"Boruto."
Just as Boruto was about to pursue the advantage, Sumire Kakei suddenly called out to him.
He paused mid-motion.
Only then did he truly look at her.
Her chakra had surged explosively within the past few minutes. It wasn't merely quantity — the texture of it had changed.
It felt… elevated.
Almost alien.
Her long dark hair shimmered faintly with a crystalline purple sheen, every strand floating weightlessly as if gravity had loosened its hold on her. Her eyes glowed violet, silver light flowing within them like liquid starlight. Spatial distortion rippled subtly around her.
"Kakei… Sumire?" Boruto called carefully.
Her gaze was calm. Too calm.
"Was this also part of your plan?" she asked.
Her voice was soft, but the warmth in it had thinned.
"Can we discuss that later?" Boruto replied evenly. "This isn't the time."
"I know the location of an Ōtsutsuki outpost," she continued. "Answer me now, and I'll give you the coordinates."
Boruto went silent.
That hesitation lasted less than a second.
"You're unstable right now," he said quietly.
Through his Byakugan, he could see silver chakra threading through her network like foreign light attempting to rewrite her structure.
A roar interrupted them.
"Enough!"
Momoshiki Otsutsuki's expression twisted in fury.
With a flick of his remaining hand, the ground beneath Boruto ruptured.
Stone surged upward, reshaping into massive serpentine constructs that lunged toward him from all directions.
Boruto reacted instantly.
A Truth-Seeking Orb expanded outward in a circular arc, golden chakra spiraling around it.
The ring rotated once—
The stone serpents were severed cleanly at the neck.
Fragments collapsed mid-air.
Momoshiki descended directly, rage burning in his pale eyes.
Behind him, Kinshiki Otsutsuki followed, manifesting a crimson chakra weapon shaped like a heavy cleaver.
Boruto exhaled slowly.
Sage Mode activated.
Natural energy surged through him — not merely from one source. The balanced chakra of Mount Myōboku blended with a deeper resonance, and his chakra cloak solidified visibly.
Truth-Seeking Orbs gathered behind him.
He formed them into a spear-like projectile and launched it.
Momoshiki caught it with brute force — not absorbing it this time — and hurled it aside.
Kinshiki closed the distance instantly.
Steel met black.
Boruto manifested a Truth-Seeking blade and blocked the cleaver mid-air.
The impact shook the dimension.
Momoshiki reappeared from Boruto's blind spot, hair lashing out like living whips.
Boruto severed strand after strand, but Kinshiki pressed downward with overwhelming force, pinning him in place.
A blazing projectile formed in Momoshiki's palm.
Fire Release.
It launched straight toward Boruto's chest.
Simultaneously, Kinshiki's blade shifted horizontally, aiming for his waist.
Golden chakra erupted.
Kurama's chakra arms burst outward — one gripping Kinshiki's weapon, the other crushing the incoming fire technique before detonation.
The explosion rippled violently.
Boruto pushed off the cleaver and rotated mid-air.
Two Truth-Seeking Orbs shot forward in a cross trajectory.
They struck Kinshiki's chest.
A violent shockwave burst outward.
Kinshiki was blown backward, blood misting the air before his body stabilized.
Boruto didn't give them time to reset.
He accelerated.
Lightning chakra flooded his system — refined, concentrated, stimulating cellular response.
His movement blurred.
Momoshiki's Byakugan tracked him, but only barely.
Boruto appeared behind him—
And struck.
Momoshiki extended his palm to absorb—
Boruto didn't release ninjutsu.
He drove a chakra-reinforced physical blow directly into Momoshiki's spine.
The shockwave blasted him downward.
Before Boruto could follow through—
Kinshiki's crimson axe tore through the space where Boruto had been a moment earlier.
Boruto vanished using Flying Thunder God.
He reappeared at another marked position instantly.
Momoshiki stabilized mid-air, fury growing colder.
He extended his palm.
Gravitational pressure surged outward.
The air warped.
Boruto responded without hesitation.
Truth-Seeking Orbs compressed together and exploded outward in a wide rotational wave.
The collision split the space between them.
Silver and black forces tore against each other violently.
Boruto narrowed his eyes.
A wide-range force wouldn't break through.
He needed precision.
Lightning gathered at his fingertips.
A focused lance of Yang-enhanced lightning shot forward.
It pierced through the collapsing gravitational field—
And struck Momoshiki square in the forehead.
The impact snapped his head back and sent him plummeting.
But the chakra portion of the attack was absorbed before it could penetrate further.
Boruto clicked his tongue softly.
As expected.
Momoshiki's absorption ability made pure ninjutsu inefficient.
He couldn't waste chakra.
Boruto teleported again.
A crimson trident swept through the air where his afterimage lingered.
Kinshiki's strike tore the atmosphere apart.
Momoshiki rose once more, expression no longer arrogant.
Now it was cautious.
Two Ōtsutsuki.
One attacking head-on.
One suppressing from range.
Perfect coordination.
Boruto hovered between them, expression steady.
Behind him, Sumire's silver aura continued to fluctuate.
This wasn't just a battle of power anymore.
It was a race.
And the clock was moving.
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