"Damn it! Who the hell was that?!"
Shocked and furious, Urashiki Otsutsuki stopped himself in midair and hurriedly surveyed the spatial turbulence around him.
Only then did he realize that someone had ambushed him while his guard was down.
"No one else should be able to enter my Heavenly Prison... Who was that? Could it have been Naruto Uzumaki?"
At the thought of that name, Urashiki Otsutsuki's brows immediately knitted together.
He was reluctant to gamble on it. If it really was Naruto Uzumaki, the situation would be much harder to handle.
Deep within Urashiki Otsutsuki's soul, warnings constantly rang out, cautioning him against that name.
"Calm down. I need to calm down. That attack wasn't very powerful. Haven't I already seen Naruto Uzumaki...? His attacks aren't that weak."
Urashiki Otsutsuki looked down at the spot where he had just been hit and touched it, leaving a few grains of sand on his fingers.
"Naruto Uzumaki doesn't seem to have an ability like this..."
Urashiki Otsutsuki muttered to himself, recalling his intelligence and their previous encounter.
He had once gone to Konoha after sensing the presence of a tailed beast, and on that very night, he had encountered this era's Naruto Uzumaki.
What Urashiki Otsutsuki had not expected was that this era's Naruto had already mastered that power... He had only been able to escape quickly by using his ability to rewind time.
Still, he could tell that Naruto Uzumaki, enveloped in crimson-gold light, was not yet proficient with it, allowing him to get away unscathed.
After retreating outright, he had also realized that, although this era's Naruto was not invincible, he had already become a force to be reckoned with.
His own combat abilities alone offered him little chance of success, so he could only wait for an opportunity.