Chapter 378: Got It

Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Got It

Kunai and shuriken flew one after another, passing straight through Obito’s body without causing even the slightest ripple. Obito, walking toward him head-on, looked almost like a ghost.

Although it was futile, Hyuga Kagami did not stop and continued hurling weapons at him.

Obito smiled faintly.

"Why can’t you just accept defeat with some dignity? If you’re willing to tell me what you know about Kamigami, I might consider sparing your life!"

Hyuga Kagami replied coldly, "In your dreams!"

"Hmph. Stubborn, aren’t you?"

With a soft snort, Obito extended his only remaining right hand and slowly reached toward Hyuga Kagami.

Hyuga Kagami did not suppress his body’s instinct to fight back. He immediately swung the kunai in his hand, slashing at Obito’s approaching right hand!

Whoosh—

The sound of air being torn apart rang out, but the strike once again accomplished nothing. The kunai passed straight through Obito’s body without inflicting the slightest injury.

But at that very instant, Obito’s outstretched right hand suddenly reversed and seized Hyuga Kagami’s wrist.

In an instant, a vine sprouted from Obito’s body. Using their clasped hands as a bridge, it rapidly spread onto Hyuga Kagami’s body.

Then, it swiftly thickened and expanded.

What had originally been a vine no thicker than a finger grew into a trunk as thick as an arm, tightly coiling around Hyuga Kagami’s entire body from head to toe.

After restraining Hyuga Kagami’s body with Wood Release, Obito released his grip on Kagami’s wrist. He then lightly placed his right hand on Kagami’s shoulder and activated Kamui.

"It’s over!"

As Obito activated Kamui, a spatial distortion point abruptly appeared over Hyuga Kagami’s shoulder.

The distortion resembled a vortex, sucking everything around it inward and causing Hyuga Kagami’s body to twist along with it. That strange numbness—the sensation of being peeled away from reality itself—once again spread throughout his entire body.

But this time, he was prepared.

At the very instant Obito activated Kamui, Hyuga Kagami’s tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open!

"Iwato!"

In an instant, the dōjutsu contained within Hyuga Kagami’s right eye, Iwato, activated, and a faint fluorescent halo enveloped his body.

With Iwato’s activation, although Obito’s Wood Release remained tightly wrapped around Hyuga Kagami’s body, preventing him from moving, the sealing and suppressive effects inherent to the Wood Release completely vanished.

"Mikoto!"

Having eliminated the troublesome interference of the Wood Release on his chakra, Hyuga Kagami immediately activated the dōjutsu within his left eye!

ROAR—!

As Mikoto, the dōjutsu capable of strengthening Susanoo, activated, the golden giant that had been suppressed by the Wood Golem suddenly unleashed a soul-shaking roar!

Amid that deafening roar, the golden light surrounding the giant erupted with renewed brilliance.

At the same time, layers of armor formed entirely from golden flames spread across the golden giant’s body!

And that wasn’t all.

The golden giant, which had originally possessed only two arms, suddenly sprouted another arm from each side of its torso.

From wielding swords with two arms—

it had transformed into a four-armed, four-sword-wielding Susanoo!

BOOM—!

With a thunderous crash, the golden giant tore through Obito’s Wood Golem with ease, encountering virtually no resistance.

In truth, Hyuga Kagami had deliberately been feigning weakness from the very beginning. Even without activating Mikoto, the Susanoo unleashed through his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had nothing to fear from Obito’s Wood Golem.

And now, with his Susanoo further empowered by the dōjutsu Mikoto, its might was approaching that of a Complete Body Susanoo. Naturally, tearing Obito’s Wood Golem apart was effortless.

"This... How is this possible!?"

The sudden reversal left Obito, who had believed victory was already firmly within his grasp, utterly shocked.

Staring at the countless splinters of wood scattering through the air, he was dumbfounded!

Everything Hyuga Kagami had done up until now—

had been an act for this very moment!

Suppressing the strange numbness caused by Kamui peeling his body away from reality, Hyuga Kagami poured everything into his Susanoo and swung its sword down at Obito!

The enormous golden sword bearing down on him, coupled with his own Kamui attack that was just moments away from completion, caused Obito to hesitate for the briefest instant.

Then, gritting his teeth, Obito made his decision.

"I’ll risk it!"

He was confident.

In less than a second, he could completely finish his attack and drag the immobilized Hyuga Kagami into his Kamui dimension.

And as long as Hyuga Kagami was pulled into the Kamui dimension, the Susanoo would lose the support of his ocular power and instantly dissipate.

The enormous golden sword that was about to descend upon him would then collapse on its own!

At that instant—

time itself seemed to freeze!

Hyuga Kagami continuously poured the ocular power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into his right eye, driving Iwato to its absolute limit.

Although Iwato, with its ability to resist sealing, could not completely resist the space-time displacement of Obito’s Kamui, it could buy him time, slowing the rate at which Kamui separated him from the surrounding space-time.

Obito, meanwhile, recklessly poured everything into Kamui, desperately trying to drag Hyuga Kagami into the Kamui dimension before the enormous golden sword above his head could fall.

In that fleeting instant—

a fierce contest of ocular power between Sharingan and Sharingan erupted!

"Got you!"

The two of them shouted those words almost simultaneously!

The only difference was that after shouting them, Hyuga Kagami wore a triumphant smile, while Obito’s face was filled with surprise.

Because just as Hyuga Kagami’s entire body was about to be completely dragged into the Kamui dimension, the fluorescent glow of Iwato suddenly erupted, causing Kamui to slow ever so slightly.

And it was precisely that tiny delay that caused a flash of surprise to cross Obito’s face.

BOOM—!

But before that surprise could fully spread across his face, Obito’s entire body was completely swallowed by the enormous golden sword!

A full-power strike from Susanoo empowered by Mikoto was so devastating that forget Obito—even the First Hokage, with his Sage Body, would undoubtedly die if he took such an attack head-on.

Thus, Obito was instantly reduced to nothing.

Even with the extraordinary perception of Hyuga Kagami’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he couldn’t find so much as a single scrap of Obito’s remains.

Yet Hyuga Kagami did not lower his guard.

While tearing away the withered tree trunks binding his body, he rapidly formed hand seals and shouted,

"Blaze Style: Flame Dragon Barrage!"

One golden flame dragon after another erupted from Hyuga Kagami’s mouth, surging throughout Kirigakure’s collection vault!

These dazzling golden flame dragons seemed almost alive. As though possessing minds of their own, they swept through every corner in search of the enemy, scattering golden flames throughout the entire vault as they went.

And so, within just a few breaths—

the entire collection vault had transformed into a sea of fire!

Under the scorching golden flames, all the display racks were reduced to billowing clouds of thick smoke. Some of the lower-quality weapons were even burned until they warped and melted, turning into pools of molten iron.

Standing amid the raging sea of flames, Hyuga Kagami’s gaze constantly swept across his surroundings.

He was certain that his previous strike had killed Obito.

But against an Uchiha who had mastered the forbidden technique Izanagi, killing him once meant very little.

That was why, immediately after landing the killing blow, Hyuga Kagami had unleashed his Blaze Release ninjutsu, turning the entire collection vault into a blazing sea of fire...