Kazuki had been observing the entire time—and he'd come to realize that the combat ability of both Momoshiki and Urashiki wasn't all that impressive…

Urashiki, in particular, was only marginally stronger than Kaguya in her normal state.

As for Momoshiki—though his close-quarters combat was somewhat refined, compared to Isshiki, the gap was still considerable.

Kaguya's disadvantage continued to worsen. The watching shinobi—including the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura—sank into despair.

At last—

When Momoshiki's punch landed squarely against Kaguya's chest, her chakra began to collapse. Her entire body dissolved into pure chakra and retreated back into Kazuki.

At that moment—

Senju Tobirama let out a furious roar. His hands, coiled in dark-purple Dragon Vein chakra, hurled a Flying Thunder God kunai with force. In an instant, he teleported to the side of Momoshiki and Urashiki, aiming to banish these dangerous enemies to another dimension!

The Dragon Vein chakra detonated in a violent surge!

But Urashiki burst into laughter and pulled out the Ōtsutsuki clan's treasured tool—Karasuki.

In one motion, it absorbed all the Dragon Vein chakra.

"So it was you…" Urashiki sneered.

"I was wondering why there were dimensional fluctuations near the alternate timeline. You shinobi really are fascinating—your so-called ninjutsu can even harness temporal energy…"

He grinned at the shocked Tobirama with a twisted smile.

"Were you trying to ambush the noble Ōtsutsuki clan?"

Momoshiki let out a cold snort.

"A lowborn inferior species that still clings to resistance—how amusing…"

Casting a glance at Kazuki—who appeared to be unconscious—he then turned back, lifted his leg, and launched a powerful kick at Senju Tobirama.

The speed of the kick far exceeded Tobirama's expectations…

But instead of teleporting back to safety, Tobirama took a gamble. Accepting the risk of being struck, he threw another Flying Thunder God kunai toward Kazuki's location.

He was betting it all—on whether he could escape with Kazuki!

If Kazuki could overcome Kaguya, there might still be hope for the shinobi world…

But Urashiki's figure flashed forward. The moment the kunai was airborne, he intercepted it mid-flight. With a hook-shaped weapon in hand, he struck Tobirama's back with surgical precision, sealing his chakra completely.

And Momoshiki's devastating kick was just about to land.

Tobirama sighed internally, resigned.

He had tried. Truly, he had tried everything… But these Ōtsutsuki had far too many hidden weapons—even one that could absorb time energy itself!

Yet just then—

Kazuki moved.

His figure flickered like a phantom. With terrifying speed, he appeared beside Senju Tobirama—and at the critical moment, delivered a clean punch to Momoshiki's leg!

The mighty and noble Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki was sent flying like a ragdoll!

Kazuki exhaled softly, then looked at the stunned Senju Tobirama with a faint smile.

"Tobirama… long time no see."

After being pinned down by Urashiki's fishing hook, Senju Tobirama found his chakra frozen, unable to use the Flying Thunder God Technique…

So when he heard that familiar voice—Kazuki's voice—it was like music from the heavens!

For countless nights, Tobirama had tossed and turned in regret, blaming himself for not realizing Kazuki's true thoughts sooner. In the end, he had left Kazuki to face the terrifying Sage of Six Paths alone—shouldering the fate of saving the shinobi world all by himself.

Damn it. Damn it all!

If Tobirama had one more chance, he would give everything to fight alongside Kazuki, no matter what it took!

"You... you're alright, Kazuki?"

His Mangekyō Sharingan quickly scanned over Kazuki, and Tobirama spoke urgently, "What do you need me to do?"

Kazuki glanced at the fishing hook embedded in Tobirama and gave a gentle smile.

"Let me help you first, Tobirama…"

Kazuki inspected the treasured fishing hook weapon of the Ōtsutsuki clan, then shifted his gaze toward Urashiki. His calm three-tomoe Sharingan swept over the man, locking onto another treasured tool hanging at Urashiki's waist—the 'Karasuki'.

That precious artifact capable of traversing time and space.

The moment Kazuki's gaze landed on him, a flicker of unease flashed in Urashiki's blue Rinnegan, and his heart momentarily froze.

It was just a three-tomoe Sharingan…

Yet the pressure it exerted on him was far greater than even Kaguya's nine-tomoe Rinne Sharingan!

In the blink of an eye, Kazuki appeared before Urashiki—

"So fast!"

Urashiki's eyes flew wide open. In his vision, he could barely catch a fleeting afterimage—he couldn't even make out the trajectory.

Kazuki's hand sliced like a blade, severing the fishing line that held Tobirama. With his other hand, he reached for the turtle-shaped artifact—Karasuki.

"Don't even think about it!" Urashiki shouted in shock as his blue Rinnegan erupted with chakra waves.

But Kazuki didn't stop. Without hesitation, he plucked the treasured time-traveling tool right off Urashiki's waist—and then drove a devastating punch straight into his abdomen!

In an instant—

Urashiki was blown away like a tattered sack, his body flung violently through the air by Kazuki's immense strength...

Just moments ago, these two Ōtsutsuki who had steadily suppressed Kaguya—

Hadn't even lasted a single round against Kazuki!

This scene completely defied everyone's expectations!

