"Oh, you're finally here. I was starting to think you'd never show up."
Seeing the arrival of the four Ōtsutsuki, Victor actually smiled, not with apprehension, but with genuine anticipation.
"What's with that look, you inferior creature?"
Momoshiki frowned, his pale features twisting with disgust.
Victor's eyes were truly revolting, as if he were gazing at prey.
They were from the dignified Ōtsutsuki clan, when had anyone ever dared to look at them with such eyes?
Tsunade snorted. "Your mouth is truly foul, almost as bad as Jibril's."
Victor nodded thoughtfully. "Indeed. It's a pity he has Jibril's foul-mouthed skills but none of her strength."
"You lowly, inferior creatures, "
"Okay, enough talk. Let's get started before more complications arise."
Momoshiki's veins bulged as he tried to speak, but the future version of Urashiki cut him off.
He continued releasing sensory chakra, searching for something with growing worry in his eyes.
What concerned him most right now was the adult version of Sasuke Uchiha.
The man's strength was nearly equal to his own.
If Sasuke took the target away beforehand, tracking them down would become significantly more difficult.
Fortunately, he could still sense the tailed beast's chakra within Konoha Village.
This meant their target remained here.
"Hmph. Since when do you get to order me around?"
Momoshiki snorted coldly. Though deeply dissatisfied with Urashiki's presumption, his body moved regardless.
He opened his palm, pointing the Rinnegan embedded there directly at Victor and Tsunade.
Universal Pull!
"I'll take your chakra!"
However...
"Caw! Caw!"
A few crows flew overhead, breaking the eerie silence.
Victor and Tsunade stood motionless.
What just happened?
Momoshiki froze.
The Universal Pull had activated. Why weren't they flying toward him?
Was his stance wrong?
Unwilling to accept this, he activated the technique again, this time with gravitational force several times greater than before.
The result was identical to the first attempt, Victor and Tsunade stood in place, and even the dust beneath their feet remained undisturbed.
Something was wrong.
This was very wrong.
Why wasn't even the dust and gravel beneath their feet affected?
This was impossible!
If only the two of them had remained unaffected, he could attribute it to them possessing some ability to resist the Universal Pull.
But even the dust beneath their feet staying motionless could only mean one thing...
The opponents were incredibly strong.
So powerful that they'd formed a field around themselves that completely negated his abilities.
Realizing this, Momoshiki abandoned the contempt in his eyes and adopted a solemn expression.
"Be careful! These two are very strong!"
"Use your full power immediately and eliminate them quickly!"
Though Urashiki and the others were surprised by this assessment, they obeyed Momoshiki's order and prepared to transform into their strongest forms.
"Too late to realize it now." Victor's lips curved into a sneer.
His figure blurred and vanished from their sight.
Immediately afterward, Momoshiki and the others felt darkness overtake their vision, followed by heart-wrenching pain erupting from their eye sockets.
"Ah! My eyes!"
"Bastard! He took our eyes!"
Momoshiki covered his empty eye sockets, collapsing to his knees as he wailed in agony.
How?
Why was that man so fast?
So fast that even he couldn't react!
Victor looked down at the bloody Byakugan and Rinnegan in his hands, along with the small turtle he'd retrieved from Urashiki.
"Thank you for traveling thousands of miles to deliver these treasures. To show my gratitude, I'll have someone treat you... appropriately."
After speaking, Victor placed several seals on each of their bodies.
At this moment, Momoshiki and the others became completely helpless.
"These specimens should prove useful for research. Lock them up for now."
Tsunade nodded. "Someone come. Confine these individuals in the sealed prison!"
As soon as she finished speaking, several Anbu materialized.
"As ordered!"
Just after the Anbu took away Momoshiki and the others, adult Sasuke arrived with Boruto, young Naruto, and several others.
"It's... already over?"
From a distance, Boruto witnessed Momoshiki and the others being instantly defeated.
He was shocked beyond words.
The enemies his father and master had struggled desperately to overcome had been defeated in an instant by this handsome man before him?
Wasn't this too absurd?
Adult Sasuke was equally surprised.
Although he'd long expected Victor's strength to be terrifying, witnessing him take action revealed he'd still underestimated the man.
And this definitely wasn't Victor's full strength, probably not even the tip of the iceberg.
Victor said, "They were just small fry. If their Ōtsutsuki God came personally, I might spare them a second glance. With their level of strength, they don't even compare to my maids, let alone me."
Adult Sasuke spoke up. "Mr. Victor, could you lend us the tool in your hand?"
"This? You mean this thing?"
Victor held up the small golden turtle stained with a bit of blood.
"Yes, that's it!"
Adult Sasuke nodded.
"That item is a treasure of the Ōtsutsuki clan capable of transporting people through time and space."
"Urashiki used it to bring us into this world."
In truth, he could use his Rinnegan's spatial manipulation to forcibly open a dimensional passage.
But he feared the instability involved and didn't dare attempt it.
More importantly, this wasn't the past of their original world.
He wasn't certain whether forcibly opening a dimensional passage would allow them to return to their proper timeline, so he didn't want to risk it.
If they wanted to return to their original world, they had to rely on the device in Victor's hand.
"Sorry, that's not possible at the moment."
Victor shook his head, rejecting adult Sasuke's request.
"Why not?"
Victor shook the small turtle. "This thing is a rare treasure. What if it breaks down from running out of energy when I lend it to you?"
"We need to research it thoroughly first before lending it out. Surely you understand?"
Well, that reasoning made sense, and adult Sasuke couldn't argue with it.
"Then how long will it take to research thoroughly?"
"Hard to say, but rest assured, it won't take more than a month at most."
This time Tsunade answered.
"I'll have someone begin research immediately."
"Then I'm counting on you."
There was no other option. It seemed he could only accept this arrangement.
"Oh, right." Tsunade seemed to remember something and changed the subject. "During this period, I still need you to continue teaching young Naruto and Sasuke."
Adult Sasuke remained silent.
He had reason to suspect she was deliberately keeping him here just to have him teach those two.