Under the sudden amplification of gravity, Naruto, descending from above, reached Gensou in the blink of an eye.
His hands were about to collide together.
"This is the moment!!"
Gritting his teeth, Naruto shouted, his already extended right hand pressing toward Gensou first.
No surprises.
Naruto's burning palm touched Gensou's body.
"We won!"
Not far away, Toneri, who had been struggling to stand up, finally relaxed upon seeing this.
Similarly, Kaguya's red lips curved slightly, ready to transform the gravity space into the All-Creation Sphere Space in the next moment and absorb Gensou's chakra to her heart's content.
Even the Sage of Six Paths exhaled slightly in relief.
Believing the battle was settled, he was just about to contemplate how to deal with his mother next.
However—
At the center of it all, Gensou smirked. At the last fraction of a second before Naruto's palm made full contact, he activated a long-prepared Rinnegan technique.
"Kami-Musubi no Mikoto!"
The ripples in Gensou's Rinnegan expanded dramatically.
At the same time, Naruto roared:
"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!"
In an instant!
A dazzling radiance erupted from Gensou.
The intensity of the light was so great that even Naruto, under the weight of gravity, was forced backward.
Seeing the Sun-Moon Seal already imprinted on Gensou's body, Naruto assumed this was just the visual effect of Chibaku Tensei.
He was about to cheer—
But at this moment, Kaguya and the Sage of Six Paths' expressions changed drastically.
Having once been sealed by Chibaku Tensei, Kaguya immediately sensed something was wrong—this was nothing like what had happened to her in the past.
And the Sage of Six Paths, being the true master of the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, felt it even more clearly.
The technique he had left with Naruto—right as it was about to be released—was being devoured, bite by bite, until he completely lost connection with it.
Not only that—
In the mental realm, the Sage of Six Paths materialized, his expression grim as he looked at his open palms.
Empty.
"The seal of the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei… didn't return?!"
The Yin-Yang Seal had vanished from Naruto's hand.
Logically, it should have returned to the Sage's palms upon use, yet now, it was completely gone.
The Sage knew what this meant.
His Rinnegan technique, Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, could no longer be used.
"...This has led to the worst possible outcome!"
Watching as Gensou stood amidst countless waves of radiant light, divine and untouchable, the Sage sighed deeply.
He had suspected that Gensou was hiding something.
But due to the urgency of reality, he had been forced to act quickly, setting up this final strike.
And yet, he had still miscalculated.
Not only had he failed—but even Chibaku Tensei was lost.
As the light surrounding Gensou finally condensed, forming a magnificent, regal, blazing halo behind his head, the Sage widened his Rinnegan, scanning rapidly.
"This… this is its effect?!"
His face darkened.
"So deeply hidden!"
He couldn't help but sigh.
As Kaguya and the Sage were realizing the gravity of the situation—
Even Naruto, for all his bluntness, sensed something was wrong.
Confused, he looked at the now-radiant Gensou.
"Is this what the ultimate sealing technique is supposed to look like? No… that's not right! Gensou is still moving… he's even standing up!"
Naruto instinctively tried to back away—only to forget they were still in a gravity space.
The moment he leaned back—
"Thud!"
He landed on his butt.
Hearing the noise, Gensou turned his head.
At that very moment, the radiant light around him condensed into a halo, rising behind him, illuminating the surroundings.
Kami-Musubi no Mikoto!
A unique ocular technique of Gensou's Rinnegan.
Gensou had previously mentioned that the Kekkei Sōmō ability of Chakra Unity had little effect on him—precisely because of this technique, which was essentially an impenetrable defense.
Kami-Musubi no Mikoto—from the moment it was activated, it could absorb any Six Paths technique, any Sage Technique, even the most absolute sealing techniques, stripping them from the enemy and making them his own.
More importantly—until Gensou chose to expend the technique himself, the original caster would be unable to use it again.
This was the essence of "extraction."
At this moment, within the halo behind Gensou's head, the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei was now stored—ready to be unleashed at any moment.
And unless he used it, the Sage of Six Paths would never be able to cast Chibaku Tensei again.
This was the terrifying dominance of Kami-Musubi no Mikoto.
And the reason why Gensou had kept it hidden until now.
If he had revealed it earlier and the Sage of Six Paths had detected it with his Rinnegan, capturing Chibaku Tensei would have been impossible.
Thus, Gensou had first activated Amatsuka, declaring a restriction on all techniques—
All to create the perfect setup for Kami-Musubi no Mikoto.
It was precisely because of this that, although the Sage had feared that Gensou had some hidden technique, he had never imagined it would involve absorbing all techniques.
Logically, the Amatsuka decree should have been made to benefit himself.
Who would have thought he'd deliberately suppress his own greatest strength?
Gensou had done all this for one goal—
To turn Chibaku Tensei into his weapon against Kaguya.
Once Kaguya was sealed again, the remaining Toneri, Naruto, and the Sage would no longer be a threat.
It was also crucial that Kami-Musubi no Mikoto had to be activated before Chibaku Tensei was cast.
Chibaku Tensei was an absolute sealing technique.
If it had been activated first, then once sealed, Gensou would have lost the ability to do anything.
This was why he had deliberately drawn the fight out—
Engaging in prolonged combat with the three, allowing himself to appear in danger, waiting for Naruto's real body to finally appear—
And only when Naruto was truly about to unleash Chibaku Tensei—
Did Gensou reveal his trump card.
There was no denying it—the Chakra Fruit was completely broken.
It not only unlocked the Rinne Sharingan, but also granted immortality.
Unless he somehow charmed Kaguya into submission, the future was bound to be filled with conflicts.
As for the Sage aiding him?
His attitude had already made it clear—
There was no room for two tigers on the same mountain.
But if he could stabilize a three-way balance, things would be different.
So—
Gensou looked at the utterly dumbfounded Naruto and smiled, raising his hand in a friendly wave.
"Thank you, Naruto."
(End of Chapter)
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