Psychological Warfare! Extreme Battle! Awaken, Sharingan!

The Demon Leech's pupils constricted, a heavy sense of dread rising in its heart. "A brat from Konoha."

That white-haired brat was the son of Konoha's White Fang, the young genius Kakashi, and was now recognized as the youngest High Ninja in the ninja world.

The other brat wearing goggles, that unique way of controlling shuriken, it had to be someone from the Uchiha Clan with the Sharingan.

As for the girl... although she hadn't made a move, she had kept pace with the two of them during such an intense battle without becoming a burden. Her strength was evident!

Kakashi aimed his short sword at the Demon Leech, his killing intent palpable.

"Heh... Stop putting on a show. By this point, your chakra must be completely depleted, right?" the Demon Leech said with certainty, stating a fact. After the fierce battle just now, Minato's squad had exhausted all their chakra.

Their cells, their spirits, wouldn't allow them to squeeze out any more chakra to unleash any ninjutsu—

Not even the most basic ninjutsu, like the Three Basic Techniques.

The remaining Rock Ninjas also surrounded them.

However, the number of "remaining" was not large, only thirteen. The majority of the Rock Ninjas had already died here, their bodies lying in the maze.

"Then, do you think I still have any chakra?" Nohara Rin clasped her hands together, methodically and slightly stiffly forming a "Snake" hand seal, followed by "Sheep" and "Monkey"... The Rock Ninjas, who were about to close in, instinctively stopped.

Nohara Rin shouted, "Kakashi! Obito!" The two turned and charged in another direction.

The Demon Leech cursed, "Damn it," and quickly formed hand seals, slamming its hand on the ground. A rock wall rose up in front of the three of them, blocking their path.

The three were forced to turn back. Kakashi said to Nohara Rin and Obito, "We originally planned for one person to cover the rear while the other two went to complete the bridge-bombing mission. Now it seems unnecessary—we can completely eliminate them and then go bomb the bridge."

He clearly had no chakra left, yet he spoke with absolute confidence. These words were meant for the Demon Leech and the Rock Ninjas to hear.

His intention was that the Earth Style jutsu just used had actually put the Demon Leech and the Rock Ninjas in a disadvantageous position.

Kakashi then asked, "Rock Ninja High Ninja, how much chakra do you have left?" This question made the Rock Ninjas hesitant.

He was capable of psychological warfare through words, just as the Demon Leech was, and even more skilled at it.

Nohara Rin, with her delicate mind, had already completed a top-tier deception against the Rock Ninjas. She had now abandoned forming hand seals.

Fu emerged from underground, standing on the other side. He said, "You don't know Fire Style, do you?" Fu asked, then answered himself, "Everyone knows that besides the Three Basic Techniques, only a select few elite ninja favored by the teacher have the chance to learn some of the teacher's ninjutsu...

"The rest are only fit to use the Three Basic Techniques their whole lives. And you, where did you get the means to learn Fire Style? Konoha, haha...

"Do you think you're like us Rock Ninjas? As long as you can learn it, you can learn it all at once. If you want to research ninjutsu, you'll be supported." He had indeed seen through Konoha, and what he said was the truth—everyone present, including Kakashi, Obito, and Nohara Rin, had to admit it was a fact.

In Konoha, obtaining ninjutsu resources was a very difficult thing.

This statement also gave the Rock Ninjas confidence.

"Damn it, we were tricked." A group of Rock Ninjas, enraged, moved closer again. Fu and the Demon Leech moved among them, changing their positions with every step. Suddenly, their figures vanished.

"Be careful!" The three lightly touched each other's arms, warning each other.

This was a secret technique of Iwagakure—the Camouflage Invisibility Technique.

"Clang!"

Kakashi focused his hearing, skin, sensing subtle sounds and air currents, and suddenly blocked with his sword. His expression changed, and he put an arm in front of Nohara Rin. A kunai pierced his arm with a "thwip."

"Kakashi!" Nohara Rin quickly tried to stab with her kunai. She didn't have Kakashi's ability to pinpoint by sound, so she could only stab based on feeling.

She missed.

"Kakashi!" Obito also called out as a flurry of shuriken flew towards the three. He threw his shuriken, knocking them all down.

"I'm fine!" Kakashi's words were as short as the knife in his hand. The kunai stuck in his arm pulled with his movements, causing a burning itch, but the pain wasn't too intense.

Fu mocked, "This damned bond. I've found your weakness." He attacked again, but this time with the Demon Leech's cooperation. Their pincer attack was aimed at Nohara Rin. Kakashi and Obito reacted quickly, blocking this attack again, but they paid a price.

Obito's shoulder took a heavy blow, leaving him with only one arm that could move. Kakashi's arm gained another cut.

Nohara Rin said urgently, "Don't worry about me, you guys hurry and leave."

"Okay."

Kakashi turned and broke through the ordinary Rock Ninjas, actually abandoning Nohara Rin.

"Kakashi, you bastard!" Obito cursed angrily.

Suddenly, Kakashi used the Substitution Technique to return, and the substitute was Nohara Rin. Nohara Rin was swapped to his previous position, while he stood in Nohara Rin's position. His short sword, the White Fang, swung upward with vicious intent.

"Thwack!"

With one strike, Kakashi's sword pierced Fu's shoulder. Fu, however, grinned maliciously and swung his sword down, "Thwack!"

"Ka-Kakashi..." Obito watched Fu raise his sword, his entire body frozen as if stunned. His pupils twitched wildly in his eyes, and he thought, Move, you damn idiot! Move! He tried to move but found he couldn't.

Obito didn't realize his eyes had changed. His originally dark brown irises had turned red, and two comma-shaped tomoe spun around the outer edge of his pupils.

He wasn't unable to move; it was just that what he saw was too slow.

With slow, difficult movements, he grabbed Kakashi's clothes and pulled him back.

But the sword still chopped down, slicing across Kakashi's left eye, cutting open the eyelid and also piercing the eyeball.

It was at this moment that Obito realized, "I... I awakened my Sharingan?" He looked with his pair of crimson eyes at the disturbance in the wind.

He couldn't see these things before, but now it was different. His Sharingan with two tomoe allowed him to see them.

His hand brushed against his ninja pouch, and then he put stacks of kunai on each finger. Gripping them with his four fingers, it looked as if he were wearing a pair of ferocious knuckle dusters.

"I'm going to kill you all!"