The Ōtsutsuki: The New Scapegoats

After hearing Obito reveal the Otsutsuki Clan's true goal, the audience outside fell silent for a moment.

"Wait, is that true? It kind of feels true."

Konohamaru scratched his head.

After all, Obito's description of the Ōtsutsuki fit not only the Engraved Tsukuyomi World, but the Real Shinobi World too.

"Of course it's false, Konohamaru. Don't be so gullible."

Seeing that Konohamaru couldn't tell Genjutsu from reality, Kakashi hurried to explain. "The real Ōtsutsuki aren't that kind. You can think of them as plant fanatics, but their crimes go far beyond that. They also—"

"But isn't wiping out everyone who isn't a plant fanatic evil enough?

I remember you saying that whenever the Ōtsutsuki reach a planet, they plant a God Tree, drain that world's life force, and destroy it.

The end result sounds the same, doesn't it?

Maybe the Otsutsuki Clan only says that to hide its real goal."

Konohamaru gave his opinion.

And he had a point.

Kakashi hesitated. Then he thought about what Obito had done in the Engraved Tsukuyomi World, and realization struck.

"Konohamaru, I get it now. Listen—

Obito in the Engraved Tsukuyomi World might not actually know the Otsutsuki Clan's goal. To rally Minato-sensei in that world, he deliberately made their goal the very thing Minato-sensei feared.

In other words, their real goal doesn't matter. If the outcome they're after is the death of every living thing, we can assign them any motive that helps unite people against them.

For Minato-sensei, whose tastes are just the way he was born, the Otsutsuki Clan's goal is to wipe out everyone with any other preference.

For the Akimichi Clan, we can say that the plant-obsessed Ōtsutsuki want to kill everyone who doesn't appreciate the culinary delights of 'fertilizer.'

For the Inuzuka Clan, the Ōtsutsuki allow only