Chapter 83: Defeating Kamui! Obito's Most Embarrassing Defeat!
Uchiha Obito knelt amidst the rubble and dust, one hand propped on the ground, the other clutching his completely cracked spiral mask in pain.
Crack.
Pain. Excruciating pain spread from Uchiha Obito's face to every nerve in his body. It wasn't just physical pain; there was also the helplessness that came after his ability was broken. He lost. His most arrogant and supposedly invincible phasing ability was directly defeated by Uchiha Akira.
Under his mask, cold sweat drenched his temples. Uchiha Obito struggled to raise his head, looking at the figure standing silently like a god or demon not far away. Uchiha Akira. The emotion of "fear" began to grow in my heart.
If he stayed here any longer, he might really be killed by Uchiha Akira. No. He couldn't die. He absolutely couldn't die here! The Eye of the Moon Plan hadn't been completed yet, and that world with Rin hadn't been created!
Escape! He had to escape immediately!
Uchiha Obito's only thought now was to activate Kamui and quickly leave this place! He gritted his teeth, Chakra frantically surging into his right eye. The air beside him began to produce a visible, spiral-shaped distortion, centered around his right eye.
"Trying to run?" Uchiha Akira's voice came from the opposite side.
Uchiha Obito ignored him, pushing his ocular power to the extreme. The spiral spatial ripple was about to completely engulf him. It's done! Just one second, no, just half a second, and he would be able to…
However, just as a sliver of hope rose in Uchiha Obito's heart, Uchiha Akira's Mangekyō suddenly accelerated its rotation. An invisible force enveloped Uchiha Obito.
"Dōjutsu: Time Reversal!"
"Target: Uchiha Obito."
"Time, rewind 2 seconds."
Uchiha Obito only felt as if the entire world was playing in reverse. The spatial vortex that was about to form rapidly contracted and reversed in a way that completely defied logic, eventually returning to nothingness.
What's going on? My Kamui… failed to activate? How is that possible! What exactly did Uchiha Akira do? Why did his ninjutsu fail to activate? Uchiha Obito's mind went completely blank. This bizarre, completely incomprehensible phenomenon left him utterly bewildered.
"Chidori—!"
Just as Uchiha Obito was lost in thought, a sharp shriek suddenly jolted him awake from his boundless terror. He subconsciously looked up. He saw an extremely dazzling, concentrated beam of blue-white lightning already appearing in front of his chest.
Chidori!
It's over. This was the last thought that flashed through Uchiha Obito's mind. At such a distance, in an instant of mental lapse, he had nowhere to hide!
Just as Uchiha Akira's Chidori was about to pierce Uchiha Obito's heart, a critical moment, a mass of pitch-black substance suddenly shot out from the shadow beneath Uchiha Obito's feet without any warning. That mass of substance instantly transformed into an irregular black shield, blocking the path of the Chidori.
Sizzle—!
The Chidori's irresistible penetrating power collided heavily with that strange black shield. The black shield was instantly pierced through. But, it still managed to buy Uchiha Obito that 0.1 second of life.
"Ugh ah—!"
A mournful scream echoed through the night sky. Uchiha Obito's body was sent flying backward by a huge force. His right arm, from the shoulder, was cleanly severed by the Chidori's violent lightning!
"Uchiha Akira…" The black substance that saved Uchiha Obito made a chilling sound in mid-air. "An unexpected variable…"
Immediately, it no longer lingered, instantly enveloping the severed arm and the screaming, flying Uchiha Obito, quickly merging into the ground and disappearing.
Uchiha Akira cast his gaze to where Obito had vanished. After this battle, his "good clansman" would probably be traumatized. It should make him obediently hide in his rat hole for a while.
…
Thump.
Uchiha Obito's body was flung out of the earth by a force, heavily landing on the cold rocky ground. He struggled, propping himself up with his only remaining left hand.
"Ugh… ah…" A beast-like roar escaped Uchiha Obito's mouth. He had been defeated so completely, so miserably. Even escaping required Black Zetsu's rescue.
"Calm down, Obito." Black Zetsu's half-black, half-white figure slowly emerged from the nearby rock wall. "Your emotions are too agitated."
Obito suddenly looked up, his crimson Mangekyō Sharingan staring intently at Black Zetsu. "How did he know my name?! How could he possibly break my Kamui?! And that last ninjutsu! My Kamui… why did it fail to activate?!"
Black Zetsu quietly watched Obito. "I saw it. Before your Kamui activated, the Mangekyō in his eye rotated. Then, your nearly completed spatial ninjutsu disappeared as if it was played in reverse. That feeling, it's not like it was broken, it's more like… the time when you activated the ninjutsu was erased."
"Time?" Obito was stunned. "Impossible… How could ninjutsu interfere with time?!"
Black Zetsu slowly placed the arm severed by the Chidori in front of Obito. White, Hashirama Cell-containing substance surged out, beginning to envelop the severed arm and Obito's wound, slowly reattaching it.
"Obito, until we find a way to counter his strange dōjutsu, you are not to appear before him again. The Eye of the Moon Plan cannot afford any more accidents."
Obito didn't speak. He just stared intently at his arm, which was being "regrown." Minato Namikaze… Uchiha Akira… Why, why are there always people who can break his Kamui! Why did his self-proclaimed invincible ability become so ridiculous in front of these people!
"This world must be destroyed… A world without Rin, but with a monster like Uchiha Akira… Has no value in existing!"
Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Obito and said in a deep voice. "Heal your injuries. Akatsuki's actions need to accelerate. We need greater power." Black Zetsu's figure melted back into the shadows of the wall.