Toneri Otsutsuki looked at Shinji, his gaze somewhat puzzled.
In his mind, apart from death, he, a sinner who defied ancestors and slaughtered kin, seemed to have no better way to atone.
Meeting Toneri Otsutsuki's puzzled gaze, Shinji said indifferently: "I didn't come here to kill you. I need your power!"
"Me!?"
Toneri Otsutsuki became even more puzzled.
"Follow me!"
Shinji didn't explain, directly activating the power of the 'Lamp', opening a spatial rift leading to 'T33'.
Toneri Otsutsuki, with a heart set on death, followed quickly without any hesitation.
Crossing the spatial rift, Toneri Otsutsuki arrived at 'T33'. The scene before him instantly made him stand still on the spot: "This..."
He was on top of the God Tree, so his field of vision was wide. Coupled with the brilliant Tenseigan in his eye sockets, the surrounding dozens of miles were visible at a glance.
Precisely because of such powerful insight, he clearly saw the corpses of flesh puppets piled up around the God Tree.
One must know that the volume of a flesh puppet was as huge as a small hill. It goes without saying how terrifying the scene of countless flesh puppets piled layer upon layer was.
Toneri Otsutsuki swallowed: "Where is this? What are those things on the ground?"
Shinji's tone was plain: "This world is called 'T33'. Those on the ground are just creations of a Propagation Hegemon."
"T33? Propagation Hegemon?"
Toneri Otsutsuki became more confused as he listened.
"In the universe, there is a terrifying existence called Hegemon. They wander in the void, devouring world after world they encounter. The 'T33' we are in right now is an 'unlucky guy'. It had bad luck and was targeted by a Hegemon named 'Propagation'."
Pointing to the ground, Shinji continued: "Those on the ground are flesh puppets created by the Propagation Hegemon. They will constantly pollute this world, weaken this world's spatial barrier, and then welcome the Propagation Hegemon in the universe to invade and devour everything."
Hearing this, Toneri Otsutsuki's expression became solemn.
With his horizons and knowledge, he naturally realized that the Hegemon was a 'predator' even more terrifying than their Otsutsuki clan.
Thinking that the Ninja World also had the risk of being targeted by a Hegemon, he said: "You want me to protect the Ninja World? If so, you can rest assured. If the Ninja World falls into such a crisis one day, I will definitely do my best to protect the Ninja World."
Shinji fell silent.
Toneri Otsutsuki frowned and asked: "What's wrong? Don't tell me..."
Shinji nodded: "We have already been targeted by the Fear Hegemon. In as short as two or three years, or as long as five or six years, our world will become the Fear Hegemon's meal."
Toneri Otsutsuki turned pale with fright: "How is this possible!?"
So Shinji briefly told Toneri Otsutsuki about some characteristics of the Hegemon and his experience fighting against the Hegemon.
Finally, Shinji emphasized: "The Hegemon's pollution is all-encompassing. Even its name can be a source of pollution. So over these years, besides accumulating strength to resist the Hegemon, the work I've done most is eliminating the Hegemon's traces in the Ninja World!"
Shock, confusion, helplessness, and other emotions came one after another. Toneri Otsutsuki was stunned for a long time. Finally, these emotions on his face gradually converged, and he asked Shinji calmly: "What do you need me to do?"
Meeting Toneri Otsutsuki's pure gaze, Shinji felt he didn't need to emphasize anything more, so he instructed directly: "I will give you the ability to be immune to basic Hegemon pollution, so you can participate in discussions related to the Hegemon."
Saying this, Shinji set Toneri Otsutsuki as his 'Attendant'.
Ordinary people couldn't detect this tiny change, but as an Otsutsuki who had awakened the Tenseigan, Toneri Otsutsuki clearly felt the change in his body.
Shinji said: "Coordinated with your clan's Giant Tenseigan, you already have the strength of 'Six Paths Level'. Even facing a Hegemon, you should count as combat power. So my request for you is simple: guard the moon, guard the Giant Tenseigan!"
Toneri Otsutsuki was somewhat surprised: "Only these?"
Shinji nodded gently: "Hmm, only these."
"I understand."
Toneri Otsutsuki was soon relieved.
The opponent defeated him without even needing to act personally. Indeed, there was nothing he absolutely had to do.
Then, Toneri Otsutsuki looked at the God Tree: "This tree?"
"Hmm, it's the Ten-Tails!" Pausing, Shinji didn't hide anything, saying: "There is no intelligent civilization on 'T33'. Being devoured by the Propagation Hegemon is a matter of time. So I want to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, absorbing as much energy as possible before it is swallowed by the Propagation Hegemon here!"
Rumble...
Just then, another batch of flesh puppets on the ground tried to approach the God Tree, then were shattered one by one by Shinji's 'Truth-Seeking Balls'.
Toneri Otsutsuki's expression was complicated. Facing such an enemy completely beyond his cognition, he felt inexplicably flustered.
Shinji looked calmly at the battle happening on the ground and said slowly: "Do you know Isshiki Otsutsuki?"
"Isshiki Otsutsuki?!"
Toneri Otsutsuki was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
After Isshiki Otsutsuki was ambushed by Kaguya Otsutsuki, even Kaguya Otsutsuki thought the other party was dead. So probably even the 'Sage of Six Paths' brothers didn't know the existence of Isshiki Otsutsuki, let alone Toneri Otsutsuki who had been kept in the dark by the family.
Briefly talking about Isshiki Otsutsuki, Shinji said: "After being ambushed by Kaguya Otsutsuki, Isshiki Otsutsuki has been parasitic on a monk named 'Jigen' in the form of 'Karma'. For thousands of years, he has been dormant in the Ninja World as 'Jigen', looking for a 'vessel' that can fully accommodate his chakra."
Toneri Otsutsuki was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect an Otsutsuki to be hidden in the Ninja World, and an Otsutsuki with a blood feud against his lineage at that.
Shinji continued: "Don't know why, he became active recently!"
Toneri Otsutsuki asked busily: "Did he find a 'vessel'?"
Although not knowing much about 'Karma' and 'vessel', Toneri Otsutsuki's strength reached this level after all, so he understood the meaning of these two words without Shinji explaining much.
Shinji nodded: "There is such a possibility!"
Toneri Otsutsuki said: "How do you plan to handle it? Do you need me to find him and persuade him to resist the Hegemon with us?"
Shinji shook his head: "He is different from you. He is a traditional Otsutsuki!"
Toneri Otsutsuki was clear about the virtues of the Otsutsuki clan who could develop the God Tree. So compared to traditional Otsutsuki, the 'Sage of Six Paths' brothers were outliers in the Otsutsuki clan. As a descendant of Hamura Otsutsuki, Toneri Otsutsuki naturally had to follow the ancestor's last wish and swear to protect the Ninja World to the death.