He paused, looking at the Ten-Tails.
"I began preparing for this scene long ago, back when I was collecting Tailed Beast Chakra in the Shinobi World.
"And all of you were laughably fixated on the complete Tailed Beasts before your eyes and the Ten-Tails they had become, completely giving up on even considering the possibility that I might have created another Ten-Tails."
Minamoto Takuya's words struck like thunder, exploding in everyone's hearts.
This had far exceeded the scope of their understanding of ninjutsu.
Kaguya's gaze turned incomparably grave. She finally understood that the danger posed by the opponent before her far surpassed her imagination.
"So that's it..."
The Sage of Six Paths murmured, instantly understanding Minamoto Takuya's inconceivable plan.
The moment he decided to use the Reverse Chimera Technique to merge into Kaguya's body and plunder her, Minamoto Takuya had made the most thorough separation possible!
He had not only stripped away the core of his own power, he had even forcibly separated the Ten-Tails hidden inside his body, using this black Susanoo as a vessel and barrier to "store" it safely!
Those eyes, too, had been transferred to an absolutely safe place in advance when he activated the Reverse Chimera Technique, completely cutting off any possibility of Kaguya absorbing and using all of his power within the Consciousness Space!
"Cunning! Despicable!!" Black Zetsu's thoughts roared madly. "He was guarding against Mother from the very beginning! He had a backup plan from the start!!"
No wonder the Collector had not cared at all about the Ten-Tails' appearance earlier. So the most fundamental source was here.
With the Collector's strength, he could absolutely have taken this Ten-Tails for himself as well, but he had not. Instead, he had allowed them to fight over it like clowns.
Because he already had a