With Hei Taro transformed into an earplug blocking the exit, Naruto's left ear canal became a completely sealed battlefield!
The shrunken Isshiki stared at the oddball blocking his path.
Since both of them had shrunk, their relative sizes made it feel like an ordinary face-off.
Isshiki immediately realized that his intentions had been seen through. Naruto had been prepared all along!
He stared at the seemingly unprotected outer ear canal in disbelief. "He really has some nerve. If I restore a spike to its original size, the force of its expansion will punch straight through his skull!"
The Monkey King's voice boomed like a bell. "Hmph! You underestimate both my master and me. My secret art, the Water-Curtain Cave Barrier, can turn any entrance into a passage to Water-Curtain Cave. From the moment you crawled into my master's ear, you were already inside its world. If you don't believe me, go ahead and try!"
"..." Half convinced, Isshiki raised his palm.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The spikes shrunk by Sukunahikona instantly returned to their original size in front of Isshiki!!
If... Isshiki himself had not been shrunken, he might truly have believed they had been restored!
Relative to his current size, a normal-sized spike should have towered into the heavens, piercing through Naruto's skull and lower jaw!
But it did not. Everything remained confined to microscopic dimensions!
Isshiki believed him. "So that's how it works..."
The Monkey King said, "Now do you see what I can do?"
"Impressive. Then I'll kill you, break this barrier, and destroy his brain directly!"
Bzzzt! A long black staff appeared in Isshiki's hand. He lunged forward and brought it down on the Monkey King's head!
Clang!!!
The Monkey King caught the staff barehanded. "You're not much good with a staff. Want me to teach you