"Sorry for the trouble."
Beneath the mask, Shinji's expression darkened.
Otsutsuki Toneri was one of the enemies he least wanted to face right now. In terms of danger, Toneri might even be more terrifying than Nagato!
Although Nagato possessed the Rinnegan, it wasn't his own, so he couldn't wield its full power. On top of that, his legs had once suffered devastating injuries, and he also had to shoulder the burden of sustaining the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. With all those factors, he was certainly powerful, but still fell somewhat short of the ceiling of Six Paths level.
But the Otsutsuki Toneri before Shinji was different!
Toneri was a true descendant of the Otsutsuki Clan. In terms of both bloodline and inheritance, he stood among the very strongest in the Shinobi World.
And with the Giant Tenseigan at his disposal, which he could control freely, his strength could, to some extent, be considered roughly equivalent to Six Paths level.
This wasn't just Shinji's subjective guess.
In the original timeline, Otsutsuki Toneri had yet to obtain the Tenseigan when he faced Naruto, who had fought in the Fourth Shinobi World War. Toneri had easily defeated Naruto in an instant.
No matter how you looked at it, Naruto had only managed to defeat Otsutsuki Toneri because he destroyed the Giant Tenseigan in the temple before their decisive battle.
Otherwise, he would have been utterly defeated!
If he truly disregarded everything else, Shinji could first find a way to destroy the Giant Tenseigan, then fight Otsutsuki Toneri to the death.
After all, he had used Susanoo Lamp to wield a pair of Byakugan, and had a small amount of Byakugan Chakra within him. In theory, he had the ability to destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
But what he was after was that