A snowflake was about to land on Shinsei's shoulder when it suddenly changed direction and flew into the sky.
The earth began to tremble, and snowflakes, water, stones, and trees on the ground began to fly upwards incessantly.
Shinsei used Chakra to stabilize his body, preventing it from being pulled into the sky by the powerful gravity.
But suddenly the entire earth was torn apart, flying closer and closer to the clouds in the sky.
Kaguya walked up to Shinsei and placed her slender hand on Shinsei shoulder.
The powerful gravitational pull vanished from Shinsei's body in an instant.
She looked up at the ever-growing black dot in the sky. That was the core of the Chibaku Tensei.
It was pulling the entire snowfield toward itself. The wind was whipping back, and it seemed as if the sky and the earth were about to close together.
Shinsei stood behind her and saw several mountain peaks in the distance being lifted off the ground and slowly rising into the air.
The base of the mountain, with its large clumps of soil and exposed tree roots, resembled bones that had been forcibly broken from the depths.
The mountains flew higher and higher, gradually shrinking into small black spots, all converging in the same direction.
Kaguya gazed at the ever-growing sphere in the sky. Her eyes seemed to hold a mixture of elation and an inexplicable loneliness.
A sika deer kept neighing. Its body was flying into the sky, towards the ever-growing sphere.
Kaguya raised her other hand and tapped her fingertips lightly in the air a few times. With each tap, a circle of pale white light emanated from her fingertips.
The light fell to the ground like a spring breeze, enveloping the animals still held captive by gravity.
Several snow hares rolled out from the cracks in the rocks and settled steadily on the ground.
The flock of birds struggled in the gale, Kaguya glanced at them only once before they seemed to have their wings held up and fell back into the forest.
Shinsei watched her retreating figure, his feelings indescribably complicated.
She showed no Kamui on her face, but what she did was a kind of divine domination over all things under heaven.
Kind-hearted Kaguya still tries her best to protect every weak animal, but the huge gap between their levels of life and even their levels of power invisibly and invisibly governs the fate of every living being.
The earth continued to crack, and more mountain sections were stripped away, flying into the sky.
The river was cut off, and the water column swirled into the air, dispersing into mist overhead. The animals that had been targeted lay prostrate around Shinsei and Kaguya.
They neither run away nor cry out, as if they know where it is safe now.
The ground kept collapsing, leaving only the patch of ice beneath their feet, like the last bit of ice in the heart of a lake.
The gravitational pull of the Chibaku Tensei was violent and rapid. Its power far surpassed that of the Chibaku Tensei unleashed by Pain, who once called himself a god.
There are countless levels of difference between the two. Even without eating Chakra fruit, Kaguya's strength still surpasses that of all living beings.
The sphere in the sky grew larger and larger, and its own gravity caused the rivers on the ground to flow backward.
Kaguya blinked, then stretched out her slender hands and gently pushed the sphere in the sky. The sphere continued to fly upwards, growing smaller and smaller, as if trying to catch up with the stars.
Before long, a silver dot the size of a finger appeared quietly in the sky.
Kaguya turned around, looked at Shinsei, and asked with a serious expression.
" Shinsei, is this what the moon looks like in your hometown?"
Shinsei didn't know what to say. What they called the moon now looked nothing more than a giant star.
But he didn't intend for Kaguya to recreate the moon. That would mean many more mountains and landmasses on Earth would have to fly back into the sky to form a new moon.
Seeing that Shinsei didn't answer, Kaguya looked up at the sky again, her brows furrowing slightly.
"It doesn't look very good yet. The moon should be much bigger than the stars, right?"
Kaguya raised her arm again, extending her slender fingers towards the sky.
A surge of violent Chakra erupted from her body and vanished into the surrounding air. An even greater gravitational pull emerged from the sky above.
Countless mountains flew towards the moon in the sky once again. Fortunately, Kaguya was still the kind-hearted Kaguya; she avoided populated areas.
The mountains and land that were chosen showed no signs of life.
The moon is rising from there. It continues to turn and absorb, but nothing else is rising higher.
Kaguya lowered her hand, her body swaying slightly. Shinsei supported her shoulder.
That's enough.
The moon in the sky is almost the same as the moon in Shinsei's memory.
Kaguya gently rested her head on Shinsei's shoulder. Her eyes were fixed on the sky, on the moon that she had created with her own hands.
