Kitagawa Gen indeed did not quite understand what was going on with this guy, Obito.
He did not even quite understand what kind of "subtle reaction" existed between this guy and the Isshiki inside his body.
But he knew that Obito's current situation had truly changed.
'The Kāma has already activated—is this the first stage?'
Kitagawa Gen still remembered that guy Jigen; under his Byakugan, Obito's situation had indeed become somewhat unusual.
Moreover, this guy's current state even seemed stronger than Jigen's back then!
'So Jigen's body really had been dragging Isshiki down?'
Kitagawa Gen nodded, but Obito at this moment appeared especially excited. He lifted his head, fixed his gaze on Kitagawa Gen, and spoke in a low voice.
"Did you see it? I am not the same as that guy Kakashi!"
[Buzz—]
The instant Obito finished speaking, he had already rushed straight toward Kitagawa Gen.
"This is the power I attained under Rin's guidance!"
His fist carried a whistling wind, almost instantly causing the surrounding trees to collapse.
Yet, just as he was about to strike Kitagawa Gen, Kitagawa Gen shifted his body and stepped forward.
In that instant, Obito's fist brushed past his side, and his White Fang short blade directly slashed toward Obito's arm.
Obito's reaction speed was also extremely fast now; after his punch missed, he immediately twisted his body to the side.
After dodging this slash from Kitagawa Gen, he sent a punch with his left hand toward Kitagawa Gen's chest.
However, Kitagawa Gen stood where he was without making any large movements; he simply placed his left hand on Obito's hand, then pushed down with force, letting himself float upward.
Next, Kitagawa Gen sent a kick toward Obito's head.
[Bang—]
Obito raised one hand to block, and his body instantly flew backward, blasting a large hole into the wall of a street-side building. After that, his entire person entered intangibility.
"So fast? As expected of you, who was defined as an 'Evolver' by Ōtsutsuki Genshiki."
In the blink of an eye, he flickered back again, but his face was now filled with excitement.
"But I am no longer who I once was—feel the will that Rin and I share together!"
[Whoosh—]
The air itself seemed to shake, and Obito once again rushed toward Kitagawa Gen.
His speed became even faster at this moment, but right now Kitagawa Gen truly looked at him as though he were mentally handicapped.
'What 'shared consciousness with Rin'? Could it be that Isshiki used some special means?'
Kitagawa Gen's thoughts were somewhat drifting, but with every movement of his hands and feet he neutralized Obito's attacks one by one!
That Obito had become stronger—this point was beyond doubt, but this guy's basic abilities truly did not make him feel any pressure.
[Buzz—]
Obito swung his fist, and Kitagawa Gen merely tilted his head to dodge. Then, before Obito could kick out, he flickered and had already circled around Obito.
At the same time, he seemed to have guessed Obito's thoughts; he raised his hand and blocked the elbow Obito swung around as he turned.
In the next instant.
[Buzz—]
The howling fist wind burst forth; with his left hand he punched Obito in the stomach, then his elbow swung straight toward Obito's face.
[Bang—]
Accompanied by a dull sound, the mask on Obito's face was instantly shattered, and his whole body once again was sent flying backward.
And the short blade in his hand also swept along in a dance the instant Obito was sent flying; that short blade carrying the power of Yin-Yang Release instantly caused the entire space to become distorted!
"Tch."
Obito practically gnashed his teeth as he entered Kamui in that instant.
But his body, completely out of his control, kept flying backward, and the surrounding scenery also became hazy at this moment, with everything flying backward past him.
"Ah!"
Obito let out a low shout, instantly steadying his figure, but before he had time to rush over again, in the blink of an eye Kitagawa Gen had already appeared in front of him.
"Is this what you call the 'shared will with Rin'?"
Kitagawa Gen's face was still full of strangeness; he was wondering whether Isshiki had become some kind of "cross-dressing big shot".
Only, the strangeness on his face, combined with the words from his mouth, turned into a kind of contempt in Obito's eyes.
"You deserve to die!"
Obito let out a low shout; he instantly pulled out a kunai and directly came out from Kamui, and his whole person once again rushed toward Kitagawa Gen.
[Buzz—]
[Buzz—]
[Buzz—]
The kunai danced rapidly in his hand; its speed was so great that it left countless afterimages, and the force was so great that gusts of wind howled out again and again around them.
