Fleeting Bloom Rewrites Time; Blessing or Curse

Otsutsuki Momoshiki's immense Chakra surged into Kaguya's body like a flood bursting through a dam.

Her body trembled involuntarily. Beneath the skin of her forehead, a crimson light suddenly flared, and the Third Eye on her brow slowly opened.

Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan.

Yet it radiated an ancient, sinister aura as it appeared upon Kaguya.

At the same time, her pure Byakugan seemed to have been drenched in thick blood, instantly turning a horrifying crimson.

Her originally cold, ethereal aura vanished completely, replaced by a mixture of the savagery, greed, and obsession Momoshiki had displayed after transforming.

"Kaguya?"

Chiyo's heart tightened as he sensed that something was wrong.

Kaguya slowly raised her head. Her crimson eyes were vacant and unfocused, mechanically "looking" in Chiyo's direction.

The Chakra around her boiled and surged, the currents it stirred sweeping up dust from the moon's surface.

No words. No warning.

The next instant, Kaguya vanished from where she stood.

So fast!

Faster than when she had fought Momoshiki!

Chiyo's Mangekyō Sharingan barely caught a lingering afterimage, and he instinctively activated intangibility.

A palm wrapped in ghastly white bone spikes passed through Chiyo's intangible body and emerged from his chest.

Though intangibility prevented any real damage, the fierce killing intent and the gray, decaying aura lingering around those fingertips sent chills down Chiyo's spine.

Had he been even a moment slower, that strike would have been fatal!

After missing her attack, a trace of confusion seemed to flash through Kaguya's crimson eyes, only to be replaced by even greater violence.

Her left palm suddenly lit up and aimed at the spot where Chiyo's body was about to solidify.

A terrifying suction force descended. It did not merely target Chakra—it even began tugging at space itself!

"Troublesome!"

The instant his body solidified, Chakra erupted beneath Chiyo's