By the logic of the shinobi world, beings like jinchūriki typically housed uncontrollable beasts within them. When those beasts lost control and rampaged, that's when the host would unleash their greatest power…

Kazuki was no exception.

After all, the entity sealed inside him was the Sage of Six Paths!

And yet, what had just happened felt utterly absurd.

If Kazuki was the real boss, then the weak, erratic Kaguya—whose combat ability fluctuated wildly—had merely been Phase One. After she was defeated and Kazuki appeared, that was the true, despair-inducing Phase Two!

How was this even fair?

It was clearly Kazuki who had sealed Kaguya, and yet judging by appearances, it felt like he had been sealed by her instead…

Momoshiki gritted his teeth and rose from the dust, glaring at Kazuki with a mix of anger and dread.

He couldn't comprehend it! It just didn't make sense!

Kazuki was merely a vessel—how could he become even more powerful after losing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's power?

It wasn't as if he had been Kaguya's vessel!

Yet after standing up, Momoshiki looked down—and the gloom in his eyes only deepened.

Following his clash with Kazuki's brutal punch, his right leg had been completely shattered. The bone had snapped entirely, and the muscle had twisted into a grotesque shape, as though it had been wrung into a rope by overwhelming force—gruesome and terrifying...

One punch had wrecked his leg?

Could a mere mortal even do something like that?

Meanwhile, Urashiki—off to the side—hadn't even gotten back up from the crater he'd been smashed into. With a pained expression, he coughed up a mouthful of dark blood, his abdomen nearly punched clean through...

If he hadn't been an Ōtsutsuki, if he had possessed a human body—

That punch would've killed him instantly.

"Senior Momoshiki, that bastard's strength—his strength isn't normal at all!"

Urashiki gritted his teeth through the searing pain, his expression twisted as he worked to heal his injuries. In a grave tone, he muttered, "He's nearly on par with that mortal who burned himself… Don't tell me he's also activated that technique?"

"His speed and power—at my current state, I can't react to him at all!"

Forcing himself upright, Urashiki added, "Just now, I used my time-reversal ability… I tried to use the technique to avoid him stealing the treasure tool. But even after watching his movement dozens of times in the past timeline—I still couldn't dodge it…"

Momoshiki's face darkened. "I get what you're saying. His speed exceeds the reaction threshold. It's no longer something that can be countered just by predicting it in advance."

The most basic speed—Kazuki had already completely outclassed Urashiki's current form. It felt like he was the mere mortal, and Kazuki was the one standing supreme over the battlefield like a true Ōtsutsuki.

[It is detected that Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki has developed an intense anger towards the host. Binding as a Target!]

[It is detected that Ōtsutsuki Urashiki has developed intense suspicion and confusion towards the host. Binding as Target!]

[It is detected that Uchiha Sasuke has developed an intense emotion towards the host. Binding as Target!]

With just fists and feet, Kazuki had targeted these two visitors from alternate timelines.

And also… with a certain Uchiha who had just arrived late to the battle.

At that moment, Uchiha Sasuke—flying from Konoha using his Complete Body Susanoo—had originally intended to make a dramatic entrance as reinforcements. But through the six-tomoe Rinne Sharingan in his eyes, he had just witnessed two Ōtsutsuki being blasted backward—

And he was no longer that naive, youthful Sasuke from before. Now a seasoned and pragmatic man, he quietly tucked away his showy ambitions, swiftly deactivated his Complete Body Susanoo, and positioned himself along the edge of the battlefield to spectate… discreetly.

At first glance, it seemed fine. But as Sasuke took a closer look, his heart nearly skipped a beat.

All the most prominent figures of the shinobi world—both living and dead—had gathered on this battlefield…

The Kage of each village. Former Kage. The strongest warriors from throughout Konoha's history...

Uchiha Madara. Senju Hashirama. And that dangerous man—Uchiha Obito.

But none of them were the main characters of this battle.

Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama—the so-called Gods of the Shinobi World—were each impaled with numerous black rods from the Ōtsutsuki, their bodies in a pathetic state. Clearly, they had already lost the ability to fight.

And Obito's case was even stranger. Black markings spread across his face as if he were locked in an inner struggle. He didn't intervene in the fight at all. His eyes, cold yet somehow gleaming with a strange mix of joy and hesitation, remained fixed on the man at the center of the battlefield—like a lunatic possessed.

Among those who could still move, the only ones at the battlefield's core were Senju Tobirama—whom Sasuke recognized—and another Uchiha who looked remarkably like him…

Uchiha Sasuke took a deep breath.

He knew exactly who that was—

Uchiha Izuna, Madara's younger brother.

But still—why was Izuna here?

This was a timeline where Uchiha Itachi was still just a child. Logically, the Uchiha Clan Massacre hadn't even occurred yet. So how had a war—one that wasn't supposed to erupt for another thirty or forty years—already broken out here?

And among these gathered ninja…

Uchiha Sasuke recognized almost everyone present on the battlefield—except for the one at the very center of it all: Kazuki.

Sasuke's violet six-tomoe Sharingan stared intently at him, and his breath caught in his throat.

That white-haired man—Kazuki—gave Sasuke an uncanny feeling. Compared to him, even Momoshiki and Urashiki didn't feel like true-blooded Ōtsutsuki…

Kazuki seemed like the real Ōtsutsuki.

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