Boom!
The Third Raikage was incredibly fast. Wrapped in crackling lightning, he centered his power on his index finger and shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, shattering the sound barrier with a thunderous roar.
At this moment, the seating arrangement on the Ice Dragon was as follows: Karatachi Yagura, acting as the pilot, sat at the very front on its neck. Araki should originally have been behind him. But Araki had moved behind Killer B—the very rear—to keep an eye on the Third Raikage, leaving only Oyashiro En behind Yagura.
Behind Oyashiro En was the Third Raikage, followed by A, Killer B, and Araki.
If Araki had still been blocking the way, Obito Uchiha might have considered letting the Third Raikage curve around him and strike directly at the target. But the obscure Oyashiro En himself did not possess that kind of deterrence.
Thus, judging from the Third Raikage's attack path, he did not consider Oyashiro En an obstacle at all. He intended to skewer him and Karatachi Yagura together with his finger like candied hawthorn.
It had to be said, this style was simple, brutal, and perfectly suited to the Raikage.
There was no time to react. The finger wrapped in deep-blue lightning had already struck Oyashiro En squarely in the back.
Next, as Obito Uchiha expected, Oyashiro En would be blown into fragments beneath his hand, driving a deep rift between the Mist Village and the Cloud Village. Of course, once the truth came out, that hatred might shift to Konoha, or it might remain where it was. Either way, it was no bad thing for him.
But events took an unexpected turn.
Oyashiro En was indeed blasted apart by that finger, but instead of becoming a shower of flesh and blood, he transformed into