𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 : 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐩

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𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘚 | ɪɴᴛᴇʀ-ɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 4

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As Goro sprinted toward Moon, dodging the myriad bikes hurtling past him, he analyzed the situation more carefully.

He noticed that one of the bikes, speeding straight toward him, passed through without harm.

Goro (thinking): "So only bikes with the sure-hit effect can deal damage. The others are just decoys. I need to disable this effect to gain the upper hand."

"All I have to do right now is,"

𝟏. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭.

𝟐. 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫.

𝟑. 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.

He increased his speed, heading straight for Moon.

She continued to ride, weaving across the interconnected roads, unbothered by his approach.

Goro swung his staff at a bike, only to have it explode on impact, knocking him back a few steps.

Goro: "𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰? 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭. As if this wasn't difficult enough."

His mind raced, trying to piece together the barrier's structure.

He realized that only a few bikes possessed the sure-hit ability-one of them undoubtedly being the one Moon was riding.

Before he could pursue further, a booming voice echoed across the sky, reverberating throughout the entire Peakwest and Peakeast.

𝙑𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚: "𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡... 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚!

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙎𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙, 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡!"

The voice faded, leaving an eerie silence in its wake.

Moon (thinking): "Everyone is watching...

"𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣!"

A sudden, vibrant aura burst from Moon, her body glowing purple.

The barrier expanded, extending the roads and increasing the complexity of the environment.

Goro: "𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳?! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴...