Chinatsu and Kaguya's arrival instantly stunned Otsutsuki Toneri. The aura of beings far above him radiated from them. Although both women thought they had kept it well under control, Toneri's senses were anything but ordinary.
An unprecedented terror welled up inside him. There was no helping it-even if he had been given a pair of Tenseigan and become the Toneri from the original story who could cleave the moon in a single strike, he would not have dared move, let alone in his current initial form.
Sweat covered Toneri's face. Then Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, standing beside Chinatsu, turned her gaze toward him, and a trace of surprise flickered in her eyes.
"A descendant of mine? Your bloodline is quite pure."
As Kaguya's words reached Toneri's ears, the resonance in his blood instantly told him who stood before him.
The progenitor of the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the Shinobi World.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki!
He was utterly shocked and confused. He instinctively lowered his head to look at the moon beneath his feet. Wasn't Kaguya supposed to still be sealed inside this moon? When did she get out?
Toneri could hardly be blamed for his shock or ignorance. The main reason was that Kaguya's escape back then had not followed the normal procedure.
The Shinobi World had been in an uproar at the time, but the moon had remained utterly quiet.
Kaguya looked at the sweat-drenched Toneri with a puzzled expression. Beside her, Chinatsu leaned close to her ear and explained what Toneri intended to do next, along with the reasons behind it.
Kaguya: "Wait, you can predict the future too?"
Chinatsu: "Uh... yes, I can!"
Chinatsu nodded solemnly and raised a thumb. Kaguya immediately gave her a look that said, I don't believe you, but you'd better not be messing with me.
Though she