Talking About Love with Kaguya

Hearing that Gigue intended to deal with Isshiki, Kaguya was naturally overjoyed. If there was anyone in the Otsutsuki Clan she feared most, it was undoubtedly Isshiki.

According to the Otsutsuki Clan's rules, members sent out to plant trees usually worked in pairs, with a clear hierarchy between them. The superior could freely enjoy the Chakra Fruit, while the inferior—the so-called guardian—was merely a consumable, nourishment for the Ten-Tails.

Kaguya had held precisely that role back then. She was meant to become nutrients for the Ten-Tails, then be transformed into a Chakra Fruit and devoured completely by Isshiki. To put it more grimly, not even scraps of her would have remained in the end, since pure-blooded Otsutsuki did not excrete.

Kaguya was not a guardian like Kinshiki, who was utterly devoted to Momoshiki. From the very beginning, she had refused to accept the ending already written for her. In her eyes, since resisting or not resisting led to the same outcome, she might as well resist.

And so she succeeded—far more smoothly than expected. Isshiki had not even had time to fight back before being devoured by the Ten-Tails. Moreover, the planet they had found possessed incredibly abundant life energy, and with Isshiki, such premium Otsutsuki material, the Chakra Fruit borne by that Ten-Tails was of the highest quality. Perhaps that was the appeal of going all in.

After eating the Chakra Fruit, Kaguya immediately obtained power she had never even dared dream of before. Yet the stronger she became, the more uneasy she felt, because she knew she had broken the Otsutsuki Clan's rules. Sooner or later, the Otsutsuki Clan would come to settle the score with her.

No matter how high the quality of that Chakra Fruit was, she could never stand against the entire Otsutsuki Clan. Having