After spending a few days enjoying the company of Princess Kaguya, the Rabbit Goddess, and the other women, Brook finally returned to the monster planet.
This time, he brought Groot with him.
Groot was currently inside Brook's alternate dimension, absorbing the blood and energy of those monsters while slowly walking down a completely different evolutionary path.
Over the past ten days, with the help of Godzilla and Kong, the three-headed dragon Ghidorah had gathered a large number of native mythical beasts inside the barrier trap Brook had designated.
If Brook had not been worried that this planet might be invaded by the Otsutsuki clan at any time, he would not have done something so short-sighted.
After all, harvesting everything at once was not the best long-term choice.
But compared to losing everything, taking what he could first was obviously the better option.
Brook first shrank his body and concealed his presence. He carefully inspected the entire world, confirming that there were no Otsutsuki clan members nearby before finally revealing himself on the monster planet.
Then, using the same method as before, he waited until night and cast [Infinite Tsukuyomi], controlling the gathered monsters before throwing them all into [Kichijoten] to be raised.
Meanwhile, Ghidorah continued its work, gathering the next wave of monster subordinates.
As for Brook, he had already used Momoshiki Otsutsuki's communication method to send a remote distress message to Elder Reishi Otsutsuki.
[The mutated Chakra Fruit on this planet is scarlet red and has already attracted an extremely powerful native sage beast. Our team cannot handle it. We require an elder to intervene.]
Brook's message was filled with shock toward the mutated Chakra Fruit, making it sound as though it was a rare treasure.
He even deliberately revealed a trace of greed between the lines.
Finally, using Momoshiki's identity, Brook requested permission to consume the mutated Chakra Fruit if they could not defeat the native sage beast.
After sending the message, Brook chuckled.
He wondered whether this message would be enough to lure Elder Otsutsuki over.
Normally, an elder would bring powerful guards with him. These elders also carried plenty of Chakra Fruits and Chakra Pills to sustain their combat power, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
Because of that, Brook began setting traps and preparing backup plans on this planet.
Whether Elder Reishi came alone or brought a team of guards, Brook had to make all necessary preparations.
Even if he could not win, he at least had to ensure that he could retreat safely.
Inside an elder's palace on the Otsutsuki Origin Star.
Otsutsuki Reishi had been rather irritated recently.
That bastard Otsutsuki Ken had used the excuse of searching for his son to turn the clan territory upside down, causing great dissatisfaction among the other three elders.
Unfortunately, Reishi was Ken's ally, which made things very difficult for him.
Back then, after Reishi gave up on following Otsutsuki Shibai's eye technique path, he was rejected by the other three elders. With no other choice, he had gradually leaned toward Ken's side.
At present, all three of Reishi's eyes were six tomoe golden Rinnegan, making him the weakest among the five elders.
The other three elders each possessed a nine tomoe golden Rinnegan on their forehead, along with a Byakugan and another special eye.
Ken was even more outrageous. He possessed a pair of nine tomoe golden Rinnegans, plus a six tomoe golden Rinnegan on his forehead.
Most absurd of all, even Ken's son, young Kenshiki, had been forcibly raised by his father to the level of a nine tomoe golden Rinnegan.
This incident had turned Reishi into the target of ridicule from the other elders.
He still could not understand it.
Ken had clearly not pushed his own forehead eye past the six tomoe golden Rinnegan stage. Why would he be willing to spend so many Chakra Pills and resources to force his son into the nine tomoe golden Rinnegan level first?
One had to know that if Reishi absorbed the power of his two six tomoe golden Rinnegans, he could also temporarily evolve the Rinnegan on his forehead into a nine tomoe golden Rinnegan.
But that would only be temporary power.
Meanwhile, that bastard Ken could even devour the power of both eyes and briefly enter the divine eye state of the white Rinnegan.
That was also why Reishi had followed Ken onto this evolutionary path.
However, what Reishi did not know was that Ken needed his son's eye technique to convert the high-level energy of certain divine artifacts.
That was why he had chosen to forcibly exhaust his son's potential, prioritizing the nine tomoe golden Rinnegan to enhance the power of [Benzaiten].
He had turned young Kenshiki into his own chakra tool.
If that plan succeeded, the six tomoe golden Rinnegan on his forehead would not only soon reach the nine tomoe level, it might even break through into the white Rinnegan.
Unexpectedly, young Kenshiki disappeared at the most critical moment, taking away all of his father's hope of becoming a being with three nine tomoe golden Rinnegans.
That was why Elder Ken was so furious.
