Boom!
A massive boulder was violently hurled aside, and Uchiha Asuka rose from the ruins. Dust mixed with blood covered his body, making the Sharingan in his pupils burn an even deeper crimson.
He panted heavily, sensing the two familiar yet terrifying Chakra signatures in the distance. They were Madara and Hashirama's true, unrestrained power.
"Whew~"
Uchiha Asuka slowly exhaled a foul breath tinged with blood and murmured, "So that's it. Those two really worked together perfectly. They'd been fishing from the very beginning."
He lowered his eyes slightly and muttered with self-mockery, "Leaders of the Warring States era who had fought countless battles, legends who had climbed out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood—after gaining Six Paths-level power, how could they possibly have struggled so much against Obito? Obito couldn't even use the true power of the Rinnegan."
His gaze shifted to Kaguya's sleeve. "Were they afraid that showing their real strength would scare the mastermind behind the scenes into staying hidden? Even I was nearly fooled into thinking the First Hokage truly wasn't Obito's match."
"But so what if I'm not his match?"
A sharp gleam flashed through Uchiha Asuka's eyes. He suddenly dropped to one knee and slammed the five fingers of his left hand against the cold, shattered ground. The unique Rinne Sharingan in his left eye and the Mangekyo in his right shone at the same time.
"You're strong. Does that mean I'm weak?"
Bzzzz!!
An invisible force field erupted around him!
An enormous pale-blue sphere of energy appeared out of nowhere, instantly encompassing the entire battlefield and enveloping Kaguya, Madara, Hashirama, and even the Divine Tree.
The next instant, Uchiha Asuka vanished from where he stood as though erased by a rubber.
Almost simultaneously, ripples spread through the space behind Kaguya, and