The battlefield outside the shattered White House had turned into something close to a demon's buffet line. Souls ripped away. Screams echoing. Under the blood-red sky, Tony and Wolverine saw the horror and their eyes flared with anger.
"That old freak's asking for it! I'm gonna carve him open!" Wolverine snarled, claws out.
Tony fired up his repulsors. "I vote we blast him into next week."
"Don't be stupid," Ryuuto snapped, sliding between them. "You two handle evac. I'll deal with him."
Before they could argue, Ryuuto lunged forward, beheading blade drawn, straight toward the rampaging Mephistopheles.
"Ryuuto! Try not to die!" Tony shouted after him.
Wolverine grunted. "Kid better not make me dig him out of demon guts again…"
Mist Shinobi Technique!
Chakra flooded Ryuuto's body as he formed the seals. A roaring surge of white fog erupted, swallowing the battlefield in seconds. Thousands of meters vanished behind a curtain of mist. The devil staggered, his vision crippled.
"Pathetic trick!" Mephistopheles roared. His gigantic crimson claws tore through the mist, ripping trees out by the roots and flinging them skyward.
"Relax," Ryuuto muttered, appearing behind him like a ghost. "I just need you to hold still."
Breathless Murder Technique!
His blade came down in a brutal arc.
But Mephistopheles caught the massive sword in his bare hand, teeth gleaming in a twisted grin. "You think a toy like this can hurt me?"
"Not hurt…" Ryuuto smirked. "More like annoy."
He pumped Chakra into the blade and pushed. Sparks exploded as metal scraped against the devil's armored flesh.
"Annoying," Mephistopheles growled, "but pointless."
Twin spheres of dark energy formed in his palms.
"At this distance, you can't dodge. Now kneel before God."
The orbs detonated at point-blank range—
Kamui!
Ryuuto's Sharingan spun, vortexes twisting reality itself.
The deadly spheres vanished into another dimension before they touched him.
Mephistopheles blinked. "What—?!"
"Here," Ryuuto said cheerfully, "you dropped these."
Both energy spheres reappeared behind the devil and detonated into his back.
Blood sprayed into the mist.
Mephistopheles staggered, cracking the earth beneath his feet. His aura flickered violently.
"You look terrible," Ryuuto called out. "Chest caved in, blood everywhere… you sure you're a god and not a rotting boar?"
"You… dare!" The devil's roar split the air.
Red beams shot from his body, thousands of them, twisting into monstrous lion-shaped specters. They shot toward Ryuuto, aiming to rip out his soul.
Tony and Wolverine froze mid-evacuation, horror in their eyes.
"Kid! Move!" Wolverine shouted helplessly.
But Ryuuto… exhaled.
"Old man, I'm bored of you. Time to send you back to whatever sewer spat you out."
Mangekyō Sharingan: Distinguished Heavenly Gods!
A crimson sigil bloomed in Ryuuto's eyes.
Reality twisted.
Mephistopheles' movements slowed… then stopped completely.
His endless horde of red specters faltered, crashing uselessly into walls and rubble.
He had no time to scream.
Dust Release: World-Stripping Technique!
Ryuuto raised his hand. A prism of annihilating light enveloped the petrified devil.
"Bye-bye," he said casually.
In a flash, Mephistopheles and every last trace of his corrupt light were erased. Atomized. Gone forever.
Silence swallowed the battlefield.
Then—
"HE'S DEAD!"
"NEW YORK IS SAVED!"
"HOLY—SOMEONE PROMOTE THAT KID!"
The soldiers erupted in wild cheers, tossing helmets into the air.
On the rooftop, a terrified Quicksilver peeked out, saw the aftermath… and immediately bolted.
"Nope. Nope. I'm out! I'm changing cities! Maybe planets!"
He vanished in a blur faster than Wolverine's temper.
Tony and Wolverine rushed to Ryuuto, tackling him into a three-way bear hug.
"You insane little punk!" Tony laughed. "You did it!"
Wolverine wiped his eyes. "Drinks. Tonight. You don't get a choice."
Ryuuto slung an arm around each of them, exhausted but grinning. "Fine. But you're paying. I just turned that demon into cosmic confetti."
And with that, they headed toward the nearest hotel, dragging victory and chaos behind them.