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The strangely dressed man who had suddenly appeared in the arena immediately stirred up a wave of commotion among the spectators.
"Who's that guy?"
"Why's he dressed like some stage actor?"
"Is this some halftime show Konoha arranged?"
"Hahaha! They're really going all out! Totally worth coming here!"
"Hey! Long-haired guy! Do something funny for us!"
"Show us some acrobatics!"
"Or dance! Or sing something!"
"Hahahahaha—!"
The crowd, loving the spectacle, whistled and jeered, turning the atmosphere into a carnival.
Sasuke, however, was already drenched in cold sweat.
"A horn… pale skin… Byakugan… and a Rinnegan… Don't tell me that guy is…"
"What a stench of inferior lifeforms," Momoshiki said in disgust.
Yet his gaze never once left Naruto's unsettled face.
"Whoosh!"
Without warning, he raised his hand. The golden Rinnegan on his forehead widened.
—Banshō Ten'in.
A precisely targeted gravitational pull seized Naruto from over a hundred meters away, yanking him violently off the Kage platform.
"What's happening!?" Chōjūrō cried out.
"He's targeting Naruto!" Sasuke leapt up, his single hand aimed at Naruto's back as he was dragged away. His Rinnegan flared to life.
—Banshō Ten'in!
Two opposing gravitational forces clashed midair, using Naruto as the fulcrum.
Momoshiki's Byakugan narrowed slightly.
"Oh? A Rinnegan. So you're Uchiha Sasuke—the one Urashiki mentioned. You sealed Kaguya… and yet this is all the power you have?"
"Whoosh!"
The pull from Momoshiki's hand suddenly intensified, shattering the deadlock in an instant.
I should thank that Madara, Momoshiki mused. Being forced to consume Kinshiki pushed me into transformation. After several days, I've fully adapted to this body.
The third Rinnegan on my forehead has matured.
Sasuke's eyes trembled as he strained to increase his pull—but he could not stop Naruto from being dragged downward.
Naruto turned his head calmly.
"That's enough, Sasuke. He's after me. Frankly, I've been waiting for this."
"Rip!"
His white Hokage cloak tore apart under the force. Naruto shot downward like a cannonball toward the white figure below.
"So Sasuke's fears were justified… Another Ōtsutsuki still walks this land."
Riding the momentum of the pull, Naruto surged forward. His bandaged right hand extended, deep blue spirals of chakra rapidly expanding.
"Try this!"
—Massive Rasengan!
Facing the enormous spiraling sphere that filled his vision, Momoshiki curled his lips.
"As expected of the fox. Even if the quantity is lacking, the quality of this chakra far surpasses that black orb made by the bull-headed octopus."
"Snap!"
Momoshiki abruptly cut off the gravitational pull. The red Rinnegan in his right palm flared.
—Takami Musubinokami!
"Whoosh!"
The ten-meter-wide Massive Rasengan was absorbed instantly.
"Is that the Preta Path!? No… this absorption speed is impossible!"
Naruto's shock had barely surfaced when Momoshiki's fist was already at his chest.
With a subtle wrist flick—a short-range explosive strike—he drove his knuckles into Naruto's torso.
"Thud!"
Naruto's pupils shrank as he felt his chakra points abruptly seal shut.
"Gentle Fist!?"
"Boom!"
He was blasted backward, crashing through the remnants of the Tree World before slamming against a massive trunk.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Black chakra rods shot forward, piercing his shoulders, armpits, and abdomen—sealing his vital chakra points completely.
"He's this strong!?"
Though it felt slow, from Momoshiki's first Banshō Ten'in to Naruto being pinned down took less than seven seconds.
A literal blink of time.
"You bastard! What did you do to my dad!?"
Snapping out of his shock, Boruto charged recklessly at Momoshiki.
Momoshiki didn't even spare him a glance, continuing his cold advance toward Naruto.
Suddenly—
Boruto ripped back his sleeve and aimed the scientific ninja tool at him.
"Boruto, stop! Don't use that on him!" Yuki shouted.
Too late.
Boruto had already triggered Hundred-Style Full Burst Mode—a fiercer version than before. It could unleash seven chakra natures at eight shots per second.
The maximum output of Katasuke's current research.
"Clack-clack-clack-clack—!"
Like a machine gun, the device fired wind, water, lightning, earth, fire, yin, and yang—an overwhelming flood of chakra blasts.
"Ha!"
Momoshiki laughed and advanced instead of dodging. Raising his right hand, the Rinnegan opened.
—Takami Musubinokami!
"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—!"
He absorbed everything without discrimination. The colorful barrage of techniques poured eagerly into the Rinnegan in his palm.
"Click."
The tool made a hollow sound.
All 150 stored techniques were emptied in less than twenty seconds.
The blinding storm faded.
Momoshiki walked forward unharmed.
"…No way…"
Boruto collapsed onto the ground in disbelief.
For a moment, Momoshiki even forgot about Naruto.
He stared at his palm, the Rinnegan glowing deep crimson, almost purple.
"…How did you manage to amplify my latent power severalfold in just twenty seconds?"
In the original Chūnin Exam, a similar scene had occurred.
But back then, he had absorbed only about ten techniques.
Now?
One hundred and fifty.
Fifteen times more.
Even Momoshiki couldn't ignore that.
He grabbed Boruto's right arm, lifting the sleeve to inspect the device.
"Is there more?"
Boruto's broken expression answered the question.
"Seems not."
Momoshiki grinned viciously and raised his hand toward Boruto's head.
"As repayment… I'll kill you myself."
"Whoosh!"
A streak of black light flashed past.
Momoshiki jerked his hand back as if shocked.
A kunai embedded itself into a tree behind him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced over his shoulder.
"That was aimed at the Rinnegan in my palm… She nearly struck my blind spot."
He turned slowly.
"Is living not good enough for you?" he asked coldly.
Yuki stood fully alert, Sharingan blazing.
"I won't let you do as you please."
"Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki."
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