"You dare compare me to that traitor Hagoromo?!"
Kaguya snapped instantly into battle mode.
If Kazuki couldn't be reasoned with, then perhaps he would understand the language of fists.
First subdue him—then explain things properly.
And if that failed… she could simply force him to serve her!
Inside Kazuki's body, Kaguya—like Tobirama once had—launched an attack!
"Not only are you refusing to be sealed obediently…"
Kazuki's voice was cold as he spoke:
"You even dare attack me!"
Unlike with Tobirama, where he had chosen to passively phase through attacks as a phantom, this time Kazuki had no intention of holding back.
Faced with someone like Kaguya—impulsive, illogical, quick to anger—
Kazuki's fists itched for action.
His plan: a lesson in humility, taught through the Fist of Character Correction!
Kazuki's eyes instantly transformed into the Rinnegan.
He clapped his hands together with force.
Deep beneath the sea, where the Blackwater Nine-Dragon Coffin lay, Kazuki held absolute dominion through his ocean contract.
Natural energy surged toward him at a terrifying speed, and his aura now rivaled Kaguya's!
Even if Kaguya possessed the Truth-Seeking Orbs and Kekkei Mōra—
what good was it if she couldn't land a single hit?
In this extraordinary internal space within Kazuki's body,
the Ancestor of Chakra and the Heir to the Will of Fire clashed for the first time!
Both fought with everything they had.
Kaguya's eyes widened with murderous intent—activating her Byakugan: Pressure!
Gale-force winds howled around her, and suppression from a superior bloodline was unleashed!
Yet Kazuki stood calmly in place, not even bothering to shield himself.
Empowered by the endless surge of natural energy from the ocean, he felt no pressure from Kaguya's overwhelming aura.
It is true that Kazuki could not kill Kaguya, not until he reached a higher level of life.
As the progenitor of chakra, she was effectively immortal at her current level.
But could Kaguya even wound him?
Let's see your limits, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!
Under the pressure of Kaguya's Byakugan, Kazuki's ocular power was released, and the dojutsu that came from Senju Tobirama—Wakatsuki—now fueled by the infinite natural energy of the Son of the Ocean, erupted with devastating potential!
Within Kaguya's body, the cursed black flames suddenly roared to life, ravenously devouring her chakra.
The black fire, which had felt warm and harmless moments ago, now grew unbearable.
"How can this ocular technique contain so much natural energy? It feels specifically engineered against me—and it's too dense to absorb!"
The oppressive force Kaguya was releasing faltered slightly.
She whipped her long white hair violently—activating the Rabbit Hair Needles!
Her flowing white hair twisted into a massive spiral around her, then shot forth like a storm of razor-sharp needles toward Kazuki!
Kazuki's eyes flickered for a moment with the Kamui pattern, while he remained completely motionless.
The lethal rabbit hair needles tore through his body—
but left not a single mark.
Kaguya frowned deeply.
This was no ordinary spatial technique. While most Ōtsutsuki could teleport,
to achieve this level of intangibility was exceedingly rare.
"Don't think you can simply dodge everything..."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's eyes erupted with sharp chakra as she attempted to hypnotize Kazuki using genjutsu.
In the past, she had used this very technique to hypnotize Ōtsutsuki Hamura and make him attack her eldest son, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo…
Although Kazuki was currently immune to physical attacks, genjutsu could not be similarly nullified.
Arms crossed in front of his chest, Kazuki strengthened the Wakatsuki flames burning inside Kaguya while maintaining his intangibility. A layer of azure, flowing light formed a shield around his body.
[Dōjutsu: Ame-no-Iwato]: A technique that consumes ocular power to generate a special shield around the target. The shield's strength depends on the amount of power consumed. Until it is broken, it protects the user from negative status effects.
Another dōjutsu born from Tobirama, created specifically to counter the Ōtsutsuki!
Though Kaguya's power was overwhelming and her genjutsu relentlessly battered the Ame-no-Iwato shield…
She still couldn't break through it in a single strike!
As long as it wasn't completely pierced, the natural energy drawn from the ocean would continuously restore any gaps in the defense.
Thus—
At this moment, Kaguya was astonished to find that the same genjutsu she once used to control Hamura was completely ineffective against Kazuki!
What shocked Ōtsutsuki Kaguya even more was the fact that, in such a short time, Kazuki had already unleashed three distinct ocular techniques—
Wakatsuki, Ame-no-Iwato, and Kamui...
Clearly, he was a descendant of Hamura and Hagoromo, his bloodline diluted—so why did he possess such extraordinary power?
