"A spaceship capable of traveling through space?!"
At those words, Minato Namikaze's voice jumped an octave.
He turned to look at the massive, streamlined biological construct outside the window.
This had completely surpassed the limits of understanding for a seven-year-old civilian orphan.
In his world, the most advanced form of transportation was a Chakra train, and the farthest place imaginable was the border of the Land of Fire.
And now someone was telling him that spaceships capable of traveling through space actually existed?
"Haha! Hard to understand, right?"
Seeing Minato Namikaze's astonished expression, Hiruko walked over and vigorously ruffled his golden hair, laughing loudly.
He had worn the very same expression when he first heard about this plan—
"Above the clouds lies an absolute vacuum without even oxygen.
There is no gravity, temperatures low enough to freeze steel solid in an instant, and cosmic radiation capable of roasting ordinary people into charcoal.
Even someone with the First's physique wouldn't last more than a few minutes if they were thrown into that environment."
Hiruko continued explaining.
Minato swallowed and began imagining what space looked like.
"But the Otsutsuki are different. They're monsters who crossed the sea of stars.
Their physical strength and the way their Chakra naturally circulates allow them to withstand the extreme conditions of outer space.
Lord Orochimaru extracted active matter from the remnants of the God Tree, fused it with Otsutsuki cells, rewove the genetic sequence, and finally created this super lifeform capable of long-distance space travel."
Hiruko rose to his feet, spreading his arms wide as he spoke with fervent excitement. "Lord Orochimaru's gaze passed beyond this continent's borders long ago, beyond the meaningless infighting of those ninja villages.
What Orochimaru sees is the distant future—a future where humanity, where the life on this planet, can one