Rin Nohara and Uchiha Mikoto were both kindhearted women, so naturally, they were unwilling to devour other people's souls.
But Uchiha Fugaku's persuasion, along with their longing to regain their looks... made them abandon that last little shred of principle.
After all... although they were women, they had both been on the battlefield, and quite a few people had died at their hands...
If they had to devour souls, then so be it!
And so, Aizen began establishing a new ecosystem in the Pure Land, one belonging to Hollows.
Elsewhere.
The Fourth Shinobi War was also drawing to a close.
After overcoming countless obstacles, the Allied Shinobi Forces finally stood before the final boss, Princess Kaguya.
Beside Princess Kaguya stood a young man with a pair of brilliant eyes. He was Toneri Ōtsutsuki, who had awakened his tenseigan with Kaguya's help.
Toneri Ōtsutsuki also carried Kaguya's bloodline, so Princess Kaguya treated him extremely well. She had even returned to the moon to help him successfully awaken his tenseigan.
Although Kaguya was cold toward outsiders, even treating them like ants she could crush at any moment.
She still felt affection for her own family.
She had doted on both Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura Ōtsutsuki. Even after her two sons sealed her away, she had never hated them. She was merely somewhat disappointed in them.
And that love extended to her sons' descendants.
Naruto and Sasuke, for instance, as well as Toneri Ōtsutsuki now.
Below Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and Toneri Ōtsutsuki stood tens of thousands of White Zetsu.
The White Zetsu stood motionless in formation like an army.
Facing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya as she floated in midair, everyone in the Allied Shinobi Forces was deeply nervous.
After all, the woman before them was capable of destroying the shinobi world.
And... the chakra