Chapter 478 - 478: The Decisive Battle

Kashin Koji, EIDA, and the others had just finished dealing with the remnants of Kara.

Suddenly, Shibai Otsutsuki materialized directly before them.

"It is time to return my powers."

Under their horrified gazes, Shibai swallowed both of them whole.

Shortly after, his physical form regenerated at breakneck speed.

"Even the power of the Jogan must bow down and submit before the authority of a god!" Shibai Otsutsuki burst into triumphant laughter.

He could utilize the divine power of Omnipotence to restore his own body.

His Omnipotence existed on the exact same dimensional tier of power as the Jogan—and Boruto's mastery over his eye was still far too fledgling.

Only then did Shibai notice Tonbo Tobitake and the others arriving in the distance.

"Is this truly the absolute limit of what you can accomplish?"

Cognitive Alteration!

Without wasting another word, Shibai unleashed his Omnipotence, intending to rewrite reality and turn everyone present into his loyal servants.

A subtle ripple swept through the air.

Every single person's eyes flickered with a brief daze.

When they looked toward Shibai Otsutsuki once more, their eyes were filled with pure, unadulterated adoration.

"Respected Otsutsuki God..."

The adoration and reverence shining in their eyes was genuine and absolute.

Shibai then turned his gaze toward Boruto. "Now, you are the only one left who can resist my divine jutsu."

"No... wait. You two as well?!"

Looking in Orochimaru's direction, Shibai spotted two individuals sticking out their tongues as they stared back at him.

"What a fascinating ability. So this is Omnipotence!" Orochimaru remarked, a broad grin spreading across his face.

"Laughing? Even if you managed to break free from the influence of my Omnipotence, you no longer possess the strength to face me!" Shibai Otsutsuki roared with laughter.

"This is the true end," Tonbo Tobitake suddenly declared, raising his head.

He rapidly wove a sequence of hand seals.

Shibai deployed his Omniscience to its absolute limits, yet to his confusion, nothing seemed to alter.

He wanted to see what kind of last-ditch tricks this unobservable anomaly could possibly pull off.

Needing hand seals to execute a technique... What real power could he possibly possess? such was the inherent arrogance of an Otsutsuki.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

"Cognition: Revert!"

"Spatiotemporal: Mass Teleportation!"

Vast reservoirs of chakra surged from Tonbo Tobitake. Countless figures materialized out of thin air, surrounding Shibai in dense, overlapping layers.

Shibai immediately noticed that the light of sanity and free will had returned to their eyes.

Though their numbers were relatively small, these were the absolute elite of the Shinobi World.

"Hmm? A collective sealing jutsu? I certainly won't stand idly by and allow you to seal me."

Through his Omniscience, Shibai instantly read their tactical intentions.

Even if they managed to complete a seal, he could effortlessly breach it within a short span of time.

It was completely futile.

Have they truly reached the end of their rope?

Tonbo Tobitake let out a soft chuckle. "In the eyes of a shinobi, intelligence is combat power—it is everything. I wonder if you've ever truly understood that concept."

His words made Shibai frown.

Intelligence? Isn't that something instantly accessible through Omniscience?

Orochimaru chimed in, "He actually believed his abilities made him completely invincible, hahaha! Even if your divine status far transcends mine, a single crucial intelligence advantage can make you inferior to me."

Boruto sighed with relief, "Ah, it's finally over."

"This time, the children at my orphanage can finally live in peace," Kabuto Yakushi added with a gentle smile.

Sentence by sentence, their remarks began to make Shibai second-guess himself.

However, a moment later, he shook off the doubt—he was a god; failure was mathematically impossible.

Humph!

Suddenly—

The world before his eyes began to distort.

Time itself seemed to grind to a near-halt.

Off in the distance, the mouths of Tonbo Tobitake and the others appeared to be moving, yet at a speed slowed down by thousands—tens of thousands—of times.

His cognitive thought process was being frozen...

"Superhuman Drug—a specialized chemical synthesized specifically to target your cellular makeup, rendering your body incapable of executing your abilities."

