Chapter 159: This Is Truly Goodbye, Obito
The reason Li Jiexuan chose the Nine-Tails' invasion was naturally for Naruto's reincarnated Asura bloodline.
However, the time wasn't right yet…
He hadn't forgotten how the Naruto world reacted the last time he attempted to extract Indra's bloodline. Li Jiexuan believed that the moment he showed any intention of seizing Asura's bloodline, the Sage of Six Paths might step in and wipe everything clean…
It was far too early for him to exit the stage!
Smiling, Li Jiexuan tucked little Naruto in and turned to leave the orphanage. "Director, I found that abandoned baby outside. Please take good care of him."
With that, he vanished abruptly at the corner.
Outside the village—inside the secret chamber!
"Hello, I'm back again!"
This time, Li Jiexuan showed his true face, causing both the Fourth Hokage and Obito to freeze in shock. Why was there a child here?
"Flying Thunder God… you're the one from earlier?" Minato Namikaze quickly regained his composure, blocking Obito while shouting at Li Jiexuan, "Where did you take Naruto?"
"Somewhere safe!" Li Jiexuan smiled casually and nodded toward Obito Uchiha. "Want to team up? You take the Nine-Tails. I'll take Kushina."
Obito hesitated for a moment, then nodded cautiously. "Deal."
Alone, he truly couldn't handle Minato. At best, he could only prevent Minato from reinforcing Kushina's seal. But the longer things dragged on, the greater the risk—Obito didn't want to gamble.
"Kamui!"
"Flying Thunder God!"
Faced with two masters of space-time ninjutsu, Li Jiexuan's imperfect Flying Thunder God could only serve as support, coordinating with Obito to suppress Minato. Most of the time, he stood at the edge, observing.
"So he only becomes tangible when attacking?"
In the midst of the clash, Minato quickly discerned Kamui's weakness and calculated silently. "In that case, it all comes down to attack speed!"
Whoever struck first would win!
In that instant, both moved simultaneously. Minato flung a marked kunai toward the masked man's head, but Kamui rendered Obito intangible, and the blade passed straight through.
Meanwhile, the masked man's movement was just slightly faster…
If he touched Minato now, it would all be over. Kamui would drag Minato into another dimension, where he could be dealt with at leisure.
Victory would be decided in a single heartbeat!
But just as the masked man believed he had succeeded—
"Flying Thunder God!"
Minato flashed behind him to the marked kunai, a Rasengan forming in his palm and crashing downward!
"Sorry about that—Flying Thunder God!"
Li Jiexuan grinned as he shifted the masked man onto a different Flying Thunder God mark. Even with a one-second delay, it could still turn the tide at a critical moment.
Boom!
The Fourth Hokage's Rasengan blasted the ground to pieces. The shockwave made Kushina Uzumaki cry out in even greater agony.
"Minato!"
His wife's scream distracted him. Li Jiexuan sneered and formed hand seals. "Genjutsu—Bringer of Darkness!"
A curtain of black swallowed everything in an instant. Minato and the masked man instinctively teleported outside the range of the technique.
But the very next second—
"Damn it—Kushina!"
"The Nine-Tails!"
They both flashed back inside. Minato appeared directly beside Kushina using Flying Thunder God.
Unfortunately, that single second was enough.
The syringe filled with bloodline essence had already done its work.
Crimson bloodline power flowed within the needle.
"The Uzumaki clan's bloodline…"
Li Jiexuan waved cheerfully at Minato. "Goodbye, Minato. I'll leave your child at the orphanage."
He departed with a smile, leaving behind the dying Kushina and the Nine-Tails on the verge of bursting free!
Without the Uzumaki bloodline, sealing techniques alone could no longer restrain the ferocious beast. Seeing this, Obito wasted no time—his Mangekyō Sharingan flared as he attempted to seize control of the Nine-Tails!
Minato wanted to stop him, but Kushina's critical condition made it impossible to divide his attention.
"Damn it!"
He could only use Flying Thunder God to move Kushina to safety.
Meanwhile, the masked man's Mangekyō Sharingan gradually synchronized with the Nine-Tails' eyes. He was moments away from gaining control.
"Hello—I'm back again!"
Li Jiexuan returned once more, appearing directly before the masked man, so close they could feel each other's breath.
"It was then!"
The masked man realized—when Li Jiexuan had "saved" him earlier, he had secretly left a Flying Thunder God mark on him.
This was bad.
Yet while attempting to control the Nine-Tails, he couldn't activate Kamui immediately.
"The Nine-Tails is yours. Your eye is mine!"
Smiling, Li Jiexuan reached out. With Dragon Sage Mode and the Gate of View enhancing his speed, the masked man had no time to react.
"AAARGH!!!"
A piercing scream echoed as Li Jiexuan shattered the mask and forcibly tore out the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The control over the Nine-Tails broke instantly. The beast fell into total frenzy. In its rage, it bit down and killed Obito in one savage motion…
Li Jiexuan waved with a grin. "Now this really is goodbye!"
Back at the orphanage, he pulled out the syringe again and, without hesitation, pierced it into Naruto's arm, drawing slightly.
"Found you, you little thief!"
An aged Madara Uchiha descended in person, with Black Zetsu at his side. It seemed logical—Black Zetsu, who had been monitoring Obito, must have brought Madara here.
But Li Jiexuan knew better.
This was simply the Naruto world's countermeasure against his theft of Asura's bloodline!
"Susanoo!"
As expected, Madara wasn't here for negotiation. He attacked with lethal intent from the start.
But—
"Acquired Asura Bloodline (Dormant)."
When the system notification sounded, Li Jiexuan grinned.
When his consciousness returned, he was back in the Mist Village guest room. Outside, faint rustling footsteps approached—the Hidden Mist assassins had arrived!
"They really won't let me rest…"
Clenching his fist, Li Jiexuan blasted the entire room into ruins. Activating Dragon Sage Mode and the Gate of View, he shot out from the debris like lightning.
"He's out! Don't let him escape!"
"Those who can fly, pursue him! Those who can't, shoot him down!"
For a moment, countless ninjutsu rained into the sky.
However—
"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
After a one-second delay, Li Jiexuan vanished abruptly in midair.