"Second half? That makes sense!" Urashiki nodded in agreement with Akira's statement.
Yes, no matter how fierce the earlier battle was, both sides had now restored their chakra to full, and their injuries had completely healed.
So, both of them were essentially back to their original state. Saying this was the second half of the battle was indeed appropriate!
"Where's your Rinnegan? How come you haven't used it yet in this battle?" Urashiki asked, looking at Akira.
"Don't worry, I'll use it when the time is right," Akira replied calmly.
As he faced Urashiki, Akira's chakra extraction ability had already activated.
However, despite several attempts, he hadn't been able to extract the Rinnegan yet. What could he do about that?
"Alright, then!" Urashiki nodded again, his figure rising into the air before activating Yomotsu Hirasaka, disappearing into the dark spatial portal.
Akira immediately became cautious. Having used Yomotsu Hirasaka before, he knew how dangerous this technique could be!
Suddenly, a black spatial portal appeared beside Akira.
At the same time, a fishing hook shot toward Akira!
Akira's reaction was swift. He swung his Kusanagi Sword at the hook!
In an instant, atop the True Several Thousand Hands Buddha, Akira and Urashiki clashed in an intense battle!
Originally, Urashiki planned to use his red energy shield to block attacks while extracting the Nine-Tails' chakra.
However, after taking the full force of the True Several Thousand Hands attack, Urashiki realized that extracting the Nine-Tails' chakra first was impossible. So, he gave up on that plan and decided to defeat Akira first!
Having experienced the damage from True Several Thousand Hands once, Urashiki definitely didn't want to suffer it again.
Thus, he used Yomotsu Hirasaka to teleport to the top of the True Several Thousand Hands Buddha's head!
No matter how powerful the True Several Thousand Hands technique was, it couldn't possibly rain fists down directly onto its own head, right?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
In terms of chakra reserves, Akira was no match for Urashiki, and in their intense close combat, Akira was being pushed back, retreating continuously!
With his chakra fully replenished, Urashiki's strength, speed, and overall movements had greatly improved.
"This is tough. The guy who Sasuke and I needed to team up to defeat—now I'm facing him alone?" Akira thought to himself as he was continuously forced back by Urashiki.
"When will that guy's chakra be fully restored?" Akira glanced over at Sasuke, who was eating a soldier pill and recovering his strength, and muttered to himself.
"You're fighting me, and yet you still have the time to look elsewhere?" Urashiki noticed Akira's glance and immediately swung his hand, sending over a dozen fishing hooks shooting toward Akira!
Akira swung his Kusanagi Sword repeatedly, blocking the hooks, but the force behind them still pushed him back seven or eight steps. He was completely overpowered in terms of raw strength!
"This isn't good. There's something strange about this guy. If I keep dragging this out, something worse might happen!"
Even though he had the upper hand at the moment, Urashiki didn't dare to relax.
It only looked like he had the advantage right now. But in reality?
The resistance from Konoha Village was still strong!
Most importantly, he hadn't yet obtained the Nine-Tails' chakra!
So, this so-called "upper hand" was actually meaningless!
Additionally, the main reason for Urashiki's concern was Akira himself. From what Urashiki had learned, Akira was too mysterious. No one knew what kind of abilities he might reveal at a critical moment.
Thus, Urashiki wasn't satisfied with merely having a slight upper hand!
He needed to decisively defeat Akira right now—or at the very least, obtain the Nine-Tails' chakra to feel secure!
Bang!
Urashiki swung his fishing hook again, clashing with Akira's Kusanagi Sword, sending him flying back once more.
Then, Urashiki fixed his gaze on Akira, as if he had made a firm decision.
"You look serious," Akira said, noticing the change in Urashiki's expression.
"Although I'm not a bloodthirsty person, I'm sorry. Today, I must obtain the Nine-Tails. I'll give you one last chance—don't stand in my way," Urashiki said seriously, staring at Akira.
"Not bloodthirsty?" Akira thought to himself, puzzled by Urashiki's words.
The Ōtsutsuki clan—was there even a decent person among them?
Whether it was Kaguya, or Kinshiki and Momoshiki from the movies he saw in his past life, there didn't seem to be any good guys in the clan!
