Before Uchiha Madara, space rippled faintly. Shin, once again clad in a black robe, appeared before him, and the flickering light on the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi calmed with his arrival.
"How did it go?" Uchiha Madara asked in a deep voice.
Shin replied quietly, "Things are going well. The entire world has entered its proper course, and everything is proceeding according to our plan. We just need to wait patiently. Oh, right, I went to see Kaguya."
"Oh?" Uchiha Madara raised a brow, an interested look appearing on his face.
Shin roughly explained the situation to him. There was no need to hide such matters. In the final battle, Madara's strength would be indispensable, so naturally, he needed to understand the full story.
Shin did not stay long afterward. Once Uchiha Madara used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to swallow the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi before him once more, Shin rose and departed.
Shin returned to Akatsuki's base and continued ordering them to search for the divine artifacts containing the remaining three chakra origins. After staying for several more days, he set off for the moon.
After being busy for so long, he needed to rest for a while.
To the current Shin, time was nothing more than a string of numbers.
Standing on the moon, he quietly watched the Main World churn with change.
Kirigakure remained in turmoil. The major clans fought fiercely over the position of Mizukage, slaughtering each other every day. The Yuki Clan, Hozuki Clan, Suikazan Clan, and others clashed again and again on the main island.
Worth mentioning was that the badly suppressed Taketori Kaguya Clan seized this rare opportunity to expand rapidly. They captured one of the major islands surrounding the Land of Water, replacing the Mizukawa Clan that had originally lived there.
Speaking of which, the