aircannonsinc #204 - The terrifying future! The era is coming to an end, and the immortals are terrified!
#204 - The terrifying future! The era is coming to an end, and the immortals are terrified!
What was especially unbelievable was that his originally robust figure was now beginning to appear graceful, as if he were transforming from a purely masculine form towards a feminine one.
Faintly, on the face of this originally rugged War God Chiyou, Luo Fu actually felt a hint of the flavor of Kaguya Otsutsuki.
It was as if the War God Chiyou before him was beginning to transform into Kaguya Otsutsuki.
In fact, there was no particular pattern to the gender of a Zanpakuto's spirit. If it were the world of Bleach, it would naturally remain unchanged from the moment it was born.
But each of Luo Fu's sharing experiences represented a comprehensive transformation of his soul, body, and power. It was a rebirth, a drastic change akin to a species evolving.
As a part of the soul, the Zanpakuto would naturally change accordingly.
Whether a Zanpakuto spirit was male or female was actually quite normal.
For example, Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakuto, Zangetsu, took the form of an old man, even being called "Old Man Zangetsu" by Ichigo, and was even a part of Yhwach.
But another special case was Kisuke Urahara's Benihime, whose spirit was an elegant classical beauty.
Originally, Luo Fu's Zanpakuto would manifest as War God Chiyou due to his own bloodline.
But after devouring a portion of Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness from the future, the Zanpakuto spirit's appearance also began to transform in the direction of Kaguya Otsutsuki.
However, no matter how it changed, the Zanpakuto spirit belonged to Luo Fu, it was a part of Luo Fu's soul.
Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was being suppressed into a prostrate position by Luo Fu's gravity, which had been amplified several times, was instantly stunned the moment she sensed the appearance of the Zanpakuto spirit.
"You... what exactly did you do? Why does this strange fellow possess my power!"
To be precise, the drastically changed Zanpakuto spirit was not simply possessing Kaguya Otsutsuki's power, but was, in essence, another Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Luo Fu had no intention of answering Kaguya Otsutsuki.
After a moment of contemplation, Luo Fu knew that if he left now, the Zanpakuto would still have to be sealed within the moon.
But although this was already the Zanpakuto's consciousness space, with Kaguya Otsutsuki's presence, Luo Fu had no way to take the Zanpakuto away.
Because taking the Zanpakuto away would mean taking Kaguya Otsutsuki away, and in that case, the seal would naturally prevent Luo Fu, and might even draw upon Luo Fu's power to complete the sealing of Luo Fu.
Locking his gaze on Kaguya Otsutsuki, a hint of killing intent flashed in Luo Fu's eyes.
Kaguya Otsutsuki's heart tightened.
"You... what are you going to do to me?"
Seeing Kaguya Otsutsuki forced to lie prone in the void, unable to move due to the immense gravity.
Luo Fu sighed softly and slowly turned away.
At the instant he turned, as if telepathically connected, the Zanpakuto spirit suddenly pounced towards Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Struggles, screams, roars...
Constantly echoed from behind Luo Fu.
Soon, when everything settled down and returned to calm.
Luo Fu, who turned back again, was immediately startled by the figure in front of him.
The Zanpakuto spirit that appeared before him at this moment had completely lost the image of War God Chiyou, replaced by a snow-white long-haired figure that was two and a half times his height.
A pure white robe enveloped the exquisite figure, and the skin was no longer the bloodless white of the orthodox Otsutsuki clan, but a moist sense of vitality.
In addition, the original six arms were still there, but there were no weapons in their hands, and of the four eyes, only one pair remained.
Those were clearly special eyes combining the Byakugan and Luo Fu's Mangekyo. On a snow-white pupil, a special hexagonal pattern was imprinted.
On the forehead, the cracked third eye was none other than Luo Fu's Seven Emotions and Seven Sins Eye, but the difference was that this eye was filled with complex patterns, as if it contained endless mysteries.
Although he knew that if his Zanpakuto spirit completely devoured Kaguya Otsutsuki, its image would inevitably transform in the direction of Kaguya Otsutsuki.
But Luo Fu had not expected the result of the transformation to be so thorough.
