Huff~ huff~
Gusts of wind swept wildly, howling without end. Fine yellow sand shifted across the ground. Beneath the blood moon overhead, glowing with "full bars," the scene looked uncanny, as if a ghost king had descended upon the world.
The swelling "sphere" was now coated in a slick, writhing layer of black liquid, its surface covered in long, fluttering hair.
Slowly,
the swelling sphere shrank, gradually taking the shape of a human woman.
But bizarrely, horns jutted upward from her head. And in the middle of her forehead was another Rinne Sharingan!
A moment later, the woman-shaped figure finally finished taking form.
She had pale skin and long blue-white hair. She had no eyebrows, and her features were delicate and beautiful. She wore a white robe patterned with black Tomoe, and her eyes were Byakugan.
This was none other than the true progenitor of Chakra in the Ninja World, Hagoromo and Hamura's mother—Kaguya Otsutsuki!
Her hair was absurdly long, enough to make one wonder whether it might serve some other purpose.
For instance, if she got "in the mood" out in the wilderness and wanted to engage in a bit of primal wrestling with a male, her hair could spread across the ground like a bed, providing a suitably soft surface for the fight.
Having just awakened after being sealed away for so many years, Kaguya Otsutsuki still looked somewhat dazed.
But Black Zetsu, hidden in her sleeve, cried out with unrestrained excitement. "Mother!"
"Pull yourself together! We have to deal with that guy over there first and take back the Tailed Beast power inside him!"
Kaguya Otsutsuki first lowered her gaze to Black Zetsu. She naturally remembered this "son" she had "given birth" to at the very last moment.
When Kaguya Otsutsuki turned to look at the enemy