"Hmph, arrogant brat, it is not certain who will finish who." Masked Obito coldly snorted, immediately pulling out an iron chain.
"At death's door, and still putting on an act in front of me." The look of disdain on Ryun's face was especially pronounced.
Watching this scene of confrontation, the Akatsuki members knew another epic battle was about to begin.
Two masters of spatial abilities would most likely stage a rarely seen duel of space-time ninjutsu.
'Madara, it's up to you now.' Nagato thought silently. Compared to the overly domineering Uchiha Ryun, Nagato subconsciously felt Masked Obito might be easier to deal with, and he hoped Masked Obito would win.
At this moment, Uchiha Itachi also placed his hopes on 'Masked Madara'. The reason he had been unwilling to die earlier was precisely because Masked Madara had not yet made a move.
Uchiha Itachi had originally been about to ask Masked Obito to join the fight, but then Masked Obito, seeing Ryun dismiss the Complete Body Susanoo, assumed he was nearing his limit and proactively jumped out.
'Uchiha Madara should be able to defeat him.'
Uchiha Itachi believed that the 'Shinobi World's Asura', who shared fame with the 'God of Shinobi', would certainly not be inferior to Uchiha Ryun.
In Uchiha Itachi's heart, it would be best if these two fought to a stalemate. If they could annihilate each other, that would be even better.
"Hey, hey, let's all go watch from the sky. Don't get caught in their crossfire." Deidara molded a clay bird and considerately invited everyone to go up.
The Akatsuki members did not refuse Deidara's suggestion. But before they could fly very high, the fight between Ryun and Masked Obito had already begun.
Everyone saw Ryun casually throw a special kunai, its trajectory aimed directly at the masked man's forehead.
Facing this kunai attack, which could be easily dodged with a simple sidestep, the masked man seemed too lazy to even avoid it.
Moreover, he didn't even make a move to block or defend, just brazenly allowed the special kunai to fly towards his forehead.
Ryun formed a hand seal with one hand. In the next moment, his figure vanished abruptly, arriving right in front of Masked Obito in the blink of an eye.
The special kunai passed straight through Masked Obito's head. Immediately after, Masked Obito saw Ryun's right hand forming a strange seal while his left hand shot towards his right eye with lightning speed.
'Starting off by trying to gouge my eye? This guy is indeed arrogant to the extreme.'
Masked Obito thought this to himself. He allowed the fingers to come, his own hands ready to counterattack immediately after they phased through.
However, the moment Ryun's fingers were about to touch his eye, a sudden change occurred.
Several mysterious sealing formulas suddenly emerged from Masked Obito's eye socket. The instant these formulas appeared, they immediately sealed his pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
Squelch.
Accompanied by a sickening sound of flesh separating, Ryun's dragon claw hand instantly plucked out Masked Obito's entire right eye.
"Ah."
Uchiha Obito let out a cry of disbelief, his body rapidly retreating the next moment.
"Ah."
The Akatsuki members also let out exclamations of utter disbelief at this moment.
"Ah. It hurts now, right."
Ryun did not conceal the evil smile on his face at all. After gouging out one eye, he took out a special small bottle filled with saline solution from his pocket and placed the bloody right eye inside.
The small bottle very much looked like it had been prepared in advance. Judging by its size, it seemed just right to hold two eyeballs.
"Why is this happening."
Masked Obito clutched his empty, bleeding right eye socket, his voice wretched. Ryun could sense shock, fury, confusion, and deep fear in his voice.
"Heh. Still maintaining Uchiha Madara's voice even now. I have to say, you are truly stupid."
"Using that old dog's identity can only intimidate the weak. Even if he stood here now in his prime, I could make him die badly, let alone a mere impostor like you."
As he spoke, Ryun put the small bottle into his pocket and once again strode towards Masked Obito.
The sealing formulas around Obito's eye socket were still faintly glowing. When Ryun exposed his impostor status, Uchiha Obito immediately tore off his mask, revealing his true face.
He continuously focused chakra towards his face, attempting to erase those bizarre sealing formulas. Without his prized Mangekyo Sharingan, Uchiha Obito would absolutely not last three rounds against Ryun.
"Finally stopped pretending, Obito."
"Stop these useless efforts. The sealing formulas were created using my Sage's power. With your strength, without Senjutsu Chakra, it would take you at least two minutes to completely erase them. In that time, I could kill you ten times over."
Ryun advanced while speaking words that filled Uchiha Obito with terror and despair.
Seeing Ryun striding towards him, Uchiha Obito instinctively stepped back. He thought distance could provide some sense of security, forgetting that Ryun could close the gap instantly with a single Body Flicker Technique.
"Let me tell you something else. These eyes originally belonged to me. Taking them today is simply reclaiming what was stored with you."
Ryun was in a good mood, so he didn't mind letting Uchiha Obito know some of the truth.
"Impossible."
Uchiha Obito sharply refuted. He simply did not believe it, or perhaps he did not dare to believe it.
"Impossible. Since you refuse to believe the facts, suit yourself." Ryun looked completely indifferent.
He had spoken the truth, intending to let the man die with understanding, but Uchiha Obito seemed to prefer being a confused ghost.
Just as Ryun prepared to continue and take the other eye, Uchiha Obito suddenly raised his hand, stopping Ryun's advance.
"Wait. I need to know the whole truth. Back then, on the Fire-Earth battlefield, my eyes suddenly hurt."
Uchiha Obito wanted to know the truth, but also wanted to buy time to erase those damned sealing formulas.
Ryun knew his intention, but didn't care. As long as he wished it, even if Uchiha Madara himself resurrected here now, he couldn't save Uchiha Obito.
"You guessed correctly. From that moment on, your original Two Tomoe Sharingan had already been swapped. The eyes you have now belonged to my late father. Thank you for helping me upgrade these eyes to the Mangekyo Sharingan."
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