Naruto: Uchiha is not Raikage!

Kaguya Otsutsuki's pure white eyes gazed at him, and she could see the chakra flowing within Kiyoshi's body—vast, pure, and even faintly carrying a "quality" that she could not fully comprehend.

That quality made her blood throb slightly; it was an instinctive yearning for a higher level of chakra.

"I think we can cooperate."

Kiyoshi said.

"What cooperation?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki countered with a question.

"Normally, a single divine tree can drain the life force of a planet, resulting in the strongest 'Chakra Fruit'."

Kaguya Otsutsuki nodded slightly as she listened to Kiyoshi's explanation.

That's the reasoning.

For the Ten-Tails to become a sacred tree, a special condition must be met, which is to make it eat a living Otsutsuki.

In other words, it requires sacrificing the bloodline of a member of the Otsutsuki clan; otherwise, it would be impossible to transform the seedling of the Divine Tree, which is the young Ten-Tails, into the Divine Tree.

Therefore, they always work in pairs, with one Otsutsuki being eaten by the God Tree and becoming the Ten-Tails' "prey".

The other is responsible for guarding the sacred tree, ensuring nothing goes wrong.

Therefore, after draining a planet, they would usually take the Divine Tree and the "Chakra Fruit" to another planet.

This cycle continues, extracting resources, consuming the "Chakra Fruit," and eventually becoming the god of the Otsutsuki clan.

This behavior is regarded as "the will of the Otsutsuki" within the Otsutsuki clan.

"So you're a guardian or...?"

Kaguya Otsutsuki looked at Kiyoshi.

Her white eyes pierced through to a great distance, and after scanning the area, she did not find another person like Kiyoshi.

"I was the only one who unexpectedly ended up here."

Kiyoshi made up an excuse on the spot.

Kaguya Otsutsuki stared at Kiyoshi. Her Byakugan could see through the flow of chakra and the internal organs and meridians, and could even tell if a person was lying.

However, this ability will still be effective when facing someone weaker than oneself.

Kaguya Otsutsuki discovered that this ability was completely ineffective against Kiyoshi.

"So what do you want to do?"

If he were just an ordinary person, Kaguya Otsutsuki would have killed him with a flick of her wrist; I don't want to elaborate.

Seeing that Kiyoshi was of the same clan and possessed great power, he was willing to talk to him because he was not sure he could defeat Kiyoshi.

She also had her own ulterior motives. If she were injured in the battle with Kiyoshi, then it would be almost certain that she would be sacrificed by Isshiki Otsutsuki.

“I have a method to grow divine trees without draining natural energy, and not just one divine tree.”

Kiyoshi said slowly.

"No need to drain the planet's natural energy?"

Kaguya's voice remained indifferent, but a hint of doubt crept into it.

"Yes."

Kiyoshi nodded, and the black lines on his right arm slowly faded away, while the fleshy horn on his forehead disappeared under his skin, restoring him to his original human form.

Only those bright white eyes remained fixed on Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"The Otsutsuki clan's usual method is essentially plunder. They extract the natural energy and life force of the planet accumulated over countless years through the Divine Tree and condense it into fruit. It's simple and efficient, but extremely brutal, essentially a one-time extraction."

He paused, his gaze fixed on the surging dragon vein chakra deep within the basin, and further away, on the scorched mountain range burned by his flames.

"The universe is vast and boundless."

Kiyoshi continued:
"Even the Otsutsuki clan, who travel to countless stars, plant the Divine Tree, and harvest its fruits, could not possibly traverse every corner or understand every possibility. The speed of light, on the scale of the cosmos, is like a snail's pace, and we... including you and me, who among us can truly reach that ultimate speed of the universe?"

Kiyoshi said slowly.

If anyone could travel at several times or even dozens of times the speed of light, there would be no need for shows like "Shippuden" or "Boruto." For the people of the ninja world, that speed would be no different from stopping time.

Even the Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke died on their own.

Naruto can only react to Madara Uchiha's "Storm Release: Light Fang" at normal light speed.

If this had happened to anyone else, they would probably have died on the first hit.

