With one clean strike, Hatake Satoru flipped the Three-Tails onto its back.
While it was stuck belly-up and couldn't get back up, Shisui immediately activated his Mangekyou Sharingan to lock it in place.
He didn't have the power to fully control a tailed beast, but he was doing his best to keep it still.
Shisui frowned slightly, staring at the Three-Tails, afraid it might suddenly recover and fight back.
These new eyes… no matter how he used them, they still didn't feel as good as his original ones.
Even though Shisui had gotten used to using them in daily situations without much trouble now…
The Mangekyou Sharingan still drained him way more than he expected.
"!"
A sharp noise of something cutting through the air suddenly came from behind. Shisui quickly glanced back and saw a chain flying straight at him.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished from the chain's path.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Three kunai with explosive tags shot out from Shisui's hand and exploded fiercely around Obito.
The blasts filled the air with smoke and a strong smell of gunpowder, completely swallowing Obito's figure.
Off to the side, Shisui crouched low, panting heavily and looking a bit worn out.
He could feel his eyes getting damp, and warm blood seemed to be slowly seeping out from behind his sunglasses.
There was definitely no one behind him just now!
If the attacker hadn't made a move, he wouldn't have realized someone had gotten that close.
That feeling—he'd only experienced it once before, when Hatake Satoru moved!
Could it be that both of them used space-type jutsu!?
The masked man in front of him had long, spiky black hair and held a chain in his hand. His face was hidden behind a dark yellow mask.
He was the same masked man from inside the Mizukage building who had been controlling Karatachi Yagura!
Before Shisui could do anything else, Obito quickly formed hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
A huge red fireball rolled forward with flames, rushing straight at Shisui.
Even though Shisui had used up a lot of chakra to control the Three-Tails, dodging a fireball like this was still within his ability.
Hatake Satoru's figure suddenly flashed through the air, then dropped down from the sky.
"Whoa! I didn't miss anything, did I~?"
His playful voice rang in Obito's ears as Hatake Satoru casually threw an arm over Obito's shoulder.
Well, more like lightly rested his hand there instead of actually grabbing him.
Obito instinctively phased through, but Hatake Satoru acted like he knew and just placed his hand there for show.
Who is this guy?!
Obito quickly used Kamui to put some space between them.
A bad feeling rose in his chest.
From the way Hatake Satoru reached for him, it looked like he already knew about his phasing ability!
"You've seen me before?"
Obito asked in a low voice.
At the same time, he didn't stop moving—sharp wooden spikes quickly grew from his palm and shot toward Hatake Satoru.
"Eh—hasn't it only been a few days since we met?"
"Your memory is really bad, huh~"
Hatake Satoru's annoying voice came again, and then his figure suddenly vanished from the spot without a trace.
Obito quickly looked around, alert. This guy might be just like him—a user of space-based jutsu.
If he couldn't figure out the details of this power, it would be hard to deal with.
Behind his mask, Obito frowned slightly. The chakra around them was chaotic.
After all, a Tailed Beast was here, messing things up.
Still, he should've been able to sense this guy's chakra.
Obito's Sharingan scanned the area, quickly looking for any moving chakra nearby.
He did feel like this person looked familiar, but it was probably just the silver hair, which reminded him a bit of Kakashi.
But that nasty personality and weird jutsu had nothing to do with Kakashi.
Also, that move Isshiki used and the tall, slim figure gave Obito a strange sense of familiarity.
One thing he was sure of—the masked face with the eyepatch was someone he'd never seen before.
"Don't make that confused face!"
"Like I'm making things hard for you or something~"
Hatake Satoru's teasing voice came again, and then suddenly a long leg came down from above, kicking straight at the alert Obito.
Obito instantly phased out, one eye watching Hatake Satoru carefully.
This guy had no chakra flow at all.
And then—Obito suddenly remembered.
That person from the night Itachi asked for help with the Uchiha massacre!
The one wearing that ridiculous cat mask!
Back then, Obito had tried using his Sharingan genjutsu on him, but behind the mask was just a piece of black cloth, so it didn't work.
Now that he thought about it, didn't this guy look exactly like that weirdo from back then!?
Even though there was no chakra flow, he could still use strange jutsu, and he even knew about Rin.
"…You were that guy from that night."
He didn't expect this guy to have left the Leaf Village!
Obito secretly gritted his teeth. This guy really couldn't stay quiet—now he was causing trouble in the Mist Village too.
Leaving someone like this around would definitely be a threat.
"Ding ding! You got it right—!"
As Hatake Satoru spoke with a cheerful voice, a steady stream of pale blue energy appeared in his palm.
In an instant, all the broken chunks of earth scattered from Yagura's earlier blast floated into the air and shot straight toward Obito.
Of course—it's this move again!
Obito frowned slightly and shouted at the flying chunks rushing at him from all directions.
"Fire Release: Blazing Wind Dance!"
The space around Kamui spun faster and faster, twisting into a swirling storm.
Obito raised his fingers to his mouth and quickly took a step back.
Blazing flames burst out along with the vortex-like storm, lighting up the night sky in a wave of fire.
The earth chunks flying at Obito were instantly blown apart!
But in the flash of firelight, Hatake Satoru's figure had already disappeared.
"Damn!"
Obito suddenly heard the sharp sound of wind rushing from behind him. When Kamui is absorbing objects, he can't make himself intangible at the same time.
This guy is way too fast!
Startled, Obito quickly turned his head.
Hatake Satoru's smiling face was right in front of him. With a soft "tap" sound, a finger pressed directly against Obito's mask.
No way to dodge!
Obito's eyes narrowed, and the muscles in his face behind the mask tensed up.
Hatake Satoru moved his lips and spoke in a quiet, mocking voice.
"Heh."
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Didn't finish the tenth update. I'll make it up later. That's it for today's update.
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