This blade was not the divine artifact he had given Toneri, but it was the sword he had carried in middle age, accompanying him through many long years.
Still, since he had scarcely fought by then, this sword had seen little actual combat.
Hamura answered Otohime's tempting offer of recruitment with an undisguised refusal and a stance ready for battle.
This undoubtedly enraged the Otsutsuki who styled herself a "god" and the "princess of the Dragon Palace."
"Obstinate fools."
A note of displeasure crept into Otohime's voice.
She said no more. Brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from her eyes.
"Susanoo!"
With the appearance of her golden Rinnegan came a clear, commanding decree.
Naruto and Hamura felt the scene before them suddenly blur and twist, as though the entire world had been thrown into a blender.
Their sense of space, direction, and even gravity fell into disarray in an instant.
A second later, all that discomfort vanished, but the sight before them had changed completely.
They were no longer in the ancient, silent chamber at the moon's core, covered in sealing formulas.
In its place stretched an endless, deep-blue "ocean."
Beneath their feet lay a crystalline "floor" paved with gems of every color and coral.
Around them rose magnificent palaces built from pearls, shells, coral, and crystal. Exquisite patterns of sea beasts and waves adorned their columns, giving off a gentle glow.
Schools of colorful fish drifted leisurely between the palaces, while luminous seaweed and jellyfish dotted this underwater wonderland like neon lights.
In the distance, they could faintly make out enormous conches, swaying coral forests, and phantom sea creatures of every shape swimming through the water.
Otohime herself had now appeared on a seventh-floor balcony of the grandest, most lavish palace's main hall.
She stood at the railing, her silver