"What... what is this...?"
"Was this also caused by ninjutsu?!"
Staring at the Chunin Exams arena before them, which had vanished into thin air as though it had been completely swallowed by some unknown entity, the Konoha ninja collapsed nearby all sat with their mouths agape, utterly stunned by the incomprehensible sight.
Lifeless Destruction—containing Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed—was an ultimate technique Michael could only use after awakening his Barrier-Barrier Fruit powers. He released a gigantic barrier that enclosed targets and objects within a spherical barrier domain, which then collapsed inward without limit, shrinking into a point between existence and nonexistence until the targets vanished completely.
At maximum capacity, it could cover and envelop half of Konoha. Even a body endlessly regenerating through Impure World Reincarnation would be infinitely reduced to nothing within Lifeless Destruction's barrier domain, forever unable to recover.
"Just as I expected..."
"One of his reasons for returning to Konoha this time was to kill Danzo."
Faced with this forbidden power, something ordinary ninja could no longer even describe, Kakashi—who stood at the edge and had almost been caught inside the enormous barrier domain—murmured as if in a dream.
"So... so amazing!!"
Watching wide-eyed as Danzo and the entire Chunin Exams arena were devoured and annihilated by the Michael Yu controlled, Naruto was the first to leap up in shock. "That was awesome! A vile, scheming bastard like that should be taken out hard!!"
Before nearly every ninja in Konoha, Yu had killed Danzo, one of the village's high-ranking elders. At this moment, it seemed there was no power in this world capable of opposing him.
Though Naruto had initially regarded Yu as an enemy, after gradually learning of Yu's almost mythical exploits and receiving his guidance in training the Rasengan, Naruto had long since come