Time flew by.
But for Chinatsu and the others, the passage of time meant very little.
Especially for Chinatsu.
Even if decades passed, she would probably still have those same lazy, unambitious eyes.
The "shelf life" of a lazy person was surprisingly long!
As usual, Chinatsu was lying comfortably on her bed, this time holding a newspaper as she leisurely followed the latest news from the ninja world.
Since Chinatsu spent most of her time lounging on the sofa in the living room, she also had an excellent view of Naruto and Sasuke's movements throughout the mansion.
Morning.
Eight o'clock.
Suddenly, Naruto rushed out of his room.
Chinatsu raised her head in surprise.
Although Naruto usually woke up early, today was supposed to be his day off.
Normally, on a day like this, he would sleep until noon.
"What are you doing up so early?"
Naruto hurriedly straightened his clothes.
"Some members of the Hyuga clan have moved in with us. A few of them are people I know, so I need to go greet them."
"The Hyuga clan?"
Chinatsu blinked.
They're here?
Wait...
Hinata Hyuga?!
Chinatsu abruptly sat upright.
Her normally languid eyes suddenly flashed with an astonishing sharpness.
At that moment, she understood everything.
This plot!
How could she have forgotten?!
"Then what are you waiting for?! Hurry up!"
"I'm getting ready!"
Naruto hurriedly continued fixing his clothes.
Chinatsu watched him anxiously.
If she hadn't been worried that using the Body Flicker Technique would ruin Naruto's carefully prepared appearance, she would have personally sent him flying over there.
Watching Naruto disappear from sight, a relieved smile gradually appeared on Chinatsu's face.
Her eyes were still shining with excitement.
It seemed that her peaceful and lazy life...
Wasn't going to remain peaceful for much longer.
Chinatsu sat cross-legged on the sofa.
Her fingers moved rapidly as if she were some kind of fortune teller calculating the future.
This sudden commotion so early in the morning inevitably disturbed Kaguya.
The door to her room opened.
Kaguya walked out with a slightly grumpy expression, her eyes narrowed as she looked around.
Eventually, her gaze landed on Chinatsu, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa.
Kaguya opened her mouth, intending to ask what had happened.
But before she could say anything
Chinatsu suddenly opened her eyes.
"I almost forgot about this plot!"
"Huh?"
Kaguya froze.
A huge question mark practically appeared above her head.
Even after knowing Chinatsu for so long, there were still moments when Kaguya couldn't understand what was going on inside her head.
Naruto and Sasuke probably felt the same way.
Naruto/Sasuke: Us too!
Chinatsu tilted her head and looked at Kaguya.
A meaningful smile appeared on her face.
"Kaguya."
"What?"
"I'm planning to go to the moon."
Chinatsu's smile widened.
"Want to come with me?"
"The moon?"
Kaguya was slightly stunned.
She knew a little about the moon.
After all, she'd spent a very long time there.
When her two sons, Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki, had sealed her away, their paths had eventually diverged.
Hagoromo wandered throughout the ninja world and became the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
Hamura, meanwhile, took a portion of the Otsutsuki clan and moved to the moon.
Thinking about how her two sons had sealed her away and left her there for so many years, Kaguya couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.
Those two little brats...
"So..."
Chinatsu looked at her expectantly.
"Are you coming?"
"I don't want to."
Kaguya immediately refused.
Then she sighed.
"...Fine. I'll come."
Chinatsu giggled.
She reached out and grabbed Kaguya's hand.
In the next instant
WHOOSH!
The two figures vanished.
They shot toward the moon like two meteors.
Their speed was so terrifying that the surrounding space seemed to distort around them.
At that moment, on the surface of the moon
A man with pale skin, long blue-white hair, and white robes was walking silently across the lunar surface.
His name was
Otsutsuki Toneri.
After Hamura Otsutsuki brought a portion of his clan to the moon, the descendants lived there peacefully for generations.