"I planted it within the bodies of EIDA and Kashin Koji. To think you actually absorbed them directly... What an unfortunate coincidence, haha!" Orochimaru chuckled, looking at Shibai's deteriorating state.

"Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Your cognitive thought process is completely frozen. Even if you want to activate a divine technique, it will take over a hundred years for your brain to process the intent. Hopefully, you won't find your way back to the Shinobi World then."

Tonbo Tobitake nodded toward the assembled forces below.

The ancient veterans, the intermediate generation, the new generation of shinobi, the mighty toads of Mount Myoboku, the colossal serpents of Ryuchi Cave, and the slugs of Shikkotsu Forest—every powerful entity across the realm pooled their strength alongside Tonbo Tobitake and his core squad.

Manipulated and synchronized under the neural network of Tonbo's control, their collective chakra blotted out the sun and sky.

Natural energy surged violently, sealing the heaven and locking the earth.

Shibai Otsutsuki was slowly compressed and encased into a dense, solid orb.

With the seal complete, everyone's chakra drained into complete exhaustion, causing bodies to collapse onto the ground en masse.

Not just the rank-and-file, but even god-tier assets like Naruto and Sasuke were completely drained, falling out of the sky as their legs gave out.

The preceding battle against Shibai had consumed an unimaginable amount of energy, coupled with the heavy backlash from executing high-risk techniques.

Still, Shibai's innate immortality was simply absurd—how he had been killed in ancient times remained a mystery that even Tonbo Tobitake couldn't fully comprehend.

However, Tonbo's goal wasn't to solve ancient mysteries, but to banish this sealed sphere far beyond the confines of the Shinobi World.

He knew through his own analysis that even if Boruto's Jogan could suppress Shibai to an extent, once the effects of the Superhuman Drug wore off, Shibai would inevitably break free and resurrect.

When that happened, the Shinobi World would be plunged into absolute peril once more.

Weaving a final hand seal, another figure stepped forward.

It was Sarada.

"Sarada, everything rests on you now."

Tonbo Tobitake placed his hands onto her shoulders, initiating a complete chakra transfer.

Every remaining drop of chakra within his body flowed directly into her.

"Mangekyo Sharingan: Alternate World Banishment!"

Sarada's eyes shifted into her distinct Mangekyo pattern, locking her focus onto Shibai's sealed orb. The orb slowly floated upward, transforming into a streak of rainbow light that hurtled straight into a tearing black hole.

As the portal snapped shut, her eyes gradually faded into a dull, lifeless grey.

Sasuke stepped up quietly to her side, gently scooping her into his arms.

"You've done wonderfully, Sarada."

Watching this unfold, a satisfied smile finally broke across Tonbo Tobitake's face.

The Eye That Reflects the Heart—at the cost of her sight, Sarada's singular Mangekyo ability allowed her to banish an enemy to an infinitely distant, unknown realm. Even after Shibai broke free from the Superhuman Drug a century later, locating the Shinobi World and traversing back across space would require an immense span of time.

As his ultimate defeat proved, Shibai's Omnipotence carried inherent limitations—it was not true, boundless omnipotence.

Much like Orochimaru's Superhuman Drug: as long as his cognitive thought processing was slowed to a crawl, he lacked the mental trigger required to execute divine techniques, leaving only passive traits like immortality active.

In short—it was over.

...

Thirty years later.

At the Tobitake Residence, a large group of young children were noisily playing and running around.

Tosei Tobitake, Tonbo Tobitake, Teuchi, Ayame...

The elderly folks over sixty sat together, watching the kids play with radiant, happy smiles on their faces.

"This... this is the kind of life I always wanted!"

A look of deep contentment illuminated Tonbo Tobitake's face.

"Great-Grandpa, upper!"

A toddler around one year old toddled over to him, stretching out both arms, begging to be picked up.

"Ah, my sweet great-grandson! Come here, let Great-Grandpa hold you!"

Tonbo Tobitake immediately scooped the child into his arms.

This was the son of Tianyu's son—his very own great-grandson, named Isamu.

Five generations living together under one roof.

[END OF BOOK]

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