Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had no idea what had happened. Only when Uchiha Ensei spoke did he realize he had been caught in a special genjutsu.
All that time, he had been lost in an illusion while his opponent effortlessly severed his limbs, gouged out his eyes, and extracted most of his chakra.
To the Ōtsutsuki Clan, chakra was the very essence of their being.
Now Isshiki could only hope his opponent would absorb the chakra he had extracted. Perhaps then the power of Karma within it would give him another chance at resurrection.
Unfortunately for him, Uchiha Ensei would never allow that.
"Don't worry. You won't die just yet."
"I found a rather special Sealing Jutsu in this world. It can seal you away while keeping your body in its current state."
"You're valuable experimental material to me."
"So even if this body has only two days left, I need to get more use out of it."
As Uchiha Ensei spoke, he used the Summoning Technique to call forth a platform covered in sealing formulas.
He intended to seal Isshiki the same way Uchiha Hikari had once been sealed.
The Sealing Jutsu used by the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan was not only powerful; it could also halt the flow of time for whoever was sealed within it.
That was why Uchiha Hikari still looked the same after her seal was broken, despite being from the Warring States Period.
Of course, halting time probably had not been the clans' intention. They must have been desperate enough to pile on every sealing formula they could find.
Uchiha Ensei had spent considerable time gathering those formulas. He had originally intended to use them on Black Zetsu.
But by the time he had finished, he had already sealed Black Zetsu away by another