From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 265 It is Him, it is Him, it is Him!
The shadowy ghosts, howling sharply, rushed in from all directions, using all four limbs like wild beasts.

Having recovered from his anger and shock, Isshiki Otsutsuki no longer hesitated. A surge of chakra erupted from within him, like a volcano about to erupt, causing the surrounding atmosphere and ground to tremble violently.

"Divine Art: Great Heavenly Box!"

He raised his palm, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and swung it down heavily.

The right eye's pupil technique 'Daikokuten' was activated, retrieving the object that had been shrunk and stored in another dimension and restoring it to its original state.

Giant black cubes appeared out of thin air, trailing flames like meteors, and fell from the misty sky with immense force. The surging air currents they stirred up were like a waterfall of ten thousand tons pouring down from the heavens. The heavy pressure was so real that it tore the earth open with hideous cracks and stirred up howling winds that roared incessantly.

Boom! ! !
At the site where the black box fell, rolling shockwaves surged.

The deafening roar, like an avalanche, pushed everything aside, forming a massive mushroom cloud tens of meters high, from which the energy exploded, blasting out blinding light.

After a brief period of noise, smoke and dust filled the air.

The surrounding pale pink mist, after being impacted by the shockwave, cleared out a clear area of ​​vision.

"Is it resolved?" Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's Byakugan veins bulged as he nervously surveyed his surroundings, but his expression quickly changed, turning ashen as he angrily cursed, "Resolved my ass!"

The 'ghostly figures' hidden in the mist were not eliminated; on the contrary, the commotion seemed to have attracted even more 'ghostly figures'.

Now, even more 'ghostly figures' surrounded the area, their sheer number making his scalp tingle.

Ignoring physical attacks?
To confirm this conjecture, Otsutsuki Isshiki clenched his fist: "Divine Technique: Sukuna Hikona!"

The next moment, countless black rods rained down from the sky like a torrential downpour.

The black rod, created by combining Yin and Yang Release techniques, possesses the ability to seal chakra, and accurately struck each 'ghost shadow'.

However, the result was that those 'ghosts' completely ignored the characteristics of the black rods and passed straight through the black rods that were everywhere without any hindrance.

Upon seeing this, Otsutsuki Isshiki remained silent for half a second, then turned and ran without hesitation.

If you can't hit them, what are you waiting for if you don't run away?

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's target was clear: that strange town. So his entire figure suddenly disappeared, and from stillness to instantaneous acceleration, the whole process took no more than a few seconds.

boom!
A massive shockwave suddenly erupted across the wilderness, like a giant dragon piercing through the pink mist.

Fortunately, the town wasn't too far from him. In the blink of an eye, Otsutsuki Isshiki shook off the ghostly figures and rushed into the strange town.

Outside the town, the 'ghosts' seemed to be afraid of what was inside, and they all stopped their pursuit, howling angrily, but dared not step inside, and could only linger outside.

What blocked the 'ghostly figure' was merely a stone tablet.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki withdrew his gaze and began to survey the town. Only after entering did he realize that the entire town looked dilapidated, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

The streets and the exterior walls of every house were covered with blood-red branches, like vines, leaving no trace of life or habitation.

This is a bit strange. Otsutsuki Isshiki frowned. If no one lives here, then where did the child just now come from?
With a sense of doubt, he cautiously explored the street further in.

The crimson vines that spread throughout the town, though seemingly chaotic, all came from the same direction. The demonic statues entwined by the crimson branches were located in the central area of ​​the town.

He was very careful not to touch the strange, blood-red vines, after all, they always gave him a bad feeling.

As Ōtsutsuki Isshiki walked along the street and turned the last corner, his view suddenly opened up. The Gedo Mazo, entangled by blood-red branches, was sitting in the empty square, while the residents he couldn't find anywhere in the town were hanging in mid-air.

