Toneri's Tenseigan shuddered violently the moment the fingertip touched it. Pure white light poured from the pupil, like a punctured light bulb wildly leaking electricity. His entire body shot backward, flipping three times in midair before he steadied himself.
"You touched my Tenseigan?" Toneri's voice rose half a pitch. His left hand covered the white pupil on his forehead, which was spasming in pain, while emerald-green chakra leaked uncontrollably between his fingers.
Shengu Xuan withdrew his finger and wiped it on his clothes, as though he had touched something dirty.
"Doesn't feel like much. Not even as good as a marble."
Toneri steadied his breathing. His Tenseigan refocused, its white light regaining its original sharpness, but a deep wariness had entered his gaze as he looked at Shengu Xuan.
"What exactly are you?"
"Something sleepy that wants to go to bed." Shengu Xuan slipped both hands back into his pockets and glanced up at the moon growing ever larger in the noon sky. "All right, stop being an eyesore here. Let's talk up there."
Before Toneri could react, Shengu Xuan's hand had already emerged from his pocket and caught him by the back of his collar, lifting him like a little chick. The Rabbit Talisman's light flashed beneath his feet, and both figures instantly vanished from the sky above Konoha.
On the ground, all the ninja craned their heads, staring blankly in the direction where the two figures had disappeared. The noon sky fell quiet again, leaving only that unnaturally enormous moon hanging there, reminding everyone that the disaster had not been averted.
"He just went up there like that?" Naruto's golden cloak was still glowing, and his voice carried an indescribable mix of feelings.
Kaxi closed his Sharingan, his voice as flat as a weather forecast. "He said he'd