Gekkō Raito's brows instantly knitted, and his gaze sharpened.
"Lord Gekkō Raito!"
The air warped, and two elite ninja of the Kozuki Clan materialized out of nowhere, kneeling on one knee before Gekkō Raito with wary expressions.
Gekkō Raito stared fixedly in a certain direction beyond the village. Although that fluctuation had vanished in an instant, the nauseating sense of being watched would not go away.
"Looks like we have an uninvited guest."
Before he finished speaking, the pajamas on Gekkō Raito's body writhed strangely, instantly transformed by the Devourer's ability into everyday clothes suited for combat.
His figure flickered, and he shot like an arrow loosed from a bow toward the direction he had sensed.
The two Kozuki Clan ninja exchanged a glance, then immediately became two afterimages and followed close behind.
Meanwhile, deep in the forest outside the village.
A figure wearing an Akatsuki cloak sat quietly atop a giant boulder, the lone eye beneath his mask gazing toward the direction from which Gekkō Raito was approaching.
"Have I been discovered?"
Zetsu's hoarse voice emerged from the ground. "He's already here. I really didn't expect his sensory range to be so broad. He locked onto you the moment you showed yourself. This reconnaissance ability is simply absurd."
As the Three-Tails Jinchūriki, with such terrifying talent and perception as well, this man named Gekkō Raito truly was a monster through and through.
The figure on the giant boulder slowly turned his head, his orange Spiral Mask looking especially eerie beneath Shimozuki.
Only a few breaths passed.
Then Gekkō Raito appeared before him without any warning.
"The Akatsuki?"
Gekkō Raito raised an eyebrow. He had thought it was some wandering ninja with a death wish, but he had never expected this big shot-Obito Uchiha.
*Now this is interesting. At this