Minato vs. Obito

At this moment, a gloomy voice rang out. The speaker was none other than Danzo, who had colluded with Obito and arrived at the Uchiha Clan compound.

Behind Danzo followed a large group of Root ninjas.

"Lord Danzo, what is the meaning of this? As the Konoha Military Police Force, our Uchiha Clan bears the heavy responsibility of guarding the village. What are you trying to do by blocking our path at a time like this!" Uchiha Fugaku stepped out from the crowd and questioned Danzo.

"To date, only Uchiha Madara has ever been able to control the Nine-Tails with the Sharingan. Now that the Nine-Tails has suddenly appeared in the village, it is likely a massive conspiracy, and it is possible that the entire Uchiha Clan is implicated. Therefore, the Uchiha Clan must remain here tonight; not a single person is allowed to leave!" Danzo said coldly.

Upon hearing Danzo's words, the other Uchiha ninjas present all appeared extremely angry. One after another, they began to express their dissatisfaction, with some even hurling insults.

Uchiha Fugaku raised his hand, signaling his clansmen to remain quiet. He then asked Danzo: "Regarding your actions, Lord Danzo, I wonder if the Third Hokage and the Fourth Hokage have given their consent?"

"The Fourth is not in the village right now, and the Third has already agreed to my actions," Danzo replied.

Hearing this, Uchiha Fugaku frowned deeply and fell silent. He had not expected that even the Third would be so wary of their Uchiha Clan.

Not far behind Uchiha Fugaku, Yusuke began to ponder secretly: "Could this be the truth behind why the Uchiha Clan ninjas and the Root ninjas were both absent during the Nine-Tails Incident in the original story?"

In Yusuke's view, the Third held the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, in high regard; he had not only promoted Minato himself but had also fully assisted him in stabilizing his position after he took office.

"Perhaps the Third never imagined that Minato would fall in this battle; otherwise, he would never have allowed the Root and the Uchiha Clan to be tied up here, wasting so much combat power."

Determined to obtain the Nine-Tails chakra, Yusuke had no intention of obeying Danzo's restriction order. Finding an opportunity, he cast a Fire Clone to stay behind and slack off at the scene, while his true self secretly rushed toward the location of the Nine-Tails.

However, since the restriction order against the Uchiha Clan had been issued, Yusuke could no longer appear in his true identity to fight. He had to don a white cloak and a ghost mask, hiding near the Nine-Tails to wait for an opportunity.

At this time, many Konoha ninjas were already battling the Nine-Tails, but because the Nine-Tails' chakra and vitality were too powerful, the attacks of these ordinary ninjas had almost no effect. Instead, a large number of ninjas died in vain under the Nine-Tails' claws.

Annoyed by the harassment from the Konoha ninjas, the Nine-Tails opened its mouth and fired a Tailed Beast Ball. It destroyed numerous buildings along its path, and the final target of the Tailed Beast Ball was the Hokage Rock on the cliff outside the village.

Just then, a massive sealing jutsu formation appeared in front of the Hokage Rock. The Tailed Beast Ball vanished completely after entering the formation, causing no damage to the Hokage Rock.

A second later, a massive ball of light rose in the distance, far from the village. Someone had used space-time ninjutsu to teleport the Tailed Beast Ball to a large lake far away from Konoha.

The one who performed this space-time ninjutsu was none other than the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who had just arrived at the village!

Looking at the unscathed Hokage Rock, the Third, who was still rushing toward the Nine-Tails, let out a long sigh of relief: "Minato, you truly are a man worth trusting!"

After dealing with the Tailed Beast Ball, Minato was preparing to head to the location of the Nine-Tails in the village when he suddenly sensed a ripple in space behind him. He immediately turned around, kunai in hand, to counterattack.

However, to his shock, the kunai in his hand passed right through the center of the enemy's head. The one ambushing him was the mysterious person in the black cloak and mask from earlier that night.

"Your opponent is me, and besides..." At this point, Minato's kunai had completely passed through Obito's head. Obito instantly deactivated his intangibility and grabbed Minato's wrist.

"It ends here!"

Obito immediately activated Kamui, preparing to suck Minato into the Kamui Dimension. At this critical moment, Minato promptly activated the Flying Raijin Jutsu, teleporting to a location where he had previously placed a Flying Raijin kunai.

"Fled, huh? You're quick," Obito said slowly, simultaneously using his space-time transfer ability to pursue Minato to his new location.

With a thud, Minato, having teleported in such a rush that he couldn't adjust his posture, crashed hard onto the grass.

Rising quickly, Minato's brain raced to analyze the enemy's abilities. Yet, before he could fully sort out his thoughts, a space vortex opened not far in front of him, and the enemy had already caught up.

"The opponent is also proficient in space-time ninjutsu; this won't be easy to deal with." Looking at Obito before him, Minato frowned slightly.

At this moment, Minato noticed the single Sharingan exposed from the mask. Recalling the enemy's ability to control the Nine-Tails, he probed: "Uchiha Madara was once able to control the Nine-Tails with the Sharingan, but he cannot possibly still be alive. Who exactly are you?"

