Upon seeing Kakashi reach out and remove his blindfold, Obito Uchiha, hidden beneath the mask, revealed a look of disgust.
His voice, cold beneath the mask, addressed the group. "If you want me to go with you, let's see if you have the ability."
The moment he finished speaking, the ground beneath Obito Uchiha cracked open.
"Wood Release: Thorn Killing Technique!"
Tenzo formed hand seals and slammed his hands down onto the ground.
Several vine-like wooden branches burst from the ground, binding the Masked Man's figure.
Shisui Uchiha instantly Body Flicker Technique above the Masked Man, gripping the standard-issue longsword tightly with both hands and stabbing it fiercely towards the Masked Man's shoulder.
Just as Shisui Uchiha's standard longsword was about to pierce the Masked Man...
The Masked Man's figure blurred again, and his body, which had been bound by wood, broke free.
Sizzle
Shisui Uchiha's long sword was not retracted in time and directly cut through the wood released by Tenzo.
With a tumble, Shisui Uchiha landed, his face filled with disbelief as he looked at the figure that had already left.
This person didn't dodge; they simply became invisible!
"Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Technique."
Seeing that Shisui's attack missed, Uchiha Itachi quickly formed hand seals and released Fire Style to seal the Masked Man's figure once again.
At the same time, Kakashi formed hand seals, and a ball of blue lightning emanated from his hands, like Chidori singing in unison.
Kakashi took a step and quickly closed in.
They planned to coordinate with Uchiha Itachi's Phoenix Flower Technique to take down the Masked Man with his strange technique in one fell swoop.
"Meaningless actions and techniques."
The Masked Man glanced at Kakashi with disdain and said.
After saying that, he used a strange posture to first evade the gradually surrounding Phoenix Flower Technique.
He then fired several Kunai at Kakashi, blocking Kakashi's advance.
Immediately, he vanished from the spot like a vortex.
Having lost his target, Kakashi landed and knocked away several Kunai, his single Sharingan cautiously observing his surroundings.
Space-Time Ninjutsu?
The same technique as the teacher?
"Senior! Watch out behind you!"
Suddenly, Tenzo shouted and quickly formed hand seals, releasing multiple wooden vine branches from his arms, which surrounded and attacked Kakashi.
Before Kakashi could react after being warned, he was immediately bound from behind with chains.
He was then suddenly pulled and thrown towards Tenzo and Shisui.
The force was so great that it directly shattered the wooden vines and branches of the Tenzo.
Even Shisui, who reached out to catch Kakashi, was thrown backwards like rag dolls by the force of the blow!
After finishing all this, the Masked Man glanced at the group and then slowly disappeared again.
"It's obvious you're not qualified."
As he left, the Masked Man left these words to the people present, seemingly with a mocking tone.
Kakashi, struggling to his feet with Tenzo's help, stared with a grave expression at the spot where the Masked Man had disappeared.
"Captain Kakashi, this person..."
"They were wary of my eyes the entire time."
Uchiha Itachi, who was standing to the side, finally spoke after a long while.
Shisui Uchiha also stood up, baring his teeth, and nodded in agreement.
"That's right, he avoided my eyes the entire time he came across me."
"It's like..."
"It's like he knows a lot about the Mangekyō Sharingan."
Uchiha Itachi, who was standing to the side, picked up where Shisui and spoke slowly.
"He possesses Space-Time Ninjutsu and has a deep understanding and vigilance regarding the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan."
Kakashi reached out and pulled off the eye patch covering his Sharingan, straightened up, and said with a serious expression:
"No matter who this person is, we must report to the Lord Hokage."
"Moreover, this person seems strangely familiar to me."
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Small training ground.
After sending Naruto and the others back, Hagoromo returned to the training ground.
I'm preparing to re-experiment with the technique I tried not long ago.
With his hands forming a hand seal, Hagoromo closed his eyes and carefully sensed the trajectory of the Yang Release Chakra flowing through his body.
As the mark was formed, Hagoromo felt the Yang Release Chakra rush into his heart.
At this moment, Hagoromo felt as if his heart was a processor, distributing and transmitting this Yang Release Chakra to his limbs and bones.
"Phew... so that's how it is."
Hagoromo slowly opened her eyes, clenched her fists, and the feeling of her body being strengthened returned.
Moreover, it felt like my Chakra had increased slightly.
After tentatively jumping around, Hagoromo felt incredibly light and agile.
Not only did their physical abilities improve, but their speed and strength also increased.
However, it seems the transformation is not yet complete.
The Yang Release Chakra diluted his own Chakra considerably during the conversion, so it seems he'll need to continue using Yang Release Chakra to cleanse his body.
I'll try to see if I can reach the level of a flawless Yang Release Body.
In this way, not only is the conversion efficient, but it also avoids waste.
It can also reduce the burden on the body.
As she explored and her thoughts gradually became clearer, Hagoromo raised her right hand, gathered her strength, and threw a straight punch into the air.
No...
Although the punching speed was much faster than before, it did not produce a shock effect.
Hagoromo carefully observed the location of the punch, she couldn't help but frown.
Or is it...?
With this conjecture in mind, Hagoromo gathered power in his right fist once more, but this time he concentrated all the converted Yang Release Chakra and covered his right fist with it.
As Chakra, his right fist was immediately covered with a layer of dark gray substance.
Is this the materialized manifestation of highly compressed Yang Release Chakra?
But...
That's the feeling!
Barely maintaining this highly compressed Yang Release Chakra Hagoromo, Hagoromo gritted his teeth and unleashed a punch.
Boom--!
When a fist strikes the air, it creates vibrations and cracks in the space around the fist, generating impact.
The impact struck the ground, and Hagoromo plowed up even deeper layers of soil into the already dilapidated ground.
The silence of the training ground was shattered by this punch.
"Huff... huff, this has unexpectedly drained my Chakra."
After delivering that punch, Hagoromo felt a bit weak.
He relaxed completely and collapsed to the ground.
He was panting heavily.
His chest heaved for a while before Hagoromo finally broke into a smile.
"Ha ha ha ha...!"
Hagoromo burst into laughter, seemingly in catharsis; he was very happy.
Because of that punch, he found his direction for the future.
He finally possessed the foundation and confidence to face those monsters head-on in future battles.
"That feels so good!"
Hagoromo laughed and shouted, which gradually calmed her emotions.