"Not right... There seems to be other power hidden within this weapon, and that power..."
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki sensed the strange energy emanating from the weapon—something even she could not comprehend.
Her mind trembled slightly, and after a moment of hesitation, she finally shifted her gaze away from the weapon in Kaoru's hands.
She looked at Kaoru, who seemed to possess even greater sage-like power than her eldest son, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, her eyes filled with clear curiosity and inquiry.
"This weapon? It is indeed the Nunoboko that belonged to the Sage of Six Paths. But... there is also power of my own contained within it as well..."
Hearing Kaguya's question, Kaoru raised his eyebrows slightly with a look of gentle perplexity. The Nunoboko held not only the power of the Sage of Six Paths, but also the strength of all the great heroes whose wills were bound within his eyes.
Such power was naturally something that Kaguya—who belonged to this world of shinobi—could never hope to understand.
"Power of your own..."
Kaguya quietly absorbed the mysterious energy flowing gently from the dark, profound weapon in Kaoru's hands. On her beautiful yet impassive face, an expression of deep seriousness appeared—something that had never been seen before. And mixed within that seriousness was a hint of genuine confusion.
She held mastery over every form of power that existed in this world. But Kaoru's power... it should still belong to the realm of shinobi, shouldn't it? Then why was it that she found it so difficult to grasp and understand? It was truly something of an enigma...
"In any case... my mission has already been accomplished..."
At this moment, Black Zetsu, who had merged completely into the wide sleeves of Kaguya's robes, spoke with a voice that was both deep and resonant.
"Mother is the progenitor of all chakra... In the face of her power... no one in this world can ever escape their fate of defeat and destruction..."
"Let us return together... Return to the source of all chakra... so that Mother may once again become the almighty goddess she was meant to be..."
Black Zetsu now spoke as if he were nothing more than an extension of Kaguya herself, voicing her very thoughts and will.
"Kaoru Uchiha... You alone... do not belong to the history of shinobi at all!!!"
"So you..."
As Black Zetsu finished speaking, Kaguya—her face wearing an expression of utter indifference toward all living things—spoke with a cold, unwavering tone. Her pure white eyes fixed intently upon Kaoru, burning with a terrifying, cutting intensity.
"Your only future is death..."
"Ame no Minaka!!!"
Kaguya's cold, resolute voice rang out like thunder across the entire world. The blood-red, ominous Rinne Sharingan on her forehead flared with immense power, strange lights swirling and shifting as if she were directly communicating with the fundamental laws that governed the entire universe.
In an instant, everything around them blurred and shifted. The world they had known was completely transformed in the blink of an eye.
"Whoaaaa!!!"
Naruto cried out in shock. One moment they were standing firmly on solid ground, and the next—Naruto, Sasuke, and even the unconscious Madara—found themselves plummeting downward, falling endlessly through empty space. Searing, scorching heat rushed toward them from all directions.
Where they had stood only moments before, there now stretched an endless, vast ocean of molten lava, churning and roiling with waves of searing heat that seemed capable of melting everything they touched.
"How is this possible?! Is this just an illusion?!"
Sasuke's purple Rinnegan in his left eye burned with disbelief and shock. But the intense heat radiating from his surroundings told him clearly that what he was experiencing was far more real and dangerous than any mere genjutsu!
"Summoning Jutsu!!!"
Realizing he was about to crash into the sea of lava below, Sasuke acted instantly. He summoned a giant eagle beneath him, catching both himself and Naruto just in time.
Naruto quickly grabbed hold of Madara, who was still falling helplessly, and lifted the former great enemy up onto the eagle's back as well.
"Why did you save him, Naruto? He was just someone who would have destroyed the world for the sake of his own ambitions," Sasuke muttered unhappily, looking down at Madara.
"Madara Uchiha was also nothing more than a tool used by others, after all. And even though the way he sought to achieve peace was extreme, his intentions were always good at heart," Naruto argued. True to his optimistic nature, he believed that every person deserved a chance for redemption—and Madara was no exception.
"Ame no Minaka... a technique that can instantly transport oneself and everyone around them into a completely different dimension..."
