Success! Departure

Minamoto Takuya seemed to have gathered all his chakra into this one ninjutsu. The instant several Vacuum Waves shot toward Obito Uchiha, the chakra around his body also seemed to have been completely exhausted.

The corners of Obito Uchiha's mouth lifted as he moved forward, completely ignoring the Vacuum Waves.

However, after those Vacuum Waves passed through his body, they did not dissipate. Instead, they changed direction and slashed toward the point where the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's arm connected to its body!

Nagato's eyes flickered when he saw this. It was time for him to fulfill his promise.

At some point, another tube had appeared behind him, connecting him to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path once more.

"What?!" Sensing the Vacuum Waves change direction, Obito Uchiha turned to look at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

The Vacuum Waves continuously struck the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's shoulder joint, which seemed to have already been separated in advance. More than a dozen slashes landed in the exact same spot!

Although this was a ninjutsu capable of cutting through the earlier stage of Susanoo, it seemingly was not enough against the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. However...

The arm, dozens of meters long, broke off completely from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and seemed about to fall from the sky.

In that instant, Obito Uchiha's eyes widened. Their target had actually been the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?

Those previous ninjutsu had all been meant to draw his attention. Then had Minamoto Takuya, who had supposedly exhausted his chakra, really exhausted it?!

Even though Obito Uchiha was unwilling to admit it, an answer still surfaced in his mind.

That was... no!

The other party had definitely put on that act for him to see!

How cunning!

After cursing inwardly, Obito Uchiha rushed toward where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's arm was about to fall, intending to store it in Kamui Space.

Even if the other party only wanted one arm, he absolutely would not let them succeed!

Minamoto Takuya watched this without trying to stop him. After all, the other party possessed Kamui's power, so he definitely could not stop him.

If that arm really fell, he might indeed have had a hard time obtaining it. But the problem was that he had never intended to let the arm fall.

Seals began to emerge from a spot on the arm, rapidly spreading across its surface until they completely wrapped it.

At that moment, Minamoto Takuya casually said, "I never said I hadn't already created a Shadow Clone."

When he had just bombarded Obito Uchiha with ninjutsu to draw everyone's attention, it had not only been to adjust the position for Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves. It had also allowed his Shadow Clone to use Earth Release to move onto the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path without being noticed.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was simply too large. Completely wrapping it with Sealing Jutsu was difficult and would take a very long time. But if it was only one arm, then... it was still very large.

Yet it was within the limits of what he could handle!

"What is this?" Obito Uchiha also noticed the seals.

Suddenly, the enormous arm dozens of meters long transformed into white mist and dissipated. At the same time, a giant scroll fell from the sky and landed in the hands of Minamoto Takuya's Shadow Clone, who stood on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's shoulder.

"Tch, I originally wanted an entire strange creature. Looks like I can only make do with one arm now," Minamoto Takuya's Shadow Clone said with a smile.

Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes and charged toward Minamoto Takuya's Shadow Clone. His target was... the massive Sealing Scroll in the other party's hand!

Minamoto Takuya's Shadow Clone yawned, seemingly unconcerned by Obito Uchiha's actions, and even tossed the massive scroll into the air.

Though it felt strange, Obito Uchiha still looked in that direction, intending to seize the scroll.

But at that moment, the scroll vanished from his sight.

Obito Uchiha immediately halted. He heard Minamoto Takuya's Shadow Clone sneer, then watched the clone turn into a puff of white smoke and disperse itself.

"Summoning Technique!" Obito Uchiha looked toward Minamoto Takuya's real body and said.

"That's right. You're not the only one who can use Time-Space Ninjutsu." Minamoto Takuya shrugged. Although this ninjutsu was not very useful in battle, it was indeed Time-Space Ninjutsu!

"It seems you were more skilled in the end." Obito Uchiha was furious, but having already been played, he could only suppress his anger and speak calmly.

"Is that so? I clearly wanted the entire Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at first, yet you forced me to settle for only a small part of it." Dissatisfaction was also evident in Minamoto Takuya's tone.

He... was naturally lying. From the beginning, he had known that getting the complete Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was impossible, so he had never expected it. Naturally, there was nothing to be disappointed about.

Of course, if the other party had truly not appeared and he really had the chance to obtain the complete Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he absolutely would not have held back!

After hearing Minamoto Takuya's words, Obito Uchiha's expression finally improved considerably. At the very least, he had stopped the other party, hadn't he?

Moreover, he looked at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, now missing one arm. It could naturally regenerate, and the main body was still here. The other party had only taken a small part, so the problem... was not serious.

Obito Uchiha comforted himself inwardly.

Minamoto Takuya then looked toward Nagato and Konan and said, "The agreement can be considered fulfilled. Although I didn't get the complete Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, it isn't your fault."

Hearing this, Nagato and Konan could not help looking at Minamoto Takuya.

Although he had attacked them earlier, they suddenly found him a little harder to dislike.

Moreover, Nagato recalled his shock when the other party's Shadow Clone had found him underground. He had thought the other party was blaming them for Obito Uchiha's actions.

But that was not the case. The other party had merely wanted him to use the Rinnegan to separate the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's arm from its shoulder blade. With Obito Uchiha present, he could not obtain the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, so he had settled for a piece of its arm.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's defenses had given Minamoto Takuya some trouble, so he could only approach Nagato, who had summoned it.

As for those Vacuum Serial Waves, they had merely been a show for Obito Uchiha. In truth, Nagato had helped sever the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's arm!

Nagato had already agreed to give Minamoto Takuya the entire Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, so this favor was merely done along the way.

Konan recalled everything she had witnessed. Even someone who used Time-Space Ninjutsu had been deceived, so it seemed understandable that she had been fooled by his Water Clone Technique.

"Well then, goodbye." With a laugh, Minamoto Takuya's body also turned into white smoke and vanished from where he stood.

He had not used the Body Flicker Technique, so this was still the Summoning Technique.

Obito Uchiha watched with cold eyes. If the other party had not used the Summoning Technique to leave, the nearby White Zetsu would definitely have been able to follow him and uncover information about him.

But now, finding this mysterious person again would be troublesome.

Obito Uchiha considered the ninjutsu Minamoto Takuya had used. The Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique was a Konoha ninjutsu, but... the Water Prison Technique was a Mist Shinobi ninjutsu.

Combined with the other party's apparent habit of collecting ninjutsu, it seemed difficult to determine where he came from based on his techniques.

He could only pay a little more attention to Konoha and the Mist Shinobi.

As Obito Uchiha thought this, he looked again at Nagato and Konan. Sensing the wariness in their eyes, he cursed Minamoto Takuya again.

But there was no helping it. Even if they disliked him, he still had to form an alliance with them!