Jigen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki

In the Shinobi World, in a secluded Temple.

A man dressed in strange clothes, with his head shaved on both sides and a long Braid in the middle, sat on a cushion.

He looked like a monk, but he was holding a glass of Wine.

The man's name is Jigen, the vessel chosen by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. After the wedge was planted, it parasitized his body and controlled his consciousness. In other words, Jigen has now become Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

"You've recovered for so long, it's time to get some exercise."

"The will of Kaguya Otsutsuki we could sense before has disappeared for half a year. It seems that she is truly dead this time."

"Damn Kaguya, how dare she steal the Chakra Fruit, ambush me, and feed me to the Ten-Tails."

"Gulp."

He downed the glass of Wine in one gulp.

Suddenly, the Wine in his hand vanished into thin air.

"But who planted that Ten-Tails...? It was planted before Kaguya Otsutsuki and I even arrived."

"But this is good, it allows me to cultivate a second Ten-Tails even without capturing other Tailed Beast."

Jigen stood up, and a black Portal opened before her.

He stepped inside.

They then found themselves in an Other Dimension.

Within this Other Dimension, there are two sets of strange symbols on the corners of Otsutsuki.

Aside from the pair of Kaguya Otsutsuki and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, there was another pair whose symbols had been destroyed and were no longer legible.

"Tread."

Jigen landed on a platform that resembled Altar.

There are open spaces around it, and you can see that there is a deep pit below the Altar.

Inside, there was a one-eyed creature!

"Roar--"

The moment the creature sensed Jigen, it opened its eyes and stared at him with greedy eyes.

"Want to eat me? Sorry, now I'm the only one who can eat you."

Jigen looked calmly at the one-eyed creature, which was actually the Small Ten-Tails!

He stretched out his right hand towards Small Ten-Tails.

With its palm open, it quickly absorbed Chakra from the Small Ten-Tails.

After being absorbed, the Small Ten-Tails fox's wide-open eye gradually dimmed and soon closed again.

Jigen clenched his fist, feeling the power surging through his body.

"Go to sleep first, I'll bring you other Otsutsuki to eat."

"I can already sense it; a new Otsutsuki substitute has been born on this planet."

"Although they are inferior beings, it is quite rare for two of them to have Bloodline Evolution. I will bring them to feed you."

After saying that, Jigen left this Other Dimension.

Soon, on the Stone Tablet cluster that previously bore the Otsutsuki symbol, two similar clusters gradually emerged on a nearby Stone Tablet, though they were very shallow, extremely shallow.

It is practically imperceptible.

Konoha Village.

Kanami opened his eyes, glanced at Hinata Hyuga was fast asleep beside him, and tried to call out to her softly.

Hinata.

Hinata:...

Seeing that Hinata didn't react, Kanami quietly got out of bed and got dressed.

They tiptoed to the outside of the room.

"Flying Thunder God Technique"

After a slight ripple in space, Kanami appeared on the village signboard at the top of the Konoha Village Entrance.

"It's a strange feeling. If I'm not mistaken, that aura is very similar to that of the Otsutsuki... Otsutsuki Toneri had a similar aura."

Kanami murmured softly.

Then he closed his eyes.

A red ring appeared on her forehead.

After entering Sage Mode, activate Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

Mind's Eye of the Kagura, which originally had a range of only about ten kilometers, was enhanced by Sage Mode.

It instantly expanded to a distance sufficient to cover the entire Land of Fire.

Even so, he still couldn't catch that familiar aura again.

He instantly activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting to another location and allowing his Mind's Eye of the Kagura to cover other countries.

"..."

After several minutes of teleportation and sensing, there was still no progress.

"Strange, have I been having nightmares about this lately?"

Just as Kanami got up to put away Mind's Eye of the Kagura, he suddenly sensed a strange aura appearing briefly at the place where he had previously subdued the Three-Tails.

"That's the aura, Otsutsuki."

Kanami decisively used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rush directly to the lake where the Three-Tails was located, which was near the Land of Water.

"Whoosh!"

A ripple spread through space, Kanami appeared above the sea level.

"You're that inferior creature who Bloodline Advancement, aren't you? I didn't expect you to be so perceptive."

As soon as Kanami appeared, a magnetic voice rang out.

A figure, just like him, was also suspended in the air.

Jigen!

Kanami's pupils changed.

He had been preparing for this day for a long time, but he never knew when it would come. If things went smoothly and he did nothing, it would be more than ten years from now.

But if he does nothing, it also means that, in the very likely case, even after the Otsutsuki appear fifteen years later, he will be unable to prevent anything.

But now that Jigen was standing right in front of him, he still felt a little nervous.

"The way you're looking at me makes it seem like you know me."

Jigen looked at Kanami with her small eyes and whispered.

"Call..."

Kanami let out a long breath, feeling much calmer.

Why are you here?

"Interesting. You didn't ask who I am. It seems you really know of my existence. You seem to be quite different from other inferior beings."

Jigen said calmly.

"I am a monk named Jigen."

Kanami said, "Monks who can live for a thousand years are very rare."

"Inferior creature, it seems you know a lot, even things from thousands of years ago..."

Jigen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You were one of the previous Otsutsuki? No, you don't have the aura of a Karma seal. You're not Otsutsuki. How strange. Are you a child born from Otsutsuki and other inhabitants of this planet?"

"I know a lot, including you, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki."

Kanami directly called out names.

The main reason was that he knew the abilities of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Daikokuten, and Sukunahikona, both of which were extremely difficult to deal with.

Given his current abilities, it's uncertain whether I can handle this situation. It would be safer to directly intimidate him and seek out his weaknesses.

Sure enough, when he mentioned the name Ōtsutsuki Isshiki behind Jigen, the other party's expression visibly stiffened.

"You know I am Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?"

Jigen fell into deep thought.

He had only come to see if those two inferior creatures were enough to replace the Otsutsuki as nourishment for the Small Ten-Tails.

It now appears that the other party knew more than he had imagined.

There's only one possibility for someone their age to know so much.

The other party was either an Otsutsuki reborn through the Karma Reincarnation technique, or a descendant of Otsutsuki, who passed this information down.

The Chakra Fruit allowed Kaguya Otsutsuki to instantly gain immortality after consuming it suggests that the two Otsutsuki were not necessarily of low status...

"May I have your name?"

Jigen looked up at Kanami and asked.

Kanami thought for a moment and then said, "Me? Isshiki Otsutsuki."