Minutes earlier.
In Ninja World 6, inside Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's pocket dimension, the elegant alien Ōtsutsuki was still inhabiting Jigen's body. He sat gracefully in his castle, savoring a rare vintage.
At that moment, he had no idea that the Fourth Ninja World War was raging in the Ninja World.
Even if he had known,
he wouldn't have risked going out in person before finding a suitable vessel and successfully reincarnating.
That was why he had stayed tucked away in his pocket dimension all this time.
If he'd known that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had already been resurrected, he probably wouldn't have dared to leave, either.
After all, no one understood better than he did just how monstrous—and how difficult to kill—an Ōtsutsuki who had consumed an entire Divine Tree Fruit could be...
Just as he finished a sip of wine and was about to pour himself another glass,
he suddenly realized
that a figure had appeared across the hall, though he hadn't noticed when.
A familiar figure, one that filled him with dread!
A figure who had no business being here!
"Momoshiki?!"
Jigen was shocked. He had no idea how Momoshiki could have appeared here.
They were both members of the Ōtsutsuki Main Family, so of course they had met before.
Had the Main Family sent someone to investigate?
Even so, there was no reason to barge straight into his pocket dimension!
That was terrifying!
"Isshiki, you look rather pathetic like this! You've actually gone and possessed such an inferior creature..."
'Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki' spoke arrogantly, his eyes brimming with scorn for Isshiki's choice to possess Jigen.
"How did you get here?!"
Jigen couldn't help sweating profusely as fearful questions churned in his mind.
It wasn't Momoshiki himself he feared, but the Main Family's judgment that he represented!
After all, Momoshiki's presence meant