Only a very few people can dodge this move.

Kaguya was silent.

She knew for certain that the tribe's travel relied on locking onto spatial coordinates and special spacetime jump technology, far from being true light-speed travel.

Even the upper echelons of the Otsutsuki main family are subject to this.

Otherwise, "Guardians" like her, who are sent to remote planets on missions, wouldn't have to wait for the divine tree to bloom and bear fruit after landing, which would take up a lot of time.

It is entirely possible to establish coordinates on different planets at the same time and plant multiple divine trees.

Because the sacrifice of the sacred tree does not require the complete Otsutsuki, even a part of the trunk is sufficient.

"so……"

Kiyoshi withdrew his gaze from the distance and returned it to Kaguya's perfect yet cold face.

"I have pioneered a method for obtaining natural energy from the void of the universe."

Kiyoshi said.

His method was to capture the void of the universe and the sparse natural energy in other dimensions.

Very simple method.

What's remarkable is that Kiyoshi accelerated the process, making it extremely fast.

In the entire ninja world, only Kiyoshi can do that.

Mito Uzumaki's actual area of ​​responsibility was no more than 10%.

More than anything, it provides inspiration.

This argument was undoubtedly a huge shock to Kaguya Otsutsuki's worldview, as she had been instilled with the "plant and then plunder" model since her birth.

Her pure white eyes shifted slightly, as if she were rapidly processing this information.

"There's actually a way to obtain natural energy from the universe...?"

She repeated in a low voice, her gaze sweeping over the primitive humans who were still kneeling on the ground below, almost frozen with fear because of her confrontation with Qing Si, and then over the abnormally large plants that had been forced to grow, and the distant, faint roars of spirit beasts.

The most precious resource of a planet is natural energy.

The vitality of living organisms is secondary.

Because as long as they keep reproducing, they will never lack vitality.

Humans are a race with a strong reproductive capacity and abundant vitality contained in their flesh and blood.

It's definitely a blood pack.

"How to prove it?"

"Proof takes time, and also a little bit of your trust."

Qing Si said frankly.

“I can share some of the principles of the procedure with you first, and you can judge its feasibility. As for the complete construction and implementation, it is not something that can be accomplished in a day, and it also requires the right time and place.”

Kaguya Otsutsuki did not answer immediately. The fluctuations of chakra around her subsided, and her aura, as cold as an ice peak, also diminished considerably.

She gave Qing Si a deep look, a look that contained too many uncertain thoughts.

In the end, she said nothing.

Her long, blue-white hair swayed slightly as her slender figure drifted backward, seemingly merging into the scorching air. In a few flashes, she disappeared into the distant horizon, her remaining form quickly dispersed by the desert's hot winds.

Kiyoshi knew she wouldn't believe him immediately.

Kaguya Otsutsuki may appear indifferent, but she is actually extremely vigilant, especially during this sensitive period when she is with Isshiki and they each harbor their own thoughts.

But she wavered, she became curious, and that was enough.

For the Otsutsuki, who possesses near-eternal life, a temporary rejection does not represent a permanent denial.

She needs time to observe, verify, and weigh the pros and cons.

Qing Si also needs time to accumulate his own capital and leverage on this land from a thousand years ago.

He turned around, his gaze returning to the edge of the basin.

The wild and beautiful young girl remained slumped on the ground, gazing up at him with eyes filled with shock and profound awe. The other villagers pressed their foreheads firmly to the scorching sand.

His body trembled like a leaf, and he muttered incantations, which were even more fervent prayers and praises to Kiyoshi, the "Amaterasu Omikami" or some other deity.

In the distance, on the desert horizon, dust began to rise.

Clearly, the chakra fluctuations that erupted during his brief clash with Kaguya Otsutsuki, as well as the terrifying spectacle of "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation" burning mountains and boiling seas earlier, had alarmed many more "residents" in this area.

The dull footsteps, like the beating of drums, approached from afar.

A clear tremor came from the ground.

The first thing to appear was a spirit beast that resembled a giant lizard but had three ferocious heads.

