At this moment, the bamboo forest was quiet like death.
Time seemed to freeze in this instant.
Arisu stood where he was, the All-Killing Ash Bone piercing through his chest.
In front of him was the flashing chakra fruit.
The top-level item of the Naruto world.
The chakra fruit was right in front of him, yet Arisu's attention was on Kaguya behind him.
In the end, it was the White Ape King who roared first.
"You woman!? Why!? Why did you hurt Arisu!? Without Arisu, you would have been fed to that monster by that man long ago!" The White Ape King stared at Otsutsuki Kaguya with anger and roared furiously.
Otsutsuki Kaguya's face was complicated, but in the next moment it was replaced by frost.
"Why..." Arisu slowly turned his head with difficulty, looking at Otsutsuki Kaguya with confused eyes.
He couldn't understand. He couldn't understand why Kaguya would stab him in the back.
Wasn't chasing happiness her goal?
Or was her goal from beginning to end the chakra fruit?
"I'm sorry, Arisu. I broke my promise."
"You can't take the chakra fruit."
Otsutsuki Kaguya spoke calmly, her eyes like ice, her voice like cold frost.
Facing this situation, Arisu calmly asked, "Tell me, why?"
"Because my lover betrayed me... that human actually wanted to trade me to an enemy country. So only when the power is in my own hands can I feel at ease!"
Otsutsuki Kaguya's expression suddenly became emotional and crazy.
Clearly, the man she loved betrayed her, and it completely changed her personality.
Arisu instantly understood in his heart. 'It was the same situation as in the TV plot...'
At this moment, Arisu had already cursed the Emperor of the Land of Ancestors in his heart. 'Why did he have to stab Kaguya in the back at this exact time?!'
'If only you had done it a little later, I would have succeeded!'
'But it had to be now!'
"Heh heh heh....." Arisu laughed.
"Hahaha.... hahahahahahaha... hahahaha!!!!"
He first chuckled, then lightly laughed, then burst into loud laughter.
Otsutsuki Kaguya and the White Ape King were both stunned, staring at Arisu in shock.
"Arisu, what's wrong with you?!" The White Ape King asked worriedly.
Otsutsuki Kaguya was uncertain. On one hand, she was worried Arisu still had some hidden move.
On the other hand, she wondered if Arisu had really gone crazy.
"The prettier a woman is, the better she lies!"
"I even just wished you happiness. I even pitied you before..."
Arisu gave two bitter laughs, then said with amazement, "Turns out, you're not NPCs. You're all living, breathing people. In this world, there are truly countless heroes..."
Otsutsuki Kaguya's expression stayed cold as she looked at Arisu. After being hit by her All-Killing Ash Bone, there was no way he could still live.
"Arisu! Hurry and use the Sage Talisman the toads gave you!!!" The White Ape King shouted anxiously.
"No need, White Ape King. You should go first." Arisu smiled helplessly.
His body had already begun to decay. He was about to turn into ashes...
Before the White Ape King could react, Arisu canceled the summoning and directly sent him back to the Summoning World.
He knew the White Ape King couldn't defeat Kaguya. Staying here would only get him killed.
Arisu fell to the ground, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.
"Even if I die, I'm taking a bite!"
Arisu used all his strength, suddenly opened his mouth wide, and bit straight into the chakra fruit.
In an instant, a piece of the chakra fruit was bitten off by Arisu.
Otsutsuki Kaguya was shocked and instantly flashed over to snatch the remaining chakra fruit.
Arisu chewed the fruit, slightly helpless.
'Alright, I didn't taste anything, because my body had already turned to ashes...'
Otsutsuki Kaguya looked at Arisu who had turned into ashes. A trace of reluctance flashed in her heart. She remembered the smiling face when Arisu wished her happiness at the end, and she felt guilty.
She could feel that Arisu truly wished her well.
"I'm sorry, Arisu. I'll make my children remember you and build a temple for you..."
"I won't forget you....." Otsutsuki Kaguya promised softly.
Originally, she had planned to leave Arisu alive. But she worried about too many unknown risks and possible betrayal in the future, so she chose to erase him.
Right after that, Otsutsuki Kaguya's face turned cold.
"Power, I want power!"
Otsutsuki Kaguya swallowed the remaining chakra fruit in one bite.
Then, along with a dazzling white light, the Rabbit Goddess, Otsutsuki Kaguya, the ancestor of chakra, appeared.
At the same time, a tomoe Rinnegan opened on Otsutsuki Kaguya's forehead. She flew into the sky.
She opened Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Infinite Tsukuyomi lit up the world.
———
Snow covered the land, heavy snow falling everywhere.
In a pure white snowfield, a hand slowly stretched out from the snow.
Right after that, a completely naked man crawled out of the snow.
"Where the hell did this send me?"
Arisu crawled out of the snow naked, then looked around.
"Whew~ Immortality really is real."
Arisu looked at his completely unharmed body and muttered to himself.
Before, he had always wondered whether his immortality meant living forever without aging, or truly never dying no matter how he died.
The system had no intelligence, so he couldn't ask it even if he wanted to.
And he didn't dare kill himself to test it.
Now that Kaguya had attacked him, it confirmed his guess.
His ability wasn't just long life. It also had a never-die mechanism. He had just revived.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Arisu muttered, and a Mount Myoboku training outfit was summoned and put on.
"The urgent matter is to see what's going on."
Arisu leaped into the air.
His Sage power was still there. With one glance, Arisu saw that there were almost no people left in this world.
"Infinite Tsukuyomi, Kaguya has already activated it..."
Arisu sighed slightly. A cold light flashed in his eyes. Otsutsuki Kaguya, yesterday's grudge is stuck in my back...
"But right now I need to endure. Kaguya is powerful. I can't act recklessly."
Arisu felt that Otsutsuki Kaguya was very strong now.
If he went to fight her now, it would be no different from seeking death.
He needed to return to Mount Myoboku first and see what was going on there.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
———
Back at Mount Myoboku, what came into view was a grand tombstone.
Arisu frowned slightly and immediately stepped forward.
"Arisu's Tomb?"
"How did my name get carved on a tombstone?"
Arisu directly rushed into the Toad Hall and saw the White-Brow Toad knocking on a wooden fish drum.
"Arisu!? You're still alive?!"
The White-Brow Toad suddenly showed joy and happily came in front of Arisu.
But right after that, the White-Brow Toad showed a look of vigilance.
The White Ape King had clearly told him that Arisu was dead. So was this Arisu in front of him disguised?
"White-Brow Toad, I'm back!"
Seeing this, Arisu quickly released his unique Sage aura.
After sensing it, the White-Brow Toad instantly showed excitement and said, "Arisu! I thought you had already been killed by that woman outside. How did you come back? Didn't that illusion affect you?"