Kenichi Amamiya scratched his head. The enormous monster before him had gone silent and lay motionless. He manipulated the mechanical arm to remove the thing that might have hallucinatory effects, then stored it in the spaceship. Inside the ship, he discovered that it emitted an especially strange glow. The light had a peculiar wavelength that naturally affected nearby lifeforms, though Kenichi did not yet know exactly what that effect was. Although he had examined it before and even gained some insight from it, that insight had its limitations. Nor could he be sure that every creature would be affected by something akin to genjutsu. So he had other ideas. He planned to experiment and see exactly what this thing could do, so he could draw more inspiration from it. With that thought, several ideas arose in his mind, though how to carry them out would have to wait until he returned. For now, he could not go back, since Naruto was still waiting for his rescue. Kenichi piloted the spaceship at maximum speed toward the coordinates where Naruto had previously left a signal. Yet all around was the vast universe, with nothing in sight. Standing in the captain's cabin with narrowed eyes, Kenichi stared at the boundless cosmos, feeling a headache coming on. Naruto's signal had cut off here, so where was he supposed to look for Naruto? It was a troubling question—extremely troubling, in fact. Kenichi himself had no idea. This world was simply too vast, vast beyond imagination, and it gave him a headache deep down.
"Still, judging from the changes in the coordinates where the signal was transmitted, Naruto and the others had been traveling in a straight line. After all, circling around would make it difficult to escape that monster's mouth. That means the monster was