"Didn't expect him to reincarnate into the Uchiha clan."
Arisu gently rubbed the space between his brows with his fingertips.
'Forget it, that's normal.'
'After all, Naruto, the reincarnation of Asura, was from the Uzumaki clan.'
Then, with a thought from Arisu, the clone chakra surrounding him suddenly dispersed. The clone before him instantly turned into tiny specks of white light and vanished into the air without leaving the slightest trace.
Just as everything fell into silence, high in the sky, space rippled with a faint distortion.
Yomotsu Hirasaka.
A pure white figure slowly broke through the void and stood quietly in the vast outer space beyond Earth.
That white figure looked down from above at the planet below, glowing with a faint blue light.
"Isshiki, I want to see what you've been doing here after cutting off contact with the clan for so many years…"
Otsutsuki Urashiki slowly opened his narrow eyes. His gaze was indifferent with a hint of amusement, locking firmly onto the Earth beneath him as he spoke in a casual, low voice.
Urashiki wore a playful, carefree expression.
In his view, coming to Earth this time was nothing more than a casual investigation. He didn't take this remote planet seriously at all.
If Isshiki and Kaguya hadn't gone so long without contacting them, he wouldn't even bother coming to this backwater place.
At that moment, Urashiki's originally relaxed perception suddenly halted, and the aura around him paused slightly.
"Hm!? That's not right, someone's there!"
Urashiki abruptly turned his head. His sharp gaze pierced through the vast space and shot straight toward the moon, a trace of barely noticeable surprise flashing in his eyes.
On that seemingly barren and lifeless moon, there was actually a presence of life. This discovery completely exceeded his expectations and made him feel a hint of astonishment.
After a brief moment of surprise, a strange, playful smile curled at the corner of Urashiki's mouth.
He lightly rubbed his chin with his fingertips and thought to himself, 'Heh, interesting. Could it be someone Isshiki placed on the moon in advance?'
"Could it be that Isshiki really went independent?"
Thinking of this, Urashiki had no intention of hiding his presence at all.
He had come first to investigate Isshiki's situation. There was no need to sneak around.
Moreover, he had absolute confidence in his own strength. With Yomotsu Hirasaka in his grasp, controlling space-time itself, among the Otsutsuki, as long as he wanted to escape, almost no one could truly do anything to him.
Even if Isshiki was powerful, he couldn't match the speed of his space-time reversal. There was no need for caution.
Without paying further attention to the disturbance on the moon, Urashiki carried his red light fishing rod on his back. Space around him instantly tore apart, and a dark, deep space-time passage opened.
It was his exclusive space-time ninjutsu, Yomotsu Hirasaka.
He lifted his foot and casually stepped into the passage. In the blink of an eye, he arrived directly on Earth.
The moment his feet touched the ground, Urashiki immediately pushed his chakra sensory ability to the limit.
His vast perception spread like an invisible net, instantly covering the entire land as he frantically searched for the God Tree (Ten-Tails).
"Tch... nothing!"
After a complete, all-encompassing search, his previously casual expression instantly darkened.
Urashiki did not sense even the slightest fluctuation of the God Tree's chakra. The God Tree that should have been rooted here, the core of the Otsutsuki clan's mission, had completely disappeared.
"Isshiki isn't very reliable either. I've never liked that expressionless guy anyway, always wearing that cold face. Not as likable as Momoshiki at all…"
Urashiki quickly concealed the coldness in his eyes and returned to his usual carefree attitude, shrugging indifferently.
There was even a hint of teasing amusement on his face, as if watching a show.
Once Momoshiki and Kinshiki arrived, Isshiki would have a hard time.
At this moment, he had no idea that Isshiki had already met with misfortune. He still firmly believed Isshiki was alive on this planet.
In his understanding, Kaguya should have been successfully sacrificed. Isshiki had merely cut off contact with the Otsutsuki clan out of greed for Earth's chakra resources, intending to monopolize everything here.
With that thought, Urashiki no longer hesitated and immediately adjusted the direction of his perception, beginning to search across Earth for Isshiki's whereabouts.
———
Night had deepened, moonlight shining over the Uchiha clan.
Arisu sat cross-legged on the tatami, his posture upright as he quietly read a scroll in his hands.
Beside him, Uchiha Tajima was fast asleep, breathing steadily, already in deep slumber.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them showed a faint, almost imperceptible ripple.
A completely white White Zetsu silently emerged from beneath the floor, its figure hidden in the shadows.
"Ma…"
Just as White Zetsu was about to speak and report, Arisu raised his hand and immediately stopped him.
Without lifting his head, Arisu simply raised one hand slightly, his fingers pressing downward in a gesture for silence, signaling White Zetsu not to disturb the sleeping Tajima beside him.
White Zetsu instantly understood. He opened his mouth, then slowly closed it again, glancing at the sleeping Uchiha Tajima and quickly nodding carefully.
Only then did Arisu lower his hand. His brows lifted slightly as he spoke in a low voice, "What is it?"
White Zetsu bent slightly, his tone full of respect as he replied in an equally quiet voice, "The observatory on the moon detected an abnormal situation."
"A man in white clothing appeared in outer space. This is a photo taken immediately by the lunar observation station."
As he finished speaking, White Zetsu slowly raised his hand and handed a clear photograph to Arisu.
Arisu reached out and took the photo. The moment his gaze fell on it, his previously calm brows suddenly furrowed.
The figure in the photo was unmistakably Otsutsuki Urashiki. That signature white robe and the cold, detached aura unique to the Otsutsuki clan could not be mistaken.
A glint flashed in Arisu's eyes as he sighed inwardly, what was bound to come had finally come.
He hadn't expected Urashiki to arrive on Earth this early.
'Could it be that outside the original storyline, Urashiki had actually come to Earth earlier, and it just wasn't mentioned?'
After a brief moment of thought, Arisu nodded slowly and said calmly, "Understood. You may go."
"Also, pass a message to Gamamaru. Have Mount Myoboku immediately strengthen its barrier defenses and temporarily enforce a lockdown."
"No one is to enter or leave at will. If any abnormal movement is detected, report to me immediately."
"Yes!"
White Zetsu bowed respectfully to accept the order. As his voice fell, he slowly sank back into the ground, disappearing silently without causing the slightest disturbance.
After White Zetsu completely left, Arisu slowly closed the scroll in his hand. Chakra surged around him again as he formed hand seals, instantly creating a condensed, powerful clone.
To deal with Urashiki, this single clone was already enough.