Dawn broke on the horizon,
and a red sun slowly rose from the mountain peaks of the eastern land, banishing the darkness that shrouded the earth and bringing light to the world.
The sun had come out, but...
the people on the earth had not awakened from their slumber.
In order to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu had dragged everyone in the entire world into the illusionary realm of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, using that method to reclaim the chakra scattered throughout the ninja world.
Because of this, the entire world had fallen into an eerie and deathly silence.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura Ōtsutsuki gripped black Six Paths Khakkharas in their hands, their bodies poised in defensive stances, their eyes filled with thinly veiled wariness and dread.
Following the direction of their gaze, one could see a figure standing empty-handed in the void with his back to them ahead. The silvery-white radiance emitted by his entire body made it impossible to see his face, revealing only his slender, well-proportioned physique as straight as a javelin.
His physique was absolute perfection!
If his height were even a fraction shorter, his power would be severely compromised. If his height were even a fraction taller, his power would suffer wastage.
Had his muscles been a fraction more, they would have appeared bulky and redundant. Had they been a fraction less, they would have seemed lacking in strength.
This was a proportioned figure that balanced both strength and agility to the utmost degree.
He did not emit the overbearing dominance of one looking down upon the world, nor the oppressive aura of a charming yet evil fiend; there was only a composure that suggested everything was completely under control.
As the nine Tailed Beasts, whose mountainous physiques had wreaked havoc across the ninja world for