Rip!
The closed spatial rift was torn open even wider once again.
The formation beneath their feet flickered on and off. It had clearly stopped functioning, yet an even greater, more ferocious force was forcibly maintaining this spatial passage that ran straight from the ninja world to the moon.
"According to our agreement."
"I've come to find you."
Ryosuke's calm tone stood in stark contrast to his icy eyes.
'What a terrifying gaze!'
Toneri could clearly see his own reflection in Ryosuke's pitch-black pupils. It was as if he had fallen into a black hole, his soul seeming to be torn away, shredded, and swallowed in that very moment…
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Toneri retreated three steps in a row.
He only stopped when his heel hit something.
He lowered his head to look.
The head of Hidan, which had been thrown away earlier, was right by his feet, smiling at Toneri.
"I told you, the Jashin God would curse you."
"Get lost!"
Toneri kicked Hidan's head flying, then swept his gaze around, meeting the eyes of everyone in the gate-opening squad. Finally, his eyes returned to Ryosuke as he stiffened his neck and said, "Ryosuke, don't get so arrogant!"
"I admit you do have some tricks, but don't think that just because you killed my puppet, "
Naruto interrupted, "Not your puppet. Your dad."
The corner of Toneri's eye twitched. He only regretted that he hadn't been able to tear that blond brat apart earlier.
With a great enemy right in front of him, he focused all his attention on Ryosuke, once again entering Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
"You really think I'm afraid of you?"
"Before this, I was even regretting that killing you with Absolute Darkness was too merciful. Now this is perfect!"
Toneri spread his stance, one hand extended forward and the other clenched into a fist. Nine chakra orbs roared and spun behind his back.
"Since you're here, I'll kill you and completely cut off those lowly people of the ninja world from any hope!"
Ryosuke stepped out of the spatial rift. His hair floated slightly, and around his body appeared residual images like signal interference, this was the price of forcibly traversing space while ignoring numerous spacetime laws.
The teleportation formation on the moon, when used normally, would be activated first, then one would dive from one end of the pond connecting the two places and swim out the other end.
But that was too slow.
Ever since the gate-opening squad set out, Ryosuke had been using Hermit Purple to keep track of their movements and knew they had already reached their limit.
So the moment the teleportation formation was activated and the gate connecting the ninja world and the moon opened, Ryosuke tore space apart by force according to the position he sensed and arrived on the moon.
If this had been any other day, no matter how strong Ryosuke's physique was, he would have been ripped open by the impact of spacetime laws, suffering severe injuries and needing time to recover.
But today, there was no need.
The senjutsu chakra of the three sages still remained within Ryosuke's body. At this moment, it was as if Ryosuke was connected to the past, present, and future, along with Ripple, dragon veins, and the power of ghosts and gods…
Ryosuke looked down at Toneri and dropped four words.
"Best that way."
'Best that way?' Toneri froze for a moment, then immediately understood.
Ryosuke was referring to Toneri's declaration that he would kill him.
Ryosuke wasn't afraid of Toneri coming to kill him. What he feared was Toneri running off into the vast universe the moment he saw him, finding him again would be troublesome.
This was naked contempt.
The anger stirred up by Sasuke, Naruto, and the others completely exploded under Ryosuke's attitude. Toneri roared as he charged forward.
"Ryosuke, you f*cking...."
Ryosuke lightly brushed away the last trace of spacetime afterimages, and his illusory, unstable body settled down.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Time stopped.
Ryosuke walked step by step toward Toneri, feeling a bit unable to understand the other man's line of thinking.
He was waiting for the spacetime afterimages to disappear.
What was Toneri waiting for?
If you want to run, run immediately.
If you want to fight, strike while Ryosuke is traversing spacetime and the interference from the afterimages is still there.
Instead, he had to endure a round of humiliation, then wait until Ryosuke recovered before shouting and charging… Ryosuke exchanged a glance with Star Platinum, and neither of them could quite understand Toneri's thinking.
Maybe it really was, as Sasuke said, a genetic defect from inbreeding.
