"What?"
Momoshiki was utterly shocked, staring in disbelief at the silver-haired girl in the distance. He knew the power of his own attack—it was impossible for anyone to come out of such an assault unscathed, not even himself.
However, Kaguya was no ordinary person.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Momoshiki roared, veins bulging on his forehead, his muscles instantly swelling. Gritting his teeth, a black sphere appeared in his hand, expanding in the blink of an eye, even larger and more dangerous than before.
He felt an unsettling anxiety, like a thorn in his side. The only way to free himself from this nightmare was to kill Kaguya.
The massive black sphere shot out instantly, heading straight for Kaguya like a high-powered cannonball.
Yet, Kaguya seemed relaxed, her face showing no sign of tension. She even playfully patted Hanabi's head.
Soothed by Kaguya's calm demeanor, Hanabi's fear and anxiety dissipated. She looked up, her bright eyes fixed on Kaguya. Being next to her sister, she felt an unprecedented sense of security, like the sheltering comfort of her mother's embrace.
The enormous black sphere surged forward, enveloped in a storm of force, like a black lightning bolt, reaching Kaguya in an instant.
Momoshiki's lips curled into a victorious smile. He could already envision Kaguya being obliterated; surely, she would be gravely injured if not killed by such a powerful blow.
He was confident in his success, yet seeing the serene, beautiful silver-haired girl filled him with unease—a bad premonition gnawing at him.
At that moment, Kaguya smirked, her face lighting up with a gentle smile. To others, this might be captivating, but to Momoshiki, it was infuriating—he wanted to tear that face apart.
With a relaxed expression, Kaguya raised her flawless arm, aiming it at the oncoming black sphere.
Momoshiki sneered internally. This sphere, infused with nearly all his chakra, was not much larger than the previous one, but it was denser and more massive. Its destructive power was over ten times greater than before.
To think she could stop it with just an arm was pure folly.
Momoshiki's sneer faded quickly, replaced by shock. His eyes widened as he stared at the silver-haired girl before him, unable to comprehend what he saw.
"What?"
The black sphere collided with the girl's palm and stopped. That was nothing unusual, but what happened next left him dumbfounded.
The massive energy radiating from the black sphere began to distort and deform, with strands of black light peeling away, absorbed into Kaguya's palm. Her pale hand seemed like a black hole, devouring the sphere. In no time, the massive sphere, once the size of several soccer fields, vanished completely, as if it had evaporated.
"How is this possible?"
Momoshiki was dumbstruck, his face frozen in disbelief. What had just happened was beyond his understanding.
His Rinnegan could absorb and amplify ninjutsu before reflecting it, but there were limits, and it was a unique ability he alone possessed. Could it be that...?
It seemed that Momoshiki realized something, his body shook, and his eyes widened suddenly as he looked up at the slender figure in the distance.
"Are you the only one with such an ability?" Kaguya's lips curled into a smile.
Indeed, this was Kaguya's ability—to absorb ninjutsu into her body. However, unlike Momoshiki, she didn't have the ability to reflect the ninjutsu back; she merely absorbed it. The main advantage of this ability was that it could convert the ninjutsu into chakra, allowing her body to absorb it.
This meant that not only was Kaguya immune to her opponent's ninjutsu attacks, but such attacks would only make her stronger.
This ability was likely a mutation of the Tenseigan and Rinne Sharingan. After her decisive battle with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki a year ago, she discovered that the Rinne Sharingan on her forehead had disappeared.
Though she didn't particularly like the Rinne Sharingan, since it was quite ugly, it was nonetheless a powerful ability. Many techniques, such as the Yomotsu Hirasaka and Amenominaka, required the Rinne Sharingan to use.
It took her a long time to realize that the Rinne Sharingan hadn't vanished but had mutated with the Tenseigan. Her current eyes were neither Tenseigan nor Rinne Sharingan, but a new kind of eye she had never seen before.
At first glance, these eyes seemed ordinary, but upon closer inspection, they were incredibly beautiful, like the starry sky above, with a hint of mysterious scarlet swirling like a vortex, irresistibly drawing one's attention.
Moreover, Kaguya's ocular abilities had significantly improved, with a considerable enhancement in power. She also gained new abilities, like the current one of absorbing ninjutsu. In fact, the Rinnegan had some of these abilities to a certain extent. For example, Uchiha Madara could absorb ninjutsu, though not senjutsu.
Momoshiki could absorb most ninjutsu, but his Rinnegan seemed to have only this one function, lacking other techniques like Chibaku Tensei. This might be what people mean when they say, "You gain some, you lose some."
However, Kaguya's eyes were different. She possessed the abilities of the Rinne Sharingan and Tenseigan and now had a new ability never seen before. This ability seemed to combine the Rinnegan's ability to absorb ninjutsu with the Tenseigan's ability to absorb chakra.
Momoshiki's eyes were fixed on Kaguya, full of malice, his teeth clenched and fists tightly closed. Then he turned around and ran.
Kaguya's mouth twitched, a line of frustration forming on her forehead. Was this guy really so spineless? She had thought that Momoshiki would come and fight her to the death.
What she didn't know was that Momoshiki was collecting chakra for immortality and eternal youth. If he were to die here, losing his life would defeat the purpose. Chakra could be collected again, but once his life was gone, there was nothing he could do.
Besides, with his current strength, it was impossible for him to be Kaguya's opponent, and dying here would be meaningless.
Momoshiki's body transformed into a stream of light, darting toward the sky, reaching a height of a thousand meters in the blink of an eye. Turning back with a vicious smile, he shouted, "Kaguya, I'll let you off this time. Next time, the clan will know your location, and not just you, but everyone on this planet will perish. Hahaha!"
Momoshiki laughed maniacally, oblivious to the black portal opening behind him, from which a pristine white arm emerged, dark and eerie.
"What?"
Blood splattered.
"Impossible." The smile on Momoshiki's face froze, his pupils contracted, and he looked down with difficulty, disbelief etched across his features as he stared at the bone spike protruding from his chest, blood gushing from the wound, forming a mist of blood.
At this moment, a cold voice slowly echoed, as if coming from the sky, or perhaps whispering in his ear.
"Did you think I would let you go? How naive."