Naruto: About the Fact That my Brother is Madara-Chapter 288: What if He’s the Ancestor of the Hyuga Clan?

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Was Ōtsutsuki Hamura powerful?

There was no question about it.

As an enemy who had mastered the power of Yin and Yang and wielded both the Byakugan and the Tenseigan, it was impossible for him to be anything less than overwhelmingly strong.

Back during the battle on the moon, Hamura had lost not due to a lack of power, but because his body had not yet fully recovered after awakening.

Even so, the combined efforts of three Ōtsutsuki clansmen still failed to restrain him.

Now, faced with Kyōsuke's sudden assault, Hamura instantly created nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, positioning them as a barrier between himself and his opponent.

Taking advantage of this moment, he swiftly pulled out the black rods of Yin-Yang Release from his body, preventing them from further interfering with his chakra flow.

"Stop. I have not come to fight you," Hamura tried to reason with him, hoping to resolve the confrontation through words.

Unfortunately, Kyōsuke had long grown tired of the hypocritical behavior shown by the two so-called Sage Brothers. To continue negotiating now would only be a waste of time and breath.

Let strength decide who truly deserves to rule the shinobi world.

The Truth-Seeking Orbs possessed formidable defensive capabilities. Below the Six Paths level, there were nearly no methods capable of destroying them.

However, once a battle escalated to the upper realm of the Six Paths level, they ceased to be indestructible.

With a direct punch at full strength, Kyōsuke could easily dent the orbs. After a few consecutive strikes, breaking through their defense would not be difficult.

But now, he had an even simpler method.

Sukunahikona!

A gleam of violet light flashed within his eyes. In the next instant, Hamura's nine Truth-Seeking Orbs shrank to their smallest possible size.

Within a one-meter radius, this ability allowed Kyōsuke to shrink any non-living matter.

Truth-Seeking Orbs were no exception.

The purple lightning surged and crackled. This technique, infused with Senjutsu and Kyōsuke's immense chakra, was powerful enough to easily obliterate even Madara's Heavenly Obstacle Quaking Star technique.

The battle had only just begun, yet Hamura had already faced several life-threatening moments. Only now did he truly understand the concerns his elder brother had once expressed.

There was a time when that young man had trembled before him, paralyzed by fear in the presence of a mere spiritual remnant.

Back then, Hamura could have crushed him with a single hand. The difference in their strength had been as vast as the heavens and the earth.

But now, everything had changed. The boy had grown, and he had grown so much that he now possessed enough power to pose a real threat to Hamura's life.

The violet lightning crackling at such close range was the best proof of that.

"There's no other choice," Hamura murmured, his expression sharpening. His once pure white pupils transformed into a swirling blend of blue and white.

Tenseigan—Awakened.

Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!

A terrifying golden beam erupted from his eyes. Its power surpassed Yayoi's version by more than tenfold.

Forget about the moon. If unleashed at full power, this attack could very well shave off a portion of the Earth itself.

The violet lightning clashed directly with the golden blade of light. The sheer force of the collision unleashed devastating shockwaves in pulses of purple and black. Wherever they passed, everything—mountains, earth, and stone—was reduced to nothingness.

If a battle between Super-Kage-level shinobi could reshape mountains, rivers, and valleys, then a clash between beings at the Six Paths level had the power to alter tectonic plates themselves.

The Shikkotsu Forest was just a small asteroid within another dimension. It could not possibly withstand the might of two upper-tier Six Paths-level fighters.

Their first true exchange instantly plunged the sacred land into violent tremors. The once-clear skies were consumed by eerie crimson clouds, as though the end of days had arrived.

Amid the black whirlwind spanning ten kilometers in diameter, Hamura clutched his chest and staggered to his feet.

He had emerged victorious in their earlier clash. His opponent likely never imagined that even with the power of the Ten Tails, he still could not win.

It was only as his life neared its end that Hamura truly unlocked the power of the Tenseigan—a realm even their mother, Kaguya, had never touched.

