Inside the Kamui Dimension
"Feng Yao! This guy's Space-Time Ninjutsu is terrifying. Where are we?"
After being pulled into the dimension, Orochimaru was extremely annoyed. There was nothing here, and the place seemed endless, with the same scenery stretching in every direction.
He had tried to find a way out, but none of the techniques he knew could take him back to the Shinobi World.
He also wondered what Feng Yao planned to do with him. Orochimaru wasn't afraid of being killed; the Cursed Seal could bring him back to life.
Each Cursed Seal contained Orochimaru's chakra, much like a saved game.
But it was a troublesome process, and if Feng Yao kept him trapped here, he'd be completely helpless.
As he walked along, lost in thought, the space ahead suddenly began to twist, just as it had when he was pulled in.
He thought Feng Yao had arrived and was about to talk to him, but the one who appeared was a man in a black, skin-tight outfit, wearing a mask that revealed only one eye. And that eye was a Sharingan!
Orochimaru didn't know why the man had come here. His chakra clearly wasn't Feng Yao's, but he had a Sharingan.
Orochimaru licked his lips. His neck suddenly stretched, and he spat the Kusanagi Sword from his mouth, thrusting it at the Masked Man.
The Masked Man seemed surprised to see Orochimaru in the dimension, but he didn't panic when he saw the attack. Orochimaru's head passed right through him.
"This! This is Feng Yao's technique that makes him intangible! How can this guy use it too? Are they connected after all?" Orochimaru narrowed his golden eyes.
Orochimaru didn't know who the other man was, but the Masked Man knew all about him.
He was even more curious about how Orochimaru had gotten there. "Why can you enter my dimension?" the Masked Man demanded.
"Your dimension?" Orochimaru asked in confusion. "Isn't this Feng Yao's dimension? So you two aren't working together?"
"Of course not. You... never mind. I'll capture you and question you properly!"
Hearing the man's arrogant tone, Orochimaru sneered. "Kid, I don't know who you are, but you seem to be able to leave this place. How about I beat you half to death, then make you take me with you?"
The Masked Man snorted. "You're overestimating yourself. Come and try."
Inside his own dimension, the Masked Man was confident he could defeat Orochimaru.
He formed the Hand Seals: Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, and Tiger.
Drawing a deep breath, he converted the chakra in his body into fire.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!"
The Masked Man spat out a huge fireball. The range of the Great Fireball depended on the amount of chakra used, and his was clearly far more powerful than an ordinary one.
Seeing the huge area the technique covered, Orochimaru turned himself into a soft-bodied creature. He flattened himself against the ground, coiled around a nearby stone pillar like a snake, and quickly climbed up it to dodge the fireball.
"Heh, Fire Release is the Uchiha Clan's specialty. Who exactly are you?"
Seeing the Great Fireball made Orochimaru even more certain that the man was an Uchiha. But the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out, and this man wasn't Sasuke or Itachi. So who was he?
"You don't need to know who I am." The Masked Man pushed off with both feet and leaped toward Orochimaru, a branch sprouting from his right hand.
"Wood Release: Cutting Technique!"
This technique could only be used by someone with Hashirama Cells. By touching the opponent or driving a wooden branch into their body, the user made sharp branches erupt from within and pierce them. It was a brutally cruel technique, and the number of branches depended on the user's chakra.
"Hmph. Tongue Snake Ingestion!" Orochimaru spat out a snake, trying to wrap it around the man's neck.
But when the branch struck him, he realized how terrifying the technique was. "He can even use Wood Release!" He immediately used the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique, shedding a fresh body that slithered, slick with fluid, to one side.
Countless sharp roots burst from his original body.
The power of the Cutting Technique surprised Orochimaru a little, but so many things had surprised him lately that he was already growing numb to it.
He formed Hand Seals, preparing to restrain his opponent first.
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Orochimaru's arms suddenly transformed into dozens of black serpents that coiled toward the Masked Man, but they passed right through him again.
"Damn it, what kind of technique is this?" Seeing the attack pass through once more, Orochimaru's head began to throb. "Hmph, but he has to become tangible when he attacks me. If I can take advantage of that, I'll be invincible."
Just as he thought this, Feng Yao appeared beside Orochimaru using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
He had been watching the two of them for a while. There was no point in letting the fight drag on.