Young Kenshiki also carried a top secret treasure that required his nine tomoe golden Rinnegan to transform it into high-level chakra power. That treasure was related to the secret of stepping into the white Rinnegan realm.
In the end, young Kenshiki vanished with that enormous fortune before Ken could even reach three nine tomoe golden Rinnegans, let alone advance into the white Rinnegan.
Reishi, who did not know these secrets, merely sighed and began handling his daily affairs.
Soon, a distress message from Momoshiki Otsutsuki caught his attention.
"A very high-grade mutated Chakra Fruit, scarlet red?"
"A powerful native sage beast comparable to the top elites of the Otsutsuki clan?"
"Three Otsutsuki reinforcements, plus the two Otsutsuki guarding the Divine Tree, five people together still cannot withstand it?"
After seeing the distress message, Otsutsuki Reishi frowned.
How could there still be a planet with native mythical beasts this powerful?
Back then, those high-quality planets had already been plundered clean. The Chakra Fruits they produced had all been monopolized by Otsutsuki Shibai alone. Even the elders had only received leftovers.
Only after Otsutsuki Shibai ascended and left this world did the elders seize power and gain the chance to enjoy higher quality Chakra Fruits.
"Even in Lord Otsutsuki Shibai's era, a scarlet Chakra Fruit was an extremely rare existence."
This news immediately piqued Reishi's interest.
Could this planet be hiding some kind of secret?
If he consumed this crimson Chakra Fruit, would it allow one of his six tomoe golden Rinnegans to advance into a nine tomoe golden Rinnegan?
If he succeeded, his eye evolution stage would become the same as Ken's. At that point, he would finally be able to stand on equal footing with him.
Perhaps he might even touch the divine realm of the white Rinnegan and gain a chance to become the strongest elder.
Thinking of this, Otsutsuki Reishi could not help but feel excited.
He did not want to refine this high-quality scarlet mutated Chakra Fruit into Chakra Pills and share it with the other elders.
When he thought of how Ken had looked down on him, and how the other three elders had mocked him, the weakest elder finally made his decision.
He would keep this high-quality mutated Chakra Fruit for himself.
Even if it could not evolve both of his six tomoe golden Rinnegans, it should at least be able to evolve one of them into a nine tomoe golden Rinnegan.
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Ōtsutsuki Reishi immediately summoned his eldest son, Ōtsutsuki Weishi, and his youngest son, Ōtsutsuki Shiki.
"Shiki, you will handle these matters for me over the next few days. I need to leave with Weishi."
Reishi did not want anyone else to know that he planned to embezzle the mutated Chakra Fruit.
Therefore, one of his sons would act as his guard, while the other would cover for him inside the Elder Hall. That way, the other elders would not immediately discover that he had left.
"Yes, Father!" Weishi and Shiki answered in unison.
The rules of the Ōtsutsuki clan were even stricter than those of the Hyuga clan in the ninja world. The two sons had no intention of asking questions. They only needed to obey.
Then Elder Reishi opened the teleportation channel of [Yomotsu Hirasaka] and led his eldest son, Weishi, inside.
Generally speaking, without awakening [Yomotsu Hirasaka], it was almost impossible to become an elder.
It was because of this ability, combined with his top-tier strength, that Reishi had been chosen by Ōtsutsuki Shibai as one of the five elders.
After his father and elder brother left, Shiki excitedly sat in his father's elder seat and began to handle affairs with nervous delight, carefully savoring the taste of power.
However, Momoshiki's distress message had already been destroyed by Elder Reishi. Shiki had never seen it.
On the other side, Brook had spent several days setting traps and preparing backup plans. Then he waited for several more days, yet still no one from the Ōtsutsuki clan appeared.
During that time, Brook even collected another wave of gathered monsters.
He did not know whether his distress message had made Elder Ōtsutsuki suspicious.
After all, the Ōtsutsuki squad included an elite member like Urashiki, who had awakened [Yomotsu Hirasaka] and could return to the Ōtsutsuki Origin Star at any time.
Then why would they need Momoshiki to send such a slow, long-distance special message?
Brook had already noticed this loophole, but he could not exactly activate [Yomotsu Hirasaka] and personally return to the Ōtsutsuki clan's territory to report the matter, could he?
"There's no reason. Even if they suspect Momoshiki's motives, shouldn't they at least send a reconnaissance team to confirm the information?"
"Or is this planet too far away, so far that it exceeds the time calculation in Momoshiki's memories?"
After thinking about it, Brook could only blame Momoshiki.
