Chapter 429: The Annoyance of Uchiha Wise-Fool
The instant his right hand's wooden spikes pierced Ishiro's chest, Obito Uchiha activated Kamui, completing his dematerialization.
Thus, Ishiro's subsequent sword strike slashed through empty air, failing to hit Obito's head, and the two ultimately passed through each other.
However, Obito felt no pleasure from his success, because that strike just now had not given him the feeling of hitting flesh.
"What's going on? Was it a clone? That's not right. If it were a clone, it should have disappeared by now," Obito thought, putting distance between them again as he analyzed the information.
But this time, he didn't need to ask. A White Zetsu clone who had seen the whole process took the initiative to clear up his confusion: "It's the Hydrification Technique from Kirigakure's Hōzuki clan."
"When you attacked him, water flowed out of his chest."
Obito's mouth twitched. The Hydrification Technique? How is that possible?
As the shadow master who had controlled Kirigakure for several years, Obito certainly knew of this technique. He had also looked at it, but his water affinity was not his own; it was one he had obtained after transplanting the First Hokage's cells. He had never specially developed it, so he couldn't learn the Hydrification Technique. And given the technique's difficulty, even if his primary affinity had been water, he probably wouldn't have been able to learn it. Obito still had a clear understanding of his own ninjutsu talent.
After understanding the reason, Obito looked at Ishiro again, only to see him once more softly speak those two words: "Wise Fool."
The Hydrification Technique could transform a part of the ninja's body that was under attack into water.
However, Ishiro's mastery of it was far from being as proficient as Obito had seen. He could only prepare in advance to liquefy a certain part of his body and then activate it just before Obito attacked. The only reason he could be so accurate was that Obito aimed for his heart every single time. Therefore, Ishiro didn't even need to think to judge the location of Obito's attack.
Thus, in Obito's eyes, Ishiro's performance appeared extremely calm and composed. Paired with that taunt of "Wise Fool," Obito nearly went mad.
To make matters worse, at this moment, a White Zetsu clone spoke up: "Black Zetsu wants me to tell you that our losses are too great. We need to end this quickly."
The face under Obito's mask darkened even further.
He touched his shoulder. Although it had been slashed by Ishiro, the wound was not deep. With this delay, his injury had already fully recovered.
The next moment, Obito disappeared again. This time, he did not attack Ishiro but set his sights on his four disciples.
In Obito's view, a ninja with the Hydrification Technique had too strong a survival ability. But he was unwilling to just admit defeat like this, so he settled for the next best thing and targeted Ishiro's disciples, hoping that he, like the "Yellow Flash" back then, would reveal a flaw while protecting those important to him.
Obito first appeared beside Chiga. He was detected by Ishiro, who slashed at him with his sword, forcing him to become intangible. Then, after Ishiro's sword passed through his body, Obito re-materialized and attacked Sasagawa Ayumi.
This time, he was interrupted by one of Ishiro's water pressure lines.
As Obito laughed coldly and charged at Sōkai, he even looked back at Ishiro with a mocking smile, as if to say, Let's see what you can do now.
Ishiro was indeed too late. Even if his hand seals were faster, he couldn't stop Obito.
But he was prepared. He already had an unsealed jutsu ready: "Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere," aimed precisely at Obito's head. As long as he spat out this jutsu, Obito would be forced to dematerialize again, thus saving Sōkai.
However, Ishiro did not do so. He pretended that he couldn't make it in time, only shouting: "Sōkai!"
Sōkai understood. He turned around, his eyes locking on to Obito, who had just happened to turn his head back at the same time.
Obito's soul nearly flew out of his body. "Sharingan! A Mangekyō Sharingan!"
He had seen that Sōkai was an Uchiha during the battle just now. To have awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan at such a young age, he was indeed a genius. Although he was curious why one of Ishiro's disciples was an Uchiha, he had originally planned to leave no survivors, so he hadn't delved deeper.
But he had never imagined that this boy had actually awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
A pair of Mangekyō Sharingan with unknown abilities!
Obito chose to become intangible at the first possible moment, then once again fled far away.
Sōkai did not attack with his Mangekyō. He knew this Obito's ability and that it was not so easy to hit him.
At this time, Ishiro quickly moved to Sōkai's side, placing one hand on the Gedo Statue fragment while guarding against the distant Obito.
Under their watch, Obito disappeared. This time, he did not reappear quickly.
However, Ishiro did not relax, because the White Zetsu army's attack was still continuing. Clearly, Obito had not given up.
He pushed his Mind's Eye to its maximum, beginning to search for Obito's traces.
Suddenly, in the narrow passage where he had entered, a life form appeared.
