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Chapter 268: Obito Returns [67]
Chapter 268: Obito Returns [67]
Maki tightly gripped his kunai, his eyes fixed on Kakashi and the others. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, trickling down his cheeks.
His gaze trembled, and the hand clutching the kunai shook.
The Sunagakure ninjas who had rushed out of the conference room, including the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, were all frozen in place, their faces stiff.
They had thought that Kakashi was there to deliver a final ultimatum before the war. Never did they expect that the other party had already prepared for battle, that this was never about negotiation or conveying Konoha's thoughts—from the start, the intention was to fight!
"Then, let's begin."
Kakashi spoke calmly.
Anko Mitarashi, Itachi Uchiha, Kurenai Yuhi, Rin Nohara, Konan, and Might Guy—all six of them started moving forward. Then, with a whoosh, they transformed into six residual shadows, rushing out in six different directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
In an instant, deafening explosions rocked the area, and within a radius of a hundred meters, the Sunagakure ninjas were swept away and blown off their feet.
A flash of light shone in Kakashi's eyes, and a massive black vortex swirled.
Below, where the area had been cleared, groups of figures appeared, totaling seven squads of twenty people each, one hundred and forty in all. They were all clad in identical black cloaks, with the emblem of their respective squads embroidered on their backs.
Whoosh!
The moment the seven squads of Shadow Guards landed, they transformed into dark shadows, quickly disappearing and infiltrating the streets of Sunagakure.
In less than half a minute, the entire Sunagakure had turned into a battlefield!
Rumbling!!!
Explosions echoed from all directions.
Sunagakure had many jonin and elite jonin, but ninjas at the Kage level were few and far between. Aside from the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, the only other one was the current captain of Sunagakure's ANBU (Special Assassination and Tactical Squad).
Under Kakashi's leadership, their battle prowess was overwhelming. With just one wave of attacks, the entire front line crumbled without any resistance!
Kazekage Rasa had an absolute advantage in Sunagakure. Here, he could utilize the vast amount of gold he had amassed, enhancing his strength to an extremely powerful level even among the kage-level ninjas.
But...
Even so, he was still no match for Kakashi!
Kazekage Rasa was forced to retreat step by step under Kakashi's relentless attacks, and the captain of Sunagakure's Root Division (or Root Unit) could not withstand the combined assault of Itachi Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi, quickly sustaining serious injuries.
With the Shadow Guards cultivated by Feng Ye almost all joining the battle, Sunagakure suffered a devastating blow in an instant. Hundreds of ninjas lay dead on the ground.
"It's over..."
Maki was currently engaged in a battle with two Shadow Guards.
He wasn't dead yet, but his body was covered in wounds. As he witnessed the situation in Sunagakure, his expression turned grim, and a hint of fear and despair crept into his eyes.
There was no winning!
These Konoha ninjas were too strong...
Kakashi, with his Sharingan; Itachi, the momentary stopper of time; the Jinchuriki of the One-Tail, Three-Tails, and Seven-Tails; and Might Guy, with his Eight Gates technique—just these seven individuals were enough to annihilate an entire hidden village!
And Konoha had even more formidable forces: Orochimaru, one of the Sannin; Jiraiya, the gallant hero; Tsunade, the legendary medic; the surviving Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi; and above them all, that terrifying man—the God of Shinobi, the Fifth Hokage, Flagwood Feng Ye!
Hiss!
After struggling to hold off his opponents for a few moves, Maki could no longer withstand the onslaught of the two Shadow Guards. One of them slashed his neck with a short sword, cutting it halfway through. Blood gushed out.
He stiffened, his hand reaching up to clutch his neck as he staggered backward. But he couldn't stop the bleeding, and he felt his strength quickly ebbing away.
Sunagakure was finished.
Everything was over.
Just then, he suddenly sensed several incredibly powerful and terrifying chakras that were distinct from Kakashi's group, approaching from a distance.
Reinforcements from Konoha?!
Despair filled Maki's heart.
However, just as his consciousness was about to plunge into darkness, he suddenly realized that the incoming chakras didn't seem to be allied with Kakashi's group. Instead, they had entered the village and were attacking both Sunagakure and Konoha's ninjas!
"Who are those people?"
Maki's consciousness sank into complete darkness.
In his dying moments, endless confusion welled up within him, but he would never find the answers.
At that moment.
About two dozen ninjas emerged from the desert, making their way into Sunagakure. They slaughtered anyone they encountered, be it a Sunagakure or Konoha ninja.
When Kakashi, Rin, and the others saw the appearance of these ninjas, their faces underwent drastic changes.
At the forefront was a man with cracks all over his face. His eyes, the distinctive Rinnegan of the Impure World Reincarnation, bore a static Sharingan pattern identical to Kakashi's, and he was enveloped in a cerulean-colored Susanoo.
"Obito?!"
Kakashi and Rin exclaimed in shock simultaneously.
Obito, shrouded in the Susanoo, crushed a Sunagakure ninja into pieces with a single blow. He turned to face Kakashi and Rin, his expression fraught as he spoke: "As expected, it's your chakra... I'm sorry, Kakashi. I never imagined that even after my death, I'd still cause you trouble."
"What's going on, Obito?!"
Kakashi attempted to communicate with Obito, but the latter suddenly lashed out with a Susanoo blade, imbued with a black vortex of Kamui.
Kakashi's expression changed drastically as he couldn't defend against it with his intangibility. He barely dodged the attack using his lightning release, but his back cloak was sliced in two.
"I'm not entirely sure myself, but I'm being controlled right now. My eye power can barely resist a little... This should be the Impure World Reincarnation technique created by the Second Hokage."
"This must be those guys' plan. Their target is the tailed beasts. Kakashi, you need to protect Rin!"
Obito manipulated the Susanoo, chasing and beating Kakashi as he spoke.
For some reason, Kakashi felt that Obito was deliberately holding back against him.
On the other side.
The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, fought against someone, his face revealing a hint of disbelief. "First Kazekage-sama... Second Kazekage-sama... How could you...?"
"It's that damn Second Hokage's technique."
The Second Kazekage, who was engaging with Rasa, replied grimly, "I and the First Kazekage are now under the control of this Impure World Reincarnation technique. I never thought we'd end up as puppets of this jutsu... And that caster..."
Both the Second and First Kazekage wore grim expressions.
As ninjas who had fought against Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, they were familiar with the Impure World Reincarnation technique. However, back then, Tobirama Senju's precision with the technique hadn't reached this level.
Now, not only was the Impure World Reincarnation highly precise, but the caster also possessed immense control, making it difficult for them to resist.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
With the arrival of the reincarnated shinobi, Sunagakure descended into complete chaos.
(End of Chapter)
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