Chapter 116 - 108: The Expedition Team (1/2)

3 days later, the elite team of shinobis that he, himself, picked for their first expedition in another dimension has been assembled. The team he picked consisted of Sasuke, Itachi, Kakashi, Kimimaro, Minato, and a clone of himself that has all of his chakra. Turns out, a clone can travel to another dimension, or universe, but not the real one.

They all wore his most powerful spare sets of equipment. He gave both of his lightning and flame katana to Sasuke and Itachi, respectively. Kakashi got himself Onikiri and Ubadachi, blades that used to belong to Kamui, one of the black hands. He gave Minato the Gotthard Twinswords, which once belonged to Gotthard, also one of the black hands of the king. He gave Kimimaro a Black Knight's Halberd, which was also upgraded to +20. The Halberd is strong enough to cut a whole mountain in half, and separate seas with a single wave.

His clone didn't need any equipment, it might get lost there once it puffs out of existence. But his clone is very powerful, his strength is enough to lay waste on any planet. After all, the clone has 10% of his physical strength and all of his chakra. He has enough chakra to put the tailed beasts to shame, he hasn't been slacking after all.

He wanted to give them some armor sets, but they refused, saying that they're more used to their clothes. They are shinobis, after all. They don't need some heavy equipment that will hinder their movement.

Hikaru just agreed with them with a sigh, and just gave them rings that would boost their overall strength by 1000%. All of them were already prepared, and are ready to go.

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”I'm going to open the portal now.” Sasuke said as he activated the rinne-sharingan in his right eye and opened a portal right in front of them.

Right now, they were just outside of Konoha's gates. The 6 of them wore rings that had red glowing gems on their fingers. That's the ring that boosts their strength, and they had another ring on their other hands. This ring, however, is different from the last one. Hikaru has been studying time and space magic in this 4 years, and is now able to bend it to his will. He can make time slower, control space magic, and use it as weapons. This ring that he made himself is a space ring that can store stuff inside, even living beings.

He gave them those rings so that they could use it to capture those Otsutsukis for experimentation. He named the ring ”Storage Ring” and it can store an entire city in it. It's also impossible to break it because he made the ring itself from titanite ores, and even the strongest Kage cannot break it. But if the ring indeed broke, it would become something akin to a black hole. That's why he specifically requested that they bring back those Storage Rings to him, since it is dangerous if it lands on the wrong hands.

”Are you sure you won't say goodbye to your son and wife, Sasuke?” Itachi asked his little brother.

Sasuke shook his head and said, ”I have already said my goodbyes. Besides, it wouldn't take us that long to save another world. We'll be back before we know it.”

”C'mon you kids, let's go. We have a world to save.” Minato said quite enthusiastically.

”It's an honor to team up with the two previous Hokages. Hikaru-sama said that the two of you are very strong, and I would like to see it on the battlefield.” Kimimaro said in a very polite way.

”Yare, yare, why did Hikaru have to pick me? It's going to be a pain in the ass to do this.” Kakashi said lazily while taking out his favorite p.o.r.nographic novel. Even though Jiraiya is already dead, his legacy still lives on… through his books.

”Stop complaining, Kakashi. You're easily one of the strongest shinobis in the village, since we have already implanted two perfectly functioning sharingans in your eyes. And those sharingans once belonged to Sasuke, making them very powerful.” Hikaru's clone said.

Sasuke has already gotten his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, after receiving his brother's eyes. Itachi, meanwhile, got his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan after getting his father's eyes. Fugaku, his father, had the ability to see the future of the choices made by someone close to him. That's the reason why Fugaku and Mikoto knew about the Uchiha Massacre before it even happened, his father had seen through the future of Itachi's choice, and that was for the Uchiha Clan to redeem itself through Sasuke.

But even then, there is still his mother's eyes. Sasuke plans to give them to his son after he awakens his Mangekyou Sharingan, which he hoped he wouldn't. Awakening those eyes means losing someone very close to him, or an extremely traumatizing situation. No good parents would want their children to be traumatized just to awaken a power.

After getting his brother's eyes, Sasuke also awakened his rinne-sharingan in his right eye after the Sage Of Six Paths visited him and Azumi in the war. Turns out, the Sage Of Six Paths had two daughters, Indra and Akura. He was Indra's reincarnation, while Azumi was Akura's reincarnation.

Hagoromo, though, wondered why Sasuke was a boy. But Madara and Hashirama were also men. The Sage just shrugged and forgot about it. But Sasuke didn't know what to feel that he was supposed to be a woman, that's a very weird thought.

(Scene Break)

Finally, after a few minutes, they entered the portal that goes to Boruto's world. Hikaru wished them good luck before they disappeared.

”Hmm, now that they're gone, I have to prepare for my fight with the olden god after they return. From what Deus told me, Chaortos is 100 times stronger than me. I can defeat her very easily, and I would do just that. But Deus still hasn't told me all of her ability, and he seems stubborn about keeping it a secret.” Hikaru thought out loud.

Chaortos, The Mother Of Darkness, is supposed to be stronger than that. She is supposed to be an olden god that could control the darkness in every universe with a single wave of her fingers. But she is not that strong right now, because of the seal she is in. The seal nerfed her powers and abilities by 99.98 percent, making her just 100 times stronger than him. He can easily counter that with rings that could boost his overall strength by 10,000 percent, and he has plenty of that.

But this made him wonder, how strong were the Olden Gods in their prime? Could they create universes with a single snap of their fingers? Kill an entire universe with a flap of their eyelash? That's a very scary thought, and it also amazed him to an extent.

While is strong, he is not THAT strong. He is weak, he mused, and he knows that. But there is an important question here, how strong are the current gods? Are they as strong as the olden gods? Or severely weaker than the olden gods? But from what he had seen from those pathetic gods and goddesses he'd met, he chose the latter.

Kami, Yami, and Shinigami are a lot weaker than him. He can probably take on hundreds of them and still not break a sweat. He is many times stronger than them, he can say that he is more than 1000 times stronger than each of them. It is simply unreal how weak they are.