Instant kill

Hidden in the cuff of Kaguya's wide robe sleeve, Black Zetsu listened to his mother ramble on, inwardly as frantic as an ant on a hot pan.

Hurry up and attack! Black Zetsu screamed inwardly. Why the hell are you talking so much? Get him!

As though she had heard Black Zetsu's thoughts.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki frowned almost imperceptibly and shot a vicious glance at her own sleeve.

Then she turned her emotionless Byakugan back toward the golden figure in the air.

"All chakra in this world belongs to me." Kaguya's voice was ethereal and arrogant.

It carried an innate, unquestionable possessiveness. "Chakra flows within your body as well. Thief, return... my chakra."

As far as she was concerned, she was the progenitor of chakra, and all chakra in this world originated from her.

It rightfully belonged to her.

And the golden clone before her was also composed of a peculiar chakra.

As she watched the pure chakra fluctuations from Pero's clone, greed stirred in Kaguya's heart.

Pero's clone looked down at Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who was talking to herself, and suddenly found it rather funny.

He turned toward empty space, a mocking Jerry grin spreading across his face.

"Well, dear reader, look at her. She really has the nerve! Demanding to take my stuff right off the bat-just what you'd expect from those Japanese folks living the good life."

Pero's clone dropped his flippant expression, looked back at Kaguya, and slowly wagged his index finger.

"I'd love to beat you up myself and experience the thrill of tearing the final boss apart with my bare hands. Unfortunately..."

"My original self can't wait any longer."

The instant those words fell!

In a flash!

A terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire planet!

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who had been brimming with arrogance just a moment ago, felt her heart lurch!

She instinctively looked up at the sky, instantly pushing her Byakugan's visual power to its limit!

She saw nothing.

By the time she realized the danger, it was already too late.

A golden fist rapidly expanded in her pure white eyes, which were filled with astonishment.

Bang-!!!

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Kaguya's upper body was like a balloon inflated to its limit, along with her magnificent robe.

Under that punch, it instantly burst apart, turning into white specks of light that filled the sky.

The astounding pressure of the punch continued forward without diminishing in the slightest, punching straight through countless mountains behind her and exposing the bedrock underground!

It was as though an eraser had forcibly rubbed a passage across the heavens!

At the end of that passage, even the pitch-black universe beyond the atmosphere was visible!

Pero's original body hovered in midair.

He slowly withdrew his fist and casually beckoned to the golden clone nearby.

The clone understood, turning into a streak of pure golden light and instantly flowing into Pero's original body.

The instant the two merged, an even more terrifying aura erupted from Pero!

Unable to withstand the residual force, the ground beneath his feet fractured into countless enormous, bottomless rifts!

Holy shit, I nearly stuck my head out.

Startled, Pero hurriedly overclocked the bio-electric field within his body, barely managing to bind the aura that had nearly spilled out from the fusion back inside him.

And in the few short seconds he spent merging with his clone.

In the distance, with the support of endless chakra, Kaguya's shattered upper body.

Had already regenerated and returned to its original state.

As long as the chakra on this planet was not exhausted, she was immortal and indestructible.

"You...!" Kaguya stared at the man who had suddenly appeared before her, whose presence was more than ten thousand times stronger than that of the clone.

For the first time, a grave expression appeared on her perpetually icy face.

She spread her hand wide, without forming any hand seals!

Countless pitch-black, circular portals of nothingness instantly appeared in the space surrounding Pero!

All-Killing Ash Bones!

Hundreds of gray bone spears, evolved from Truth-Seeking Orbs and capable of breaking everything they touched down into molecules.

Shot out of those black portals, sealing off every possible avenue Pero could dodge through!

Every one of the Black Rods contained terrifying power sufficient to easily destroy a vast stretch of forest.

Yet the instant these attacks, powerful enough to kill anything outright, were about to approach Pero's body.

They seemed to strike an utterly impassable dimensional barrier, abruptly stopping in midair before crumbling inch by inch into powder.

Pero's bio-electric field, running at full power and even beginning to overclock, guarded the area around him without a single gap.

Watching her shocked expression, Pero cleared his throat, his expression suddenly turning utterly serious, and affected the resonant voice of a male broadcaster:

"Ahem... Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, your power is simply too great."

Inside Kaguya's sleeve, Black Zetsu was completely dumbfounded by Pero's incredibly familiar line.

Wasn't that the grand pronouncement Hashirama Senju had made when he sealed the Nine-Tails back then?!

Then the next line... wouldn't the next line mean he was going to seal his mother?!

"No! I only just got out! I haven't even had a chance to experience what it feels like to have someone backing me up and run wild without restraint!" Black Zetsu let out a despairing scream inside Kaguya's sleeve.

"So..." Golden light blazed in Pero's eyes. "For the sake of world peace, please die."

In a flash!

At that moment, the incongruous Sun against the sky's black curtain seemed to ignite anew, its light suddenly bursting forth.

It tore apart the blood-red veil over this world.

The entire world was swallowed by that surging, pure light.

Within that light, Kaguya's immortal, indestructible divine body was gradually consumed until nothing remained.

A short while later, the light blanketing the entire world gradually disappeared.

Pero's dazzling eyes slowly dimmed as well, returning to their normal, deep golden hue.

He raised his head and looked at the immense, surging quantity of chakra released after Kaguya's complete destruction.

That chakra turned into multicolored specks of light that filled the sky, slowly drifting down.

They sank into the earth, flowing along the enormous vines that had already begun to wither and returning to each of the giant white cocoons.

At that moment, everyone throughout the world who had fallen under the Infinite Tsukuyomi would awaken from that eternal dream.

Pero turned his head, sparing no further glance at this world that had regained its peace.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the barriers of space, once again turning toward the altar where the Ryūmyaku was sealed.

The final boss was dealt with.

Time to get things in order.

A new journey had begun.