Soon.
Uchiha Kazama and the others arrived.
"You're here?"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki slowly rose to his feet, as though he had been waiting for a long time.
"Looks like you're very confident this time."
Uchiha Kazama spoke calmly as well.
There were many other presences here.
They were likely part of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's preparations.
But preparations like these posed little threat to Uchiha Kazama.
His current strength already allowed him to disregard such beings.
"You could say that."
"Aren't you the same?"
"Now that you've mastered the Ten-Tails, you must be confident you can fight me, right?"
"Then let's begin."
As Ōtsutsuki Isshiki spoke, his body began to change.
Jigen's body seemed unable to withstand such a terrifying aura, and blue cracks began appearing across it.
Even the chakra leaking from those cracks was enough to inspire fear.
"So this is an Otsutsuki?!"
"Truly terrifying."
As the Fourth Raikage spoke, he instinctively released the Lightning Release chakra around his body.
"Is this the enemy we'll have to face in the future?!"
"Fifth Hokage, you really are... calm!"
Ōnoki's emotions were in turmoil, and he felt some admiration for Uchiha Kazama's composure.
At least, after sensing the fluctuations of chakra coming from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, he could not remain so calm.
He also felt a lingering fear.
If Uchiha Kazama had not known about beings like this in advance and shared that information with them...
They probably would have had little power to resist once Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was ready to invade the Shinobi World...
"In a battle at this level, we... can't intervene."
Rasa understood his own strength well.
A being like this was already far beyond anything he could face.
Mei Terumi said nothing, merely standing calmly beside Uchiha Kazama.
The others also readied themselves for battle.
"Kaguya, Tsunade."
"Kill everyone except