The coordinates pointed to a spatial rift at the edge of the Shinobi World.
The rift lay hidden in a gap between intersecting tidal gravitational forces, invisible to the naked eye.
Only after spending ten years had Orochimaru pinpointed it.
Tsunade stood before the rift, her long, silvery-white hair drifting gently in the vacuum.
Beside her, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya wore a white combat outfit.
Her white hair was tied behind her head, and her expression was calm, but her slightly curled fingertips betrayed her inner turmoil.
"Is this the place?" Kaguya asked.
Tsunade nodded. "Orochimaru spent ten years searching. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki is hiding in this alternate dimension."
"His abilities are troublesome."
There was tension in Kaguya's voice.
Tsunade nodded slightly.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's abilities were unique.
His right eye housed a divine technique called the Black Eye.
He could shrink himself or nonliving objects to one-thousandth of their size and place them in a space where time stood still, retrieving them whenever he wished.
His left eye was a Byakugan, capable of seeing through all chakra flows.
Tsunade showed no further expression.
"Let's go."
She raised her hand, her Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan glowing faintly as a spatial rift slowly opened before her.
She stepped inside, with Kaguya following close behind.
Inside the alternate dimension lay a grayish-white wasteland.
There was no sun in the sky, and the light resembled gray mist seeping in from every direction.
In the distance stood a palace built of black stone, its strange shape crooked like a crushed skeleton.
Before the palace stood a thin man dressed in white Otsutsuki-style robes.
His left eye was a grayish-white Byakugan, while a strange black mark was embedded in the pupil of his right eye.
He watched Tsunade and Kaguya appear without surprise, merely speaking slowly.
"Kaguya..."
"Isshiki."
Isshiki ignored her,