However, things were not as simple as Adult Sasuke had imagined. Although Urashiki Otsutsuki remained motionless, his body was still changing. The chakra he had absorbed seemed to be digesting, slowing his body's collapse somewhat.
Then the nose on his strange face suddenly twitched.
The next second, as though he had caught the scent of food, the two Golden Rinnegan on Urashiki Otsutsuki's forehead abruptly swiveled.
His figure suddenly vanished without warning, then immediately reappeared.
He appeared right in front of the two Sasukes watching him.
Urashiki floated in midair, while the two Sasukes seemed frozen in place. They failed to notice that Urashiki Otsutsuki had already reached them and continued staring warily at the now-empty patch of ground.
"...I..." In this state, Urashiki Otsutsuki slowly extended a hand, his awareness seemingly returning little by little. "What... is... happening...?"
"It... hurts... so hungry... I feel... such agony. I'm falling apart..."
"But it feels good... evolution... this is evolution... ah... could it be... I'm becoming a god...?"
Urashiki Otsutsuki's speech grew increasingly fluent. Though there was no telling how many seconds passed with every sentence he uttered, the entire world seemed to be waiting for him, without advancing even a single second.
"Is this... my own... new Divine Art? Have I already... begun to touch the realm of Shibai Otsutsuki? No! My body... what's happening to my body? It's falling apart! No, I need energy. I need a fruit!"
Urashiki's mind cleared for a brief moment. Only then did he notice the fissures splitting his body, as though it could not withstand the cost of this new Divine Art.
He abruptly turned toward the two Sasukes. Both possessed enormous amounts of chakra, but they were still nowhere near the level of the fruit the Ōtsutsuki Clan needed.
There were only two