"How could such power possibly exist in this world?"
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki stood stunned and speechless. But deep within her wide sleeves, Black Zetsu—who represented her very will and spirit—spoke with a voice that was heavy and difficult to form.
"This terrifying power... it has already transcended the boundaries of what is considered normal... It belongs to the realm of gods, doesn't it..."
"So tell me, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki... Would you prefer to die in the state of your embryonic form... or slowly perish, your existence eroded away by the endless flow of time..."
BOOM!!!
While everyone was still lost in shock and disbelief, Kaoru acted instantly. He swung the dark, sacred Nunoboko in his hands forward with tremendous force, sending a dark, shadowy silhouette cutting through the air straight toward Kaguya.
"I must not let this weapon touch me!!!" Seeing the Nunoboko coming straight for him, Kaguya's expression turned grave. A vast amount of chakra erupted from her body, equal in scale to the boundless starry sky itself.
As she released this overwhelming power, an awe-inspiring aura began to radiate from her, filling every corner of the space around them.
"Yosagami Kugeki!!!"
When she had gathered all her power to its absolute peak, a cruel, merciless smile tugged at the corner of Kaguya's cold lips. Countless fists formed—neither fully tangible nor completely invisible—made entirely of chakra, appeared in the space between herself and Kaoru.
Each one was massive beyond measure, and the air within them had been completely emptied out. They seemed to contain deep, mysterious principles of power, and they surged forward toward Kaoru like a tidal wave of destruction.
For a moment, time itself seemed to stand still. Sasuke and Naruto felt as though the colors of the world around them had shifted completely. Every object and sight they could see faded away, leaving nothing but the countless chakra fists unleashed by Kaguya filling the entire space.
"Hah..."
Kaoru's mocking voice rang out clearly. To everyone's astonishment, the moment Kaguya launched her Yosagami Kugeki attack, an equally overwhelming aura erupted from Kaoru as well. He swung his dark, profound Nunoboko, tapping the countless chakra fists head-on!
"I shall return this attack to you, exactly as you sent it!!!"
"Yosagami Kugeki!!!"
Instantly, identical massive void fists materialized out of thin air, carrying the same terrifying power capable of destroying everything in their path. They formed an impenetrable formation, leaving no room for escape or evasion, and struck forward with even greater force than Kaguya's original attack!
BOOM!!!
Countless giant void fists slammed into each other between Kaoru and Kaguya at the same moment. The thunderous roar that erupted merged into a single deafening explosion, creating shockwaves visible to the naked eye that nearly burst the eardrums of Naruto and Sasuke, leaving them temporarily deaf and unable to hear anything at all.
"Dammit... How can he also know Yosagami Kugeki!!!"
Feeling the immense force being unleashed from Kaoru's Nunoboko, Kaguya watched in horror as her own attack was gradually overwhelmed and broken apart. A look of utter shock and disbelief appeared on her beautiful, impassive face. "And this power... this strength..."
"Is this another ability of his Nunoboko... Or..."
Seeing that her attack was slowly falling apart under Kaoru's counter, Kaguya quickly cleared her mind of all shock and confusion. The blood-red, ominous Rinne Sharingan on her forehead flared with power.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!!!"
In an instant, faced with the devastating strike about to land upon her, Kaguya silently opened a dark space-time rift directly behind her. She stepped inside and vanished completely.
But Kaoru had already seen what she was about to do. He curled his lips slightly, and endless power erupted violently from within his dark, profound Nunoboko.
"Kaguya Ōtsutsuki... Did I not tell you that I can control time itself..."
As Kaoru swung his staff forward, an invisible force began to take effect. To the horror-struck eyes of Naruto and Sasuke, the space-time rift that had already closed behind Kaguya after she escaped... suddenly reappeared exactly as it had been moments before, as if time itself had flowed backward to return everything to its original state.
Any object that comes into contact with Kaoru's Nunoboko has its time completely under his control—he can change its state over any length of time, whether short or extremely long. Furthermore, the staff itself can also release barriers that allow him to control time even without making direct contact, though this effect is temporary, lasting only a few seconds.
