Chapter 315: Meeting The Goddess
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 315: Meeting The Goddess
Many miles away from the comfort of the hot springs, in the furthest reaches of the Land of Earth, there is a massive, desolate plain that very few dare to venture into.
Hundreds and hundreds of miles with nothing in them. No plants, no animals, and not even a bit of water.
The extreme heat, combined with the dull landscape, often causes travelers to hallucinate. Their brains become desperate for some stimuli and begin to create things that are not there.
The locals call this place 'The Whispering Wastes'.
Right now, a single individual was running through this deadly land. The blonde young man moved at tremendous speed, covering large distances in a short moment, but at the same time, he was aware of his surroundings, trying to find anything unusual in this dull landscape.
The traces of chakra from Zetsu had brought him to this location. It was faint, as if he had passed through many months ago, so Naruto had to put in a lot of extra effort to figure out in which direction he was supposed to continue.
"Mmmm… there is something ahead."
His attention shifted from the chakra signature to something else.
Usually, there is absolutely nothing in this desert, so when something comes into view, it seems worth paying attention to, no matter what it is.
"Roots?" He was still too far to tell for sure, but they did look like massive tree roots. He increased his speed and got closer.
The roots were massively big. He jumped on top of the dead tree root and could use it to get a better view of the area.
There were many roots like this one around here, all of them clearly dead.
"What is that?" At the center of all the roots was a depression in the land, creating a large hole. Inside this hole were the remains of an impossibly big tree that appeared to have collapsed.
But what caught Naruto's attention was something else. There was someone standing at the core of this hole. It looked like a person with long silver hair and white robes.
He was still far away, and his senses were very limited due to the fact that he was not the real one.
Still, the traces of chakra that he had been following appeared to lead him right into that hole...where that person was.
Naruto approached slowly, trying to pick up any extra information. He did not want to miss anything; otherwise, the main body would receive faulty information when he was dispelled.
He jumped into the hole and continued to approach.
Now he could get a good glimpse of the person standing there. It was clearly a woman.
Even with her eyes closed and her long silver hair covering half her face, it was apparent how beautiful she was.
It was also obvious that she was not human. The impossibly white skin and the long pair of horns on top of her head made this very evident.
He tried to get a feel for his surroundings, but no one else seemed to be here, other than this woman.
'At least not alive…' The scent of rotting human flesh was something very easy to recognize...and this place was truly reeking of it.
"Excuse me, miss, I'm looking for s—"
It was very subtle, but Naruto felt the ground move beneath him and wasted no time moving away.
As he did, sharp bones that looked like spikes rose from the dirt and attempted to impale him.
"Well… that was rude." Naruto huffed.
The woman opened her eyes.
'That's the Byakugan… but this is definitely not a Hyuga,' Naruto noted.
Her expression and demeanor changed immediately after seeing him.
She went from aloof and uncaring to properly on guard.
"Did I get your attention?" Naruto realized that she must have recognized him.
The first attack was just meant to squash an annoying bug...nothing more. But now she was considering him a threat.
Her aura rose up, and Naruto was now able to perceive the energy coming from her.
The chakra signature of the person he had been tracking down was definitely there… but it was being mixed up with many other types of chakra.
'She's doing the same thing I do… she's mixing and purifying chakra to turn it into something that is only hers,' Naruto thought.
"You are Naruto Uzumaki," she spoke to him for the first time.
"What gave me away?" Naruto asked.
"...Everything."
"I thought you were going to mention my beautiful eyes." Naruto shrugged.
"I care not for the Rinnegan in your possession."
As she said this, a third eye opened on her forehead. A red eye with three tomoe and a black spiral running through its surface.
"That looks… very peculiar."
Naruto felt a strong pressure on him. That eye seemed to be a combination of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.
'She's trying to delve into my mind…' Naruto wondered what she was looking for.
"You have something that belongs to me," she suddenly said.
"You haven't even introduced yourself, and I'm already being accused of stealing something? Did your parents teach you no manners, girl?"
She snapped at his words. Her hair expanded and moved like it had a life of its own.
Strands of hair turned into rope-like constructs and moved at blinding speed to snag Naruto's limbs while pulling him up.
He had already exhausted a large part of his chakra coming here, so he didn't have enough to fight back against an opponent like this one.
His arms and legs became trapped by her hair, which made sure he couldn't move an inch.
"You want to know who I am, Naruto Uzumaki?" she asked.
"That would make me very happy," Naruto responded.
"I am Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, an otherworldly Goddess and the true owner of the Nine Bijuus. Seven of which you have stolen… You will give them back to me, otherwise...I will not just kill you, but also destroy everything you care for."
"That's very scary. And I assume that the remaining two are somewhere inside you, mixed with all of that chakra you recently got. Am I right?"
"That is correct. I am in possession of the Five and Six-Tailed Beasts. They have already become part of me, and soon… the rest will follow."
She raised her hand.
"Will you stand in my way, Naruto Uzumaki?..."
"Oh…" A grin appeared on his face. "I'm going to do a lot more than that."
The clone vanished in a puff of smoke.
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