Beneath the night sky, the God Tree toppled toward the earth...
His right eye crimson, Obito Uchiha hurled himself forward without hesitation, clinging tightly to the bark with all four limbs. The brown trunk filled his entire field of vision, while the sneer on his lips was aimed at Kabuto, who was descending through the distant sky after his success!
"How pathetic. After all that trouble to snap the God Tree, all you've done is stop me from absorbing its roots. Compared with the grandeur of the God Tree, a few roots won't affect the immortal body I'm about to obtain!"
As his words faded... a powerful suction erupted simultaneously from Obito's hands, feet, and every part of his body touching the God Tree!
Whoosh! The God Tree rapidly shrank in midair, pouring into Obito's body!
Kaguya's voice echoed in his mind once more, now carrying a shadowy undertone that unsettled him.
"That's right... just like that. You will indeed become the vessel for the Eye of the Moon!"
That faint unease was soon swept away by overwhelming power and boundless vitality... The Ten-Tails had merely given him chakra on par with the Six Paths and the power to command all creation, but this "patch" from the God Tree made Obito feel he had truly reached the threshold of godhood.
It was as though he was all creation itself. Any power that had ever existed in this ninja world was his to wield with a flick of his fingers...
And... he could no longer feel life ebbing away within his flesh-and-blood body.
This meant... he had truly escaped the cycle of life and death and become a being of another dimension.
Whoosh! Black tomoe covered the tails, front, collar, and sleeves of his robes. With a thought... his depleted Truth-Seeking