But this Urashiki was claiming not to be bloodthirsty?
Now that he thought about it, though, Urashiki hadn't actually killed anyone since their encounter. He had only defeated his opponents without killing them.
"I didn't expect that. You're really different from the other Ōtsutsuki clan members!" Akira remarked, surprised by Urashiki's words.
"Other Ōtsutsuki members? You know other Ōtsutsuki?" Urashiki was taken aback.
In this timeline, besides Kaguya, who might still be alive, there shouldn't be any other Ōtsutsuki members, right?
Could it be... did Akira know Kaguya?
"Alright, I don't have time to chat with you anymore. What's your answer?" Urashiki asked, his gaze fixed on Akira.
Although he was curious and confused, he knew now wasn't the time for idle conversation.
"Sorry, I refuse!" Akira replied, shaking his head.
As he finished speaking, Akira's eyes narrowed, and the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes transformed into a pair of blue Rinnegan!
It was like they had swapped eyes today!
Earlier, Urashiki had blue eyes while Akira's were red. Now, it was reversed!
"That's unfortunate..."
Urashiki had already anticipated Akira's answer, but upon hearing the confirmation, he still shook his head in disappointment.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the blood-red Rinnegan in Urashiki's eyes gleamed even more brilliantly!
At the same time, he swung his fishing rod, unleashing Ameno Hoko.
Countless fishing hooks shot toward Akira like a meteor shower!
Seeing this, Akira raised his hand and activated Shinra Tensei, creating a powerful repulsive force that sent the hooks flying away!
However, Urashiki waved his hand toward Akira, once again activating his powerful ability...
Time Reversal!
Immediately, Akira noticed the fishing hooks that had been repelled by Shinra Tensei paused in midair, seemingly stopping just at the edge of his repulsive field.
Then, as the force of Shinra Tensei dissipated, the hooks resumed their trajectory, shooting toward Akira at tricky angles!
Akira swung his Kusanagi Sword, attempting to deflect the incoming hooks.
But every time the hooks were about to make contact with his sword, they seemed to dodge at the last moment and continued their attack on Akira!
"This is strange!" Akira thought in disbelief, watching as the hooks avoided his Kusanagi Sword.
What did it feel like? It was like playing a video game, where everything was going fine in a team fight or a duel, but then the opponent suddenly activated some kind of auto-dodge script.
Skills that should have hit were completely avoided. That kind of auto-dodge cheat script would definitely be frustrating!
Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!
The hooks successfully avoided Akira's Kusanagi Sword and struck him.
Then, with a tug on the fishing line, a huge portion of Akira's chakra was pulled away!
Feeling the sudden weakness, Akira's legs gave out, and he fell to the ground.
In just one move, Akira felt like half of his chakra had been drained!
"What just happened?" Akira asked in disbelief, his blue Rinnegan glaring at Urashiki.
It was like the battle had been going fine, and suddenly the opponent activated an auto-dodge cheat script?
If this were an esports game, Akira would've reported the player by now!
"Time Reversal allows me to reverse the time around me multiple times, letting me see all your attacks and choose the best way to counter them," Urashiki explained in response to Akira's question.
"Time Reversal? So, it's like a detailed life simulator?" Akira thought to himself.
His life simulator allowed him to predict major future events, giving him an overview of what would happen next.
But Urashiki's Time Reversal was like a more detailed, localized prediction of the future. It allowed him to see Akira's every move in perfect clarity.
No wonder it felt like Urashiki was using an auto-dodge cheat script!
This ability to predict an opponent's next move in battle, even if only for a short period, seemed strangely familiar!
"Are you sure your name is Urashiki Ōtsutsuki and not Katakuri?" Akira asked, his expression turning strange.
This kind of ability to predict an opponent's moves in battle—it reminded Akira of another character from a different anime he'd seen in his past life: Katakuri.
Katakuri, who had mastered Observation Haki to the point where he could even see into the near future!
And now, Urashiki's ability seemed quite similar to that.
"Katakuri?" Urashiki looked at Akira, confused, clearly not understanding what he meant by Katakuri.
So, this guy just says random things sometimes?
Without any interest in continuing the conversation, Urashiki raised his fishing rod again...
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POWER STONE!!!
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