XX-level Hokage

"It originates from Uchiha Izumi's ability, God Strike, which can directly attack enemies marked by Omikami, achieving a one-hit kill. It has a ten-year cooldown period. Unfortunately, you are the first person to be hit by this move," Uchiha Shin said softly.

"So that's how it is. Your Karma seal was decompressed a long time ago, Otsutsuki Goshiki?" Uchiha Zero asked.

“Otsutsuki Goshiki, that’s not wrong, but I’m more like a hybrid of Otsutsuki Goshiki and Uchiha Zero now, though Otsutsuki Goshiki takes up more of that part, so you can call me by my new name, True Self,” True Self said softly.

Chapter 220: The Birth of the True Self (Part 2)

The special eye techniques of the Otsutsuki Goshiki Rinnegan are Toki-oh and Ten-i-no-Mikoto.

The Emperor of Time can accelerate time to a certain extent, including the decompression speed of the wedge.

Ten-Yi-zun can read the identity information of beings other than the Otsutsuki, and can make the Karma he creates special. The special Karma does not need to be marked, and will automatically choose the nearest being to mark it after Otsutsuki Goshiki dies. Furthermore, this special Karma also allows Goshiki to use the original body's abilities.

Based on these two abilities, Otsutsuki Goshiki is practically immortal, and his fighting style is also incredibly unique. If an enemy cannot defeat him, Goshiki will choose to commit suicide after simultaneously activating Time Emperor and Heavenly Memories, thus achieving an alternative form of reincarnation.

Uchiha Shin was killed by Otsutsuki Goshiki, who used this fighting style.

After meeting Uchiha Shin, Otsutsuki Goshiki first activated his Heavenly Memory to understand his personal information, and then came up with a plan to use his identity to kill Uchiha Zero.

After all, Goshiki wasn't confident at all facing Konoha, which had defeated Momoshiki and Isshiki.

So Goshiki chose to commit suicide, thus reincarnating into Uchiha Shin's body. After making Uchiha Zero completely lower his guard, he used God Strike to assassinate him, hitting the target with a single blow.

"Looks like I've really fallen for it this time." Sensing the state of his soul, Uchiha Zero knew that if the true self in front of him hadn't gone easy on him, he would probably be dead already.

"So, what do you want to ask me now that you've spared my life?" Uchiha Zero said calmly. "Where did you hide the Divine Tree sapling?" True Self asked.

Aside from Kaguya, all the members of the Otsutsuki clan have only one goal: "to plant trees." "So that's what you're asking about? Want to know? Then guess," Uchiha Zero joked.

"If you tell me now, I'll spare the ninjas here. Otherwise, after you die, I'll raze the entire Hidden Leaf Village to the ground," True Self threatened.

Zero showed no fear in the face of the True Self's threatening words, and continued to look at the True Self calmly.

"Oh, that expression... Do you have some other tricks up your sleeve? Is it the Tailed Beast weapons buried deep beneath Konoha, or Izumi's Great God? Don't worry, these Tailed Beasts are nourishment for the God Tree, and I will handle them properly. As for Izumi, your wife, the mother of this body, I will go back and deal with her after you die," True Self continued.

Upon hearing this, Zero fell silent. True Self wasn't in a hurry either, waiting for his final answer. After a moment, Zero suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked impatiently.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect anyone to actually give me so much time to prepare." As he spoke, Zero's left eye turned into a dark purple Rinnegan. "Looks like I'll still have to find it myself." With that, Zero snapped his fingers, and instantly Zero's soul shattered.

But for some reason, Zero's body gradually disappeared, forming a dark purple vortex. Zero's soul fragments were instantly sucked into the vortex, along with the soul of his true self.

Before being sucked into the vortex, True Self used Heavenly Memory to glance at the pupil technique activated by Zero's left eye.

【Reincarnation on the Other Shore: One can reincarnate one's soul and relive one's life】So that's how it is? "The true self instantly understood Zero's thoughts.

Zero wanted to take a gamble and go back to the past to relive his life in order to find a way out, but because of the soul connection with God's Strike, Shinji, who was very close to the vortex of reincarnation, was forced to get involved.

"You will fail, I promise." As I said this, my soul was completely sucked into the vortex, which then disappeared. Immediately afterwards, the scene vanished, and the surrounding space became empty again.

"Have you learned the truth?" the system's voice suddenly came. "Are you awake again?" Mashiro asked calmly.

"There's no other way. To ensure the system's mission can be completed smoothly, I set up a forced awakening device before I went into slumber. Whenever you die, I will be forcibly awakened," the system explained.

"What are these scenes? Are they my memories? But I don't seem to have experienced any of these things." Without caring whether the system's explanation was true or false, Mashiro asked.

