Accompanied by a furious roar filled with killing intent and humiliation, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya unleashed her rage.
Countless gigantic chakra fist projections—each carrying destructive power capable of shattering stars—crashed toward Uchiha Tobirama like an overwhelming tidal wall.
This was her ultimate taijutsu—a perfect fusion of offense and defense. Every strike embodied the essence of chakra itself. In the past, this technique had been powerful enough to instantly shatter Sasuke's Complete Body Susanoo.
And yet—
Faced with this apocalyptic barrage, Tobirama didn't even remove his hands from his pockets. He merely leaned forward slightly.
"Too weak."
Whoosh!
He slipped effortlessly through the gaps between the incoming fists, moving as casually as if taking a stroll through his own backyard. The terrifying sight of collapsing space around him seemed to mean nothing at all.
Finally, as the main strike surged straight toward him from the front, Tobirama extended his right hand.
No flourish. No technique.
Just a simple grab.
Puff.
A soft, almost trivial sound.
The massive chakra fist—powerful enough to shatter continents—collapsed in his palm like a deflated balloon.
In the same motion, Tobirama's hand passed through the dissipating shadow and closed around Kaguya's slender, pale wrist.
"Got you."
The grip tightened like an iron vise.
In that instant, Kaguya felt a sharp pain shoot through her hand bones, followed by numbing paralysis spreading through half her body. The sheer physical strength was enough to make even the progenitor of chakra recoil.
"You—!"
Her pupils shrank as she tried to struggle.
Tobirama casually pulled her closer, his heterochromatic eyes scanning her with open curiosity. He even brushed a finger across the back of her hand, smooth as polished jade.
"Pretty smooth skin," he remarked lightly.
"Well preserved, too. You wouldn't guess you're over a thousand years old."
A wicked smile tugged at his lips before he abruptly flung her hand aside.
"Shame."
"The power's too small."
"So this is your so-called divine strike? It doesn't even tickle."
"You… how dare you…"
Kaguya stared blankly at the hand he had tossed away—still warm from his touch, and from his contempt.
For a goddess revered since ancient times, this was an unthinkable humiliation. Never, in all her existence, had any man dared lay a hand on her—much less treat her with such disdain.
"Unforgivable…!"
"Unforgivable!!"
She finally snapped.
Her beautiful face twisted with rage as the nine-tomoe Rinne Sharingan on her forehead erupted with crimson light.
"If this space can't restrain you—"
"Then die!"
"Heaven's Royal Center!!"
Buzz—!
There was no warning.
In an instant, the world changed.
The cold vacuum of space vanished, replaced by a blazing hellscape of rolling magma. This was Kaguya's exclusive dimension—the Lava Space.
She sought to crush Tobirama by the laws of this realm, dragging him into molten earth and suppressing him through absolute spatial authority.
"Here, I am the ruler!" she roared from above.
"Kneel!"
She activated her control over space, attempting to forcibly bind Tobirama's body.
But—
Standing atop the lava, Tobirama merely glanced around, unimpressed.
"The scenery changed?"
"This is your Heavenly Transfer? Your domain?"
He shook his head in disappointment.
"You're trying to play with spatial rules… in front of me?"
"Spatial authority override."
"Reverse it."
Boom!!
The lava space, once obedient to Kaguya's will, erupted into chaos. The magma surged upward against gravity, twisting into countless colossal fire dragons that roared straight toward her.
"What?!"
Kaguya's eyes widened in shock.
This was her own domain—her territory!
Why was it obeying him?!
"In front of me," Tobirama declared calmly, standing amid the inferno like a sovereign of flames,
"your space is my space."
"You want to suppress me?"
"You're thinking too much."
Bang!
Kaguya barely avoided the onslaught, several strands of her long hair singed away. A deep sense of crisis surged within her.
Physical combat was hopeless.
Space itself had been seized.
This man… was her natural nemesis.
"Then… in that case…"
A glint of desperate resolve flashed in her eyes.
She spread her palms, and two bone spurs radiating deathly gray light slowly emerged.
All-Killing Ash Bones—her final trump card.
Any being struck by these bones, regardless of body or power, would be reduced to dust.
"Die!!"
Using the last of her spatial access, Kaguya flashed behind Tobirama. The twin gray bones stabbed fiercely toward his back like the fangs of death itself.
"We got him!"
Ecstasy flashed through her eyes.
No one could stop the Ash Bones—
Clang!
Clang!
Two crisp metallic sounds echoed through the burning dimension.
Kaguya froze.
She stared down in disbelief.
The ash bones had stopped—less than an inch from Tobirama's back.
They weren't blocked by a barrier.
They were caught.
Tobirama had reached behind himself, calmly pinching the tips of both bone spurs between two fingers.
They didn't disintegrate.
They didn't turn to ash.
The instant-kill technique failed the moment it touched his fingers.
"How… how is this possible…?" Kaguya whispered, her voice trembling.
"These are the All-Killing Ash Bones… why didn't your hand disappear…?"
"Disappear?"
Tobirama slowly turned around and applied a little pressure.
Crack.
He crushed both bone spurs with his bare fingers, reducing them to dust that slipped through his hand.
"My body surpassed all limits a long time ago."
He brushed the ashes away with visible disgust.
"An attack like that?"
"To me, it's just a slightly harder toothpick."
"Was that your last card?"
The playfulness vanished from his eyes, replaced by cold finality.
"Then this farce ends here."
"I don't believe it… I don't believe it!!"
Kaguya completely lost control.
Her pride, her power, everything she had relied on had become a joke in front of this man.
She was a goddess. She couldn't lose to a human.
Boom!
Her chakra went berserk. Abandoning all technique, she lunged forward like a mad beast, claws bared, intent on tearing his throat apart.
Facing the frenzied charge, Tobirama spoke coldly.
"Ugly."
As Kaguya rushed in—
Tobirama moved.
No flair. No elegance.
He sidestepped her claws.
His right hand shot out and closed around her slender neck.
Bang!!
With a deafening impact, he slammed her straight into the ground, forming a massive crater.
"Cough… uh…"
Pinned beneath him, Kaguya clawed at his arm and kicked desperately, but that iron grip didn't budge an inch. The sheer physical pressure crushed the breath from her lungs.
Like a rabbit trapped beneath a tiger's paw.
Tobirama knelt on one knee, suppressing the progenitor of chakra. He leaned in, meeting her tear-filled Byakugan gaze.
"Even with all your techniques, it's still nothing special."
"Kaguya—you lost."
"From now on, put away that ridiculous divine arrogance."
"Be my captive."
"Or rather—"
His fingers tightened slightly, sending dizziness washing over her.
"Be my… pet."