Whether they understood it or not, Ryosuke and Star Platinum weren't going to make the same mistake.
Toneri would wait.
They wouldn't.
Ryosuke and Star Platinum clenched their fists together.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
Nine point nine seconds ended.
"Ah!"
Toneri screamed as he was sent flying.
It had to be said, Toneri talked tough, but his body was extremely honest. There wasn't the slightest bit of his earlier contempt. The moment he saw Ryosuke, he had already deployed all his chakra into defense.
Under layers of chakra barriers, although he spat out blood, he forcibly endured the time-stop barrage thanks to the emerald-green chakra cloak around his body.
Seeing Ryosuke charging in again with fists raised, Toneri swallowed the blood that had reached his throat and raised a finger. The nine chakra orbs floating behind him shot toward Ryosuke.
"Weather Report."
A Weather Report formed from white clouds appeared. It waved its hand and summoned a layer of clouds, blocking Ryosuke like a wall.
Toneri was overjoyed inside.
'Ryosuke, oh Ryosuke!'
'You really did underestimate me after all!'
'With just such a thin layer of clouds, you think you can stop my chakra orbs?!'
Weather Report indeed wasn't known for defense, but…
Star Platinum disappeared.
A humanoid pink big cat appeared.
Killer Queen touched the cloud layer.
The first bomb was successfully planted.
Toneri's pupils shrank sharply. He had seen Killer Queen before and naturally knew what kind of ability this "evil spirit" possessed.
"Come back!"
He tried to recall the nine chakra orbs.
Too late.
Crack!
Killer Queen pressed its thumb down.
The clouds, along with the chakra orbs, exploded together. Amid a burst of smoke, they were annihilated and vanished.
Toneri lost all perception of the nine orbs.
In Tenseigan Chakra Mode, defense came from the emerald-green chakra cloak on his body, while offense was entrusted to the orbs.
Whether it was the Silver Wheel Reincarnation that controlled hurricanes or the Golden Wheel Reincarnation that created light swords, all required the cooperation of the chakra orbs.
Once the chakra orbs were gone, Toneri was like a pet cow cat whose claws had been clipped by its owner, aside from hissing, it couldn't do anything else.
Of course, as long as he was given a little time, Toneri could give birth to new chakra orbs, just like an old hen incubating eggs.
But...
From within the smoke of the explosion, Ryosuke and Star Platinum charged out together.
"F*ck!" Toneri cursed angrily.
He knew in his heart that he couldn't retreat anymore.
If he retreated again, he would only be suppressed by Ryosuke until death.
Toneri stomped one foot hard onto the ground. The bricks shattered, and one leg rooted itself deeply into the ground. After leaving a long, narrow trail, the momentum of him being blasted away finally stopped.
He clenched both fists and roared at Ryosuke, "Come on!"
It only took Toneri one second to regenerate chakra orbs. He didn't believe he couldn't hold out for even one second, "ORA!"
Star Platinum shattered Toneri's defensive stance with a single punch.
Facing the wide-open Toneri, Ryosuke, who arrived half a step later, extended his hand.
At this moment, taking advantage of the brief gap after taking the punch, Toneri condensed two chakra orbs. He let out a ferocious grin, preparing to counterattack once Ryosuke's offensive ended.
He didn't believe it.
If Star Platinum couldn't disperse the chakra cloak, could Ryosuke really disperse it with a single slap?
Ryosuke indeed couldn't.
But the Golden Spin could.
Three completely different streams of senjutsu chakra, mixed with Ripple energy, followed the trajectory of the Golden Spin in rhythm with Ryosuke's breathing. They swirled in his palm, flowed along his fingers, and finally gathered at the tip of his index finger.
Ryosuke lightly tapped Toneri's chest.
Bang!
Before Toneri's disbelieving eyes, the emerald-green chakra cloak exploded, and all defense at his chest vanished.
Before he could react, Star Platinum's large hand grabbed Toneri's head.
Toneri looked over in terror.
Star Platinum, usually cold and stern, revealed a gentle smile. Its other hand raised a fist high into the air.