The moment he saw Feng Yao, Orochimaru tried to counterattack, but Feng Yao had already pressed a kunai to his throat.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was as fast as its reputation suggested. Orochimaru could still have escaped with the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique, but he wanted to hear what Feng Yao had to say first.
Feng Yao slowly turned his head toward Obito.
"Sorry, the person I brought in caused you some trouble. There was nothing I could do. After all, I have the same eyes as you."
As he spoke, Feng Yao revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan. He usually kept it hidden, but now he let the black pattern, shaped like a triangular shuriken, show in his blood-red eyes. The Masked Man's eyes widened.
The Masked Man was Obito Uchiha, a tragic figure.
After obtaining the Kamui Dimension, Feng Yao had instinctively assumed it was his own private space. He hadn't expected to be sharing it with Obito. That made sense, since it had originally been Obito's ability.
"How did you get... that eye? No, even if you have that eye, you shouldn't be able to access my dimension. How did you do it?"
Obito questioned the handsome man before him. His first thought had been that Feng Yao had taken Kakashi's eye.
But that right eye was clearly his own. How could Feng Yao have an eye just like his?
"Well, it's a bit of a long story. But what I want you to know is that your dimension—no, my dimension—is going to be used by me often from now on. So don't come in whenever you feel like it, and don't bother the people I bring here."
Feng Yao calmly laid down his terms. He didn't want to bring someone into the dimension only for Obito to drag them away or beat them to death.
Hearing how brazen Feng Yao was, Obito laughed in fury.
"Hahaha! What a joke! I don't care how you got those eyes. In fact, I'll take your left eye!"
As he spoke, Obito's right eye spun again.
Kamui twisted space into a swirling vortex, whipping up a powerful gust of wind. Then he released Fire Release to go with it.
"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!"
The massive flames took the shape of a fiery serpent, swallowing and incinerating anything in their path. Its speed, range, and power were all first-rate, making it an especially terrifying Fire Release technique. It could even rival Madara's Majestic Destroyer Flame.
Feng Yao threw several three-pronged kunai and began moving at high speed with the Flying Thunder God Technique. He tossed a flash bomb into the air as he went.
"Spiral Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three!"
Blinding yellow light obstructed Obito's vision. He recognized the technique as the signature move of his master, Minato Namikaze.
If he continued using Blast Wave Wild Dance, Feng Yao could take advantage of the moment he became tangible and kill him.
Sure enough, the moment he stopped the technique, a kunai slashed across his throat. Blinded by the light, Obito could only survive by maintaining his Intangibility.
But he couldn't keep it up forever. Feng Yao surely knew the secret that Obito could only remain intangible for five minutes.
Obito was now caught in a stalemate. If he stopped being intangible, Feng Yao would attack him. If he used Kamui to escape, he would still be vulnerable while tangible. He was trapped between two bad choices.
Seeing Obito hesitate, Feng Yao stopped using his technique.
"Do you understand now? I know all your secrets. I might not be able to kill you, but what do you think would happen if I told the Five Great Nations your secrets and your plans? The Eye of the Moon Plan, for example!"
Feng Yao spoke to Obito with a teasing smile.
"What! You... how much do you know?" Obito's voice was unsteady for the first time.
If Feng Yao having the same eyes as him had only shocked him, now he felt a trace of fear.
Fewer than three people in the entire Shinobi World knew about this!
"I accept your conditions. I won't come to this dimension without a reason, and I won't harm anyone inside it." Obito's tone began to soften.
"That's all I ask. Then I'll keep your secrets, too." With that, Feng Yao took Orochimaru and left.
He wasn't certain he could kill Obito. Obito still had tricks he hadn't used, such as Izanagi, the same Intangibility ability Feng Yao possessed, and the Gunbai.
Orochimaru was even more curious about Feng Yao now. The secrets of the Sharingan, Tailed Beasts, the mysterious dimension—he felt that this man might be the key to mastering immortality and truth.
Obito Uchiha stood where he was, unable to figure out who this mysterious stranger was. Feng Yao seemed to know everything. If they became enemies, he would be a nightmare.
Obito murmured to himself,
"Looks like I need to move up my plans. Rin... wait for me."
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