"Uncle Jackie! Wake up!" Boruto stared at the massive sword about to fall, a blade that looked capable of cleaving the earth. Desperate, he shouted at the figure inside the Susanoo, trying to rouse whatever awareness Jackie might have left.
"It's me, Boruto! Boruto Uzumaki! Have you forgotten how we fled for our lives through the desert together? How we explored the Ruins together?! You're Jackie Chan! Jackie Chan, the archaeologist from Kirigakure!"
His cries were faint beneath the roar of energy and wind.
Jackie's eyelids seemed to twitch inside the Susanoo, but he soon fell still again.
The giant sword began to descend, driven by a will to cut through everything! Its shadow engulfed them, and death rushed toward them!
At that desperate instant, with everyone on the brink of despair—
"Fearless Giant! Launch!"
A roar of defiance burst from the dust and rubble below, so fierce it drowned out even the thunder of energy!
The ground exploded again! Countless gleaming mechanical parts, armor plates, and drive mechanisms flew upward!
As if alive, the parts shot through the air, colliding and locking together! The roar of engines, the hiss of hydraulic pistons, and the clang of joining metal swelled into a thunderous mechanical symphony!
In just two or three seconds, a giant humanoid robot rose from the ground and planted itself between Boruto's group and the falling sword. Nearly as tall as the dark-red Susanoo, it was forged from silver-gray special alloy, its powerful, angular frame embodying the beauty of heavy machinery!
Its head bore a simple V-shaped sensor, a huge rotating energy furnace filled its chest, and its arms were exceptionally thick.
In its right hand it held an enormous Ship-Splitting Sword, sized to match its body, high-frequency energy rippling along the blade. On its left arm was