Can a Kama exist apart from the body?
The answer is yes, but its existence time is very short, so it must find a host as quickly as possible.
This showed Naruto's foresight in moving the battlefield to the moon in advance.
Otherwise, in the Ninja World, Isshiki might have found a new host and tried to lie low again.
Of course, the likelihood of him escaping Naruto's detection even then wasn't high either.
After being chopped into mincemeat by that terrifying slash, the Ten-Tails' interference with Isshiki's mind naturally disappeared.
Isshiki sensed his consciousness remaining within the Kama, quietly floating in space.
At this moment, Isshiki's unease reached its peak.
Because he knew that in this state, he could be completely killed.
Isshiki's will to survive was extremely strong… otherwise, he couldn't have survived under Kaguya for over a thousand years.
'As long as I could survive… I still had a chance! Still had a chance!'
Having lost the thinking organ 'brain', Isshiki's consciousness also slowed down considerably.
Driven by instinct, the Kama was about to approach the nearest person, his killer, attempting to attach to him.
This was the default setting in almost every Otsutsuki's Kama.
Fortunately, Isshiki reacted in time, forcibly controlling the Kama to turn towards the other side, targeting the fellow clansman on the moon.
—Over the past thousand years, Isshiki's activities were mainly concentrated on the ground, so he wasn't very familiar with matters concerning Toneri.
He didn't know if the other party could resist his will eroding. He chose Toneri simply because he had no other options.
On the entire moon, the only moving things besides Naruto and Toneri were those automatic puppets… and they were now mostly destroyed.
But unfortunately, such a little action couldn't escape Naruto's notice.
Even disregarding his already strengthened Observation Haki, just Naruto's Jogan, capable of discerning all things, was enough to capture this 'two-dimensional matter' existing in the 'three-dimensional world'.
"Still trying to run?"
Naruto reached for the Kama, almost invisible in the pitch-black deep space. This was his first time seeing it apart from the body.
When maintaining a certain angle, its thickness approached zero, making it very difficult to observe.
But Naruto's hand grasped empty air.
The Kama, like an illusion, passed through Naruto's palm without hindrance, continuing towards Toneri nearby.
'Faster! Just reach that place!'
As long as he could merge with Toneri… even if his consciousness couldn't dominate, with Toneri's level of power control, plus the huge energy within that newborn Otsutsuki's body, he might not be able to launch a limit counterattack.
Anyway, their enemy was both Naruto. Isshiki was confident he could 'convince' Toneri to cooperate.
But—
Bansho Ten'in!
Gravity was fair.
As long as it was matter existing in the real world, no matter how 'thin', it could be equally affected.
Realizing the Kama could pass through his palm without hindrance, Naruto immediately thought of this.
Facts proved his speculation correct.
Under the effect of the gravitational sphere, the black Kama was instantly captured. No matter how it 'wriggled', it couldn't escape Naruto's grasp.
After pulling the Kama back above his palm, Naruto simply created several more gravitational spheres, using the gravitational field to tightly fix it, then wrapped it in a layer of Truth-Seeking Balls to prevent other creatures from contacting it.
'Good, Otsutsuki Isshiki captured successfully!'
Tossing the 'Poké Ball' up and down, Naruto turned his gaze to Toneri.
"Mmph mmph…"
Unable to speak with his mouth sealed, Toneri's eyes immediately showed some fear.
'Don't come any closer!!'
Toneri didn't know what the celestial being intended to do… he only felt terrified.
His prized Tenseigan couldn't cause any damage to the other party, while the other party could immobilize him with a casual move.
Both being Otsutsuki, the gap between Toneri and Naruto was at least two Kaguya difference.
Naruto's palm was already raised, as if about to kill him to silence him.
Just then, a feeble mental wave tried to connect to Naruto's brain.
Unfortunately, Naruto was no ordinary 'mortal'. This kind of mental connection couldn't succeed without his consent.
But it at least caught Naruto's attention.
After thinking, Naruto chose to accept this 'call request'.
Opening a crack in his mental defense, the next moment, his consciousness entered his own mental space.
There, besides Kurama, who had been observing the battle, there were indeed two others.
They were two elderly figures in white robes, both with sharp horns on their heads, looking somewhat similar to Kaguya in appearance, but with more 'human' characteristics.
As Naruto looked at them, the two white-robed elders also looked back.
Whether it was Naruto's illusion, he always felt that Kurama, covering his head with both paws, looked like a child whose parents were called to school after fighting.
Soon, one of the two elders spoke, making Naruto realize this was no illusion.
"Hello, Uzumaki Naruto. I am Otsutsuki Hagoromo… the 'Sage of Six Paths' you speak of."
"…It really is the parents…"
After muttering quietly in a voice audible to everyone present, Naruto turned to the other elder with longer hair.
"I am Otsutsuki Hamura, the ancestor of this lunar branch."
"Lunar branch… so that kid outside is actually similar to the Ninjas of the Ninja World?"
"Exactly."
Hamura seemed less talkative than his brother. After saying this, he fell silent. It took his brother secretly poking his calf with a staff to make him speak again.
"Uzumaki Naruto, if possible, we hope you can spare that child."
"Spare him? He actively attacked me just now. Didn't seem like he intended to hold back."
Naruto looked at them like parents whose child had caused trouble coming to apologize, waiting for their next move.
If they didn't give him a satisfactory answer, he wouldn't be so easygoing. Did they really think the Great Hero was a pushover?
"This matter… it's also my fault."
"I didn't explain clearly to those children…"
Hamura pondered for a moment, then finally poured out what happened when he died, including events after his death.
In fact, after his death, his consciousness, like his brother's, remained in this world in the form of Chakra.
So he witnessed the war between the branch family and main family and was deeply pained.
Unfortunately, those descendants' bloodline concentration was insufficient and their strength subpar, unable to connect with his mental energy, so he couldn't explain the initial misunderstanding, leading to subsequent events.
"You've said a lot, but a simple misunderstanding doesn't resolve this."
Naruto waved his hand, then continued.
"He attacked me with killing intent, so he must be prepared to be killed by me. That's one of the laws of the sea."
Naruto spoke of sea rules unknown to the two elders.
Seeing them still uncomprehending, he simply made an 'OK' gesture with his fingers, then directly explained.
"Benefits, benefits."
"What benefits do I get from sparing him?"
As someone who made a living at sea, Naruto had also done things like kidnapping for ransom.
—Of course, his targets were either evil people who didn't deserve death or simply delivering pirates to the Marines for bounties.
This was also recorded in [The Chronicle of the Great Hero].
Hearing this, Hamura was directly stunned.
What benefits could he offer?
He was already dead… he could give nothing.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to stop the moon population from dwindling.
Fortunately, although Hamura didn't understand human affairs, he had a good brother.
The Sage of Six Paths, also stunned for a moment, quickly reacted.
Then he floated between his brother and Naruto, putting his arm around Naruto's shoulder.
Naruto didn't mind this contact… after all, strictly speaking, this old man was also his ancestor.
Although he seemed to have killed the other party's mother… but hopefully that was harmless… right?
The Sage of Six Paths didn't mention Kaguya, instead leaning close to Naruto's ear and whispering something.
This time, even Hamura and Kurama couldn't hear clearly.
After they muttered for a while, Naruto suddenly turned around, then, like a different person, smilingly patted Hamura's shoulder.
"Ah, kids will be kids."
"As long as things are explained clearly, isn't that fine—"
"I believe that child will definitely be willing to listen to you!"