In the distant, vast reaches of space.
On a planet that looked the same color as the moon stood a cluster of buildings.
Yet compared to the enormous complex, the number of living beings here was pitifully small.
Inside the central palace.
A pale-skinned man wearing a white robe embroidered with golden patterns sat cross-legged at the heart of the palace, a large horn coiled across his forehead.
Both his eyes were golden, their gleam flickering as though he were contacting something.
Suddenly, his brows furrowed.
"Both Momoshiki and Kinshiki have lost contact?"
Disbelief tinged his voice, but that was indeed the case.
Over the past three years, Momoshiki had not replied to the messages he had sent.
Normally, a message took a year to travel, so a reply should have arrived by now.
"Meanwhile, that Urashiki keeps asking me where Momoshiki is."
Ōtsutsuki Kunjiki had a bit of a headache.
Isshiki and Momoshiki had both gone down there, and Urashiki, whose fighting ability was below theirs, still wanted to go gallivanting with them.
Wasn't that just rushing to hand the enemy another kill?
And Momoshiki had sent no information, either...
If only Isshiki had met with disaster there, Kunjiki could have attributed it to Kaguya.
But now Momoshiki had taken Kinshiki along, and both of them had run into trouble.
That made the situation completely different.
Momoshiki and Kinshiki should have just finished devouring a planet, leaving them at their peak strength.
Even so, they had lost contact.
Kunjiki truly struggled to work out why.
If Urashiki prepared some Chakra Pills to take along, Kunjiki had no objections.
With Chakra Pills and Urashiki's Dōjutsu, even if he could not win, he should at least be able to escape.
After all, Urashiki's ability to flee was quite good.
The problem