But after Hamura's death, his descendants gradually developed different interpretations of their ancestor's final wishes.
Eventually, the clan split into two factions.
The branch family believed that the world created by the Sage of Six Paths had become a world filled with endless wars and suffering.
To them, the ninja world's existence itself was a mistake.
It needed to be destroyed.
Then rebuilt.
Through years of conflict, the branch family eventually suppressed and practically eliminated the main family, which advocated maintaining peace.
Toneri was a descendant of the branch family.
And Toneri himself was an unusual existence.
He had been born without eyes.
Fortunately, the Otsutsuki possessed sensory abilities far beyond those of ordinary humans.
He could perceive the world without relying on normal vision.
At this moment, Toneri was facing the distant ninja world.
A faint sense of unease lingered in his heart.
Originally, his plan was simple.
He would travel to the ninja world.
Find the Hyuga clan.
Obtain their Byakugan.
Then, by combining the Hyuga bloodline with his own Otsutsuki lineage, he would awaken the Tenseigan.
A power comparable to the Rinnegan.
Once he obtained that power, he would possess enough strength to destroy the ninja world.
But...
Something had changed.
Toneri's sensory abilities stretched toward the distant world.
His expression gradually became serious.
The energy fluctuations coming from the ninja world were completely abnormal.
They were several times stronger than before.
In some places, the fluctuations were even dozens of times greater.
"What..."
Toneri fell silent.
"What happened to the ninja world?"
The change was so enormous that even he couldn't ignore it.
However, his hesitation lasted only a moment.
Toneri's fists slowly tightened.
"No matter."
His expression returned to normal.
"As long as I awaken the Tenseigan and obtain its power, I can deal with whatever changes have occurred in the ninja world."
He lowered his head slightly.
Then
He prepared to leave.
But before he could take another step
BOOM!!!
Two terrifying auras suddenly appeared in his sensory field.
They were approaching from the direction of the ninja world.
Fast.
Too fast!
Toneri's expression changed.
His senses were pushed to their absolute limit.
Yet even then...
He barely had enough time to perceive them.
His body couldn't react.
Two meteors shot across the lunar sky and descended directly toward him.
BOOM!
BOOM!
The two figures landed in front of Toneri.
Yet despite the terrifying speed and power behind their arrival, the lunar surface remained almost completely undisturbed.
No enormous crater.
No cloud of dust.
Not even a noticeable crack.
Toneri's expression froze.
Two figures stood before him.
Chinatsu casually stretched her arms.
Beside her, Kaguya glanced around.
"It seems that even though you've been 'lazy' for so long, your chakra control hasn't deteriorated at all."
Kaguya narrowed her eyes.
"Could it be that you've secretly been training whenever I wasn't watching?"
Chinatsu immediately looked offended.
"What?! Secretly training?"
She placed a hand against her chest.
"Lazy isn't some inconvenient weakness!"
Her eyes sparkled with pride.
"Don't say that being lazy weakens my power."
Chinatsu raised her chin.
"It's the opposite!"
"Being lazy gives me power!!!"
"........."
Kaguya stared at her.
She suddenly felt that arguing with Chinatsu was pointless.
Meanwhile...
Toneri was completely bewildered.
His body had become rigid.
Cold sweat slowly appeared on his forehead.
He didn't dare move.
Not even a little.
His sensory abilities were telling him something his mind desperately didn't want to accept.
The two women standing before him...
Were monsters.
No.
Calling them monsters wasn't enough.
They were beings on an entirely different level from him.
Toneri's fingers trembled slightly.
The plans he had spent years preparing suddenly felt ridiculous.
He had originally intended to descend upon the ninja world and destroy it.
But now...
Two terrifying beings had casually crossed the distance between the Earth and the moon in an instant.
And they were standing directly in front of him.
Toneri swallowed.
For the first time in his life...
He genuinely didn't know what to do.