Chapter 118 - 110: The Four Major Deities (1/2)
The both of them followed Himawari until they reached their secret base. When they made it in there, they were surprised to see a lot of advanced technology gadgets and the like. The underground base was made from metal and marble.
The moment they entered the base, they were met by Shikamaru himself, There he stood, older than before. He looked exactly like his father, without the scar on his eye. He wore a moka-colored coat, and under it were his pants and the new Konoha flak jacket. His eyes were steeled, like a veteran who's already gone through wars.
Minato could tell he was strong, but not on the same level as them. At the very least, Shikarumaru was a kage-level shinobi based on his chakra level.
The Nara Clan Head narrowed his eyes, and said, ”I heard about the two of you when we were talking telepathically with Himawari, and I'm surprised that Boruto managed to convince you people from another dimension to help us. But, what I want to ask is; why did you agree to help us? Did Boruto promised you guys some kind of reward?”
Minato wore a friendly smile on his face, and replied, ”Technically, we won't be receiving any reward from helping you guys. Our motive is to kidnap a lot of Otsutsuki and turn them into our lab rats. The only thing we ask you guys is to not disturb, or stop us when we do our objective. Is that alright to you, Shikamaru-kun?”
Shikamaru nodded, and then said, ”If that's the case, we have no problem. Our main objective is either eradicate them, or drive them off. But as you can see, our chance of doing that is slimmer than stopping Sakura's obsession with Sasuke. Anyway, let's go further inside. We have a lot to talk about.” Then he sighed, ”I just hope that with the two of you here with us, we can win the war against those aliens.”
”Hmm? Who said that there were only the two of us? There are six of us, if you include the clone that was sent along with us. Itachi-kun and the clone of Hikaru-kun will be the ones to defeat the leader of the Otsutsuki Clan. Our job is to capture the most Otsutsuki Clan members. So you have nothing to worry about, the Otsutsuki Clan is as good as dead.” Mianto said with a bit of pride in his voice.
Shikamaru had a shocked face when he heard that. Hundreds of thoughts were going through his head as he processed what was just said to him. If his theory is correct, these two defeated all of the Otsutsuki Clan members around the Sand Village. That would've been an impossible feat, but they came from another dimension, so he doesn't know how strong the shinobis there.
Then, there is their number. Only six? And one of them is a clone? He knows that they are strong, but there's no way the six of them can defeat thousands of Otsutsuki Clan members. Even Naruto and Sasuke were barely able to defeat a few hundreds before they were taken down, but the reason for that was because of Kawaki, or Isshiki Otsutsuki. They were weakened to the point of defeat by Isshiki.
The Otsutsuki are strong, even their weakest members are as strong as their High-Jounins. And don't talk about the higher ups of that clan, they were monsters. Last time, when Momoshiki attacked a few years back, Naruto and Sasuke were barely able to kill Momoshiki, and that is with the help of the other 4 Kage. Now, all Kages, except for Naruto, are dead.
Naruto has been captured by the enemies and their goal is to extract Kurama from its seal. Naruto managed to delay them from extracting Kurama, and has been successful so far. But for how long? Once they get all the tailed-beasts, they will be turned into some chakra fruit and will only boost the powers of those Otsutsuki.
Shikamaru sighed from the headache he is feeling right now. He turned to Minato and Kakashi, and said, ”If what you're talking about is true, then we will leave the rest up to you. I'll just be taking a break, it's been far too long since I had one.” Shikamaru sat on the ground and rested his back against the wall, ”But be careful of Kawaki. He was the one who flattened our village, Konoha. And he was also the reason why Naruto and Sasuke were weakened enough to be defeated by some Otsutsuki.”
”Hm! I understand. Then, we'll be going now. I believe that my friends have captured all the wandering Otsutsukis. I don't sense them anymore through natural energy. Ah, Kimimaro-kun just turned someone from inside out.” Minato said as Shikamaru felt natural energy suddenly coursing through the air.
'Of course,' Shikamaru thought, 'The fourth hokage was rumored to have mastered the famed sage mode. Truly, life is always so troublesome.' He said the last part because he, too, wanted to unlock the famed sage mode that Naruto was able to use as if he was just breathing. But fate is really an asshole. His summons told him he wouldn't be able to use it, even if he trained for thousands of years because of one single reason; he didn't have the talent for sensing natural energy. Of course, when he heard that, he only said three words, ”What a drag.”
After saying some short goodbyes, they left. Minato just wanted to see if his, uh, granddaughter is safe in this secret base of theirs, nothing more. Now, it was time to regroup with the rest.
(With Naruto)
”Gaaaahhh!” He screamed in pain as Kawaki tried to extract the nine-tailed beast from his stomach.
They were inside a palace, in the throne room to be exact. The Otsutsuki Clan has a literal goddess as their leader, Amaterasu Otsutsuki. She is their matriarch, and creator. She is, in her words, a major goddess. While there, Naruto heard her say that she had eaten countless chakra fruits, and the cost of those fruits were the other worlds that had life in it. They planted the chakra tree in many worlds, and each of those trees can drain an entire world's life force and the life of every being living in that world.
The reincarnation of Ashura was terrified to hear that, knowing that, this time, they are facing a literal goddess as their opponent. Kaguya only ate one chakra fruit and she was so strong that they were barely able to seal her, but now? Someone who has eaten thousands of chakra fruits? It was simply… impossible.
”Tch, this is taking too long.” Kawaki said, an annoyed frown appeared on his face. ”Mother, can't you help me with this?”
Amaterasu simply sat on her throne lazily and with her eyes closed. She opened her lazy eyes, and simply said, ”No”, and then closed her eyes again. Her voluptuous body simply sat on the throne as she began sleeping. The only reason she was here was because she wanted to see this world wither until nothing is left of it. Watching a planet wither is always exciting.
'F.u.c.k!' Kawaki, or Isshiki, cursed inside his mind. He couldn't say it outloud, or else he will be turned to meat-paste. Their matriarch, or ”mother”, is a glutton and a lazy woman. She hogs all the chakra fruit they obtain, and just sleeps every single day until they acquire a new chakra fruit. But they couldn't complain, since they were far too weak to be even a threat to her ”majesty”. It's simply ridiculous how such a powerful woman is so lazy that she won't even help them doing a job that would help her eat her ”precious” chakra fruit.
Contrary to Isshiki's thoughts, Amaterasu was indeed doing her job as the leader of their race. She is negotiating with the other major gods of this world, saying that she can offer them another world instead of this one. It was going so well… when they suddenly refused. She heard them say that a part of the ”Chosen Immortal” is in this world, and offending the Chosen Immortal means absolute death. She was confused, of course, since she doesn't know who this ”Chosen Immortal” is.
She was trying to persuade them to leave this planet and go to the one she suggested, but Isshiki distracted her, and the moment she returned to converse with them again, they were already going towards her. They were going to kill her entire clan!
She opened her eyes as fast as possible, surprising Isshiki.
She said in a voice full of urgency, and then said in panic, ”Isshiki! Call the others to return! Our race is going to die if we stay here any longer!” She stood up and sensed that the other major gods are nearing her already.