Meanwhile, Wakatsuki continued to burn inside Kaguya, devouring her chakra.
If only Kaguya hadn't been so greedy…
The malevolent flames might not have grown so potent. But once they took root within her, the situation became completely different.
In this expanse of ocean, Kazuki had more than enough natural energy and combat techniques to severely limit Kaguya's ability to absorb his flames.
"Don't push me!" Kaguya snarled viciously at Kazuki, feeling the growing threat.
"Sage of Six Paths—you, who seek the world's destruction—haven't you already pushed me?" Kazuki responded, his eyes solemn.
He used his inner world as a cage, and unleashed the 'Greedy Snake Soul' ability to the fullest, which could extract chakra from the spiritual bodies trapped within him…
Thus—
Kaguya found herself assaulted from without and within: the environment created by Kazuki drained her chakra externally, while internally, the malicious flames continued to burn her.
Her chakra was bleeding away at such an alarming rate that even the progenitor of chakra herself turned pale.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya didn't truly fear death.
But Kazuki's relentless chain of techniques was suppressing her chakra so thoroughly that, if this continued, she might genuinely fail to defeat him—and could even be sealed here!
Especially troublesome were Kazuki's bizarre dōjutsu techniques—
How was she supposed to capture Kazuki and take him down?
The longer the battle dragged on, the more Kaguya understood: she would only grow weaker, until she was once again sealed away, just like a millennium ago.
Clenching her teeth, Kaguya summoned bone blades to erupt from her back. A single grey-black blade, radiating death, appeared in her hand.
One of her most powerful techniques—All-Killing Ash Bones!
Yet, as she stared at Kazuki's determined face, Kaguya slowly retracted the bone blade back into her palm.
In truth, by this point—
Having been driven into a frenzy after Kazuki accused her of betraying trust, Kaguya's millennia of pent-up resentment had exploded in fury. But Kazuki's relentless assault had poured a bucket of cold water over her rage, and now, she was gradually regaining clarity.
Thinking back—
Kazuki's criticism wasn't unjustified.
He had been the one to help her first. It was her own hypersensitivity that had dragged Kazuki into this mess. It was she who had attacked him first.
Unknowingly, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was beginning to regret her actions.
She knew Kazuki had laid all these preparations to seal the Sage of Six Paths.
Originally, with her advantage of superior information, Kaguya could have deceived Kazuki, turning him into her strongest pawn—or perhaps even made a friend out of him.
Having been lonely for a thousand years, wasn't it nice to have a handsome young man to chat with?
But after all the fighting, it seemed neither side could easily back down.
Moreover, Kazuki's goodwill toward her had been completely worn away.
Growing weaker by the moment, Kaguya now hesitated—should she unleash the All-Killing Ash Bones?
If she used it, it might become a battle to the death...
Did she really want that?
Would she truly become like her rebellious sons, Hamura and Hagoromo—betraying a benefactor and repaying kindness with violence?
Kazuki watched Kaguya put away her bone blade and shook his head inwardly.
When action is called for, hesitation only leads to chaos...
In this shinobi world, whether for good or evil, indecision was the greatest weakness.
Had Kaguya attacked him now with the All-Killing Ash Bones, Kazuki might have actually respected her a little more.
Though it would have seemed treacherous and ungrateful, it would have shown that after a millennium of imprisonment, the destroyer of worlds had finally understood: once betrayed, there was no need to cling to the comfort of emotions.
As long as one became the victor, and possessed enough strength, one would always be "right" in this world.
"Bring out your bone!"
Kazuki suddenly roared, "This is a battle! What do you think you're doing?!"
"Don't make me think the 'demon' I sealed away isn't a terrifying destroyer—but just a pitiful, indecisive woman..."
A flicker of complexity passed through Kazuki's eyes.
"If you make me think that... it will make me uncomfortable."
Kaguya froze.
She unconsciously recalled Kazuki's evaluation of her—and, almost without thinking, summoned the All-Killing Ash Bones again.
Pitiful woman?
In all these millennia, no one had ever described her that way…
But was it true?
Especially when Kazuki's eyes showed a trace of pity—it made Kaguya feel a strange, confusing mixture of anger and shame, as if someone actually cared about her.
But she was the exalted progenitor of chakra!
She didn't need the pity of a mere junior!
With a sharp movement, Kaguya lunged at Kazuki, brandishing her All-Killing Ash Bones—
Yet, almost instinctively, she lessened the deadly chakra flowing into the bone.
Even if it struck Kazuki, it might not kill him.
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