"Takakura!"
Arriving just a moment too late, Uchiha Shisui slashed his short blade at Uchiha Obito in a fury.
The one who had been killed was named Tsukigami Takakura, an elite jōnin from the Tsukigami clan.
Though they had all known this mission was extremely dangerous, with a high probability of casualties, no one had expected a comrade to fall so soon.
"Heh..."
Obito stepped back to dodge the blade, completely ignoring the furious glares from the others. With a cold chuckle, he sank into the ground.
"He has to materialize to attack! Pair up—support each other!"
A man with pineapple-shaped hair shouted loudly.
He was a member of the Nara clan.
Known for their high intelligence and tactical minds, the Nara clan preferred to outthink their enemies. The moment Obito dodged Shisui's attack, the Nara had noticed and quickly deduced that Obito's intangibility deactivates when he attacks.
Buzz—
Obito reappeared silently behind one of them, a sharp tree branch in hand, aiming for a surprise kill.
But just then, the shinobi next to the target quickly moved to assist.
Whoosh—
A kunai was swiftly drawn and thrown, flying straight at Obito.
If Obito continued his attack, he would be struck by the kunai.
Buzz—
Obito turned intangible once more and gave up the attack.
"They noticed already?"
He paused, the surprise evident in his eyes.
He hadn't expected the weakness of having to materialize to be discovered so quickly.
"As expected from a team made entirely of elite jōnin... they're experienced."
Still, he remained calm.
Even though they'd figured out his vulnerability, it didn't mean they could counter it.
As long as he stayed in his Kamui intangibility state, none of their attacks could touch him.
"Wood Style: Hell's Thorns."
Forming hand seals, Obito summoned tree after tree of thorn-covered wood from the ground. They twisted and grew upward, attacking the eleven shinobi at high speed.
Their expressions changed as they quickly tried to evade.
But the wooden thorns appeared too suddenly and struck too swiftly.
"Shhk—"
An elite jōnin from the Sarutobi clan failed to dodge in time. A sharp thorn impaled him, lifting him into the air.
A massive hole gaped in his torso, and blood streamed down the branch.
He vomited a mouthful of blood and viscera before his body went limp.
Another casualty on Konoha's side—only ten remained.
"Damn it!"
Another comrade dead. Shisui's face twisted in rage.
His eyes had already transformed into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Though he didn't possess Hashirama cells, unlike most Mangekyō users, he wasn't limited to using Kotoamatsukami once every decade.
But every attempt to use Kotoamatsukami so far had failed.
Obito was too cautious—he stayed intangible most of the time, leaving Shisui no opportunity to cast it.
"I'll tie him down—support me from the flanks!"
Activating his personal version of the Body Flicker Technique, Shisui's silhouette multiplied.
Each clone was simultaneously real and illusory, surrounding Obito from all directions.
Buzz—
Obito didn't engage Shisui. Instead, he sank into the earth again to avoid him.
Compared to the Mangekyō-level Shisui, the others were clearly weaker and easier to kill.
Clatter—
When Obito surfaced again, he held a metal chain in his hand.
In a ghostly blur, he passed through one shinobi, then materialized the moment they crossed paths and whipped the chain.
The target was instantly entangled and pulled toward him.
"Shhk—"
A sharp wooden spike grew from Obito's other hand and pierced straight through the target's heart.
Another Konoha ninja down—only nine remained.
Ignoring Shisui, who was charging toward him again, Obito disappeared into the earth and crept toward his next target.
Shhk. Shhk. Shhk!
It became a one-sided slaughter.
Everyone except Shisui was eliminated one after another.
Half an hour later, the battlefield was littered with corpses, each slain in a different, gruesome way.
It had been a brutal, devastating battle. Of the twelve elite jōnin, only Uchiha Shisui remained alive.
"Now it's your turn."
Obito looked toward Shisui, the single Sharingan exposed from beneath his mask glowing blood-red. A cold smirk played on his lips.
"You deserve to die."
Shisui's own blood-red Mangekyō flared in rage, his expression twisted, teeth clenched so tightly his words squeezed out through them.
One by one, his comrades had been butchered before his eyes. His fury erupted like a volcano.
"Shisui-ryū: Body Flicker Technique!"
Over a dozen identical copies of Shisui radiating murderous intent surged toward Obito.
"Fire Style: Exploding Wind Maelstrom!"
Using Kamui, Obito warped the space around him, summoning a fierce whirlwind.
From his mouth, a massive serpent of fire erupted, swept up by the wind.
A spiraling firestorm spread out in all directions, attacking at high speed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
One after another, the Shisui clones failed to dodge and were engulfed by the flames, vanishing in the blaze.
When the firestorm faded, the surrounding trees had been reduced to charcoal. The earth had become scorched black.
Standing at the center of the scorched crater, Obito looked in a new direction.
There, a massive, glowing green skeletal figure—Susanoo—stood tall.
Shisui stood within the Susanoo, tears of blood flowing from his eyes.
Swish, swish, swish!
Susanoo's chest opened, unleashing a barrage of green chakra arrows toward Obito.
Boom, boom, boom!
The ground beneath Obito was blasted into a deep crater—but he remained completely unharmed.
"It's useless. Your attacks can't touch me. But I can touch you."
He looked at Shisui with contempt. With Kamui, he had been invincible from the start.
Whoosh—
In a flash, he moved toward the Susanoo.
Boom!
One of Susanoo's giant hands slammed down, shattering the ground and sending debris flying.
But Obito was unaffected, passing straight through Susanoo's defense and entering its interior.
"Release—!"
Seeing his defense was futile, Shisui released Susanoo, and the two began a fierce close-range battle.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Devastating jutsu erupted from both sides, reducing the area to rubble.
After a long, grueling clash—
"Shhk!"
A twisting tree thorn pierced through Shisui's body.
A massive hole opened in his chest. Blood and organs poured out of his mouth as he was impaled and left hanging from the tree.
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