Shinobi World, Land of Rain, Amegakure peripheral.
The cold rain is still mercilessly washing away this piece of steel Ruins.
At the outlet of a drainage pipe connected to the underground sewage system, turbid muddy water mixed with rainwater was gurgling outward.
Suddenly, a pale palm covered with mud suddenly stretched out from the pipe and grabbed the slippery edge of the pipe.
Immediately afterwards, the other hand also reached out.
A figure wriggled and crawled outward from the narrow pipe opening bit by bit with great difficulty.
Plop!
In the end, the figure rolled out of the pipe mouth without any force and fell on the muddy bank, causing a dirty splash.
It was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki who was in extreme embarrassment at this moment, Isshiki whose original majestic appearance could hardly be seen.
The white robe on his body was already in tatters and stained with mud, blood and unknown filth.
A small section of the corner of the white plate on the head was broken, and the remaining part was also covered with cracks.
The Byakugan in the left eye was dim and dull, and the wheel-shaped pupil in the right eye Golden was even more dim and seemed to be extinguished at any time.
His face was as pale as paper, the corners of his mouth, chest, arms...
There were dried or fresh blood stains everywhere, the breath was extremely weak, and every breath was accompanied by a hoarse sound and severe pain like air leakage from the lungs.
He just lay on his back in the cold muddy water, letting the rain hit his broken face. After a while, he seemed to have gathered some strength, and with difficulty, bit by bit, he supported his upper body with his elbows and leaned on the wet concrete debris beside him.
"Cough... cough cough..."
The violent coughing affected the injuries all over his body, causing him to curl up and cough up a few mouthfuls of black blood with visceral fragments.
After a long while, he slowly calmed down, staring blankly at the gray sky, his heart filled with the palpitations and deep-seated humiliation of the rest of his life.
"It was... almost... killed by those guys..."
Isshiki's voice is hoarse.
His thoughts involuntarily returned to the most dangerous battle in his life that took place in Pure Land qi Alternate Dimension.
Madara Uchiha's wild and uninhibited, extremely experienced fighting style was completely beyond his knowledge of Shinobi World's creatures.
Not only is the opponent powerful and Taijutsu superb, but what is even more terrifying is the combat instinct and adaptability that have been tempered and accumulated from countless life and death fights.
Isshiki relied on Otsutsuki's superb combat skills, but in the face of Madara's almost beast-like intuition and endless combat wisdom, he was frequently restrained. Many of his exquisite moves were cracked or defeated by the opponent in unexpected ways.
And when Madara and Hashirama Senju, the fateful rivals, join forces, and Hamura Otsutsuki is watching and waiting for an opportunity, the battle situation takes a turn for the worse!
Hashirama's Senjutsu and Wood Release provide strong containment, and Madara's Rinnegan Dōjutsu and Taijutsu mainly attack, while Hamura uses Truth-Seeking Orb and the exquisite Taijutsu to check for gaps and block spaces...
Although the cooperation between the three of them was not perfect, with their absolute strength and numerical advantage, they were able to defeat Isshiki, who was forcibly resurrected and in poor condition, without the ability to fight back!
I don't know how many ribs were broken, the internal organs were severely damaged, Chakra was almost exhausted, and Jigen's body was on the verge of collapse...
Isshiki clearly felt the approach of death.
Desperate situation!
However, just when he thought he was really going to be completely wiped out by these Shinobi World souls in this weird Chessboard space, a turning point occurred!
A breath of Chakra, which undoubtedly belonged to Kaguya Otsutsuki, disappeared in a flash!
Although it was only for a moment, it was enough to shake the minds of Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo, who was high in the sky, and Hamura, who was fighting fiercely.
The brothers' attention was inevitably attracted by the breath coming from their mother, and there was an extremely brief delay and distraction!
This is the flaw in less than one tenth of a second!
Isshiki seized this only, fleeting opportunity.
He had no time to think about why Kaguya's aura appeared at this moment, whether it was a coincidence or a trap. He only knew that this was his last hope of escape.
His method of cracking "Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi" is simple and crude, but also extremely effective.
Since the external Space-Time Ninjutsu is banned and cannot escape directly from this space, then...
I will seal myself!
At the moment when Hagoromo and Hamura's attention was attracted by Kaguya's breath, and there was a slight gap in the offensive, Isshiki used the last of his strength to crazily activate the pupil power of his right eye.
He did not attack or defend, but aimed Dōjutsu at himself.
Use Daikokuten to self-seal!
At the last moment when he was completely sucked into "Daikokuten" Alternate Dimension, what he saw was Madara Uchiha's shocked eyes, Hashirama Senju's astonished expression, and high in the sky, Sage of Six Paths's sharp gaze that quickly turned back but was too late to stop it.
Immediately afterwards, consciousness sank into darkness.
He made the right bet!
Although "Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi" is powerful and can attract souls and build a special battle space, one of the core logics of its operation is to lock on the existence of the "target".
When the main "target" Isshiki used its own Dōjutsu to actively "erase" itself from the current spatial dimension, the "anchor point" of the chess game disappeared instantly.
Without the goal, the chess game cannot be maintained.
The huge Chessboard space, the phantoms of the dead souls of past generations, and the power projection of Sage of Six Paths Brothers as a chess player, all receded like the tide after a burst of light, returning to Pure Land.
Great Toad Sage also returns to the Mount Myōboku body.
Isshiki, on the other hand, sealed himself together with his seriously injured body in the cold, void Alternate Dimension of "Daikokuten", which was isolated from Mortal World, hanging on with his last breath, waiting for his super strong physique to restore his body.
I don't know how long it took, maybe a day, maybe a few days, when the Chakra fluctuations in the outside world completely subsided, and when it was confirmed that the terrible chess game had really dissipated, Isshiki's remaining consciousness was barely driven out. Using "Daikokuten", his body that was on the verge of being broken was "vomited" out from Alternate Dimension, and randomly appeared in the intricate underground drainage system of Amegakure.
Then, there was the difficult crawl just now...
"Huh... huh..."
Isshiki leaned against the concrete, breathing hard, but his eyes gradually became empty and regained their cold and paranoid light.
Slowly and with great difficulty, he supported the remaining wall and stood up bit by bit.
His body was hunched and shaky, as if he would fall down again at any time.
But he finally stood still.
He raised his head and looked through the hazy rain curtain at the Amegakure in the distance, which was still shrouded in steel pipes and gloom. The rain washed away the blood on his face, but it could not wash away the burning Flames in his eyes, which was mixed with hatred, greed and endless desire.
This time, he was completely defeated and almost fell completely.
But it also made him fully understand a few things:
First, the Pure Land brothers and those Shinobi World dead souls are terrifying existences that he is currently unable to defeat.
Second, there seems to be some abnormality in Kaguya. This may be both a crisis and a variable that can be exploited.
Third, and most importantly, he must get rid of Jigen's damned body that is on the verge of collapse as soon as possible!
His gaze seemed to penetrate the rain curtain and space, and was fixed on the direction of Konoha. There seemed to be a figure there.
Naruto Uzumaki!
That Sixth Hokage who is too young but too powerful.
That perfect Vessel embryo with the Uzumaki Clan's strong vitality, perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki physique, and even Rinnegan!
"Uzumaki...Naruto..."
Isshiki's voice was like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, hoarse and full of hatred, but with a kind of morbid fanaticism, "I want... to get your body..."
His right eye, the Golden wheel-shaped pupil, although dim, began to rotate slowly again, flashing with a strange light.
"With your... this perfect 'instrument'... let me, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, be resurrected... in my most perfect posture..."