Cheng Feng stood as a guard not far from Hiroki.
At that moment, Hiroki shut his eyes and cut himself off from the outside world. He focused all his attention on controlling the overpowering energy gathered in his body like undigested food.
To Cheng Feng's eyes, visible changes were rapidly taking place on Hiroki's body.
It was as if something unnatural seeped into his skin—as each inch turned ghostly pale, almost corpse-like.
Cheng Feng glanced at his own skin tone. Their complexions were growing increasingly similar. He murmured, "He is becoming an Otsutsuki…"
Something seemed to stir beneath his brow, ready to break through the skin. Hiroki tightly furrowed his eyebrows, enduring a strange itching sensation.
Suddenly, as though a knife had sliced across it, a vertical mark appeared right between his eyebrows.
Then, that mark split open, revealing a red fleshy orb. It rotated once before finally settling still.
On that red orb were clearly visible faint rings radiating outward, along with nine black tomoe.
"It's the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan. I suppose this means it's over," Cheng Feng speculated, watching as the newly opened eye at Hiroki's brow reclosed.
After a long silence, Hiroki finally opened his eyes slowly, a faint smile appearing on his face. He stretched out his right palm. The golden Rinne Sharingan in it had now changed—its color deepened to a rich crimson, forming the unmistakable pattern of a Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan. "I gained something unexpected."
Except for lacking horns atop his head, externally he was indistinguishable from members of the Otsutsuki Clan.
"Two Rinne Sharingan eyes?" Cheng Feng was somewhat shocked. "This must be due to those three Otsutsuki."
"We should check out the Otsutsuki homeworld now."
"Now? Isn't it too early? The risk is still considerable, isn't it?"
Hiroki shook his head. "The first wave of pursuers from Kaguya's side has already arrived. The second group won't be far behind. Instead of waiting, we might as well take the initiative."
"Fine."
Cheng Feng then passed him the coordinates to his homeworld, also sharing everything he knew about the Otsutsuki.
With these coordinates, they could return to Kaguya's world and still locate the Otsutsuki homeworld.
Hiroki did not depart immediately.
Instead, he remained for several months to adapt to his current strength.
Besides possessing two Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingans, he had also gained Amenominaka and the ability to create spatial domains—capabilities identical to Kaguya's, even surpassing them.
Several months later, he returned once again to Kaguya's world.
When Kaguya saw him, she looked stunned for a moment. "What's wrong?"
Hiroki briefly explained himself and mentioned his plan.
Upon hearing he intended to infiltrate the Otsutsuki homeworld, Kaguya immediately decided she would accompany him.
And so both departed together…
Dozens of kilometers away from the Otsutsuki homeworld, Hiroki floated silently within the void space.
Kaguya's figure had already disappeared from sight.
Their intention was to capture some isolated Otsutsuki clan members here.
Even the smallest catch counts for something, after all.
Unfortunately, despite their long wait, not a single Otsutsuki returned.
Hiroki made his way straight to the Otsutsuki homeworld. Not every clan member knew each other, so the other Otsutsuki merely glanced at him, assuming he had just returned from some planet.
Hiroki walked straight toward the most central part of the Palace.
"Halt!"
An Otsutsuki clan member suddenly appeared and shouted at him.
From this person's tone and aura, it was clear they belonged to the upper ranks.
"Why don't you turn back now?"
"I wish to meet Your Master." Hiroki didn't bother pretending anymore.
"You don't have the qualifications!" The Otsutsuki scoffed coldly.
"How do I gain those qualifications then?"
"Either make great contributions to the clan or prove your strength."
"Oh?" Hiroki stretched his figure and punched straight through the chest of the Otsutsuki. "Is this level of strength enough?"
"You...you traitor!" Shocked, the Otsutsuki shouted loudly at the surrounding area, "Come! Seize him!"
Already, many people who had noticed this sudden commotion slowly surrounded them.
"I seriously question if the Otsutsuki God even existed. Has anyone ever seen him? Perhaps it's only another lie created by the higher-ups to oppress us. Now let's all rush in together and find out the truth!"
Shouting out, Hiroki charged ahead. As soon as the crowd lost sight of him, he changed direction and disappeared.
A few lower-ranked Otsutsuki were motivated by his words and chased after him.
Soon others followed as well.
Unfortunately, Hiroki overestimated their abilities.
"Fall back!"
With a shout, several high-ranking Otsutsuki suddenly appeared. They brought the lower ranks crashing to the ground with just a single move.
Then they located Hiroki.
"Have any of you ever seen him on the clan member list?"
"No!"
"Then he's not one of ours. Daring to sneak into our homeworld disguised as an Otsutsuki!"
Without even glancing at them, Hiroki Body Replaced to where the fallen Otsutsuki lay. Activating otsutsuki Teleportation, he tossed them one by one into the Spatial Passage.
"Brazen!" Witnessing his underhanded actions, the Otsutsuki elites grew even angrier.
Smiling calmly, Hiroki leapt into the Spatial Passage himself, leaving several unstable openings in space behind him — clearly with no intention of sealing them.
The high-ranking Otsutsuki were shocked. "He actually knows how to use our techniques?"
Three high-ranking Otsutsuki were the first to step into the Spatial Passage.
About a dozen regular clan members also followed inside to back them up.
By that time, Kaguya and Hiroki had already been waiting within the linked space of otsutsuki Teleportation.
Every time an Otsutsuki entered, both would activate Amenominaka at once, generating multiple layers of space that cut their targets into pieces scattered across different dimensions. Even those Hiroki had previously thrown in were intercepted and sliced apart by Kaguya.
One by one, they fell — not even getting a single move off before being slain.
"Nice haul."
Hiroki said, "Let's go back for now. If we continue like this, even stronger experts might show up."
"Mm."
Outside, in the real world...
"Lord, did you see that? Those spatial passages are closing and disappearing..."
A high-ranking Otsutsuki frowned.
Those people who had just entered were now trapped inside.
They waited — and kept waiting — but no one ever came out.
A certain high-ranking Otsutsuki spoke in a low voice, "I must painfully announce that those clan members who guarded the Otsutsuki Clan and attempted to kill the outsiders have already died. And that murderer who disguised himself as an Otsutsuki has already fled."
After hearing his words, everyone felt complicated.
So many had gone after just one man, yet they failed to capture him.
The mighty Otsutsuki Clan — rulers across the cosmos — had been dealt such a disgraceful defeat.
Back at Cheng Feng's place.
Hiroki tossed the bodies of the slain Otsutsuki.
"Incredible!" Cheng Feng gave him a thumbs-up. "Did you completely destroy the Otsutsuki homeworld?"
"Not yet. The Otsutsukis are probably furious right now." Hiroki shook his head and smiled. "Feed it to the God Tree — will it bloom again?"
"Alright."
"Based on the previous amounts, should we use two or three Otsutsukis?"
"Actually, two should suffice, but three would be better. Your other eye also changed into a Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan — must've been from too much energy buildup."
"Then let's do three. Three make it grow faster." Hiroki thought for a moment.
"Fine."
The two of them then reassembled the body parts lying on the ground into complete human shapes.
Picking three bodies, they tossed them into the God Tree's maw.
Another round of waiting had begun.
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