Naruto would not give Urashiki another chance to use his abilities.
Forced into close combat, Urashiki had no choice but to maintain the physical enhancement granted by his golden Rinnegan. Their brief, lightning-fast exchange had already made Naruto realize that Urashiki Otsutsuki had never received systematic taijutsu training. He was fighting Naruto purely on the strength of his exceptional physique.
Just as Naruto had suspected, Urashiki Otsutsuki's abilities lay more in the use of his eyes and various underhanded tricks. He had never devoted much attention to taijutsu training.
That had left him in a predicament.
Naruto, meanwhile, had trained and sparred with Neji, Rock Lee, and the others since childhood. In the process, he had thoroughly mastered both the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist and Guy and Rock Lee's fighting techniques—
Wrist locks, reverse holds, body presses, grapples...
The longer Naruto fought, the more smoothly his movements flowed. Just as Sasuke had said, Urashiki Otsutsuki was learning to wield his power through battle.
But wasn't Naruto doing the same?
He, too, was gradually familiarizing himself with Metamorphosis Mode, a power unique to him.
Urashiki Otsutsuki was both shocked and furious. His opponent's aggressive approach to close combat made things incredibly difficult for him. But if he forced his current body to use the blue Rinnegan, he would likely accomplish little while weakening his physique, needlessly exposing an opening that could even result in a fatal injury.
Yet maintaining the golden Rinnegan's power left him unable to break free...
Was I really going to end up here... no, I refused to accept that!
Urashiki Otsutsuki had been driven almost to a dead end.
Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails, who was suppressing the rate of chakra combustion inside Naruto's Inner World, noticed something strange.
In truth, his method of slowing the burning of Naruto's