The corner of Ishiro's mouth curled up, revealing a cold smile.
Immediately, his Porcelain Release activated. This time, it was no longer to pick off the Zetsu clones but to directly form a sphere, enveloping himself and his disciples. With Sōkai's Mangekyō Sharingan as a threat, Obito would probably not be in a hurry to charge in.
The porcelain sphere blocked the attack of the Zetsu clones, but just as it was about to close, it suddenly stopped.
At the same time, Ishiro's main body suddenly slumped within the sphere.
He had activated the Spirit Transformation Technique.
In his soul state, Ishiro was extremely fast. With one leap, he was behind Obito. Then, he drilled in from the top of his head.
The next moment, he was in front of Obito's soul.
Without the slightest hesitation, he launched an attack on Obito's unconscious spiritual body.
When Ishiro had appeared behind him, Obito instinctively sensed something was wrong. He subconsciously tried to make himself intangible. But he was a beat too slow; Ishiro was already inside his body.
The next moment, Obito's intangible state was forcibly canceled.
With his soul under attack, he could no longer maintain his Mangekyō's pupil technique.
Although he didn't know what was happening, Obito knew he was in danger. He immediately activated the Sharingan that had been transplanted into his left eye socket.
"Izanagi!"
The next moment, Obito disappeared. In his place, only Ishiro's soul, invisible to the naked eye, remained.
Ishiro knew he had succeeded, so he quickly returned to his own body.
This round trip was extremely fast. The many Zetsu clones were still at a loss as to what to do about the absolute defense Ishiro had deployed.
Ishiro had already forced Obito to use Izanagi and returned.
After returning to his body, Ishiro continued to control his Porcelain Release to attack the Zetsu clones. However, this time his goal was not to kill, but to seal and capture them alive.
The Zetsu, not expecting that Ishiro, who was defending with all his might, would suddenly launch an attack, were caught off guard. In an instant, the dozens of White Zetsu clones in this space were directly sealed by Ishiro.
And at this moment, Obito reappeared. He shouted, "Retreat!" Then, he took the lead and left.
The many Zetsu clones, hearing the command, did not dare to delay and, one after another, used the Mayfly technique to quickly escape.
Only after they had all left his Mind's Eye's sensory range did Ishiro breathe a sigh of relief.
But he did not let his guard down. The hand he had placed on the Gedo Statue fragment squeezed slightly. Then, he entered Seven-Tails Chakra Mode.
Next, he tapped each of his four disciples, enveloping them in the chakra as well. This was his final trump card. If he had not had the opportunity to repel Obito just now, he would have had to rely on this mode to break out.
Ishiro created a clone to briefly clean the battlefield. This was easy, as the Zetsu clones were naked and had no valuables.
Then, Ishiro cautiously led the group out of the underground shrine.
When he emerged from the winding tunnel, there were only the two bodies of the Iwa Anbu guards outside. Apart from them, there was nothing.
Ishiro sealed their bodies, then flew to a high altitude with his four disciples. Only then did he truly relax.
Sitting on the porcelain platform a thousand meters in the air, Ishiro and the others slowly steady their breathing.
After a moment, Ishiro slapped his thigh and laughed. "I hunt geese all day, but today I was almost pecked in the eye by one."
"Haha, I guess I've been schemed against for once."
Ogura Saki looked ashamed. "Master Ishiro, I was careless and put everyone in a dangerous situation."
Ishiro patted her shoulder. "It has nothing to do with you. I was bound to experience this sooner or later."
"Obito is in the shadows, and I am in the light. It's impossible to completely predict his every move."
"Having you by my side this time made it much easier for me to cope."
"Besides, our gains this time were not small."
Ogura Saki looked at the floating, sealed White Zetsu clones. "Is it these?"
Ishiro nodded, then shook his head. He then handed the longsword in his hand to Chiga.
She knew what he meant. She dipped her hand in the blood Obito had left on the sword and put it in her mouth.
Saki didn't understand; she still didn't know about Chiga's ability. But Sōkai and Sasagawa Ayumi's eyes lit up. They had seen this scene before and were full of anticipation.
Ishiro didn't explain to Saki but just waited quietly.
A long time later, Chiga opened her eyes. They were shining, clearly having found something.
"Master Ishiro, that Obito should be using a space-time ninjutsu. His position appears and disappears, but generally speaking, he has been constantly fleeing in... that direction."
Saying that, the little girl pointed a finger in a certain direction.
Ishiro looked over there, a cold smile appearing on his lips.
And at this moment, Obito, completely unaware that he was once again being tracked by Ishiro, was fleeing into the distance with his White Zetsu army, his face full of lingering fear.
(End of Chapter)
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