Sacrificed to the Divine Tree-Perhaps That Was Your Fate All Along!

"If you won't talk, or if what you tell me isn't good enough, you'll die a rather interesting death..."

Uchiha Ensei glanced at the puddle of black sludge on the ground. With a flick of his hand, he sent a gray-white rod into it.

A decaying power spread from the rod. In moments, the half of Black Zetsu's body lying on the ground had crumbled to ash...

"All... All-Killing Ash Bones..."

"How is that possible? You..."

Sealed inside the Sealing Cauldron, Black Zetsu stared at the scene in disbelief.

Even Kaguya Otsutsuki herself needed time to use that ultimate technique. How could Uchiha Ensei possibly...

"Is it that strange?"

"You know the Ninja World's history. Many of Kaguya Otsutsuki's abilities exist here as inferior versions in the form of Kekkei Genkai."

"The Taketori Clan's Shikotsumyaku, for instance, is merely a weakened version of All-Killing Ash Bones."

"Even so, fewer than one in ten thousand members of the Taketori Clan can truly awaken Shikotsumyaku."

"As for me, I simply replicated it."

"After all, the principles behind techniques that look this powerful can sometimes be surprisingly simple."

"Of course, it takes me far longer to use All-Killing Ash Bones than it takes Kaguya Otsutsuki."

"I can't use this move in battle at all..."

"But for dealing with something that's hard to kill..."

As Uchiha Ensei spoke, a length of gray bone emerged from his palm.

It grew little by little while he talked, at an excruciatingly slow pace.

Just as Uchiha Ensei had said, a technique this slow was useless in battle.

"You have about five minutes to think it over."

Uchiha Ensei glanced at the gray bone in his palm and gave the warning calmly.

All-Killing Ash Bones could not be prepared in advance.

For that earlier shot, Uchiha Ensei had