Found You, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki!

This was a very ordinary day.

As usual, people streamed through the streets of Konoha's Inner City—some heading to work, some just getting off, others with spare time shopping around the village—forming a flowing tableau.

Yet on this day, Yuya and Shika Nara were tensely focused on the village's defenses.

According to the intelligence, today was supposed to be the day two members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki and Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki, appeared in Konoha.

The two would appear on the moon that day to search for Otsutsuki Toneri, then come to Konoha to launch an attack.

Of course, it would only be a probing attack. They would leave after searching for a while.

Apparently, they had arrived in this time period using an Ōtsutsuki Clan artifact capable of traversing space and time.

Mainly because Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, who had used the time-traveling ability, had never returned, Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki had come to this era...

And in this era, the only one who could have acted against Urashiki Ōtsutsuki was clearly Otsutsuki Toneri—or at least, that was how Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki saw it.

So all they could do now was wait...

At noon, Yuya watched the sky with a grave expression. Shika Nara patted him on the shoulder. "Go eat something first. We can't fight on empty stomachs."

Yuya thought for a moment before saying to Shika Nara, "Have someone bring it over."

Shika Nara nodded.

The two ate lunch in the office. As for Shikaku...

Well, Shikaku was miserably dealing with official business.

Yuya and Shika Nara were preparing to command a major battle today, so naturally they had no time to handle paperwork. Shikaku understood that, so he dutifully did what he was supposed to do.

Yuya and Shika Nara waited from noon until dusk.

Even after night