Kakashi's pupil contracted slightly as he immediately pulled up the detailed information on the card.
[A-Rank: Uzumaki Boruto (Momoshiki Manifestation)]
[Quality: A-Rank (Upgradeable)]
[Effect: Partial Ōtsutsuki Physique Bonus, Chakra Capacity +100%, Agility +500, All-Element Ninjutsu Power +50%]
(Note: This is a permanent passive bonus that takes effect immediately upon equipping.)
[Exclusive Abilities]
(Note: While the host remains conscious, none of the following abilities can be actively used.
They are only triggered when the "Ōtsutsuki Combat Instinct" attached to the card takes over the body after the host completely loses consciousness or falls into a coma due to total Chakra exhaustion.)
1. Karma: Absorption and Release
A mysterious mark on the right palm.
Can instantly absorb Chakra-based Ninjutsu and release it as a counterattack with amplified power.
(Note: Cannot absorb attacks exceeding the host's current maximum Chakra capacity; cannot absorb pure Taijutsu or natural substances not fused with Chakra.)
2. Ōtsutsuki Levitation
Grants free flight, completely ignoring gravity without additional Chakra consumption.
3. Byakugan (Single Eye)
The right eye transforms into a pure Ōtsutsuki Byakugan, providing near-360-degree vision, X-ray sight, and the ability to see Chakra pathways and pressure points.
4. Massive Rasengan
Under extreme Chakra amplification, instantly forms a gigantic Rasengan with terrifying destructive power using one hand.
[Description: The "Vessel" of Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki.]
When the host is conscious, this card functions purely as a massive enhancement.
Once the host loses consciousness, however, the body sheds its human limitations and displays the cold, domineering combat instincts of an interstellar predator.
[Extreme Danger Warning]
If the host enters a coma and allows the combat instinct to take over too frequently, or for too long at a time, the host's original consciousness will suffer irreversible erosion.
Once erosion reaches 100%, the host will completely lose their self and become a slaughter puppet controlled entirely by the Ōtsutsuki instinct.
"Hiss—"
After reading the card's full description, Kakashi couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath, the corner of his mouth twitching violently.
"System… are you screwing with me?"
At first glance, the abilities were dazzling to the extreme.
Karma's absorption and release was practically tailor-made for high-level Ninjutsu clashes.
The Byakugan paired with his own Sharingan pushed his perception to an absurd level.
And the ability to ignore gravity altogether…
But the moment he noticed the red warning text in parentheses, his mood sank straight to the bottom.
"I have to lose consciousness to use the exclusive abilities?" Kakashi pressed his fingers to his temple.
"So basically, I either get beaten half to death or drain all my Chakra until I pass out before I can activate these god-tier skills?"
He couldn't help but mutter bitterly.
"What is this, a boss character with an automatic second-phase berserk mode?"
"I'm a perfectly respectable Konoha Jonin. Why do I suddenly feel like an unstable suicide weapon…?"
What made him truly speechless was the erosion warning.
"So if I can't win, I call in a substitute. But if I call it too many times, my consciousness gets deleted and my body gets hijacked?"
"You're really treating me like a disposable vessel for an Ōtsutsuki possession, huh?"
Despite all the complaints, Kakashi's gaze inevitably drifted back to the line of bold, eye-catching text at the top.
Chakra Capacity +100%. Agility +500. All-Element Ninjutsu Power +50%.
In a world where absolute power often crushed technique, these unconditional, always-active bonuses alone were enough to make anyone's heart race.
Suddenly, a bolt of realization struck him.
"Wait… doesn't that mean Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki's soul is already residing inside the current Boruto?"
"The update pace is way too fast!" Kakashi muttered.
"I haven't even finished enjoying 'Five Great Nations Brawl,' and we've already jumped straight into Stand-user territory?!"
He had originally planned to rely on the system to cruise comfortably through this era as a laid-back elite Jonin.
Instead, not only had Ōtsutsuki Urashiki dropped in uninvited, but Boruto—the so-called vessel—and Momoshiki inside him had been bundled together and thrown straight into this timeline.
At this point, the plot had completely gone off the leash.
"Whatever," Kakashi sighed. "When the sky falls, the tallest person holds it up… and it looks like that person is me now."
Despite his words, his actions were honest.
With a single thought—
"System. Unequip [A-rank – Zetsu]. Equip [A-Rank: Uzumaki Boruto (Momoshiki Manifestation)]."
Buzz—!
The instant the card filled the fourth slot, Kakashi felt the already vast Chakra within him surge violently once more.
A full 100% increase in Chakra capacity.
On top of that, the ×2 Team Bond bonus from Team 7, where all members had reached B-rank…
Boom!
The air around him visibly distorted as an overwhelming amount of Chakra erupted outward.
The warning barrier creaked under the sudden pressure, and dust on the floor was blown into the air by the invisible shockwave.
"This feeling…"
Kakashi clenched his teeth, forcibly suppressing the torrent of Chakra threatening to burst through his pathways.
His current Chakra reserves had likely surpassed Naruto without the Nine-Tails, reaching a level that could only be described as monstrous.
Immediately afterward, a sharp, burning pain flared in his right palm.
Looking down, Kakashi saw a black, diamond-shaped mark faintly emerging on his skin.
The mark pulsed as if alive, then slowly sank back beneath the surface, disappearing as though it had never been there.
Kakashi closed his eye.
Deep within his consciousness, he could clearly sense something lurking.
Like a beast chained at the bottom of an abyss, it stared back at him with cold, emotionless eyes—
waiting patiently for the moment its "master" lost consciousness, so it could tear free and seize control.
"…Whew."
Kakashi opened his eye again, forcefully suppressing the faint tremor in his heart.
He shifted his body slightly, testing the permanent bonuses provided by the card.
Swish!
With nothing more than a casual step, his figure vanished from where he stood and reappeared beside the window in an instant.
"So fast…"
He glanced back at his original position, shock flickering through his gaze.
His current speed already carried the faint shadow of the Yellow Flash.
Combined with Kamui and Chidori, he would become an absolute nightmare on the battlefield.
Raising his hand, Kakashi condensed a trace of Lightning Release Chakra at his fingertips.
What should have been an ordinary arc of electricity now emitted a piercing shriek under the boost of All-Element Ninjutsu Power +50%, the blinding light making it impossible to look at directly.
Feeling the seemingly endless Chakra within his body—and the extreme lightness of his movements—Kakashi slowly clenched his fist.
"These stats are just absurd…"
With this powerful yet dangerously double-edged trump card in his grasp, layered atop his already monstrous baseline strength, Kakashi finally felt true confidence.
Confidence enough to overturn the entire chessboard.