I Am Uchiha...

Shazo realized that he had still acted too late.

Several Uchiha ninja had caught up behind Obito. They threw kunai, used Fire Style, and even rushed at him with ninja swords in hand.

By the time Shazo reached the battlefield, Obito Uchiha had easily killed all the Uchiha ninja. His ability to freely switch between tangibility and intangibility was simply too powerful.

Obito Uchiha slung his sickle back over his shoulder, letting the blood drip from its blade.

Just then, Uchiha Izumi and several of her friends heard the commotion and hurried over, seeing Obito Uchiha and the corpses on the ground.

When Obito Uchiha looked at Uchiha Izumi, he discovered that the furious girl had just awakened her Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Pleased by this unexpected gain, he praised, "What fine eyes. I'll gladly take them."

The chain on the sickle clattered as it lashed toward Uchiha Izumi. It was incredibly fast, struck from a tricky angle, and followed an unpredictable path. Izumi had no way to evade it.

At that moment, the girl had only one thought: The enemy is too strong. Brother, don't come!

The next second, the tall Shazo appeared in front of Uchiha Izumi and casually slapped the chain away.

Seeing Shazo's back, Uchiha Izumi instinctively cried out, "Brother!"

The next instant, she shouted in terror, "Brother, run! He's an Uchiha with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan!!"

From the attack that had been interrupted, Obito Uchiha sensed Shazo's strength. He put away his carefree attitude and carefully observed the newly arrived ninja.

Shazo was tall, dressed in the most ordinary Genin attire, wore a Konoha forehead protector, and strangely carried a massive coffin on his back.

Obito Uchiha complained unhappily, "Honestly, that rat hiding in the gutter is completely useless. He can't even handle something as simple as keeping watch, letting unrelated ninja get in."

Obito Uchiha muttered to himself as if no one else were present, "Forget it. It's just one more ninja to kill. Hardly any trouble."

Shazo turned around and reassured the panicked Uchiha Izumi, "Don't worry. This bug is no match for me."

His words stunned both Izumi and Obito.

Obito pointed at the eye visible through his mask's hole and said, "A ninja with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan can be called a bug now?"

"The Uchiha Clan has fallen so far that even Genin can mock them. They really are worthless trash who deserve to die."

"But I'm different from those useless fools. My eyes are invinci—"

Boom! Shazo suddenly appeared in front of Obito Uchiha and drove a kick into the pit of his stomach.

The xiphoid process at the point of impact was violently forced backward, nearly tearing free from the ribs, while the spreading shockwave shattered every one of Obito's ribs.

Shazo could not help feeling a little regretful. If his strength were greater and he could fully exploit his speed advantage, he could have kicked the xiphoid process loose and torn through Obito's heart, ending the fight immediately.

Unfortunately, Shazo had to keep every muscle in his body tensed at all times. Most of his strength was spent resisting acceleration and protecting his internal organs from its effects.

As a result, even a full-force kick at extreme speed was less destructive than a punch thrown while standing still.

Against another enemy, he could have used kunai or senbon to strike vital points. But half of Obito Uchiha's body was White Zetsu, giving him tremendous regenerative abilities. Only his heart and brain counted as true weak points.

Sent flying into the air with his mouth full of blood, Obito was utterly dazed. He had not even noticed how he had been launched.

Before Obito could recover from his confusion, Shazo had already leaped to his side at an even faster speed and smashed an elbow into his jaw.

An ordinary person could be knocked unconscious by a blow to the jaw, let alone by a powerful ninja like Shazo.

The elbow strike fractured Obito's jaw and sent four of his molars flying.

His head buzzed as he fell into a state of dizziness and lost control.

While Obito was stunned, Shazo released Swift Style, stood above him, and unleashed a full-force roundhouse kick at his forehead.

Of all the power Shazo possessed, most came from Pirate Shazo—the true kind of strength capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks.

If he did not need to resist the terrifying acceleration of Swift Style, with Shazo's current strength, that kick would have split Obito open from head to crotch.

Obito, deeply dazed, suddenly regained consciousness and activated Hollowfication in time, avoiding the fatal attack.

The battle paused.

Both Obito, his face covered in blood, and Uchiha Izumi, collapsed on the ground, stared at Shazo in dumbfounded shock.

Obito Uchiha's physical injuries were rapidly healing, but his shattered confidence was far harder to mend.

Since awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, this was the second time he had been struck by an enemy. He was hurt even more severely than when the Fourth Hokage had attacked him.

Obito was at a loss. Looking at the towering Shazo, who resembled a demon god, he felt as though he were dreaming or trapped in an inescapable genjutsu.

He muttered in disbelief, "How can he be so fast?"

Suddenly, Obito flew into a rage from humiliation and roared, "Do you know who I am?"

Shazo sneered. "Then go ahead and tell me. Who... are... you?"

"I am Uchiha..."

Obito Uchiha faltered. He simply could not bring himself to say the final word, Madara.

He was in far too pathetic a state. Even if he shouted Madara Uchiha's name, it would carry no intimidation, and no one would believe that he was Madara Uchiha.

What kind of Madara Uchiha would be this pathetic?

Actually, there was one.

For example, when the First Hokage, the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, had pinned Madara Uchiha to the ground and stabbed him repeatedly, Madara had also panted heavily and groaned again and again.

But no matter how pathetic Madara Uchiha looked, no one dared underestimate him, because he possessed power second only to one.

But Obito Uchiha, who was impersonating Madara Uchiha, could not.

The darkened Obito realized that unless he killed the tall ninja and the Uchiha girl, he would not be able to use Madara Uchiha's name today.

He growled, "I'll kill you!"

A vortex appeared out of thin air and sucked Obito into it.

Shazo activated Swift Style again, pushing his senses to their limit.

When the vortex appeared in front of Uchiha Izumi and behind Shazo, Shazo sensed the anomaly and turned to punch before Izumi could cry out a warning.

He turned so quickly that, in Uchiha Izumi's eyes, it seemed as if he had already been facing her.

Obito had barely revealed half his face, and the spiral distortion had not even fully unfolded when Shazo's fist smashed into his nose.

Obito felt his mind go blank. Tears streamed from his eyes uncontrollably as his entire body fell back into the Kamui Dimension.

After that, no matter how he tried, whenever a vortex appeared within one hundred meters of Shazo, he was punched straight back into the Kamui Dimension.

Obito Uchiha discovered in horror that he had actually been trapped inside the Kamui Dimension.

What was going on?

Not even his teacher, the Yellow Flash, had managed anything like this.