Time passed in a hurry. In the blink of an eye, it was almost the New Year. The entire village of Konoha was filled with a festive atmosphere. Many ninja and ANBU members who were out on missions were given a short vacation. Aside from a very few, basically everyone could have a family reunion.
But on such a day of village-wide celebration, a piece of bad news suddenly came. That was... Kakashi, who was leading a team on a mission, had been ambushed. Not only were all three of his chunin subordinates wiped out, but Kakashi himself was seriously injured and in a coma.
Hearing this news, Kusuo's eyes sharpened. As expected, it still happened, he thought. Everything was as he had anticipated.
By the time he arrived at the hospital, Kakashi was lying weakly on the bed, his right eye wrapped in gauze. Kusuo's arrival did not elicit any reaction from Kakashi. His remaining left eye just stared blankly at the white ceiling of the hospital room.
He gave a look to the other people in the room. They all took the hint and quietly left.
"You met him?" Kusuo asked.
"Mm." Kakashi replied weakly, turning his head with difficulty to look at him. "I didn't expect... you to be so accurate."
"I think what you didn't expect was that Obito was still alive, so you used the excuse of a mission to specifically run outside the village." Kusuo mercilessly exposed Kakashi's thoughts.
Being spoken to like this by his cousin, Kakashi was at a loss for words, not knowing what to say.
Well now. Seeing his cousin like this, Kusuo was also speechless. To say he brought it on himself... Kakashi was still quite pitiful. To say he was pitiful... he had already reminded him before, yet he still deliberately ran into the line of fire. Did he really think Obito was still the dead-last from their academy days? With just one Kamui, he had been able to retreat completely unscathed from the Fourth Hokage, Minato.
And now... he had gathered both Kamui. This was going to be troublesome.
Rubbing his brow with a bit of a headache, Kusuo still decided to try and persuade him properly. After all, in terms of bloodline, Kakashi was his last close relative in this world. The other clan members were too distant, and they basically had no contact.
"Cousin, you should just focus on healing during this time. Try to recover as soon as possible," he said. "As for the matter of your eye, I suggest you go to Tsunade and ask about Hashirama's cells."
The Root base had been almost completely wiped out by him. But the precious medical and experimental scrolls had all been taken by the higher-ups. Tsunade had waved her hand and given them to the ANBU, to be restored under the supervision of Ibiki Morino and others. Currently, it was unclear whose technology was more advanced, Konoha's or Obito's. After all, Danzo was an outsider, and couldn't be compared to an Uchiha of pure bloodline like Obito. But for him to be able to use a ultimate dojutsu like Izanagi without limit, his technology couldn't have been that bad.
To transplant an eye for Kakashi... was not a difficult matter at all. More importantly, without Obito's Sharingan constantly draining Kakashi's chakra, perhaps... Kakashi could, under his guidance, walk a path similar to his own.
Kusuo grinned. "These things... who knows?"
As he walked out the door, Kakashi hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"
Kusuo waved his hand without turning back. "What else can I do? Clean up your mess, of course."
...
"Success?" Itachi's face was hidden under his straw hat, only a pair of crimson Sharingan exposed.
"Heh, it was effortless." Obito felt the surging chakra from both his eyes. This power fascinated him. This is it. This is this powerful feeling. His other Sharingan... was finally complete.
He had waited for so many days, afraid of alerting Kusuo and the others, and hadn't found a suitable opportunity to strike. He never thought that idiot would actually walk out of the village on his own initiative. Obito almost died laughing. How could he not grasp such a golden opportunity? Relying solely on the element of surprise, he had taken back the eye he had gifted to Kakashi.
Now, with two Kamui in hand, his strength was even greater. A sinister glint flashed across Obito's face.
"Hatake Kusuo... I'd really like to know now, whose is faster: my double Kamui, or your sword."
Hearing Obito's words, Itachi was expressionless. Just as they were about to leave, a clear voice came.
"Whose is faster? Why don't you try and find out?"
SWISH!
A brilliant sword aura slashed over. Wrapped in an astonishing sword pressure, with the speed of a thunderclap that leaves no time to cover one's ears, it arrived before them in the blink of an eye.
Schlick.
Itachi's body was directly cut in two. Obito, on the other hand, turned into a form of nothingness and vanished into a distorted space, only to reappear a moment later. Then, the body of Itachi that had been cut also turned into a flock of flapping crows and re-formed his body.
Kusuo, holding his sword, walked to stand opposite them. In an instant, it was as if the air had frozen. A fierce wind began to howl around the three of them.
"It's you."
"I didn't expect you to find us so quickly," Obito said, his expression uncertain, his heart trembling slightly.
Looking at the face revealed from under Obito's spiral mask, Kusuo smiled faintly. "I sensed your breathing months ago. I've had your position locked down for a long time..."
"After all," he continued, "this is the only place you can hide outside of Konoha, right, Uchiha... Obito?"
Hearing this, Obito's pupils suddenly contracted. This... how is this possible? This person... knows my identity!
Beside him, the face hidden under Itachi's straw hat also changed slightly. He knew that Tobi was not Madara, but was Obito, who everyone had thought had died in the war years ago. Obito had told him this himself not long ago, for the purpose of having him help deal with the small fry under Kakashi's command, while he himself would face Kakashi alone to take back his other eye.
Hatake Kusuo... how did this boy know?
The hearts of both of them were like a raging sea, their faces filled with shock.
"Heh," Obito laughed coldly. "Although I don't know what you're talking about, I have to say, your move of coming to find us single-handedly is really bold."
He pushed off with his foot, his right hand already reaching for Kusuo's body. Relying on his current double Kamui ability, as long as he could grab his opponent, he could immediately transfer them to the Kamui dimension. At that time, whether to kill or to torture... wouldn't it be all up to him?
SWISH!
Fast. Extremely fast.
A flash of cold glint passed by. A white sword light cut through the void, directly passing through Obito's charging body. But where the blade passed, it became a void, only to reappear a moment later.
A smug smile was on Obito's face. Swing your sword! Unleash your slashes! No matter how many times, no matter how fast the sword, it can't hurt my body at all.
This was... the power of the double Kamui!
However, the next second, Obito's smug smile froze on his face.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
Countless sword lights were swung from Kusuo's hand. His speed was already so fast that no shadow could be seen. One could only barely see his figure moving, but the blade never stopped.
Obito couldn't make his body tangible at all. He could feel that the moment he materialized from the Kamui dimension, he would be cut into a bloody pulp by countless sword slashes.
Hatake Kusuo! This brat, how can he swing his sword so fast?!
Helpless, Obito disappeared again into the distorted vortex in the air, reappearing beside Itachi. But his eyes... were filled with a deep apprehension and fear.
This man, like himself, had become even stronger.
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