Yagura Karatachi originally believed that by replicating the clone of Konan, it would help him in battle.
Since Konan used Secret Paper Release Techniques, and the Water Mirror Technique could replicate anything except Kekkei Genkai. Even if the opponent was a Jinchuriki like Yagura himself, it could still be copied.
But...why couldn't Explosive Tags be replicated?!
It was a perfectly good Paper Release technique—why mix in Explosive Tags for no reason?
As Konan and her clone launched paper attacks at each other, Explosive Tags suddenly detonated. Because the clone couldn't replicate Explosive Tags, it was blown apart again.
Meanwhile, Pain, who had been standing on a tree trunk the entire time, jumped down to the ground and stood beside Konan, seemingly preparing to join the fight as well.
Yagura's expression turned serious. It appeared this time he'd have to use his real strength to defeat these three individuals.
Yagura Karatachi directly activated his partial Tailed Beast transformation.
His body began to transform dramatically. While remaining in human form, a surge of Tailed Beast chakra erupted from him, covering his body in dark red chakra, and three tails sprouted from his back.
After entering the semi-transformed state, Yagura suddenly leaped forward with great force, leaving two deep craters beneath his feet.
Yagura slammed his palm toward Obito Uchiha. Although Yagura moved extremely fast, Obito's Intangibility activation proved faster—he quickly turned intangible, causing the attack to fail.
However, Yagura had anticipated this exact outcome.
This was merely Yagura's feint attack.
His true targets were Pain and Konan behind Obito Uchiha.
Without slowing, Yagura charged straight at Pain.
Emotionlessly, Pain raised his hand directly at Yagura.
[Shinra Tensei!]
An immense repulsive force surged toward Yagura.
Yagura flew backward violently, crashing through three or four thick trees before stopping.
[Cannonball Blast!]
Yagura concentrated Tailed Beast chakra and spat out a massive ball of chakra energy from his mouth, targeting Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan.
Now that both Pain and Konan had entered the fray, Obito decided to observe slightly from the sidelines.
Obito wanted to witness their combat abilities firsthand.
Obito clearly understood that Nagato and Konan did not fully trust him.
To prevent either from turning against him later, Obito needed to evaluate their strength and identify their weaknesses.
Thus, Obito activated Intangibility once more, allowing the cannonball to pass right through his body.
Pain countered with Shinra Tensei once more, deflecting the chakra sphere.
As the chakra sphere dispersed under the repulsive force, Yagura suddenly appeared directly in front of Konan.
He slammed his palm forward again.
Konan responded by forming a shield made from countless paper fragments, successfully blocking Yagura's attack.
Surprisingly, the paper shield hit by Yagura began growing coral.
The weight of the coral caused the paper shield to drop onto the ground.
Seeing Konan attacked, Pain immediately raised his arm toward Yagura again.
[Universal Pull!]
From Pain as the center, Yagura uncontrollably felt drawn toward him by a powerful gravitational force.
As they were about to close in on Pain, he used Shinra Tensei once again, sending Yagura Karatachi crashing heavily into the ground with a powerful repulsive force.
Yagura Karatachi sank deeply into the earth.
A black receiver appeared in Pain's hand, which he then drove toward Yagura Karatachi.
[Water Release: Iwame Great Waterfall!]
Yagura Karatachi instantly erupted with Three-Tails' chakra and sent a massive wave surging outward from his body.
Pain retreated backward, narrowly dodging the massive surge of water.
In midair, Konan formed hand seals and extended her arm downward toward Yagura Karatachi.
[Dance of the Shikigami Spirits!]
Countless floating paper fragments gathered together, forming sharp spears that shot downward toward Yagura Karatachi.
The half-transformed tailed beast roared. A powerful gust of wind blew away all of Konan's paper spears.
Obito Uchiha said to Pain, "Hey, Pain, we need to push him into complete tailed beast transformation. Only then can I fully control him, so stop using that black rod."
Pain's gaze toward Obito Uchiha hardened.
Obito clearly understood the effects of the black receiver.
This black receiver had a disruptive effect on the target's chakra, and when inserted into an opponent's body, it could block their chakra pathways.
If successfully embedded into Yagura Karatachi's body, Yagura Karatachi would be unable to achieve full tailed beast transformation.
So, Obito knew many of his secrets.
At this moment, Yagura Karatachi had already begun gathering the Tailed Beast Ball, creating a high-density, spinning black energy sphere forming in front of his mouth.
Yagura Karatachi swallowed the reduced-size energy ball, then expelled the Tailed Beast Ball forward in a straight line.
The powerful Tailed Beast Ball hurtled toward the trio—Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan.
Pain, who had previously used Shinra Tensei with one hand, now raised both arms.
He muttered lowly, [Shinra Tensei!]
An overwhelmingly stronger repulsive force emerged, directly deflecting the Tailed Beast Ball into the air, where it flew far off in the distance before finally landing.
First came violent tremors shaking the earth, followed by the blinding flash of the Tailed Beast Ball's explosion, and then the deafening roar along with a fierce gale blowing through the battlefield.
While Yagura Karatachi was releasing the Tailed Beast Ball, Konan wasn't idle either.
She had employed the Paper Person of God Technique, disguising numerous explosive tags as part of the ground surface.
After Pain deflected the Tailed Beast Ball, the hidden explosive tags disguised as ground suddenly revealed themselves, sticking one after another onto Yagura Karatachi's body.
Once the explosive tags detonated, another thunderous blast echoed across the battlefield, leaving behind a deep crater on the ground.
Seeing the power of the explosion, Obito's single visible eye twitched.
He didn't actually die, did he?
But...
This technique from Konan caught Obito's attention.
Even though Obito had seen Konan using explosive tags disguised as the ground,
when those explosive tags became the fake ground, even the Sharingan could no longer tell the difference—it appeared indistinguishable from real terrain.
Yagura Karatachi, having suffered Konan's explosive tag attack, did not die.
At this point, Yagura Karatachi began transforming again—the outline of bones emerged over his body, which started expanding outward, gradually losing its human appearance.
Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan did not immediately launch another assault.
It was obvious that Yagura Karatachi was about to fully transform into the Tailed Beast, and what they were waiting for now was his complete transformation.
Yagura Karatachi had already completely lost any human form. His body grew massive, encased in Kara.
At last, the Three-Tails emerged in its complete form.
Pain looked at Obito Uchiha and said, "The Three-Tails has appeared. He's yours to handle."
Obito Uchiha nodded. "Leave it to me — I've got this. However, once I use my Sharingan-based Genjutsu to control the Three-Tails, before Yagura Karatachi helps the beast dispel the illusion, you'll need to pierce the Three-Tails' body with your Black Receivers and synchronize with my Genjutsu to halt its full transformation."
Obito Uchiha activated Kamui. His figure vanished, then reappeared in front of the Three-Tails, staring directly into its eyes.
[Sharingan-based Genjutsu!]
The newly emerged Three-Tails was immediately affected by Obito's illusion technique; its eyes took on the appearance of the Sharingan.
Meanwhile, Pain flew in front of the Three-Tails and instantly stabbed dozens of Black Receivers into its body.
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