"Ah~" A white hand flew towards the sky.
Obito screamed. At the critical moment, he instinctively reached out to block, narrowly avoiding a fatal blow.
Uchiha Nagi narrowed his eyes, pressing his advantage. As soon as his feet landed, he pushed off with force, intending to strike Obito down with his blade before his vision recovered.
Boom! The Exploding Tags detonated.
Obito used the force of the explosion, pushing off with his feet and leaping backward with all his might.
Interrupting Kamui at close range, the instant he materialized, Uchiha Nagi flashed his eyes with the Solar Flare, and simultaneously chopped off one of his hands. What seemed like a long time was actually less than a second.
How fast are Ninja? The Fourth Hokage could tear off Naruto's clothes and teleport away the instant Exploding Tags detonated. Obito wasn't as fast as the Fourth, but his reactions weren't slow either.
Whoosh—
Uchiha Nagi's short blade sliced past Obito's neck, but it was too late. Obito had entered his intangible mode, and the blade passed through his neck without any sensation of contact.
Although his eyes were temporarily blinded, it didn't mean he couldn't use Kamui.
"I underestimated you. Where did you get information about me?" A few seconds later, Obito slowly removed his other hand from his eyes.
Uchiha Nagi didn't answer. Just because Obito had lost a hand didn't mean he couldn't defeat him. Kamui's overpowered ability made him virtually invincible, while Nagi was merely a Jonin.
In the Ninja world, the importance of intelligence lies here: as long as a plan is made to target the opponent's weaknesses, a Jonin can also have a chance to defeat Kage-level powerhouses.
"I'll remember you, Uchiha Nagi, right? Don't die. I look forward to our next meeting..." Obito said sinisterly, then activated Kamui, transforming into a vortex and disappearing.
"Phew~ He's finally gone." Uchiha Nagi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Even a slight oversight would have meant his death. He ran over, picked up Obito's white arm, and put it into a storage scroll. This thing would be very useful... Uchiha Nagi successfully left the Uchiha Clan Compound. Because the Uchiha Clan had relocated outside Konoha, escaping the Root's barrier meant he was halfway to safety... [Face Eraser] Jutsu
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Three days later, a team of merchants from the Land of Wind was slowly walking through Konoha's lush forest. Konoha's geographical location was unique, with towering trees dozens of meters high everywhere.
They were about to return to their Village with carts full of grain and goods.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Two teams of masked Konoha Ninja quickly surrounded the convoy. "Kill them, leave no one alive," the masked captain in the lead ordered.
"Wait, have you misunderstood something? We are merchants from the Land of Wind, not spies. Our identities have already been verified... Ah!" The merchant leader hadn't finished speaking before a kunai pierced his throat.
As a barrage of kunai flew towards the many merchants, a dark figure suddenly leaped out of the crowd and ran into the distance.
"It's the target. One team stays to clean up the small fry, the rest follow me," the dog-masked squad leader instructed, then led his people in pursuit.
In the forest, Uchiha Nagi was filled with vexation. He shouldn't have left Konoha so hastily. He still couldn't figure out how he had been exposed. The Face Eraser Jutsu should have been flawless; he hadn't even overlooked details like scent and memories.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu."
Several large fireballs flew towards Uchiha Nagi, abruptly halting his advance.
"It's you~" Uchiha Nagi's eyes widened. Uchiha Obito was standing on a large tree, smiling sinisterly, his severed arm still not reattached.
"Heh heh, enjoy the gift I've given you. Remember, don't die." With that, Obito activated Kamui and slowly disappeared.
With his obstruction, the Root squad had already caught up.
Uchiha Nagi understood. His whereabouts had been leaked by Obito, who was monitoring him with White Zetsu.
"Damn it, you son of a bitch, Obito, you just wait for me~" Uchiha Nagi was seething with rage.
There was no time. Uchiha Nagi immediately created several Shadow Clones, sending them running in different directions, hoping to buy some time.
Facing several clones, the pursuing squad had no choice but to split up and chase again.
"There's still a chance. My stealth is also very high. As long as I create some distance, they won't be able to track me."
At this moment, over a dozen shuriken flew from behind Uchiha Nagi. Uchiha Nagi dodged most of them, and for the remaining few he couldn't evade, he used his short blade to deflect them with a series of clangs.
Whoosh—
After deflecting them, Uchiha Nagi heard several faint clinking sounds. He looked back and, sure enough, the shuriken that had flown behind him had collided and were now attacking him again.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall." Uchiha Nagi formed a single hand seal, and a defensive Ninjutsu blocked the shuriken, because he saw that there were also Exploding Tags among the shuriken... Uchiha Itachi, that traitor, was standing on a tree, looking directly at him with his Three Tomoe Sharingan.
Uchiha Nagi narrowed his eyes, trying to look at Itachi below his neck, because even if the opponent didn't activate his Mangekyo, he was still a master of Genjutsu, and one could easily fall victim to it.
"I didn't expect that I would miss one," Itachi said slowly.
Every factor within the Clan had been considered, but they never expected there to be a hidden Jonin. For so many years, the records showed him as a Chunin.
"I also didn't expect you to be able to harm your own Clan members," Uchiha Nagi said.
More words were useless. Both knew that only one person could live.
Itachi's appearance here was undoubtedly at Danzo's request, to eradicate any escaping Uchiha.
As a transmigrator, Uchiha Nagi was confident he had planned everything, but he never expected that Itachi, that turncoat, would actually help Danzo hunt him down after his defection.
However—
Uchiha Nagi's lips curved upward into a mysterious smile, "Don't move, Uchiha Itachi. If you dare to make a move, I will destroy Konoha. You wouldn't want to see the Konoha you preserved by slaughtering your Clan members ruined, would you?"
With that, he held a scroll inscribed with Jutsu formulas in his hand. This was what he used to remotely detonate the Exploding Tags.
"Destroy Konoha?" Uchiha Itachi's face was expressionless, yet filled with doubt. But even so, he still chose not to act. His nature was to plan before moving.
"The entire Konoha is already filled with Exploding Tags, including the Hokage Rock. As soon as I detonate them, the entire Konoha will instantly turn into ruins with a bang. Everyone will die then, including your little brother. Believe it or not, it's up to you." Uchiha Nagi was not flustered in the slightest.
"What do you use to prove it?" Itachi had, at some point, opened his Mangekyo.
"I can't prove it. You can take a gamble. Don't expect to control me with Genjutsu..." Uchiha Nagi finished speaking, then stabbed himself in the shoulder with a kunai, avoiding vital points, but maintaining intense pain.
[He doesn't look like he's lying.]
Itachi narrowed his eyes.