The figure in front of him, apart from the six arms, had almost no characteristics belonging to War God Chiyou.
Instead, it was like a Kaguya Otsutsuki with four extra arms.
However, compared to the previous Kaguya Otsutsuki, who was more filled with divinity and whose skin was bloodlessly white, exuding an eerie and beautiful aura, the Zanpakuto spirit was even more enchanting.
"You..." Luo Fu was also dumbfounded, and really didn't know how to communicate with this Zanpakuto spirit who had transformed so completely.
"I am the Goddess of the Rabbit, the Ancestor of Chakra, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and also War God Chiyou. I am the Zanpakuto spirit. For me, the current me is a new beginning."
Stunned, Luo Fu nodded subconsciously and said, "Then what is your name?"
"Goddess of the Rabbit, Ancestor of Chakra, Kaguya Otsutsuki, War God Chiyou, are all my names. As long as you call these names, you can get my power and help, but these names can only represent a part of my power. If you want to know my true name, you can only defeat me."
This new Zanpakuto spirit in front of him revealed a bit of a different cunningness.
But Luo Fu only needed her to admit that she was the Zanpakuto spirit, that was enough.
As for knowing the other's new name, there was no rush for that now. After all, after completing the fusion of the Zanpakuto spirit and Kaguya, Luo Fu had completed his purpose for entering the sealed space this time.
As for the so-called name, he could just wait until later, after leaving the sealed space, and slowly communicate with the Zanpakuto spirit.
Nodding slightly, Luo Fu suddenly felt a reminder from the depths of his heart.
In just a short moment, Luo Fu completely left the sealed space, that dreamlike special realm.
When Luo Fu returned to the moon once again.
Otsutsuki Luo Fu, wearing a white robe but with one yellow and one purple eye, said, "Honored self, you failed?"
Although Luo Fu and Otsutsuki Luo Fu were indeed telepathically connected, as the difference between the main body and the clone, the main body Luo Fu could almost understand everything about the clone without any obstacles, but the clone was different in reverse.
"No." Luo Fu shook his head and said, "I should have succeeded."
"Should?" Seeing the clone Otsutsuki Luo Fu looking puzzled.
Luo Fu slowly stretched out one hand, grabbing in the void with his five fingers, as if grasping something. Along with Luo Fu's sudden pulling of his arm.
A uniquely shaped long sword instantly emerged from the void, appearing in Luo Fu's hand.
Compared to the previous katana form.
The current Zanpakuto had undergone a great change in form.
In terms of shape, it was completely different from before, and instead somewhat resembled a Embroidered Spring Blade or a Miaodao.
If the Zanpakuto, which was specifically used to target souls, inherently exuded a faint evil aura, then the current Zanpakuto had completely shed that faint evil aura. At first glance, the only feeling the Zhanpakuto in Luo Fu's hand gave people was sacred and awe-inspiring.
The moment Luo Fu drew the Zanpakuto.
A white figure instantly emerged from the sword body.
Seeing this figure, the clone Otsutsuki Luo Fu was immediately surprised and said, "Honored self, you... how did you bring out Kaguya Otsutsuki too."
Just as Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from the Zanpakuto.
In the ninja world.
Black Zetsu, who was following Obito Uchiha, suddenly revealed a look of joy.
He hurriedly looked up at the sky, almost subconsciously calling out the word 'mother'.
Noticing Black Zetsu's strangeness, White Zetsu, who was tightly bound to Black Zetsu, said, "Black Zetsu, what's wrong with you? You seem very excited?"
"Hmph." Obito Uchiha snorted coldly and said, "What's there to be excited about? In our plan, a freak like Luo Fu has appeared as a resistance. We don't even know if we can succeed. Excited? Could it be that you're excited that Madara Uchiha won't be resurrected after our plan fails?"
"Obito, are you still angry about Itachi's death?" White Zetsu was indeed brainless, because of Obito Uchiha's words, he quickly gave up pursuing why Black Zetsu was so excited.
With a tone that always made people feel like he was gloating, White Zetsu said, "Itachi killed so many members of the Uchiha clan, isn't it normal for him to be killed by a member of the Uchiha clan now? Just like the Hidden Mist Village, killed Rin, and you will also take revenge on the Hidden Mist Village."
