"Cough, cough, cough—"
Inside the Kamui space, Obito was lying entirely on the ground.
He kept coughing, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth; it was clear that he was truly extremely miserable right now.
He lay there and recuperated for quite a long time before he once again stood up.
"Truly worthy of being Kitagawa Gen; this kind of power—no wonder he is the 'Evolver' acknowledged by Ōtsutsuki Genshiki!"
"..."
Isshiki remained silent within Obito's consciousness; right now he genuinely did not know how to evaluate this vessel of his.
"How can he be this stupid?"
Obito clearly had a firm will and could see the essence of certain things, yet it seemed that his brain could only have "flashes of inspiration".
At all other times, it was basically "a pile of mush", making Isshiki incomparably headache-stricken.
"Sigh, forget it; at least this time there were gains."
Isshiki did not want to keep thinking about Obito's issues; with things having reached this point, what else could he do?
Fortunately, he was not without gains—whether it was his own Kāma, or Kitagawa Gen!
"Judging from his aura, Kitagawa Gen is stronger than last time; although it may be that the spatial obstruction caused me to misjudge, still—"
Recalling the battle between Kitagawa Gen and Obito, Isshiki's expression became somewhat serious.
"This degree of difference seems somewhat large, but it has also allowed me to confirm certain guesses."
Isshiki indeed had far too many guesses about Kitagawa Gen; after all, this was someone even that madman Genshiki had taken a liking to.
But he had never been able to accurately determine just what kind of "lifeform" Kitagawa Gen belonged to.
Yet in this battle, he seemed to have obtained a rough determination.
"To be so compatible with the power of nature, with a physique that is extremely tough, able to use all kinds of Release techniques including Yin-Yang Release, and also—"
Isshiki remembered that last time, when Kitagawa Gen faced Genshiki, he had seemingly drawn upon the planet's energy.
This time he did not, probably because his opponent was Obito.
There was also the presence of the God Tree's aura on this guy's body; combining all of this, he truly formed a strange guess.
"This is an individual who possesses the power of the God Tree and is continuously completing self-evolution, or else…"
Under the impetus of the "will of the planet", a peculiar lifeform was born?
After all, this planet was far too unusual; after already nurturing a single fruit, it had not collapsed and was even undergoing self-recovery!
And he himself, Kaguya, and Genshiki had continuously arrived, and in the future there would definitely be more Ōtsutsuki searching for him and Kaguya coming over.
"So, could it be that this planet, in order to protect itself, thus gave birth to an existence like Kitagawa Gen?"
Although this guess was outrageous, it was not something impossible!
Of course, the power of the God Tree itself was nothing rare.
Although the Ten Tails had been enslaved by them, the Ōtsutsuki would not deny the power of the Ten Tails.
If the Ten Tails underwent some peculiar mutation and thereby activated and produced a lifeform like Kitagawa Gen, it truly would not be surprising.
"But no matter which possibility it is, it is extremely peculiar, and it is enough for me to properly verify and understand it."
Isshiki thought to himself, and his expression even showed a bit of excitement.
"Genshiki most likely has similar guesses and thus wants to verify this point, and then—"
Then, just like he wanted to devour him, he would in the end devour Kitagawa Gen!
Once this thought came out, Isshiki felt that he had absolutely guessed correctly.
Such a peculiar lifeform would surely contain an amount of energy that would not be small.
Whether it was the Ten Tails or the will of this planet, both were things even the Ōtsutsuki longed for.
"In that case, my plan has no problem."
Isshiki took a deep breath, looked with some dislike at Obito, and in the end helplessly shook his head.
"Nurturing Kitagawa Gen and letting him deal with Genshiki is absolutely a feasible path!"
After all, no matter how one looked at it, Kitagawa Gen's potential was unlimited, something Obito could not compare to.
"Now the only thing I do not know is whether Genshiki has been drawn by my 'White Kāma', and whether Kitagawa Gen has truly been drawn away this time by Obito—I do not know what will happen."
Isshiki let out a sigh; he was too lazy to think further. The only thing he felt fortunate about right now was—
After being violently beaten by Kitagawa Gen, the unsealing speed of Obito's Kāma had begun to accelerate.
Very soon, he would be able to attempt to control Obito.
...
"Finally arrived."
Within the starry sky, as black pixel-like squares folded open one after another, a spatial door abruptly appeared.
Right after, a figure carrying a ritual fishing rod and wearing a mocking expression flew out from the spatial door.
He wore white clothes, and his entire person stood upright above the starry sky.
Those Byakugan eyes stared into the distance, and on his head there was also a bone membrane similar to a forehead protector.
Clearly, someone capable of activating "Yomotsu Hirasaka" was also an Ōtsutsuki, and he was Ōtsutsuki Urashiki!
"So this is the planet where Isshiki's chakra erupted? It is somewhat strange—why has Isshiki's chakra become so weak?"
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's goal was naturally to search for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Originally he had teamed up with Momoshiki and Kinshiki, but for various reasons, they still "traveled separately".
And the distance he had to traverse was not all that great; he had reached this place in just a few years.
Besides, for these Ōtsutsuki, a few years truly did not count as any sort of problem.
"Tch, it really is a strange planet."
Looking at that azure planet in the distance, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki clicked his tongue with a smile.
"It clearly already has a strong sense of ruin, yet it remains intact. Is this the God Tree that Isshiki and Kaguya planted here back then?"
After smiling, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki prepared to set out toward the location of Isshiki's chakra eruption, and he also wanted to thoroughly understand this planet.
"After all, Isshiki's chakra eruption was very weak, and before that there was the chakra of an unknown clansman…"
A black spatial folding door quietly appeared behind him, and his figure was about to step into it.
Yet at that moment, he could not help tilting his head to glance at the nearby moon.
"And also, why does that planet feel strange?"
But after looking a few times, his body had already disappeared from where it had been.
Perhaps, toward a planet with no life and clearly constructed by a technique, he could not be bothered to spend time investigating it carefully.
He simply failed to notice that within the moon's interior, a huge golden eye casually swept across him.
...
"Otsutsuki Urashiki, that guy, came?"
On the road heading toward the Land of Water, Kitagawa Gen could not help quietly pondering in his heart.
As for such a result, it was not exactly unexpected, since the entire Shinobi World had already been stirred into utter chaos by him.
Saying it was chickens flying and dogs jumping would not be an exaggeration!
Moreover, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's "White Kāma" appeared, and that burst of chakra belonging to the Ōtsutsuki erupted.
Kitagawa Gen had sensed it with exceptional clarity, and this made him even more certain of one thing.
"In my memory, when these Ōtsutsuki people came, although the timing was somewhat later compared to now, it can be confirmed that they were attracted by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and the others."
The Ōtsutsuki Clan were especially keen in sensing each other's strength; once chakra erupted, it was very likely to attract other clan members.
As for the "Kāma," normally it might be difficult to detect, but the "White Kāma" was not the same.
"This is pure power, without any other things mixed in, so this time those Ōtsutsuki arrived early, all because of Isshiki!"
Kitagawa Gen completely ignored the fact that, before he temporarily had "Ame-no-Minaka," the chakra he released when breaking through might also have been a trigger.
But no matter how it was said, this did not count as a bad thing; on the contrary, he even felt a bit excited!
Growing all the way up to now, although the enemies he had encountered were all very strong, he still had not encountered a true Ōtsutsuki.
"My current degree of development is still not complete, but I can also find one Ōtsutsuki to give it a try and see the final effect."
Especially since Kitagawa Gen also knew Urashiki's weakness—this made him even more interested!
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