"You... are you Urashiki's 'energy pill'?"
Information about the Otsutsuki clan flashed through Shinichi's mind. A theory was beginning to take shape. Based on the intel he possessed from his previous life, the Otsutsuki always traveled in pairs. He knew of Isshiki and Kaguya, and the future duo of Momoshiki and Kinshiki.
However, there was a third pair. Adult Sasuke's future investigation of Isshiki's dimension revealed a stone monument with six distinct Otsutsuki crests. Four belonged to the pairs mentioned above. The other two were damaged, but one was associated with Otsutsuki Urashiki.
Urashiki was a lone scout in the future, but it made sense that he originally had a partner. Looking at the "Ryushiki" before him, Shinichi deduced that this man was likely the lower-tier partner who, like Kaguya, had sought to escape his fate as a sacrificial offering.
He's been hiding on Earth for years, Shinichi realized. Waiting for a chance to find Isshiki's Ten-Tails or a way to evolve beyond his bloodline. He felt Toneri's Tenseigan awakening and thought he'd found his salvation.
Shinichi's Truth-Seeking Orbs circled him lazily. His Azure eyes narrowed. "You've been hiding for a long time, haven't you? What was the plan? To swallow a fruit and become a god? Or were you just looking for Isshiki's pet?"
The Gap in Divinity
Ryushiki's face twitched. He was an Otsutsuki—a "god" among mortals—yet the teenager standing before him radiated a pressure that made his skin crawl. The Tenseigan Chakra Mode was something Ryushiki had only heard of in legends of the main branch.
"Who are you?!" Ryushiki roared, his arrogance finally cracking. "How can a mere human know of our secrets?"
"So I was right," Shinichi smiled.
Knowing his opponent was a lower-tier scout gave Shinichi a surge of confidence. Against the likes of Isshiki or Momoshiki, he would have to be wary. Against a subordinate? He could afford to experiment.
Should I capture him for Orochimaru to dissect? Shinichi wondered. The thought of the snake-sannin's face upon receiving a live Otsutsuki was almost worth the effort.
Ryushiki didn't wait for an answer. He manifested a Red Chakra Spear, a signature weapon of his kin. With a burst of speed, he lunged, the tip of the spear aimed directly at Shinichi's throat.
"Gentle Fist: Divine Grasp."
Shinichi didn't use a weapon. He didn't need to. Two Truth-Seeking Orbs reshaped themselves into black gloves over his hands. He reached out and caught the spear mid-thrust. The impact sent a shockwave through the forest, but Shinichi didn't move an inch.
With a fluid motion, Shinichi delivered a spinning kick to Ryushiki's ribs. The sound of breaking bone echoed through the woods as Ryushiki was sent flying, crashing through dozens of ancient trees until he slammed into the earth a mile away.
Shinichi blurred into a streak of green light, pursuing his prey. As he hovered over the crater, he formed a Miniature Tailed Beast Bomb—infused with Tenseigan chakra—and dropped it.
However, Ryushiki's Rinnegan flared. He reached out and absorbed the blast, though the effort left him gasping for air.
"Still have some fight in you?" Shinichi appeared behind him instantly.
The battle was one-sided. Shinichi held the advantage in speed, strength, and sensory perception. Ryushiki was desperate; he threw a "back-turned spear" strike, but Shinichi simply tilted his head, letting the weapon whistle past. With a flick of his finger against the spear's shaft, Shinichi sent the weapon spinning out of Ryushiki's grip.
Realizing he was outmatched, Ryushiki retreated. A dark portal opened behind him.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!"
He dived through the rift, disappearing from the forest.
The Secret Base and the Turtle
Ryushiki emerged in a massive underground cavern. In the center stood a twisted, forty-meter-tall tree—a Miniature Divine Tree. It wasn't a true God Tree, but a stunted version Ryushiki had been using to cultivate "medicine" from human souls over the centuries.
He collapsed on the ground, coughing up blood. "That monster... how can a Hyuga be that strong?"
He scrambled toward the base of the tree and reached into a hollow in the trunk. He pulled out a small, stone-like object: A turtle with a red chest on its back, tied with a silken cord.
The Karasuki.
This was a supreme treasure of the Otsutsuki clan, capable of Time Travel. Ryushiki had stolen it when he fled his partner, keeping it as his ultimate trump card. It took massive amounts of chakra to activate, but it could rewrite history.
"I'll go back twenty years," Ryushiki hissed, his eyes crazed. "I'll find that brat when he's an infant and pluck those eyes from his head before he can even blink! I will rule this world!"
He began pouring his remaining chakra into the turtle. The stone eyes of the Karasuki slowly began to glow.
"Is that your trump card?"
The cold voice made Ryushiki's heart stop. He spun around, but the turtle was already gone from his hands.
Shinichi stood ten feet away, bathed in emerald light, casually tossing the Karasuki in the air and catching it. He looked at the miniature Divine Tree behind Ryushiki with a look of pure disgust.
"A time-traveling treasure... I really shouldn't have underestimated you, Otsutsuki," Shinichi remarked, his smile widening. "You nearly slipped away into the past. But now? Both the tree and this little turtle belong to me."
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