After hearing the first method Bai Mo mentioned, Hidan shouted from his spot.
The others, who had more sense, all felt a hint of suspicion.
Especially Pain and Konan.
One method to revive Kaguya was to collect the Tailed Beasts—exactly the same mission "Uchiha Madara" had given them.
Could it be that "Uchiha Madara's" ultimate goal was to revive Kaguya?
"Before I talk about the second plan, I must first tell a little-known story.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya did not come here alone; she had a companion.
The goal of the Ōtsutsuki Clan is to 'plant trees' on countless planets.
One of the most crucial steps is for an Ōtsutsuki Clan member to sacrifice themselves, to be devoured by the Ten-Tails, only then can the Ten-Tails evolve into a God Tree and bear fruit.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya ambushed her companion, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and had the Ten-Tails devour half of Isshiki's body.
The rest of the story is what I told before: her battle with the Sage of Six Paths and her eventual sealing.
And that Isshiki, after being severely wounded, went into hiding in the ninja world, wanting to be reincarnated and revived through the Ōtsutsuki Clan's unique method.
To have a body capable of bearing his power, he lay dormant for over a thousand years.
Once he is truly revived, the ninja world will be completely destroyed.
Conversely, if we find this Isshiki and feed the remaining half of his body to the Ten-Tails, then there's no need to collect the nine Tailed Beasts; Kaguya can recover her power and be revived."
After Bai Mo finished telling the story and the method, the cave fell silent.
Black Zetsu was completely stunned.
Why did he not know any of these stories?
Oh right, these things happened before he was born, so it was normal for him not to know.
Then how did Bai Mo know?
Just by that "archaeology" thing?
If all of this was true, what did his millennia of effort amount to?
It turned out he could have avoided being an enemy of the world, avoided trying to trick people into activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
He could even have used the pretext of protecting the world to mobilize the entire ninja world's power to find and deal with that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?
Black Zetsu was bewildered, but he still held a certain degree of doubt about the truthfulness of Bai Mo's words.
Compared to Black Zetsu, Pain and Konan completely trusted Bai Mo.
"So this is the origin of the Ten-Tails..."
Pain murmured in a low voice.
"Are those Ōtsutsuki people really that powerful? Do we have to go through so much trouble to revive an old woman? Can't we just work hard ourselves?"
Deidara asked, looking uncomfortable, after he snapped out of it.
"Almost every Ōtsutsuki Clan member can absorb ninjutsu."
"Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared in the future; at that time, the two strongest people in the entire ninja world were kicked around like balls by him, and in the end, they could only burn their life force to buy time, which eventually eliminated him."
Bai Mo's single sentence left Deidara speechless.
Everyone can absorb ninjutsu?
Then it's over.
If you can absorb ninjutsu, what are we supposed to do?
"The strongest in the future ninja world? How do those two compare to the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama?"
It was Kakuzu who spoke.
As the second person most fond of mentioning Senju Hashirama (the first, of course, being Uchiha Madara), it was perfectly reasonable for Kakuzu to ask such a question.
However, upon hearing Kakuzu's question, it was Bai Mo's turn to be silent.
Bai Mo naturally knew the standard answer to this question in his heart.
It's just that this answer couldn't be used to reply to Kakuzu.
Kakuzu had fought Senju Hashirama; it wasn't as exaggerated as netizens saying he threw a shuriken from eight hundred miles away, but it wasn't much better.
Given the strength Kakuzu displayed, Senju Hashirama activating a Wood Dragon on the spot would make him instantly kneel, let alone anything else.
In other words, Kakuzu's impression of Senju Hashirama's strength might have a certain gap from the real Senju Hashirama.
Senju Hashirama's True Several Thousand Hands was a giant arm impact enhanced by Sage Mode chakra, pure physical damage.
This also meant that Senju Hashirama, the strongest person below the Six Paths level, was capable of inflicting damage on those above the Six Paths level who could absorb ninjutsu attacks.
In this situation, even Naruto and Sasuke, without using their strongest ultimate move, the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, would not be able to face a double-digit number of Senju Hashirama simultaneously.
This kind of leapfrogging was unimaginable.
It's normal for a Jōnin to kill ten Chūnin; even the Third Raikage could kill three thousand Iwa shinobi.
But could he say that to Kakuzu?
In Kakuzu's eyes, Senju Hashirama's strength was probably only a bit stronger than Senju Tobirama's.
If Bai Mo said that, Kakuzu would certainly think that the Ōtsutsuki were not that powerful and that they could be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
If Kakuzu thought that, and the other Akatsuki members followed suit, it would be over.
"...One of them could instantly control nine Tailed Beasts."
Bai Mo thought for a moment; this description would be easier for people to understand.
At least, everyone had witnessed the power of the Tailed Beasts.
Kakuzu, hailing from Takigakure, also had a Seven-Tails.
"Then... we really have to change the plan."
Pain, and Nagato who controlled Pain, were both frowning tightly at this moment.
The original plan was to collect Tailed Beasts to intimidate the ninja world and achieve peace.
Now they learned that the Ten-Tails was not even qualified to "intimidate"; the external threat couldn't be resolved, and the internal people couldn't be intimidated.
"Boring. Your so-called new plan is to pin all your hopes on a woman from the heavens. What if she can't resist either?"
Sasori suddenly spoke.
"No, I never thought that."
Bai Mo shook his head, "I know that among you, some don't believe what I say, and those who do believe will feel powerless and despair...
I once asked myself this: if there was an iron house, without windows and extremely difficult to destroy, and inside were many sleeping people about to suffocate to death.
If I were to shout loudly now, waking up a few more conscious people, but they would have to endure the pain of facing reality and impending death, would that really be good?"
"But later I realized, since these few people can wake up, then it absolutely cannot be said that there is no hope of breaking out of this iron house."
"Wow, little brother, that passage of yours is quite philosophical. Are you perhaps also a part-time poet?"
Deidara savored the words for a moment, then gave a thumbs-up in praise.
Konan listened to Bai Mo's words and nodded silently.
These words indeed encouraged everyone a bit.
And if Kisame hadn't been absent because of Itachi, he would have been deeply moved by these words.
After knowing all the truths, he might have directly "betrayed" the Masked Man and followed Bai Mo, who possessed the true truth.
"The Ōtsutsuki are by no means invincible, unconquerable, or unkillable.
The final straw that led to the complete death of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the future was actually a very simple ninjutsu—the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
The Kāma that the Ōtsutsuki Clan uses for reincarnation and revival, purely for revival purposes, is not even as good as Orochimaru's jutsu."
Bai Mo added fuel to the fire.