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Flash!
A streak of white light shot past Obito's eyes. His brow furrowed, and he immediately prepared to use the Preta Path through the Susano'o… but the blinding glare and the sonic boom that followed swallowed him whole.
BZZZZZ—!!!
The blast triggered bone conduction… Obito's entire body began to vibrate!!!
"Ugh… Nauseating… My bones… no, even my brain is vibrating! What kind of hellish technique is this!!!"
"Gahhh—!!!" The vibrations rippled out for dozens of meters… The allied Suna shinobi all tumbled from the rooftops!
Temari clutched her buzzing, rattling iron fan, snarling. "Does this bastard's attack not distinguish between friend and foe at all!!!"
Shikamaru, holding onto Temari's leg for stability, remarked flatly, "Looks that way…"
Gaara's manipulated sand began to crumble. His expression remained blank. "After being hit, even forming a jutsu is impossible. It seems it's the same for the enemy. That's acceptable."
Even Kabuto, the caster of the technique, wasn't immune… While he could use the snake's cornea to block the intense light, in this life he lacked Suigetsu Hōzuki's Hydrification Technique. He couldn't negate the bone-conducted vibrations either!
But he had trained for resistance! Under the same conditions, he had to shake off the effects of the Sage Art: White Extreme Technique before his enemy did!
This created the opening for his counterattack!!
"Gaaaaah, I can't maintain the Susano'o… damn it!!!"
Obito's face, contorted in agony, seemed to wear a new 'mask'—the mask of pain!
The Susano'o enveloping him had already begun to disintegrate. In this state, his intangibility was inaccessible!
And Kabuto… as the vibrations began to wane, he started to adapt!
He moved!!! Within the blinding light… relying on the perception of Sage Mode, he charged toward Obito!!
"Damn it…"
Though obscured by the glare, Obito, with his Rinnegan, could vaguely make out the approaching silhouette of Kabuto!!!
"Damn it… MOVE!!!"
Obito's hand lifted—slowly, agonizingly…!!
The snake's cornea was active… Kabuto couldn't use his one-hit-kill 'left eye', but he had another trump card!!
―Sage Art: Stone Saliva!!
―"Tui!!!"
His cheeks puffed, and a mouthful of saliva condensed with senjutsu chakra shot toward Obito's 'mask of pain'!!!
"Rrrrgh… MOVE!!!"
Obito's hand came up, shielding his face!
Splat…!!!
The stone saliva hit his hand. Instantly, his palm petrified. His wrist petrified. His elbow petrified. His entire arm petrified…!! The petrification crawled toward his shoulder, beginning to consume his body. Full-body petrification meant death!!!
―"NO!!!"
Instinct for survival unleashed a terrifying surge of will in Obito!!! He overcame the effects of the Sage Art: White Extreme Technique and, before the petrification reached his neck, severed his entire right arm!!!
CRACK…!!!
BOOM…!!!
Obito scrambled backward like a madman. The blinding light faded… In his blurred vision, he saw Kabuto, looking somewhat disappointed.
"Huff… huff… huff…"
He panted violently. Sweat traced the jagged scars on his face, flowing in erratic paths.
A little more… and he would have been finished right there!
After this, he no longer dared to consider Kabuto Yakushi mere cannon fodder.
Kabuto also knew the principle of quitting while ahead. The success of his previous tactic hinged on Obito's underestimation of him. With Obito on guard, such smooth execution would be nearly impossible.
He adjusted his glasses. Flick! The snake's cornea receded. He was once again the picture of gentle refinement.
―"Obito, I wonder if I've managed to cure that seed of doubt in your heart now? If I say Naruto isn't with us, then he isn't with us. If you don't believe me, feel free to waste your efforts searching for our base, then muster your forces and attack. I imagine your expression then will be even worse than it is now…"
After collecting himself, Obito slowly raised his gaze, his eyes dark pools.
"Heh. Let's assume that's the case. However, another person is definitely still in your hands…"
Kabuto: "You're referring to?"
Obito gritted his teeth, uttering the name coldly.
―"Tobi!"
Kabuto: "Ah, indeed…"
Obito: "Is it alive or dead?!"
Kabuto: "Dead or alive, what difference does it make? Back then, it risked itself to save you. Wasn't it you who abandoned it, choosing your plan instead?"
Obito: "SHUT UP!!! ANSWER ME!!!"
Kabuto: "Alive. And living quite well. As the most unique White Zetsu, a veritable 'child of the Gedo Statue,' it is undoubtedly a precious specimen to Lord Orochimaru. How could he bear to take its life? However, you will never lay eyes on it again."
Obito's remaining hand clenched into a tight fist.
Tobi was one of the few beings he had entrusted with any warmth since plunging into darkness.
White Zetsu were a dime a dozen, but Tobi was irreplaceable.
Even in his wretched state, Obito wanted to scream at Kabuto, 'Give Tobi back to me!'
But… his pride forbade it!
Moreover… he was single-mindedly advancing toward the great Moon's Eye Plan! Attachment to comrades… such feelings were superfluous!
"If it's unnecessary, it should be discarded. Tobi, from the moment you fell into enemy hands, you died in my heart. But, as a comrade I once cherished… shouldn't I host a grand funeral for you?"
Whoosh!!
Muttering to himself, Obito began ascending into the sky!!!
Kabuto froze. "What is he doing…?"
Obito's figure rose higher and higher. "The ceremonial wine for this funeral… shall be the homes and flesh of the enemy!!"
Kabuto's mind exploded with realization!!!
―"Gaara, quickly!!! Use your full power, create an Air Sand Protective Wall!!!"
Gaara: "What is he planning to do!?"
Kabuto: "Don't ask! Now, now, now! Any later and it'll be too late!!!"
"I understand!!!"
Grasping the severity, Gaara raised both arms. With a roar, sand from across the entire Sunagakure rose into the sky, forming a colossal defensive barrier.
Obito looked down from his lofty perch, his gaze icy. "This level of defense is nothing but a mantis trying to stop a chariot!!"
At that moment, Kabuto formed hand seals, pouring every ounce of his senjutsu chakra into the earth!!!
"Make it in time!!!"
―Sage Art: Super Inorganic Reincarnation!!!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM…!!!
The buildings of Sunagakure seemed to come alive, violently changing shape into enormous pillars that propped up the base of the Air Sand Protective Wall!!!
Simultaneously, a thousand meters in the air, Obito's black robe fluttered wildly against a backdrop of white light illuminating the heavens.
"Tobi, please accept this grand funeral!!!"
―Almighty Push (Maximum)!!
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