Chapter 470 - 470: World Harmony Comes in Handy

His gaze settled squarely on Daemon and EIDA.

Tonbo Tobitake spoke calmly, "Is your target... me?"

As he spoke, a shield and a blade materialized in his hands.

Daemon giggled wickedly. Glancing disdainfully at the shield, he mocked, "That's right. Our goal is to grab those two brats, then use them to strike a trade with you."

He made no attempt to conceal their intentions whatsoever.

EIDA's eyes flashed with a subtle glint as her ability flared into motion.

Tonbo was about to speak again when he felt a faint ripple probing at his spirit. He lifted his head to shoot EIDA a brief glance. "You were the one trying to pry into my mind earlier. Impressive ability. But I'm a married man—your charm won't work on me."

It wasn't merely ineffective; his Heart of Steel ability had evolved to a point where it could completely deflect any divine technique aimed at altering the mind.

Over these past few years, he hadn't spent his time solely developing Executive Enforcement and Future Sealing.

Besides, an ability like charm was entirely useless against anyone carrying processed Otsutsuki data.

His Heart of Steel utilized the core mechanism of the Otsutsuki Karma to form an impenetrable barrier—rendering her influence completely moot.

In other words, the protective mechanism he had originally built to prevent mind alteration now rendered all Otsutsuki divine mental techniques completely useless against him.

"He really is a dangerous one, just as Dr. Amado warned," EIDA murmured, her brow furrowing deeply.

Daemon chimed in, "The guy is definitely a pain, but up against the two of us, he's as good as dead."

They were currently the strongest combatants in all of Kara—especially when facing opponents who weren't Otsutsuki, or even vessels holding an Otsutsuki's Karma.

Tonbo's eyes narrowed slightly. "Very well. Instant Open!"

He wasted no more words. These two had been hypothetical enemies in his tactical models for a long time.

He couldn't afford the slightest carelessness.

Especially when it remained uncertain whether standard ninjutsu could directly override divine techniques.

BOOM!

In a flash of blinding light, Tonbo vanished from his spot and reappeared right in front of the pair, delivering a cold, sweeping slash with his blade.

The cold edge of the blade gleamed dangerously.

Suddenly—

A smirk broke across Daemon's childish face.

BANG!

Tonbo was blown straight backward through the air as a massive, gashing wound tore open across his chest.

"Hahaha! Anyone who directs intent to kill at me gets it reflected back on them the second they try to move! You've already lost!"

Seeing his ability take effect instantly, Daemon laughed coldly.

He's no different from those two earlier. I have no idea why Amado keeps insisting this guy is so dangerous.

EIDA warned, "Careful, Daemon! My Senrigan only took a single peek at him last time and I nearly died! I only recovered thanks to Amado—don't lower your guard!"

Her Senrigan possessed the capability to observe events happening anywhere across the Shinobi World.

However, when she was once instructed by Amado to observe Tonbo Tobitake—one of Konoha's absolute top combat assets—a staggering flood of raw data slammed directly into her mind.

Her brain had been fried and destroyed in a fraction of a second.

Fortunately, her Omnipotence kicked in at the final instant to preserve her life force.

Even so, she had hovered on the brink of death until Amado managed to restore her.

Because of that, she knew Amado's caution was entirely justified—the man's abilities were truly horrifyingly broken.

"How dangerous could he possibly be? As long as he harbors killing intent toward me, it's impossible for him to win. Besides, my taijutsu isn't just for show either," Daemon scoffed, completely unfazed.

Yet no sooner had the words left his mouth than a massive, agonizing wound suddenly tore open across his own chest with a sickening squelch.

It was identical in every way to the wound that had just appeared on Tonbo.

"How... How is this possible?!" Daemon stared down at the gashing wound on his chest, utterly bewildered.

EIDA's eyes snapped toward Tonbo Tobitake in an instant.

...

Off in the distance, Keigo Tobitake gasped in shock when he saw his father suffer immediate reflected damage.

The opponent's ability was terrifying—a completely passive, absolute rule.

The moment killing intent was harbored, an invisible force would reflect the blow right back.

Yet in the very next second, the situation reversed completely: a severe wound erupted across the enemy's chest, while his father's wound healed right up.

His eyes locked onto the shield in his father's hand.

"That's the World Shield—a ninja tool crafted from the Divine Tree! Dad used it in experiments before... I almost forgot! I see now, Dad was prepared for this all along. That's incredible!"

Keigo cheered in his mind.

As expected of his father—always ten steps ahead.

To have devised a hard counter to such a broken enemy ability so far in advance...

Sometimes he genuinely wanted to slice open his dad's brain to see if he possessed a foresight ability of his own.

They had spent so much time secretly developing countermeasures against future-seeing abilities.

As it turned out, his father was just as ridiculous.

Saitama cheered, "Go, Dad! Go, Dad!"

He raised both hands, waving and cheering for Tonbo Tobitake.

Keigo was completely speechless. "You're nineteen years old now, can you act a little mature? You're marrying Mirai next year!"

The moment Saitama heard Mirai's name, he froze on the spot. "Marrying... That's good."

A faint blush dusted his cheeks.

Evidently, despite his simple mind, he possessed a clear concept of what marriage meant.

...

Tonbo Tobitake looked down at the shield in his grip. A deep slice mark appeared on its surface, only to fade away and vanish a second later.

It worked.

A nature transformation developed by harnessing the forces of fortune and misfortune within the world.

With this in hand, he shifted his gaze toward Daemon.

This makes things simple.

With a single thought, the accumulated killing intent from countless past battles flooded his mind, locking directly onto the dazed Daemon and EIDA.

The instant his intent to kill surfaced, an invisible force slammed violently into Tonbo's body.

Numerous wounds erupted out of thin air across his physical form, growing increasingly severe by the second.

As his killing intent escalated, the reflected damage grew exponentially heavier.

Yet notably, no fatal brain-shattering injury manifested.

So their ability has its limits after all.

"Yin Style: World Harmony!"

The ability activated!

An invisible scale materialized in the sky above, instantly balancing the scales of existence between himself and Daemon.

Immediately after, identical wounds erupted across Daemon's body.

Meanwhile, a barrage of scratches continuously flashed across the World Shield in Tonbo's hand, vanishing just as quickly as they appeared.

Tonbo redirected all incoming self-inflicted damage straight into the World Shield.

Daemon, lacking any such damage-redirection capability, was instantly covered in agonizing, deep lacerations.

"AAAAAGH!"

Daemon let out a bloodcurdling scream as wounds tore open across his body without pause.

A look of sheer, uncontrollable horror—something he had never once felt in his entire life—washed across his face.

This was an experience he had never encountered since the day he was created.

"Brother!" EIDA's expression turned to pure horror.

What kind of technique is this?!

Does he possess a divine technique too?!

She watched as Tonbo suffered injuries, only for the reflected damage to bounce back to Daemon while Tonbo's own wounds vanished into thin air.

Curse it! Inflicting damage on him deals equal damage back to himself, but he's transferring his own damage straight into that shield! This is bad—I can't let him attack directly, I have to force him to let go of that shield!

EIDA realized the dire nature of the situation in an instant.

Observing the dynamic of the shield, she deduced that Tonbo had deciphered Daemon's ability in a single glance and formulated an absolute counter strategy on the spot.

He truly was the monstrously cautious adversary Dr. Amado had warned them about.

SWISH!

Acting on her realization, EIDA materialized directly above Tonbo Tobitake, bringing a ferocious fist crashing down toward him!

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