After Uchiha Hikari rushed to the battlefield near the Research Institute, Karin didn't stay idle either. She immediately called Neji and Kimimaro over and ordered them to keep a close watch on Momoshiki in the temporary prison.
Sasuke had now been sent by Shinji to the Sage of Six Paths, while Yakumo and Haku were stationed at the Research Institute. That left only Karin, Hikari, Neji, Kimimaro, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo aboard the Flying Fortress.
Against enemies on the Otsutsuki's level, Neji, Kimimaro, Ryūsetsuna, and Chiyo couldn't contribute much, so they hadn't rushed into battle. Instead, they had remained aboard the Flying Fortress.
After reminding Neji and Kimimaro to be especially careful while guarding Momoshiki, Karin opened a Space Gate and headed to the moon.
With Shinji away, the only person on the team besides Hikari who could face an Otsutsuki head-on was Toneri, who was on the moon. So Karin wanted to find out what was going on with him. Why hadn't anyone on the moon reacted, when the Shinobi World had already erupted into battle?
Karin searched the moon's core but found no trace of Toneri.
"Could he be on the surface?"
She quickly headed there, and at last found Toneri, trapped in a frozen moment in time.
"How could this happen?!"
Karin was shocked and immediately tried to free him.
But after trying several different methods, she still couldn't undo the time freeze around Toneri.
She stopped and thought, This must be some kind of space-time technique, one that seems to focus more on time. I don't have a related dōjutsu, so it'll probably be hard to free Toneri anytime soon!
After fretting over it for a while, she suddenly remembered something, and her expression changed.
The Otsutsuki she was fighting hadn't shown any related abilities, so she