A Bronze Mirror half a man's height gradually emerged from the fine sand.
Sealing Cauldron! He Actually Got Trapped by the Great Bowl!
"I hadn't even come looking for you, and you came to me!"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki spoke softly, his tone making no effort to conceal its contempt.
Then he seemed somewhat surprised.
"I didn't expect him to still dare show himself during this time!"
That was right.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had thought Kitahara Kaede would be stationed at the Hidden Leaf Village.
That he would not come out casually.
Yet unexpectedly, Kitahara Kaede had come.
"So you came. That just means I can get a few things done ahead of schedule."
Then he sighed.
"What a shame. I won't get to test this thing's power."
Outside the sea of sand.
Kitahara Kaede stopped at its edge.
The restless sand and dust swirled around him.
Yet they never crossed beyond the boundaries of the sea of sand.
Though he was interested in finding out more.
Now was not the time.
Suddenly, Kitahara Kaede sprang away from where he stood.
The instant he left.
A black cube appeared where he had just been standing.
Then several black cubes slammed into the first cube that had appeared.
"So it really was you!"
13 Upon seeing this thing, Kitahara Kaede was basically certain.
The disturbance in this sea of sand had definitely been caused by Isshiki.
As had that trace of abnormal Chakra he had sensed earlier.
And as Isshiki appeared.
The abnormality in Chakra that Kitahara Kaede had sensed also disappeared.
"You're more than merely intriguing!"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki hovered in the air, staring down at Kitahara Kaede on the ground.
"You sure talk a lot of crap!"
Kitahara Kaede said impatiently.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Kitahara Kaede prepared to unleash his ultimate move the moment