Chapter 630: 593. Forest of Harvest
Tears overflow from Madara's eyes as he witnesses the love and care of Kasumi.
"Even with my powerful eyes, I was so blind to reality!" He clenches his fists.
Kasumi's life fast-forwards in Madara's vision until the point of her death. Before her death, Kasumi hands over a letter and the red scarf to their son, Akira.
"So, that's our son!"
Crack… crack…
Numerous cracks appear in the surroundings, and the last memory of Kasumi shatters into countless glass fragments.
"Kasumi!"
Madara painfully extends his hand to grab the last vestige of Kasumi's memory. The memory vestige turns into a silhouette of Kasumi.
"Dear!"
Kasumi's silhouette gently caresses Madara's face. Suddenly, the space around Madara changed drastically. Several thorn vines arrive out of nowhere and pull Madara's body into the dark abyss in his mind. Madara's consciousness blacks out for a second.
He quickly reopens his eyes and glances at his surroundings. Numerous thorny vines deeply entangle his body, while he is hanging upside down from the branch of a massive tree.
"What is this place?"
Madara attempts to free himself from the entanglement, but the strength of the vines increases with his resistance.
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In the outside world,
Izuna frowns as he plunges the blade further into Madara's body.
'I knew there was a trace of Grandma's chakra in the scarf. But I didn't expect it to be a memory fragment hidden as a Mangekyo Sharingan Genjutsu. Perhaps this is the power of Grandma's eyes. I never tempered with the scarf to avoid depleting Grandma's chakra and losing the message for good.'
Just now, he awakened the wisp of Kasumi's chakra by supplementing it with his chakra. Kasumi's technique really caught him by surprise, as it could even trap the Jinchuriki of Ten-tail in a Genjutsu for a short period.
Madara could easily break free from it if he wanted to. But there is clearly some important message hidden with that wisp of chakra.
'Perhaps that's the power of Shisui's lineage.'
So far, all people in Shisui's lineage, including his father, grandfather, and grandaunt (Izuna's grandma) are proficient in Genjutsu. And Shisui himself is one of the greatest genjutsu users.
Suddenly, the palpitation in Izuna's heart increases to the extreme. He quickly firm his grasp on the black blade. However, his action is a bit too late.
AH!
A powerful force forcefully rips out his soul, using his connection with the wisp of Kasumi's chakra. Izuna frantically deploys countermeasures, but it's useless against that force.
'Damn it! My Reigan is still in recovery.' These were his last thoughts before his consciousness blacks out.
Argh…
Izuna groans and slowly opens his eyes.
"What is this place?"
A massive thorn forest with countless thorny vines and shrubs appears in his vision. A massive tree several times the size of the Shinju tree stands tall in the center of the forest. The tree has a peculiar shape and a massive flower bloom on top of the tree.
"This place… it seems so familiar!"
An ominous foreboding grips Izuna's heart. Suddenly, the several thorn vines around him attack him.
"Shit!"
"These are Soul Mandala barbs of the Otsutsuki clan."
"AMATERASU!"
Pure white flames engulf the thorny vines before they can attack Izuna.
"Kenjutsu: Soul Blade Art: Zanpakutō," (Soul Cutter Blade)
A Kissaki-Moroha-Zukuri Katana with a distinctive curved and double-edged blade manifests in Izuna's hand. A small doma doll and a bell hang loosely with a red thread at the end of the katana's hilt.
Shiing…
Izuna draws the blade and the white heavenly flames engulf the blade.
Swish… swish…
He uses a powerful Soul Blade Art and neatly slices the quarry of Soul Mandala barbs rapidly approaching him.
The white flames on his blade engulf the vines and set the nearby forest on fire. However, the sheer number of vines overwhelms him.
"Fuck! I won't last long at this rate."
HAAH…
Izuna grabs the hilt of the Katana with both hands and performs a series of swings.
"Zanjutsu,"
A white flame barrier shrouds him while repelling the nearby thorns at the same time.
