"Second Level… Magic Crystal Arrow!!!"
Kaoru raised his hand, and a dazzling azure arrow, imbued with infinite ice power, shot out with a roar!
"What is this…" Hashirama Senju's pupils contracted as he saw the troublesome crystal arrow flying towards him. He instantly vanished from his spot, narrowly dodging the arrow.
However, seeing this, Kaoru's expression didn't change much. Although it didn't hit Hashirama Senju, it was within his expectations. The Magic Crystal Arrow directly struck the ground below Hashirama Senju, and the forest instantly turned frigid. Countless frost spread towards where Hashirama Senju had dodged.
"Now, Third Level… Extreme Ice Prison!!!" With a fierce shout, Kaoru unleashed his ultimate move, Winter's Wrath. The vast chakra within his body and the three entirely ice-based Hero Ninjutsu perfectly fused together, erupting with a roar. The target was not just the Hashirama Buddha or Hashirama Senju, but the entire forest!
Swish!!!
Infinite ice power spread out like flowing water from Kaoru's center. Everything in sight was instantly bathed in a white glow… All things fell silent in an instant…
The colossal Hashirama Buddha… Hashirama Senju… and even the entire forest, everything, was dyed in a brilliant white radiance by Kaoru's successive Triple Ice Power. All movement ceased, and everything turned into an eternal ice sculpture, emitting a dreamlike halo under the scorching sun, as if it had achieved sublimation rather than dying from freezing…
"It's over…" Kaoru stood alone in the silver-white ice forest he had created, like the king of this ice world…
"This… What kind of power is this…" Obito muttered in disbelief, his eyes vacant as he looked at the boundless white world before him. For a moment, he even felt as if this cold ice had broken through space, and even his Kamui dimension would become this eternal ice sculpture…
"It's a reanimated body, but now…"
The Mangekyō Sharingan beneath his mask now only reflected a world of white light. Under this light, Obito's heart was filled with terror as he discovered that Hashirama Senju had also been frozen by Kaoru into a lifelike ice sculpture. Although Hashirama Senju's face still held the shock from before, there was no longer any sign of movement.
"Reanimation only allows for regeneration when the physical body is destroyed. But now… Hashirama Senju's body is intact. Although there are no signs of life…"
Standing alone in the boundless white world, Kaoru looked at Obito. His scarlet eyes seemed to contain another world of ice, causing Obito, who was being watched, to tremble incessantly. Kaoru then spoke indifferently, "In short… before my Triple Ice Power… all things will be frozen…"
"Your trump card, Hashirama Senju, can no longer save you, so it's your turn next…"
After freezing Hashirama Senju, Kaoru's scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan gazed intently at Obito, who was hiding in the intangible state of Kamui. His softly spoken words were like a death sentence from the Grim Reaper…
"Hehehe…" At this moment, Obito inexplicably began to laugh.
"Hehehe…"
No longer daring to meet Kaoru's gaze, Obito lowered his head and let out a dry, hoarse laugh. Having personally witnessed Kaoru's move that seemed to freeze everything in the world, turning the entire area, including Hashirama Senju, into an ice sculpture, he no longer felt any courage to oppose Kaoru. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes… it would be hard to imagine. Perhaps… after witnessing your epic battle with the First Hokage, even dying… would be worth it…"
"Oh…" Hearing this, Kaoru raised an eyebrow and asked, "So… you're ready to die?"
"How is that possible… My ideals haven't been fulfilled yet. How can I die here?!" Obito suddenly shouted, then reached up, removed the mask from his face, and smashed it fiercely onto the ground!
CRASH!!! The mask shattered on the ground, just like Obito's broken heart!
"I can't die yet. This world doesn't have Rin yet. I must create a world that has Rin!!!" Obito's face, marked with cracks, became even more distorted. He finally stopped concealing his true appearance, staring at Kaoru and shouting madly.
Looking at Obito's face, repaired by Wood Style and appearing monstrous, Kaoru felt a deep sadness in his heart, a sorrow for Uchiha Obito.
"You should know in your heart that this is forever impossible…" Kaoru said, calming himself.
"For Rin, you didn't hesitate to destroy your teacher's family, your homeland Konoha Village, and even the entire world. Do you think… what you've done is something Rin would want to see?"
Obito's face contorted in shock, falling into a moment of silence, before he finally shouted hysterically.
"I don't care! I only want Rin! I don't care about any teacher, any homeland, any world!!!" Obito roared fiercely, tears welling up in his eyes.
"I only want this…" Obito's tone was filled with sorrow and helplessness.
Looking at Obito's current state, Kaoru sighed. He knew that Rin was Obito's spiritual pillar and the only reason he was still alive in this world. Even if this reason was incredibly ephemeral, Obito knew it deep down. But even if it was so ephemeral, he still chose to believe. Otherwise, he wouldn't know why he should continue living…
"Since you're so unwilling to listen to reason… there is actually another way for you to see Rin… that is to send you to the Pure Land…" Putting aside his sympathy for Obito, Kaoru's eyes turned cold again. No matter how tragic Obito's past was, he was now an enemy before him…
Hearing Kaoru's words, Obito, whose form was anchored in the void, transmitted a voice like a dried-up riverbed: "You want to kill me… Impossible. You know my Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular ninjutsu, don't you…"
"As long as I don't make the first move… no one in this world can do anything to me…" Speaking the source of his confidence, Obito seemed to regain his composure and said sternly to Kaoru.
Indeed, Uchiha Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan Kamui was a rogue skill. If he didn't make the first move, even the reanimated Madara Uchiha couldn't do anything to him.
In the original story, Madara Uchiha, in order to retrieve his eyes hidden by Obito in another dimension, had to first seize Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan and enter the Kamui dimension to successfully retrieve the Rinnegan.
"You're too arrogant… Obito…"
Kaoru's scarlet and mysterious Mangekyō Sharingan seemed to see through Obito's reliance. Kaoru shook his head slightly and calmly stated an unchanging truth: "In this world… there is no such thing as a perfect ninjutsu…"
"Relying solely on one ninjutsu to fight… eventually, your flaws will be exposed…" Kaoru's face showed no emotional fluctuation as he simply stated a fact: "Moreover, in the face of my unique Mangekyō Sharingan, your Kamui dimension has long had a countermeasure…"
"Magical Journey!!!"
The moment Kaoru's words fell, a strong sense of unease surged within Obito. As expected, in the next second, his Sharingan saw Kaoru's eyes erupt with ocular power. A pleasant sound rang out, and in the void before them, a golden portal inlaid with mysterious runes was opened!
"What is that!!!"
Obito's eyes widened in extreme horror, his shocked expression frozen on his face! Because through the spatial portal opened by Kaoru, his eyes saw the sight of cubic structures!
This was precisely the exclusive space-time dimension of his Mangekyō Sharingan's Kamui!
"How about it… As I said, no technique is perfect. Now, where can you escape to…" Kaoru's lips curved into a mocking smile as he caught the unmistakable panic in Obito's eyes.
Magical Journey, Bard's E skill from League of Legends. As a traveler between realms beyond the imagination of mortal beings, Bard can traverse various spaces with ease, let alone Kaoru, who had seen Obito use his Mangekyō Sharingan Kamui so many times.
"This is impossible, this must be an illusion!!!"
Overwhelming fear finally consumed Obito's entire being. He instantly distorted the surrounding space, shrinking himself into the Kamui dimension, attempting to escape.
"Still trying to escape with a sliver of hope… I already told you earlier…" Seeing Obito retreat into Kamui, Kaoru shook his head and sighed. Unhurriedly, he stepped into the spatial portal opened by Magical Journey.
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