Nine suns...? Was this a myth from some mysterious great nation?
What Obito was describing had completely shattered everyone's established understanding of the real world.
The Supreme Council had turned into a classroom.
While ordinary students were still trying to understand and digest the lesson, the top students had already learned to ask questions.
Kakashi asked, "Were there nine suns in total, including the one King Bore absorbed, or were there another nine besides that one?"
Obito praised him. "As expected of Kakashi of the Sharingan. You always stay sharp—except at critical moments."
Kakashi thought, Why did that sound so grating...?
"That's right. There were another nine suns besides King Bore's. Originally, there were ten!"
Kakashi pondered, So the number ten really does hold this world's ultimate secrets.
Ten suns... Shi Mei.
Surely it wasn't some lame pun like that?
He shook his head, cutting off his wandering train of thought.
Gaara said, "Ten suns. Does that mean, in theory, ten 'gods' like King Bore could emerge, capable of transcending our current spatial dimensions?"
Obito nodded. "Yes... exactly. After King Bore transcended, the Ōtsutsuki Clan used their homeworld, Takamagahara, as their headquarters and split into nine forces. They established bases in the star regions containing the nine suns. Using the Ten-Tails created by Taido, they followed the path to godhood pioneered by King Tarune, King Zhenruo, and King Bore, beginning to absorb and plunder the suns' energy."
"During that time, countless lands like the Shinobi World were wiped out."
"Countless Ōtsutsuki also died from consuming too much, resistance from other races, or slaughter at the hands of their own kind."
"But the lure of becoming a supreme god drove them onto this assembly line of godhood, one after another. Sun after sun exhausted its final rays, leaving only deathly silence.