Teigu World, Noah.
"You said King Enma was likely injured over in the Shinobi World's Pure Land?"
Having returned to the living room sofa, Imu was quite surprised after hearing the good news from Little Enma.
"Yes! Yes! Since part of King Enma's power is inside me, as long as I'm in the Underworld, I can vaguely sense these things."
Little Enma nodded repeatedly.
Her short, pale legs swung excitedly back and forth.
"If that's true, then didn't Enma lose to Hamura Otsutsuki?"
Imu did not know whether this was good news or bad.
"Lord Imu, can we start preparing the plan we settled on before?"
Little Enma's expectant gaze fixed on Imu.
Only after pondering for a long time did he answer. "Based on what you said, an Underworld Lord like King Enma would not truly die even if he died in battle outside."
"Only if his opponent pursued him to the Underworld here on Sea Star and killed him again while he was severely wounded would his soul be utterly scattered and he would be completely annihilated."
"But what if Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki from the Shinobi World comes after us then?"
Tilting her head, Little Enma said, "That is indeed possible. But judging from how long King Enma has been deadlocked with him, the gap in their strength is actually not great. The Sage of Six Paths from the Shinobi World was probably injured too, so he might not come knocking immediately."
Imu asked blandly, "Even so, how do you plan to deal with Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, who could attack at any moment?"
"This..."
Little Enma was momentarily speechless.
Indeed.
Even if they successfully dealt with King Enma.
The person who would face the Sage of Six Paths next would become her.
"So, if we want to take over King