Without a word, Jigen-no, Isshiki now-opened a dark red vortex behind him in an instant.
Like crimson blood mist in the night, it enveloped him.
When the vortex dispersed, the spot where Jigen had stood was already empty.
Yet the eyes of the member left behind burned with fervor. Watching Isshiki depart like a god, his already brainwashed heart grew even more fanatical.
Praise our great leader!
He-no, He is our god!
Ah, Lord God, wipe out all our enemies and let this ugly Shinobi World enter the cycle of rebirth!
Outside.
In the empty sky, a dark red vortex appeared out of nowhere, and a faint figure gradually solidified within it.
"Is that... Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Sasuke narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the figure walk out of the vortex as he spoke softly.
Kaguya nodded.
Of everyone present, she knew Isshiki best.
"That is a Space-Time Portal. Like my Yomotsu Hirasaka, it is a power capable of tearing through space."
Kaguya's cool, solemn voice rang in everyone's ears.
Clap-clap-clap-
Loud applause came from within the vortex, and the figure inside appeared before them.
Isshiki, dressed in a white-and-red tailcoat, came into view.
"Kaguya, it seems you haven't forgotten me, the one you were meant to protect, whom you fed to the God Tree."
Isshiki's voice carried a teasing edge. The power he had not felt in so long brought him unprecedented exhilaration after being confined to Jigen's weak body.
Like a bird with broken wings returning to the sky, he felt an unparalleled freedom.
Looking down at Kaguya, who had once made him suffer so much, and the source of his constant harassment lately-the group from Konoha-Isshiki suddenly covered his forehead and laughed.
*Was this the bunch of inferior creatures that had forced me to hide underground, barely clinging