Chapter 33: Believe It or Not, I'll Chop Up Samehada and Feed It to the Dogs!
"Bastard!"
The mysterious masked man ignored the pain from the explosions, looked at Uehara Naraka in the air, and slowly brought his fingers together, "I must use Izanagi... I absolutely have to kill everyone present!"
The mysterious masked man felt somewhat fortunate that he and Uchiha Itachi had participated in the clan annihilation operation, collecting enough three-tomoe Sharingan from the Uchiha clan to serve as consumables for using Izanagi.
By using Izanagi, he could convert all damage received into a dreamscape, and since he himself was an Uchiha clansman, the duration benefit of Izanagi would be maximized.
"Once your one hundred million exploding tags have all detonated, that will be the time of your death, kid!"
The firelight and sound from the exploding tags attracted the attention of others in the mountain forest, such as the girl Hanare, and the Mist ninjas pursuing Kakashi.
After seeing Kakashi Hatake, Hanare darted out of the dense forest, carried the heavily injured Kakashi on her back, and quickly fled the scene.
Uehara Naraka glanced in surprise at the departing strange girl, then grabbed Kisame Hoshigaki by the neck himself, took flight, and left the area with the shark-face in tow.
The exploding tags continued to roar.
The mask on the mysterious masked man's face completely fell off, revealing his true appearance. He ignored the damage from the exploding tags, just staring deadly at the retreating shadow in the sky, saying hoarsely, "Kid, you won't escape..."
"..."
After the Kirigakure Hunter-nin corps rushed out, they looked with some surprise at the man standing still, still being bombarded by exploding tags.
This man was a ruthless character!
But now, having failed to capture Kakashi Hatake and unable to rescue Captain Kisame Hoshigaki, the Hunter-nin corps decided to stay, planning to wait until the exploding tag bombardment ended, then take the man back to the village for interrogation.
After the continuous explosions of the Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags finally ended, the transplanted three-tomoe Sharingan in Uchiha Obito's left eye turned completely greyish-white.
Even with the guided summoning of the Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags, the bombing time for a hundred million tags was too short. Izanagi was easily sufficient to convert all the damage Uchiha Obito received during this period into a dreamscape.
It was precisely considering this point that Uehara Naraka disappeared from Uchiha Obito's sight; he wasn't absolutely confident he could defeat this guy yet.
Uchiha Obito scanned the remaining Mist ninjas. Amidst their surprised gazes, his body gradually dissipated on the spot... Just as the Mist ninjas were feeling puzzled, a hoarse, sharp shout startled them!
"Wood Release: Cutting Technique!"
Uchiha Obito's figure suddenly appeared behind a Mist ninja, a wood spike held in his hand plunging into the Mist ninja's heart.
One wood spike after another grew out from the Mist ninja's body, piercing through him!
Uchiha Obito casually pushed away the Mist ninja's corpse before him, eyed the other Mist ninjas, and another wood spike emerged from his palm... This group was just right for him to temporarily vent the pent-up anger in his heart!
Uchiha Obito felt as if he had returned to the past, back to the night Rin Nohara died in battle. That night, he was just as furious as now, slaughtering until blood flowed like a river!
Piercing screams echoed endlessly...
After the head of the last Mist Hunter-nin was twisted off, Uchiha Obito gradually regained his composure and began rethinking his next plans.
First, the crisis of his identity being exposed was all because of Kakashi Hatake. If Kakashi hadn't revealed his identity before passing out, Uehara Naraka couldn't possibly know he was Uchiha Obito...
So where did Kakashi Hatake find out he was Obito?
This question had to be investigated.
Obito didn't really believe Black Zetsu would reveal his information to Kakashi Hatake, because that offered no benefit to their plan.
This was even more terrifying.
If someone else had long seen through his identity, wouldn't they have been secretly seeing through all his plans? That was the biggest trouble.
Second, the crisis of his identity exposure had to be resolved quickly.
Of everyone present just now who learned his identity, Hanare and Uehara Naraka were on the must-kill list. But before killing Uehara Naraka, he had to find out from him why those exploding tags kept being summoned non-stop around him. Was that technique a killing move researched by Konan specifically against him?
As for how to counter those infinitely summoned exploding tags, Uchiha Obito already had a plan. As long as he wasn't tagged by an exploding tag locking onto his body, the near-death situation from before shouldn't occur again.
Besides Uehara and Hanare, there was also Kisame Hoshigaki.
However, Kisame always thought he was Uchiha Madara. He could probe him a bit later. If Kisame Hoshigaki was still loyal to him, he could be kept alive.
As for that troublemaker Kakashi Hatake, he definitely couldn't be killed yet, because he still needed to find out from him who revealed the information...
The last question: if his identity was completely exposed, and Konan and Nagato learned he wasn't Uchiha Madara, what should he do to regain their trust?
A successor to Uchiha Madara?
No, just being a powerful Uchiha was enough!
Anyway, Obito had long stopped wanting to be Uchiha Madara's puppet, living under his name. That old man was long dead!
Uchiha Obito clenched his fists. In this ninja world, ultimately, only powerful ninjas had the right to speak.
If Nagato couldn't overcome his Kamui ability, he could only continue executing his plan.
As long as he still possessed the Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan, he could still control everything from the shadows.
"Now, first find Kakashi Hatake! Use this opportunity to extract the most important intelligence from him, find out exactly who is plotting against me from behind!"
Uchiha Obito grabbed a Mist ninja's headband, casually wiped the blood from his hands, and tossed the blood-soaked headband onto the Mist ninja's corpse.
Then he walked forward step by step, over the corpses and through the gore on the ground. A space-time vortex appeared beside him, pulling him into the Kamui dimension, leaving only the Mist ninjas lying everywhere, dead in terrifying ways.
While Uchiha Obito was slaughtering the Mist ninjas, Uehara Naraka had already flown with Kisame Hoshigaki to a secluded, barren mountain and tossed the shark-face onto the ground.
Kisame Hoshigaki wasn't bothered at all. Watching the boy standing before him, he actually smiled and said, "Ha, I thought you were going to kill me..."
"That would be too much of a waste of resources."
Uehara Naraka glanced at Samehada that had crawled onto Kisame's body and continued softly, "I advise you to give up any thoughts of resistance. Tell me information about that mysterious masked man."
"You actually want to get information from my mouth?"
Kisame Hoshigaki let go of Samehada's hilt, smiled, and asked Uehara Naraka back, "You two are clearly members of the same organization, yet you're asking an irrelevant person like me? Don't you think that's a bit unwise?"
Uehara Naraka silently lowered his head, looked at Kisame Hoshigaki's small eyes on the ground, and suddenly smiled, "Mr. Kisame, since when did you also like talking nonsense?"
The next second, Uehara's smile instantly vanished. He spoke coldly, "Alright, let's not waste each other's time. Kisame Hoshigaki, do you think what you've seen is the truth of the ninja world?"
Kisame Hoshigaki's expression was calm, as if accustomed to life and death. He asked softly, "What does Your Excellency believe is the truth? You're just an ignorant person yourself, wanting to get some nonsensical information from me!"
As he spoke, he actually took advantage of Uehara's inattention, his fingers imperceptibly coming together, wanting to secretly form hand seals.
Uehara Naraka kicked his hand away, stared directly into Kisame's eyes, and said gravely, "Kisame Hoshigaki, don't try these little tricks in front of me... If I catch you one more time, I'll chop up your Samehada and feed it to the dogs!"
"..."
Hearing this, Kisame Hoshigaki subconsciously released the hilt. Samehada shuddered and moved its body, hiding off to the side.
(End of Chapter)
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