"This is troublesome. What a pity about my eyes..." Obito sighed inwardly. If only he could retrieve Kakashi's eye, even without dual Kamui coordination, the mere use of Susanoo would've sufficed to suppress his opponent.
After all, Fugaku had barely used his Mangekyou to hide his abilities, and his development of Susanoo remained at an early stage.
Seeing Obito remained silent, Fugaku manipulated the Giant's right arm and swung a punch forward.
He had always held back and endured for the sake of the Uchiha Clan, but now, he finally erupted!
The trees around them cracked and snapped like brittle twigs. Obito had just jumped aside when the arm followed up, hammering down toward the ground.
The back-and-forth chase played out like a cat-and-mouse game, sending the Uchiha clansmen into a frenzy as they ignored their injuries and began shouting wildly.
"Incredible! So this is the clan head's true power?"
"Captain, kill that bastard!"
Just as the situation was becoming clearer, two little boys came running from the forest's edge.
"Brother, Mom, Dad, please be alright!" Sasuke muttered anxiously to himself. The terrain had already changed, and he could only follow his instincts toward where his home used to be.
"Sasuke, wait for me!" Naruto ran closely behind him. As they dashed through the remnants of fire at the outer forest ring—the very area previously consumed by explosion—the forest's obstructed view suddenly opened up.
Sasuke immediately saw his mother, clutching her shoulder and bleeding heavily, and his father standing within the skeleton structure, tears of blood streaming from his eyes. A strange sense of fear and anger surged within him. His eyes ached suddenly, and an additional tomoe appeared at the edge of his pupil!
However, Sasuke didn't notice the change in his eyes. With red-rimmed eyes, he continued running forward, yelling, "Mom! Dad!"
It wasn't just him; Naruto was also shocked by the sight of his parents.
"Mom? Dad? How come you're here?"
Looking at the shining golden Chakra Chains behind his mother and the gigantic Chakra Sphere his father held in his hand,
Naruto's brain momentarily froze. "His mother was just an ordinary housewife, right? And his father was only an intelligence officer. How come they seem even stronger than the teachers at the Academy?"
Hearing Sasuke's voice, Fugaku and the others instinctively turned their heads, only to turn deathly pale.
The direction Sasuke and Naruto had rushed from was precisely behind the two masked figures!
"Stop quickly! Don't come over here!"
Obito naturally noticed the movement behind him and smiled toward Fugaku, "Since there's an even better alternative, I won't trouble you two anymore. As a thank-you gift for your hospitality, let me help you eliminate a defective model!"
Saying that, he immediately launched [Kamaitachi no Jutsu] toward Sasuke.
However, his attention wasn't truly on Sasuke—he was looking at Naruto, recalling the scene earlier.
Originally, he'd intended to capture Naruto as a hostage, but before acting, he discovered Naruto's true nature—inside Naruto was another Nine-Tails, or more accurately, half of it!
"To prepare against me, you actually split the Nine-Tails into two halves!"
Obito sighed inwardly. "The only chance to separate the Nine-Tails must have been seven years ago when I summoned it using Summoning. That means they anticipated my actions seven years ago already... Someone with that kind of foresight could only be Senpai!"
Under normal circumstances, children like Naruto serving as Jinchuriki were much easier to capture than adults because their bodies couldn't withstand the Bijuu Chakra.
But Naruto was different. Inheriting the Uzumaki clan's physical constitution, his body's capacity to withstand Bijuu Chakra surpassed even that of adults.
Moreover, he knew one thing - the Nine-Tails had a good relationship with Minato and his family. Naruto would likely become a perfect Jinchuriki, and the burden of Bijuu Chakra wouldn't be too great since the Nine-Tails would intentionally restrain its power.
Therefore, capturing Naruto wasn't much easier than capturing Kushina... At least, he didn't have much confidence in capturing him successfully in a short period of time.
After realizing this, he abandoned his original plan of capturing the Nine-Tails and started considering other options.
Right now, looking at Naruto's anxious and furious expression, Obito chuckled inwardly, "Let out all the anger from your friend's death!"
However, the smile beneath Obito's Mask quickly froze into place!
Not only him, the wooden stake aimed at Sasuke's face also froze in mid-air, remaining still for several milliseconds before resuming its motion.
Ordinary people couldn't detect such subtle differences, but those who noticed Obito and the wooden stake being frozen for several milliseconds understood what had happened - this was a [Time Freeze] ability!
Although it lasted only several milliseconds, it was enough time for Sasuke to unleash tremendous potential in the face of death and dodge the attack!
At this moment, two heavy breaths sounded across the battlefield.
One was Sasuke's breath after narrowly escaping death, and the other was Itachi struggling to contain intense pain.
The expression beneath Obito's Mask turned dark. "Am I the Child of Talent?!"
First helping Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Sharingan, and now Itachi Uchiha the Mangekyou Sharingan too - and it was a terrifying ability that could freeze time!
Fortunately, Fugaku Uchiha had already awakened the Mangekyou, otherwise he would really doubt his own luck!
Beside him, Aizen thought to himself in shock, "The Sharingan reflects the heart. Because Itachi was worried about Sasuke and wished time to freeze at that moment, he awakened the ability to freeze time? Though only several milliseconds, it's still terrifying enough... I wonder what his other ability is?"
Although things had deviated somewhat from the original course, Aizen was still quite satisfied.
After all, what use was Amaterasu, the "gentle flame"? Could it only be used to intimidate people?
On the other side, seeing Sasuke narrowly dodge the attack, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief while still furious. He immediately transformed into the Nine-Tails and fired a Tailed Beast Ball.
"What? He actually has the Nine-Tails inside him too!" Obito shouted in feigned shock, then used his space-time ability to envelop Aizen, "Escape together, don't resist!"
Aizen appeared genuinely shocked by the sudden attack and didn't resist, allowing Obito to take him away.
Seeing the two disappear, Minato froze momentarily, then his expression changed drastically as he spread his Chakra Barrier to intercept the Tailed Beast Ball.
If the Nine-Tails fires off that Tailed Beast Ball, the village will suffer another heavy blow!
Beside him, Sasuke gawked at Naruto, who had transformed into the Nine-Tails. What was he supposed to do when his best friend from childhood suddenly turned into a monster?
"Wait, I remember some elders in the clan mentioned before that the Sharingan might be able to control the Nine-Tails. Even Madara Uchiha once tamed the Nine-Tails as a Summoned Beast..." Sasuke muttered nervously, clenching his fist at "Naruto," "Rather than letting someone else take Naruto away, I should bind a summoning contract with him first. I genuinely treat him as my friend, not like everyone else who bullies him... Well, apart from messing with him a bit sometimes!"
The Nine-Tails twitched and warily scanned its surroundings. Is someone scheming against me?
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