"Aburame bugs, huh? You've got some tricks! But that little stunt won't be enough to deal with the Uchiha's Mangekyo." Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes as he watched from the sidelines. He knew the moment of truth had arrived. Whether he would get to see Uchiha Sōken's ocular jutsu depended on what happened next.
"Ooh! What an astonishing surge of Chakra!"
White Zetsu cried out in amazement.
Fortunately, no one else was nearby. Obito Uchiha had casually killed the few Root shinobi lurking in the area, so there was no need to worry that White Zetsu's shout would draw attention.
In fact,
at that moment, anyone with even a modest sensory ability—or simply sharp instincts—had been drawn to the swirling mass of black bugs. More precisely, they were drawn to the overwhelming surge of Chakra that suddenly erupted from within the swarm.
"What's that?"
While locked in combat with his enemies, Hyuga Hiashi saw Sōken surrounded by the swarm through his Byakugan, which gave him a full 360-degree field of vision. An unprecedented, vast, and sinister Chakra surged from Sōken's body. The only time Hyuga Hiashi had ever sensed an aura that powerful from someone who wasn't a Jinchuriki was now.
Almost instantly,
he recalled the power mentioned time and again in the Uchiha Clan's records.
"Looks like I made the right choice!"
Hyuga Hiashi muttered under his breath. His aura, which had been steadily weakening, surged. The Chakra points throughout his body released a vast amount of Chakra, and he spun in a circle like a top. A hemispherical shell of Chakra concealed him completely.
The shell formed by the rapidly spinning Chakra not only repelled every physical attack; as Hyuga Hiashi suddenly poured in even more Chakra, the hemisphere shot outward, slamming into the enemies around him and