Compared to the bustle of the Shinobi World, the lonely, vast reaches of space seemed almost too peaceful.
Coming from distant space through spatial rifts, Kunjiki naturally had much farther to travel than Urashiki, who had been relatively close to the Shinobi World.
But traveling at full speed, he reached the stellar system containing the Shinobi World only a month after Urashiki.
Unlike Urashiki, he did not choose to make a conspicuous entrance.
Outside the Shinobi World, his Golden Rinnegan quietly closed, replaced by a pair of Byakugan that brought a sense of calm just by looking at them.
After studying the entire Shinobi World for a dozen or so seconds, he frowned.
Aside from a few places, he had seen through both the surface and the outer layers of the entire Shinobi World.
His Kāma was analyzing the information gathered. In no hurry, Kunjiki casually found a satellite launched by the Shinobi World, silently sat down on it, and closed his eyes to await the results.
Meanwhile, the instant Kunjiki scanned the Shinobi World, the hairs on the skin of its few Kāma bearers stood on end.
It was as though a pair of eyes had appeared behind them, hidden in the darkness and about to see right through them.
Locked in prison and enjoying good food and drink, Urashiki set down the lemon water in his hand and looked up at the sky.
Was that fluctuation just now Kunjiki arriving?
Still, with the barrier blocking him, who knew whether he could see me?
Come to think of it, if he saw how leisurely I was living now, would he take me back to the homeworld and lock me straight up?
Urashiki shrank back, setting aside his lemon water and manga for the moment.
But after leaving them aside