Countless motes of light gathered again, and Gekkō Raito reappeared completely unharmed.
In that instant, he had used Elementalization, rendering himself immune to every physical attack.
Raito opened his hand, and a strange vortex appeared in his palm.
ROOM!
The Shambles domain spread out instantly. Raito glanced around the wrecked room. "It's too cramped here. There's no room to move. Let's go outside for some fresh air!"
The moment he finished speaking, Raito vanished into thin air along with Hinata and Fugaku.
Gaara, the first to pursue them on a cloud of sand, squeezed a single word through his teeth: "After them!"
Outside!
Raito stood on a solitary mound, the hem of his clothes snapping in the wind.
He looked up at the horizon. "So it's already this late."
The sun was setting, its dying light blood-red, staining the entire world a murderous crimson.
Darkness was about to fall.
It seemed like an omen, foretelling that the last bit of light in the Shinobi World would soon be swallowed.
Raito could not help feeling somewhat reflective.
These people!
They claimed it was for the Tailed Beasts, for peace, but in reality?
They were merely pursuing the destructive power to control everything. At their core, they were no different from him.
Their steps were simply too small, while Raito had long since reached a height they could not comprehend.
Whoosh!
With the first whistle of movement through the air, several figures landed before Raito in quick succession. They had finally caught up.
Raito still had his back to them, presenting them with a proud, aloof silhouette.
Hinata and Fugaku stood on either side of him, taking up fighting stances.
Gaara arrived first atop his sand, looking at Raito with a complicated gaze.
"Won't you really reconsider my proposal, Raito?"
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