Bonus 7: Garp: I Have a Friend...

In a vast room beneath a dome that glittered like a starry sky, images of two visitors from another world talking were projected into the air.

Longinus stood silently, watching the images.

A hundred years had passed without leaving the slightest mark on his face. Just standing there, he radiated such stern authority that no one dared look him in the eye.

Someone who shouldn't have appeared yet has shown up early... Longinus narrowed his eyes and pondered.

He had always dismissed his enemies strategically while taking them seriously tactically. Even though he had already tested his ability to shatter the satellite, he would never let down his guard.

Longinus knew his strengths and weaknesses perfectly well.

His strength was his physique, honed to an extraordinary degree. Whether in power, defense, endurance, or vitality, he held an absolute advantage. If he landed a blow, even a god would fall.

His weakness was that his methods were somewhat limited. Compared with those ninjas, he was better suited to a simple, brutal style of fighting.

That did not mean Longinus feared their techniques. With his reflexes and Observation Haki's Future Sight, he could respond before an opponent used a ninjutsu—even before the thought of using it crossed their mind!

No matter how unpredictable the ninjas' attacks were, they meant nothing if they could not hit him.

What truly troubled him was Kaguya Otsutsuki's ability to all but create dimensions. It was not that he feared spatial attacks. Rather, if Kaguya Otsutsuki escaped into another dimension, catching her would become far more difficult!

Yes, the progenitor of Chakra had been his target from the start. Otherwise, he could have ended everything before the Ninja World War even began.

*The Ten-Tails alone isn't enough. I need to capture both the Ten-Tails and Princess Kaguya