Each head was like a small mountain, covered with hard, dark red scales. Six amber vertical pupils were fixed on Qing Si, and corrosive saliva dripped from their mouths, scorching the sand and sending up hissing white smoke.

It is over fifty meters long, and every step it takes causes rocks to fall from the rock face.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp cry came from the sky.

A strange bird with a wingspan of nearly 100 meters circled in, its feathers shimmering with a metallic bluish-gray luster, its beak like a curved giant scythe, and its claws like hooks forged from fine steel. The shadow it cast covered half of the basin.

A cunning glint flashed in the strange bird's eyes, clearly indicating that it was quite intelligent.

Beyond the distant sand dunes, several enormous tentacles covered with suckers meandered out, each as large as a palace pillar, creating a whistling sound as they moved.

It was a chakra creature, resembling an octopus but even more ferocious, lurking deep within the sands, emanating a damp, foul odor.

One after another, seven or eight more enormous summoning beasts of various shapes appeared from all directions. Some resembled giant bears, but had bone spurs on their backs; some were similar to scorpions, but their carapaces were covered with strange patterns; and some were simply rolling clumps of elemental creatures formed from sand and chakra.

They are all powerful life forms that have mutated and grown due to the long-term nourishment of the dragon vein chakra dissipated from the dragon vein and the excessive natural energy in the earth and atmosphere. They each dominate their own territory in this region and are revered by primitive humans as various kinds of "gods".

At this moment, drawn by the more powerful chakra fluctuations, whether out of territorial instinct or the instinct to devour and evolve, they converged and surrounded Kiyoshi and the human settlement behind him.

These summoned beasts possessed a complex and powerful aura, far surpassing the summoned beasts commonly seen in later generations.

Kiyoshi even sensed characteristics similar to those of massive chakra aggregates, like those of tailed beasts, in several of them.

He understood that the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who later divided the Ten-Tails and created the Nine Tailed Beasts, might have drawn inspiration from these naturally existing and powerful chakra life forms of this era.

In this era, humanity was weak and had not yet mastered the methods of systematically refining and using chakra. They could only struggle to survive in the cracks between these "gods," either by worshipping or offering sacrifices, hoping for a sliver of protection.

Kiyoshi looked at the approaching giant beasts, then at the terrified and desperate humans behind him, and made a decision.

He needs to stay here for the time being.

The dragon vein is a key coordinate, and these spirit beasts are ready-made combat power and experimental materials.

With a thought, chakra surged from within his body.

"From today on."

Qing Si's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every living being in the basin, including the hostile spirit beasts.

"This place is under my rule."

Before the words were even finished, the three-headed giant lizard was the first to attack.

Its central head suddenly opened its massive maw, and a torrent of blazing dark red flames erupted forth, so hot that the air itself seemed to distort and boil!

Before the flames arrived, the heat wave was already hitting them, and the people below screamed in terror.

Kiyoshi's gaze remained unchanged; he simply formed a simple hand seal with one hand.

"Immortal Technique: Inorganic Rebirth"

He did not enter full immortal mode, but he mobilized the natural energy stored in his body.

The giant cacti and sandstone pillars along the edge of the basin, and even the sand underfoot, seemed to have been instantly brought to life!

The giant cactus suddenly grew taller, its thick branches twisting and blocking the torrent of flames. The hard rocks rose up as if they were alive, forming layers of barriers, while the sand churned up several waves, slapping the flames from the side.

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The flames struck the living cactus and rocks, charring and melting them, but their power was greatly dispersed and weakened, eventually extinguishing completely a few feet away from Kiyoshi.

The three-headed giant lizard was taken aback, seemingly not expecting its attack to be so easily neutralized.

Kiyoshi's counterattack has already begun.

"Lightning Release: Kirin".

He didn't even form a hand seal; he simply raised his finger to the sky.

Thick, dark clouds had gathered in the sky, and lightning crackled wildly within them.

Kiyoshi didn't need to use "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique" to release the technique into the sky first, like Sasuke did, to create cumulonimbus clouds by using the rising air currents of the flames, thus creating the natural conditions for the subsequent "Lightning Release: Kirin".

