Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan locked onto Chiya, spatial power churning wildly within his eye. An execution with a foregone conclusion was about to unfold inside the Land of Iron's ruined conference room.
The pressure inside the conference room was stifling. Wood splinters on the floor floated into the air, stirred by currents of chakra.
Chiya stood by the collapsed doorway. He was in no hurry to attack, meeting the gaze of Kakashi's crimson Sharingan.
"Kamui." Chiya kept one hand in his pocket, his tone flat. "An ocular technique that distorts space. How many ultimates can that mana bar of yours support? Can your body handle targeting me with a skill that burns through so much mana?"
Cold sweat beaded on Kakashi's forehead and dripped along the edge of his mask. He said nothing. The pattern of his Mangekyō Sharingan spun faster, its focal point settling on Chiya's neck. Space began to visibly distort.
Chiya did not move his feet. He looked straight into the distorting spatial field.
His purple Six-Tomoe Rinnegan glimmered.
Hum.
Two higher-dimensional ocular powers collided in the air. The spatial distortion Kakashi had created stopped dead when it reached within half a meter of Chiya's body. Another, vastly greater and more violent spatial power forcibly flattened the distorted point in space.
Kakashi grunted, a streak of crimson blood running from his left eye. The backlash from his ocular power made him sway, and he dropped to one knee.
"Kakashi!" Ōnoki shouted.
"I'm fine." Kakashi covered his left eye and gasped for breath. "His ocular power is on a much higher tier. He canceled Kamui's spatial distortion with sheer ocular power. One on one, none of us stand a chance."
Dazzling blue lightning erupted across Raikage A's body as he activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode. The muscles of his