Chapter 636: Entanglement
Madara Uchiha seized Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan. A chain shot out from his left sleeve, thrown with the Uchiha clan's kunai technique. The chain moved like a venomous snake, tracing a bizarre arc around Sasuke's back. The shackle cleverly looped around the gourd-shaped handle of the Flame Gunbai. Before Sasuke could react, the chain pulled the fan in a half-circle, returning it to Madara's hand.
"You!—" Sasuke was furious. You bastard, I paid money for that!
"If I recall correctly, this is my weapon." Madara found his anger baffling. Are all young people these days so hot-tempered? You truly are an Uchiha.
He glanced at it twice, then ignored Sasuke.
He had seen plenty of impulsive and irritable young Uchiha.
"I'll leave this here for now. I'll retrieve it later." He stabbed the Gunbai into the ground in front of him and formed seals with both hands. "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Kakashi's eye had been gouged out, severely affecting his reaction speed. Sasuke immediately manifested his Susanoo, protecting them both.
Using this brief opening, Madara dug out the Mangekyō Sharingan belonging to Fugaku Uchiha from his own left socket. He tossed it into the flames like trash and replaced it with Kakashi's—or rather, Obito's—left Mangekyō eye. Such a crude removal and transplant was actually very damaging to the eye and made it difficult to unleash the Mangekyō Sharingan's full power, but Madara didn't care at all.
If the eye was ruined, it was ruined. It wasn't his, so he felt no heartache. Unable to use its full power? He cared even less. He was only using it as a one-time consumable. Afterward, he would use his own Rinnegan.
Again, Madara understood Obito's abilities very well. In less than two seconds, he had mastered the use of Kamui. With a single thought, a swirling vortex appeared, and the dōjutsu pulled him into the Kamui dimension.
Pfft! The instant he entered, a kunai stabbed diagonally into his heart from the direction of his ribs.
Obito stared at him intently, seemingly enjoying his stunned expression. "Both Kamui eyes are connected. If the user consciously strengthens them, they can share a portion of their vision. Didn't you know that?"
Madara Uchiha's face was filled with shock. His right hand gripped Obito's wrist tightly as blood flowed freely from his heart. "How could you... How?"
Obito said, word by word: "Are you asking why the Binding Curse Tag controlling me failed? Kakashi has done far too many stupid things, and I will never forgive him. But... he is a genius. That genius believed you used a Binding Curse Tag to control Rin, then staged a play for me to see. And I... I believed him."
Obito pointed to his left with his thumb. Madara looked over and saw a mass of flesh and blood, faintly glowing with a black light. Buried within it was the very Binding Curse Tag he had used to control Obito.
The panic on Madara's face vanished instantly, replaced by utter composure. "I see. I thought some major variable had appeared."
He gripped Obito's wrist and began to pull the kunai out of his heart, bit by bit. Obito struggled, but the gap in their strength attributes was immense.
Madara could have yanked the kunai out at once, but he seemed to enjoy watching Obito's expression, pulling it out slowly, in no hurry at all. At this moment, both possessed a Kamui Mangekyō and a Rinnegan. In your left socket is my Rinnegan; in my left socket is your Mangekyō. They shared a similar bloodline, but one was arrogant, the other hesitant.
"Obito, I have taught you so much. Today, I will teach you one more thing: for a shinobi, information is paramount. You have underestimated the power this body grants me. This is merely a small wound."
A mocking sneer played on Madara's lips. The wound over his heart, driven by chakra, began to heal rapidly. With Madara's Six Paths body, he could recover even if half his torso was shattered. A tiny hole in his heart? This was nothing.
(Black Zetsu's heart-pierce was just a superficial act; Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's possession was the key.)
(Normally, gouging out his heart? Go ahead. Try it ten times, a hundred times. It would be useless.)
Obito grit his teeth. "You're toying with me?"
"You're right, I am. But I must say, thinking you could take my life with a small kunai truly is foolish."
Madara shook his head gently. "Let's not waste any more time. That girl from the Yamanaka clan could track me down at any moment. Give me the Rinnegan. As long as I activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I guarantee you can also fulfill your long-held dream. Rin? Correct? You can be with the one you love forever."
Madara watched Obito's movements intently. If Obito made any move to destroy the eye, he would act immediately.
"Hahahaha—" Obito laughed. He laughed so hard his stomach hurt.
"Fool, what are you laughing at?" Madara was slightly annoyed.
"I'm laughing at you. You fought so hard out there, and now you've delivered the Ten-Tails and the Rinnegan right to me."
"It seems your recent experiences have driven you completely mad." Madara said no more. His body shot out like an arrow from a bow, aiming straight for Obito's Rinnegan.
Obito was tired and hungry, his body utterly exhausted. He was no match for Six Paths Madara. In less than three moves, the kunai was knocked from his hand. Madara had no desire to waste words on this failure. He raised his hand, sharp as a sword, and thrust it toward Obito's chest.
As if making a final stand, Obito chose the same move, but his palm was enhanced with "Wood Release: Cutting Technique," intending to trade his life for Madara's.
Madara was now in a state similar to when he faced Might Guy in the original timeline. Even with his iron will, the Ten-Tails had influenced his personality. He had become arrogant, haughty, and belligerent. He didn't take Obito seriously at all. His movements were lightning fast. When Obito's palm was still three inches away, Madara's hand had already pierced Obito's chest. He then retracted his hand and, just as quickly, gouged the Rinnegan from Obito's left socket.
It was a flurry of motion—wounding the enemy, seizing the eye—a series of actions completed beautifully.
Even with Hashirama's cells, Obito's chest had been blown open. His life-for-a-life gamble had lost most of its strength. His final palm strike landed weakly on Madara's chest. The Wood Release: Cutting Technique lacked sufficient chakra; the sharp, menacing thorns all vanished, replaced by a few flimsy-looking vines.
A bloody thorn erupted from Obito's shoulder near his collarbone, wrapping tightly around Madara's right arm, preventing him from withdrawing his hand—and the Rinnegan between his fingers.
Obito's face was covered in blood. The vines from his waist, the thorns from his shoulder, and both his arms—he used all his remaining strength to hold onto Madara Uchiha.
Madara's hand was still holding his own Rinnegan, and being gripped so tightly by Obito made it difficult to exert force. He sneered, "Still resisting? How pointless. Don't tell me you, pathetic creature, have run back to Konoha's ninja?"
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