After Uchiha Kazama interrupted Otsutsuki Toneri, doubts began to stir in Toneri's heart.
Indeed, those were the instructions he had received back then.
And all this time, he had been carrying them out.
But the appearance of Uchiha Kazama and Kaguya Otsutsuki had shaken his faith in his mission somewhat.
Without enough strength, anything he wanted to accomplish would remain nothing more than a fantasy.
That world had produced someone as terrifying as Uchiha Kazama.
If he could train there too, perhaps...
"Very well."
After thinking for a moment, Otsutsuki Toneri nodded.
"Your eyes..."
Uchiha Kazama looked curiously at Otsutsuki Toneri, whose eyes were closed.
After using several forbidden techniques earlier, Otsutsuki Toneri had kept his eyes shut.
His Jōgan had probably been damaged.
"My eyes are fine."
With that, Otsutsuki Toneri slowly opened his eyes.
Those blue-white eyes, seemingly empty yet unfathomably deep, appeared before Uchiha Kazama.
"Good, then."
"Let's go..."
Uchiha Kazama nodded and spoke to Otsutsuki Toneri.
Toneri nodded.
He raised his hand, and the space around them began to shift.
The next instant, the three of them stood on the soil of the Land of Fire.
"Is this what the world looks like now?!"
"It seems even more beautiful than when I last saw it."
Kaguya Otsutsuki looked around, then spoke with deep emotion.
"Beautiful?"
"Perhaps it only seems beautiful in these quiet moments."
"Come on. Let's go to my village."
With that, Uchiha Kazama headed toward Konoha.
Inside Konoha.
"Lady Tsunade, a year has already passed."
"The other villages haven't made any moves yet, but... the Hokage position..."
Shikaku Nara felt rather helpless.
There were no problems within the village. After all, the Uchiha Clan was so powerful now that no shinobi would even consider challenging its authority.
Still, the Hokage had been missing