"I will kill you."
After saying that, Kaguya fixed all three of her Byakugan on Ryuto.
Blood still stained the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were bloodshot. She looked quite battered, but the killing intent pouring off her was frighteningly intense.
Ryuto took his stance. "Come on."
Kaguya did not move.
She raised a hand, palm facing Ryuto, but did not attack. The fury in her three eyes slowly subsided, turning into something else.
"You're impressive," Kaguya said. "In a thousand years, you're the first."
Ryuto tilted his head. "The first what?"
"The first to injure me," Kaguya said. "And the first to push me this far."
She lowered her hand.
The space around them began to warp.
It was not the aftershock of their fighting from earlier. The entire space was shaking, rippling outward in circles like water.
Ryuto frowned. He could feel the energy field around him changing.
"Mother?" Black Zetsu called from the side.
Kaguya ignored him.
She pressed her palms together before her chest, and the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan in the center of her forehead suddenly widened.
"Amenominaka."
Humm-!
Ryuto's vision blurred, and Kaguya vanished.
Ryuto was in no hurry either. He hovered quietly in the air and waited.
"Space-time ninjutsu?" Tobirama said with a frown. He was very familiar with those chakra fluctuations.
A few minutes later, a black portal opened, and Kaguya flew out. All her injuries had healed. Even the dust on her clothes was gone.
"That's it?" Ryuto asked.
Kaguya opened her eyes. "There's more."
She raised a hand.
A split opened in the dark red sky overhead.
Countless white motes of chakra poured from the rift, cascading over Kaguya like a waterfall. Mixed among them were all sorts of colors-red, blue, yellow, green, a chaotic jumble-but their energy was