"I must find a way to exit this strange place."
Suddenly, the palpitation in Izuna's heart grows stronger. He raises his head and glances at the sky.
SHUA… SHUA… SHUA…
The petals of the massive flower part slightly to reveal a humongous vertical eye.
Goosebumps spread across Izuna's body as the eye gazes at him.
"Fuck! This is the main garden of the Otsutsuki clan."
Izuna shivers in fear as an overwhelming presence engulfs him. His vision turns blurry and his consciousness slowly fades.
Jingle… jingle…
Suddenly, the bell on his Katana chimes.
Bang… bang…
Several fuinjutsu runes around his body shatter one by one. The shattered runes release a dark green energy that enters Izuna's body, sobering him up.
"My protective charms just shattered!" His expression turns ugly.
"This means, it was a powerful soul attack. I have to get out of here!"
Izuna frantically circulates his chakra and infuses it into his left eye.
"Shit! Shit! It's not working. I can't open a Yomotsu Hirasaka portal to teleport."
"In that case…"
He bites his lips and draws several fuinjutsu runes in front of him.
Bang…
A seal on Izuna's arm shatters and a powerful purple energy enters the Fuinjutsu seal. The Fuinjutsu seal turns into a small black hole the size of a fist. A purple protective glow shrouds Izuna's body and a powerful suction force acts on his body.
Swoosh…
Izuna spaghettifies and enters the Blackhole. Just before his departure, he notices Madara hanging upside down on a distant branch of the massive tree while entangled with several thorns.
Whoosh…
Izuna disappears from the strange dimension, and the black hole vanishes into thin air.
A few seconds later, a massive white eye opens in the sky of the dimension and gazes at the location of the Blackhole for a few seconds.
In the present world,
THUMP…
Suddenly, the eye on Madara's forehead releases a powerful burst of energy.
Guffaw…
Izuna, who was holding the Kogarasumaru blade, is violently flung away by an extremely powerful force. Even Naruto and Sasuke, who are lying on the ground, are tossed away like rag dolls.
Argh…
In this instance, the black tar-like substance of Black Zetsu engulfs Madara's body, only leaving his exposed face.
Izuna, who is flung across by the blast, opens his eyes. Cold sweat trickles down his forehead as he recalls the horror he felt a few seconds earlier.
His soul was sucked into Otsutsuki's dimension of harvest. If not for his quick actions and protective cards, he might have lost his life for good.
"I understand now!"
Suddenly, everything dawns on Izuna.
Rumble… Rumble…
A powerful burst of energy rises from Madara's body.
"This power?! There is no doubt about it!" Izuna's expression turns ugly as he tries to stabilize himself.
"Zetsu, is that you?"
Madara feels a foreign will slowly take control of his body.
"Zetsu, help me?" He conveys his thoughts to Zetsu.
However, black Zetsu ignores Madara's plea for help.
"It's a bit too early, but this helped me subdue his remanent free will after the deepest part of his mind was exposed."
Black Zetsu's gooey body slowly covers Madara.
"Zetsu, what are you doing? Help me pull out this blade! I can't move because of it."
"Madara, my dear, why do you think I will help you?"
Black Zetsu covers Madara's face.
"Black Zetsu, what are you talking about? I created you. Aren't you the manifestation of my will? So, shouldn't you?"
"Hehe…"
A rapacious laughter echoes in Madara's ear.
"How presumptuous of you to think that I am truly your will? My dear Madara, just like the entire world around you; you too have been inside a phantom dream! "
GAH… GAH…
Madara's body suddenly balloons up. A large amount of nature energy and chakra rapidly pours into his body.
"A dream fabricated by me! Haha…"
Black Zetsu's laughter echoes throughout the barren battlefield.
"Madara, I am not your will. Nor am I the will of Ten-tails or even…"
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Chapter 631: 594. Will of Shinju
"Madara, I am not your will. Nor am I the will of Ten-tails or even Kaguya!"
