At this point, even Kusuo was starting to worry about Obito's condition.
"Damn it." Obito quickly formed hand seals. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!" An enormous fireball flew towards Gyuki.
Gyuki didn't bother to dodge, instead meeting the fireball head-on.
BOOM...
"Yeah! Your fireball can't touch me at all, yeah!"
"It's either you die or I live, yeah...!"
Hearing this awkward rap, Kusuo's face darkened. "I can't believe it. The Eight-Tails has also fallen in love with Killer B's rapping."
His eyes remained fixed on Obito and Gyuki. After several exchanges, Obito was clearly at a disadvantage. Just as Kusuo was about to step in, a figure appeared beside him.
"Lord Kusuo." Kusuo turned to see that it was Kuroko. He knew that Kuroko wouldn't seek him out unless it was important. "What is it? Speak quickly."
Kuroko quickly explained. "Lady Hinata! Someone is attacking Lady Hinata!"
Hearing that Hinata was in trouble, Kusuo immediately drew his sword in a fury. "Where are they?"
"At the house. There are about three to five of them. They are all very strong. It looks like they're from the Akatsuki."
Kusuo's eyes tightened, a dense killing intent instantly erupting from his pupils. "They dare to touch Hinata."
With that, his body vanished on the spot. Kuroko wanted to follow, but Kusuo's speed was simply too fast. He could only jump down from the tree and run as fast as he could back towards the village.
In just a few seconds, Kusuo appeared in front of Hinata. At that moment, Hinata was locked in a struggle with Konan.
"Hand over the Stone of Gelel," Konan said, looking at Hinata with cold eyes. According to their intelligence, if they could obtain this stone, it might be able to heal Nagato's injuries. That was why she had risked coming here late at night to steal it.
Hinata held a shuriken in one hand while her other fumbled in her weapon pouch for a smoke bomb. The Heart of Gelel that Kusuo had given her was now in Nagato's hands. Nagato's gravely ill body was beginning to recover. Even the white of his eyes was starting to show the pattern of the Rinnegan. Seeing the nascent Rinnegan, Kusuo frowned.
"Stop."
Nagato looked up and glanced at Kusuo. "So it's Hatake Kusuo." With his Rinnegan beginning to form and his body recovering, there was no fear in his voice.
"I said, let go," Kusuo ordered coldly. But Nagato was unmoved.
His figure flickered and reappeared a short distance away. He now looked completely normal, nothing like the sickly state he was in when using his jutsu in the original story. "I really love this power. And I have you to thank for it."
Nagato looked up, his gaze appraising Hinata and Kusuo. "You don't understand the power of a god." With that, Nagato thrust out his hand. "Shinra Tensei!"
BOOM...
A powerful gust of air shot past Kusuo's cheek. Feeling this power, Kusuo frowned slightly. Shinra Tensei should be extremely powerful, but the one Nagato had just used was very ordinary, like a phantom punch passing by.
"Shinra Tensei..."
Just as he dodged the first attack, another one came at him. But Kusuo easily dodged both. Nagato also realized something was wrong with his body. In the past, a single Shinra Tensei could probably destroy half of Konoha.
"It seems a full recovery won't be that easy." Kusuo glanced at the Heart of Gelel in Nagato's hand. The power from the stone had weakened considerably. Restoring Nagato's eyes to Rinnegan had consumed a lot of its energy.
Although his power wasn't fully restored, Nagato didn't seem to have any intention of stopping.
"If his power fully recovers, he might be stronger than me," Kusuo thought, vaguely recalling the full-power Nagato who had been summoned back by the Reanimation Jutsu.
"Hatake Kusuo?" Nagato stared at him, the tomoe pattern swirling in his pale eyes. "My Rinnegan is about halfway restored, but... it's more than enough to kill you!"
"Soul Extraction!" Nagato reached out, and Hinata's soul began to be pulled from her body.
"Sun Breathing! Fire Wheel! Sunflower Thrust!" Kusuo's body flickered around Nagato, his blade leaving a trail of cuts.
Just as Kusuo was about to unleash his full power, a figure appeared between them. "Nagato, you will die."
Hearing this familiar voice, Kusuo turned his head in shock. Shion!
In the original story, if not for Naruto's protagonist plot armor, Shion's prophecies had never been wrong. And in this world, there was no such thing as plot armor. Which meant... Nagato would definitely die.
"Hmm?" Just as Nagato was about to move, Kusuo's sword pierced him from behind. Sun Breathing: Flame Dance!
An intense burst of fire erupted from the room, momentarily illuminating the dark Leaf Village. When the flames subsided, Nagato's body had vanished.
"Hinata!" Kusuo rushed to her side.
Hinata's eyes fluttered open. A verdant green pendant began to glow, its light enveloping her body. "The Heart of Gelel." Hinata's injured soul began to recover.
"Nagato." A thick killing intent began to surface in Kusuo's eyes. Hinata had always been the one he cared for most.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Nagato's figure slowly floated down from a distance. Kusuo spun around, his blade slashing forward. "Sun Breathing, Fifth Form: Fire Wheel!"
Flames instantly engulfed Nagato's body. He quickly retreated. But as the flames faded, another blade came slashing at his face. "Die!" Kusuo roared, unleashing thousands of slashes upon Nagato, leaving numerous cuts on his body.
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