Perhaps the message could not be relayed back in just two or three days. Perhaps it needed many days.
After all, Momoshiki did not have [Yomotsu Hirasaka], nor did he know exactly how far this planet was from the Ōtsutsuki Origin Star. That was why Brook had made a slight miscalculation.
Therefore, Brook remained vigilant and continued lying in wait, prepared to ambush any Ōtsutsuki who might descend on this planet at any moment.
After several more days of waiting, there was still no movement. Brook began to seriously doubt the efficiency of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
No wonder Kaguya had been sealed twice, yet the Ōtsutsuki judgment team still had not arrived in the Naruto world.
Just as Brook was growing impatient, two terrifying auras suddenly appeared in the far distance.
Brook's eyes sharpened.
There were two of them.
And one aura was frighteningly powerful.
That made Brook slightly tense. He was not sure whether his trap would work.
Soon, a black portal opened, and two figures were finally drawn in by the aura he had deliberately left behind.
There were two battlefields on the ground.
On one side lay Momoshiki, Urashiki, Kinshiki, and the three-headed dragon.
On the other side lay Koshiki, Kyoshiki, the lizard behemoth, and the gorilla behemoth.
A giant Divine Tree had collapsed and withered, looking as though it had suffered a terrible attack. Between Momoshiki and one of the dragon heads, a massive scarlet Chakra Fruit had fallen to the ground.
The entire scene looked like a tragic massacre where five members of the Ōtsutsuki clan had perished together with the native mythical beasts.
"Father, they all seem lifeless!"
Ōtsutsuki Weishi was shocked by the brutal battlefield.
Five members of the Ōtsutsuki clan had died here.
However, when he saw the scarlet Chakra Fruit, the high-level chakra power emanating from it seemed so rich and intense that he subconsciously swallowed. A surge of greed and excitement rose in his heart.
"Be careful. Something is strange."
Ōtsutsuki Reishi was deeply suspicious of this tragic scene.
Mutual destruction?
That sounded unreasonable.
How could all of them fight to the point where every single side died?
What about the other mythical beasts?
Had they been frightened away?
Perhaps their fierce battle truly had scared away the surviving native beasts.
Even so, the aura of that mutated Chakra Fruit was far too enticing. Even Reishi found it almost impossible to ignore.
More importantly, after taking a closer look, he actually sensed a trace of Ōtsutsuki Shibai's aura from the mutated Chakra Fruit.
What was going on?
Trusting in his own combat power, and driven by his excitement over that faint connection to Lord Shibai, Reishi walked straight toward the mutated Chakra Fruit.
"Father, why don't I retrieve it for you?"
Ōtsutsuki Weishi immediately spoke up.
Whether for his father's safety or according to clan custom, he should be the one to inspect it for danger first.
"I'll go. You keep watch."
Reishi thought of Ken, who had only recently lost his son. He did not want his own son to take the risk.
Besides, he had already observed the area several times with his eye technique and confirmed that there was no danger nearby.
If there truly was an enemy so powerful that even he could not detect them, then resisting would be meaningless anyway.
Moreover, this universe had already been swept clean once by Ōtsutsuki Shibai and the five elders. The powerful races had all become nourishment for Lord Shibai.
There should not be any enemies stronger than them left.
"Yes, Father!"
Weishi was also very confident in his father's strength.
He had only made the offer to follow the rules and please his father, hoping Reishi might reward him with a portion of the mutated Chakra Fruit afterward.
As Ōtsutsuki Reishi walked step by step toward the mutated fruit, his expression seemed relaxed, but in truth, he remained wary of the corpses around him.
Especially the three-headed dragon that had supposedly killed three Ōtsutsuki clan members.
At last, he stood before the strange Chakra Fruit and instinctively reached out to take it.
And Brook, hiding in the shadows, finally smiled.
If that young Ōtsutsuki had been the one to retrieve the Chakra Fruit, things would have become troublesome.
Brook would have had no choice but to capture the young Ōtsutsuki and retreat immediately, then develop his strength further before ambushing another member of the Ōtsutsuki clan.
After all, without this trap, Brook would not have been able to fully restrict the retreat of someone as powerful as Elder Reishi, especially with his [Yomotsu Hirasaka] ability.
"Go in."
[Soul King's Power, Time Stop!]
[Rune Dimension, Seal of the Four Gods!]
The moment Ōtsutsuki Reishi touched the mutated Chakra Fruit, the entire world changed.
Runes lit up across the sky.
The Ōtsutsuki elder froze in place for an instant.
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