A sharp crack suddenly shattered the silence of the woods.
Urashiki Otsutsuki had just crossed through space and time and was hovering high in the air when a flying pebble struck him squarely in the head.
Tiny as it was, the stone hit hard enough to make him sway, sending the strange horns on his head trembling twice.
Urashiki's aloof, arrogant face instantly darkened. His narrow eyes contracted, filling with savage fury.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan considered themselves interstellar gods, descending upon lesser worlds to look down on all living things. Lovestruck fools like Kaguya were rare.
Getting ambushed was one thing, but couldn't they at least throw a ninjutsu at him? A little pebble?
To Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, this was humiliation. An unbearable disgrace.
He hovered in midair, his robes fluttering in the high-altitude winds as he surveyed the forest below. His voice was bone-chilling as he demanded:
"Who?! Who dared ambush me?!"
In the shadows of the forest, Miki Yūya slowly raised his eyes.
He walked out openly, raising both hands.
"That's right. It was me."
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki examined him with his Byakugan. Why was a mortal without a trace of chakra coming out?
"I asked who threw the stone. What business does a lowly mortal like you have sticking his nose in?"
Miki Yūya blinked. Hadn't he made himself clear enough?
"I said your daddy threw it."
The air instantly fell deathly silent.
High above, Urashiki froze, his brows knitting tightly as his face alternated between pale and livid.
Hovering in midair, he rapidly reviewed his clan's history and interstellar genealogy, checking them over countless times.
He was absolutely certain that his father had perished on the Ancient Interstellar Battlefield long ago, leaving no remains. He couldn't possibly appear in this remote, inferior Shinobi World.
After several seconds of