513 Naruto the Flame-Flame Fruit

"You people of the Ōtsutsuki clan always act like you're above everything. It's honestly annoying."

Kiyosuke dug at his ear, clearly irritated by Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki's attitude.

"Just a lowly monkey."

Momoshiki was equally displeased with him.

"Don't get cocky, human."

"Heh."

The tension between them thickened. Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki appeared on his own, a red ring materializing behind him.

That was the weapon, a unique tool he inherited from his predecessor. From it, he could create all kinds of different weapons—vast in number, each one immensely powerful. Combined with Kinshiki's own overwhelming strength and taijutsu, he could draw out the weapon's abilities perfectly.

With a single grasp, he pulled out a massive axe glowing red. He swung it casually, purple lightning crackling over his body as he charged toward Kiyosuke at impossible speed.

Clang!

The Kusanagi Sword blocked the heavy axe.

Kiyosuke grinned.

"You hit pretty hard. Wow… kinda scary."

Kinshiki raised an eyebrow.

"A human possessing this level of power? Surprising. But you've offended Momoshiki-sama's dignity. You must die here today!"

"Heh, anyone who said they'd kill me… their graves have grass growing five meters high by now. Let's see if you've got what it takes."

Kiyosuke clashed with him, then noticed a figure appear behind Kinshiki. Sasuke dropped down with the Kusanagi wrapped in lightning.

Kinshiki sensed it and dodged immediately—while Kiyosuke was split in half.

"You dodged?"

Sasuke sheathed his blade.

Kiyosuke's body reformed instantly—something even Momoshiki had never seen before.

"Interesting. Your fate can't be read… and this body of yours is unusual. With your chakra plus the Nine-Tails', it's more than enough to revive the God Tree."

"What? God Tree?"

Naruto had never seen it, but he knew exactly what it was.

Madara hadn't planted it back then, but the Sage of Six Paths had explained it clearly.

A tree that drains the life of an entire planet. Its chakra fruit grants overwhelming power.

A fruit born from an entire world's life energy—how could it not be strong?

"That's right. These people are the ones recorded in Kaguya's scroll. Their goal is the tailed-beast chakra inside Naruto. They want to use it to ripen the chakra fruit."

Sasuke relayed the decoded contents of the scroll. Momoshiki praised him with a smirk.

"You know quite a lot. It seems this monkey with a Rinnegan isn't so weak after all. I am Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, same clan as Kaguya."

"I am his guardian, Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki."

"What exactly are you after?"

Naruto asked.

"You."

Momoshiki smiled.

"You possess the strongest chakra in this nursery bed. Once we reclaim it, we can replant the God Tree. And the one beside you can be used as supplementary nourishment. Our mission is to continue Kaguya's work: reclaim scattered chakra fruit and let the God Tree be reborn."

"How are you going to do that? Ōtsutsuki?"

Sasuke questioned.

Momoshiki showed clear annoyance.

"Isn't it obvious? We refine the collected chakra into pills."

"Immortality, monstrous strength—anyone can gain it just by swallowing a single pill."

"Like a drug?"

Kiyosuke touched his chin.

"That does sound convenient."

"You understand well. With chakra like yours, one pill is enough."

Kinshiki said.

"You should realize just how valuable that is."

Momoshiki lifted a dark-red pill, the size of a longan.

"With something like this, true power comes effortlessly."

"So you're basically cowards relying on stimulants. All you're doing is being controlled by tools and drugs."

Naruto's disgust was obvious. In his eyes, only strength gained through one's own efforts was real.

Kiyosuke said,

"Sure, the thing is impressive… but it's built on countless lives."

The Ōtsutsuki clan roamed planets, planting God Trees to devour all life and harvest chakra fruit.Then they refined the God Tree into pills—consuming them to obtain immense power, eventually evolving into gods.

But once a planet was drained, its life vanished forever, leaving only a dead world drifting in the void.

They had done this for uncountable years. No one knew how many worlds they had exterminated. Every pill they swallowed was forged in blood.

"You lower beings exist just for that purpose. Though… some are troublesome. That Rodney fellow gave our clan quite a headache. And the people on that planet…"

Ever heard of space pirates?

Ridiculous, but real.

They couldn't survive on their own planet, so they sailed the universe. Their black technology was insane.

That human scientist named Vegapunk was unbelievably capable. And Rodney—a man with the Rinnegan and Byakugan, monstrous physique—killed every Ōtsutsuki who went after him.

The region around their planet basically became a forbidden zone for the Ōtsutsuki clan.

Kiyosuke sighed, then laughed.

"So you can't bully them, so you run over here to bully us? In the end, it's just survival of the fittest. Tch!"

He looked down on their actions completely. Momoshiki snorted.

"Big words. You're nothing but our fertilizer. Come, Kinshiki."

"Yes."

The two rose into the sky. Momoshiki swallowed the pill arrogantly.

"This nursery bed has to be cleared anyway. Might as well tidy it all up."

He raised his hand. A Rinnegan opened in his palm.

Massive chakra gathered, forming a huge Tailed Beast Bomb. Momoshiki held it up with a grin.

"It amplifies the jutsu we absorb and fires it back! Now—enjoy! Hahahaha!!!"

With a swing of his hand, he hurled the Tailed Beast Bomb.

Naruto entered Tailed Beast Mode instantly. Kurama pushed against the bomb, tails lifting it upward and wrapping around it.

He couldn't let it explode here. If it hit the village, countless innocent people would be injured or killed.

"Kiyosuke-san, Sasuke… I'm counting on you."

The bomb was seconds from exploding—someone had to stop it.

"Got it."

"Go, Naruto."