Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20161215125344/@comment-25122992-20161217120716

It doesn't matter if Toneri is faster or not, since it's the sword which was going to strike Naruto, not Toneri himself. Toneri was floating in one place while using the technique. On a side note, Toneri has just shown he could keep up with NTCM Naruto in terms of speed, but there's no proof he was faster.