The Otsutsuki on the Moon · The End

The branch family members guarding the Tenseigan watched Aoike in his intoxicated, self-absorbed state. First came disbelief, then veins bulged on their foreheads, and their pale skin flushed a deep, angry red.

"What kind of joke is this!"

From the Ninja World to the moon, he had slaughtered their clan until they were nearly extinct! And it wasn't to stop them from destroying the world or to seize the Tenseigan.

It was just to kill a "future" that hadn't even grown up yet?

Even if this person was the closest to their ancestor, it was unforgivable!

"I will make you understand how magnificent the power gathered from the descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki truly is."

"For your arrogance,"

"Pay the price!"

They formed hand seals, and a massive number of chakra tentacles surged through the rock crevices, intertwining in the air to form thick chains that shot toward Aoike.

Reflected in his Sharingan, Aoike's figure navigated the gaps between death, precisely finding every path.

As his retreat was continuously blocked, Aoike tentatively slashed at a chain with a kunai.

Smoother than a knife through tofu, the kunai passed through the chain as if it were cutting through air.

While he was still reeling from the shock, his lower leg was grazed by one of the chains.

Immune to physical attacks?

It was more than that.

These chains also had the effect of sealing chakra.

Because the chakra meridians in his lower leg were sealed, Aoike's agile movements began to grow sluggish.

Having tested out some information regarding the chakra chains, Aoike realized that dodging was meaningless and decisively activated Susanoo.

As expected, in this legend of eyes, the priority of ocular power was much higher.

The chakra chains were blocked outside the Susanoo, and the two were finally able to make direct contact.

Aoike manipulated the Susanoo to tear apart a handful of chains, but more emerged from all directions to entangle him.

The Tenseigan manipulator in the distance remained completely calm; time was on his side.

He formed a few hand seals, and the chaotic chakra chains became orderly, beginning to circle around the Susanoo.

No matter how Aoike attacked, he could not break through.

"Secret Technique: Heavenly Restriction!"

The chains crossed and sank into the void. Aoike's heart jolted, his pupils contracted sharply, and he felt as if everything around him had solidified in an instant.

Under this lockdown, even lifting his arm became incredibly difficult, and the flow of chakra within his body nearly stagnated.

The Otsutsuki manipulating the Tenseigan curled his lips.

Finally!

The moment of judgment had arrived.

By utilizing the clan's forbidden techniques, the Tenseigan, and the power of the remaining clansmen, this demon was finally going to die.

Even if the Tenseigan wasn't yet strong enough to destroy the Ninja World, wiping a country off the face of the earth was easy.

Under his guidance, the Tenseigan lit up once more, and the people linked to it vomited blood.

A massive amount of chakra was absorbed by the Tenseigan, and after their desperate efforts, a golden light bloomed.

In that moment, Aoike felt the scent of death once again.

It was like the suffocation he felt when he first joined Root, wrapped in the shadow of death.

Boom!

The golden torrent passed through his body.

The outermost layer of Susanoo was pierced through as easily as a chopstick through tofu.

A gaping hole was torn through his chest.

In his hazy vision, he saw the Otsutsuki's wild laughter.

In his trance, he thought of the dark Danzo, the aging Sarutobi, the Toneri he had just killed, Ikki, the evil Hiashi... and a frail little Byakugan mushroom.

In the silence of death, a small bonfire, resembling a soul, illuminated the path ahead.

The person who had once given him a new life and allowed him to see this desperate world clearly was sitting quietly by the bonfire, waiting for his arrival...

Aoike's consciousness remained at the intersection of life and death.

However, the situation in the outside world shifted once again. While the Tenseigan's energy brought death as it pierced Aoike's body, it also contained the spark of life.

If he hadn't refined Toneri, Aoike would never have had a chance to turn the tables.

But now, Aoike's Otsutsuki factor had a priority far above them all!

Energy, channeled in such a crude manner, unexpectedly allowed Aoike to link with the Tenseigan.

His reinforced body swayed between destruction and rebirth.

Awakening from the brink of death, Aoike's gaze sharpened as a massive, surging torrent of ocular power was fully unleashed for the first time!

Initial skeletal frame → Half-body skeleton → Half-body musculature

→ Tengu Form!

It was just like the trump card Uchiha Itachi used in the final moments of his life in the anime.

Silver-white armor emitted a cold gleam, with a conical gemstone embedded at the crown.

"Damn it!"

"You devil, give up your resistance!"

"Just die obediently!"

One by one, the crazed Otsutsuki held nothing back, exhausting their very life force just to kill Aoike once and for all.

The golden torrent, which had previously stalled, was pushed forward by their sacrifice, actually knocking the Susanoo backward.

It smashed through one Moon Rock after another until it broke free from the moon's gravity, plummeting toward Earth.

When that white devil finally vanished from their sight, the numb Otsutsuki finally regained their senses.

Hoarse cries and wails rang out sporadically.

The patriarch was dead, the future "Child of God" was dead, and the majority of their kin were dead.

The "God Clan," once numbering in the thousands, had been reduced to a mere dozen survivors clinging to life just to oppose a devil from a failed world.

This meant their grand plan for a world cleansing had completely collapsed.

The few Otsutsuki, nearly drained dry, lay down unsteadily, tears finally falling from their once-haughty faces.

They did not understand.

They only wanted to destroy Earth; what had they done wrong?

Why did fate have to toy with them so?

But just as they wallowed in their sorrow, the sound of something burning suddenly emanated from the cracks in the rock walls.

Before they could react, the light of an explosion illuminated their faces.

As everyone knows, the more solid an object appears on the outside, the more vulnerable it often is from within.

Aoike, who had wandered about earlier to evade attacks, had long since secretly planted Explosive Tags at the structural support points of the cavern.

Having browsed through structural mechanics and mastered hidden weapons, Aoike had left a fatal trap for his enemies.

Having exhausted their chakra to control the Tenseigan, the group could not even manage a quick dodge, forced to watch helplessly as the massive boulders buried them all.