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Kawaki was startled, not expecting the other party to use such a forceful method to close the distance!
But he reacted extremely quickly, his black-gold eyes flickering slightly—
"Young name Vigana!"
Just as Naruto's fist, enveloped in chakra, was about to touch the hem of his clothes.
Kawaki's entire body, along with the space around him, seemed to be compressed and shrunk drastically by some invisible force!
In the blink of an eye, he shrunk from the size of an adult to a tiny particle that was almost invisible to the naked eye!
Naruto's determined punch landed squarely on empty air, as expected!
The powerful punch tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek, but it didn't even touch the hem of Kawaki's clothes.
"where is it?"
Naruto's pupils contracted, and his senses swept across every inch of the surrounding space like a radar!
But strangely, in his perception, Kawaki's aura seemed to have completely disappeared without a trace!
In that brief moment when his mind was slightly distracted—
A tremendous force, completely unpredictable and seemingly born from nothingness, slammed into his chest!
"puff--!"
A sharp pain instantly swept through my entire body.
Naruto didn't even see where the attack came from; he was like a kite with a broken string.
It plummeted backward at an even faster speed than it was ascending, crashing heavily into the shattered earth below and kicking up clouds of dust!
Boruto shouted anxiously, wanting to rush over, while also urgently trying to remind him, "His ability is..."
"You don't need to tell me!"
Amidst the smoke and dust, Naruto's deep yet resolute voice rang out.
He staggered as he stood up from the pit, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His clothes were torn, revealing his reddened skin underneath.
He raised his hand and fiercely wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.
In those deep blue eyes, there was no confusion, no retreat, only a flame that had been thoroughly enraged and an even more determined will!
He stopped Boruto from giving him a hint.
He wanted to use his own strength to find out the truth about Kawaki!
He wanted to make that arrogant brat in the sky understand.
Naruto Uzumaki is definitely not the kind of coward who would be afraid and helpless just because the enemy's abilities are strange and unknown!
Boruto looked at the unwavering resolve in his father's eyes and swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He understood that look; once a decision was made, not even ten tailed beasts could pull him back.
He could only clench his fists tightly and concentrate intently on the battle.
Kawaki's figure slowly returned to its shrunken form, landing lightly on the ground, facing Naruto at a distance.
He looked at Naruto, who seemed to be seriously injured, and his tone still carried that unpleasant "admonition": "Give up, Seventh Hokage."
"You cannot comprehend my power, nor can you possibly defeat me. I do not wish to hurt you."
Naruto didn't answer, but instead rubbed his still dull and painful abdomen and chest with his hands. The Nine-Tails' chakra flowed faster within him, repairing the damaged tissues.
His mind was racing.
That was so weird!
His perception range was clearly fully covered, yet he failed to detect Kawaki's location after he disappeared, and he was completely unprepared for the sudden attack!
It's as if... Kawaki and his attack completely skipped the "process" and directly affected the "result"!
The same goes for the black rod that appeared out of nowhere before.
Boruto was able to sense it in advance, but Boruto himself was completely unaware?
Is Boruto's perception stronger than his own?
After spending this time together, Naruto was certain that Boruto's perception was weaker than his own, but why?
The space of consciousness was also filled with a solemn atmosphere at this moment.
"What's going on?! What exactly happened?!"
Kushina was so anxious she almost jumped up, her virtual figure pacing back and forth: "I can't sense anything! Why is Naruto injured?!"
Minato frowned, calmly analyzing the situation: "My perception is equally ineffective."
"The opponent's disappearance and attack seemed to completely circumvent the ripples caused by conventional chakra fluctuations and spatial movement."
"This is no longer a simple space-time ninjutsu..."
Madara's crimson Sharingan narrowed slightly as he recalled every detail from just now.
Especially the moment Kawaki disappeared and Naruto was hit, as well as the way the black rods appeared out of thin air earlier.
He ruled out simple spatial teleportation because spatial teleportation would inevitably leave traces, whether it's the Flying Thunder God Technique or other space-time ninjutsu.
"It's probably not just a simple spatial ability..."
