Momoshiki Otsutsuki stood atop the hill, looking down at the terrain ahead.
His gaze pierced the distance of several kilometers, locking precisely onto the camp, which was very quiet at that moment.
Apart from the two ninja keeping watch in secret, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and all the members of the Search Team and Analysis Team had fallen asleep.
The temporary camp had been built against a low cliff. It was fairly large, with dozens of makeshift tents and a bonfire that was still burning.
The firelight flickered in the night breeze, alternately lighting and darkening the scenery around the camp and casting patches of swaying shadows.
A sensory barrier had also been set up around the perimeter.
In the Shinobi World, a camp arranged to this degree already qualified as the highest level of combat readiness.
Such elaborate arrangements would never have been necessary for an ordinary night spent camping outside.
But this time, the Search Team and Analysis Team were dealing with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, so they naturally had to maintain the highest level of vigilance.
Because of the distance, the ninja on watch naturally failed to notice Momoshiki and Kinshiki several kilometers away.
But even at a shorter distance, detecting the presence of two powerful members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan would still have been highly unlikely.
Even Naruto would have been unable to sense the two of them.
That was what made Ōtsutsuki Clan members so uncanny.
They could not be sensed!
Of course, someone whose strength matched or even exceeded theirs could naturally sense their presence.
But members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan rarely encountered such people.
Momoshiki did not even bother to conceal his presence. He simply stood openly on the hill.
With his strength, the sensory barrier those ninja had set up around the camp was