"What just appeared was indeed your memory, or rather, the memory of the original Uchiha Zero." The system spoke. "The original Uchiha Zero?" "I vaguely understand something, but I still have some doubts..."

"According to Uchiha Zero's initial development, he eventually unified the ninja world and became the King of Shinobi, but was ambushed and killed by Uchiha Shin, who was possessed by Otsutsuki Goshiki. Before his death, Uchiha Zero activated the Rinnegan's eye technique and restarted his life."

Thus, you were born as the new Uchiha Zero. Because Uchiha Zero's soul was shattered, you did not gain Uchiha Zero's memories, and thus the new Uchiha Zero was born.

As originally planned, you followed the same path as the First Hokage, Uchiha Zero. You two had the same appearance, the same personality, and experienced the same events. You would successively rule Konoha, the Land of Fire, and the entire ninja world, eventually becoming the biggest obstacle to the Otsutsuki's conquest of the world.

However, due to the existence of your true self, and because of the Rinnegan's eye technique, he came to your past. Under his behind-the-scenes influence, you failed in the Fourth Shinobi World War, failed to unify the Shinobi World, and were instead executed.

I only learned all this when I summoned you, because I summoned your soul, but there were some identical soul fragments. Since your soul was already quite complete, I threw those soul fragments into the system space.

"The scenes you just saw were memories stored in those soul fragments," the system explained.

"So that's how it is. So that's why I failed back then." Mashiro's tone was somewhat emotional. You see, he and Orochimaru had thought about that great battle countless times.

Unexpectedly, the final failure was caused by a person from the future.

"So it is also because of you that the execution still failed to truly kill me. You brought me to this human world. Similarly, as a soul bound to Izumi, he also came to this world."

"His only way to go back to the past is to kill me, and similarly, if I kill him, I can go to the future," Mashiro said softly.

"That's right. As long as you kill him, the portal will temporarily open. However, the difference is that the future that the portal leads to is not your future, but the original future, the future belonging to the two protagonists, Naruto and Sasuke," the system whispered.

"I understand."

After Mashiro finished speaking, the system fell silent, indicating that Aya had fallen asleep.

Then, the "Cat Has Nine Lives" skill activated again, flashing with light, and Shizuka opened her eyes. The surroundings were still a vast, white snowfield, but Shizuka had vanished without a trace.

"So he left after I died? He didn't even bother to cover his tracks. He really underestimated me. But judging by his logic, he should be rushing to kill Izumi right now." With that, Mashiro sank into the shadows.

At that moment, in a special ward at Konoha Hospital, Izumi was lying in bed. Just then, his true self appeared out of nowhere.

The Emperor of Time possesses the ability to accelerate time. By applying this power to his own speed, he can make his true self travel anywhere without being detected by anyone.

"I never imagined I'd have to kill you three times." Shingo's expression was complicated as he looked at Izumi lying on the hospital bed.

Although the will of Otsutsuki Go is the majority for the true self, a portion still belongs to Uchiha Shin.

Chapter 221: Towards the Future

Therefore, for the true self, he sheds tears every time he kills Izumi.

Zhenwo took out a kunai and slowly walked towards the spring. Just then, a clear voice rang out.

I advise you not to do something so pointless.

Shingo turned around and saw that Mashiro had appeared in the corner of the ward at some point.

"You're not dead yet?" Shingo asked, looking at Mashiro with utter astonishment. "You don't seem afraid," Mashiro said softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhen did not reply, but simply looked at Zhen silently.

“That’s true. Based on your abilities, you think I shouldn’t be able to kill you. And you probably even think that after the body you’re using dies, you can be reincarnated directly into me,” Mashiro said quietly.

"Your memories have returned?" the true self asked coldly.

"I just know a few things. You've used this body for so long, it's time to return it." Mashiro said in a somewhat somber tone. Although she had no feelings for Uchiha Shin, blood-related, Uchiha Shin was indeed her child from when she was Uchiha Zero. "Want this body? Then come and take it." Shin said calmly.

Just then, the shadow behind True Self suddenly began to twist, and Black Zetsu, controlling Obito, emerged from it with "Kamui!"

Kamui was activated, instantly bringing the true self into the Kamui dimension. Mashiro then followed. After the Great War of the Hakusei, Mashiro did not choose to kill Obito.

After all, when her soul was taken away by the Sage of Six Paths, Obito did help her, for whatever reason.

Therefore, Mashiro spared Obito's life, intending for Kakashi, Kushina, Minato, and Naruto to decide Obito's fate after he recovered.

Now, in order to better deal with the true self, Mashiro specifically summoned Black Zetsu, who was training in the Shadow Kingdom, before heading to Konoha, and had it control Obito's body again.

Divine Power Space.

Shingo looked around, then at Mashiro in front of him, and said, "An independent space, huh? How clever."

