious about."
Kitagawa Gen tilted his head slightly. The smile on his face grew broader, but slowly, that smile began to fade, and his voice gradually changed.
"From when did you start thinking that my fight with you was all-out?"
As soon as the words fell, Kitagawa Gen erupted with terrifying chakra, and his figure flashed out in an instant!
"This is—"
Isshiki and Urashiki’s eyes both widened. This level of power seemed completely different from before?!
What did this guy mean? Why hadn’t he used this kind of power earlier?
"I said it from the very beginning—I wanted to see whether power devours will..."
Whoosh—
Amid the roaring sound, Kitagawa Gen’s chakra spread out, and he silently appeared behind Isshiki and Urashiki.
In his hand, a Rasengan of intertwined gold and black had already condensed. As the Rasengan spun, a terrifying gale had already taken shape!
"...or whether will can backlash against power. That’s why I’ve been playing along with you all this time."
"Damn it!"
Isshiki’s expression changed drastically. Almost instinctively, he made his body conceal itself within Kamui.
But Urashiki was not so fortunate. Seeing Kitagawa Gen’s ferocious incoming attack, he shouted angrily and tried to mobilize the power of his dōjutsu.
However, without having fully revived, it was very difficult for him to bring out all of his dōjutsu.
Fortunately, his current state was different after all. His "thawing" was already over ninety percent complete, so he could still force himself to use it a bit!
Buzz—
The roaring resounded through the heavens as the earth was churned into a spiral at this moment.
Grooves collapsed one after another, and dust blotted out the sky as it swept across the entire battlefield, making everything hazy. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
Only, Kitagawa Gen’s hand was pressed against the ground, and Urashiki was already at his side.
At the most critical moment, Urashiki avoided the attack in an extremely twisted posture.
"You pathetic native—"
And after evading it, Urashiki let out a low shout and immediately drew the bone spike from Kimimaro’s body, stabbing viciously toward him!
"Just you—and you think you can hurt me?!"
"You guess."
Yet Kitagawa Gen remained utterly calm.
"Do you really think this is just a simple attack?"
"Watch out—this guy is using planetary energy!"
Isshiki reacted extremely fast. In an instant, he understood what was happening—but it was already too late.
Urashiki’s hand froze in midair, and then uncontrollable swelling erupted across his body.
It was as if some kind of airflow was repeatedly surging inside him. Then a rapid series of bang, bang, bang explosions burst out across his body, tearing flesh apart and sending blood spraying everywhere!
His bone spike stopped right in front of Kitagawa Gen, unable to advance even an inch.
"Your strike wasn’t bad, but your positioning was poor—that’s all."
Kitagawa Gen smiled. He extended a finger and lightly nudged the bone spike pointing at him, pushing it slightly off course.
The next moment, Urashiki’s blood-soaked body collapsed onto the ground like a deflated balloon, shriveling as it fell.
"Then—"
Kitagawa Gen’s gaze shifted to Isshiki, who was hiding within the Kamui space.
"It’s your turn. But do you really think that hiding in that space means you’re truly safe?"
"You—"
Isshiki never would have imagined, even in his dreams, that this Kitagawa Gen had truly been playing a cat-and-mouse game all along.
The incarnation of the ’planetary will’—could it really be this strong?!
In truth, even knowing that Kitagawa Gen was an incarnation of the ’planetary will,’ Isshiki had not given him a second glance. After all, they were Ōtsutsuki.
No matter how much a native planet struggled, no matter how unprecedented the power it erupted with, it could never compare to them!
Yet Kitagawa Gen gave him an unprecedented shock. This guy seemed far too strong.
What disgusted him even more was that this Kitagawa Gen was starting to look more and more like Ōtsutsuki Genshiki.
"Do you really think you can act with impunity? Once we revive—"
"No need to wait. I’ll let you ’revive’ right now."
Before Isshiki could finish speaking, Kitagawa Gen interrupted him with a smile, and at that moment his chakra rippled outward once more.
"This is—"
Isshiki’s eyes widened slightly, because the entrance to the Kamui space had already been torn open, and Kitagawa Gen had appeared right in front of him!
Moreover, the finger that had just deflected the bone spike was now, at some unknown moment, pressed against his chest.
Before he could react, that single finger—laden with ferocious chakra—pierced straight through his heart!
"You—"
Isshiki’s face was full of shock. He could already feel the life of this body slipping away, and his ’Kāma’ began to erupt wildly.
Yet Kitagawa Gen still wore a smile, while his pair of silver-glinting eyes looked at him with cold indifference.
"Look—if I do it like this, my finger can pierce straight through your heart."
"Tell me, is that hard?"
Hard?
Isshiki could not answer that question, but he could feel the power of ’Kāma’ already entering the revival procedure.
Not only him—Urashiki was the same, and Momoshiki had also reached his limit. They were about to truly be revived.
...
"Sure enough... sure enough, Hagoromo wants to kill me!"
On the other side, Kaguya’s chakra was trembling nonstop. The sky had already been dyed a blood-red, yet her rage could not be suppressed.
"And Black Zetsu also betrayed me—he actually wants to stop me from leaving the seal?!"
"Why do I feel like he’s saving you?"
Kitagawa Gen looked at Kaguya with a baffled expression. He felt that there was something wrong with this woman’s head, but after thinking it over, he still changed the way he put it.
"Descendants formed through chakra are just like that. In any case, it’s not the first time you’ve been betrayed—just get used to it."
"This is something you can get used to?"
Kaguya nearly got so angry she passed out. After glancing at Uchiha Madara, who was still struggling, she took a deep breath.
"How do you plan to let me descend—onto his body?"
"No. The passage is already connected, so I will help you open the passage."
Kitagawa Gen shook his head and said with a smile, "There’s no need to descend onto his body. Otherwise I’d still have to extract the Ten-Tails—too troublesome."
Extract the Ten-Tails...
Extract it?
Kaguya suddenly did not want to come out anymore. This guy wasn’t going to swallow her and also use the Ten-Tails along with it, was he?
At the thought of this, Kaguya also became a bit uneasy. But before she could say anything, three powerful auras had already erupted!
"That is—"
Kaguya’s gaze flickered, and she faintly seemed to understand something. At the same time, she could not help feeling worried.
"Don’t worry."
Kitagawa Gen gave a light chuckle and shook his head. He looked calmly into the distance and spoke slowly.
"Nothing will happen. And also—"
As he spoke, he slightly raised his head and looked up into the sky. Under the mask, a smile appeared on his face.
"Long time no see, Isshiki-senpai, Urashiki-senpai, and Momoshiki-senpai."
"This time, are you ready?"
"..."
