"Master, what are those glowing things?"
"I'm not sure either. They look a bit like little bugs, but there are no signs of life."
Uchiha Gen touched his chin, wondering whether he should go down there. Right at that moment, movement suddenly came from behind, and when he looked back—
"Holy shit!"
Space shattered. A massive, engulfing maw tore through the void, snapping toward the two of them.
Uchiha Gen could even clearly see the patterns inside this huge mouth. At the critical moment, he subconsciously shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Kaguya!"
Hearing the loud shout, Princess Kaguya didn't even look back, instantly vanishing on the spot. Less than a second later, the giant mouth snapped shut.
--BOOM!
Squeak--whoosh--!!
The body of the Void Bug poked out from the pitch-black, unknown space. Its colossal size made even the galaxy look like a mere stream before it.
It rolled its large eyes, lazily scanning back and forth. The sensation at the entrance told it that it had only captured one.
"Aah-aow--!!"
In the vacuum of the universe, accompanied by the ferocious beast's roar, a terrifying sonic boom still erupted, sweeping in all directions.
After a long while, seeming to confirm that it really couldn't find that vanished white-haired fellow, the giant beast let out a disappointed "humph," and the gas expelled from its nostrils caused even the galaxy to ripple.
Drip--drip!
"Where... is this?"
Uchiha Gen's gemstone-colored eyes ignored the darkness, curiously looking over the surrounding environment.
Those flesh-colored barriers undulated back and forth, appearing to be the stomach and intestines of some organism.
He stepped forward and gave it a touch; it was hard as rock.
"Was I... swallowed?"
It was always him swallowing others. When was it ever his turn to be swallowed? Thinking of this,