"It's a pity the Hyuga clan doesn't know what good deeds I've done."
As this thought arose, Takemi couldn't help but shake his head again.
He couldn't really comment on the feud between Kumogakure and the Hyuga, after all, they had been so decisive in selling out Hizashi back then.
It was hard to say whether they were trying to show their control over the Branch Family, or if Hizashi's dissatisfaction with the Main Family had already caught their attention.
"Besides, no matter what, even without Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki's finishing blow, what I did was enough."
Takemi's snatching of the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails' Chakra went very smoothly, as they had already been severely beaten by True Several Thousand Hands.
The remaining Ninja of Kumogakure had almost no fighting spirit left.
Of course, any Ninja Village would likely lose their fighting spirit after such a blow.
"After all, not everyone is Madara. Otherwise, why was he the only one who could deal with Hashirama?"
Although, Madara was also severely beaten by Hashirama's True Several Thousand Hands.
"No matter what happens to Kumogakure, the more people they lose, the better it is for us."
Takemi leaned back on the flying bird, looking at the sky and smiling.
"Let's hurry back. I think the old men in the village must be impatient by now."
"Indeed. Anyway, I want to see that old man make that expression again."
Deidara's face broke into a mischievous grin when he heard this, then he deliberately mimicked Ōnoki's dumbfounded expression, pointing at Takemi.
"You, you... How dare you... Hahahahahahaha!"
"You're boring. Be careful, Tsuchikage-sama won't let you off."
Mei chuckled at the sight, but her gaze remained on Takemi.
"Speaking of which, Takemi, it won't be long until I should call you Hokage, right?"
"Cough, cough!"
Takemi almost choked. He tilted his head and looked at Mei with a wry smile.
"Please, this is our break time. Can we not talk about these topics? Besides, I'm still young."
"Indeed, the old man also talked to me about the Kage position. It's really annoying."
Deidara also nodded, looking quite displeased, but soon he started laughing again.
"But that old man will live for a long time, so it should be fine."
"You two..."
Mei was exasperated, and she wisely didn't pursue the topic. But she couldn't help but rub her chin, looking carefully at Takemi, and muttering to herself.
"Indeed, he's a bit young. It's troublesome."
No one knew what she was thinking, but Takemi sighed as he watched Deidara, who had started rambling again.
"Damn it, the main body probably found it annoying, which is why he deliberately left me here, right?"
Apparently, the Takemi remaining here was a God Tree Clone, while the real Takemi had already run off to a valley in the Land of Fire.
"Oh, 'Karma' has a reaction?"
In the valley, Takemi blocked the 'chattering' of the God Tree Clone. He raised an eyebrow and mused to himself.
He knew the theoretical knowledge of how 'Karma' operated, but he didn't fully understand its practical operation yet.
He had deliberately left Karma on Zetsu to see its effects.
At the same time, he also wanted to study what 'Karma' would do if he was still alive.
"But for now, 'Karma' seems to be hidden and hasn't reacted much. Perhaps it still needs to 'collect' my latest information?"
Takemi rubbed his chin. Such 'alien technology' products were indeed very appealing.
"Let's see. For now, dealing with my spoils of war is more important."
As he pondered, Totsuka Blade suddenly appeared, and this time, it was separated from the black rod, appearing before him in a gourd shape.
With the surge of Chakra, three masses of Chakra immediately emerged.
Two of them were Tailed Beast Chakra, while the other was completely black.
"Let's begin!"
In an instant, the god tree source within him paused slightly, and the two masses of Tailed Beast Chakra roared as they merged into his body.
Almost simultaneously, he once again felt a soreness in his eyes.
He knew that he was probably going to get stronger again this time, but his gaze remained fixed on that mass of black Chakra.
"Black Zetsu's Chakra, no..."
"More accurately, it's Kaguya's Chakra!"
"Kaguya's Chakra…"
After seeing Black Zetsu, Takemi had already decided to squeeze him dry.
Since he had encountered him, how could he let him go easily?
He not only left a 'Karma' on White Zetsu's half-body, but also vigorously absorbed some chakra when he captured Zetsu.
"But I've encountered a small problem now. Why can't I absorb it?"
After obtaining Kaguya's Chakra, Takemi had tried to absorb it directly, or to absorb it using the 'god tree source'. But without exception, he found that he seemed to have no way to deal with this Chakra for the time being.
"That's strange. Momoshiki didn't have so much trouble when he devoured Kinshiki."
Takemi felt the constantly strengthening power within him, and sensed that his eyes were changing again.
At the same time, he was also pondering the reason for this. From what he saw in the anime, Momoshiki's devouring of Kinshiki was instantaneous.
"Could it be because of the Kekkei Mora and the Chakra fruit?"
After much thought, Takemi could only come to this conclusion.
Although Kaguya was once a 'Guardian', she defied expectations. After attacking Isshiki and independently devouring the Chakra fruit, she transformed.
"The difference between an Ōtsutsuki who has devoured the Chakra fruit and one who hasn't…"
Takemi had always believed that there was a huge difference between those who had devoured the Chakra fruit and those who hadn't.
It wasn't about overall combat power, but rather the fundamental energy difference.
Such a gap was immense!
"It seems I can't absorb it for now. Even if I want to do something, I'll have to wait until my own development is higher."
Takemi was a bit helpless and could only re-seal this Chakra into Totsuka Blade.
Although there was some regret, his mentality was still good.
After all, he had already acquired the item, and as he improved, he would eventually be able to properly try out this Chakra.
"My development is far from its limit."
As he pondered, he suddenly felt the heat spread throughout his body once again.
The two new, enormous Tailed Beast Chakras, condensed within the 'god tree source', constantly impacted his eyes.
This brought a unique sensation to his eyes, as the continuously erupting Chakra surged powerfully.
Slowly, as the amount of Chakra absorbed by his eyes seemed to approach saturation, the Chakra stopped flowing into them.
Suddenly, he felt that the energy gathered and hidden in his glabella began to become even more frantic.
It not only frantically devoured Takemi's Chakra, but also constantly devoured the power of the 'god tree source'.
"This is…"
Takemi was slightly startled, but at that instant, he felt the world turn upside down.
At the same time, some new information suddenly appeared in his mind.
And the moment his vision returned to normal, he was astonished to find himself in a desolate desert.
"Amenominaka?"
Takemi looked at everything before him and murmured in disbelief.
Amenominaka, that was the new ability he had gained this time.
However, he quickly frowned, because he noticed that something seemed to be wrong.