In order to resist the special Karma ability of Otsutsuki Goshiki's Tenmei-kun, Mashiro specially brought him into the Kamui dimension. In this way, even if Shinga activated Tenmei-kun before his death, it could only mark Mashiro from afar.

"You must die here today," Mashiro said calmly. Mashiro didn't speak, but her pale green Rinnegan lit up.

He instantly appeared behind Mashiro, a black rod appearing in his palm, and stabbed towards Mashiro.

But it passed right through Mashiro, as if piercing the shadows. "Ranya Tianchen?" Mashiro muttered to himself, instantly retreating out of the attack range. Under the influence of Tianyi Zun, Mashiro could clearly understand Mashiro's abilities.

"Did you see that?" Mashiro said, drawing a "one" in the direction Mashiro was pointing.

But seeing this, the true self could only calmly take out a handful of kunai and throw it in front of him. Instantly, the kunai was split in two.

Shinichi was very clear about Mashiro's ability. As a derivative attack that transforms reality into illusion, whether it was the "one" slash or the "cross" slash, it was often invincible under Mashiro's sudden attack.

However, this attack also has a special weakness: the attack judgment is based on the lock of the line of sight. That is to say, if Mashiro sees the true self, the "I" slash will attack the true self. But if he sees other things during the attack, the "I" slash will switch to attack other things.

Understanding this, Shinji easily threw out a kunai, and Shinji's gaze fell on the kunai intentionally or unintentionally, and the word "I" attacked the kunai as a result.

"You really know me well," Mashiro said softly.

"Although I can't be completely sure how many minutes you have left in your untainted state, I think it shouldn't exceed ten minutes. So, I'll have to ask you to show yourself first." As he spoke, he activated the Time Emperor technique.

The duration of Shinpaku's "Undyed State" is ten minutes, and the acceleration time of Shinso Shioh is also ten minutes, because under certain circumstances, Shinso Shioh restrains Shinpaku's Dyed Abyss Dust.

But as Itachi Uchiha said, no ninjutsu is perfect, including the eye techniques used by the Otsutsuki. The cooldown time for True Self Time Emperor is two hours.

The cooldown time for True White Dye Abyss Dust is one hour.

In other words, in just one more hour, the true self will be unable to cope with the true white's "unstained" mode.

Mashiro was unaware of these things, but the True Self, possessing the Heavenly Memory, knew them, and thus he was already preparing to kill Mashiro within the next hour. Instantly, Mashiro appeared behind Mashiro and threw a punch.

Under the power of the Byakugan, Mashiro instantly blocked, but due to the hasty response, Mashiro was still knocked away and crashed heavily into a boulder.

"Time-based eye techniques are indeed difficult to deal with."

Mashiro now somewhat understood the helplessness Madara felt when facing the "unstained" mode. But Mashiro didn't panic at all; the shadow began to spread beneath her feet.

With the acceleration of time, Mashiro was unable to detect the traces of his true self in time. However, as long as the entire Kamui space was completely covered with shadows, Mashiro could instantly detect the true self no matter where it appeared.

"Is it that strange power again? It seems you intend to encompass this entire peculiar space within your perception range."

Because the power of the Shadow Legion does not belong to this world, the True Self's Heavenly Memory Venerable cannot perceive its abilities, but this does not prevent the True Self from guessing them.

"Do you need my help?" True Self said softly. Then True Self started overclocking and running Time Emperor.

Time within the entire Kamui space began to accelerate. The duration of Mashiro's "Unstained" mode shortened continuously, and the speed at which the shadows spread increased. Shinji's method for dealing with Mashiro's shadow army was simple: since these shadows were meant to restrain his Time Emperor, he might as well directly and quickly defeat the Time Emperor.

It not only consumed the time of "untainted" state, but also rendered these shadows useless.

With the Emperor of Time operating at full power, the entire Kamui Space accelerated by ten minutes in an instant. Mashiro's "Unstained" mode disappeared, and shadows covered the entire Kamui Space.

"Now, how should you deal with this move?" True Self said softly, instantly activating the Complete Body Susanoo. This is the power of the Uchiha True Mangekyou Sharingan.

A green Susanoo conjured a katana in its hand and instantly appeared before Mashiro. This was when the Emperor of Time had only a few seconds left to accelerate.

Just as Susanoo's blade was about to strike Mashiro, Mashiro snapped his fingers. "It's getting dark."

Then the entire Divine Might Space instantly turned pitch black.

Immediately afterwards, the complete Susanoo of True Self shattered, and True Self was thrown out heavily.

The Kamui Space brightened up again, and Kaguya appeared beside Mashiro at some point, looking somewhat puzzled.

"So that's how it is. These black shadows aren't there to block my Time Emperor, but to block Heavenly Memory Venerable." The True Self struggled to its feet, drool dripping from its lips.

He looked at the blood and said.