In addition, the Yosagami Kugeki technique Kaoru used is another special ability of the Nunoboko. It allows him to copy an opponent's techniques and enhance their power—similar to the Rinnegan abilities in the palms of Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki, though without the ability to absorb techniques. However, using this copied and enhanced version consumes a large amount of chakra and requires a long cooldown period, meaning it cannot be used repeatedly in quick succession.
"I still haven't used up all the ice power I gathered from all the heroes earlier! Now I will give it to you!!!"
Ignoring the look of confusion and bewilderment on Kaguya's beautiful face, Kaoru's scarlet, deep eyes—glowing with that eerie red light—held not a single trace of emotion. His chakra, vast as an endless abyss, surged and raged uncontrollably. He raised his hand and unleashed all the remaining freezing power he had stored within his body, sending it crashing toward her.
Reflected in Kaguya's pure white eyes, Kaoru moved his hand in what appeared to be a smooth, flowing motion. The air around them instantly turned solid. Freezing power far exceeding absolute zero erupted, forming a wave of light that drifted like soft snowflakes, yet looked as beautiful and radiant as shining stars or glowing jewels. This light was so cold that it had the power to freeze and shatter everything it touched...
This stream of white light was as beautiful and dreamlike as scattered stardust. Kaguya felt a strange sense of awe rise within her heart—she had never seen any technique like this in all the endless years of her existence.
To die under such a magnificent, breathtaking attack... it almost felt as though even death itself would be preserved forever within this freezing power, lasting for eternity and flowing through the ages...
"I am actually having such thoughts..."
But before this feeling could fully take root in her mind, Kaguya suddenly realized the danger. The freezing power unleashed by Kaoru, which was so beautiful it seemed to possess a soul of its own, was already upon her. Before she could react completely, she was completely enveloped in that brilliant white light.
CRACK!!!
In the blink of an eye, struck by Kaoru's freezing power, Kaguya's entire body began to freeze and crumble. Even the smallest particles of matter within her body stopped moving entirely under the overwhelming force of this extreme cold. It seemed as though her entire form was about to be frozen and shattered into nothingness. A shadow of death began to cover her pure white eyes, filling them with despair.
However, at the very last moment, the primordial chakra that existed within Kaguya's body—connected to the very source of the world itself—erupted violently. Her body began to expand rapidly, growing larger and larger by the second. The white substance that made up her form spread out and filled the entire space around them.
"What is happening..."
Staring in astonishment, Kaoru, Naruto, and Sasuke watched as Kaguya suddenly transformed before their very eyes. In an instant, she had become an enormous, terrifying creature—something resembling a giant white rabbit. The creature's face held a cruel, menacing expression as it glared down at Kaoru from high above, revealing rows of incredibly sharp, deadly fangs!
Where the giant white rabbit had been struck by Kaoru's freezing power, the area instantly froze solid, turning into brilliant crystalline ice. As the creature moved, the frozen parts broke apart and shattered into countless tiny, sparkling fragments that fell like snow...
"Ahhh..."
The giant white rabbit creature—transformed from Kaguya—let out a roar of pain as parts of its body were frozen and shattered. The red glow in its eyes grew even deeper and more intense.
"This... Is this the Tailed Beast Transformation that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki is capable of?!!"
Seeing the terrifying form she had taken, even Kaoru could not help but widen his scarlet eyes in surprise. This was definitely something he had not expected at all.
"Wow... That's one huge rabbit..."
As usual, it seemed only Naruto would make such a simple, childish observation at a time like this.
"Just now... I really thought I was going to turn into a permanent statue of ice..."
Looking at the giant beast that had once been Kaguya, now standing before him in its Tailed Beast form, Kaoru watched as the parts of its body that had been frozen and shattered slowly began to regenerate and return to normal. The red eyes of the giant rabbit burned with a fierce, murderous intent.
"It is clear now... Your existence has become a serious threat to me..."
"The entire world is my most precious garden... Every living thing within it exists as nourishment, to help me grow new fruits of chakra..."
"All of you... are just pieces of my own chakra, created by me..."
"This time... I will take everything back... for good..."
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