Chapter 174 - 174 - Food

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Chakra fruits were the lifeline of any Otsutsuki, the more they ate it the stronger they would get. Strength was appreciated and respected everywhere, but, it was also true that their society was very ordered.

The superiors had more rights over the Chakra fruits, despite many low-level explorers doing all the work. Hence, when a planet was found with the chance of growing multiple Chakra fruits, it was the shortest way to get stronger.

Momoshiki was never the loyal one to begin with, he wanted to get stronger, no matter the cost. Now, he had found a way to get stronger quickly. But, the only hurdle was Akashiki, and he was the Lord Commander, extremely loyal to the Patriarch.

Momoshiki silently nodded towards Kinshiki, signalling him to get ready to fight. He wanted to find the best opportunity to inflict damage on the enemy. He had no idea how strong Akashiki was after all.

"Lord Commander, please move first, we may have to fight someone here. Such Natural Energy levels are not normal." Momoshiki said.

Unsuspecting, Akashiki headed down towards the planet at normal speed. He too was interested in this place, however, he had no other ideas in mind other than getting the son of the Patriarch back.

Momoshiki followed behind, he was planning to use his partner as food now. Though Kinshiki was not just the partner of Momoshiki but his foster father as well.

Kinshiki just nodded and allowed himself to be converted into a Chakra fruit. Momoshiki didn't react at all and ate it immediately. Feeling the surging power in his body, he smiled madly.

~I'm afraid you are not needed anymore, Akashiki. I too shall become a Patriarch now.~ Momoshiki gloated inside and rushed to strike Akashiki's back.

*BOOM*

Momoshiki thrust a red dagger-like thing made of his energy into Akashiki's back. It plunged into the body, as Akashiki looked back in surprise, instead of fear.

"Greed? Are you going against your teachings? The Patriarch will not be happy about this." Akashiki muttered.

"How will he know when you are dead?" Momoshiki scoffed and aimed at him again. Absorbing Kinshiki gave him a much-needed buff and he was confident in defeating Akashiki now.

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On the land, Shiroken and Kaguya were looking at the sky. Kaguya looked confused and Shiroken was frowning. ~Why is my food fighting each other?~

"What is going on? Why are they fighting?" Shiroken asked her.

Kaguya had apparently forgotten that she was supposed to fight Shiroken as well, as the new threat approaches. "I don't know. Maybe they are from a different faction."

"Faction? What do you mean? Don't you have a leader or king? Aren't you one species?" He asked her in confusion.

"Otsutsuki is a species, but not a community. There are hundreds of different clans, each controlling a part of the Universe. Each has a patriarch, and all clans fight each other to gather resources." She revealed.

"What's the endgame? What do they want?" Shiroken inquired.

"To reach the pinnacle. The Otsutsuki evolve off the energy and genetic information that serves as nutrients of the Chakra Fruits when absorbed by their respective God Trees, giving them their godlike power and longevity by ingesting it. Some Otsutsuki can even transform upon consuming enough chakra or gain other particular forms of power, such as a dojutsu.

"My people's greatest skill was their ability to use chakra; a feat previously reserved for them before my foolish son, Hagoromo, introduced it to humanity through the concept of ninshu." She revealed to him.

She added further, "We Otsutsuki are very resilient, even after the death of our physical bodies, it's hard to keep us dead. As you have seen with how my will tried to revive me. There are other ways as well, such as the Kama seal.

"My species' end goal is to devour every single planet in the Universe and reach the last stage, Godhood. A being who is above all laws, who is present at all times, sees the past, present and future at the same time. We call it, Otsutsuki God. All our Patriarchs are the top runners for this position, but it's not rare for even Patriarchs to be killed and someone else taking their place."

Shiroken sighed, "If that's the end goal of your species, then I guess my end goal is to kill each one of you. But, why are you telling me all this?"

She faced him, "Why am I telling you all this? Because I want to offer you something. Join me in defeating them, I will teach you everything in return. With your strength, it won't be long before you can topple them. That Momoshiki, I was preparing for his arrival all along, he's stronger than me, and that other one, he's one of the top ten powerhouses of my clan."

He chuckled, "Thanks, but no thanks. They are my food, and only my food."

