Hum—
Hikari flared red.
Shinji glanced toward Ichiraku Ramen and flung the Gunbai off his back.
Clang!
The Gunbai streaked down like a meteor and struck the ground at Naruto's feet.
The red fishing hook arrived an instant later and slammed into the fan, ringing against it like metal striking metal.
"B-big brother?"
Naruto, who had just run out of the ramen shop, looked up at the sky, badly shaken.
His face lit up. "Big brother!!!"
Hashirama Senju breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned back, frowning up at the sky. "Young man! Get him out of Konoha!"
"Sure—"
Shinji's lips curled.
He drew the Flying Waterfall in one fierce motion.
"Flying Thunder God: Three Thousand World Gates!"
Hum—
An arc of sword energy shot toward Urashiki Otsutsuki faster than the eye could follow.
Black lines seemed to flicker along its path, giving off a chilling aura. Even the sky wrinkled faintly around it.
"What is that?!"
Urashiki Otsutsuki's pupils contracted. He stared as his red fishing rod was severed before him with a sharp clang.
It twisted, then the black folds swallowed it and tore it to pieces.
Shock flashed in his eyes.
But instinct drove him to react.
A pitch-black passage through space appeared once more.
He hurried backward into the opening, his entire body seeming to fold in on itself.
He watched the terrifying sword energy slash toward him.
Then he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
A smile touched his lips. "So that's all it can do..."
Shinji said nothing.
He simply kept swinging his sword.
He unleashed three arcs of sword energy in succession.
Then he sheathed his blade with a clang.
Calmly, he watched Urashiki Otsutsuki flee through Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Hiss—
The next moment, the three arcs overlapped. Just as the passage of Yomotsu