Clearing Internal and External Threats, the Mysterious Vortex

Code had only just grown an Otsutsuki horn when, the next second, he was struck by the All-Killing Ash Bones, and the horn shattered outright.

His eyes immediately regained a moment of clarity.

He looked at Kanami in the sky. "Am... am I going to die?"

"...Yeah."

After a long silence, Kanami answered.

He did not want to kill Code, but once Code became an Otsutsuki, he was no longer Code.

Even if he still believed himself to be Code, his goals had changed.

But only those around him knew that he was no longer himself.

"Perhaps entering the Pure Land would be happier than living in this world."

Kanami simply buried Code where he lay.

"Internal and external threats are, for now, resolved..."

"Now I just don't know what that abnormal chakra Hashirama found is..."

He looked westward and swiftly flew away.

"Bzzzt—"

"Squad One calling, Squad One... calling!"

As Tobirama Senju hurried along at high speed, an unfamiliar ninja's voice came through his earpiece. The voice sounded extremely anxious.

Tobirama Senju frowned slightly. "Who are you? Where's Hashirama?"

"Reporting... I'm... earlier... an... abnormality... they all... went!"

"This damn broken communicator!"

Tobirama Senju's brow furrowed tightly.

"Can you hear me clearly over there? If you can, tap your earpiece three times."

A second later, three crisp taps came through the earpiece.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Hearing that, Tobirama Senju's frown eased. "Good. We can't hear you clearly on our end. The voice interference is extremely severe, so if my analysis is correct, you said that my brother and the others went to investigate the location of the abnormal chakra, and after entering it, they disappeared?"

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Three dull taps quickly sounded from the earpiece again.

"Alright, I understand. We're heading your way now. Be careful."

"Knock, knock,