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Hatake Kuroshi's figure flashed through the air, then suddenly descended from the sky.
"Whoa! Did I miss anything~?!"
The flippant voice sounded beside Obito's ear. Hatake Kuroshi very cordially draped an arm over the shoulder of Obito, who was standing still.
Well, 'draped' was an overstatement; it was more like resting his hand lightly on Obito's shoulder.
Obito almost instinctively phased himself. However, Hatake Kuroshi seemed deliberate, placing his hand on his shoulder just for show.
Who is this guy?!
Obito instantly used Kamui to create a small distance between himself and this person beside him.
A bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
Judging by Hatake Kuroshi's actions, he seemed to already know about his phasing ability!
"Have you met me before?"
Obito asked, his voice somewhat grim.
While speaking, Obito's actions didn't stop. Wooden spikes rapidly grew from his palm, attacking straight towards Hatake Kuroshi's position.
"Eh—Haven't we only met a few days ago?"
"Your memory is really too poor~"
Hatake Kuroshi's annoying voice sounded out. Immediately after, his figure vanished swiftly from the spot, leaving not even a trace of aura to be caught.
Obito alertly scanned his surroundings. This guy might very well be the same type as him, a user of space-time ninjutsu.
This kind of ability was hard to deal with if specific information couldn't be gathered.
The brow behind Obito's mask couldn't help but furrow slightly. The surrounding chakra presence was extremely chaotic.
After all, there is one Tailed Beast causing interference here.
But he shouldn't be completely unable to sense this person's chakra either.
Obito's Sharingan moved, quickly identifying and searching for moving chakra nearby.
He did indeed find this person somewhat familiar, but that was merely because Hatake Kuroshi's spiky silver hair bore some resemblance to Kakashi's.
But whether this nasty personality or the strange ninjutsu, neither matched Kakashi in the slightest.
Besides that, the techniques, move by move, as well as the slender figure, gave Obito an indescribable sense of familiarity.
The only certainty was, this eye-patch-covered face was definitely one he had never seen before!
"Don't show such a confused expression!"
"As if I'm making things difficult for you~"
Hatake Kuroshi's flippant voice sounded again. Immediately after, a long leg suddenly descended from the sky, kicking straight towards Obito, who was alertly watching his surroundings below.
Obito instantly phased his body, one eye warily watching Hatake Kuroshi.
This guy has no chakra flow whatsoever.
Obito's memories instantly connected. The person from the night Itachi asked him to assist with the massacre!
The guy wearing the ridiculous cat mask!
Back then, Obito had tried to use Sharingan Genjutsu on this guy, but behind the mask was just a black cloth, thus failing.
Looking now, wasn't this person's attire exactly the same as that strange person back then!?
Despite having no chakra flow, still able to use strange ninjutsu, and the guy who knew about Rin.
".~You're the person from that night."
Didn't expect this guy to have actually left Konoha!
Obito secretly gritted his teeth. This person really couldn't stay quiet wherever he went, even coming to Kirigakure to stir up such big trouble.
Leaving this person alive is undoubtedly a threat to him!
"Correct~!"
Accompanying Hatake Kuroshi's cheerful voice, a continuous stream of pale blue aura emerged from his palm.
Instantly spreading across the surrounding earth chunks scattered by Yagura's bombardment, the floating chunks all rushed straight towards Obito.
As expected, this move again!
Obito frowned slightly, facing the chunks closing in from all directions, and shouted in a low voice.
"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!"
The space around Kamui continuously spun rapidly, twisting into a vortex shape, bringing forth gusts of violent wind.
Obito placed his fingers against his mouth and took a sharp step backward.
Raging flames instantly blew out along the vortex-shaped gale. For a moment, the night sky was illuminated brightly by the vast expanse of fire.
The earth chunks converging towards Obito were instantly blasted away!
With a flash of an afterimage, Hatake Kuroshi's figure had long vanished without a trace beneath the firelight.
"Crap!"
Obito heard a sudden sound of wind breaking behind him. When Kamui absorbs or releases objects, he himself cannot phase.
This guy's movement speed is too fast!
Obito's heart jolted; he immediately turned his head.
Hatake Kuroshi's smile was almost right in front of him. With a light tap, one finger pointed directly onto Obito's mask.
Can't dodge!
Obito's pupils instantly constricted slightly; the cheek hidden behind the mask stiffened.
