Deep within Konoha Forest, space rippled unnaturally.
Chiyo stepped out of the Kamui Space, his Rinnegan glowing faintly purple in the dim woodland.
At almost the same time, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya emerged from Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Her silver-white hair flowed like moonlight, while the pure Byakugan reflected the distorted Chakra trails among the trees.
"Did you sense it?"
Without looking back, Chiyo fixed his gaze on a clearing three hundred meters ahead.
Kaguya nodded lightly, her voice ethereal.
"It's faint, but unusual.
It isn't Chakra from this world..."
With that, Kaguya concealed her presence.
Like a phantom blending into the surroundings, she silently approached the anomaly.
Chiyo also closed in quickly, the Chakra disturbance in the air growing more apparent.
The patterns in the trees began to warp, and subtle spatial folds appeared across the ground, as if some external force were forcibly tearing this area apart.
Just as the two came within fifty meters of the anomaly.
Crash!
Space shattered like glass!
It was not a natural collapse, but something sharp piercing through it from within!
A dark red figure staggered out of the rift and fell onto the grass, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The man slowly rose to his feet and brushed off dust that was not there.
He wore the Otsutsuki Clan's distinctive white robe, though dark red patterns lined its hem and cuffs.
His skin was pale, and his light blue short hair was slicked back into neat spikes, with a single lock hanging over his forehead.
"Cough, cough... I didn't expect this spacetime's coordinates to be so difficult to locate."
He muttered to himself in a frivolous tone that made people uncomfortable.
"But I made it here in the end. Konoha... Heh, just hearing that name irritates me."
He raised his head and swept his