In the cosmos, Fugaku swiftly appeared amid an asteroid belt. He spread his sleeve, instantly activating Sleeve Cosmos.
The vast stretch of asteroids before him began converging on his hand. Only after that entire section of the belt had disappeared did he stop.
He turned his palm over, and countless shrunken asteroids appeared in it. Searing heat radiated from his palm.
The countless asteroids immediately began melting, eventually fusing together. With another turn of his palm, he put the little sphere away, then turned and entered a Space-Time Passage.
He returned to space outside Earth and released the little sphere on the opposite side of the planet from the moon, undoing the technique he had placed on it.
The sphere immediately began expanding at tremendous speed. In just a few breaths, it had grown to the same size as the moon.
Fugaku descended onto the barren celestial body. White light rose from his body and enveloped the entire sphere in the blink of an eye.
When the white light faded, a measure of vitality had already appeared across it. Using the moon's structure as a model, Fugaku took only three days to develop its interior.
Little Ten's true form was the God Tree, naturally endowed with immense vitality. Great trees rose from the ground, forming an expanse of green in moments.
Once he opened a passage between the satellite and Earth, the transformation was complete.
A day later, Orochimaru and Fugaku stood side by side on the satellite, gazing down at Earth.
Orochimaru still felt as though he were dreaming.
"What do you think, Senior? This will be your laboratory from now on. No one will disturb you here, so you can move your laboratory over without worry.
"I'll keep a clone on Earth at all times. If anything comes