Somewhere beneath the Land of Fire, inside an underground base bright as day, Hyuga Tamamo slowly opened her eyes.
Letting out a long breath, she leaned back in the soft chair behind her, her gaze narrowing slightly as she contemplated something.
The Akatsuki meeting had just ended. She had mobilized most of their combat strength, preparing to surround and kill Otsutsuki Kinshiki the next time he appeared.
Shin was currently inside the world of the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. Time flowed differently there than it did outside, and Tamamo had no idea when he would return.
If Shin had been here, she would not have chosen to mobilize Akatsuki's forces, because that was not the best option.
However, even without Shin, she had her own methods. Anyone who thought she would simply wait to die was vastly underestimating this princess of the Hyuga.
Back in the Warring States Period, even with the Three Gods shining so brilliantly, she had still possessed a light of her own.
She had a rough understanding of Otsutsuki Kinshiki's strength. He was on roughly the same level as her. Under those circumstances, if Akatsuki's experts could be positioned in ambush and the preparations completed in advance, killing him was not impossible.
After all, even Obito Uchiha, who had reached the Six Paths Level in the original story, had only held an advantage against Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke, and the Reanimated Hokage. His initial instant kills had merely been the Hokage testing him while relying on their Reanimated bodies, and in the end, he had even been defeated by Naruto and Sasuke working together.
To a certain extent, a pseudo-Six Paths Level—or rather, an entry-level Six Paths Level—could have its gap bridged through sheer numbers of powerful fighters.
And Tamamo knew very well that neither she nor Otsutsuki Kinshiki had