Ōtsutsuki Isshiki climbed to his feet, unable to hide his shock. "Impossible! How could this be?"
Though he knew little about A, the A he had just fought was unquestionably a fighter on the Six Paths level.
There was no way to fake that!
He had secretly seen B several times. Among the Shinobi World's many ninja, B was indeed one of the very best, but he absolutely wasn't on the Six Paths level. Unless...
Karma!
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki suddenly froze as a possibility occurred to him!
Holding Karin's hand, Shinji said gently, "Get some rest. I'll take care of the rest!"
"Please be careful!"
Karin passed out as soon as she finished speaking.
Shinji slowly got to his feet and looked toward Ōtsutsuki Isshiki in the distance.
He had to admit, Isshiki's current state was worse than he'd expected. Karin and Toneri had far exceeded their mission objectives.
Unlike the situation in the original timeline, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had completed his reincarnation and returned to peak condition. He wasn't in the parasitic state he'd been in before completing reincarnation in the original timeline. So Shinji had to assume Isshiki was as powerful and resourceful as possible.
That was why Shinji had devised this strategy around the Tamatsukuri Spear, the dojutsu Karin awakened with her Six Tomoe Rinnegan.
On one hand, Toneri was an inside man who could ensure they caught Isshiki off guard. On the other, even if they found themselves in a desperate situation, Karin could use the Tamatsukuri Spear to turn the tide.
So even if Karin and Toneri working together couldn't defeat Isshiki, this strategy could still reveal his hidden trump cards and wear him down.
And just as expected, the strategy had worked extremely well!
Isshiki had been completely fooled. First, Toneri had caught him off guard,