Chapter 76 (Patreon)

Nara Shikaku was the helper Yujiro had specifically arranged beforehand.

It was all to prevent Uchiha Obito from making this exact move.

In the end, Yujiro had guessed right.

Obito really had gone for it.

“You really did prepare for this.” Uchiha Obito gave a cold smile.

“What a fine Fourth Hokage you are. For the sake of your own child, you’re willing to ignore the Nine-Tails?”

His voice sharpened.

“Are you really going to let the Nine-Tails run loose, destroy the village, and slaughter your comrades?”

Yujiro smiled faintly.

“Excuse me, but is the Nine-Tails destroying the village right now?”

“What?”

Obito froze.

In the next instant, he activated Kamui and vanished.

He had only just released the Nine-Tails from the seal. He had not even had time to place it under the control of his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Minato had already used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kushina Uzumaki and the newborn Naruto away.

Then, he returned to the back mountains of Konoha.

Only, the moment he arrived, he was stunned.

The Nine-Tails was standing there, roaring at the people around it.

“Hey! Hey, hey! You despicable humans! Can you stay away from me already?”

“What are you staring at? I’m talking to you! You think I won’t crush you with one paw?”

“Stop coming closer! Why do all of you look like you want a fight? Huh? You want to try me?”

The Nine-Tails waved its claws around, smashing the rocks and trees nearby.

But even while rampaging, it kept avoiding the crowd.

It did not dare kill anyone.

After all, it had promised Yujiro that once it was released, it would behave.

Still, after being sealed away for so many years, there was no way it had no resentment.

Since it could not take that anger out on people, it could only vent by destroying the surrounding rocks and trees.

“Nine-Tails!”

At that moment, Uchiha Obito appeared on top of a large tree and shouted coldly.

“How can you be so calm?”

His single exposed eye stared down at the massive beast.

“Don’t you hate Konoha more than anything?”

“If it weren’t for Konoha, you would have been free long ago!”

“The people of this village want to kill you. They want to get rid of you as quickly as possible!”

Kurama’s fox-like pupils narrowed.

At the same time, Obito began pouring the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan into his eye.

For a moment, the hatred buried deep inside Kurama’s heart began to swell.

Red chakra slowly leaked from its body.

Its aura turned violent.

The ferocity that belonged to the Nine-Tails began to unfold little by little.

At the same time, the civilians and shinobi across Konoha woke from their sleep.

The movements caused by the Nine-Tails earlier had already been far too loud.

Now, with its anger and hatred spilling out, no one in the village could remain asleep.

“That’s it, Nine-Tails!” Obito shouted. “Let the slaughter begin!”

“Kill them! Kill the people who wanted to destroy you!”

“ROOOOAR!”

Sure enough, the malice inside Kurama had been completely drawn out by Obito.

Its eyes turned blood-red.

Violent chakra wrapped around its enormous body like a blazing cloak.

Then, the Nine-Tails opened its massive jaws.

A crimson chakra mass and a dark blue sphere of energy began to gather together.

It was preparing to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb.

“Everyone, retreat!” Minato shouted the instant he saw it.

“Contact the Anbu! Evacuate the villagers immediately!”

“Hahahaha!”

From the top of the distant tree, Uchiha Obito laughed wildly.

“Destroy everything, Nine-Tails! Rampage to your heart’s content!”

Below, Shisui and Fugaku both prepared to move.

If they took action here, they would likely expose their true strength.

There was even a chance that someone with ulterior motives would use it against them later.

But if they did nothing now, many people would die.

After all, the power of a Tailed Beast Bomb was no joke.

Just as they were about to act, a calm voice sounded.

“Nine-Tails, be quiet.”

Beneath the Nine-Tails, a black-clad figure stood with a blade held at an angle.

The words had come from him.

The Nine-Tails was still in a berserk state. It slowly lowered its head, intending to see who dared to challenge its majesty.

Then, it saw Yujiro.

The Nine-Tails’ enormous body trembled violently.

At the same time, the Tailed Beast Bomb forming in its mouth dispersed into nothing.

In Kurama’s eyes, it was as if a god from hell had appeared behind Yujiro.

That strange feeling, combined with the pressure radiating from Yujiro’s body, instantly snapped the Nine-Tails awake.

That was right.

Even if it was the Nine-Tails…

Even if it was powerful…

It had almost forgotten one thing.

Inside Konoha Village, there was someone even more monstrous than itself.

That person was standing right in front of it.

Yujiro.

A man whose entire existence was wrapped in mystery.

The Nine-Tails could not stop itself from trembling. Then, in a low voice, it muttered,

“About that… I was wrong.”

Everyone froze.

What was happening?

The Nine-Tails, which had been furious just a moment ago, had actually stopped because of a single sentence from Yujiro.

No, that was not all.

From the way it looked, the Nine-Tails seemed to be afraid of him.

At that moment, the surrounding Anbu, Minato, Kakashi, and the others were all stunned.

Was this really happening?