It was right before her eyes, carefully lifted from the ground and into the sky by a woman who didn't want to harm any life.
" Shinsei, now that there's a moon in this world, will you still go back?"
Shinsei was about to answer when Kaguya lowered her head again. She added softly, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked."
This was a difficult question to answer, Shinsei was unwilling to lie. He could only remain silent, gazing at the sky.
Kaguya rested her head on Shinsei's shoulder again. The two of them nestled together quietly, without saying a word.
Suddenly, the moon appeared in the sky.
Such a major event naturally provoked reactions from all sides.
Madara Uchiha sat beneath the roots of the enormous God Tree.
" Chibaku Tensei."
He recognized it immediately; it was the power of the Rinnegan.
Only Kaguya, the one from whose bloodline she originated, possessed this ability.
What terrifying power! She hasn't even eaten the fruit yet, but she's already able to create the moon in such a short time.
Even with my current strength, creating such a large moon wouldn't be something I could do in a short time.
He tilted his head, looking at the moon appearing in the sky, his purple Rinnegan filled with disdain.
"What a foolish woman. She has power, but doesn't know how to use it."
After saying this, Madara Uchiha looked at the God Tree that was embedded in the clouds. On the tip of the God Tree, there was a flower bud that was faintly visible.
"I hope you won't try to steal the fruit of the God Tree. Otherwise, even if you are my ancestor, I will have no choice but to kill you."
The night sky over Mount Myōboku suddenly lit up.
The first things discovered were a few small Toad squatting beside the stone lantern.
They were dozing off when one of them rolled over and suddenly Fudo.
Then the second, and the third, all tilted their heads back, as if their gazes were drawn to something.
A large Toad opened its mouth, and a half-croak came out of its throat, but it didn't actually make a sound.
"What's that?" A green Toad jumped to a high place, its voice trembling.
"The sky has cracked?" The other hand gripped the stone wall tightly, its eyes wide open.
More and more Toad crawled out of the hole, some carrying half-eaten insects in their mouths.
They crowded together on the rocky platform, by the tree roots, and beside the pond, all gazing at the moon that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
The moonlight was so white and cool that it illuminated the entire Mount Myōboku clearly. Some Toad, who had lived for nearly a hundred years, had never seen such a sky.
It's not as intense as the sun, nor as cold as the stars. It's like a stone hanging from the sky, or an open eye.
"That's the moon," a voice rang out from behind the Toad.
Gamamaru slowly walked out. He wasn't very big, not comparable to those old Toad who had lived for hundreds of years, but as soon as he spoke, all the Toad fell silent.
He gazed at the moon, his eyes showing no fear, only a deep, old sense of bewilderment, as if recognizing something he had seen long ago.
What is the moon?
"I dreamt about it," Gamamaru said. "It was made by that white-haired woman."
These words caused a stir among the Toad.
"Made? How did you make something this big?"
"She... wasn't she also someone who fell from the sky?"
"What if that kind of force were to hit us?"
The Toad grew increasingly frightened as they talked, and several of them retreated back into the crevices of the rocks. Even the usually bold, Heipi Toad was unusually quiet.
It squatted next to the Gamamaru, its eyes bulging, as if it wanted to glare the moon down.
"Why would she dream about something that only happens in dreams?" Heipi asked.
Gamamaru didn't answer immediately. He closed his eyes, as if listening to something. After a moment, he sighed, "The world is getting more and more chaotic."
"Then what do we do?" Heipi asked.
"Wait," Gamamaru said. "I can't see the future anymore. Right now, our strength is nothing. We can only wait, wait for fate to guide us."
Somewhere in Takamagahara, there lies a secret place lifted up by clouds.
There are no long staircases or temples here. Only a few gray-white boulders are scattered in the sea of clouds, like a forgotten old throne.
Amaterasu stood at the very front, her white robes fluttering gently in the night breeze.
She looked up at the moon, as if trying to identify something that shouldn't exist in this world.
Kukurihime-no-Kami stood behind her, her face pale, seemingly processing something beyond her comprehension.
Only Omoikane-no-Kami stood the most relaxed. He tilted his head, stared at the moon, and slowly a smile crept onto his lips.
"This thing seems quite suitable as a vessel for your abilities, doesn't it, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto?"