Fated

"The Art of the Godly Paper User has been undone. I never expected it to consume so much Chakra. But this way... Madara... should be..." Konan knelt on the water's surface, unable even to maintain the paper flower atop her head. She looked up into the distance, believing that under such a powerful ninjutsu, sustained for so long, even Madara should not have been able to endure!

Just then, a blood-red eye suddenly appeared behind Konan, followed by Obito's low voice. "Dead?"

Konan jolted, lacking even the strength to turn around. Obito held a water pipe in his hand, about to pierce her abdomen. At the critical moment, a hand suddenly seized the pipe, and a flash of blade light swept past.

"Hmm?!" Obito's expression tightened. He released the pipe and leaped back, opening the distance. The newcomer took the opportunity to wrap an arm around Konan and jump backward as well.

"Why? He should have been killed. I rehearsed it countless times... According to the plan, he should have been defeated..." Konan looked at Obito and spoke in disbelief.

"Because you don't understand the Uchiha Clan, you don't know that these guys are as hard to kill as cockroaches." Ming Jing set Konan down on the water and said gently, "Relax. I've got this."

"Akira Kurama..." Obito stared at Ming Jing, practically gritting his teeth. "You really are impossible to get rid of!"

Konan came back to herself and looked up at Ming Jing's back. "My technique exploded continuously for ten minutes and still didn't kill him. Be careful."

"Your technique should have successfully blinded one of his eyes." Ming Jing narrowed his eyes. "Izanagi, the Uchiha Clan's forbidden technique. It uses the loss of light as the price to connect reality and illusion. However, this is an ocular