Whoosh!
Just as Urashiki pulled out the small black box, Shishou's figure flashed, reappearing beside him. The moment Shishou appeared, Urashiki quickly activated the black box in his hand.
Time Stop!
In an instant, everything around the small black box froze, falling into a state of temporal stasis. Simultaneously, the nine-tomoe Rinnegan in Shishou's forehead emitted a brilliant light, allowing him to break free from the time freeze, though he could only move very slowly.
"Is this time stop?" Shishou thought, surprised as he observed the changes around him.
Although he could still think clearly thanks to his nine-tomoe Rinnegan, his body was heavily influenced by the time freeze, moving as if in slow motion.
Seeing Shishou frozen in place, Urashiki tossed the black box at his feet, intending to use the artifact's power to completely freeze Shishou in time.
Puff!
The black box emitted countless wisps of white smoke, enveloping Shishou entirely. However, the smoke simply passed through Shishou's intangible, phased body, without affecting him in the slightest.
"Damn it!" Urashiki cursed in frustration when he saw this, and he promptly vanished from the spot.
It was bad enough that the time freeze couldn't restrain Shishou, but he hadn't expected that the smoke, capable of freezing anyone in time, would be useless against Shishou's phasing ability.
Three seconds after Urashiki's departure, Shishou broke free from the time stop.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... The Ōtsutsuki clan truly lives up to their reputation as the rulers of this universe. They even managed to create something that can stop time," Shishou marveled as he summoned a clone to pick up the black box Urashiki had left behind.
Originally, Shishou had somewhat underestimated the Ōtsutsuki clan due to the poor combat skills displayed by Urashiki, Momoshiki, and Kinshiki.
But now, he realized that the problem lay with those three individuals, not the clan as a whole. The fact that someone within the Ōtsutsuki clan could develop a time-stopping artifact indicated that they were far from weak.
With this revelation, Shishou knew he needed to take the Ōtsutsuki clan more seriously.
After storing the black box artifact in his Kamui dimension, Shishou once again tracked the remnants of Urashiki's space-time jutsu and disappeared from the spot.
The possessions Urashiki had intrigued Shishou even more, making him determined to use Kotoamatsukami to take control of Urashiki and make him a servant.
As a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan's main family, Urashiki was bound to know many things and secrets that even Kaguya was unaware of.
Shishou couldn't afford to let him escape.
...
Meanwhile...
On the surface of the moon in the ninja world...
Urashiki had just appeared on the lunar surface when he immediately pulled out a small pink turtle from the red basket at his waist.
This was the Ōtsutsuki clan's artifact, Plow, which Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had brought with him when he came to the ninja world to plant the Divine Tree. The artifact possessed the power to traverse time and space.
After Isshiki was gravely injured by Kaguya's sneak attack, he threw the artifact into the ocean to prevent it from falling into her hands.
It wasn't until Urashiki, a member of the Ōtsutsuki main family, arrived on the ninja world's planet that he used a secret technique to retrieve it from the depths of the sea.
Holding the Plow artifact, Urashiki began the process of awakening it.
The small pink turtle extended its head from its shell and spoke in a mechanical voice: "Verification complete. I am the artifact, Plow!"
Seeing this, Urashiki couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Since he couldn't defeat Shishou in the present, he would travel back in time to confront him when he was weaker.
Then, he would have all the means he needed to defeat Shishou!
The Plow artifact continued speaking: "Noble Ōtsutsuki, please allow me to explain the usage precautions..."
Before it could finish, Urashiki interrupted, his expression darkening: "Activate immediately."
As a member of the Ōtsutsuki main family, did he really need to be told how to use such an artifact?
Moreover, Urashiki knew that the time stop wouldn't hold Shishou for long, so he needed to act quickly.
With that, Urashiki infused his chakra into the Plow artifact.
As Urashiki channeled his chakra, the Plow artifact emitted a golden light, transforming into a glowing golden sphere.
Urashiki stepped into the sphere and quickly said, "Open the time-space tunnel. I want to go back to the past."
"As you wish," the Plow artifact responded mechanically.
In the next moment, Urashiki vanished from the spot within the golden light.
A second later, Shishou appeared where Urashiki had just been standing.
The Plow artifact, detecting his presence, spoke again: "Verification complete. I am the artifact, Plow!"
"Noble Ōtsutsuki, please allow me to explain the usage precautions..."
Hearing this, Shishou raised an eyebrow.
...
Inside the time-space tunnel...
Urashiki frowned as he looked at the rows of luminous doorways before him.
Each of these doorways represented a different year in the history of this planet. By selecting a doorway, he could enter the specific time period it represented.
The doorways nearest to him were more recent, while those further ahead represented more distant pasts.
However, Urashiki hesitated because he didn't know the exact date of Shishou's birth or when he became a Bloodline Limit user.
In other words, he wasn't sure which time period would allow him to find Shishou at his weakest.
Moreover, Urashiki only knew that his target was the Flying Thunder God user; he didn't know Shishou's exact name or any other specific information.
So even if he managed to enter the correct time period, he wouldn't know where to find Shishou.
As Urashiki pondered which time period to choose, a figure silently appeared beside him, pointing at one of the doorways and saying gently:
"Choose this one. This is when he first became famous in the ninja world. He should be relatively weak for you at that time."
Urashiki was stunned by the voice.
When he turned his head, he was shocked to see Shishou standing beside him, smiling warmly.
"Wha—!" Urashiki cursed instinctively, startled by the unexpected situation. In a panic, he hastily selected one of the doorways and disappeared into it.
Konoha Year 59, huh. Shishou glanced at the doorway Urashiki had chosen and chuckled.
Then, Shishou looked at the remaining doorways and created three shadow clones.
One clone entered the doorway Urashiki had selected, another remained to guard the time-space tunnel, and the third clone entered the year of Shishou's own birth.
As for Shishou himself, he stepped into the doorway representing Konoha Year 58.
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POWER STONE!!!!
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