Concealing the Truth

Xuanye breathed a little easier.

It seemed Raiden Ei, while in the Plane of Euthymia, did not normally watch the outside world and would not know too many of his secrets.

As for more sacrilegious methods, like mocking Ei for her inability to cook, Xuanye still did not quite dare try them.

But what if she did?

Would all the goodwill he had just worked so hard to earn go to waste?

Since Ei had helped him at such a crucial moment, she clearly bore him no ill will.

They had reached an understanding of sorts, too. Winning Ei over would not be all that difficult.

Setting Musō Isshin aside for now, Xuanye turned to find Uchiha Hikari, Fugaku, Orochimaru, Hashirama, and Sasuke gathering around him.

They stared at Xuanye, who had vanished and then suddenly reappeared. None of them could sense Urashiki Otsutsuki nearby, and their expressions grew grave.

The power of Xuanye's slash had exceeded everyone's imagination.

Even Hashirama, looking at the enormous canyon it had carved, had to admit he could not have produced anything like it, even at his peak.

True Several Thousand Hands would have been split straight in two by that slash.

This young Uchiha had already surpassed both him and Madara in strength.

Konoha's future was in good hands!

But this was no time to marvel at Xuanye's strength. The Fifth Hokage had seemingly sealed himself and that evil Otsutsuki inside some kind of special space.

Yet after the slash, only Uchiha Genya had emerged, with no corpse in his hands.

Hashirama extended his senses with Senjutsu. When he found no trace of Urashiki Otsutsuki within a hundred kilometers, he grew anxious.

Unless the evil alien had been reduced to ash, there was only one possibility.

"Fifth Hokage, this is bad! That evil