Returning to his own body, Naruto was terribly weak; his hands and feet were as soft as noodles.
"Thank you, Lady Hokage!" Priestess Shion bowed deeply. She was an expert in these matters and knew that the difficulty of this operation was immense—describing it as looking for a needle in a haystack would be an understatement.
"Don't mention it. Naruto is my friend, too. You two rest well. If you need anything, just let the village know."
Leaving behind a few polite remarks, Ino decisively took her leave.
Using a serving of Lobster Egg Fried Rice, she summoned Whis once again.
Whis shared a particular trait with the Saints: no matter how delicious the food was, it wouldn't work a second time. Every time she summoned this guy, she had to switch to something new.
The two sat together eating fried rice. Whis turned his head and happened to see Kale, her small face flushed red, helping Hinata.
The mother and daughter both had soft personalities. They weren't as competitive as Ino and Little Himawari, so they got along surprisingly well.
"What are you looking at? Oh, that's the daughter I adopted in the Sixth Universe. This... there isn't any problem with that, is there?" Ino genuinely didn't know if there were any violations involved, so she asked with some concern.
Whis covered his mouth and chuckled softly. "Your daughter? It looks like she and Hinata really hit it off. I don't think there's any problem."
If you say there's no problem, then there's really no problem!
"By the way, apart from adopting Little Kale, you didn't do anything particularly outrageous in the Sixth Universe, did you?" Whis asked casually while eating the egg fried rice.
Does killing Frost count? Ino felt that he was just a minor character, not worth mentioning.
She shook her head repeatedly. "I was very well-behaved over there. I even paid when I went out to eat!"
"Ohohohoho, then I'm relieved."
After sending Whis away, Konoha Village returned to its original peaceful life.
Although Naruto currently lacked Asura chakra, his recovery ability was still frighteningly high. On the first day home, he was weak and sore all over, but by early the next morning, he created 2,000 shadow clones to go sweep the streets!
During the time he was away, the fatties of the Akimichi clan had been taking turns doing the work.
For this, the village had specifically paid out a "cleaning subsidy." The Akimichi fatties weren't active when working, but they were incredibly active when eating. If they were kept in charge of sanitation long-term, the village would definitely go bankrupt.
Now it was all good—the 2,000 Narutos were finally back. The King's return!
Consuming just two bowls of ramen could sustain his body's daily expenditure; this guy was cheaper than a robot...
Kale lived very happily in her new home. She was especially satisfied—couldn't be more satisfied—with her gentle new mother.
Previously, she had thoughts of saving her dad in times of crisis, but now that had changed slightly. Doesn't Dad often boast that he's good at fighting? He shouldn't be beaten to death easily, right? If a disaster occurred, she would save Mom first, then save Big Sister, and save Dad last!
Ino didn't know her cheap daughter's mental journey. Seeing that Kale was having a great time at home, she focused her energy on the Sixth Universe.
She rummaged through some books left to her by Master Six Paths and King Kai, studying the chakra used by the ninjas of the Sixth Universe.
The more she researched, the more excited she became.
Originally, she thought she had already reached the limit of the Otsutsuki bloodline. But now, after analyzing the chakra used by the Sixth Universe ninjas, she unexpectedly felt she still had room for improvement.
The universes existed in pairs, so there must be a deep underlying reason for it.
The First Universe plus the Twelfth Universe equals the number thirteen. The Sixth Universe plus the Seventh Universe also equals the number thirteen.
But if multiplied, the significance is different. 6 x 7 = 42. This is a very mysterious number.
In the ASCII code table, the character corresponding to 42 is "*". The Buddhist "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters" has exactly 42 chapters. The prophecy in the New Testament's Book of Revelation says the Beast's reign over the Earth is exactly 42 months.
42 is the product of three different prime numbers and is a famous sphenic number.
42 is a pronic number, a natural number that is the product of two consecutive non-negative integers.
42 is a Catalan number in combinatorics.
42 is a Harshad number, divisible by the sum of its digits (4 + 2 = 6; 42 is divisible by 6).
A solitary 6 or 7 isn't magical, but when multiplied together, it immediately becomes strange.
Occasionally, when treating Whis to a meal, Ino would also conveniently browse the famous "GodTube" to look at information on the other parallel universes.
From what she had seen so far, the other opposing universes—that is, the corresponding pairs like the First and Twelfth, or the Second and Eleventh—didn't match up as neatly as the Sixth and Seventh.
Here there was an Ino; over there, there was an Ino. Here there was a Naruto; the Sixth Universe also had a Naruto.
It hadn't reached that degree elsewhere.
She couldn't help but think too much—perhaps the Sixth Universe and the Seventh Universe had unique qualities.
Returning to the present, she prepared to utilize this unique quality.
Master Six Paths and the Otsutsuki God were limited by their own horizons, believing that six was the limit. Ino had thought so before as well: gathering the chakra of five Otsutsukis, plus herself, to reach a perfect state.
Now it seemed that six Otsutsukis might not achieve true perfection. Gathering another six Otsutsukis from the opposite direction, combining positive and negative—perhaps merging the chakra of twelve Otsutsukis together was the true bloodline limit.
Did Momoshiki and Kinshiki have a battle power of 10 million? Definitely not. What Ino needed wasn't that bit of chakra, but the doubling effect on her own base battle power.
Six times is good and powerful, but wouldn't twelve times be even sweeter?
After handling the matters in Konoha Village, she once again came to the Konoha Village of the Sixth Universe.
A bucket of cold water was poured over her.
There was indeed a history here of Kaguya planting the tree and Master Six Paths and the others rising in resistance later.
However, there was no Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei seal here. The mother and her two sons had essentially perished together. The earth's crust had suffered severe damage and hadn't recovered even after so many years. It was uncertain if Momoshiki and Kinshiki even existed here, and they would be hard to find regardless.
Hamura had met Haori early on and left behind posthumous children. The Senju, Hyuga, and Uchiha clans each inherited some Otsutsuki bloodlines, but because the general environment was relatively peaceful, there was almost no war. Let alone the Rinnegan, even awakening a three-magatama Sharingan made one a legendary figure now.
No, you guys need to start competing! Ino felt heartbroken.
She went up to tour the moon of this universe. Leaving aside the palace complex of Otsutsuki Toneri, there wasn't even a trace of human-made structures here; it was just a desolate planet.
It was nearly impossible to gather six "natural" Otsutsukis here. She could only use post-natal processing...
How to process? The old method: plant a tree!
"Beautiful Miss, why do you look a bit familiar? I must say, your temperament is truly fine!"
Just as Ino returned to the Sixth Universe's Konoha Village and was looking around for a ley line node, a greasy-haired, powdered-faced Sasuke suddenly walked out from the shadows.
He held a rose in his hand and kept sending electrical signals to Ino with his eyes.
A look of joy appeared on Ino's face. Without waiting for this Sasuke to speak, she brushed him aside.
This spot isn't bad.She tapped her finger lightly, blasting a deep pit directly into the ground. Then, she took out a tree seed, infused it with chakra, and buried it deep underground.
Five seconds later, a massive God Tree burst out of the earth!
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