Before Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could react, a black figure flashed past.
When Ōtsutsuki Isshiki looked again, only faint residual spatial ripples remained.
"A space-time technique?"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki snorted coldly.
He actually dared to show off before an expert. Did he not know that every Ōtsutsuki was proficient in space-time techniques?!
Using the monk's body as a vessel, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki likewise activated the power of space-time and pursued him.
Only after following for quite some time did Ōtsutsuki Isshiki realize that he had chased him nearly a hundred kilometers.
Before him lay a scene of curling smoke and human habitation.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki stopped. He recognized this place. This was Konoha, the greatest village in the Ninja World.
What made Ōtsutsuki Isshiki even more wary was the surging Ten-Tails Chakra within Konoha.
That Ten-Tails Jinchuriki was inside!
Yet Ōtsutsuki Isshiki did not dare approach. He had clearly realized this was a trap, that someone wanted to lure him into Konoha and provoke a conflict between him and the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
"A clumsy scheme."
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki gave Konoha a long look before turning to leave.
He had kept a low profile for nearly a thousand years. He lacked neither cunning nor patience, so naturally he would not fall for such a crude scheme.
This was obviously a trap meant to make him clash with the others.
Just as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was about to leave Konoha's vicinity, a black shadow flashed into view and appeared before him.
"Fluctuations of Karma."
"And traces of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya still remain?"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sized up the figure opposite him, his expression not the least bit surprised.
"You were the one who led me here, weren't you?"
"That makes sense."
"The Ten-Tails was taken from her. Naturally, that traitor Ōtsutsuki Kaguya would be the most anxious!"
"It will be difficult