Sky Battleship.
Sasuke looked down at the clouds below, his heart full of worry. Xiaotao stood beside him, holding a whetstone and using the final moments to sharpen her blade.
According to the defensive deployment plan, Sasuke, Xiaotao, and the others had remained at the Research Institute. His Ninjutsu Nullification was an exceptionally suitable match for the Sky Battleship's offensive capabilities.
As Sasuke waited at the Research Institute, an inexplicable unease filled his heart.
Until not long ago, the Research Institute received a distress signal from Kyoto—
Kyoto's defensive barrier had shattered, and Lin Qing was fighting all of Akatsuki alone.
Upon hearing the news, Sasuke understood where the unease in his heart came from.
Perhaps because he wore the Saint's Thorn Ring, a legendary treasure that did not belong to this world, he could faintly sense the will of the world.
Sasuke did not know whether this was merely his imagination—everyone had, more or less, experienced the illusion of being watched by the world.
For example, when passing by a lottery shop, one might somehow feel that today was the day they would win.
That feeling would linger in their minds until they bought a scratch-off ticket, lost twenty bucks miserably, and regretted not just getting a cheap group-buy meal instead. Only then would it fade away.
Sasuke had that feeling now.
The train called the world had arrived at a crucial juncture.
Lin Qing stood on the tracks, gripping the handle of the switch lever.
But over the long years, the tracks—the world's original course—had long since rusted. On the other side, Akatsuki was also struggling with Lin Qing for control over the switch lever's direction.
"If Qing wants to shift the world's tracks, that means he has to fight against the inertia of the entire world, against