"Shut up." Obito Uchiha shouted angrily and said, "You are not worthy to mention Rin's name."
While Obito was arguing with White Zetsu over the name of Rin.
Black Zetsu, however, secretly resolved to figure out what was going on with that aura of his mother that had suddenly appeared on the moon earlier.
Could it be that someone else helped his mother escape from the seal?
In the ninja world, Black Zetsu was not the only one who noticed the reappearance of Kaguya Otsutsuki's aura.
Mount Myōboku.
The Great Toad Sage, who was sleeping, suddenly jolted awake. His massive body staggered, falling from his seat and tumbling down the steps to the ground.
"Old Man," Fukasaku said, hopping over to the Great Toad Sage's side in a flurry. "Old Man, did you have a nightmare? You suddenly…"
"Don't speak," the Great Toad Sage urged quickly, struggling to sit up. "Quick, quickly summon Jiraiya here. I have something very important to tell him."
"Jiraiya? Because something happened in Konoha, Jiraiya is currently heading there. Do you want to call him to Mount Myōboku at this time?" Fukasaku Sage asked, puzzled.
Although Luo Fu stirred up trouble in Konoha after killing the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura, and others, before heading to the moon, in fact, the entire process only took a few short days.
Jiraiya, who was wandering in the ninja world, learned of the news from Konoha. Even if he rushed back to Konoha as soon as possible, he still hadn't arrived.
"No matter how big the matter is in Konoha, it is insignificant compared to what I want to tell him. This time, it concerns the survival of the ninja world. Even the Sage of Six Paths will personally appear," the Great Toad Sage said solemnly.
Fukasaku Sage looked at the Great Toad Sage suspiciously. Just as he was hesitating whether or not to call Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku, Shima Sage grumbled unhappily, "The Old Man must be confused again. By the time we call Jiraiya, he might have forgotten what he's saying now. I think we should wait for the Old Man to sleep again and talk about it when he wakes up."
"Shima, Fukasaku," the Great Toad Sage said, staggering up the steps and returning to his seat. He gasped for breath, saying, "I am very clear-headed right now. The ninja world has really encountered something terrible. We need to unite the entire ninja world immediately. Only in this way will there be a very small chance of solving it. Otherwise, whether it's the ninjas, Mount Myōboku, or even the Three Great Sage Lands, none of them will be able to survive."
This time, even Shima Sage, who had just complained, was a little frightened.
"Old Man, are you sure you're really clear-headed right now?"
"Don't be so long-winded. For the sake of the entire Mount Myōboku, for the sake of the ninja world, go and call Jiraiya here immediately," the Great Toad Sage said without容分说.
Although Shima might disagree with the Great Toad Sage on some small matters, when the Great Toad Sage showed such a solemn expression, the entire Mount Myōboku acted quickly because of the Great Toad Sage's words.
In the forest near Konoha, Jiraiya, who was rushing towards Konoha, suddenly stopped and jumped down from a branch of a large tree.
The moment he landed, a Mount Myōboku communication toad appeared in front of Jiraiya.
As soon as he saw Jiraiya, the Mount Myōboku frog couldn't wait to say, "Jiraiya, something big has happened. The Great Toad Sage wants you to go to Mount Myōboku immediately."
"But I'm almost at Konoha," Jiraiya said with a troubled expression.
"Can't worry about that much," the frog said, standing up. "The Great Toad Sage, Fukasaku Sage, and Shima Sage told me to tell you that this crisis concerns the entire ninja world. If we can't prepare early and solve this trouble, not to mention Konoha, even the Three Great Sage Lands will cease to exist, and the era of ninjas will end."
Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat.
Although Jiraiya vaguely felt that the frog's words were a bit exaggerated, he had long regarded the Great Toad Sage's prophecy as his life's goal.
This doubt was actively dispelled by Jiraiya in an instant.
He couldn't deny the Great Toad Sage's prophecy, just as he couldn't deny his own life.
He glanced at Konoha unwillingly.
In Jiraiya's heart, he could only hope that Tsunade would not destroy Konoha.
