With Naruto Uzumaki's interference, Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki had no choice but to stay on high alert against sneak attacks.
Helping Kinshiki was now impossible.
Up in the sky, Sasuke Uchiha's heart trembled slightly.
He had thought that with his current strength, dealing with just two members of the Ōtsutsuki clan would be no problem.
But he hadn't expected that even facing just one of them was already pushing him to his limits.
His opponent's chakra seemed endless, an unceasing torrent.
After such a long battle, Sasuke's visual prowess was nearly depleted, and his entire body was racked with pain...
"I have to pull back."
Controlling his Susanoo, Sasuke quickly retreated.
"Trying to run?"
"I'll kill you!"
Spotting Sasuke's attempt to escape, Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki immediately popped a few more chakra pills and prepared to give chase.
But in the very next moment, Naruto's figure appeared right beside Sasuke.
With that, the giant Susanoo dissipated, and the two vanished without a trace.
"You bastards!!!"
Momoshiki clenched his fists in fury.
A mere lower lifeform had forced him to burn through so many precious chakra pills—and still managed to escape.
The humiliation made Momoshiki feel as though his chest might explode.
Chakra pills were incredibly valuable!
Just as he was about to lash out at Kinshiki for not dealing with Naruto properly, he noticed something odd.
"Kinshiki, what's that on your face?"
At his words, Kinshiki glanced at his reflection in his weapon and caught sight of a strange marking on his face.
Frowning, he muttered, "That guy must have used this to activate his space-time ninjutsu."
He tried wiping it off, but the mark wouldn't budge.
With a cold snort, Kinshiki conjured a dagger, and without hesitation, sliced off a piece of his own face, burning it to ashes immediately afterward.
Seeing this, Momoshiki tossed him a chakra pill.
"Here, take it."
Gritting his teeth, Kinshiki replied, "Lord Momoshiki, I don't need it."
Momoshiki's voice turned icy.
"I said take it. I still need your help."
After a moment's hesitation, Kinshiki swallowed the pill.
In seconds, the wound on his face visibly healed, returning to normal.
"Lord Momoshiki," Kinshiki said seriously, "there's no way the disappearance of Isshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki is as simple as it seems."
"This planet... it's unlike any we've ever encountered."
Hearing this, Momoshiki snorted lightly.
"I know. First, we'll capture a few locals and figure out what's going on."
After the earlier battle, Momoshiki had abandoned his original plan of simply destroying the Shinobi World outright.
He needed to find out just how many more native powerhouses like those two existed on this planet.
With the decision made, the two figures vanished into thin air.
...
Konoha.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha suddenly appeared in the living room, startling Kushina Uzumaki, Tsunade, and the others who had been happily playing mahjong.
Kushina blinked in surprise. "Naruto, Sasuke, you two fought again? What's with the beat-up look?"
These two were truly hopeless.
Almost thirty years old, and neither had found a girlfriend yet. Instead, they still ran around like kids getting into trouble.
Sasuke scoffed coldly. "As if I'd waste my time fighting with him."
Naruto took a sip of water and said in a low voice,
"We ran into some members of the Ōtsutsuki clan... got into a fight."
"Ōtsutsuki clan?!"
At Naruto's words, Kushina, Tsunade, and Mikoto Uchiha gasped in unison.
"Explain properly. What happened?"
Seeing everyone's shock, Naruto recounted the encounter with Kinshiki and Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki.
"One of them specializes in taijutsu, the other in ninjutsu."
"Anyway, Sasuke and I together still couldn't take them down."
Sasuke immediately corrected him, "It was a strategic retreat!"
Naruto ignored him, suddenly frowning.
"The Flying Thunder God mark I left on them seems to have been erased."
Tsunade suddenly asked, "Where exactly did you run into these Ōtsutsuki?"
"The Land of Vegetables," Naruto replied curiously. "Why?"
Tsunade shot to her feet, her expression serious.
"I'm heading there now. Mikoto, go inform Mirai."
Mikoto nodded. "Got it."
Without wasting a second, Tsunade activated Yomotsu Hirasaka and disappeared.
The King of the Land of Vegetables had once helped her enormously, even paying off her massive gambling debts.
She couldn't let anything happen to that friend's descendants.
Watching Tsunade's hurried departure, Mikoto and the others also rushed toward Uchiha Mirai's estate.
...
"So you're saying those two Ōtsutsuki appeared in the Land of Vegetables, and Tsunade has already gone there alone?"
Uchiha Mirai asked, his sharp eyes scanning the gathered group.
Sasuke nodded immediately. "That's right, Lord Mirai. We have to move quickly."
Mirai smiled lightly. "Relax. Those two aren't enough to threaten Tsunade."
Based on Momoshiki and Kinshiki's performance in Boruto, their strength barely reached half-step Six Paths level at best.
Tsunade, however, was a bona fide Six Paths-level powerhouse.
Even Naruto and Sasuke were able to go toe-to-toe with them. There was no way they could pose a serious threat to Tsunade.
Still, playing around with Momoshiki and Kinshiki for a bit sounded like fun.
It would add a bit of spice to his otherwise boring life.
Thinking this, Mirai opened a spatial portal.
"Anyone who wants to come, follow me."
"Let's go see what these so-called Ōtsutsuki are really made of."
With that, Mirai stepped into the portal and vanished.
Sasuke's eyes lit up with excitement.
As expected of Lord Mirai—so cool!
This was exactly the kind of man he aspired to be!
Without hesitation, Mikoto, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others followed him through.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki hesitated for a moment, then stepped into the portal as well.
She too wanted to see what strength the clan had sent after her.
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