A wide grin appears on Black Zetsu's face.
"I am the will of the Shinju! Now slumber in an eternal sleep!"
"W-WHAT?!"
Zetsu covers Madara's face, putting his consciousness into a deep sleep.
Whoosh…
Izuna stabilizes himself in mid-air. He quickly flickers and grabs Naruto and Sasuke's bodies.
"Nii-san! Madara… he…"
Both of them weakly glance at him.
"Now isn't the time for questions!"
A green healing light engulfs the duo and heals their wounds. It even separates them from the two cursed weapons. Izuna stores the two blades and glances in Madara's direction with a frown.
"If it is what I think it is, then the shinobi world is in grave danger!"
Swirl…
A small black portal opens beside him. Izuna pulls out a two-pointed silver bident with a double-helical shape carrying it throughout its body. The double-helical shape is tightly wound to its shaft, where it gradually splits apart to form the two massive tines.
"Stay back!"
Izuna erects a green barrier around the duo and disappears.
Whoosh…
Izuna teleports above Madara
HAAH…
Izuna infuses a large amount of energy into the spear, making its body glow with a resplendent blue light. The energy flows through the shaft of the spear, activating numerous Fuinjutsu runes across its surface.
A blue light wound across the helical shape and manifests a third pointed end from the middle of the shaft, creating a trident. The energy blade elongates longer than the two actual ends.
HAAH…
Izuna clenches the spear and aims it towards Madara.
"Ame-no-Nuboko,"
He throws the spear with his entire strength.
Whoosh…
The spear penetrates through the space, leaving a long blue trail behind. In an instance, it arrives above Madara's head.
BOOM…
The spear explodes, discharging a powerful burst of energy that engulfs the entire continent in an instant. The powerful waves of energy spread throughout the continent into a burst of spherical energy.
In the distance,
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
Minato teleports away from the continent with Kushina, Itachi, and Lee after listening to Izuna's warning.
BOOM…
The powerful explosion destroys the previous sturdy blue barrier and continues onwards to the ocean.
A massive pillar of light rises from the explosion site and reaches the orbit of the planet. The energy burst continues to travel forward in a beam and even penetrates through the surface of the moon, destroying a large chunk of it. After destroying a portion of the moon, the powerful beam of energy vanishes into deep space.
Before the chunks of moon could spread out, a powerful attractive force pulls them back to the Moon's surface.
Rumble… Rumble…
The powerful force from the explosion shakes the entire planet, destabilizing its orbit. The discharge even affects the magnetic field of the shinobi world.
The continent turns into a wasteland, and parts of it slowly crumble and fall into the ocean. Powerful waves rise in the ocean, producing tsunami waves with at least a height of a few hundred meters.
'I didn't want to use this attack since the damage it causes to the environment is so high that it could even lay waste to a planet ten times the size of the Shinobi world in an instant. Even though I concentrated most of the energy at a point and redirected almost 99 percent of it to the space, the damage it caused is irreversible. Looks like I have to borrow some Origin energy to repair the shinobi world after this war is over." Izuna laments at the plight of his home world.
"However, the pressure that existence gave me is no less than Lord Ōkuninushi, the leader of the Tentai Yōkai clan. Could it be the illusory lord of the Otsutsuki clan, Shuten-dōji!' A shiver runs across Izuna's spine at this thought.
"Since I destroyed Grandpa's body, he shouldn't be able to descend, right?"
Izuna focuses his gaze on the impact site.
"WHAT?!"
His eyes narrow as he notices a strange figure, covered in bone armor, holding the tip of his spear.
Crack… crack…
Cracks spread across the bone armor. However, the figure holds the spear in place, preventing it from making contact with Madara.
HAAH…
A red aura envelops the figure and the strength of his body increases by several folds.
Bang…
The bone armor of the figure shatters from the blow, but it manages to offset the power of the Ame-no-Nuboko spear. The figure hurriedly tosses the spear beside it and falls to the ground with blood dripping from the various crevices in its bone armor.
