Chapter 465: Chapter 465: I Am the One Chosen by the Will of the Universe!
Ōtsutsuki Shibai stared at the man before him—Uchiha Mirai—and his expression grew increasingly animated.
He had once been the most brilliant prodigy in the history of the Ōtsutsuki clan. Backed by the full support of his people, he had quickly awakened the power of the Kekkei Mōra.
Through a string of fortunate events, he had discovered several vibrant, life-filled planets.
By planting Divine Trees, Ōtsutsuki Shibai siphoned every last drop of energy from those worlds. The once-thriving ecosystems crumbled into barren, lifeless husks—but his own power only grew.
Eventually, after devouring the chakra fruits of hundreds of planets, he surpassed the Kekkei Mōra and stepped into a realm no one had ever reached before.
In that realm, he became something akin to a true god—omnipotent, unstoppable.No one could stand against him. Any who dared try were crushed with a single palm strike.
For the first time, Ōtsutsuki Shibai felt certain: he was the ruler of the universe.
But as his power climbed higher, its growth slowed to a crawl.
Even after absorbing the chakra fruits of thousands more planets, he failed to reach the next level.
The stagnation gnawed at him. Frustration took root.
Eventually, he turned his gaze toward his own kin.
Those Ōtsutsuki who had reached the peak of Kekkei Mōra became his nourishment, one by one.The so-called "Clan of Gods" were nothing more than livestock he had raised in captivity.
They were required to offer up half of their gathered chakra fruits at regular intervals, keeping only the rest to barely maintain their own strength.
Of course, this wasn't generosity. It was calculated control.
If any of them came too close to achieving peak Kekkei Mōra power, he would personally snuff them out—turning them into fuel for his next step forward.
And so it went, for tens of thousands of years.
But even with all that, his power had nearly stopped growing altogether.
The chakra fruits barely made a dent anymore.
Still, Ōtsutsuki Shibai could feel it deep in his bones—he wasn't quite there yet.
One more breakthrough, and he would truly become the ultimate being of this universe.
So, he chose to enter a deep slumber, hoping that time would ease the bottleneck he had reached.
...
But now—standing before him—was a man with power equal to his own.
A strange instinct stirred within Shibai.
If he could consume this man... he might finally break through.
He might become truly supreme.
With that thought, Shibai activated his divine technique: Clairvoyance. His eyes locked onto Uchiha Mirai.
In an instant, everything about the man flashed before him.
And the more he saw, the more astonished he became. His jaw even dropped by the end.
This man had only been alive for a few decades. In that time, he had absorbed one Ten-Tails and drawn energy from a single Dragon Vein on his planet...
That was nothing. Utterly insignificant compared to the countless worlds Shibai had drained.
And yet—this man stood on equal footing with him!
Even someone as proud and arrogant as Shibai couldn't stop the wave of shock surging through him.
But soon, the surprise faded, replaced by growing delight.
He tilted his head back and laughed wildly.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Incredible! This is divine providence, isn't it?! A gift from the creator!"
Mirai frowned as he watched Shibai laughing like a lunatic and muttered under his breath,
"Divine providence? What the hell is this guy talking about...?"
He hadn't spoken loudly, but there was no way Shibai wouldn't hear it.
Shibai's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"You were born on a planet no different from any other. Your body, your chakra, everything about you is identical to the natives of that world.
"But you... somehow defied every rule. You gained ultimate power in just a few decades.
"Do you know what that reminds me of?"
He paused, waiting for Mirai to ask.
But when Mirai didn't respond, Shibai simply continued on his own.
"You're just like a chakra fruit—always absorbing, always growing.
"But where the chakra fruit draws from the planet, you draw from the entire universe!"
"It was the will of the cosmos that brought you into being. That same will led you here, to me.
"So that I could absorb you... and finally become the supreme existence!"
...
Mirai blinked, taken aback.
This guy's got a serious case of delusions...
Still, thinking it over, Shibai's theory did make a strange kind of sense—especially since he had no idea about the system Mirai possessed.
Shibai's eyes were now burning with obsession as he stared at Mirai.
"Now do you understand? You were born as a gift—crafted by the universe, just for me.
"Let me consume you. Watch as I ascend to the throne of the universe!"
Mirai scoffed, his tone laced with sarcasm.
"And what makes you think you'll be the one doing the absorbing?"
"From what you just said, sounds more like I'm the chosen one here."
Shibai burst out laughing again.
"If you truly were the chosen one, we wouldn't have met now.
"You've only lived a few decades. I've existed for hundreds of thousands of years.
"No matter how you look at it, you're a gift—hand-delivered to me by the universe itself!"
"The will of the cosmos has already made its choice. You'd do well to accept your fate."
...
Watching Shibai spiral further into madness, Mirai snorted.
"You really have lost it."
He, who wielded the System, never fought battles he wasn't sure he could win.
Back when all three of his primary stats had surpassed 500,000, he had already reached the divine tier.
And when he broke 1,000,000 in all three stats, his power skyrocketed again.
Just to be safe, he had held back for another two decades—until all his attributes passed 2,000,000.
By his own calculations, Ōtsutsuki Shibai's strength was probably close to what Mirai had back when his stats had just approached the 1,000,000 mark.
Everyone knew: once your power reached a certain level, even the smallest difference could become a chasm.
And a gap of 1,000,000 stat points?
That was no chasm. That was an abyss.
In front of such a gap, this so-called "god" of the Ōtsutsuki clan was nothing more than a slightly bulkier ant.
Mirai sneered.
"Let's see if you can still keep that smug smile in a few minutes."
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