Puchi!
Hayama's chest was also stabbed.
The wooden stake wall opened, and the two, covered in blood, both fell to the ground.
At this time, Kakashi had just broken free from the chains in Obito's hands, he found that both of his teammates had fallen to the ground.
Kakashi's eyes widened in rage.
"Damn it!"
He formed seals with his hands and slammed them forcefully onto the ground.
A wall of earth immediately rose up between him and Obito.
Obito gave a cold laugh and directly passed through the earth wall. Behind the wall, Kakashi was forming seals.
He ignored Kakashi's hand seals and directly pressed a palm onto Kakashi's body.
A vortex quickly rose from Kakashi's body.
But at this moment, with a "puff," Kakashi directly disappeared.
"A lightning clone?"
Moreover, Obito was also paralyzed for a moment.
The next instant, Kakashi suddenly burst out from the ground.
With a fierce slash, he struck toward Obito.
But even if Obito's body was paralyzed, he could still switch into intangible mode.
Kakashi's slash hit nothing.
Obito bent his elbow and heavily struck Kakashi in the stomach, grabbed Kakashi's hand, and twisted.
A sharp, piercing pain made Kakashi's blade fall to the ground.
The next instant, Kakashi's other hand was also seized by Obito. Obito reversed his grip and twisted.
"AH…", Kakashi let out a suppressed cry of pain, his shoulder joint having been dislocated by Obito.
The intense pain filled Kakashi's eyes with bloodshot veins, his Sharingan spinning as he glared at Obito.
Unexpectedly, it was as if he had slammed directly into a wall; his head instantly went dizzy, the world spinning.
Obito froze for a moment, then let out a cold mocking laugh, "Looks like you've replaced your Sharingan with a new one."
He grabbed Kakashi's clothes and lifted him straight up.
Kakashi's heart sank to rock bottom. In just this short span, his entire squad had been wiped out.
Moreover, the strange man in the tiger-striped mask before him was actually this powerful, with such bizarre abilities. He even knew Wood Release.
Combining this with the village's current intelligence… could this man be the one who orchestrated the Nine-Tails' attack?
"Who… are you?", Kakashi asked with difficulty.
'Am I going to die here?'
Obito gave a confident smile, "Uchiha Madara."
Kakashi's pupils shrank, and he shouted in disbelief, "No… impossible."
"Wasted too much time. Not worth it," Obito didn't explain, but muttered this as he reached his hand toward Kakashi's eye.
Just then, Obito suddenly turned his head aside.
Because a strong, forceful arrow had just grazed his face, even scratching a mark on the tiger-striped mask.
It was Susuki from afar who had loosed the arrow.
A sound of anger came from Obito's mouth, "Hm?"
At that moment, a burst of flames shot out from the grass, directly engulfing both Kakashi and Obito.
Obito immediately released Kakashi and entered his intangible state.
The flames sprayed onto Kakashi's body but didn't harm him, instead, a human-shaped figure grabbed him and threw him backward.
Kakashi drew an arc through the air and crashed to the ground, seeing stars from the pain.
When Obito saw the flame-form human figure, he was startled and quickly leapt back.
The flame-formed Rengoku crossed his arms over his chest, watching Obito as if enjoying a monkey show, his mouth letting out a mocking laugh, "Hehehehe…"
"Hilarious. Never seen such a stupid, clumsy pig."
Obito felt uneasy under the stare, but upon hearing Rengoku's words, he became a little annoyed, "What did you say?"
Rengoku looked him up and down, eyes full of ridicule, "I said you're a stupid pig, actually going around pretending to be Uchiha Madara."
Now realizing he was intangible, Obito knew that as long as he was careful, he could stand in an invincible position.
He adjusted his mentality, becoming lazy and arrogant, "Heh, no one can impersonate me."
The ridicule on Rengoku's face deepened, "You can only fool the ignorant Itachi."
"There are detailed records of Uchiha Madara in the clan."
"If you're going to impersonate him, at least pay attention to your appearance."
"Madara, since his youth, has always had waist-length hair, fought countless battles, and never lowered to disguise himself."
"And you, hiding yourself like this, dare to claim to be Uchiha Madara."
Obito's heart stirred at this, 'Are there detailed records of Madara in the Uchiha clan?'
"Heh, if I weren't injured, would it even be your turn to—"
"Stop!", Rengoku directly cut him off.
He raised a finger, "You know, Madara's character is arrogant beyond measure, utterly conceited, and would never explain such things."
"The moment you said that line, it meant you're definitely not Uchiha Madara."
Obito: "…"
'So that was a setup just now?'
Rengoku's face was half-smiling, "Kakashi, what did he just say to you?"
Kakashi, lying on the ground, was pressing his hand to his shoulder; with a crack, he set it back into place.
Panting, he said, "He said, 'Looks like you've replaced your Sharingan with a new one.'"
Rengoku stared at Obito as if suddenly enlightened, "So it's you. I know who you are now."
Being stared at intently by Rengoku made Obito's heart tremble involuntarily.
But his mouth remained defiant, "Oh? Then who am I?"
Rengoku spoke, "You've only revealed your right eye, meaning only your right eye is a Mangekyo Sharingan."
"And you awakened the Mangekyo before the Nine-Tails' attack."
"Before the Nine-Tails' attack, quite a few clan members went missing."
"But the one who went missing with only the right eye, there was only one."
"Plus, you immediately recognized that Kakashi's Sharingan wasn't the one from before."
"So you can only be you."
"To awaken the Mangekyo, one must endure extreme pain."
"And nothing is more painful than seeing Kakashi personally stab your beloved to death, right?"
"Obito."
At these words, Obito's chakra surged violently, and he couldn't help but take half a step back.
He didn't know Rengoku had the script in hand, he thought Rengoku had truly deduced it.
"NO! IMPOSSIBLE!", Before Obito could speak, Kakashi was the first to shout.
Rengoku sidestepped and kicked Kakashi, who was coming forward, to the side, "Don't act out some deep-bond drama with me."
"Kushina's childbirth was a top secret, only if you leaked the time from the memorial stone could Obito have killed the Fourth and his wife."
"I'm right, aren't I, Obito?"
Kakashi's pupils shrank sharply, and he stared blankly at the masked man opposite him.
Rengoku seized the initiative, and with his record of always calculating without error, he truly made Obito think he'd been deduced.
But now, he still stubbornly refused to admit it.
"Oh? Nice story. Too bad, I'm not Uchiha Obito."
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