The glowing Gunbai flew from Uchiha Senmon's hand, becoming a streak of azure light that plunged straight into Princess Kaguya's forehead.
The next instant, Princess Kaguya's forehead split open, revealing a vivid red Three-Tomoe Rinnegan!
"The Rinnegan? But those tomoe, and that color, look more like the Sharingan."
Jeanne and Yamanashi Inaba exchanged a look, undisguised astonishment in both their eyes.
What shocked them even more was the divine name Senmon uttered:
"Izanami!?"
The creator goddess as renowned as Izanagi, the Izanami who had thwarted Madara Uchiha's ambitions and ultimately sealed him on the moon?
The two girls suppressed their excitement and anticipation, concentrating on watching what would happen.
The goddess slowly opened her closed Byakugan. Though her pupils remained pure white, their bone-chilling indifference had given way to a human warmth.
Her cold, unworldly elegance, like that of Lady Lingyue, became a caressing spring breeze. An unimaginably vast vitality washed over Uchiha Senmon and the two girls, as though they stood amid nature.
The Wood Release branches entwined around the goddess's limbs loosened of their own accord as though alive, allowing her to land lightly on the ground.
As Izanami walked gracefully toward them, Uchiha Senmon and the others involuntarily held their breath in nervous concentration.
"I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry!"
Without another word, Izanami dropped to her knees and prostrated herself, pressing her head to the ground as she choked out:
"I'm truly sorry for all the harm Madara caused everyone!"
Yamanashi Inaba and the saintess looked at each other, scarcely able to believe their eyes.
Izanami's abject apology at their very first meeting left both girls reeling.
Uchiha Senmon was equally bewildered. He had never imagined Izanami would bow so deeply to them.
Coming to his senses with a start, Uchiha Senmon dared not rashly step