Momoshiki's gaze did not shift after Hashirama finished speaking. He nodded, then raised his right hand from his side to chest height. A layer of Takamimusubinokami light began gathering before his palm. In the early stages of its formation, a pale golden membrane appeared along the light layer's edge, matching the characteristics observed before. It extended from the web between his thumb and forefinger to the base of his middle finger. This was the preparatory motion for absorbing an incoming Dojutsu. Under normal circumstances, he would wait until the opponent's technique entered attack range before fully deploying the light layer, but in the current situation, he chose to complete its full coverage on the third breath after Hashirama stopped speaking. Before Hashirama's next words could leave his mouth, he pushed it to maximum thickness. Its range reached the limit he normally used in battle—from the base of his palm to beyond his fingertips. Once fully extended, continuous flowing patterns began appearing across the membrane's surface.
As Momoshiki completed the light layer's coverage, Kinshiki's axe blade began gathering power. Dark red Chakra spread upward from the handle to the top of the blade. At the old scar in the middle of the blade, which had already been repaired, the flow briefly changed speed before accelerating through the area as a whole, gathering into a brighter arc of light at the blade's tip. During the charge-up, his center of gravity shifted from being evenly distributed between both feet to a forward-leaning stance with roughly thirty percent of his weight toward the left. This allowed the axe's initial swing to cover the entire curved area from Sasuke's position to Toneri's.
Urashiki's fishhook had already entered his field of vision as he prepared himself. He sensed that the five people around him, together with