Roran, "Phew, it's been ages since I came here. I wonder if the seasonal melons are ripe yet."
Looking up at the two characters for Roran hanging high above the city gate, Uchiha Gin, clad in a windproof cloak, licked his lips, looking like he was about to drool.
"Gin-uncle, we should handle the proper business first."
Beside him, Ebizo, who had made a simple disguise, frowned when he heard that. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he had not told anyone else about Uchiha Gin's arrival.
"There's definitely something strange about this, but don't worry too much. Even if something really happened to Little Chiyo, I have ways to drag her back."
Uchiha Gin tightened the high collar of his cloak, nodded, and made the promise in a lazy tone.
He had flown over from Konoha half an hour ago. After briefly getting an understanding of the situation from Ebizo, he had immediately headed for the scene where Chiyo had first disappeared.
During that time, he had repeatedly tried searching for the Flying Thunder God Seal he had left on Chiyo, but found nothing. That seal was as if it had evaporated out of thin air, with no trace of her at all.
This forced Uchiha Gin to suspect that the Otsutsuki who had been hiding for years was causing trouble. According to the order, the Shukaku within Chiyo was precisely the first key to freeing Kaguya.
Could it be that the Eye of the Moon Plan had been moved up?
But suspicion was still only suspicion. He still had to personally inspect the crime scene and search for clues ordinary people could not discover.
Following Ebizo, who held a pass, Uchiha Gin's entry into the city went unusually smoothly. Unlike the ordinary people still lining up to enter and leave