Swoosh…
The Ame-no-Nuboko flips in the air a few times and returns to Izuna. Its luster dims and the various Fuinjutsu runes on its body shatter. Izuna stores the spear and glances at the figure with an enraged expression.
"WHO ARE YOU?"
Izuna summons a tachi sword. He holds the hilt of the blade in his hand, ready to make a move.
'He managed to offset an attack capable of destroying a planet with his body and aura. Who is he?' Izuna's expression continues to darken.
'Damn it! Things aren't looking good.'
Izuna glances at Madara's figure which is completely engulfed in the black-tar-like substance. The pressure and bursts of energy emitted from his body send a sense of palpitation and fear across Izuna's heart.
'Why is that bastard Seiryū taking so long? I already sent him a distress signal a few minutes ago.'
Huff… Huff…
The person protecting Madara pant slightly and slowly stands up, revealing his face.
"Another Otsutsuki?"
Izuna's expression turns ugly as he notices two distinct small ram horns on the figure's forehead. The Otsutsuki stands in front of him with his eyes closed. Blood overflows from his various wounds.
Crack… Snap…
The figure twists his neck, creating a rattling sound. Numerous bony projections sprout from his body.
"All-killing Ash Bones,"
Boom… Boom… Boom…
The bones erupt with an incredible speed and reach in front of Izuna in a one-tenth fraction of a second.
Shiing…
A light flicker in Izuna's eye and the flow of time around him slows down to an extreme degree. He quickly maneuvers out of the bone's way.
'I can't get hit by them. This technique looks simple, but it's a very high-level Shinjutsu technique with a powerful concept of instant death. Even if I am immune to instant death, the damage they cause to me will still be fatal.'
However, before he could heave a sigh of relief, a massive fist with bone knuckles widens in his vision.
'He can even move freely in my time manipulation technique?'
Izuna tilts his head and dodges the strike.
Fwish… Fwish…
Suddenly, several bone protrusions extend from the fist to extend its reach.
Shiing…
Izuna's left eye flickers, and he uses Kamui. The bony protrusions phase through his body.
Whoosh…
Izuna leaps back to maintain some distance. The flow of time turns normal.
"Who are you and how can you use Kaguya's Shikotsumyaku?" The illusion of a massive Rinnegan with a psychedelic pattern appears behind the Otsutsuki.
Izuna uses a powerful genjutsu to trap the Otsutsuki in an illusion.
ROOAR…
However, a powerful blood aura appears in Izuna's senses and he gets kicked out of the latter's mindscape before he can even start his interrogation.
"Mental attack immunity?! No, his mind is very chaotic and evil!" Izuna's face turn somber.
"Hehe… Wanting to trap Ibaraki's consciousness using genjutsu? What a futile attempt!"
Black Zetsu mocks him.
Madara's bloated body slowly takes a humanoid shape. The pattern of Rinne-Sharingan on his forehead slowly morphs.
"Ibaraki Otsutsuki?"
Izuna turns to the person in front of him.
"I have never heard of an Otsutsuki with such a name?" Izuna dodges another barrage of deadly bone attacks.
Clang… clang…
He engages Ibaraki in a fight while parrying most of his frenzied close attacks with his tachi. As for long-range attacks, he can evade them all with fair ease due to his extreme speed.
Soon, the two of them reach a stalemate. None of Izuna's attack deals any damage to the hard bone armor of Ibaraki. The defensive power of Ibaraki's body even repels the special power of his tachi.
'This is the first time I have seen an Otsutsuki with such a powerful defense and healing.'
"Hehe… Ibaraki is my perfect creation! I cultivated the frail body of a stillborn into one of the most powerful killing weapons!"
"Stillborn?!"
With victory visible in sight, Black Zetsu's courage increases.
"Yes, Ibaraki is the eldest stillborn child of Kaguya Otsutsuki and the older brother of Hagoromo and Hamura!" Zetsu drops a bombshell.
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