He only needs to use his massive chakra to directly interfere with the celestial phenomena!
A massive, winding bolt of lightning, gleaming with blinding white-blue light, crashed down and struck the three giant lizards with perfect precision!

"Roar!"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed across the desert.

The giant lizard's massive body was instantly engulfed by blinding lightning. Its hard red scales became as brittle as paper under the extremely powerful and intense lightning, peeling off in large swathes to reveal the carbonized flesh beneath.

Its three heads thrashed wildly at the same time, spewing out black smoke mixed with fragments of internal organs instead of flames.

With a single blow, the seemingly majestic behemoth was severely injured, collapsing to the ground with a thud, its body convulsing and emitting blue smoke, leaving only a faint mournful cry.

This terrifying scene shocked the other summoned beasts.

The strange bird in the sky let out a frightened cry and suddenly rose higher, while the tentacle monster on the sand also quietly retracted its tentacles a little.

But not all were intimidated. The giant bear with bone spurs on its back stood upright, pounding its chest and roaring.

It seemed even more ferocious, its eyes bloodshot, and charged towards Qing Si recklessly, each step causing the earth to shake, its huge bear paws slamming down with terrifying force!

At the same time, the giant scorpion, its carapace covered with strange patterns, quietly raised its stinger, the tip of which gleamed with a ghostly blue venomous light, poised to strike. The strange bird in the sky also regrouped and swooped down again, its scythe-like beak aimed straight at Kiyoshi's head.

The tentacles beneath the sand suddenly erupted, several giant tentacles closing in from all directions like a cage, attempting to restrain Kiyoshi's movements!
Faced with this multi-pronged attack, Qing Siying's white eyes turned scarlet again.

The Mangekyou Sharingan reappeared and spun rapidly!
Dark chakra surged forth like a tide!

"Susanoh!"

First came the skeleton, then the meridians and flesh, followed by the Tengu armor, and finally a nearly 900-meter-tall "Complete Susanoo" rose from the ground.

Compared to the 800-meter height of the "Limited Tsukuyomi," Kiyoshi's chakra has improved, which manifests as an even greater height in the "Susanoo."

It was clad in heavy armor, with wings on its back and four arms. It held a bow in its left hand, an arrow in its right, and a long sword in its lower hands. Its face was shrouded in ferocious armor, with only two crimson lights flickering in its eye sockets.

The giant bear's slam landed heavily on Susanoo's raised arm armor, producing a deafening clang of metal against metal and an explosion of air. But Susanoo remained unmoved, instead casually kicking it as if it were a toy, easily sending it flying.

For the giant bear, it was like a tidal wave of power crashing into its chest!
Click!

The sound of bones cracking rang out.

The giant bear's massive body was struck as if by a meteor; the bone spurs in its chest shattered, its entire chest caved in, and it spat out blood mixed with fragments of its internal organs. It screamed and flew backward, crashing into a distant rock wall, its fate unknown.

Almost at the same time, the giant scorpion's venomous stinger, the strange bird's beak thorn, and the tentacles' entanglement arrived!
The black flame sword in Susanoo's other hand swept horizontally!

As the blade flashed, the eerie blue poison needles were severed, but the sprayed venom was instantly evaporated by the black flames.

The strange bird screamed and tried to dodge, but one of its wings was still struck by the blade. Its feathers and bones, as hard as refined iron, were cut off as if they were made of paper. The strange bird lost its balance and fell in a whirl as it cried out.

Several fused tentacles twisted, curled, and broke in agony under the scorching black flames, and a muffled, painful roar came from the sand.

Kiyoshi stood within the diamond-shaped crystal on Susanoo's forehead, his cold gaze sweeping over the entire area.

"Submit, or die."

His voice spread through Susanoo.

The surviving summoned beasts were finally overwhelmed by fear, completely unable to comprehend the existence of such powerful humans.

They also categorized love as belonging to an existence like Kaguya Otsutsuki, and immediately chose to submit.

The strange bird with broken wings struggled, burying its head deep in the sand and emitting a weak, mournful cry. The tentacle monster beneath the sand also slowly emerged part of its body.

