In a distant alternate space, there was nothing but grayish-white desolation and deathly silence. The Sage of Six Paths and his brother watched everything unfolding in the mirror without a word.
"To think he has grown to this extent without anyone noticing. God's Space—perhaps, in a sense, it truly is a space that only a god can control," the Sage of Six Paths remarked with a sigh.
Otsutsuki Hamura remained as calm as ever. "There are flaws. It isn't an invincible technique. Momoshiki, on the other hand, should be stronger than this. I have the feeling that he is much weaker than he was back then."
Watching the mirror, the Sage of Six Paths gave a soft laugh. "I feel the same way. But we'll know what's going on if we keep watching. If Momoshiki has truly weakened to the level he's displaying now, then if he dies at Uchiha Shin's hands, we will have nothing to say."
Inside Otsutsuki Momoshiki's alternate space.
"It seems I underestimated you from the start. I admit it—you are now qualified to fight me," Otsutsuki Momoshiki said coldly, his icy gaze fixed on Shin.
A faint smile curled at Shin's lips. "No, it seems I overestimated you from the start. If what you've shown is your full strength, then your chances of survival are slim."
"Is that so?" Otsutsuki Momoshiki neither confirmed nor denied it, showing no intention of arguing.
He pointed one hand toward the sky. A purple spear condensed in his grasp, and he hurled it straight at Shin.
"Are you joking with me?" Shin chuckled as the Yin-Yang Release sword in his hand slashed out. A blade of sword qi tore through the air and collided with the spear in an instant. Flames burst skyward, and thick smoke billowed out, obscuring