The surveillance footage once again came into view.
The Air Ninja Legion soldiers saw Shinnō launch a charge toward Ryosuke, their eyes instantly turning bloodshot, hot tears about to flow down.
What is meant by evil cannot suppress righteousness?
What is meant by justice will always prevail?
"Charge, Lord Shinnō!"
The adjutant subconsciously clenched his fists and roared.
Shinnō, fighting on the deck, seemed to feel the belief of his subordinates. Blood energy burst out all over his body, a scarlet, violent, terrifying power released from his flesh and blood, soaring straight into the sky.
'Eight Gates Released Formation: Shock Gate!'
Eight Gates blood energy, Zero-Tails chakra, the double power intertwined. Shinnō only felt unprecedented strength surging within him, endless ferocity flooding out from his body, wanting nothing more than to tear Ryosuke in front of him into shreds.
His great undertaking would be written with Ryosuke's blood and bones!
"Die for me!"
Shinnō smashed down a punch.
"Ora!"
Platinum Star took a step forward, icy gaze locking onto Shinnō's, and likewise threw out a punch.
"Courting death!"
A mere evil spirit dares to block his attack?
'I'll kill your evil spirit first, then kill you!'
Crack!
The sound of bones shattering rang out.
Shinnō let out a sneer.
To take one of his punches and only have an arm broken, this evil spirit was already strong enough. But it was only to this extent. As long as he swung another punch…
'Huh?'
Shinnō lowered his head to look.
On his right arm appeared countless fine blood lines, extending backward. The skin of his arm surged backward like waves until it reached the shoulder.
BOOM!
Shinnō's right arm, like a hot dog sausage overheated in a microwave, suddenly exploded apart from the inside.
"What?!"
The tears of emotion about to flow from the Air Ninja Legion soldiers immediately froze.
Shinnō himself couldn't believe his eyes.
Just one punch.
He had been blown apart by nothing more than an evil spirit?
He jerked his head up to stare at Ryosuke.
Ryosuke's expression shifted from extreme vigilance to puzzlement.
"Eight Gates Released Formation?"
He was no stranger to the Eight Gates. Back when Ryosuke and Jūzō Biwa first fought, the other had asked if he knew Might Duy.
Not long ago, while training the Golden Spiral in Konoha, during breaks, Ryosuke had sparred lightly with Might Guy.
Without using a Stand-in, relying only on his own fighting technique, Ryosuke had been about evenly matched with Guy who had opened the Gate of Opening.
But once it reached the Third Gate, the Gate of Life, Ryosuke couldn't keep up with Guy's speed anymore. From contesting strength, it became a contest of endurance.
It was said that afterward, with the Shock Gate and the Death Gate, the power would increase dozens, hundreds of times over.
So when he saw Shinnō use the Eight Gates Released Formation, and also felt his surging life force, Ryosuke had been on the highest alert.
He deliberately did not use Time Stop at first, letting Platinum Star test the waters. If he really couldn't win, then he would immediately stop time, evade, and fight guerilla-style.
But…
'Just this?'
Ryosuke shook his head speechlessly.
"Compared to Guy, your fists are as soft as a fly's."
Regeneration activated, and Shinnō's arm instantly recovered as good as new. Refusing to believe it, he swung another punch.
This time, a massive amount of Zero-Tails chakra condensed onto Shinnō's arm, even forming jagged teeth, like solid armor protecting his body.
Another clash of fists.
Then a second time, a third time…
In just one second, Shinnō and Platinum Star's fists collided thousands of times in midair.
The booming echoes of fists striking reverberated in the sky, like the dense war drums of a battlefield.
Fragments of shattered teeth flew everywhere. Shinnō's body kept breaking apart, only to be constantly replenished by seemingly endless Zero-Tails chakra from behind, repairing rapidly.
"Ryosuke!"
The ultra-high frequency battle reignited Shinnō's long-lost hot blood. He seemed to have returned to his younger days, grinning savagely as he said, "The power of the Zero-Tails comes from the darkness in people's hearts! I possess this city, hundreds of thousands of people, half a year's worth of grief, pain, and confusion!"
"This is chakra nearly infinite, a power stronger than the Tailed Beasts!"
