Asana Hyuga, observing from the side, took everything in. She murmured to herself, "Sure enough, Takegami Ōtsutsuki can use a Jutsu like time reversal."
After breaking free, Takegami Ōtsutsuki unhesitatingly took out the thumb-sized pills he had collected earlier, preparing to eat them to restore his Rinnegan's Eye power.
Asana Hyuga had already noticed his movements. The moment he took out the pills, the four Truth-Seeking Orb orbs behind Asana Hyuga flew out again.
Takegami Ōtsutsuki's face changed drastically. His attention was drawn by the Tenseigan Chakra orbs, and he didn't notice that Asana Hyuga had already arrived beside him.
"Whoosh~" Asana Hyuga reached out and snatched the pills from Takegami Ōtsutsuki's hand.
"You—"
"Slap~" Asana Hyuga raised her hand and directly sent Takegami Ōtsutsuki flying with an Eight Trigrams Empty Palm.
However, to Asana Hyuga's surprise, Takegami Ōtsutsuki adjusted his posture, directly opened a spatial rift with Yomi Hirasaka, and then fled.
Asana Hyuga scratched her head, her expression a little awkward.
This doesn't fit the Ōtsutsuki Clan's personality!
Logically speaking, if an Ōtsutsuki Clan member was beaten by an indigenous person like her, shouldn't he have rushed over like a madman to fight her to the death?
What Asana Hyuga thought was actually correct. If it was Minato Namikaze who had beaten Takegami Ōtsutsuki, Takegami Ōtsutsuki would have killed Minato Namikaze at all costs today.
But Asana Hyuga was different.
Although Asana Hyuga was not a naturally born Ōtsutsuki Clan member, her bloodline and physical features now undoubtedly marked her as an Ōtsutsuki Clan member.
Being defeated by a fellow clan member, Takegami Ōtsutsuki didn't feel any shame.
In the Land of Rain, a spatial rift appeared, and Takegami Ōtsutsuki emerged from it, appearing before Nagato and Obito.
Surprisingly, Takegami Ōtsutsuki's injuries had completely recovered, including the horn on his head that Minato Namikaze had cut off, and his Chakra volume had also recovered, as if he hadn't experienced the previous battle at all.
The only difference was that the Rinnegan on Takegami Ōtsutsuki's forehead was closed.
Nagato and Obito had been with Takegami Ōtsutsuki for some time and had a basic understanding of his abilities.
Both were surprised to see Takegami Ōtsutsuki's Rinnegan closed.
"What did you go do? How did you even use the power of your Rinnegan?" Nagato asked.
Takegami Ōtsutsuki shook his head, indicating he didn't want to say more.
"Who could force you to use your Rinnegan's power? Uchiha En?"
"No, she's like my kin! Although she's self-taught, she's really powerful, and she also possesses power similar to that Yakushi Kabuto in your organization," Takegami Ōtsutsuki said.
"Are you talking about Asana Hyuga?"
"Yes."
"So you went to Konoha?" Obito pressed.
"That's right."
Nagato and Obito were both surprised by this. Why would Takegami Ōtsutsuki go to Konoha?
Nagato calmly said, "Asana Hyuga is a contractor of Ryūchi Cave, just like Yakushi Kabuto. It's not strange for her to use Natural Energy."
"Hmph! What a disgusting Village. But this trip to Konoha wasn't without gains. I confirmed one thing."
"What is it?" Obito asked.
"The people of Konoha Village, not just Uchiha En and Asana Hyuga, but also their high-ranking officials, know of our clan's existence and are already on guard against us," Takegami Ōtsutsuki replied.
Nagato exchanged glances with Obito and then asked, "Then do we need to change our plan?"
"No, let's stick to what we discussed before! I will deal with the people of Konoha." With that, Takegami Ōtsutsuki turned and left.
Returning to Konoha, after Asana Hyuga forced Takegami Ōtsutsuki to retreat, she gathered the clan heads of the various prominent families in the Village and shared information about Takegami Ōtsutsuki with them.
This was something Uchiha En had been doing before.
Uchiha En had already revealed matters related to the Ōtsutsuki Clan to the various prominent families, and he claimed that everything he was doing now was to resist the Ōtsutsuki Clan's invasion, making it seem perfectly legitimate.
This invasion of Konoha by Takegami Ōtsutsuki further showed the prominent families the power of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and they became even more supportive of Uchiha En's decision.
Now the only problem facing them was how to resist the Ōtsutsuki Clan's invasion.
After the meeting with the various Konoha families, Asana Hyuga rushed to Sound Village and informed Uchiha En and Orochimaru about Takegami Ōtsutsuki's invasion of Konoha, and she took out the pill.
The pill was reddish-black in color and looked unremarkable.
But Nijo's eyes lit up when he saw the pill. He controlled his Chakra to transform into a small cat, jumped onto Asana Hyuga's arm, snatched the pill, examined it for a moment, sniffed it, and then popped it into his mouth.
Uchiha En and Asana Hyuga watched Nijo curiously. Neither of them stopped Nijo from eating the pill; instead, they were very much looking forward to Nijo's changes after eating it.
But after a long time, Nijo showed no change from inside or out. Asana Hyuga couldn't help but ask Nijo, "Nijo, do you feel anything?"
Nijo shook his head.
"Not a single feeling?" Uchiha En asked.
Nijo shook his head again.
Asana Hyuga regretted letting Nijo eat it. "Can you give the pill back to me?"
Nijo rubbed his belly, then shook his head.
Asana Hyuga's face darkened, and just as she was about to get angry, Nijo quickly said, "Actually, it's not completely without feeling. This pill tastes pretty good, and the power it contains is also very strong. The only problem is that the quantity is too small, so it has no effect on me."
"Then why did you eat it? If it has no effect on you, maybe it has an effect on others."
Nijo heard this and said somewhat indignantly, "You didn't stop me then, and you kept staring at me. You clearly wanted me to eat it yourself."
Asana Hyuga was speechless upon hearing this.
"Alright, alright! It's just one pill! I also found the method for condensing this pill in Otsutsuki Urashiki's memories. We can try it if we get the chance later," Uchiha En said.
After hearing Uchiha En's words, Asana Hyuga sighed and didn't pursue it further. She then changed the subject and said, "En, don't you think Takegami Ōtsutsuki's timing for going to the Village was a bit too coincidental?"
"What do you mean?"
"First, Minato-senpai and Kushina-senpai were trapped by what seemed to be divine power. Then you went to rescue them, allowing them to rest for a while. After that, you left the Village to research the divine power, and finally, Takegami Ōtsutsuki came to the Village, wanting to seize the Nine-Tails within Kushina-senpai."
"You mean all of this was designed by Takegami?"
"Yes, it's very likely. Takegami knew that Minato-senpai and Kushina-senpai were looking for Kaguya's dimension, so he deliberately set up this dimension to lure them in.
I think if you hadn't gone fast enough, Takegami Ōtsutsuki would have already made a move against Kushina-senpai in that dimension.
And he went to Konoha because he was sure you wouldn't be researching divine power in the Village."
After hearing Asana Hyuga's analysis, Uchiha En thought it was very plausible.
However, Uchiha En couldn't figure out why Obito and Nagato didn't tell him if Takegami Ōtsutsuki had such an action.
In fact, the two of them didn't know about this, which could be seen from their conversation with Takegami Ōtsutsuki just now.
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