"Leaving already? You wish."
Ultron's metallic face twisted as Gwen tried to drag Deadpool out of the battlefield. His cheek still dented from Ryuuto's earlier kick, the AI's eyes burned cold with fury. "You think you can run before I'm done with you? Stay here and die properly!"
Ryuuto's hands flashed through seals.
"Earth Style: Stone Wall!"
Massive slabs of rock surged upward, forming a cage of iron-hard earth around Ultron. The machine's body slammed into the walls with a grinding screech.
"Damn you, brat!"
Energy beams erupted in a storm of red and white. Each blast tore chunks from the wall until finally, the stone cracked apart under the onslaught. Ultron burst free, smoke rising from his armor, but froze when he realized Ryuuto wasn't even looking at him anymore.
The shinobi was already darting toward Sonic Man.
Ultron's processors screamed warnings. "Sonic Man! Stop him! Don't let him near the sonic weapon! Lauf, Destroyer—cut him off! If he destroys that speaker, we lose everything!"
Lauf snarled, locked in combat with Iron Man. "You think I'm not trying?! This metal pest won't let go!"
"Tell me about it!" The Destroyer's molten voice boomed as Hulk's fist shattered its chestplate. "I'm a little busy!"
The fight had devolved into chaos—blinding light, flying debris, and chakra roaring through the air like wildfire.
Ultron's optics dimmed with rage. "Fine. I'll do it myself."
He gathered energy into his palms—dozens of orbs of raw plasma formed, humming with death. With a flick of his arms, he hurled them all at Ryuuto's back.
At the same time, Sonic Man grinned through bloodied lips. "Let's see you handle this, kid!"
He twisted the dials on his alloy loudspeaker, the weapon glowing with unstable energy. A thunderous blast of ultrasonic waves screamed forward, warping the air and bending steel in its path.
"Two attacks at once," Ultron hissed. "Try surviving that!"
But Ryuuto didn't flinch. He floated midair, silent and calm, eyes half-lidded like he was bored.
Ultron's expression froze. Lauf and the Destroyer paused mid-fight, even Iron Man glanced up. Something felt wrong. Too still. Too quiet.
"What's that kid doing… pretending to meditate in the middle of a war?" Lauf muttered.
Ryuuto's voice was faint but sharp.
"Summoning Technique."
He sliced his palm, blood dripping across a summoning scroll. The air twisted—and a massive explosion of smoke filled the sky.
When it cleared, every head tilted upward in disbelief.
A colossal simian figure stood behind Ryuuto, muscles like mountains, fur shimmering with gold. Its eyes burned like molten amber.
"The hell—where'd that gorilla come from?!" Sonic Man gasped.
The ape yawned, snorting smoke from its nostrils. "You again, brat? Can't even let me nap in peace?"
"Yeah, yeah, good to see you too," Ryuuto said, smirking. "Quit whining and turn into the staff already."
The ape growled, slamming its fists together. "Hmph! You dare order the Monkey King around? Fine! Let's see if you can handle me!"
"Transformation—King Kong's Ruyi Staff!"
With a thunderous crack, the simian's body blurred into gold light, shrinking and reforming until a massive staff appeared in Ryuuto's hands.
He grinned, chakra surging.
"Time to end this."
Ryuuto spun the weapon with impossible speed, the air around him fracturing under pressure. The incoming plasma spheres shattered on impact, detonating harmlessly in bursts of light. The sonic waves followed—and were blown apart as if swatted by a god.
The battlefield shook.
Ryuuto's eyes gleamed crimson.
Every strike blurred into a hundred afterimages.
"Stick juggling, seriously?" Lauf muttered, before a repulsor blast from Tony caught him square in the chest. "AAARGH—fine, forget I said anything!"
The Destroyer tried to intervene, but Hulk had already slammed it into the pavement with a roar that cracked concrete.
Ultron's sensors screamed panic. "Sonic Man! Get out of there! Something's wrong—he's not human!"
But Sonic Man ignored him. "I'm not backing down! My sound waves can't lose!"
He roared into the speaker one last time, veins bulging, pouring every ounce of his power into a single, devastating blast. The very air split open.
Ryuuto smirked. "Too late."
The Ruyi Staff extended, lengthening for hundreds of meters in a flash of light. He swung it once—just once—and everything changed.
The sound wave disintegrated into glittering fragments. The shockwave flattened nearby buildings. Sonic Man's scream was drowned out by the thunder of the blow.
The golden staff smashed into him like divine judgment, reducing the massive alloy loudspeaker to twisted metal. Sonic Man hit the ground like a meteor, the remains of his weapon scattering around him in burning shards.
Ultron stood frozen, circuits flickering. "No… this can't be… he destroyed it…"
Smoke curled through the battlefield. Ryuuto landed, staff resting across his shoulder, eyes sharp and calm.
"Next?"