"I can fight you like this for an entire day. What will you use to defeat me?!"
Strange spacetime ninjutsu?
Invisible-killing explosive ninjutsu?
Or the golden flames?
As long as he had this thick layer of Zero-Tails armor, Ryosuke could never truly touch him, only strike from outside the armor.
And such attacks, Shinnō could recover from them instantly.
Kakashi swallowed his saliva.
Ryosuke was stronger than he remembered, but Shinnō was no weaker either.
The exchange between the two left countless afterimages in the air. Even separated by hundreds of meters, the terrifying pressure could still be felt.
He turned back to ask Sasuke and Rei, "Are we really not going to help?"
"No."
Sasuke's tone was resolute.
Kakashi asked, "Why?"
Rei pointed at the battlefield in the sky,
"Because Brother Ryosuke's hand is still in his pocket. Like Brother Ryosuke often says, he's just pretending to..."
Sasuke quickly covered Rei's mouth with his hand.
"Girls can't casually say that word."
Ryosuke's hand was indeed in his pocket.
Not actually because he was pretending, as Rei said. The "gap" of his pocket led to the ghost room.
In his palm, an iron ball spun at high speed. Strands of wavering golden flames slowly clung onto it, gradually forming…
'Golden Spiral: Rasengan'
The Zero-Tails had chakra absorption abilities, causing external chakra and his own abilities to be too chaotic.
Ryosuke's Golden Spiral: Rasengan was not stable yet, so he could only prepare it inside the ghost room.
Platinum Star guarded at the front, constantly entangling Shinnō. Adding to Shinnō's extremely arrogant expression, it seemed as though he had the upper hand, while the one called "invincible" Ryosuke was actually being suppressed.
Ryosuke took out the high-speed spinning Golden Spiral: Rasengan from his pocket.
Shinnō looked dumbfounded.
He looked at the Rasengan about the size of a teapot, then at Ryosuke's pocket, then at Ryosuke's crotch not far from the pocket.
'What the hell did you just pull out of your pocket?'
"Almost." Ryosuke said softly.
Shinnō froze.
"What do you mean, 'almost'?"
Ryosuke raised the rotating iron ball in his hand. Strands of flame spun and burned at high speed, releasing a sun-like scorching heat.
"I've more or less figured out the limit of your 'century egg jelly' defense and regeneration speed."
A person's strength usually consists of only two factors.
Total energy and instantaneous output power.
What use is it for a certain cloud drive to have infinite online resources? In the end, it still depends on the actual download speed.
Through Platinum Star's continuous barrage, Ryosuke had roughly judged the maximum peak value of Zero-Tails armor's recovery.
Next…
Ryosuke pointed at Shinnō.
"It's about breaking through your limit!"
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Time stopped.
Ryosuke flicked his wrist, throwing the spinning Golden Spiral · Rasengan out, and it hovered right before Shinnō.
He and Platinum Star stepped forward.
One man and one Stand, alternating fists, countless punches raining down.
9.9 seconds ended.
Shinnō's chest Zero-Tails armor was shattered on a large scale, his ribs broken, even revealing a black beating heart.
But at the same time, Zero-Tails chakra once again attached from both sides, the wounds about to heal...
BOOM!
The iron ball hit his chest precisely.
The power of the Golden Spiral tore apart the Zero-Tails chakra, ripping open another gap.
Masses of spinning, blade-like flames surged in, slicing Shinnō's limbs and bones without leaving the slightest gap.
Ripple seeped down to the cellular level, obstructing his regeneration.
The Golden Spiral interfered with Shinnō's manipulation of Zero-Tails chakra.
The chakra that had always covered his body, like a shattered water balloon, flowed down his skin, no longer forming armor.
Shinnō was utterly horrified, face pale as paper.
Ryosuke stepped forward again, the steel deck beneath his feet shattering, and grabbed Shinnō's head.
"No! Ryosuke, don't!"
Before Shinnō could finish speaking, he felt stabbing pain in his skull.
Five fingers like steel spikes clamped his head tight, forcibly dragging him out of the Zero-Tails chakra, swinging him in a circle, and smashing him down heavily.
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