Unlike the Rinnegan, which leaned toward utility and support, the Tenseigan possessed devastating and direct offensive capabilities.

Perhaps it was because, during their battle against Kaguya, the two brothers realized that no matter what they tried, they could not harm her physical body. That despair gave birth to a new power in their bloodline—a highly specialized ocular technique focused solely on attack.

This point was crucial: the Ōtsutsuki Hamura of today was no longer the youthful man he once was.

Though defeating their mother remained nearly impossible, if the goal was simply to seal her away, Hamura now believed he could accomplish it alone, without needing his brother's help.

This was the meaning of growth.

"To take my Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion head-on... if he's not dead, then he must be hanging by a thread," Hamura muttered to himself.

"Even for a Six Paths-level body, recovering from such a blow will take considerable time."

With a gentle wave of his hand, the thunderstorm that had filled the sky vanished in an instant, though the crimson light on the horizon still lingered, refusing to fade.

Hamura understood clearly that the Shikkotsu Forest was on the verge of total annihilation.

As the black smoke gradually thinned, a vast crater came into view, resembling a naturally formed sinkhole. At its center lay Kyōsuke, half of his body gone.

Had it been any ordinary person, even Kyōsuke during his peak Super-Kage-level days, this level of injury would have already spelled his death.

Not even possessing the body of a Sage could save someone from this.

But being of the Six Paths level was a different matter altogether, especially with the Ten Tails sealed within him. His regenerative abilities far surpassed those of ordinary beings at the same tier.

Hamura could see clearly: the opponent's missing half was rapidly regenerating. In just a few dozen seconds, he would likely be fully healed.

A few dozen seconds might seem short to an average person, but to beings of their level, it was more than enough time to kill the enemy several hundred times over.

"It's over," Hamura declared solemnly. Bringing his hands together with a sharp clap, his gaze turned fierce as countless fragments of stone surged toward his opponent.

Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei!

"Do not worry. I will not kill you," he said coldly.

"When the fate of the shinobi world has been decided, I will release you from the seal."

"Using the remains of the Shikkotsu Forest as your prison, I believe that will serve as sufficient punishment for your wrongdoings."

The power of this sealing technique was so overwhelming that even Kaguya herself could not break free. Hamura did not believe this young man could possibly escape from it.

And with that, the battle should have been over.

Floating above the shattered and ruined land, Hamura gave a slight shake of his head and turned to leave.

But in the very next second, his expression changed drastically.

"Punishment, is it?" Kyōsuke's voice rang out from behind him.

Without giving Hamura a chance to react, violet lightning quietly flared from Kyōsuke's palm. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

His arm pierced through Hamura's chest with ease, and within the lightning-wreathed hand, fragments of flesh from what seemed to be the heart could still be faintly seen.

"You... how is this possible...?"

The reversal of fate had occurred so quickly that even someone as powerful as Hamura struggled to accept the brutal reality.

The reason Kyōsuke was able to escape from the Chibaku Tensei's seal and completely recover from his injuries was thanks to his unique Rinnegan ability.

By shifting his own position along the timeline, he returned to a point where he had not yet been injured.

Then, by activating his ocular technique a second time, he leapt to a "future" where he was in the act of attacking Hamura, allowing him to avoid the sealing technique entirely.

His ability to freely leap between different timelines gave Kyōsuke the power of absolute "Regret Reversal."

No matter what methods his enemies used, he could avoid three realities that he did not wish to accept.

Not only could he reverse events that had already occurred, he could also make a "chess piece" act twice in the same moment.

Put simply, Kyōsuke could freely choose any potential future that existed.

For instance, if he were about to be sealed by Chibaku Tensei, he could choose a future where he begged for mercy or collapsed in tears.

Among the countless timelines, there would always be one where he broke the seal and struck back at the enemy.

By activating his eye technique a second time and jumping into that exact point in time, he could achieve the impossible and evade any fate.

He was not truly invincible, but this ocular technique was without a doubt among the highest tier of time-based abilities.