Hatake Kuroshi moved his mouth, speaking softly as if in mockery.
"Aka." (Red.)
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Obito's spirit instantly tensed to the extreme.
He didn't know what this Red' was, but being spoken to face-to-face by this person, almost every word felt like a death prophecy.
However, the dark red swirling energy didn't form at Hatake Kuroshi's fingertip.
"Oops, failed!"
The eyes behind Hatake Kuroshi's eye patch blinked innocently; the smile on his face instantly became playful.
Before Obito could react, BANG.
Hatake Kuroshi directly retracted the finger previously pressed against the mask and delivered a heavy punch squarely onto the mask on Obito's face.
Hah?!
Obito hadn't expected this guy's fatal blow to be just a solid punch.
Although the power of this guy's punch was also quite terrifying, that was it?
Obito was sent flying backward by the punch, somewhat raggedly lowering his body, widening his stance, and barely stabilizing himself not far away.
Crack! A crisp sound.
The moment Obito stabilized, a crack instantly appeared on the mask on his face.
A corner of the mask near his eye instantly broke off, completely exposing his Sharingan.
Obito hesitated, touching the cracked part of his mask, his heart filled with terror.
"What...!"
Only exchanged blows twice!?
This guy could already crack his mask?
If Hatake Kuroshi had put more force into that punch just now, Obito really didn't know if his mask could have held.
Obito always advocated for quick battles; his Kamui only lasted five minutes.
He had already wasted considerable time coming here earlier. If he delayed further, he might really get trapped by this guy.
But clearly, this Hatake Kuroshi fellow wasn't an opponent that could be dealt with quickly.
Even more so, whether expression or attitude, this guy showed absolutely no intention of getting serious.
That feint punch just now—Obito could still tell it was meant to mock him.
Obito subtly pursed his lips. Coming here this time, he lost a puppet Mizukage and the Three-Tails along with it.
This was too much of a loss no matter how he thought about it.
But unfortunately, he just couldn't beat this guy. He didn't seem to have any chance of victory whatsoever.
Before this, Obito had never developed such thoughts about anyone.
"What are you doing here? Isn't Konoha enough for you to cause trouble?"
Obito directly gave up using ninjutsu against Hatake Kuroshi, holding a kunai and charging straight forward.
Within the time limit Kamui could be used, he needed to obtain as much information about Hatake Kuroshi as possible.
Only by sufficiently understanding these abilities could Obito find a way to break his techniques.
"Staying in one place gets boring. I'm out relaxing, relaxing~"
Hatake Kuroshi kept his hands in his pockets, continuously dodging backward from Obito's forward-leaning attacks, then lightly tapped the ground with his foot and kicked at Obito's wrist.
However, he still hit empty air.
Obito reversed his grip and threw the kunai straight towards Hatake Kuroshi.
With a flash of an afterimage, Hatake Kuroshi's figure vanished from the spot.
Obito abruptly looked up, seeing this guy reveal a smile with a trace of blood at the corner of his lips.
A bitten thumb pressed directly onto a scroll.
Well, this kind of thing could be used at this time.
Although just to distract—
Hatake Kuroshi abruptly flung the scroll in his hand downwards; clattering tools rained down all at once.
Kunai with exploding tags and various shuriken scattered down like they were free.
Obito abruptly looked up, eyes fixed on the mass of tools above.
The surrounding space began to spin again; the tools spun rapidly in a vortex.
As long as these things are transferred into the Kamui dimension, it's fine!
Just as Obito moved, he suddenly saw a small red sphere rotating behind the numerous tools.
"BOOM—!!!!"
Hatake Kuroshi leaned forward in mid-air and used Red'.
Unlike hitting the Tailed Beast Bomb earlier, which caused a shockwave, this Red' instantly punched into the ground.
The surroundings immediately shook violently. The scattered tools, along with Obito's arm left behind after being instantly pierced through, fell directly into the deep pit.
Hatake Kuroshi looked thoughtfully at his fingers, then at the almost bottomless large pit in the ground.
With this kind of large-scale AoE, it's really hard to tell if the enemy is actually dead.
But judging by now, he should have already taken the opportunity to leave using Kamui.
Hatake Kuroshi could no longer sense Obito's presence within a certain range using the Six Eyes.
Hatake Kuroshi rubbed his chin thoughtfully. Yagura Karatachi's situation could no longer be controlled by Obito.
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