"I'm not joking!" Shinji said seriously. "Ōtsutsuki Isshiki—or rather, the Otsutsuki Clan—isn't the true threat to the Shinobi World. At least, they're not the threat right in front of us. The Shinobi World is facing another enormous threat, and if we can't hold it back, the entire world will be destroyed!"
Amado froze.
Orochimaru said, "The Upper Moon demons?"
Shinji glanced at Orochimaru.
He hadn't told Orochimaru anything about the Overlords, but Orochimaru had clearly sensed something.
That wasn't surprising. During the previous four Shinobi World Wars, Upper Moon One had appeared out of nowhere and caught both sides off guard. Then a Fake 'Itachi Uchiha' had turned the Shinobi World upside down. Given Orochimaru's keen instincts, it was only natural that he'd noticed something was amiss.
Amado found it difficult to accept, but he understood that "A" had no reason to toy with him. So he asked bluntly, "What do you need me to do?"
"Research Divine Techniques!" Shinji paused, then continued, "I've already found that mysterious Otsutsuki corpse. I need you to keep studying it and uncover the secrets of the Divine Techniques hidden within!"
Back when he'd still been at the Six Paths level, his strength hadn't been much greater than Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's. So Shinji had cautiously taken the same approach as Isshiki and kept his distance from Divine Techniques for the time being.
Now, Shinji had consumed a Chakra Fruit. And if he also counted the Divine Tree—the important "legacy" he'd inherited from Kaguya Otsutsuki—his current strength was equal to, or even greater than, Kaguya's before she gave birth to the brothers Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
Even if Kaguya Otsutsuki broke free and revived right now, he was confident he could defeat her. That was why he'd turned his attention to Divine Techniques.
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