As far as he was concerned, when the prophecy of Mount Myōboku concerned the entire ninja world, and even the existence of the Three Great Sage Lands and ninjas, he could only choose to go to Mount Myōboku first.
Accompanied by the smoke of the Reverse Summoning Technique instantly exploding, Jiraiya's figure quickly appeared on Mount Myōboku, which resembled a fantasy world.
As soon as he entered Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya immediately saw Fukasaku and Shima Sages anxiously waiting for him.
"Two Sages, what exactly happened? I…"
"Don't ask so much, Jiraiya, come with us quickly. The Old Man has been waiting for you for a long time!" Fukasaku Sage and Shima Sage forcibly dragged Jiraiya, one on each side, straight to the Great Toad Sage's temple.
Every time Jiraiya came to Mount Myōboku, he rarely encountered the Great Toad Sage awake. Most of the time, the Great Toad Sage was asleep, or in a half-asleep, confused state.
But at this moment, Jiraiya was surprised to find that the Great Toad Sage in front of him had rarely widened his eyes, looking nervous, without the slightest hint of confusion.
Before Jiraiya could say hello, the Great Toad Sage couldn't wait to say, "Jiraiya, you've finally come. Something big is about to happen in the ninja world."
"Great Toad Sage, what exactly happened? What did you dream about again? Or is there a problem with the Child of Prophecy?" Jiraiya naturally attributed the source of the Great Toad Sage's unease to the problem of the Child of Prophecy.
But unexpectedly, the Great Toad Sage directly shook his head and said, "Never mind the Child of Prophecy. The Child of Prophecy is no longer important. Jiraiya, a truly terrifying demon has escaped from the seal. The ninja world will completely head towards doomsday. You must stop him. This is not just a disaster for the ninja world, it is the end of the entire world. Even the Three Great Sage Lands of Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest will not be able to survive in such a disaster."
Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat. He said in disbelief, "Great Toad Sage, what… what happened?"
"Don't worry," the Great Toad Sage waved his hand and said, "This matter has to start from a thousand years ago."
"A thousand years ago? Isn't that the era of the legendary Sage of Six Paths? Could it be that this crisis is related to the Sage of Six Paths?" Jiraiya asked naturally.
"Don't interrupt, listen to me finish," the Great Toad Sage said, glaring at Jiraiya. He then began to tell the story of the princess who descended from the sky, the God Tree, the Goddess of Rabbits, the Ten-Tails, the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki… a series of stories buried deep in time.
Jiraiya listened in stunned silence. He never dreamed that so many terrible things had happened in the ninja world a thousand years ago.
The tailed beasts, which are now regarded as the ultimate weapons by the major ninja villages in the ninja world, actually came from the Ten-Tails, and the Ten-Tails is the God Tree that can destroy the world.
In particular, even the Sage of Six Paths, who created the world in mythology, was only one of the participants.
Even in the story told by the Great Toad Sage, the Sage of Six Paths was not the most powerful one.
Calming his mind and finally accepting the historical truth told by the Great Toad Sage, Jiraiya asked in a trembling voice, "Great Toad Sage, could it be… could it be that the mother of the Sage of Six Paths, Goddess Kaguya, has escaped from the seal on the moon and is about to return to the ninja world to rule the entire world again?"
The Great Toad Sage sighed faintly, "I don't know. Because I only saw that the Goddess of Rabbits escaped from the seal, and her appearance is completely different from a thousand years ago. She has six arms, a pair of special eyes that seem to combine Byakugan and Mangekyō Sharingan, but the key is not the Goddess of Rabbits, it is a terrible shadow standing behind her. Although I saw his existence in the dream, I couldn't see his appearance clearly. Even when I wanted to peep at him, I was directly knocked out of the dream by him."
"So, the Old Man fell off the chair earlier because he was beaten!" Shima Sage said suddenly.
Ignoring Shima Sage's interruption, the Great Toad Sage said solemnly, "Jiraiya, you must tell the ninja world this news as soon as possible, otherwise, when the Goddess of Rabbits descends, you will once again be reduced to tools ruled by the Goddess of Rabbits. You don't have to worry about the appearance of the Goddess of Rabbits, I believe Hagoromo… Oh! Did I just tell you that Hagoromo is the name of the Sage of Six Paths?"
