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The enormous Chūnin Exam stadium fell into a terrifying silence.
"Th-This… this is still a show, right?"
"No… it doesn't look like it at all!"
"It's an intruder! An intruder! He blew away the Hokage with one move! Even the Hokage isn't his match!"
Someone shouted in a trembling voice, and fear spread like a plague.
"Run! Run for your lives!"
The scene instantly descended into chaos.
"Lord Seventh!" Seeing large numbers of Konoha ninja about to rush into the arena, Sasuke shouted sharply, "Stop!"
"Other than me and the Five Kage, no one is allowed to enter the battlefield!"
Who do you think you are, giving orders? You're not even our Hokage.
Not every Konoha ninja truly acknowledged Sasuke as the "Shadow Supporting the Hokage." Because of his past actions and cold personality, many still harbored prejudice against him. It was an unspoken secret within the village.
A chūnin who had long disliked Sasuke immediately questioned him.
"Didn't you see Lord Seventh get blown away!? Are you telling us to just stand by and let him die!?"
Suppressing his anxiety, Sasuke replied, "This isn't abandoning him. It's division of labor. The Five Kage and I will deal with the intruder. Your priority is evacuating the civilians!"
To prevent further argument, Sasuke turned his gaze toward Momoshiki, who was confronting Yuki, and added:
"That intruder… is an Ōtsutsuki."
So… she knows my name.
Momoshiki turned to face Yuki, his gaze sinking.
"Looking closely… her face strongly resembles that man called Madara."
"Vein bulge."
The veins around his Byakugan bulged as Yuki's chakra network came fully into view.
"I see. She's hosting a massive amount of Madara's chakra."
Could it be… his daughter?
Whether she is or not—she must die.
He raised his right hand.
"Whoosh!"
—Banshō Ten'in!
"So this is the Rinnegan's power… If ninjutsu gets absorbed, then my only counter right now is—"
"Buzz!"
As she was pulled toward him, Yuki's thoughts raced. Borrowing the pull of gravity, she activated Wood Release and launched a Diamond-Strength strike!
"Smack!"
Her punch was caught by Momoshiki's left hand.
Yuki clenched her teeth inwardly.
"Damn… it won't work. The gap in raw power is too big!"
Momoshiki said calmly, "Impressive force. You actually made my diamond-hard skin feel some pain."
"But you're still far behind that man."
"Your chakra… I'll take it."
He gripped Yuki's left fist, while his right hand suddenly reached for her throat!
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, his left hand felt empty.
The Sharingan he was staring into transformed into a Rinnegan and an Eternal Mangekyō combination!
"Don't push your luck!"
Sasuke shouted coldly. His right hand clamped onto Momoshiki's wrist, the one used for absorption, and at point-blank range he spewed blazing flames at his face!
"Boom!"
Momoshiki was blasted backward.
Yet when he landed, he stood up unharmed.
He looked at the empty sleeve he had torn off, then at Yuki standing in the distance.
His gaze returned to Sasuke.
"So that's it… This is the ocular power Urashiki mentioned."
Sasuke's expression was grim.
"Even after restraining his right hand, we couldn't hurt him. He absorbed it with the golden Rinnegan on his forehead."
"That means… ninjutsu is completely useless."
Then Sasuke suddenly froze.
Because Yuki—who had been standing nearby—was gone.
Gone without any warning. As if she had vanished into thin air.
"Rinnegan… what are you looking around for?"
In the next instant, Momoshiki appeared right in front of him, smiling arrogantly.
"Too fast… After absorbing Boruto's techniques, his chakra increased again!"
And by far more than the total he absorbed…
Was it related to the palm Rinnegan?
Sasuke glanced at Boruto.
If I use Amenotejikara to evade… Boruto will be in danger.
In desperation, Susanoo's skeletal frame erupted around him!
"What a laughable defense," Momoshiki sneered.
He accelerated like a god, purple lightning trailing behind him, and smashed straight through the skeleton.
His fist slammed brutally into Sasuke's abdomen.
"Bang!"
Sasuke's face twisted.
"This level of taijutsu… are you kidding me!?"
"Boom!"
He was sent flying, crashing into the far end of the Tree World ruins.
Momoshiki shook his head disdainfully.
"So this is the man who sealed Kaguya? Seems she grew weak after being tainted by inferior creatures."
Boruto trembled as he watched.
He knocked down Dad… and then Uncle Sasuke…
Why…? Aren't they supposed to be the strongest?
Momoshiki turned.
Suddenly, sand surged around his feet.
Gaara stood atop a floating sand cushion, his hand clenched.
"Got him! Attack now—remember, ninjutsu doesn't work!"
But the next second—
The sand shattered.
Momoshiki's face appeared before Gaara.
His absolute defense was flung away.
"Boom!"
One punch pierced through his armor and crushed him.
"Rooooar!"
Chōjūrō charged, wielding Hiramekarei.
Momoshiki didn't even look.
His silver hair surged forward, binding Chōjūrō and dragging him close.
One punch to the gut.
"Urgh…!"
Hiramekarei fell.
Chōjūrō collapsed, foaming, unconscious.
Darui and Kurotsuchi attacked together.
Lightning blade.
Stone fist.
Momoshiki calmly grabbed their wrists.
Elbow to Darui's chest.
Knee to Kurotsuchi's abdomen.
"Bang! Bang!"
Both fell instantly.
Boruto's worldview shattered.
The Five Kage… defeated like this?
Then who could stop him?
Momoshiki scanned the field.
Only Boruto remained standing.
He walked toward the immobilized Naruto.
Naruto's eyes trembled.
Yes… come for me. Boruto… run now…
"Stop!"
Boruto shouted.
"If you want to hurt my dad, step over my corpse first!"
Momoshiki paused.
"You're eager to die?"
"No… I just don't want to live like a coward anymore."
"Whoosh!"
A pale blue spiral formed in Boruto's palm.
Naruto gasped.
"Rasengan!? When did he—!?"
"When Katasuke first showed me the ninja tool, he used this. I practiced afterward… and only now did I realize… this is Dad's proudest technique."
I know I'll die.
Boruto ran and threw the Rasengan.
"Whoosh!"
It vanished midair.
But Dad, Uncle Sasuke, the Five Kage… none of them even touched him.
At least… let me leave one mark on him.
Then maybe Dad will know I'm not just a cheater.
Even if I die… I'll have no regrets.
"Boring."
Momoshiki flicked his finger.
Pop.
The Rasengan vanished.
"So you think tricks like this work on me?"
Boruto's last hope disappeared.
"Still… for your courage, I'll send you off with this."
Momoshiki raised his left hand.
"Boom!"
A Tailed Beast Bomb absorbed from Killer B erupted into a massive black sun!
Crackling black lightning tore apart the stands.
"This is the power of Takami Musubinokami!"
The black sun descended.
Boruto saw only despair.
Impossible…
No one could defeat this monster.
Then—
"Buzz!"
A silver Susanoo spear tore through the sky, piercing the black sun and blasting it into the heavens!
"Rumble!"
Against the apocalyptic flames—
Boruto saw a man in black ceremonial robes, long black hair flowing like a waterfall.
A god descending to earth.
"Who… are you?"
Naruto.
Sasuke.
Momoshiki.
All froze—each with different shock.
"Uchiha… Akira."
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