"Who am I? Who knows."

"Then what is your purpose in attacking Konoha?"

"Purpose?" Obito paused, pulling a long iron chain from his cloak, with a shackle at each end. Obito shook the chain in his hand and secured the shackles to his wrists.

"The purpose is peace for the ninja world!"

Before the words had even faded, Obito charged rapidly toward Minato, the long iron chain forming a loop behind his body. This loop was a trap intended to capture the enemy from behind as they passed each other.

Seeing Obito take the initiative, Minato immediately launched a counterattack, charging toward him with his specialized Flying Raijin kunai.

As Minato expected, his kunai passed directly through the enemy's body; physical attacks could not harm an opponent existing in a different space-time.

When Minato passed through the middle of the intangible Obito, Obito instantly deactivated his intangibility, and the loop of the chain behind him immediately locked onto Minato!

But before Obito could activate Kamui, Minato promptly used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the entanglement of the chain.

Although it was only one exchange, combined with the details from his previous encounter with Obito, Minato, a tactical genius, had already roughly analyzed Obito's abilities and weaknesses. He now had a plan to deal with him.

With the plan set, Minato did not hesitate. He turned around quickly and charged at Obito again, throwing his Flying Raijin kunai toward him when he reached the appropriate distance.

The Flying Raijin kunai passed through the intangible Obito's head, and by this time, Obito and Minato were less than two feet apart, face to face.

Minato formed a Rasengan in his right hand and struck toward Obito. Obito, however, was one step faster; the moment the Flying Raijin kunai had completely passed through his head, his right hand touched Minato's left shoulder.

"I win!" Obito deactivated his intangibility and immediately activated Kamui, preparing to drag Minato into it.

Just as Obito thought victory was in his grasp, Minato's figure suddenly vanished from before his eyes. It turned out that at that very instant, Minato had performed the Flying Raijin: Level 2, appearing at the location of the Flying Raijin kunai behind Obito.

"Damn it!" Obito exclaimed in shock.

With a loud bang, the Rasengan in Minato's hand pressed down mercilessly onto Obito below. Obito, not in his intangible state, immediately suffered severe damage and was driven hard into the ground. At the same time, the ground shattered from the powerful impact of the Rasengan, sending rocks and soil flying and kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

What Obito did not know was that while striking him, Minato had also left a Flying Raijin Mark on his back.

As the dust slowly settled, a circular crater with a radius of about four or five meters appeared on the ground. Obito appeared on a nearby slope using the Body Flicker Technique. From the side of his body hit by the Rasengan, a white, viscous substance slowly dripped from his cloak, and his left arm had even fallen to the ground.

"As expected of the Yellow Flash, you really are—"

Before Obito could finish his sentence, Minato used the Flying Raijin Mark left on him to appear instantly in front of him.

Obito's reaction speed could not keep up with Minato at all, and he was pierced in the chest by the kunai in Minato's hand. In that fleeting moment of crossing paths, Obito saw that the eyes of his once incredibly gentle teacher were filled with resolute killing intent.

At the same time, Minato pressed his left hand against Obito's chest, and a circle of incantations spread out across the spot.

"Contract Seal! You intend to sever the contract between me and the Nine-Tails?" Obito said gloomily.

"This way, the Nine-Tails will no longer be yours!" Minato said coldly.

Simultaneously, the Sharingan markings in the eyes of the Nine-Tails, which was still wreaking havoc in Konoha, vanished, reverting back to the pupils of a fox.

Having broken free from the control of Obito's Sharingan, the Nine-Tails became even more enraged, tilting its head back to let out a terrifying roar toward the sky!

"Everyone run, the Nine-Tails has gone mad!"

"It's no use, we can't hurt the Nine-Tails at all; staying here is just throwing our lives away!"

The villagers and ordinary ninja near the Nine-Tails fled frantically in the opposite direction. The enraged Nine-Tails began to destroy buildings and hunt down every living creature in its sight with even greater fervor. It was at this moment that Iruka's parents sacrificed themselves to protect Iruka.

Just then, the Third Hokage finally arrived with an Anbu squad directly under the Hokage's command. The Anbu squad immediately stepped forward to engage the Nine-Tails, stalling it to buy time for the Third Hokage.

"Summoning Jutsu: Monkey King Enma!"

The Third Hokage summoned Enma and immediately had him transform into the Adamantine Staff. The Third Hokage grabbed the Adamantine Staff, chose a direction closest to the village boundary, aimed at the Nine-Tails, and suddenly activated the skill Adamantine Nyoi.

"Extend, Enma!"

The Adamantine Staff in the Third Hokage's hand instantly grew to over a thousand meters in length, actually pushing the Nine-Tails directly out of the village from within. However, due to the massive size of the Nine-Tails, pushing it out of the village also destroyed quite a few buildings along the way, leaving behind a trail of ruins over a thousand meters long.

Looking at the Nine-Tails, which remained in a state of rage, the Third Hokage felt secretly anxious.

"Minato, where on earth are you?"

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