There was someone else whose face broke into a mocking smile upon hearing those words.
"Pfft..."
"Hahaha..."
That was right-the one who could not hold back his laughter was Uchiha Kazama.
"What are you laughing at?!"
Otsutsuki Tongmaru furrowed his brows.
Although Uchiha Kazama carried a trace of their Ōtsutsuki Clan's aura, it was only a trace.
Under these circumstances, he was already all but certain that he possessed enough strength to kill both Kaguya Otsutsuki and the man before him.
Yet now, his opponent had suddenly burst out laughing.
A surge of irritation rose in Otsutsuki Tongmaru's heart.
Once that feeling emerged, it grew wildly.
"Honestly... you really don't need to be so confident."
"All those things you just said make a pretty funny joke when you're no match for us."
"Since we're talking about sacrifices... Kaguya, if you had an Otsutsuki as a sacrifice right now, could you grow stronger?!"
As Uchiha Kazama spoke, he shifted his gaze from Otsutsuki Tongmaru to Kaguya Otsutsuki.
"Huh!?"
"I..."
"Yes!"
After a moment of startled uncertainty, Kaguya Otsutsuki gave him a firm answer.
She knew that technique, too.
It was just that, before this, Kaguya Otsutsuki had never dared to consider it.
Even when Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had been gravely wounded and near death, she had never entertained such a thought.
She had only used Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's body as a sacrifice to activate the chakra god tree.
Nor had Kaguya Otsutsuki dared to transfer his kāma.
The energy within a body and the energy within a kāma were two entirely different things.
"Now that you've given me a definite answer, let's get started!"
"Kaguya, this will be our first battle as partners!"
With that, Uchiha Kazama raised his fingers.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
A large number of shadow clones appeared at once.