Time Stop VS Kamui

As a transmigrator.

Dan had long known about Kamui's ability. The series of attacks he launched at Obito were merely feigning weakness.

Obito fell for the trap, daring to engage in close-quarters combat with Dan without any defense.

Now--

ZA WARUDO!

In an instant.

Hum.

The Time Stop power spread from Dan's body, exceeding the speed of light to encompass the entire Ninja World. Everything in sight lost its color, turning gray.

The waters of the Naka River ceased to flow;

Itachi, watching from the side, looked panicked, thinking his uncle was about to be defeated by the Masked Man;

Obito's Kamui had already activated, the distorted space solidifying in a vortex, like rings of frozen ripples;

The first second of Time Stop.

Dan broke free from the chains' restraints and turned around, facing Uchiha Obito directly.

At this moment, Obito's upper body was entangled in the distorted space, intangible, except for... his hands.

Kamui's greatest strength lay in its unconscious activation, allowing Obito to phase himself out and become immune to any attack the moment he was attacked.

It was a passive ability.

But Kamui had a weakness—when Obito attacked an enemy, he had to actively deactivate Kamui, making himself tangible.

During the Nine-Tails' Attack years ago.

The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, had recognized this very point, which was why he used Flying Thunder God Technique: Second Step combined with Rasengan to defeat Obito.

Since that battle.

Obito, having learned from his defeat, had become much more cautious, often using feints to deceive opponents and never easily leaving his phased-out state.

But at this moment, he had still been tricked by Dan.

His weakness had been exposed.

The second second of Time Stop.

Dan's eyes gleamed, and without hesitation, he grabbed Obito's hands and yanked them hard towards himself!

Time resumed its flow.

A tearing sound.

The sound of flesh and bone separating.

Obito's two arms were instantly ripped from his left and right shoulders, torn off by Dan as if they were nothing.

Kamui was forced to stop.

Stumble, stumble, stumble.

Obito staggered back several steps, finally losing his balance and falling to the ground.

"You..."

He looked up at Dan in utter horror, his eyeballs bloodshot, all traces of his previous arrogant composure gone.

He didn't understand.

How had Dan done it? How had he managed to turn the tables in an instant and rip off his arms?!

Obito, as a person, didn't have a strong mental fortitude.

He usually relied on his invincible Kamui to play tricks and deceive others, hiding behind his mask and impersonating Uchiha Madara with an air of supreme arrogance.

But once someone could break through his Kamui, he would panic, as if he had reverted to the dead-last student he once was.

In extreme fear.

Whoosh.

Space twisted and rippled again.

Without even a chance to utter a threat, Obito activated Kamui and fled in a panic.

What a shame.

Dan, as the victor, shook his head as he watched Obito escape.

In that situation, he hadn't had time to attack Obito's vital points and kill him on the spot.

But Dan estimated that even if he could stop time for 5 seconds or even longer, it would still be difficult to kill Obito completely.

After all, Obito also possessed another trump card – Izanagi.

In the original story, even Konan, who had depleted Kakuzu's entire fortune with her meticulously prepared trap of six hundred billion explosive tags, was evaded by Obito using the "combination jutsu" of Kamui and Izanagi.

These two heaven-defying dōjutsu, working in tandem, were practically unbeatable.

So.

That's why Dan chose to rip off Obito's arms.

This time.

Obito fled heavily injured, and should be quiet for a while. Moreover, he left behind a pair of arms, which became Dan's spoils of war.

These arms were exceptionally fair, and no blood flowed from the wounds. Instead, white cellular tissue slowly seeped out.

As far as Dan knew.

Obito's body was a White Zetsu body transplanted with a large number of Hashirama Cells.

In other words.

These severed arms had high research value, and this battle was quite rewarding.

Itachi stood there dumbfounded.

He widened his Sharingan, deeply shocked by the scene of Dan tearing off Obito's arms. It wasn't until Dan walked over with the two arms that he snapped back to reality and subconsciously shouted:

"Uncle, Uncle."

"Itachi, did you see the Masked Man's abilities clearly?" Dan asked, intending to test his nephew.

Upon hearing this, Itachi remained silent for a few seconds before giving his deduction:

"He just called his Sharingan the Mangekyo Sharingan. That eye should have used some kind of space-time pupil technique, allowing him to transfer himself to another space, leaving only an intangible illusion in place to confuse the opponent. However, the Masked Man still showed flaws when attacking."

"Not bad, it is indeed a very terrifying ability."

Dan nodded, acknowledging his nephew's eyesight.

As long as the Masked Man didn't attack proactively, he would always be invincible.

Even if his weakness was known, one wouldn't know when he would actually make a move, making him impossible to guard against.

However.

Such a nearly unsolvable powerful enemy was still defeated by his Uncle.

Itachi couldn't understand it at all.

In this battle, the Masked Man clearly had the upper hand, but a strange reversal occurred in an instant, and his arms were instead torn off by Dan.

If one were to describe it, it was like:

A movie, just as it was about to reach the climax, suddenly had the most exciting part deleted, and directly jumped to the ending.

It was enough to drive the audience crazy.

Itachi realized that his uncle held a great secret.

That secret was Dan's true ability.

Just as he was trying to guess, "Don't tell anyone about tonight, understand?" Dan's voice echoed in Itachi's ear.

"Mm, I understand, Uncle," Itachi replied.

And so.

The two walked back the way they came.

Not long after they left.

A figure emerged from the depths of the forest, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

It was Uchiha Yashiro.

He had received a notification from the Masked Man, asking him to come to the Naka Shrine tonight to watch a good show.

The Masked Man intended to personally subdue Uchiha Dan.

He hadn't expected that.

While he had watched a good show, the one who was subdued was the Masked Man.

However, Yashiro had at least confirmed one thing:

The Masked Man, who had always claimed to be Uchiha Madara, was a complete imposter.

The real Uchiha Madara could never lose to Dan.

Of course.

Dan's ability to defeat the Masked Man was enough to show how strong he was.

In Yashiro's opinion, Dan might even be able to contend with the clan's top expert—Uchiha Shisui.

Upon realizing this, Yashiro couldn't help but recall the "Shattered Jade Plan" that Dan had proposed, which was even more radical than the Radical Faction.

Should... he try to support that guy?

Yashiro had previously thought Dan's ideas were too insane.

But if Dan truly possessed such strength and could unite the entire Uchiha clan to carry out a coup d'état with one heart, perhaps they could truly uproot the Konoha high command.

Establish a Konoha belonging to the Uchiha.

Let's see.

At next month's clan meeting, Dan should participate. The Radical Faction and the Moderate Faction within the clan will clash head-on then, and it will surely be lively.

If, at that time, Dan can overpower the Moderate Faction's Clan Head Fugaku and Body Flicker Shisui, then these members of the Radical Faction will follow him from then on.

Thinking of this.

A hint of anticipation flashed in Yashiro's eyes.

Under the moonlight.

The uncle and nephew walked along the Naka River.

Dan noticed that Itachi had been keeping his head down the whole way, looking lost in thought. He was probably trying to figure out his uncle's abilities.

Up until now.

He had already demonstrated his Time Stop power twice in front of Itachi. Could this always-intelligent nephew guess it?

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