Shiroken started slowly flying towards the sky, ~Like hell I'm ever going to trust you.~ He muttered inside.

In space, Shiroken slowly flew closer to the fight. Both Otsutsuki were at each other's throats, seemingly equally powerful. They had injured each other enough already.

"Party's over. It's dinner time, everyone." He interjected in the middle of their fight.

They stopped abruptly and faced him in confusion. He looks like an Otsutsuki but his features were different. "Which clan are you from?" Akashiki asked as it was known that different Otsutsuki clans had different features. His clan had Byakugan in common.

"Umm, Earth Clan? Whatever, you two are not invited here, but I am thankful nonetheless." Shiroken sent a fat beam of blue energy to Momoshiki. The fool tried to raise his arm and absorb it with his Rinnegan that was planted on his palm.

"ARGH!" Momoshiki cried in pain as the blue energy entered his arm and destroyed his Rinnegan.

"HOW? This shouldn't be able to hurt me." He screeched.

*WOOSH*

Shiroken appeared beside him and whispered, "Natural Energy, fool."

In an instant, Shiroken started to take away all the life force of Momoshiki. Momoshiki felt it and panicked, the rate of transfer alarmed him to no limit, so he tried to struggle like a fish out of water. But Shiroken's chokehold on his neck was too strong.

"You even look like a physically weak pathetic sissy. In all your life, you must have always been in a position of power, so you never saw a need to train your body. But I was always preparing myself for scums like you." Shiroken said and increased his absorption.

Akashiki was shocked to see Momoshiki's body slowly becoming thinner and losing all the muscles. The face now had visible cheekbones. "I can not leave you alive."

"The feeling is mutual." Shiroken opened his mouth wide open as his arms were busy. He quickly sent dozens of Shirodama at the Otsutsuki.

"All my life, I have been thinking, training to fight you all. For centuries, I expected you to come. I will not go easy." Shiroken didn't stop and sent Shirodamas like they were simple kunais.

He was buying himself time, to absorb Momoshiki first. Akashiki, like all the proud Otsutsuki, first tried to stop the attacks, but only received damage. Then he only tried to avoid it, dodging it as much as possible. Yet, Shiroken was fast enough to make him brush past a few, even that small contact was enough to inflict damage.

Their Rinnegan was useless in this case. It could not absorb Natural Energy. This went against their whole biology. The God Tree's sole reason for existence was to tackle this problem, as the tree takes all the energy from planets and put it in the Chakra Fruit, something that they could consume.

In a matter of 10 minutes, Shiroken was done with Momoshiki, who died like a withered tree, where in the end, nothing was left except some dust, which was just some inorganic substance over his body. He felt the surge in his power, going nearly double. Momoshiki was not this strong originally, but he ate his own partner, and that made him as strong as Shiroken. However, Shiroken had the upper hand here, as he was made of Natural Energy, and so did his attacks.

Akashiki was left now, facing Shiroken with doubt in his mind. He asked a question, "You must be the experiment 'Endgame' he was working on. What happened to Minoshiki?"

*BOOM*

In a fraction of a second, Shiroken was face to face, less than an arm's length from Akashiki, his fist had created a hole in Akashiki's chest in the middle. "Exactly what's happening to you."

*Cough*

Akashiki felt his body growing weak. It didn't help now that Shiroken was overwhelmingly stronger than him, since he had absorbed not just Momoshiki, but also Minoshiki, the Patriarch's son.

*Cough* Akashiki coughed out blood, "This will not end with your win. The Patriarch will come, with the whole army."

Shiroken plainly looked him in the eyes, Akashiki was turning weaker, paler and thinner by each second, "They won't have to wait. I myself will go out and hunt each one of you. And as one by one you fall, I will grow stronger. Soon, I shall suppress even your combined strength. You people gave me a fitting name it seems, as I truly am the 'Endgame'."

*WOOSH*

The last of Akashiki's body dust floated away in the dead dark space. Shiroken was left there alone, looking at the vast expanse of the Universe, billions and billions of stars flickering in front of his eyes. And this scene only reaffirmed his resolve, ~I will kill them all... for my family... for home.~

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