After the final observation began, the first problem came from the Lunar Surface Channel.
During a routine check, a segment of audio arrived half a beat later than the recorded time.
In the past, the system would have immediately flagged the likelihood of tampering.
There was no screen before him now.
The Land of Rivers saw only a time discrepancy.
Ri inspected the Gatekeeper Mark on the Lunar Surface.
The Land of Rain inspected the records on the real-world side.
The two sides did not reach a unified judgment.
They eventually discovered that the delay came from an aging piece of chakra-free medium.
After the material was replaced, the audio returned to normal.
No one recorded the malfunction as an attack by Kaguya.
Nor did anyone delete the anomaly record simply because it was not an attack.
Gen did not intervene at any point.
He had considered reminding them to inspect the material.
The original future had contained no such audio channel, and the system could not provide a predicted medium failure, either.
Any reminder could only have come from Gen's ordinary understanding of the structure.
The observation restrictions did not forbid him from speaking.
He ultimately stayed silent because the people on site had already begun verification according to the rules, not to stage a demonstration that others could act independently.
If the malfunction continued to worsen, he would still submit his observations as an ordinary participant.
Not intervening did not mean watching danger unfold.
The difference was that his judgment had to enter the process alongside the other evidence.
The second problem arose in Black Zetsu's containment.
The remnant core refused to answer successive identity questions.
One guard believed that prolonged refusal meant the statement channel no longer served any purpose and proposed sealing it permanently.
Another recording