Hyuga Yu sat in the teahouse, the chill down his spine spreading into his limbs. It was like being rescued from drowning, only to discover that even the direction of the current had been planned.
But he soon calmed himself.
Fear would do him no good. He began reassessing the situation.
First, the ability to weave a predetermined future through a string of coincidences was undoubtedly Ōtsutsuki Shibai's doing.
But Ōtsutsuki Shibai and Hyuga Yu were separated by dimensions and a vast span of time. And while Shibai still needed his body, Yu was, for now, relatively safe.
Then there was the matter of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki targeting him. Yu could think of only one reason Isshiki, who had hidden in the Shinobi World for a thousand years, would risk exposing himself decades ahead of time: a vessel.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki urgently needed a vessel that could free him from the limits of Jigen's body and perfectly contain all his power. And Yu, without knowing it, might possess the qualities needed to become a vessel for these Ōtsutsuki!
The conclusion made Hyuga Yu's pupils contract, but he kept thinking.
Seen this way, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Shibai wanted the same thing, yet their interests also conflicted. Both wanted his body, but there was only one vessel. And the difference between them was stark: from a higher dimension, Shibai had seen straight through Isshiki's plans and made sure Yu learned of them in advance.
Kirigakure, urged on by Uchiha Obito and Black Zetsu, had already joined forces with Kara. Kara was lying in ambush at Grass Wave Coast, and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki might already be prepared to reveal part of his power to force Yu into becoming his vessel.
For now, the power Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could wield came from the Karma he had placed