"You said it," Jiraiya said with a dark face.
"That's good! That's good!" The Great Toad Sage nodded and continued, "Don't worry, the Sage of Six Paths will also appear this time. He will personally help you, but Hagoromo blocking the Goddess of Rabbits who escaped from the seal requires everyone in the entire ninja world to unite."
Jiraiya didn't know that the Great Toad Sage's so-called union of everyone was actually just holding the idea of doing his best and obeying fate.
The truth was, the future he had seen in the dream was too terrifying. The impression shrouded behind the Rabbit Goddess was just a gaze he couldn't even clearly see, yet it made the Great Toad Sage stumble out of his prophetic dream of the future in a fluster.
That was a powerful figure possessing even greater and more unbelievable abilities than him.
He could use dreams to discern the future and guide Jiraiya to find the legendary Child of Prophecy, but the figure shrouding the Rabbit Goddess seemed to be able to see through everything.
Even now, when he used his dream powers to glimpse the future, he would be perceived by the other party from the future, who could discern his present self, although they didn't directly bring their power to bear on the present.
But the Great Toad Sage had a feeling that it wasn't that the other party couldn't do it, but rather that they disdained to do so.
On the Great Toad Sage's side, he urgently contacted Jiraiya, wanting him to inform the ninja world about the Rabbit Goddess's escape from her seal.
The Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave also felt the chakra of the Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, on the moon, erupting for a moment.
That feeling of encompassing the world made both the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest feel as if they had thorns in their backs.
The appearance of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki alone caused such a great shock to the ninja world, let alone the Sage of Six Paths.
On the timeline,
the Sage of Six Paths, still locked in a stalemate with his future self, suddenly felt the presence of his mother in his world.
The momentary tremor in his mind allowed the future Sage of Six Paths to seize the opportunity, and a wisp of chakra instantly broke away from his body and遁入了into the ninja world of the present.
In a forest near Konoha,
accompanied by the instantaneous rise of chakra smoke from the reverse summoning technique,
Jiraiya, his face full of solemnity, finally returned to the ninja world from the sacred Mount Myōboku.
After gratefully bidding farewell to the communication toad, Jiraiya surveyed his surroundings, determined his direction, and once again used the Body Flicker Technique to head towards Konoha.
At this moment, Jiraiya's heart was filled with an unprecedented sense of urgency due to the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.
The mere fact that the Great Toad Sage said that even the Child of Prophecy couldn't resolve the future crisis was enough for Jiraiya to completely let go of all his inner entanglements.
He didn't even have time to think about what exactly had happened with the series of problems that had erupted in Konoha before. In Jiraiya's mind, although Konoha was important, it was far from comparable to the crisis prophesied by the Great Toad Sage.
Having abandoned all his worries and rushing on his way, Jiraiya quickly returned to Konoha.
After briefly learning about the great changes that had occurred in Konoha during this time from Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, who were responsible for guarding Konoha's gates,
Jiraiya was quickly received by an Anbu ninja who had come to meet him and taken to the Hokage Building's office.
As soon as he entered the Hokage Building, Jiraiya saw Tsunade, wearing the Hokage's robe, sitting upright behind the desk that originally belonged to the Hokage, the hat symbolizing the Hokage's status placed aside.
And in the office, Jiraiya saw someone he never dreamed of seeing.
“Orochimaru, you… how could you be here? Could it be that the things that happened in the village during this time were all your doing?”
The moment he saw Orochimaru, Jiraiya naturally pinned all the blame on Orochimaru's head.
Ever since Rōfu and Tsunade killed the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō Shimura, Orochimaru, who had originally left the village as a missing-nin and chose to follow Rōfu, had naturally had his identity cleared and returned to the village.
Just hearing Jiraiya's words, Orochimaru, who had just been feeling a bit happy because of the rare reunion with his old classmate, immediately turned gloomy. In a series of hoarse sneers, Orochimaru said: "Jiraiya, you're still so naive. What? If all of this was really done by me, are you going to kill me and Tsunade now?”