Ban spoke in a deep voice, his tone unusually solemn: "That kid's ability... touches on a more fundamental level."
"He may not have 'moved' himself and the object, but rather... changed some kind of 'rule' or 'state'."
Nine-Tailed Fox snorted, and although it did not refute, its beastly eyes were filled with vigilance.
Naruto, too, had considered this point.
Perception is ineffective, attacks are unpredictable... This can no longer be explained by speed or good concealment.
Just as he was racking his brains, trying to grasp that fleeting inspiration.
Kawaki, on the other side, seemed eager to end this battle, which he considered pointless, as soon as possible.
He raised his right hand and waved it lightly towards Naruto, seemingly casually.
Without any warning, without any chakra gathering process, and even without the sound of something breaking through the air—
puff!puff!puff!
Several sharp, cold black rods appeared out of thin air, seemingly growing directly from Naruto's flesh and blood, and instantly pierced through his abdomen, arms, and thighs!
"Ugh—!"
The intense pain caused Naruto to let out a muffled groan, and blood instantly stained his clothes.
He looked down at the extra "decorations" on his body, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief!
This is not a throw at all!
It's not spatial transfer either!
It's as if... these black rods were "originally" supposed to be in that position, and Kawaki was just "allowing" them to appear!
He endured the excruciating pain, grabbed the black rod in his abdomen with both hands, and pulled it out violently! A stream of blood gushed out.
He gritted his teeth and ripped out the black sticks from his arms and legs one by one!
Golden Nine-Tails chakra surged wildly at the wound, repairing the injury at a visible speed.
But the psychological impact of that bizarre attack method was far more severe than the physical trauma.
Kawaki watched all this indifferently, as if he were dealing with a trivial matter: "Do you understand now? This is the difference between you and me."
"My power is beyond your comprehension and resistance. Giving up the struggle is better for both of us."
Naruto was panting heavily, sweat mixed with blood sliding down his forehead.
He ignored Kawaki's words, his brain working at an unprecedented speed.
Undetectable... The attack appeared out of nowhere... Ignoring the process, it goes straight to the result...
An extremely bold, even somewhat absurd, guess gradually took shape in his mind.
Could it be that Kawaki's ability... isn't "movement" or "concealment," but rather... the ability to directly interfere with "existence" itself?!
He can temporarily change himself or an object from a state of "existence" to a state of "non-existence".
Or could the "result" of the attack be directly "assigned" to the target, skipping all the intermediate processes?
Therefore, he cannot perceive it.
If that's really the case... then that's practically an unfair ability!
"Dad..."
Naruto's voice echoed in the space: "You guessed right. This guy's abilities... are not simple. Not simple at all!"
Ban snorted coldly, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Even he found it difficult to deal with this bizarre ability that was almost at the level of rules.
I didn't expect to reach a million words so quickly. This is the first time I've written so much. Before, I would only write 500,000 or 600,000 words, and then either abandon the project or leave it unfinished (つ﹏＜).
Regarding updates, I can guarantee three updates a day. As for more than that, I don't think I can do it for the time being. After all, I have to start a new book to make a living. I've been losing hair every day because of this, and I apologize to everyone.
(Kowtowing to his brothers and sisters)
If you have any good ideas, brothers and sisters, you can also provide them. If I feel it's worthwhile, I can also add it to the later plot.
Naruto is about to go back soon, after all, he really can't beat the Ten Laws, so let's leave the rest to the young Boruto! But before that, we need to make up for their lack of fighting power.
That's all! Happy National Day to all my brothers and sisters! (ノ?ヮ?)ノ*.?
Chapter 406 Countermeasures! You Attack, I Run!
Faced with Kawaki's elusive and almost unsolvable "Shona Hikona," conventional perception and defense methods were almost completely ineffective.
If you don't come up with a countermeasure, you'll only be pierced into a hedgehog by those black rods that appear out of nowhere, or suffer internal injuries from heavy punches from nothingness.
Naruto was quite troubled by this, but he had already made his bold statement, so he had no choice but to keep it to himself.
However, Naruto soon gave up and started to do whatever he wanted.