"Mind Star God Yashiro?"
Minato and Itachi exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with confusion.
"Why did Yashiro have that title? And why did Momoshiki say that Yashiro and those like him were all Otsutsuki traitors?"
Kihane had known early on that Momoshiki had died here, so it was only natural that Minato and the others had obtained some intelligence.
"Because Yashiro was an exceptionally rare person who primarily cultivated the Mind Rule."
"The Mind Rule and Mind Power were among the most bizarre power systems."
"They included memory tampering and cognitive alteration. Yashiro could easily turn anyone weaker than himself into his subordinate."
Minato and the others looked at one another, their eyes full of alarm. Wasn't that just like Kotoamatsukami?
Kihane continued, "If that were all, it would have been fine. But Yashiro's understanding of the Mind Rule ran incredibly deep."
"He also had an extremely powerful ability called Killing Intent Reflection."
"As the name suggests, Killing Intent Reflection meant that when you developed killing intent toward Yashiro, your own attack would be reflected back onto yourself."
"I don't understand exactly how it worked, but supposedly any attack could be reflected."
"It was because of these abilities that people gave him a wide berth wherever he went."
"Although this region of the universe was the territory of our Otsutsuki Clan."
Kihane traced a circle over the table with his hand, indicating the entire map.
"Beyond this region of the universe, our Otsutsuki Clan had many external enemies."
"For example, the Jie Mo Clan, Chi Ling Clan, You Gui Clan, Dragon Man Clan..."
"At that time, our Otsutsuki Clan was constantly fighting foreign clans."
"Though Yashiro was an interstellar wanderer, most of the time he was helping the Otsutsuki Clan."
"He took some benefits for himself, but the major