“You…” Jiraiya was stunned.
Not to mention that Tsunade was the goddess Jiraiya had been pursuing for a lifetime, but even Orochimaru, Jiraiya couldn't bring himself to kill.
After a fierce inner struggle, Jiraiya took a deep breath and said, "Orochimaru, I will definitely not let you mess around."
“Is that so?” Orochimaru said disdainfully: “With what identity are you going to stop me? I am now a Hokage Advisor! The head of Konoha's Technology Development Department. You want to stop me? Are you going to betray the village?”
One sentence instantly choked Jiraiya, but soon, Jiraiya found the key point.
“What Technology Development Department? I've never heard of it before?”
“Jiraiya, you still haven't figured out your own identity. Why must you know what's happening in the village?” Orochimaru shook his head and said in a kind tone: “As a former comrade, I don't mind telling you that the Technology Development Department was established by Tsunade after she inherited the Hokage position, mainly based on the former Root, merging a part of the Medical Corps, the Education Department, and the Analysis Team, specializing in the development of forbidden techniques, the research of chakra essence, the research of kekkei genkai, and other directions.”
As soon as he heard that this new department was mainly led by Root, Jiraiya couldn't help but frown.
In his opinion, a department like Root, symbolizing Konoha's darkness, should never have existed in the first place.
Even long before, apart from Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya had expressed their disgust for the existence of Root countless times.
He never expected that now that Tsunade had become Hokage, not only did she not abolish Root, but she even further increased Root's power by dividing the authority of the Medical Corps, the Education Department, and the Analysis Team and allocating it to this Technology Development Department led by Root.
Wasn't this further increasing the darkness of the village?
Before Jiraiya could speak, Orochimaru seemed to have expected his thoughts and said: “You don't want the Hokage to abolish the Technology Development Department, do you?”
Jiraiya was used to Orochimaru being smarter than him and being able to guess his thoughts.
Hearing this, Jiraiya nodded directly and said righteously: "We knew long before that Root is the darkness of the village. Tsunade, now that you have become Hokage, how can you not only not abolish Root, but even further increase Root's power?”
“Jiraiya, you still don't understand anything after all, and you're always so naive.” Tsunade shook her head.
Simply because she had a time-traveling experience before, Tsunade still felt somewhat guilty towards Jiraiya.
The reason was simple: through the future version of herself, she knew that Jiraiya had gone to investigate the Akatsuki organization on her orders, and as a result, he died at the hands of his former disciple.
But now, Tsunade discovered that the reason why Jiraiya would have that kind of ending in the future was, to some extent, also self-inflicted, or rather, his personality determined his inevitable fate.
After sighing, Tsunade simply didn't bother to entangle with Jiraiya on this issue.
Because she knew that Jiraiya was full of naive ideas, but his naivety had reached an impractical level.
What Jiraiya firmly believed in was political correctness, like a slogan.
But there is often conflict between correct principles and reality, and Jiraiya simply doesn't care about reality.
“Alright, Jiraiya, I'm very happy that you're back this time. After all, because of the nonsense of those four old guys, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the current village has serious insufficient strength, but if you're here to lecture me, the Hokage, then you don't need to open your mouth.”
“You…” Jiraiya looked at the face that had fascinated him for decades with disbelief, as if he had just met Tsunade again. Then, Jiraiya suddenly realized that now was not the time for him to be sentimental.
“By the way, I have some very bad news to tell everyone.”
After a pause, Jiraiya solemnly told Tsunade and Orochimaru the news he had learned from the Great Toad Sage, word for word.
Orochimaru and Tsunade exchanged glances, looking at each other in dismay.
Jiraiya didn't know what the figure shrouded behind Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was all about.
But they both knew.
After all, long before, they had already learned the truth of the world from Rōfu's mouth.
Including how the Divine Tree and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Isshiki Ōtsutsuki descended in the past, and how Kaguya Ōtsutsuki became the Rabbit Goddess and the ancestor of chakra, and was betrayed by her two sons.
Precisely because they knew all of this that they became more and more convinced that the shadow shrouded behind Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in the Great Toad Sage's mouth must be Rōfu.
Especially since Rōfu is now on the moon.