In the air, Black Zetsu completely detached from Obito and entered Madara's body.
Obito fell helplessly from the sky. No one paid attention to him. No one saw his tears, and even fewer saw his confusion and pain.
He looked toward the two people wrapped like mummies and hanging from the roots of the God Tree over there, sensing the familiar Chakra within.
"Rin..."
Even though he wanted to just fall to his death, a struggling will to survive appeared in his eyes. Squeezing out one last burst of strength, he used Kamui to arrive beside those two mummies.
He fell to the ground, struggling while covered in blood, and crawled toward the smaller mummy on the left. He peeled away the tree bark to reveal the young girl inside.
Looking at her, Obito reached out a hand, trembling as he moved closer, wanting to caress her cheek.
"Rin..."
Suddenly, the memory of Rin's roar at him echoed in his mind: "Why did you kill Minato-sensei! Why did you kill Kushina-san! Why!!!"
His body shuddered, and his hand jerked back. He didn't even dare to hold Rin anymore. He minimized contact as much as possible, carefully placed Rin on the ground, knelt two meters away from her, and watched her while tears streamed down his face.
The next moment, his eyes widened, he grabbed his throat, and veins bulged as if he were having trouble breathing, his expression filled with struggle.
He looked at Rin with regret. He wanted to use Kamui to leave this place, to avoid dying beside Rin and dirtying her sight. But the next second, his Kamui could not be used. It felt like poison targeted at him, filled with familiar hatred.
He stared wide-eyed at Rin. Soon, blood flowed from his body, yet he revealed a smile, a very sorrowful one. His eyes were filled with tears, brimming with apology and regret.
"Rin, I'm sorry..."
He collapsed helplessly, without a sound.
Not long after, Minato arrived. Seeing this scene, he stood there with a complex expression, looking at Obito.
A few seconds later, he left carrying Tsunade, who was trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Rin, leaving Obito's corpse behind, with no one to collect it.
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High in the sky, Black Zetsu merged into Madara, who had expanded into a huge sphere.
An inexplicable heartbeat began to sound, ringing in the ears of everyone.
Black Zetsu's voice also rang out. "The Chakra that spread to ordinary people has finally, on this day when the humiliating seal of many years has been undone, and under the guidance of the Infinite Moonlight, attached itself to my body and become one once again!"
"Awaken!"
"The Progenitor of Chakra!"
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!"
In an instant, the surroundings fell silent, and the constantly expanding Madara also stopped. The next second, it shrank.
Hiromi was underground, watching calmly. The ugly, huge ball of flesh shrank, transforming into a woman with pale skin and long white hair. She stood expressionless in the sky.
At this moment, a system prompt sounded.
[Mission "You Still Dare to Push Your Luck?" completed. You have obtained Eight Inner Gates: Eighth Gate + Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.]
[Detected possession of two out of three Sage Modes. Complete the mission "You Dare Stand Opposite Me?" to obtain the reward: Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode, which will fuse to grant Human Senjutsu.]
"Human Senjutsu?"
Hiromi had originally intended to go up and grab Black Zetsu directly, to let him see how insignificant his so-called mother was. Now, he was a bit interested in Human Senjutsu. Thus, he looked at the mission.
[Mission Name: You Dare Stand Opposite Me?]
[Mission Content: Kill Yakushi Kabuto!]
[Mission Reward: Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode]
"Kabuto..." Hiromi narrowed his eyes and looked to the left.
Immediately after, golden flames erupted beneath his feet.
Boom!
Hiromi shot out at low altitude.
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"Someone is coming!"
Itachi's expression was grave, and he braced himself. He could vaguely sense the newcomer's power.
The next moment, he sensed the newcomer's familiar Chakra and frowned. "Hiromi is coming here, what for?"
Intense heat, accompanied by wind pressure, struck with such ferocity that it made Orochimaru and the others retreat several steps, their hearts trembling.
Boom!
As Hiromi landed, the ground trembled, and dust billowed up.
This trembling reminded them of the madness of that moment just now. Looking at the figure in the dust, they were immediately filled with terror.
At this moment, a streak of golden flame shot out and coated Kabuto's body.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Kabuto struggled, wanting to abandon this body and escape from his mouth. But before he could escape, the golden flames adhered to his entire body, including the human-headed snake body hidden inside. That human-headed snake body only managed to escape a few meters before it turned to ash in the air.
This scene made Minato's pupils shrink violently.
[Mission "You Dare Stand Opposite Me?" completed. You have obtained Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode.]
[Detected possession of three Sage Modes. Initiating fusion.]
[Fusion successful. You have obtained Human Senjutsu.]
