After a series of probing attacks, Shikamaru Nara and his group finally found a way into the Artificial Sun.
Based on this information, everyone began drawing up a new battle plan.
They planned to launch an all-out attack as soon as Naruto and Rock Lee recovered.
They were in such a hurry because Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga were still in Otsutsuki Toneri's hands.
Everyone worried that waiting too long would bring unforeseen dangers.
To be honest, they still knew very little about Toneri.
If they attacked rashly, casualties were not out of the question.
But they had no choice. Toneri's surprise attack had come at just the right time.
Although Hinata had previously obtained unexpected information in the underground cemetery and learned about the Tenseigan, she had passed out right then.
She had fainted on the spot.
And before she could wake up and tell the others what she had learned, Toneri had appeared.
As a result, she had not passed the information on to Naruto, Shikamaru, or the others even by the time she left.
Otherwise, they could have drawn up a more targeted plan.
While Shikamaru and the others were discussing their battle plan at the Temporary Camp, elsewhere, inside the Artificial Sun...
Toneri was showing Hinata around his Castle.
Otsutsuki Toneri walked ahead at an unhurried pace.
Every few steps, he would turn his head slightly, as though checking whether the person beside him was still following.
Hinata Hyuga followed three paces to his side, her eyes lowered and her hands clasped in front of her.
Her fingers were clenched so tightly that they had even turned faintly pale.
"The Hyuga Clan are descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki. You must always remember that."
Toneri's voice echoed through the empty corridor. "Lord Hamura chose to remain on the