Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was hiding in the Shinobi World!
This sudden revelation utterly shocked the senior leaders present.
They had clearly only come to attend a meeting on the aftermath of the war, so how had they ended up hearing such astonishing news?
"Ōtsutsuki Isshiki..."
Dianbingwei repeated the name, the wrinkles on his aged face seeming to deepen.
He had lived for decades and experienced three Shinobi World Wars. He considered himself well acquainted with the Shinobi World's secrets, but he had never heard this name.
Could Shihōin Naraku have made this name up?
No, that was probably unlikely.
Given Shihōin Naraku's character and abilities, whatever he did, he would never go to such lengths to invent someone who could not possibly exist.
"That name sounds unfamiliar to me, too." Mei Terumi frowned in thought for a long while, but still came up with nothing.
As for Kurotsuchi and Gaara, neither spoke at all.
They were both too young. If Ōtsutsuki Isshiki really was hiding in the Shinobi World, it simply was not something ninja their age could know about.
Naraku's gaze swept over everyone present. "Isshiki came to this land with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Their original intention was to harvest all the energy in the Shinobi World. But at the critical moment, Kaguya betrayed him."
"So the person this Ōtsutsuki Isshiki most wants revenge on is actually Kaguya?" Mei Terumi raised her head slightly to look at Naraku.
Naraku nodded, his tone frighteningly calm. "Kaguya ambushed Isshiki and nearly killed him. But Isshiki barely survived through a secret technique, and from then on, he hid in the shadows of the Shinobi World. For these past thousand years, he has been waiting for a chance to recover his strength."
"...And then take revenge on Kaguya!"
"That was also why Kaguya cultivated White