The golden blade plunged viciously into the ground, and strange waves radiated outward.
The earth began to tremble. The temple slowly collapsed, and a fissure suddenly appeared beneath Araki's feet before splitting apart and radiating into the distance.
The tremors grew stronger and stronger until, in the end, the entire planet seemed to shake along with them.
Crack~ Crack~
Out in the starry sky, Imu and Kaguya watched as deep ravines began appearing across the surface of the Otsutsuki Homeworld, spreading from the inside out as though something were trying to break free from the planet's core.
In the end, amid the imagined sound of an explosion, the entire Homeworld completely shattered.
"Whew~"
Kaguya sighed in relief at the sight, gently stroking the obedient Ten-Tails in her arms, while a flash of vengeful satisfaction crossed Imu's eyes.
A short while later, Araki returned to the Uranus spacecraft.
"That's done. Let's go back."
The Shinobi World.
Three years had passed since Mist Village unified the Shinobi World.
Over those three years, the greatest change had been the large-scale, organized migration of citizens from the Lands of Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Water into the Land of Fire.
It was migration, not a flood of people, because this had been ordered by Araki, with dedicated personnel overseeing it.
After all, the Shinobi World was still a vast land with a sparse population. The Land of Fire occupied the central region's largest and most fertile territories. Even though it had originally possessed a large population, it still could not truly make use of all that land. Vast tracts remained unused or wasted.
This stood in stark contrast to the land of the other four nations. Even with exhaustive development, those places could barely support many people, especially the Land of Wind.
Thus,