After another night of intense battle.
Gentō quietly left the Imperial Palace bedchamber and flew east of Blue Tide Port.
Half an hour later.
He reached a desolate forest, landed, and chose a clean boulder to sit cross-legged on.
Before long, a ninja in a black robe descended from the sky.
It was Obito, who had volunteered a few months earlier to infiltrate Kara.
Gentō asked, "Is he here yet?"
"He is." Obito nodded.
He crushed something like a black pebble in his hand and stood quietly where he was.
Gentō remained seated cross-legged on the boulder with his eyes closed.
Neither had any intention of exchanging pleasantries.
A ripple of spatial distortion appeared in the air, followed by a black hole the size of a bottle opening.
Under Obito's gaze.
A pea-sized white figure stepped out of the black hole and floated in midair, watching Obito and Gentō.
"I really didn't expect this." Gentō rose. "You actually dared to come."
When he first received word that Obito had been exposed, he had thought he would have to spend a Life Reincarnation Card to revive him.
Yet yesterday, during his enthronement ceremony, he had unexpectedly received a message from Obito asking him to find an uninhabited area tomorrow-today, in other words.
Kara's ultimate leader, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, wanted to meet him.
Gentō had assumed that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would either trick him by failing to appear or bring Jigen, Kashin Koji, and a host of Kage-level fighters to ambush him.
He had never imagined that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would come alone.
A strange thought surfaced in Gentō's mind:
Had Ōtsutsuki Isshiki slightly misjudged my current strength?
Wasn't he afraid he would never make it back?
That was right. Gentō was already prepared to make sure Ōtsutsuki Isshiki stayed here for good. Once he