Where am I? Right, Princess Kaguya caught us all in one fell swoop and swallowed us into her body...
After an unknowably long, muddled slumber, Uchiha Senmon's consciousness returned to his body, accompanied by a splitting, hangover-like headache. But his body felt so heavy, as though he were suffering sleep paralysis, that he could not move even a finger.
Uchiha Senmon barely opened his eyes, only to see endless, chaotic darkness.
His body felt as though it were sinking endlessly into an abyss of viscous liquid.
My spiritual power is draining away... This is Princess Kaguya's doing! At this rate, she'll "digest" all of me.
The relentless pressure from every direction was squeezing Uchiha Senmon's power out of him, bit by bit.
Uchiha Senmon's eyelids grew heavier and heavier. He tried to activate his Sharingan or unleash a Fire Style technique to break the deadlock, but he lacked the strength.
"Damn it, is this really the end?"
Filled with unwillingness, Uchiha Senmon muttered to himself.
"My mission isn't finished yet. How can I give up halfway here?! Mikoto! Mikoto!"
But no matter how Uchiha Senmon called out, it was no use.
Just as Uchiha Senmon's soul was about to fall into eternal darkness, a point of crystalline green light rose rapidly from the depths of the abyss and came before him.
The green light cordoned off a moderately sized space inside Princess Kaguya. The natural aura within, brimming with vitality, roused Uchiha Senmon.
An exquisite figure appeared before Uchiha Senmon.
"Mikoto!"
The barely conscious Uchiha Senmon jolted awake with a startled cry, only to realize immediately that he had mistaken her for someone else.
"No, you're..."
Uchiha Senmon's pupils contracted as he spoke in uncertainty.
The woman before Uchiha Senmon wore an elegant, plain white kimono long enough to trail