Hiromi closed his eyes, feeling this power. It was a power that changed the very foundation.
Perhaps he wouldn't need to use Nuclear Release, Sage Art: Lava Release alone would be enough to kill Kaguya. However, he wanted to test the power of Nuclear Release.
Hiromi opened his eyes and looked at Ōtsutsuki Kaguya in the high sky, eager to act.
Orochimaru laughed. "Hehehe. May I apply to resurrect him? After all, Kabuto possesses a lot of knowledge."
Hiromi glanced at him and said, "You may."
"Thank you." Orochimaru bowed in thanks.
This eerie scene made Minato's pupils tremble uncontrollably, he didn't know how to treat Hiromi.
Itachi shook his head when he saw Minato's performance.
Orochimaru was demonstrating to Hiromi that he possessed Kabuto's physical information. If Hiromi refused, he would annihilate it, ensuring no one could perform Edo Tensei to resurrect Kabuto. This was a display of loyalty.
Hiromi agreed.
You, the Fourth Hokage, are actually scared as hell?
Hiromi glanced at Minato, then looked at the two figures beside him—Tsunade and Rin.
Ripples appeared in his eyes, transforming them into purple Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan. A vast, unique ocular power surged irresistibly into their bodies. In an instant, the genjutsu of the Infinite Tsukuyomi was broken.
Tsunade remained in a deep sleep. Rin opened her eyes groggily, then immediately prepared for battle.
Upon seeing the people around her, especially Hiromi, she instinctively huffed and turned her head away.
She was angry!
However, she realized what she was doing the next moment, becoming flushed with embarrassment. Her ears turned red as she froze in place, not daring to turn back for fear of seeing Hiromi mocking her, yet inexplicably, she also felt a sense of anticipation.
Hiromi glanced at her once before withdrawing his gaze. He swept his eyes over the cold-sweating Minato and said to Itachi, "Get further away."
Before they could reply, they saw Hiromi shoot out like a cannonball, heading straight towards Kaguya, who was thousands of meters high in the sky.
Minato frowned, not quite understanding Hiromi's intentions.
But the next second, Rin, Orochimaru, and Itachi all looked at him.
"Run quickly!"
"Hurry up!"
"Faster!"
Urged on by them, a bewildered Minato took them and left quickly.
The next moment, he saw a dazzling white light appear thousands of meters away, and he was struck with immense shock.
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The characteristics of Nuclear Release Chakra Mode are: high speed and fission.
Combining these two characteristics derives high temperature, high explosive power, high radiation, high defense, high destructive power, and so on.
Perhaps, if one were to develop Dust Release into a Chakra Mode, they would possess the ability to control atoms and also wield the power of Nuclear Release. All of this might eventually lead to the same destination.
White Chakra emerged from Hiromi's body, consisting of particles so small they were invisible, yet one could vaguely sense them moving and fissioning rapidly around him.
The white Chakra on his body increased, and as the white light engulfed him, he turned into a terrifying figure possessing ultra-high-density Chakra, filled with a destructive aura of annihilation.
High in the sky, the moment Kaguya sensed it, she immediately cast aside those she believed to be Indra and Asura.
"Mother! Kill him first!" Black Zetsu, at the opening of Kaguya's sleeve, stared gloomily at Hiromi.
Black Zetsu held immense killing intent toward Hiromi, who always hindered his plans.
Kaguya agreed. Anyone who harbored killing intent toward her had to be killed.
But the next moment, Hiromi appeared instantly before her. Her expression changed slightly at his speed, and she immediately retreated. However, she didn't expect that the hand striking at her head was just a feint.
"Mother!!!" A scream rang out.
Kaguya hurriedly looked at her sleeve, only to see a black mass being pulled out by Hiromi.
The high-density energy of the white Chakra, radiating a terrifyingly high temperature, caused Black Zetsu to scream incessantly and suffer immense torment the moment it made contact.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Kaguya was somewhat angry. She activated her Byakugan, and veins immediately bulged around her eye sockets.
In an instant, she saw the Chakra covering Hiromi's body. That Chakra was rapidly multiplying at every moment.
Such weak Chakra had become so powerful under such amplification!
She had never seen anything like it even within the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Greed flared in her eyes, and even her killing intent diminished significantly.
If she could master this kind of power, even if people from the Ōtsutsuki clan arrived...
"Mother..." Black Zetsu looked at Kaguya in disbelief.
Kaguya remained indifferent.
Black Zetsu looked at Kaguya in despair, tears streaming down, as he was held in Hiromi's hand and annihilated into ashes by the aftershocks of the Nuclear Release Chakra Mode.
A breeze blew by, scattering the ashes away.