Underground, there was instead a blue sky and sun.
"Damn it... am I under Genjutsu again?" Shikamaru muttered.
"No, this isn't Genjutsu."
Sasuke's Rinne Sharingan took in everything before them.
"It's an 'Artificial Sun.' I think this is an artificial space created underground..."
As his mastery of the Rinnegan grew.
Sasuke became increasingly aware of matters concerning space.
"After passing through the cave, I sensed it... we entered another space..."
A space connected to Earth.
So.
Where exactly was this place?
Even Sasuke would never have imagined it.
At this moment, they had already arrived inside the moon!
"Puppets, and now an Artificial Sun? This is seriously pissing me off!" Naruko shouted.
Especially when she thought of that guy saying he wanted to marry her, Naruko broke out in goosebumps.
"Hinata... do you see any sign of enemies?"
Sasuke looked at Hinata.
For the first time in seventeen years, he spoke to her.
Hinata froze for a moment.
Sasuke, who had never slipped up even through Chapter 720 of the Naruto Ninja manga, spoke to Hinata for the first time in this world for Naruko's safety.
"N-no signs of enemies..."
Coming back to herself, Hinata immediately shook her head.
However...
Within the dense forest.
Several Puppet Ninjas, wrapped in Chakra bubbles, were closely monitoring Naruko's group.
This layer of bubbles.
Could not be seen through even by Hinata's Byakugan...
Much later...
Night fell over this strange space.
The Artificial Sun did not descend.
Instead, it cast a cold radiance like moonlight.
"So it functions as the sun during the day and the moon at night..."
Shikamaru scratched his head.
He was completely baffled.
The team made camp in the forest.
Everyone ate together.
"It really is too quiet..."
Sai murmured.
"But up on the surface, meteors might be raining