UK:GSW Chapter 464. Kaguya Otsutsuki's Fall Came Quickly
Naruto and Sasuke's process of mastering their cheat-like powers went smoothly. After all, with Otsutsuki Hamura personally guiding them, countless details that would have been impossibly difficult for others became no obstacle at all.
Still, completely mastering such powers was not simple. After all, the law of conservation of energy could not be ignored. The power the Sage of Six Paths granted was so overwhelming that it carried an effect similar to the Eight Inner Gates—a burning, explosive release. The difference was that here, what burned away was pure power itself.
Thus, to make this gift into a permanent part of their own abilities rather than a temporary, one-time boost, they required Uchiha Kei's help. Thanks to Kei's Mangekyo ability and the game-like data system, he could stabilize and preserve the Six Paths power, turning it into a lasting skill rather than a fleeting burst.
Only by fully absorbing this essence of the Sage's gift, merging it into their being, and gaining perfect control of their Six Paths-level state, would Naruto and Sasuke truly be qualified to stand on the battlefield against the Otsutsuki clan—rather than becoming, as in Boruto, relics abandoned by the flow of time.
Uchiha Kei had invested great expectations and resources into these two protagonists. He also expected them to repay this effort with contributions of equal value.
Meanwhile, as Hamura instructed the two in adapting to their new power, Kei simultaneously used the mental network's big-data function to record every detail. With his unique abilities and data-based functions, Kei could even replicate and apply the cheat power to himself.
And that was only the foundation. Based on analysis, once proficiency reached a certain threshold, Kei could distribute the buff to others—just as the Sage of Six Paths had.
This was entirely possible. Kei already had the ability, via "O-God Activation" in combination with the Rinnegan, to bestow buffs on those integrated into his game-data system. Six Paths Sage Mode, at its core, was simply another buff.
If successful, this would give them a powerful new trump card, strengthening their hand against the Otsutsuki clan.
But their greatest source of confidence was none other than Kaguya Otsutsuki—and specifically, the Kaguya of their main world.
In this main world, Princess Kaguya was not bound by any "main branch versus branch family" structure. She was simply the princess of the Otsutsuki clan, a celestial noble born into status akin to the Otsutsuki's "Heavenly Dragons." Yet no matter the world, the fate of the Otsutsuki was always mutual devouring.
This was why, despite her high birth, Kaguya rejected that destiny. In truth, she was profoundly un-Otsutsuki in nature: her weakness and gentleness made her unsuited for the path of consuming others to reach divinity.
After all, not everyone could be a ruthless emperor.
Yet regardless of her temperament, her strength and status were undeniable. By her own claim, only a handful in the Otsutsuki clan surpassed her in power. For instance, she could easily suppress the Kaguya of World #2 or even Isshiki Otsutsuki.
Indeed, Kei used the illusionary world to simulate Isshiki Otsutsuki's power, referencing Boruto's canon portrayal, his own understanding of the shinobi world's true power scale, and intelligence gathered from Black Zetsu of World #2.
After facing this simulated Isshiki, Kaguya fell silent for a moment before asking:
"Is this all? Why would my counterpart in another world fear that Isshiki so greatly?"
She was genuinely bewildered. To her, Isshiki's power was nothing—akin to comparing the scale of Shippuden to Boruto, a level of strength so far apart that the two couldn't even be measured side by side.
Of course, only real battle could prove whether the simulation was accurate. For now, the data was theoretical. Actual combat would be needed to know for sure.
Thus, once their current preparations were complete, they planned to go directly to World #2 to seek out Isshiki Otsutsuki—or to release that world's Kaguya.
The Kaguya of the main world had no objection. Though parallel counterparts, destined to devour each other, she felt no hostility toward her other self. Instead, she felt a deep kinship and even a wish to coexist peacefully.
Both Kaguyas were rebels against Otsutsuki fate—rejecting the cycle of devouring and resisting becoming prey themselves.
Compared to the main world's Kaguya, the Kaguya of World #2 was far more tragic.
The main world Kaguya had been a peak existence since her descent, a celestial goddess. But World #2's Kaguya? She lived with desperation, directly threatened by becoming Isshiki's "food."
It was in that desperation that she ambushed Isshiki, shaping the history of her world's shinobi. And back then, she had been so weak that even ordinary humans could threaten her life. In fact, she was deceived by a petty feudal lord into marriage and childbirth.
In contrast to the main world's exalted goddess, the #2 Kaguya's life was filled with humiliation and suffering—a goddess dragged from her throne and shamed.
Thus, the main world Kaguya pitied her other self deeply—even developing a protective instinct toward her.
Yes, the Kaguya of the main world wanted to protect the Kaguya of World #2.
It could only be said: World #2's Kaguya's tragedy was enough to sadden all who saw or heard of it.
How did the main world Kaguya know about World #2? Naturally, Uchiha Kei had told her.
As his "strategy" of guiding her progressed, and once she had fully sunk into the illusionary world—immersed in endless games and otaku indulgences, sliding irreversibly toward shut-in life—Kei judged the time right. He told her of World #2 and asked about the Otsutsuki clan.
The main world Kaguya was surprised, but quickly accepted it. As an Otsutsuki, she was unsurprised by parallel worlds. In fact, the clan had long studied them—and within their ranks existed extremist factions who traversed parallel universes specifically to hunt down and devour other Otsutsuki.
After all, the clan's destiny was to endlessly devour others, evolving toward multiversal godhood. And if parallel universes existed, then alternate Otsutsuki selves were naturally prey as well.
The Otsutsuki clan were, in the truest sense, cosmic gluttons.
To oppose them, the shinobi world had no choice but to continually raise its own power—keeping pace with the clan's evolution as much as possible.
If that required cheating, then cheating was the necessary path. Whether power was "external" or "borrowed" mattered not—because without sufficient strength, no amount of justice or righteousness would prevent them from being crushed by the Otsutsuki.
Against such beings, survival was the first priority.
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