Hearing Tetsuya announce that it was time to hunt the Ōtsutsuki stirred a rush of excitement in everyone, one they had not felt in a long time.
It had been ages since they had felt like this. The thrill of challenging the unknown truly set their blood racing.
They searched the star chart, picked the nearest planet, and set off.
But even the nearest planet was several star systems away.
And with so much time having passed, the star systems had not remained unchanged.
Satellites orbited planets, planets orbited stars, and even the stars themselves were moving at tremendous speeds.
So even with the star chart as a reference, Tetsuya and Izuna had to keep opening Space-Time Gates, making repeated jumps through space before they finally approached the star system containing their first target planet.
"Finally. I never imagined we would spend so much time and make so many spatial jumps, even with a star chart to guide us."
Although their jumps through the universe seemed to have taken little time, judging by the speed at which the Shinobi World's planet orbited its sun, quite a while had already passed back home.
Tetsuya could not help feeling a little wistful.
"That really wasn't easy. Jigen, how did you and Kaguya reach the Shinobi World back then? How long did it take?"
Jigen answered.
"Well, it was so long ago that I can't remember anymore.
"But it certainly took longer than this trip did."
Madara was also struck by the experience. He had never imagined such a vast world existed beyond the Shinobi World. No wonder greater strength brought longer lifespans and Space-Time Abilities.
Without a long enough lifespan or a Space-Time Ability, one might never even reach the next planet that harbored life.
"But the circumstances back then were rather