Chapter 480: Tch!

Chapter 480: Chapter 480: Tch!

"Kamui!?"

The familiar sensation of being peeled away from spacetime coming from behind sent a chill through Kagami.

Even though he had mentally prepared himself for this, even though he had secretly remained on guard, when the moment actually came, despite all the battles he had experienced, he still couldn’t stop a trace of unease from rising in his heart.

In an instant, he located several suspicious chakra sources within his field of vision.

But there was no longer enough time for him to distinguish them one by one and determine which chakra source was Obito’s true hiding place.

He only had a brief two or three seconds to break free.

If he couldn’t escape Obito’s ’Kamui’ within those precious two or three seconds, the outcome went without saying!

The distortion of his body grew increasingly severe. The numbing sensation of being peeled away from spacetime had nearly spread throughout Kagami’s entire body, making it impossible for him to control himself freely.

This sensation was even stronger than it had been back in Kirigakure’s storage vault.

Clearly, after recovering his left eye, Obito’s ocular power had grown even stronger!

"Abandon this clone?"

Countless thoughts exploded through his mind in an instant, only to converge again just as quickly.

"No. Absolutely not!"

Kagami’s expression changed.

He suppressed the hesitation and unease in the depths of his heart, emptied his mind of every stray thought, and left behind only a blazing will to fight!

"Dance of the Seedling Fern!"

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

As the earth violently trembled, Kagami unleashed the strongest secret technique of the ’Shikotsumyaku’ without holding anything back.

In an instant, one massive bone spear after another erupted from the ground!

At the same time, a bone spear pierced straight through Kagami’s body, enveloping him just as his body had become completely twisted and distorted, on the verge of being peeled out of the current spacetime.

The instant his body merged into the bone spear, Kagami immediately activated the power of the ’Shikotsumyaku’ and shifted his position within it.

Whoosh...

At that moment, ’Kamui’ completed!

A massive circular hole suddenly appeared in the originally thick and incredibly tough bone spear—and the space that had vanished was precisely where Kagami had been moments earlier.

The appearance of that enormous circular hole instantly severed the bone spear in half.

No matter how extraordinarily tough Kagami’s bone spear was, before the space-time ninjutsu ’Kamui’, it had absolutely no room to resist.

Watching all of this from the shadows, Obito frowned.

From the moment Kagami unleashed the ’Dance of the Seedling Fern’, he had sensed that something was wrong.

At the same time, he was utterly baffled.

How could Kagami activate the ’Dance of the Seedling Fern’ so quickly!?

In practically the blink of an eye, an enormous forest of ghastly white bones had erupted from the ground!

"I should’ve gotten closer!"

Obito had never expected Kagami to use such a method to escape the lock of his ’Kamui’, catching him somewhat off guard. A trace of regret also rose in his heart.

After all, there was only one chance for a surprise attack from the shadows.

Now that he possessed both ’Kamui’, he could activate ’Kamui’ from a distance, but the farther he was from his target, the longer it took for ’Kamui’ to fully activate.

During that sneak attack, he had been hiding among some ruins roughly three hundred meters away from Kagami.

Because of that, from the moment he activated ’Kamui’ until the technique was completed, it required at least four to five seconds.

Four or five seconds was really only the span of a few breaths, and this had been a completely unexpected surprise attack with no warning whatsoever.

An ordinary shinobi would need one or two seconds just to realize what was happening, so that amount of time was more than sufficient against normal opponents.

But against a member of Kamigami...

That amount of time was already somewhat ’long’.

The forest of bones continuously erupting from the ground startled nearly everyone on the battlefield.

One razor-sharp bone spear after another suddenly shot out from beneath the earth. Ordinary people wouldn’t even have time to dodge. Even Hiruko, who possessed ’Swift Release’, was nearly impaled outright, only narrowly managing to evade the bone spears.

On Konoha’s side, things descended into complete chaos!

But to everyone’s surprise, the bone spears seemed almost sentient, deliberately avoiding them and leaving the entire group frightened for nothing.

Once things settled down, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

From the moment Kagami was ambushed by ’Kamui’, to the instant he unleashed the ’Dance of the Seedling Fern’ and used the forest of bones to escape, the entire sequence had taken only a few seconds.

Because of that, aside from the handful of people such as Hiruko, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, the vast majority of Konoha’s shinobi simply stood there dumbfounded, completely unaware of what had just happened.

At that moment, Jiraiya, who had already reentered ’Sage Mode’, shouted, "Another enemy has appeared! It’s that Akatsuki member who can use space-time ninjutsu! Everyone, be careful!"

While in ’Sage Mode’, Jiraiya could sense chakra without relying on his eyesight.

So although the distance prevented him from accurately pinpointing Obito’s location, he knew that Obito had already entered the battlefield.

After receiving Jiraiya’s warning, every Konoha shinobi present, including Tsunade, quietly used the Shadow Clone Technique and concealed their real bodies.

During their previous raid on Amegakure, the village had also gathered a great deal of intelligence on Obito.

Although they still hadn’t discovered a method capable of completely countering his ’Kamui’, several methods for confusing and resisting ’Kamui’ had already been compiled into intelligence reports and circulated among the ANBU and jonin.

Jiraiya then said to Tsunade beside him, "I’ll go support Kamigami’s ’Furin’. You handle the backup!"

Tsunade nodded heavily.

The situation before them was now two Akatsuki members against one Kamigami member.

Although Kamigami likely had other members hidden somewhere in the shadows as well, no matter what, as a shinobi of Konoha, Tsunade would not allow Konoha’s forces to simply stand by and watch!

On the other side of the forest of bones.

Panting heavily, Hiruko shouted toward Obito in frustration, "What took you so long!? Hurry up and kill that bastard!"

Although he was unwilling to admit it, Hiruko had no choice but to accept the fact that he couldn’t kill the Kamigami member before him on his own. Left with no other option, he could only settle for joining forces with Obito.

In his eyes, although his own strength was inferior to his opponent’s, the other party had repeatedly coughed up blood, so there was clearly something wrong with his body.

As long as he and Obito joined forces, killing him should be a certainty.

Whoosh...

The moment those words left his mouth, half a figure suddenly emerged from one of the massive bone spears behind Hiruko.

Without a single unnecessary word—

the blade fell!

The razor-sharp bone blade gleamed with a cold light as it swept across Hiruko’s neck.

A thin line of blood sprayed through the air.

Immediately afterward, Hiruko’s head, still wearing a blank, stupefied expression, flew into the air.

"Tch!"

Leaving behind only that faint sound of disdain, the figure withdrew back into the bone spear and vanished without a trace.

Once the ’Dance of the Seedling Fern’ was activated, the entire forest of bones became a part of Kagami’s body.

As for ’Kamui’ or anything like it—unless Obito could warp away the entire forest of bones, there was nothing he could do to Kagami.

Because of that, the number of enemies had already become completely meaningless to him.

Fighting one was still fighting.

Fighting a hundred was no different!

While controlling the Type-A Wind Release clone, Kagami feared no enemy beneath the Six Paths level...