"What are you doing!?" Second Pillar demanded coldly.
"What am I doing? Didn't I just kill Ueno Kei? Isn't that what you wanted too? He was an obstacle to our plan!" The man spoke nonchalantly, but the faintly smug look in his eyes truly revealed just how pleased he was with himself.
Second Pillar's gaze darkened, and a faint killing intent even radiated from his body.
"What? You want to kill me? But without me, how are you going to deal with that woman? Sure, you have Hagoromo's power strengthening you, but can you guarantee that you'll defeat and seal that woman again with absolute certainty?" A trace of disdain appeared at the corner of the man's lips as he sneered coldly.
"But things are different with me. Not only can we defeat her perfectly, but this time, we won't need to risk her breaking free from the seal again someday. We can kill her for real and make Kaguya Otsutsuki—the calamity that brings this world to its end—vanish from this world completely! Isn't that a much better choice, Second Pillar?" The man's mocking smile grew increasingly apparent, while Sasuke's imposing aura gradually receded.
Looking at the silent Second Pillar, the man laughed smugly to himself. Before this, he might still have been constrained by Sasuke, and he had even feared Hagoromo finding out. By joining forces with Sasuke, he had also allowed Sasuke to enhance his own abilities and conceal himself from Hagoromo Otsutsuki's perception.
But now things were different. Having devoured Ueno Kei, he no longer feared anyone. Even tearing off all pretenses with Second Pillar now would not matter. Even if Hagoromo discovered him, neither his power nor the true identity of the other remnant consciousness within him would fear Hagoromo!
And his goal, his ambition, had