Clang—!!! The sound of clashing metal was not of the mortal world; it was more like the collision of two stars!
The terrifying sonic boom instantly shattered countless panes of architectural glass below!
The Sage of Six Paths only felt an unimaginable immense force transmit through his staff, sending him flying backward like a cannonball, directly smashing through a distant metal high-rise!
"Is that all the power you have, old man?"
Hansen's voice, like a maggot clinging to bone, sounded in his ear.
Before he knew it, Hansen had already caught up behind him again, unleashing a whip kick that carried the terrifying, planet-core-like mass of the Primal Body!
Boom!
The Sage of Six Paths was kicked directly down from the high altitude, plummeting like a meteor and carving an unfathomably deep crater in the center of Amegakure!
The entire village trembled violently from the impact!
The Sage of Six Paths shot into the sky; although disheveled, he had not suffered any substantial injury.
The light of his Rinnegan burst forth!
"Six Paths—Sage Art: Planetary Devastation!"
He clasped his hands together fiercely, and a high-density black gravity sphere shot out from his grasp, soaring into the sky!
In an instant, the earth cracked open!
Countless rocks, buildings, and metal debris were drawn by the terrifying gravity, frantically converging toward the black spot in the sky, threatening to instantly form a gigantic, sky-shrouding meteor meant to completely seal Hansen!
"A mere parlor trick."
Hansen glanced at the rapidly forming "moon" and curled his lips.
He raised his hand, spread his five fingers, and gently clenched them toward the sky.
"Almighty Push!"
Buzz—!!!
A purely brutal repulsive force erupted centered on Hansen!
The massive meteor, which was still converging, seemed to be violently grasped by an invisible giant hand of God, its movement stopping abruptly!
Immediately afterward, under the shocked gaze of the Sage of Six Paths... *Crack*... *Rumble*!!!
That moon, which was powerful enough to seal a Tailed Beast, began to crack inch by inch from the inside!
Finally, with a deafening crash, it completely disintegrated, turning into dust scattered across the sky!
Using your own move to defeat you!
"How is that possible..." The Sage of Six Paths was utterly speechless.
"Nothing is impossible."
Hansen remained standing in place, his clothes not even having a single wrinkle.
Meanwhile, the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra phantom had dimmed considerably. He held his staff, his Rinnegan filled with unprecedented solemnity.
"It seems I can only use my final power..." he muttered to himself.
The Sage, who had guarded the world for a thousand years, slowly formed hand seals.
That was the ultimate sealing technique he could only activate long ago by combining his power with his brother Hamura when sealing their mother, Kaguya.
"Six Paths—..."
"Alright, stop wasting your energy."
Hansen interrupted him impatiently.
He raised his hand, and in his palm, a sphere of energy, black as ink yet seemingly containing the entire starry universe, slowly condensed.
That was the embryonic form of the Gaia Thermal Cannon—a fusion of planetary authority and divine power.
The mere aura radiating from this energy sphere made Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's soul feel the terror of being completely vaporized.
He could sense that if this thing erupted, let alone Amegakure, perhaps the entire Land of Fire would be wiped off the map.
He stopped forming the hand seals.
He couldn't win.
He absolutely couldn't win.
This was not a battle of the same dimension.
"Oh, not fighting anymore?"
Hansen dissipated the energy sphere in his palm, looking at the Sage of Six Paths—who had become more ethereal after dispersing his Chakra—with a lingering sense of dissatisfaction and a 'friendly' smile on his face.
"Good, now we can talk."
The Sage of Six Paths: "..."
... On the ruins of the high-rise, the Sage of Six Paths' ethereal soul body sat cross-legged, his expression extremely complicated.
He looked at the man before him, who was completely unscathed and whose aura wasn't even slightly disturbed, feeling only bitterness in his heart.
He had lost, and the defeat was absolute.
"Your Excellency's power has exceeded the comprehension of this world," the Sage of Six Paths sighed. "This old man... has nothing to say. Take the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path if you wish."
When under someone's roof, one must bow one's head.
Moreover, this "roof" was so high that even looking up felt strenuous.
"That's more like it," Hansen nodded in satisfaction, then changed the subject. "Who said I was going to take it?"
The Sage of Six Paths: "Huh?"
Hansen glanced at Nagato, who was sitting obediently in place without moving. "I'm just interested in its structure and want to analyze the data. I won't be taking it away."
The Sage of Six Paths: "..."
— So you just wanted to beat up this old man, is that it?
After his frustration passed, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki was visibly relieved.
As long as the Ten-Tails' husk remained in this world, there was still room for everything to be salvaged.
"Before that, however, I'd like to show you a movie," Hansen said, snapping his fingers.
While the Sage of Six Paths was still confused, the Imaginary Divine Power had already activated.
This time, what appeared on the light screen was no longer Naruto's story.
Instead, it was a dead, silent cosmos.
In the image, an exquisitely beautiful white-haired woman with two horns on her forehead and a third eye in her brow was coldly watching her two sons.
That was... his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki!
The Sage of Six Paths' pupils contracted sharply!
Immediately following, the scene rapidly shifted.
Kaguya was sealed, and Black Zetsu secretly schemed for her revival in the ninja world for over a thousand years.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Madara Uchiha became the final Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, only to be betrayed by Black Zetsu and become the vessel for Kaguya's resurrection!
The revived Kaguya fought the entire Allied Shinobi Forces alone, and the world-destroying power that viewed all beings as ants made the Sage of Six Paths' heart pound with fright!
And that wasn't all.
The scene shifted once more.
Two even stranger men, also from the Ōtsutsuki Clan, descended upon the now peaceful ninja world.
Momoshiki and Kinshiki!
They easily defeated the Five Kage and abducted Naruto, who had become the Seventh Hokage.
After that, an organization called Kara appeared. Their leader, Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, displayed power even more terrifying than Kaguya's!
To protect the village, Naruto activated the life-burning Baryon Mode, barely defeating Isshiki at the cost of Kurama's sacrifice... The light screen slowly faded.
The Sage of Six Paths had fallen completely into a daze; his soul, which had lived for over a thousand years, was trembling violently.
"Mother... she could still be revived... and Momoshiki, Isshiki... the Ōtsutsuki Clan..."
He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and... deep apprehension.
He had always believed that by sealing his mother with his brother, they had brought permanent peace to this world.
He never expected that this was merely the beginning.
The Chakra system he left behind, the Ninshū he created, the Nine Tailed Beasts he divided... all of it had shockingly become pawns for Black Zetsu to revive his mother!
And the true threat came from beyond the starry sky, from the very source of his lineage—
The Ōtsutsuki Main Family!
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