But no matter how hard he tried, it seemed to have no effect at all on Kitagawa Gen!
It was still an incomparably simple dodge, still an incomparably casual block—no flashy attacks, and even less any active power eruption.
But just that alone made Obito feel as though he had run into a wall; no matter how hard he tried, he could not break through!
"Why is your technical and tactical level this low as well?"
Obito's face was somewhat unsightly, but even more unsightly than his was Isshiki!
Isshiki at this moment was utterly stunned; he had never imagined Obito would display this kind of combat performance.
"Are you even a shinobi of this world? These applications of technique and tactics—aren't they things you shinobi must master?"
As an Ōtsutsuki, Isshiki originally naturally looked down on these so-called "technique and tactic" applications.
After all, relying on their own power, they could easily wipe out those lower-class creatures. Why would there be any need to bother with such things?
But over a thousand years, while possessing Jigen's body, with his thawing speed insufficient and also not daring to fully thaw the Kāma, he had no choice but to force himself to learn more things. The technique-and-tactic skills used by shinobi—he had studied them seriously and could even apply them quite well.
And the result: this Uchiha Obito, a proper shinobi by birth, could actually be this pathetic?!
"How did this guy even become a shinobi?"
Isshiki was filled with question marks, while a smile appeared on Kitagawa Gen's face.
After he raised his hand and instantly blocked Obito's attack, he let out a faint sigh.
"It seems that you and your so-called 'Rin' have not reached any mutual resonance."
As he spoke, his speed suddenly increased; this sudden surge in force left Obito momentarily flustered!
"Damn it, this is—"
Obito's face was full of disbelief, but the instant his attack was blocked, Kitagawa Gen abruptly launched another counterattack.
[Clang—]
The kunai in Obito's hand instantly snapped, and right after that Kitagawa Gen punched Obito in the face, then immediately kicked Obito in the abdomen!
This time, Kitagawa Gen did not hold back; the power pouring forth instantly distorted Obito's entire expression.
He shot out like a cannonball, rushing toward the buildings behind him in an instant. But the moment he collided with those buildings, a strange power erupted, and space abruptly shifted.
Obito suddenly found that he had arrived at the outskirts of Konohagakure, and right after that, that enormous rumbling resounded throughout the entire area around Konohagakure!
[Boom—]
Obito's figure violently crashed onto the ground around him; accompanied by splattering rubble and billowing smoke and dust, he himself did not even know how far he had been sent flying.
But just as he had barely steadied his form, Kitagawa Gen appeared once again.
"Is this what you call the 'shared will with Rin'?"
[Bang—]
Another dull thud rang out; Obito felt as though his internal organs were about to shatter, and his whole person once again flew off into the distance in a wretched state.
At this moment his body seemed to be in endless agony, yet what was strange was that the power within his body was endlessly releasing.
That power ceaselessly salvaged his life, ceaselessly repaired his body, and even made him feel as though his power was continuously increasing!
Only, no matter how much his power seemed to increase, when facing Kitagawa Gen, it still seemed completely useless?
"Damn it, I do not accept anything you say!"
Obito let out a roar. Seeing Kitagawa Gen silently draw near again, his chakra surged within his body.
Those flames containing Kamui and a trace of Yin-Yang Release began roaring madly; that violent aura was so unsettling it made one's heart tremble.
Those flames that blotted out the sky seemed as though they would devour everything!
"Is that so?"
Yet his flames had only just been unleashed when Kitagawa Gen's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Immediately after, Kitagawa Gen swung out with another slash; this time Obito had made some slight progress—he instantly made himself enter his intangible state.
But seeing Kitagawa Gen seemingly too late to pull back his blade, he reappeared in an instant—only to see a faint smile appear on Kitagawa Gen's face.
"You truly have not improved at all."
Obito's breath stopped; he abruptly wanted to enter Kamui yet again, but Kitagawa Gen had already arrived behind him.
At some unknown moment, a Rasengan interwoven with black and gold had suddenly appeared in his hand!
"Yin-Yang Release: Rasengan."
A shockwave visible to the naked eye instantly spread toward the surroundings, and then that violent roaring explosion followed!
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