It felt as though he had overlooked something important at some crucial point...
But even after frowning in thought for a long while, he could not say where that sense of wrongness came from.
Just then, the battle on the island below escalated again, and the resulting explosions drew Gekkō Raito's attention. Captivated by the brats' brilliant performances, he promptly cast that strange feeling out of his mind.
Meanwhile.
Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki, the three uninvited guests, had already slipped like ghosts into the deepest reaches of Konoha.
With their exceptional abilities, they easily evaded all of Konoha's open sentries and hidden checkpoints as though taking a leisurely stroll, silently slipping into a seemingly ordinary room.
The instant Momoshiki entered the room, he felt the blood in his body flow faster. It was a resonance from deep within his bloodline.
"It really is here!"
Momoshiki could not help exclaiming softly, his excitement impossible to conceal.
At that very moment, Urashiki's eyes beside him also revealed extreme greed and shock.
"This is the legendary divine artifact lost by the Ōtsutsuki Clan-the Plow!"
Looking at the ancient-looking object before him, Kinshiki examined it from every angle but could make nothing of it. Puzzled, he asked, "It looks rather ordinary. There doesn't seem to be anything special about it?"
Momoshiki snorted. "If you could tell what it was just by looking at it, it wouldn't be called a divine artifact. Its origins are extraordinarily mysterious. Even within the Ōtsutsuki Clan, no one can say for certain who created it!"
"Because the history it carries is almost as ancient as the origins of the Ōtsutsuki Clan!"
Urashiki picked up the thread and added, "Exactly. This thing has existed since the moment the Ōtsutsuki Clan came into being. As for its creator and why it