Hui glanced at the message from Madara, and a faint smile curved on his lips.
"What's with that smile?"
Tsunade, noticing his expression, walked over and handed him a piece of fruit while speaking.
"There's finally a lead on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki."
Hui didn't hide anything.
After eating the fruit, he answered casually.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki!
Tsunade was well aware of him.
Ever since the truth had been revealed last time, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's existence was no longer a secret among Hui's close friends and allies.
"I'm heading out for a bit. Madara still isn't strong enough to deal with him alone."
Hui stood up as he spoke.
Tsunade simply nodded.
"Be careful."
Even though she knew that as long as Hui made a move, there was no way anything could go wrong, and he wasn't in any danger at all, as his wife, she still said it anyway.
Hui flashed a confident smile.
"Don't worry. It's just Ōtsutsuki Isshiki."
Shortly after, Hui departed.
But he wasn't alone.
It wasn't Tsunade who followed him, but Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
After learning about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's whereabouts, she insisted on coming along to eliminate him herself.
Ever since discovering that Isshiki was still alive, it had become a thorn in Kaguya's heart, leaving her constantly uneasy.
After all, Isshiki was a higher-ranking member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan than she was.
And back then, it was only because she ambushed him that she was able to inflict severe injuries on him, forcing him to spend over a thousand years recovering.
So, Kaguya had to personally destroy Isshiki before she could truly feel at ease.
With that, the two of them headed toward the coordinates Madara provided.
Before long, they arrived at the location, deep within the deserts of the Region of Wind.
Hui had never bothered to modify this deep into the dessert.
"He's somewhere in this desert, but we have no idea exactly where."
Madara stated.
For him, all his life's burdens had been resolved on Hui's wedding day, when the Sage of Six Paths had brought his brother, Uchiha Izuna, back from the afterlife.
At that moment, all past grievances he had held had disappeared.
"I can't sense his presence at all."
Kaguya frowned as she gazed over the vast desert, unsure where to even begin searching.
Both of them turned their eyes toward Hui.
Hui simply unsealed his eyes.
The moment he released the seal, his eyes gleamed brilliantly, Brighter than the starry sky, yet deeper and more mysterious.
These eyes were mesmerizing.
Even Kaguya couldn't resist staring, finding it difficult to look away.
With a single Celestial Eye scan, Hui immediately noticed an anomaly in the desert.
He focused his gaze, and the strange material in his vision expanded, becoming clearer and clearer.
And then, Hui saw through it.
It was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
He had shrunk himself to an infinitesimal size, even smaller than the grains of sand in the desert.
Clearly, he had already found a new vessel and undergone reincarnation.
However, even though he had completed the process, he knew he still wasn't a match for Hui.
Thus, he had chosen to hide, patiently waiting to fully recover before attempting to escape this accursed world.
He wanted to run.
That's right, Isshiki had given up on revenge.
Hui was simply too powerful.
Isshiki had no confidence in defeating him.
Moreover, the people of this world were growing stronger at an alarming rate.
The Eight Gates Sage Ascension Technique…it was practically a godlike cultivation method, one that even shocked and terrified Isshiki.
He realized that if this world was given just a hundred more years, it might produce multiple warriors on par with him.
And if it was given a thousand years…
This planet might even rival the Ōtsutsuki Clan's homeworld!
This was utterly shocking.
A mere thousand years was nothing to the ancient Ōtsutsuki Clan.
After all, their entire civilization had existed for an unimaginable span of time.
Yet this single planet seemed capable of catching up to them in just a millennium.
It was too unbelievable, too terrifying.
And the root cause of this miraculous growth, was the Eight Gates Sage Ascension Technique.
…
At the same time, as fear and dread grew within Isshiki, so did his greed.
He wanted it.
He moved in secret, attempting to steal the technique for himself.
But unfortunately, he couldn't inscribe the Sage's Seal required for it himself.
However, even though he failed, he wasn't willing to give up.
Yet at the same time, there was no way he could go to Hui and ask for help in inscribing the seal.
Thus, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had no choice but to target others who were capable of inscribing the Sage Seal.
It was this very action that ultimately exposed his whereabouts, allowing Madara to track down his trail.
The moment Madara arrived, Isshiki already sensed that something was wrong.
And now, upon seeing Mochizuki Hui and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya appear, his heart plummeted into despair. He was already thinking of how to escape.
However, he underestimated Mochizuki Hui's power.
He had no idea just how terrifying those eyes truly were.
It wasn't until he felt himself being locked onto by Hui that he finally realized that there was nowhere for him to hide.
Without hesitation, Isshiki activated his space-time jutsu and attempted to enter a separate dimension.
He knew that while Hui was ridiculously powerful, he did not possess space-time related abilities.
That was precisely why he had managed to escape last time.
At this moment, only Kaguya had the ability to enter alternate dimensions.
While she could bring Hui into those dimensions, her control over space-time techniques wasn't as refined as Isshiki's.
Thus, Isshiki was confident that he could use rapid interdimensional shifts to escape them completely.
But just as Isshiki was about to teleport away, Hui's eyes glowed faintly.
At that moment, Isshiki's body froze.
He felt an overwhelming spatial force suppressing his ability to enter another dimension, instead, he was being forcefully dragged out of the dimensional rift!
Isshiki's eyes widened in horror.
He struggled with all his might, attempting to break free from that spatial force, but it was useless.
Nothing worked.
In the next instant, Isshiki was pulled directly in front of Hui.
Before he could even react, Hui placed his palm on his body.
Immediately, mysterious runes began spreading rapidly from Hui's hand into Isshiki's body.
In mere moments, Isshiki's entire body was completely enveloped by these runes.
Then, with a brief glow, the runes sank into Isshiki's body, disappearing entirely.
Isshiki was now completely immobilized.
His heart was flooded with fear, yet he could only watch helplessly as his body floated into the air, following the three of them as they left the desert.
Naturally, Hui had no intention of killing him.
A living Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was far more valuable for research than a dead one.
"I truly have no idea just how powerful you've become… you're practically a god."
Even Madara, a man of immense pride, couldn't help but admit this openly.
The abilities Hui had just displayed were so unfathomably strong, they exceeded even Madara's wildest expectations.
As for Kaguya.
She was completely dazed.
The very person who had once plagued her with constant anxiety had just been easily captured alive by Hui.
Isshiki had no chance to fight back at all.
Even though she knew that Hui was incredibly powerful, she never imagined that he had reached this level.
At that moment, Kaguya suddenly felt incredibly fortunate that she had formed an alliance with Hui.
As the three of them returned to Hidden Sage Village, another major event was spreading rapidly throughout the entire Sage Shinobi World.
After over a month, Nawaki and the others had finally completed the detailed proposal for the First Sage Shinobi World Elite Youth Tournament.
And just yesterday, the plan had been approved by Hui.
Today, the official announcement was released.
With the teleportation array network linking the entire Sage Shinobi World, the document was quickly distributed to all Five Great Regions.
Then, each of the Five Great Regions disseminated the information to every village.
And thus, the entire Sage Shinobi World erupted in excitement.
Especially the youths between 18 and 30 years old.
When they read the announcement, their entire beings were filled with exhilaration.
And when they saw the list of rewards, there was only one thought in their minds:
"Join. I HAVE to join!"