Arrival beneath the Pale Moon! [Thanks to "Taking Juanjuan through the Stars" for the supreme certification]
"Tap!" Jigen stepped through the spatial portal onto the dimly lit land.
An ocher, moonlike celestial body hung overhead.
Its cratered surface occupied half the sky.
"So this is the so-called Blue Moon Island? Where Orochimaru and the others have taken refuge?"
Murmuring to himself, Jigen surveyed his surroundings. The terrain was flat, without any cover.
He could see everything at a glance, but on that barren ground... never mind people, there wasn't so much as a blade of grass or a small tree.
Jigen pondered for a moment, suspicion rising within him.
"Was Amado's intelligence wrong? That seems unlikely... never mind. I'll check!"
"Bzz." Thick veins spread across his left temple as Jigen activated his Byakugan to investigate!
What he saw was startling... countless jutsu formulas and talismans floated within his dark gray field of vision!
"Hmm?" Recognizing those jutsu formulas, Jigen's expression shifted. He raised his right hand and activated the power of Kāma, attempting to open another spatial portal, but failed.
His expression grew somewhat grave as he lowered his hand and murmured with downcast eyes, "They've tampered with the spatial coordinates. Anyone who enters recklessly... falls into this trap space."
He looked up, fixing his gaze on a point in the void. "Spatial detection formulas too... specifically to guard against uninvited guests like me."
Jigen's lips curved upward. "Interesting... this depth of mastery over space-time isn't something the Rinnegan alone can provide. There's an unconventional genius in their ranks."
"But any phenomenon produced by chakra can be absorbed by Kāma!"
Black stripes crawled up Jigen's right hand, forming a black circle in his palm that abruptly unleashed a powerful suction!
"Whoosh!!"
The intricate, sprawling jutsu formulas floating in the space... were dragged into the circle at an astonishing speed!
"Three minutes to absorb them completely? Fine...