Thunder Illusion instantly raised his guard to the highest level, but still did not move.
Through the Electromagnetic Nodes spread throughout the area, he clearly "sensed" that in the sky roughly five hundred meters diagonally above Shira, a seemingly ordinary patch of space was exhibiting extremely subtle folds and vortices, impossible to detect with the naked eye or ordinary perception.
A blurry energy silhouette, bearing a teasing smile, was concealed behind that folded space. A translucent fishing line made entirely of chakra was quietly dangling from there, its "hook" emitting a strange glow as it tried to snag Shira's stray Chakra Threads.
It was none other than Urashiki Otsutsuki!
He had indeed chosen Takigakure, targeting the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki! And he was so cautious, hiding his real body in another dimension and using only his fishing rod to probe and steal from a distance!
The opportunity would vanish in an instant!
Thunder Illusion hesitated no longer and immediately sent the strongest possible signal to his distant original through their mental link! At the same time, he activated the first and most concealed trap set around the Sea of Flowers! It was not an attack, but signal jamming and spatial anchoring!
Hum!!
A grid so faint it was almost invisible, composed of countless tiny Lightning Seals, instantly spread across the sky above the Sea of Flowers and several hundred meters of surrounding space! This grid did not prevent matter or energy from passing through, but it severely disrupted conventional spatial coordinate identification and teleportation signals!
More importantly, like a beacon, it instantly transmitted an explosive burst of encrypted information about the spatial coordinate anomalies here and Urashiki's unique energy signature!
Almost at the same moment, Sōkyū Hatake's original body, far away in the Cave, abruptly opened his eyes!
"Found you!"
His figure