Seeing If You Need Help

"Your reaction is fast, but still not fast enough!"

--Banshō Ten'in!

Naruto Uzumaki extended his hand, and the gravitational force pulled White Zetsu from the earth, sending him flying toward him.

White Zetsu cried out in terror: "Obito... Madara, save me!"

"Useless trash!"

I almost blew my cover.

Obito remained indifferent, letting White Zetsu fall into Naruto Uzumaki's grasp.

--Preta Path: Chakra Absorption!

In no time at all, White Zetsu's chakra was completely devoured, and he fell silent for good.

Casually discarding the corpse, Naruto Uzumaki looked at Obito and said indifferently: "Your name is Daiban?"

Obito's eyes darkened: "My name is Madara Uchiha!"

"A fake name! Your companion already said it—your name is Daiban Uchiha."

"..."

At that moment, Obito felt an urge to resurrect White Zetsu just to slaughter him a thousand times over.

"Daiban, you touched my things... have you thought about the price you'll have to pay?"

"Your things? What is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to you?"

"Insolent!"

With that rebuke, Naruto Uzumaki unleashed Shinra Tensei. Caught off guard, Obito was sent flying, crashing into the ground.

An ordinary person would have been killed or severely wounded, but Obito possessed White Zetsu cells and quickly climbed back to his feet.

"Cough, cough... what is the meaning of this?"

Naruto Uzumaki said coldly: "Remember your place. I ask, you answer. If you overstep your bounds again, you can just commit suicide."

"Suicide? Good, good, good... I, Madara Uchiha, have roamed the Ninja World for years, and this is the first time I've met someone as arrogant as you."

Obito laughed in his fury; he had never been treated with such contempt.

Ever since he awakened his Mangekyo and became Madara, who didn't respectfully address him as "Mr. Madara"?

So what if he had the Rinnegan?

Nagato also possessed the Rinnegan, and wasn't he just a pawn?

"Old man, since you're in such a hurry to die, I'll send you on your way."

--Kamui!

Space twisted into a vortex, and Obito vanished.

The next moment, Obito appeared behind Naruto Uzumaki, holding a kunai and thrusting it toward his heart.

As a seven-year-old elementary student, Naruto Uzumaki was trash at taijutsu, knew no genjutsu, had almost zero combat experience, and only knew the Three Basic Jutsu and the Rasengan.

Facing a powerful enemy, Naruto Uzumaki's only reliance was the Rinnegan.

So, the moment Obito disappeared, Naruto Uzumaki immediately activated his ocular technique—Kamimusubi!

This ocular technique was capable of absorbing the free-roaming life energy between heaven and earth and converting it for his own use.

That was how Naruto Uzumaki usually utilized it.

However, he wanted to try a different application now: using it directly on an enemy.

Instantly, a death zone that devoured life formed within a one-meter radius around Naruto Uzumaki.

The closer one got, the more terrifying it became.

The first to experience it was the hand Obito used to hold the kunai; it withered and dried up in an instant, resembling the bark of an old tree, with veins clearly visible.

Next was his outstretched arm, then his entire body, as his life force drained away rapidly.

An unprecedented sense of weakness surged into Obito's heart.

"Dangerous!!!"

Obito dared not delay; he abandoned his attack and reappeared in the distance.

He stumbled, nearly falling over.

"Old man, is this the reliance you're so arrogant about?"

Rolling up his sleeve, Obito looked at his arm, which looked as if it were ready for the grave, his expression turning terrifyingly dark.

He can actually devour my life force...

"I never rely on anyone or anything... if I must have something, it can only be myself."

Naruto Uzumaki remained arrogant, looking at Obito with utter disdain: "Daiban, I think only trash like you would dream of relying on something to leap into the ranks of the strong... but I will tell you clearly: that is impossible. You are just daydreaming. Trash will always be trash, and a dead last will always be a dead last."

"Bastard!"

The words were sharp as blades, piercing the heart and lungs. Obito was furious beyond measure, forming hand seals to unleash Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!

A scorching fire dragon flew toward Naruto Uzumaki.

--Preta Path: Fūjutsu Kyūin!

A golden light shield blocked the path in front of Naruto Uzumaki, absorbing the fire dragon until nothing remained.

Naruto Uzumaki said indifferently, "To dare lay a hand on me... Daiban, you have offended the majesty of the Emperor. I will give you one last chance to maintain your dignity: commit suicide now."

"You old geezer, you are truly too arrogant." Obito grew even angrier, forming hand seals to unleash Wood Style: Hell's Chaos.

A massive number of thorny trees spiraled upward, attempting to strangle Naruto Uzumaki within them.

Boom!

Shinra Tensei blasted the trees away, and Kamimusubi devoured the life force of the wood. Naruto Uzumaki walked toward Obito unhurriedly, his mouth spewing endless nonsense.

"To meet the Emperor and not bow is to lose one's true life; your name shall be inscribed upon the Reincarnation Stele... Daiban, kneel and kowtow with every step. Your sins will be halved on the road to the afterlife, and I shall protect your true soul!"

--Ukanomitama!

The range of absorption expanded, while the intensity of the suction weakened.

Thus, within a fifty-meter radius centered on Naruto Uzumaki, a domain that attracted souls was formed.

Caught within it, Obito immediately felt his mind become unstable.

It wasn't a major issue; he could hold on. After all, the intensity wasn't high, and with his soul protected by his physical body, Ukanomitama could not extract it.

But reflecting on what Naruto Uzumaki had said...

True soul lost, name inscribed on the Reincarnation Stele, the road to the afterlife...

"No! I haven't completed my plan yet! I cannot die here!"

Obito roared, immediately using Kamui to teleport himself away from Naruto Uzumaki.

The next second, his figure appeared on the roof of a house in the distance.

Then he realized the feeling of his mind wavering was gone.

After a moment of thought, Obito understood that he had just been scaring himself.

"Damn it!"

He had lost all face, but fortunately, no one else had seen it...

"Madara, what are you doing standing on my roof?"

On the ground, Itachi looked up at Obito, his expression quite puzzled.

Itachi had just seen his parents off, and the moment he stepped outside, he saw Obito standing on his roof, cursing.

Obito fell silent. After a long while, he said, "It's nothing, I just came over to see if you needed any help."

Helping to kill someone's parents—one could only say... Obito was truly a helpful person.

Itachi said coldly, "Not needed. You can leave; I am waiting for Sasuke."

To give his little brother a dose of brotherly love.

"As you wish. I was planning to leave now anyway, but before I go, a friendly reminder: there is a very troublesome old guy nearby. You should be careful."

"Someone who can be called troublesome by you... who is he?"

"His identity is unknown, but his name..."

Thinking of the nonsense Naruto Uzumaki had spouted earlier, Obito said coldly, "The Emperor!"

"The Emperor?" Itachi frowned; it was a name he had never heard of.

"Daiban!"

The voice came from the sky. Naruto Uzumaki was flying at high speed, reaching out to unleash a Shinra Tensei that destroyed the roof.

"Where did you run off to this time?" Naruto Uzumaki was annoyed, his body floating in mid-air as his Rinnegan scanned the surroundings.

"The Emperor?"

Noticing Naruto Uzumaki's golden eyes, Itachi was stunned, quickly recognizing what kind of eyes they were.

The Rinnegan, one of the three great dōjutsu, the legendary eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, possessing terrifying power.

It was no wonder Madara would say he was a troublesome enemy.