"To think I returned to the shinobi world like this..." Sasuke still felt shaken as he recalled what had just happened.
His clash with Kaguya Otsutsuki had been brutal. If Takemikazuchi's defenses had not been strong enough, if he had not already become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he would have died!
"Kaguya wasn't hurt that badly. Why hasn't she come out yet?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes, not daring to let his guard down.
"Or did she go back to that other world?" Another possibility occurred to Sasuke.
"Sasuke, how is my Naruto doing?"
Just then, Sasuke heard Minato Namikaze's voice.
"Naruto? I don't know. He wasn't with me, but he should be fine," Sasuke said.
Without turning his head, he continued staring at the slowly closing rift in space.
After hearing Sasuke's answer, Minato Namikaze finally relaxed a little.
"That Uchiha Clan brat's chakra has dropped considerably. It seems he and that white-haired woman just fought a fierce battle. Judging by his condition, he appears to have been at a disadvantage..." Tobirama Senju analyzed the situation.
"Sensei, it seems the enemy separated Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji, sending them to different places. It looks like they can only fight alone now," Hiruzen Sarutobi offered his own assessment.
"That's what I think too." Minato Namikaze nodded, then gave a helpless, bitter smile. "But we can't do anything. All we can do is watch."
"I've never experienced anything this awful before..." A bitter smile appeared on Tobirama Senju's face as well.
This was the first time he had ever felt this way. Even Madara Uchiha back then had never made him feel so utterly helpless.
Meanwhile, Kaguya appeared in her Lava Dimension.
She, too, had suffered serious injuries. Numerous black wounds crisscrossed her body, and the residual force of Indra's Arrow had struck her