"Is this really the God Tree?"
Izuna froze at the sight of the towering tree before him.
He had seen the God Tree during the Shinobi World War.
But compared with this towering tree that blanketed an entire continent, the one he had seen back then was practically a sapling.
"It should be. The aura coming from this tree is definitely the God Tree's."
Hashirama frowned and spoke in a low voice.
"It looks like the God Tree's size changes depending on how much energy its planet contains.
After all, the planet we're on now is far larger than the one our Shinobi World is on."
Izuna couldn't help clicking his tongue.
"Tsk, what a sight. I wonder if the fruit this God Tree eventually produces will be more powerful than the one born in our Shinobi World."
"No idea. Maybe."
As they spoke, Hashirama fixed his gaze in one direction.
"I found him!"
High up in the God Tree, a pale-skinned, white-haired man dressed in white, with horns on his head, sat on a branch with his eyes closed, resting.
Unless they were mistaken, this was the Ōtsutsuki who had planted the God Tree.
"All right, let's go!"
Izuna opened a Space-Time Gate, connecting the space around them directly to the space around their target.
"Who's there?!"
The unknown Ōtsutsuki snapped his eyes open, but before he could say anything else, Hashirama moved.
Hashirama appeared right behind him and immediately attacked.
A simple, unadorned punch, wrapped in surging chakra, slammed toward him.
The unknown Ōtsutsuki was sent flying.
Seeing this, Izuna used his Space-Time Ability again, taking him to the other side of the planet.
This was the strategy they had agreed on from the start.
Their opponent's abilities were unknown, so caution was their best bet.
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