“We’ll talk about you later,” Yujiro said lightly.

As long as the Nine-Tails calmed down, the next step was simple.

Deal with Uchiha Obito.

Yujiro’s gaze locked onto the masked man standing on the distant tree.

At that moment, Obito’s expression had turned extremely ugly.

The Nine-Tails was actually listening to a human?

Thinking that, Obito shifted his gaze toward Yujiro below.

But the moment he looked over, his expression changed.

Yujiro was no longer there.

Suddenly, Obito felt the sensation in his right arm disappear.

At the edge of life and death, Uchiha Obito immediately activated Kamui’s intangibility.

At the same time, a pitch-black blade pierced straight through his body.

“Good reflexes.”

Yujiro’s calm voice came from behind him.

Then, he vanished again.

Cold sweat poured down Obito’s back.

He looked at his right arm in horror.

The cut was smooth and clean.

His right arm had been severed.

What terrifying speed.

Obito’s face darkened.

If his reactions had not been far beyond ordinary people, he would have been cut in half just now.

His speed was terrifying.

He was even stronger than the last time Obito had seen him.

Suddenly, Obito felt a powerful sense of crisis.

He could not stay here for long.

Kamui’s intangibility only lasted five minutes.

If Yujiro kept attacking him without stopping, he would very likely die here.

Whoosh!

Just as Obito was thinking, the black blade pierced through his body again.

Obito took a deep breath and did not deactivate Kamui.

He leapt down from the tree.

During that brief fall, Yujiro attacked him dozens of times.

The two finally landed on the grass below.

Uchiha Obito stared at Yujiro with a grave expression.

He probably did not know the secret of Kamui.

Thinking that, Obito lowered his voice.

“Yujiro, what’s the point of continuing this stalemate?”

He wanted Yujiro to hesitate, even if only slightly.

That would give him a chance to escape safely.

As for the Nine-Tails, Obito had already given up on taking it for now.

In any case, the Nine-Tails was the final tailed beast that needed to be collected and sealed.

There was no need to rush.

He could simply leave it in Konoha and let it remain a disaster waiting to happen.

Although the Nine-Tails’ current obedience bothered him, the Nine-Tails was still the Nine-Tails.

There would always be another chance for chaos.

Yujiro held his blade and looked at Obito.

“Don’t worry. We can keep going like this.”

His smile was calm.

“I want to see which is faster. You escaping, or me cutting you down.”

After that, the two fell into a deadlock.

Behind Yujiro, several people arrived.

“Yujiro, the Anbu just received information.”

Shisui spoke in a low voice.

“It seems everyone from Root has been mobilized.”

“As expected. Shimura Danzō finally couldn’t hold himself back.”

Yujiro smiled faintly.

“Then from this moment on, all Anbu and Konoha shinobi are to move out.”

His voice turned cold.

“As for the Root shinobi…”

“Anyone who disobeys orders is to be killed.”

“Anyone who refuses to surrender is to be killed.”

“Anyone who dares resist is to be killed.”

“This mission’s codename is Siege.”

“Yes, Captain!”

Shisui immediately accepted the order.

After that, he took Kakashi and Itachi and left at once.

“Minato-sensei.”

Yujiro suddenly spoke again.

“If you rush over now, you might still be able to meet your teacher’s teacher.”

“My teacher’s teacher…”

Minato’s expression changed sharply.

“Sarutobi Hiruzen.”

He gritted his teeth, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished without a trace.

At that moment, Minato felt as if his chest was about to burst with anger.

If the attack on Kushina really had something to do with Sarutobi Hiruzen…

Just thinking about it made Minato’s killing intent rise.

His speed increased even further.

Back in the forest, only a few people were left surrounding the Nine-Tails, which was now sitting quietly on the ground.

As for Yujiro, only Obito and a small number of Uchiha remained nearby.

“It seems you’re the greatest variable in Konoha, Yujiro,” Obito said coldly.

“So what if I am?”

Yujiro raised his black blade and smiled faintly.

“There’s one minute left before five minutes are up.”

“What?!”

Obito’s expression instantly darkened.

He was waiting.

He was waiting for Kamui’s intangibility limit to pass.

How did Yujiro know Kamui’s secret?

Did he know who he was?

Impossible.

No one in Konoha should know his identity.

Then how did he know?

“Looks like I was right,” Yujiro said.

“You… you were testing me?”

Obito’s voice turned sharp with anger.

Yujiro smiled casually.

“Think whatever you want.”

Testing him?

Yujiro truly had no such intention.

After all, this was Uchiha Obito.

To others, everything about him might be a secret no one could uncover.

But to Yujiro…

Secrets like that did not exist.

Time passed slowly.

Finally, Kamui’s limit arrived.

The corner of Yujiro’s mouth lifted slightly.

He raised his black blade.

Then, in an instant, force exploded beneath his feet.

His body moved at supersonic speed.

In a flash, he appeared behind Uchiha Obito.

Then, Yujiro spoke calmly.

“One-Sword Shura.”