The Lunar Surface Seal Was Loosening-Kaguya Wasn't Escaping; the Old Structure Had Reached Its Limit

The first alarm after the voice channel cut out read: suspected escape attempt.

The second did not repeat that wording.

The public notice did not use "unusual activity from Kaguya" either.

It reported only a structural failure on the Outer Lunar Surface, an interruption of the voice channel, and no active output detected from the inner layer so far.

If new evidence emerged later, the report could be corrected.

They could not start with the most dangerous headline and force every investigation to revolve around an escape attempt.

The Lunar Surface gatekeepers first checked Kaguya's inner layer.

She had not restored the Nine Pulls.

She had not touched the suspended projection pathway.

Before the voice channel disconnected, there had been no chakra attachment or spatial commands either.

The crack had appeared outside Kaguya's seal.

It spread toward the fold adjoining the Living World along the outer supports left over from the Six Paths era.

There was no fresh trace of Kaguya's chakra along its edges.

Within the old stone layers, however, there was sealing residue from repairs made in several different eras.

The earliest layer had already crumbled to powder. The materials laid over it later supported only the surface and had never reached the fractures inside.

This showed that the fatigue had not suddenly developed today, nor could a single projection request have caused it.

When Obito activated Kamui for the second time, the spatial pressure had merely exposed tiny fissures that already existed.

It had not created the first crack.

The Technical Team retrieved the records from the first scheduled review.

At the time, they had discovered that the Lunar Surface's pressure-directing plates concentrated pressure on Kaguya's location.

The plates had later been replaced.

The outer supports, however, had never undergone a full inspection.

They had always been