It was an ugly head, like a mountain of flesh, with tentacles at their base. At this moment, it opened several murky eyes, conveying a message of submission.

The other, slightly weaker, spirit beasts were already prostrate on the ground, trembling.

Even the three-headed giant lizard that was initially severely injured by the lightning and on the verge of death struggled to humbly lower its two intact heads with its last remaining strength.

Kiyoshi removed "Susanoo" and his figure slowly descended.

He walked up to the subjugated beasts and signed the psychic contracts. Dark runes spread from his hands, like living chains, imprinting themselves on the foreheads or cores of the beasts.

Several summoned beasts instinctively resisted, letting out low growls. Kiyoshi's eyes turned cold, and his Mangekyou Sharingan rotated slightly, pressing down with even stronger ocular power.

At the same time, highly compressed lightning chakra condensed at his fingertips, transforming into a sharp spear that instantly pierced the head of one of the most resistant summoning beasts, which resembled a pangolin but had a blade-like dorsal fin!
The summoned beast collapsed to the ground without even letting out a scream, its chakra rapidly dissipating and its life force extinguished.

The bloody suppression had an immediate effect. The remaining summoned beasts offered no further resistance and obediently accepted the contract mark.

Kiyoshi then turned around and looked at the primitive humans who were already stunned, their faith almost collapsing and then being rebuilt.

He walked up to the wild-looking girl and slowly spoke in slightly awkward ancient language:
"There are no gods left to threaten you here. I need to stay here for a while."

The girl stared blankly at him, at this being who could easily slay "gods," subdue beasts, and was like a true god descended to earth, her heart pounding wildly.

She suddenly touched her forehead to the ground, and with the most devout posture, uttered the words of this era that signified complete surrender and belonging.

Behind her, all the villagers, young and old, knelt in the most humble posture, repeating that word.

Qingsi nodded.

He looked up in the direction where Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had left. Although she was long gone, he knew that she must have "seen" everything that had just happened.

…………

In a remote place, in a deep oasis valley, a stark contrast to the desert.

The towering sacred tree stands majestically, its trunk as thick as a mountain range, its canopy reaching into the clouds.

The entire giant tree exudes a powerful life force and a heart-pounding chakra fluctuation, clearly indicating that it is nearing maturity.

A beam of white light descended, and Kaguya's figure appeared outside a stone temple near the Divine Tree.

As soon as she landed, another figure emerged from the shadows of the stone hall.

This person was tall and wore a long robe similar in style to Kaguya Otsutsuki, and also had pale skin.

He had more prominent and curved horns on both sides of his forehead than Kaguya, and his face was cold and stern, with a sense of condescending scrutiny.

It was Isshiki Otsutsuki who was sent here along with Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"Kaguya, where have you gone?"

Yishi's tone was flat.

"I just sensed an unusual chakra fluctuation in the distance. It was quite strong, and its nature... was somewhat unfamiliar."

Kaguya Otsutsuki's expression returned to its usual icy indifference, her pure white eyes calmly looking at Isshiki.

"After inspecting the surrounding area, it was confirmed that there were unidentified chakra creatures fighting, but they have been scared away and will not affect the Divine Tree."

Her answer was concise and watertight, without mentioning Kiyoshi's existence or the brief conflict and conversation.

Yishi stared at her for a few seconds.

The Otsutsuki clan is not a monolithic entity, and mission partners are often wary of each other, especially when it comes to beings like the "Chakra Fruit," which can bring about a leap in power.

Kaguya Otsutsuki seems to have undergone some subtle changes recently. Although she remains taciturn, Isshiki Otsutsuki's keen senses make him feel that she seems to be hiding something.

However, he did not investigate further.

Firstly, the Otsutsuki clan strictly prohibits unprovoked deadly battles, with violators severely punished.

Secondly, even if an accident does occur, as long as the "wedge" has been successfully engraved on the appropriate "vessel," they are not truly dead and will eventually be revived.

However, the recovery process is lengthy and fraught with uncertainty, and no Otsutsuki would willingly take that step unless absolutely necessary. (End of Chapter)