With a sudden turn of his head, Hiruko discovered that an unfamiliar Otsutsuki carrying a Chakra Fishing Rod had appeared behind him at some point and was studying him with great interest.
He was both startled and suspicious. "Damn it, when did you appear?"
Urashiki, carrying the Chakra Fishing Rod, smiled. "I never expected you lower-class natives to develop a ritual like this. It seems our Otsutsuki technology has leaked!"
"It's an Otsutsuki!"
"Didn't you see him before? Was he hiding in the Shinobi World?"
"Damn it, why now of all times!"
Hearing Otsutsuki Urashiki's words, the surroundings immediately grew noisy. Whether they were the researchers participating in the plan or the guards maintaining order during the ritual, every one of them acted as though they were facing a formidable enemy.
Amado's gaze sharpened.
Although he, like everyone else, did not know Urashiki's identity, he recalled that Shinji had asked him several times how to contact the other Otsutsuki. From that, he guessed that this unfamiliar Otsutsuki had likely been tricked into coming to the Shinobi World by Shinji through some means.
On the field.
Hiruko quickly concealed his surprise, and a ferocious smile gradually spread across his gloomy face. "I was just worried that I had no one to help me test the results of the ritual. Since you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, I'll choose you! Given your identity as an Otsutsuki, you shouldn't die from a single blow, right? Hehehe!"
Urashiki froze for a moment, then laughed as well. "A mere lower-class lifeform actually wants to hunt me? Heh, interesting!"
Hiruko slowly lowered his center of gravity. "A lower-class lifeform!? Hmph, once I capture you, I'll thoroughly study this so-called higher lifeform of yours on the operating table!"
Whoosh!
Before he had finished speaking, Hiruko bent his