"He's here!"
Several days later, Kaguya Otsutsuki suddenly rose to her feet.
"Wuye, don't use the Byakugan to investigate. He'll notice you."
She turned and tightly embraced Wuye at her side.
"Wait for me to return..."
She rose into the air.
"I love you..."
The last trace of her gentle voice drifted softly into Wuye's ears.
Wuye raised his head, watching her figure climb higher and farther away.
Even the warmth and fragrance she had left on him seemed to gradually fade.
"Wuye..."
Kotone fidgeted uneasily and could not help asking, "Should we be doing something now?"
Wuye gazed toward the God Tree from afar. Unable to use his sensory abilities, he could only make out vague shapes.
"Wait. All we can do is wait," he said quietly.
In Kaguya's account, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki held a high status even within the Otsutsuki Clan.
And he was no mere beneficiary of connections. He had earned that position through genuine strength.
Apparently, during the time he had been away, he had gone to other worlds to harvest chakra fruits.
Operating on multiple fronts instead of remaining in one place maximized efficiency, and it also showed his absolute confidence in his own strength.
"My strength... is still far from enough..."
Wuye looked at his hands, at the natural energy flowing through his body, and at the faintly merging ocular power within his eyes. He knew what he lacked was time.
Kotone leaned against him, resting her head on his shoulder, cherishing this final tranquility beyond measure...
"Hum."
A black vortex suddenly appeared above the God Tree.
By then, Kaguya Otsutsuki had already arrived before the God Tree's flower bud.
She subconsciously glanced back in Wuye's direction, then turned away and made her gaze indifferent.
Tap.
A bare foot stepped out through the spacetime vortex.