"There's only a year left before the fruit ripens. Then I'll be able to go back."
Momoshiki Otsutsuki calculated the time in his head, filled with impatience.
There was no helping it~~
Ever since the planet's natives made their final, desperate stand a hundred years ago and he wiped them out completely, he had been the only living being left on the planet.
That had left him bored for nearly a hundred years.
"Almost there~ Almost there~~"
Momoshiki Otsutsuki said to himself, then glanced up at the Chakra Fruit overhead. Finally, he closed his eyes and, with his journey through the cosmos about to begin, took advantage of his last bit of free time to rest.
He had no guard up at all. He hadn't even activated his Byakugan.
After all, he was the only living being left on the planet.
"Pff~~"
Just then, Momoshiki Otsutsuki suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He instinctively looked down at the pale hand that had abruptly pierced through his heart. He froze for several seconds before another jolt of agony brought him to his senses. Shocked and incredulous, he roared:
"Who are you???"
A vast pressure immediately burst from his Byakugan, as he tried to kill the despicable attacker who had ambushed him from behind.
"Enough with the nonsense."
The attacker's response was a swift strike from behind, followed by a flex of his fingers.
In an instant, as Momoshiki Otsutsuki watched in despair, his heart was crushed without the slightest resistance and reduced to a lump of pulp.
In moments, Momoshiki Otsutsuki—the once-arrogant killer who had slaughtered an entire planet—had been killed without even seeing his enemy's face.
"Sure enough, a sneak attack is the way to go!"
Hao Shuai appeared behind Momoshiki Otsutsuki as his body slowly toppled over.