Kaoru floated calmly above the endless sea of lava, feeling the intense heat rising up from below. Even he could not help but feel a sense of awe as he looked around him.
Although Kaoru had deep memories and knowledge of Kaguya's abilities from his past life, nothing could have prepared him for the overwhelming impact of seeing them with his own eyes.
Ame no Minaka was the ultimate ocular technique unique to the Rinne Sharingan—the special power belonging exclusively to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the very originator of all chakra.
Using it required consuming enormous amounts of chakra. It was a power so immense that only Kaguya, who possessed reserves far greater than anyone else in existence, was capable of wielding it.
This technique allowed her to forcibly drag any target—living beings or objects—into other dimensions. There was no way to resist it, and it was almost impossible to return to the original world using one's own strength. Without a doubt, it was one of the most terrifying techniques ever seen in the world of shinobi.
It should be noted that in ancient times, the concept of "ninjutsu" did not even exist. However, many of the abilities belonging to the progenitor of chakra were later divided and developed into various different techniques over time. For the sake of clarity, all such powers are collectively referred to as "techniques" here.
"Forcing targets into your own world... It is indeed an incredibly terrifying ability..."
Kaoru frowned slightly as he hovered above the scorching sea of lava, looking thoughtfully at Kaguya standing not far away. In the original story, Kaguya had used this technique as well—but it had not had much effect on Team 7.
After all, even though this dimension was filled with heat and lava, Sasuke could fly using his eagle, and Naruto had already gained the ability to levitate. The change in location had barely hindered them at all...
Judging by how things played out in the original narrative, even though she was the progenitor of all chakra, Kaguya's actions had not seemed particularly powerful or dangerous at all.
"Hmph..."
Lost in his thoughts, Kaoru suddenly felt Kaguya's cold, pure eyes lock onto him from across the space. A cruel, mocking smile appeared on her beautiful face. The Rinne Sharingan on her forehead blazed with immense power—the overwhelming, cosmic power belonging to the mother of all chakra, the very source of existence itself.
Seeing that cold, ruthless expression, Kaoru's eyes narrowed sharply. He could feel an enormous surge of chakra beginning to build up!
"Ame no Minaka Nushi!!!"
Kaguya's eyes flared with power. With a casual, graceful wave of her wide sleeve, a massive wave of chakra—vast and endless as the ancient tides—suddenly flooded the entire lava dimension.
The endless sea of lava beneath Kaoru instantly began to churn violently under the overwhelming force of her chakra.
Countless streams of molten rock, hot enough to burn everything to ash, rose up into towering pillars of fire that reached high into the sky, surrounding Kaoru on all sides from every direction.
"Whoaaaaa!!! It's burning hot!!! So hot!!!" Naruto cried out in agony, his voice echoing across the space.
"What is happening... Nushi? Why didn't Kaguya ever use such a terrifying attack on Team 7 in the original story?!"
Surrounded by towering pillars of searing lava that rose up all around him, feeling the intense heat pressing in from every direction, Kaoru felt nothing but frustration and confusion.
Having read the manga and knowing exactly how events were supposed to unfold, Kaoru was well aware of Kaguya's abilities. But this attack... he had never seen her use anything like it in the original plot at all!
He remembered that in the original story, when facing the main characters of Team 7, Kaguya had only done a few simple things: she had shifted between several different dimensions of her own creation, used the Shikotsumyaku technique a few times, and employed various space-time ninjutsu... and that was all. She had been defeated and sealed away without ever having to use her full power.
In fact, in the original story, even Sakura—an ordinary human—had been able to land hits on Kaguya, who possessed the Kekkei Mōra and ultimate powers of Yin-Yang Release. Kaoru had been absolutely shocked by that development!
To be honest, Kaguya's performance in the original story was actually far weaker than Madara Uchiha's. The fact that she had been struck by Sakura... it was truly something of an embarrassment.
It was obvious that the author had simply given the main characters an unfair boost in power, forcing them to win easily. Otherwise, he probably would have had no idea how to defeat Kaguya at all...
"Looking at it now, this version of Kaguya is actually far stronger and more powerful than the one in the original story..."
Kaoru frowned deeply, his thoughts racing.
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