In the distance, atop a high cliff.
Uzumaki Boruto and Uchiha Satsuki hid there, watching a battle that had already surpassed anything they could imagine.
When she saw Naruto and Sasuke execute that fluid Taijutsu combination in near-perfect harmony, battering Urashiki through the air like a punching bag, Satsuki was stunned.
"Is that... the Lion Combo?"
She murmured under her breath. She knew that move all too well—it was a Taijutsu combination she had developed by borrowing some of Might Guy's principles, adapting them to her own coordination, and refining them.
Did the "me" from another world... develop the same move?
But... was that really... power that Taijutsu could achieve?
The mere shock waves of their punches and kicks tore the earth apart, lifted layers of soil, and sent an enemy as powerful as Urashiki crashing down like a meteor again and again, collapsing the ground for a hundred meters around... This went far beyond her understanding of "Taijutsu." It was more like a clash between human-shaped natural disasters!
The commotion from this battle was truly terrifying. Urashiki had chosen a battlefield in the countryside not far from Konoha Village. The tremors and light from every collision and every burst of energy reached the village clearly.
Inside Konoha Village, the weakened Hiruzen Sarutobi listened to the Anbu's preliminary report on the terrifying battle in the distance. Putting it together with Urashiki's earlier attack and Naruto's hurried departure, he had roughly pieced together what had happened. He immediately issued orders.
Having only just restored some semblance of order after the Konoha Crush Plan, the village had to mobilize once again, organizing an emergency evacuation of its residents.
On the cliff, Satsuki clenched her fists tightly. Every detail of that world-shattering battle in the distance struck deep into her heart.
*Could I...