Those people were all dressed in white robes, facing the golem with their backs to him. Each of them had a blood-red tree branch attached to the back of their head, and they were suspended high in the air.

They look like the abundant fruits of a 'divine tree'.

Looking at the white figures hanging up, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki felt a chill run down his spine and spread to his limbs.

Oh oh oh!
Just then, a cold, damp wind inexplicably swept across the empty square.

Immediately afterwards, the figures hanging in mid-air began to sway slowly, and then turned around at the same time to face Otsutsuki Isshiki.

Their gazes were extremely cold, like ancient ice, mixed with some resentment, as they stared straight at Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Even though he had lived for thousands of years, Otsutsuki Isshiki couldn't help but gasp when faced with such a bizarre scene, being stared at by one person after another hanging in mid-air like a corpse.

Then, those people hanging in mid-air swayed like pendulums, opening their mouths and uttering eerie, inexplicable murmurs:
"The God of Lost Hearts. The Eternal Roarer."

"The God of Lost Hearts. The Eternal Roarer."

At this moment, Otsutsuki Isshiki was struck as if by lightning, terrified, and his whole body trembled.

No. This is a trap!
Suddenly, he realized that the voice that had been calling him all along was not 'Otsutsuki Shibakai' at all!
What truly called to him was that strange thing before him!
escape!
must escape!
Otsutsuki Isshiki was terrified and turned around in a panic, intending to run away.

However, it was only then that he realized that his body had become frozen and he was completely unable to move.

"Hehehe, I found you!"

"We've found you."

Those people hanging in mid-air from tree branches kept calling out the same words.

One after another, chilling gazes were fixed on Isshiki Otsutsuki, their extreme coldness and bone-chilling coldness seemingly freezing him completely, and an unstoppable fear spread from his heart.

At that moment, among the hanging figures, Otsutsuki saw a familiar person – Otsutsuki Toneri.

A slight smile played on his lips, a smile that seemed to be mocking, a smile that seemed to be sarcastic, and a smile that seemed to be intriguing.

"no no!"

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki looked terrified as he discovered a blood-red vine that had silently wrapped around his body.

The strange, cold, slippery touch felt like that of a mollusc. The crimson vines were spreading up his thighs, little by little, until they reached his neck. Then, with a sharp pain in the back of his head, he could clearly feel the crimson vines entering his body and drilling into his brain.

"Aaaaaah—!"

In an instant, the evil murmurs were amplified in his mind.

It was as if some other consciousness was slowly squeezing out his thoughts and forcibly injecting ideas that were not his own.

"where?"

Where is He?

"Hehe. Found it. It's here!"

The countless whispers almost burst his head.

Just then, another unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out from the depths of Otsutsuki Isshiki's mind.

"I heard you're looking for me?"

The silent roar, like a thunderclap, exploded deep within his heart.

An indescribably powerful explosion suddenly erupted from the depths of his mind, like a giant dragon roaring and breathing, triggering hundreds of thunderbolts to explode simultaneously, and huge ripples surged wildly, the brilliance of which seemed to engulf everything in an instant.

The next moment, everyone hanging from the tree branch let out a scream.

Then, the crimson vine that had been wrapped around his neck and was trying to burrow into his mind was shattered by that force.

Having narrowly escaped, Otsutsuki Isshiki knelt on the ground, trembling as if having an epileptic seizure. His mouth was wide open, and his eyes were empty and lifeless. Then, a nearly translucent figure, like a ghost, slowly squeezed out of his body.

"coming."

"He really came."

"It is Him. It is Him."

Uchiha Munegetsu

The person hanging in mid-air instantly focused their gaze on the semi-transparent figure and let out a venomous and angry roar.

The figure gradually shed its hazy veil, revealing its true form—it was Uchiha Muneki. His eyes gleamed with a faint golden light as he gazed at the figures hanging in mid-air, swaying like pendulums, and said calmly, "Yes, I've come."

(End of this chapter)