He was defeated instantly. Moreover, even Nagato joined the fight. He wanted to brutally smash this Jigen, step on his head and declare that Uchiha Yue was invincible, that he was the very embodiment of absolute invincibility.
But soon Jigen, stepping on Nagato's head and ignoring his desperate attempts to escape, looked around indifferently.
"Here's my proof. Uchiha Yue is invincible. Only a child of fate can overcome him — such is the future that I have seen!
After seeing Jigen's strength and feeling his unsurpassed might, the audience believed that the prophecy was true.
Being so powerful, capable of crushing them all, there was no need for Jigen to cheat. What for? What's the point of making up a false prophecy? He also lives on this planet. If he doesn't manage to deal with Uchiha Yue in the end, he will die himself.
The meeting resumed, but this time there was no trace of the old hostility. They began discussing how to find destiny's child.
Only Jigen could say with certainty who the destiny's child was, but he outlined an approximate circle of searches. At the same time, Ootsutsuki Isshiki unceremoniously tore the covers off the Shinobi villages, explicitly telling them to stop abducting refugees for their experiments.
After all, no one knew if destiny's child would be among those who were captured as test subjects.
It was too much. How can you talk about this openly?
What kind of refugees? What kind of test subjects? They didn't know anything about it. Why would they kidnap refugees from the Land of Fire or other countries to make them objects for experiments? This must be some kind of misunderstanding!
They don't do that!
No one confessed. After all, you can talk about such things in a low voice, but never bring them up for public discussion.
Ootsutsuki Isshiki did not insist, but added that if they needed test subjects, they should show them to him first. Only after making sure that there is no destiny's child among them can they be used.
— Mr. Jigen, you must have misunderstood something. How could we do something like that?
— Abduct civilians for experiments… it's impossible. How can we harm our future employers!
"Exactly, Mr. Jigen. You are not a Shinobi, and you must have heard enough of someone's evil tongues. We ninjas are not like that!
— Haha, I would like to believe! Ootsutsuki Isshiki laughed.
These lowly creatures were truly funny. They're experimenting on their own kind, so what's the problem with admitting it? Their Ootsutsuki clan did not hide anything: they openly used members of a side branch, such as Ootsutsuki Kaguya, as consumables and slaves.
Kaguya…
Ootsutsuki Isshiki looked towards the silent Nagato, his gaze lingered for a moment on a pair of purple eyes.
"Rinnegan... I didn't think that these lower beings would be able to awaken rinnegan. However, those eyes don't seem to belong to that person..."
"Okay, whatever. Rinnegan doesn't matter anymore, and neither does Kaguya. The main thing is whether I can be reborn."
Ootsutsuki Isshiki stopped thinking about rinnegan. After all, compared to Uchiha Yue's mangekyo sharingan, some kind of rinnegan is just dust by the wayside. Will having a rinnegan help you defeat the mangekyo sharingan?
As if not so! If it were possible, Uchiha Yue would have been dead a long time ago.
"Damn... this guy... how did he become so strong? Damn it, if it wasn't for my ruined body, if those eyes hadn't weakened, would I have suffered such a crushing defeat?"
Nagato clenched his fists, his face contorted in pain. A moment ago, when he was about to launch a powerful attack, his eyes were pierced with unbearable pain, and weakness gripped his body. In the end, he couldn't even unleash an attack as Ootsutsuki Isshiki pinned him down with his foot.
His body could no longer withstand the power of the rinnegan. In fact, all that was left of him was his head. If the White Zetsu could support the rinnegan, Nagato wouldn't need it at all.
"How could I turn into such a weak cripple... strength, strength, I need strength!"
Nagato suppressed the bitterness bursting from his chest. He had to change his plan. Initially, he was going to propose an isolation plan at the meeting, but he was defeated.
Now was not the time to talk about it. All that remained was to wait for the meeting to end and go to the villages. He was sure that these villages would not rely solely on the search for destiny's child. After learning about the isolation plan, they will surely want to keep a spark of hope for the future.
He couldn't defeat Jigen, but he could still handle ordinary Shinobi.
— Of course, if you have other plans, don't stop. You can continue to implement them. After all, everything we do is for the sake of defeating Uchiha Yue!
With Isshiki's words, the meeting came to an end.
As he said, he did not forbid these Shinobi to develop other plans. The main thing is that this does not interfere with the search for the destiny's child.
Ootsutsuki Isshiki recalled the Lightning Element electromagnetic cannon from Hidden Cloud Village. He had not experienced this terrifying attack himself, but he had no doubt that the consequences would be disastrous. If you take a blow in the open, without protection, at best — severe wounds on the verge of death, at worst — instant incineration. This terrifying weapon had shown him what the people of this world were capable of.
If they were allowed to continue their research, they might actually be able to create a weapon that poses a serious threat to Uchiha Yue.
Besides, he himself did not have a clear plan on how to kill Uchiha Yue. Even after rebirth, he wasn't sure if he could do it. Taking advantage of the wisdom of the local natives could be the way out.
The Shinobi Alliance has been officially established!
The prophecy of the destiny's child began to spread rapidly throughout the Shinobi world. The great countries, together with the villages, began to prepare for a large-scale nationwide selection in search of the child of destiny.
Except for the Land of Fire. The refugees from the Land of Fire continued to flee. Oh, and the civilians from the neighboring small countries too. The Daimyo of these countries have long since fled to other lands far from the Region of Dead Silence, but what about their subjects?
They also turned into refugees and were forced to flee. For the sake of destiny's child, other countries had to really take up the resettlement of refugees, and not as before - leave them to their fate, where they killed each other.
"That's... no... no, it can't be, it can't be... how is this possible!"
Black Zetsu's face showed boundless shock.