Chapter 167 – Give Me Back My Eye
Before setting out from Konoha to come here, Uchiha Dali had already attempted something—he tried to use his own Kamui to enter Obito Uchiha's Kamui dimension.
But he had failed.
Which meant that Obito wasn't in there.
At least, that had been the case when Uchiha Dali attempted it.
But now, considering that guy wasn't in the Akatsuki headquarters in Amegakure, and had disappeared without a trace after abducting little Naruto—where else could he have gone?
Uchiha Dali speculated that it was highly likely the guy had already entered the Kamui dimension.
At the very least, he would have had to go there when warping through space with Kamui.
With that in mind, Uchiha Dali decisively activated his own Kamui.
And this time, he actually succeeded.
With a whirl of air, he blinked and stepped inside.
...
Because he had already been preparing to act, the moment Minato Namikaze saw Obito Uchiha about to harm little Naruto, he immediately threw a Flying Thunder God kunai.
The kunai zipped forward at lightning speed and arrived in front of its target in an instant.
At the same time, Minato teleported and appeared right in front of Obito.
Everything happened so fast, so suddenly.
Even though Obito knew just how formidable his former mentor was and had prepared in advance, he still failed to react in time.
In just one encounter, Minato used his precision and speed to retrieve his son before Obito could respond.
Gently cradling Naruto in his arms, Minato turned his back to Obito and carefully checked over the boy. Once he was sure Naruto hadn't been harmed at all, he finally let out a breath of relief.
"At last, I get to see you again, Naruto."
"I'm sorry—I've been a terrible father, letting you be born into such danger. But don't worry, this fight will be over soon."
With that, Minato gently laid little Naruto down to the side.
Of course, Obito wasn't going to give him that chance.
Seeing Naruto snatched away, he immediately activated Kamui to teleport behind Minato and attempt a sneak attack.
But just in the nick of time, Kakashi appeared in front of him, blocking his Wood Release attack with his short blade.
"Does it really have to come to this, Obito?" Kakashi demanded sternly.
"Anyone who gets in my way dies."
Obito responded coldly, his body erupting with overwhelming chakra pressure.
At the same time, he unleashed his Wood Release—countless sharp spikes sprouted from his body and surged toward Kakashi.
The two were locked in combat, neither able to move. If Kakashi couldn't dodge, those sharp wooden spikes would pierce right through him.
But at that critical moment, a flash of lightning streaked across the air.
Obito saw the wooden spikes he had created shatter completely in an instant.
Kakashi, now cloaked in lightning, stood before him.
A mass of crackling lightning flashed in Kakashi's right palm.
The rapidly surging current let out a sharp, grating "zzt-zzt-zzt" noise.
"That's enough, Obito! Stop this madness!"
"Come back with me—peacefully!"
Kakashi barked.
"Kakashi… do you even realize who you're talking to right now?" Obito's gaze darkened, and without any more words, he struck again.
Kakashi instantly sensed that something was about to erupt from the ground beneath him.
Before he could react, a massive rumble erupted—huge tree roots burst forth from every direction around him.
This devastating Wood Release attack threatened to crush him if he didn't move in time.
The technique felt oddly familiar.
Kakashi couldn't remember if he'd hallucinated this back when he was unconscious… or if it had really happened.
"Back then… were you the one who killed those Hidden Mist Anbu?!"
Kakashi finally realized the truth and exclaimed.
Obito neither confirmed nor denied it.
He simply kept attacking.
But this time, Minato joined the fray.
After ensuring Naruto was safe, he turned to Obito and issued a warning: "Obito, if you insist on continuing down this path, I'll be forced to stop you myself."
He was still his student, after all.
Minato wanted to give Obito one last chance to turn back.
And as a teacher facing his own student—especially while teaming up with another student—this felt almost unfair.
But Obito completely ignored Minato's warning.
Ever since awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and receiving Hashirama's Wood Release cells from Uchiha Madara, he was no longer the weakling at the bottom of the pack.
Now, he felt invincible.
At the very least, he believed he could go toe-to-toe with Minato and Kakashi.
"That left eye was mine to begin with. If you won't cherish the power it holds—or the friendship behind it—then give it back, Kakashi!"
With that, Obito began to forcefully take back Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was because of this left eye that Kakashi had been able to dodge so many of his deadly attacks.
Without the keen insight and powerful ocular abilities of the Sharingan, Kakashi would've died to Obito's Wood Release techniques countless times already.
In Obito's eyes, the Kakashi with a Mangekyō Sharingan was a different person altogether—without that eye, he'd be no stronger than the elite Hidden Mist Anbu Obito had effortlessly wiped out before.
Of course, Kakashi wasn't about to just hand over his left eye.
As the fight escalated and Obito ignored every warning, Minato's expression hardened—he was ready to fully commit to the battle.
Even if it meant two against one, it didn't matter.
The traitor needed to be subdued first.
"Obito, this is my final warning."
"If you won't stop and insist on going down this path, then I'll have no choice but to take you down right here."
While speaking, Minato deliberately tried to distract Obito with his words as he drew out a custom Flying Thunder God kunai.
Obito, focused on fighting Kakashi, suddenly felt a surge of chakra pressure from Minato—his attention slipped.
At that moment, Kakashi's Chidori struck.
But just in time, Obito activated Kamui.
To him, the Kamui dimension and the real world were two spaces he could shift between freely.
When his body was fully within the Kamui dimension, the outside world became "intangible," and he could phase parts of his body between the two.
His now-phantasmal body easily dodged Kakashi's fatal strike.
But in doing so… Obito completely exposed his location.
And he didn't know—
A far more terrifying figure had already arrived.
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