In the underground chamber.
Shinji looked up at the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path towering like a mountain against a corner of the rock wall, then turned to the puzzled Orochimaru.
He chuckled. "Excited?"
"..."
Orochimaru froze. He was excited.
But what he wanted to know even more was how Shinji intended to achieve this so-called “Eternity” of life.
Besides.
If “Eternity” of life truly existed...
Then, based on the scraps Shinji had told him about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the God Tree, along with his own deductions, the Sage of Six Paths might have been capable of “Eternity” too.
So where was he?
If he was dead, why had he died?
Where had the Tailed Beasts come from?
Seeing Orochimaru deep in thought, Shinji shook his head.
"This was supposed to be exciting. I've been looking forward to it for ages, but you're giving me nothing here. It's like... Tch, forget it!"
Shinji pursed his lips.
Whoosh!
He raised his hands, formed Hand Seals, and took control of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
The next instant,
the statue's eyes snapped open with a hum, blazing with Hikari. Its mouth gaped, releasing seven streams of Hikari, each a different color!
Boom, boom, boom—
The moment they struck the ground, the seven streams of Hikari became seven enormous “monsters.” Roaring, they fixed Shinji with hateful stares.
But...
not one of them attacked him.
They knew exactly what had happened. Shinji had captured their Jinchūriki with ease, and the Sealing inside the Ten-Tails Husk had been just as effortless.
So now...
there was no doubt he could flatten them just as easily!
If a certain red-furred idiot fox and foul-mouthed ferret had been here, they might already have charged in and gotten flattened. That