However, this scene was covered by a curtain of the sky. Aside from Saitama and Kaguya, no one else saw Kaiser's appearance. That sky curtain seemed to blur time; within that curtain, the flow of time felt stopped compared to the outside world.
Simultaneously with Kaiser's appearance, a beam of golden light pillar fell from the Golden List above, enveloping the area below it. But at that moment, the sky curtain had disappeared, and Saitama and Kaguya were no longer in their original places.
*BUZZ!*
The Golden List above the horizon suddenly opened an eye, appearing to carry a bit of doubt and anger.
Kaiser's figure appeared mortal, he was still standing in the same place, but that golden light pillar couldn't capture his existence at all. After scanning around without results, that light slowly faded and was pulled back.
"Meow—"
Blacky in Kaiser's embrace looked up and meowed lazily.
Kaiser stroked Blacky's head and said flatly: "Now isn't the time yet. Those two people already have power that transcends the Three Worlds. Even if I don't intervene, this Golden List won't let them fight to the death just like that. One dying might be okay, but if both die, that's not what He wants to see. Perhaps this was done to force me to appear?"
Blacky showed a contemptuous expression.
Kaiser glanced at the strong fighters from the Three Worlds below who looked dazed, chuckled softly, stared at some people among them for a moment, then turned around and disappeared.
As soon as Kaiser disappeared, the people below returned to normal, and time began to flow again.
"What happened just now?"
"Where did Saitama and that crazy woman go?"
"Why did I feel strange earlier, as if there was a very terrifying existence that appeared!"
"That golden light pillar... was that the Golden List?!"
Those strong fighters looked at each other, not understanding what actually happened. Saitama and Kaguya, who had previously been on the brink of life and death, had disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had just happened.
"Where did Saitama-kun go?" King's figure had just rushed from the distance with a panicked expression, but he froze seeing the battlefield that was already completely empty.
Tatsumaki glanced at King, shook her head and said: "Don't know. We didn't see what happened. Just in the blink of an eye, both of them disappeared. King, you shouldn't have come back. You're the only person in our world who successfully obtained a Bijuu. If you're captured, our efforts will be in vain."
King answered earnestly: "Saitama-kun has saved my life many times, I couldn't possibly leave him in danger."
Although Tatsumaki admired King's courage, she still sneered, while also mocking herself: "Even a crisis that baldy couldn't resolve, if we advance we'll only be delivering our lives."
King opened his mouth, veins on his forehead protruded, but in the end he didn't say anything. After all, what Tatsumaki said was reality.
"Even this little girl says so, you're truly foolish, worse than a small child!" At that moment, beside King, yellow sand rotated and transformed into a one-tailed tanuki form, which was none other than Shukaku who had previously left.
King couldn't hold back a smile: "Didn't you already leave?"
Shukaku snorted coldly: "I just came back to see whether you've died or not, so I can look for someone else."
"The war has ended..." Shanks stared at the chaotic battlefield full of emotion.
Shirohige stood beside him, leaning on his Naginata with a slightly weary expression.
This forest had been leveled to the ground. Within a radius of over ten miles, there were no grass or trees with heights exceeding half a meter. Countless trees had fallen due to sharp slashes, the ground was filled with deep intersecting ditches, a very terrifying sight.
Not only that, many people's corpses remained here forever. Without sufficient strength, on a battlefield like this, they were just cannon fodder.
No one noticed that underground not far from there, a puppet silently crawled out from the mud. A golden light glittered, and that puppet's expression changed like a human's, slowly expanding. Finally, that puppet expanded to human size with long white hair, white robe, and Gudodama floating behind its head.
That was Uchiha Madara.
"Otsutsuki Kaguya had apparently been sleeping in Juubi's body all along. I summoned and merged with the Juubi, which indirectly awakened her. Terrifying, this woman's plan was even deeper than mine... If not for having the life substitute puppet reward from the Golden List, I would have definitely died completely!"
Madara felt horrified. He had planned for years, but unexpectedly he had always been within someone else's plan.
The inscription text he saw before was also Kaguya's masterpiece falsified by Black Zetsu, in order to resurrect his mother. And he foolishly followed those tracks step by step into the trap.
Cold sweat wet Madara's forehead. He looked at where Saitama and Kaguya disappeared, then silently concealed his presence aura.
"That baldy is even more terrifying than that crazy woman. His pure physical attack can transcend space and time. If not because that woman accidentally obtained Jashin's power from Hidan, she definitely wouldn't be that baldy's match. I'm not strong enough yet. One life substitute puppet has already been used, luck won't always be this good..."
The Eye of the Moon plan Madara had compiled for years completely failed.
Not only did he fail to perfectly resurrect the Juubi, he instead became a stepping stone for others. If not for the Golden List reward, he would have died. The subordinates he had cultivated for years had also scattered, now he was left alone.
"Go!" Madara turned around and left.
Most people who obtained Bijuu had already gone far away, there was no use in him staying here. He had just revived through the substitute puppet, his strength hadn't fully recovered. There were many strong fighters remaining here, he didn't want to continue conflicts with them. Although their rankings weren't as high as his, there was no use in continuing conflict.
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Meanwhile, thousands of miles away.
Saitama's punch struck hard, but hit empty air. His punch struck the air until space shattered into pieces.
A terrifying space crack dozens of meters long appeared before him, extending far into the distance. Due to space collapse, tremendous rumbling sounds were heard all around, air was sucked back, and clouds changed drastically.
Saitama stood upright in the middle of strong winds, feeling a bit confused.
Wasn't he just fighting with Kaguya?
Why did he suddenly appear here?
An image flashed through his mind. Right when he was about to punch Kaguya, a shadow figure appeared before him and held back his strongest punch with just one finger.
"That's him!"