As long as his ocular power remained intact, Kyōsuke had no concept of defeat.

The only limitation was that his current ocular power was still finite.

Within a short period, he could only use the ability three times. Any more, and he risked having his Rinnegan forcibly shut down.

Becoming the Jinchūriki of the Ten Tails came with many benefits: an immense increase in chakra and a significant enhancement of physical strength.

However, it did nothing to enhance his mental or spiritual capacity.

Even now, Kyōsuke remained at the initial spiritual level of the Six Paths, the state he attained upon awakening the Rinnegan. Despite all his power, his mental strength had yet to rise beyond that threshold.

If he wished to increase the number of times he could use his dōjutsu in the future, he would have to find a way to gradually strengthen his spiritual power.

Without responding to Hamura's shock or despair, Kyōsuke narrowed his eyes coldly and declared, "You reminded me once of Kaguya's sealing. That counts as the first time. You resisted the Ōtsutsuki to save my people. That makes the second. Today, I spare your life as repayment. We are even now."

He paused briefly, then added with a voice laced with warning, "But let me remind you. Anyone who chooses to stand against me rarely meets a good end."

As he finished speaking, Kyōsuke slowly pulled his hand from the man's chest.

Even someone like Six Paths Madara had survived his heart being crushed by Might Guy's kick. He had walked away from that blow unscathed. There was no reason to believe that Ōtsutsuki Hamura would be any less resilient than the Dance King.

To completely eliminate someone of this level, one would have to destroy every cell in their body—just as Kyōsuke had done when dealing with Isshiki. Anything less would be futile.

While sparing his life did repay a favor, the true reason Kyōsuke held back was due to the presence of a hidden gaze watching from the shadows. That silent observation, cold and unblinking, was what ultimately stayed in his hand.

Only someone with extraordinary strength would dare to observe a battle of this magnitude from the shadows without interfering. There was no need to guess. The one watching could only be the Sage of Six Paths, the strongest peeping Tom in history.

If he were still at full strength, Kyōsuke would not have minded exchanging a few blows with him. He had never been one to back down from a challenge.

The problem was that he had just used his ocular technique twice in quick succession. The strain on his Rinnegan was becoming unbearable and was close to reaching its limit.

If something truly went wrong, he could not rely on opening the Eight Gates Formation again. That was no longer an option.

Moreover, at this point, the Eight Gates no longer offered the same benefits. The power boost they provided was insignificant compared to the overwhelming force of the Ten-Tails.

Kyōsuke had only just begun to enjoy the peace and happiness of reuniting with his loved ones. He had no intention of risking his life in a desperate clash with the two brothers of legend.

After a thousand years, the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura were no longer in the same state they had been when they fought against Kaguya. Their strength had certainly grown by leaps and bounds.

Even if Kaguya were restored to her full power, the outcome would almost certainly be a second sealing.

And this time, the duration might be drastically shortened. It might not take more than three days. Perhaps she would not even last a single day.

If one could master a certain "Anti-goddess Technique" known as the Reverse Harem no Jutsu, the battle might even end in less than an hour.

A faint chuckle escaped him. "If I get the chance, I should train in that technique as well," Kyōsuke mused to himself.

As these disorganized thoughts flitted across his mind, in just that short moment, Ōtsutsuki Hamura's body had already fully recovered.

He turned back, giving a long and silent look at the youth he once knew. He said nothing. Beneath his feet, a spatial barrier shimmered into existence. In the blink of an eye, he vanished into the collapsing dimensions around them.

At that exact moment, the sensation of being watched from the shadows also disappeared.

The Sage of Six Paths had not made a move. Even though it was obvious to him that Kyōsuke's condition was far from ideal, he still chose not to intervene.

That was just like the Tobirama. Unless he was absolutely certain of victory, he would never act rashly.

Kyōsuke gave a small, amused snort. "Tch, as the saying goes, when the upper beam is not straight, the lower one is crooked," he murmured with a faint smile, before vanishing into the shattered remains of the Shikkotsu Forest.

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