Retribution

" Nagato, kill them quickly!" When the red-haired man awoke, Black Zetsu shouted a reminder.

However, before Nagato could act, the Qi Shuang clone once again condensed an ice spike from Ice Release chakra in his palm and shot it out.

This time, though, his target was not Nagato, but Obito Uchiha on the ground.

The sudden turn of events made Nagato hesitate, and he did not attack immediately.

Judging from what had just happened, the Ice Release user was probably Qi Shuang of Kirigakure, the helper Obito Uchiha had recruited to assassinate him.

But what puzzled him was why this man had suddenly switched targets and attacked his own companion.

At the same time, Obito, who was struggling with Black Zetsu for control of his body on the ground, saw the ice spike flying toward him and activated the Sharingan in his right eye with a cold laugh.

"I knew you'd try something underhanded!"

From the moment he had begun working with Qi Shuang, he had clearly understood that their alliance was only temporary and could not last forever.

After all, both he and Nagato were enemies in Qi Shuang's eyes.

Once Nagato was successfully killed, their alliance would inevitably fall apart.

That was why he had never relaxed his vigilance toward that man.

Bang!

The ice spike passed through Obito's head and stabbed into the ground.

However, because he had activated Phasing in time, the ice spike had not harmed him.

Seeing this, Nagato dispersed the chakra he had just gathered in his hand and gave up on launching a jutsu attack.

He knew that Obito was now on guard, and there was little chance of killing him.

As for the other one, his chakra perception told him that the man's aura was extremely weak, nothing like the