As soon as the words left his mouth, Kinshiki seemed to receive a command. Blinding lightning erupted from his entire body as he shot toward Madara like a cannonball.
Madara reacted extremely quickly, raising Susanoo's defenses at once.
But at that very instant.
Madara suddenly realized something was wrong with the world around him.
The wind had stopped, the dust hung motionless, and the entire world seemed to have been paused.
Was this... Time Stop?
In the instant Madara froze in shock, a deathly pale face abruptly appeared before him, their noses almost touching.
It was Momoshiki!
Their eyes met. Momoshiki's gaze brimmed with greed and mockery. "Your eyes are full of ambition. An ambitious conqueror like you surely isn't content to spend his retirement in this peaceful age, is he?"
"Perhaps I could show you some mercy and give you a chance to return to your prime!"
Madara had just opened his mouth to curse him.
The next second, Momoshiki gave a sinister smile and slammed his forehead directly against Madara's.
Buzz!
An indescribable sensation of something foreign invading his brain struck Madara in an instant. He felt as though his soul had been seized by the throat, the suffocation nearly making him pass out.
Immediately afterward, time around them resumed its normal flow.
Madara was drenched in cold sweat as he stared in horror at Momoshiki, who had already retreated into the distance.
What had happened in that instant?
What filthy thing had this bastard done to me? Was it genjutsu?
Madara fixed his eyes on Momoshiki, gritting his teeth.
"Just now!"
"To me!"
"What did you do?!"
Every word seemed squeezed through his clenched teeth, steeped in murderous intent.
Momoshiki merely looked at him as though he were an idiot. "You should be on your knees, kowtowing