There was nothing more for the Shinigami to do next, so, as if undoing a summoning jutsu, the Shinigami reminded him not to forget their previous agreement, then returned to the Pure Land on his own.
Of course, as a high-level summoning jutsu that could cross the boundary between life and death, the contract the Shinigami Clan had signed with the Uzumaki Clan back then had not been an equal one.
When they summoned a Shinigami, they did not have the authority to dismiss the summoning on their own, and they also had to offer up their own soul as a sacrifice.
It was just like how Manda demanded living sacrifices from Orochimaru every time he appeared.
The only difference was that Orochimaru and Manda's arrangement was merely a verbal agreement, while the Shinigami and the Uzumaki Clan had written that mandatory rule into the contract itself.
But then again, all contracts could be negotiated, and it also depended on who was doing the negotiating.
In any case, after some discussion, Araki did not need to pay any price for it.
Just then, Araki suddenly felt tremors running through the ground beneath his feet, as if he were on a ship pitching amid ocean waves.
"What's going on?"
He rose into the air, rapidly ascending skyward.
As far as the eye could see, the small Floating Island being used as the Artificial Sun was collapsing.
Chunks of stone and buildings broke away from the island's main body under the pull of gravity, smashing down below.
"The Floating Island is caving in? Could it be because I absorbed the Great Tenseigan?"
Araki instantly guessed the reason. "I need to hurry and bring Otsutsuki—pah, no, Toneri Kaguya out. And while I'm at it, I have to gather some materials for Sasori too."