Chapter 450: Unexpected
Strictly speaking, Obito's intangibility wasn't true intangibility, but rather the transference of the part of his body being attacked into a different dimension to avoid the attack.
In the eyes of a ninja who didn't know the truth, this move was mysterious and unpredictable. But upon analysis, it was really just that.
Everyone who knows Obito knows what his brain is like. He simply couldn't process overly complex information. To have him use his Sharingan to react to attacks, predict the enemy's movements, and then actively become intangible to dodge? Itachi might be able to do it, but that was just a maybe. Obito absolutely could not.
His intangibility was actively turned on, then passively transferred. It was a passive skill that could be actively turned on or off.
Ino leaped high into the air, let out a great shout, and struck at Obito with a Monster Strength Punch.
Obito's entire body hid in the different dimension, leaving only an afterimage in place. Ino's punch seemed to only blast a large crater in the ground beneath his feet.
"You—" Obito wanted to offer a few taunts, but in the blink of an eye, he found that Ino was gone.
He quickly turned his head and saw that she had instantly accelerated, charging straight for Zetsu.
The target wasn't him, but Zetsu? Ino hadn't learned any of Grandma Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's moves like "Amenominaka" or "All-Killing Ash Bones," nor could she. Those were Kekkei Mōra ninjutsu. But she had learned the claw attack where you infuse chakra into your fingers, making them like five sharp blades.
To Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, this wasn't even an ability. Wasn't it something you could do just by having hands? But to Ino, if you broke down the components, it was at least a B-rank nin-taijutsu, comparable to the Third Raikage's Hell Stab.
At this moment, Ino infused blue chakra into her five fingers, which glinted as she thrust them toward Zetsu.
Obito thought that Zetsu could completely dodge this move and didn't immediately exit his intangible state to save him with Kamui.
But he didn't expect Zetsu to just stand there.
Looking at Ino's claw attack, Zetsu was stunned. Is this Mother's move? With a dull thud, Zetsu had a hole torn through his chest by Ino, transparent from front to back.
As the embodiment of Kaguya's will, Zetsu had no vital points in the conventional sense. He was still carefully trying to discern the difference between Ino's move and Kaguya's.
There was a difference. Even though Ino had copied the move with her Sharingan, she didn't have Kaguya's Kekkei Mōra. The circulation of chakra in her pathways couldn't reach Kaguya's level. This move only mimicked the form.
Obito didn't know the reason behind it. Zetsu was very important to his plan. He quickly exited his intangible state, trying to use Kamui to transport Zetsu to the other dimension.
But he didn't expect that Ino's previous "Monster Strength Punch" was mainly aimed at the ground beneath his feet. When he was intangible, it didn't matter. He could float in mid-air like a deity, happily watching the show. But now that he had returned to his physical form, there was a two-meter-diameter, half-meter-deep crater beneath his feet. Affected by gravity, his movements were thrown off balance.
Returning in an instant, taking only 0.1 seconds, Ino was once again in front of Obito. Without needing hand seals, water-attribute chakra gathered in her throat and was then spat out as water needles.
"Water Release: Heavenly Weeping!"
The distance was too close. In his haste, Obito could only use the insight of his Mangekyō Sharingan to dodge the vital points. His arm and shoulder were hit repeatedly. Beneath his feet was a patch of unstable broken rock, and he completely lost his balance. At this moment, Ino's fingers were already like a sharp sword, thrusting toward his heart.
Obito could only save himself, but there was a cooldown between activating and deactivating his intangibility. He couldn't use it now. He formed hand seals, trying to use Izanagi to nullify the damage, but Ino's speed had exploded to its limit. Her fingers instantly pierced the muscle of his chest, heading straight down. His sternum was shattered, and his "thump, thump" beating heart was right before her eyes, while Obito's Izanagi had only just formed the "Hare" and "Boar" seals. He was still missing the "Ram" seal.
Faster! Faster! In a daze, Obito could feel Ino's slender, cold fingers mixing with his own hot blood. He only regretted that his hand seal speed was too slow. If he had known this day would come, he would have definitely practiced his hand speed! The man's will to live was strong. Even at the most critical moment, he hadn't given up on saving himself. The final "Ram" seal was forming, seemingly slow but actually fast.
"Hmm?" He found that Ino had suddenly paused at the last moment. It wasn't for long, just 0.1 seconds. Obito seized the last chance and activated Izanagi.
Thwack! Ino's hand pierced through his chest. Obito, as if nothing had happened, retreated, breathing heavily with lingering fear.
Zetsu finally reacted, pulling Obito and sinking into the ground.
Ino stabilized the ratio of natural energy, physical energy, and spiritual energy in her body, then used her sensory abilities to scan the surroundings.
Obito was gone, but she still didn't give up her search.
At that last moment, a strange line of sight had swept over her, causing her to pause briefly, which gave Obito the time to activate Izanagi.
Who was watching her? This line of sight gave her a sense of threat. Was there still such a figure in the ninja world today? Six-sensei in the world of the dead was the first to be ruled out. They were now master and disciple; there was no need to use such means to remind Ino. Besides, she was very familiar with the old man's chakra and Rinnegan.
Was it Jigen? Ino didn't think so either. Why would Jigen, who should be enjoying his '82 coffee in his own dimension, come all this way to save Obito? Ino still did not relax her search for Obito.
Izanagi lasted for five minutes at most. How far could he run in five minutes? Ino's normal sensory range was thirty li. In Sage Mode, her sensory ability exceeded five hundred li. If she lowered the precision, she could even reach a distance of eight hundred li.
Ino's fingers had pierced his chest. Although the final stab to the heart had been nullified by the Sharingan's dōjutsu, the previous damage to his skin, muscle, and sternum was still there, as was the damage from "Water Release: Heavenly Weeping."
Hashirama's cells were not enough to repair such an injury in just five minutes. Could Obito, with such a heavy injury, run eight hundred li underground in one go?
Ino prepared to have a contest of patience with Obito and Zetsu.
She waited patiently, when suddenly that strange line of sight swept over her again.
She finally found a clue. Tracing the line of sight in reverse, she discovered that this mysterious gaze came from the sky, from the moon! The distance was a bit far, but at this moment, her sensory ability was greatly enhanced. The other party's line of sight was also a kind of energy wave. The Yamanaka clan was extremely skilled at "building bridges." After connecting to the other party's line of sight, she sent her consciousness over.
Ino asked bluntly, "I know you. You are a descendant of Senior Hamura Ōtsutsuki, right? Why did you save my enemy?"
Becoming a disciple of the old fossil had its pros and cons. Ino was now considered to have been recruited. She had to be careful in her ways of doing many things. She could kill and burn in the ninja world as she pleased, but when dealing with people from the Ōtsutsuki clan, she had to follow the rules.
In the old fossil's eyes, the people of the Ōtsutsuki clan were people. The rest were somewhere between being people and not, depending on whether they were useful or not.
He could exchange a few words with Kakashi, but as for Sakura? He didn't even bother to acknowledge her.
In the old man's eyes, Kakashi was useful, while Sakura was not... Ino, as a person who was "useful to the ninja world," after being recruited and receiving benefits like the Power of Six Paths, had to obey the rules set by the old fossil.
Don't fight your own people. She maintained a basic level of restraint.
After waiting for a few seconds, a young voice came from the other end: "You ask why? I do as I please. Who do you think cares about your opinion? A mere mongrel with a little bit of Ōtsutsuki blood. What right do you have to roar at me? What right do you have to speak my ancestor's name?"
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