"Say whatever you want. I can tell you're a novice, so I'll teach you how two people discuss the Dao."
Kitahara Kaede spoke calmly.
"I, too, was once a supreme powerhouse."
A powerhouse, yes—but only the strongest in the ninja world.
Compared to this vast universe, the ninja world...
Was utterly insignificant.
Not to mention Kitahara Kaede's current strength.
And the way Kitahara Kaede spoke now...
Nearly made Ōtsutsuki Koto laugh.
She did not believe him.
Meanwhile, Ōtsutsuki Hi narrowed his eyes.
He knew that Kitahara Kaede possessed a supreme inheritance.
But after hearing what Kitahara Kaede had just said...
He was completely stunned.
Because Kitahara Kaede was practically saying that this inheritance belonged to him.
That he himself was a powerhouse who stood at the pinnacle.
Ōtsutsuki Koto did not believe it. If the villagers had been here, they certainly would not have believed it either.
But Ōtsutsuki Hi believed him.
Because he had experienced the feeling of being utterly crushed.
With one casual movement, Kitahara Kaede had shattered his full-power killing move.
That kind of world-shaking might...
Could only belong to that kind of existence.
Greed rose in Ōtsutsuki Hi's heart.
He did not deliberately suppress it.
Then, the sky suddenly darkened.
And then it abruptly brightened.
A great sun rose into the sky, filling the heavens with brilliant crimson light.
Above Ōtsutsuki Hi's head, a thick layer of clouds appeared.
They spiraled downward, covering him like an inverted bowl.
The oppressive pressure was overwhelming.
At that moment, a Dao Sound that shook the heart suddenly rang within everyone's minds.
"Who triggered the curse of Extreme Evil?"
Ōtsutsuki Hi, who stood directly beneath the clouds, came to his senses at that moment.
The greed in his eyes faded away as well.
Yet everything in the sky remained.
When