His voice was sharp as his gaze swiftly swept over the four of them, then his pupils contracted.
"Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Momoshiki's Vessel..."
"And someone I don't recognize..."
Code's gaze finally settled on Naruto. He tilted his head.
"And who are you?"
"Why do you look so much like Naruto Uzumaki?"
"Forget it. It doesn't matter."
"Since you came knocking yourselves, you can all stay here."
Before he finished speaking, the nails on Code's hands suddenly lit up, and ten black claw marks appeared out of thin air.
The claw marks twisted and stretched like living creatures, instantly tearing open a rift beneath Naruto's feet.
Naruto glanced down and lightly shifted his body aside. The rift brushed past him.
"Claw marks?" Sasuke's expression tightened.
At that moment, something shocking happened. Code vanished, then emerged from a claw mark the next instant and swiped at Naruto.
Code's claw marks could tear through space and also serve as teleportation markers.
Once someone was touched by one of his claw marks, they would be forcibly pulled into his spatial passage.
As if he had known all along, Naruto lightly swayed aside and dodged Code's attack.
"Pretty quick reactions."
Code sneered and rapidly waved both hands.
Ten, twenty, thirty claw marks spread through the air like a spiderweb, seeming to carve space into countless pieces.
Wherever the claw marks passed, space itself trembled.
Naruto stood amid the claw marks, moving as leisurely as if strolling through a garden. Every movement perfectly avoided them all.
"Interesting."
Naruto spoke calmly.
He raised his right hand, and two Truth-Seeking Orbs rose from behind him, condensing into two entirely black Flying Swords.
"Go."
Naruto flicked his wrist, and the two Flying Swords turned into black streaks as they shot out together.
Code's pupils shrank. Ten claw marks