Watching Roshi suddenly assume a new form, Uchiha Gen simply hovered in place. Residual electricity crackled at his fingertips, the lingering arcs reflected in his eyes, and a cold smile curled his lips.
"No, that's enough."
The causal thread of certain death in the future had formed clearly.
So clearly that he could see it even in the Fake World.
The next moment, green flames completely enveloped Uchiha Gen.
"One second from now."
"I'll kill you."
As he spoke, Uchiha Gen stepped forward and instantly vanished from the lava world.
"????"
Watching Uchiha Gen suddenly disappear, Minato Namikaze looked utterly baffled.
He had actually sensed no space-time fluctuations from Uchiha Gen whatsoever.
So how had Uchiha Gen disappeared???
Beside him, Shibi Aburame, who had lost nearly half his insects, remained silent. Right now... it hurt a little.
Elsewhere.
Inside the Fake World.
Uchiha Gen appeared. Looking at this world, which was completely identical to the Lava Alternate Dimension outside, he could not help smiling.
When it came to underhanded tricks, who could outdo him?
Uchiha Gen stepped up to Roshi's projection. Looking at the projection before him, he gently raised a hand.
In an instant, Roshi's projection shattered into pieces and turned to ash.
At the same moment, Uchiha Gen's body, burning with green flames, appeared in the outside world.
The instant Uchiha Gen materialized, Roshi, who had just entered Son Gokū Chakra Mode, felt his heart shudder. Then his world went pitch-black.
False World, True Realm: Preemptive Body-Preempt the Future!
On the stone platform nearby, Minato Namikaze and Shibi Aburame watched Roshi gradually turn to ash, utterly speechless.
The sight... was too shocking.
With Gen's current strength, defeating a Tailed Beast Jinchūriki should have been very difficult.
So how had he now...
"I said I'd kill you one second