"It seems I succeeded, hahahaha!"
Nagato, panting and sweating, couldn't stop laughing.
He seemed even happier than Bai Mo.
"It certainly succeeded."
After landing, Bai Mo sat on the ground and gave a wry smile.
The Natural Energy in his body was completely depleted, and now every cell was thirstily absorbing the surrounding Natural Energy.
All abilities are divided into active and passive.
Passive abilities are like locked-on techniques; in most cases, their effects cannot be controlled by the user.
Because they cannot be altered to suit the environment or battle, it's easy for an opponent to gather intelligence and then exploit them.
But similarly, one doesn't have to worry about being unable to use an ability before being instantly killed.
For example.
No matter how powerful the Ōtsutsuki Clan was during the Boruto era, there was still an insurmountable gap between them and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya after she ate the fruit.
That was the passive immunity to all ninjutsu damage.
This ability was also seen in Six Paths Madara and Six Paths Obito.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan's ninjutsu absorption, and the simple Rinnegan's ninjutsu absorption, all require active use.
Madara could deliberately choose not to use it, allowing himself to be hit in the chest by Dust Release, letting the Five Kage admire the face of his "beloved" Hashirama.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was also injured by a regular Rasengan because Naruto's Baryon Mode overwhelmed him.
This means that no matter how powerful an actively used ability is, it still requires corresponding battle awareness.
Otherwise, it would be like Shisui's Kotoamatsukami against Danzo, where a sneak attack to gouge out an eye was an instant kill.
Bai Mo's Time Deletion and the derived Future Sight both require active use, and Bai Mo was very clear about this.
And Bai Mo had just used it.
He specifically confirmed that Shinra Tensei would not injure him or awaken his ability.
Then he turned it off.
He didn't expect Nagato to suddenly get excited and unleash a Planetary Devastation.
Bai Mo had previously said that he originally planned to have Itachi help him with the experiment, precisely because his Natural Energy was running low and had only replenished during the journey back.
Taking his first awakening of Crimson King (Time Deletion) as an example, and adding Epitaph (Future Sight) to see the result, Bai Mo confirmed that he had enough Natural Energy, but only lacked the power of the Rinnegan.
This was not a problem.
He could just make a trip to Iwagakure first, continuing to accumulate Natural Energy along the way.
Anyway, further strengthening Time Deletion wouldn't have much meaning, and the Natural Energy required would gradually increase.
— For high-speed combat, Epitaph's optimal effect time is between ten and thirty seconds into the future.
After all, viewing future scenes itself also consumes time.
He should save all his Natural Energy for awakening new abilities next.
But he didn't expect Nagato to desperately "help" him.
If he had enough Natural Energy, Bai Mo wouldn't refuse Nagato's life-risking companionship.
The problem was he didn't have enough!
Under Shinra Tensei, as long as Nagato didn't go crazy and use Almighty Push, it would have been completely sufficient.
Planetary Devastation, however, was a complete qualitative change.
Fortunately, Bai Mo's ability awakening requirements were not strict.
If the initial consumption is high, then the initial strength is high.
Now that the initial consumption is low, the initial strength of the ability is lower, and he'll have to slowly strengthen it with Natural Energy later.
Just now, Bai Mo simultaneously relaxed his entire body to replenish Natural Energy and focused all his power into one point, finally awakening the ability.
—
After resting on the ground for a moment, Bai Mo stood up, then floated up under Nagato's gaze.
"This is it, gravity control. The range is still a bit small right now. I'll call this ability — New Moon."
Bai Mo named his abilities with JoJo's Stand abilities as a reference, but there were still differences in specific situations.
First, Bai Mo does not have a tangible Stand similar to "Limbo."
Second, the two are only similar in ability; there might be subtle differences that require in-depth research to discover.
Third, flesh-and-blood Stand users can easily use terrifying-level Stands without any substantial consumption, at most what is called spiritual energy, but Bai Mo uses any ability, it requires energy consumption.
Fourth, the precision of any ability will increase with Bai Mo's proficiency, and its duration will increase with Bai Mo's Natural Energy reserves; there is no fixed value.
"New Moon, huh? It's quite fitting. Legend has it that the Sage of Six Paths used Planetary Devastation to create the moon."
Nagato listened to Bai Mo describe the ability and smiled with relief, knowing his efforts weren't in vain.
For Nagato, the Rinnegan was not only a "gift" but also a burden.
The divine power of gravity, now appearing on another companion with his help, made Nagato feel much lighter.
"So, how did the core of the Planetary Devastation disappear just now?"
Konan was curious.
"The core was right in front of me. I touched it, reversed its gravity, and it disappeared."
Bai Mo picked up a stone, activated New Moon, and the stone instantly shattered, then strangely reassembled.
The original interior of the stone had completely inverted to become the outer layer.
"Amazing. If used on a person..."
Konan praised without reservation.
"It's alright, it wouldn't work on you, Sister Konan."
Bai Mo threw away the stone and smiled.
"Me?"
Konan blinked, thought for a moment, and tapped her chin. "Even if I activate Dance of the Shikigami, if gravity were reversed, wouldn't I be torn apart?"
Konan's paper transformation was terrifying.
It was similar to elementalization.
It belonged to the level that was immune to most damage in the ninja world.
What limited Konan was her own chakra reserves.
Unless her chakra was completely depleted, it was difficult for her to be injured.
Not many people knew this.
"You just need to turn the attacked area into a Möbius strip."
"What strip?"
"...Come closer."
Upon hearing Bai Mo's request, sheets of paper appeared on Konan's smooth cheeks, and she entered her Dance of the Shikigami state.
It was a pity that Konan had no connection to the Ōtsutsuki Clan; otherwise, Bai Mo would have wanted to try if this "angel" could help him awaken "Heaven's Door."
"Like this."
Bai Mo peeled off a few pieces of paper from Konan and formed a Möbius strip in the air.
"Because it only has one surface, it doesn't matter how many times gravity is reversed."
Bai Mo even thoughtfully explained.
Konan's expression was a bit dazed. She slowly extended her hand and reached for the paper ring.
Bai Mo had so easily told her the weakness of his ability?
And it seemed only she could achieve this counter effect.
While Konan was lost in thought, Bai Mo came before Nagato.
"Nagato, do you still harbor hatred for Konoha?"
Bai Mo asked a question.
"Hmm?"
Nagato didn't expect Bai Mo to ask this.
After a few seconds of hesitation, Nagato replied, "Is the strategist trying to say something on behalf of Konoha? My personal hatred has long dissipated, but my hatred dissipating is useless. People cannot understand each other; only by making them feel pain..."
"Stop."
Seeing Nagato about to launch into a long monologue, Bai Mo quickly called a halt.
"You misunderstood, I wasn't preparing to say anything for Konoha."
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