Kakashi, Come Here for a Moment

Planetary Devastation was really just a much larger version of Banshō Ten'in.

It wasn't much of a threat to Ensei Uchiha, considering he was only a Shadow Clone.

"Kakashi, if you keep holding back, you're going to die here."

Ensei Uchiha wore an amused expression, making Kakashi Hatake's face stiffen.

"Well, I guess I have no choice."

Kakashi Hatake complained helplessly. According to the intelligence department's analysis, Ensei Uchiha's personality shouldn't have led him to act this way.

Is it because he knows how strong I am?

It seems that even if he can't know the future in full, he still has a huge advantage.

There really is no way to stand against someone like him. I wonder if the village's conciliatory policy will work.

As these thoughts crossed his mind, Kakashi Hatake opened the Mangekyō Sharingan that belonged to Obito Uchiha...

"Kamui!!!"

Space twisted around the black sphere of Planetary Devastation, as if trying to swallow it.

But the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power was still too weak compared to the Rinnegan. On top of that, he wasn't a member of the Uchiha Clan and only had one eye...

In short, Kamui's spatial distortion appeared for only a moment before it was canceled out.

"Guess I really can't count on you!"

Seeing Kakashi Hatake bleeding from the eye, his Chakra nearly exhausted, Ensei Uchiha helplessly took out his last scroll.

"Honestly, I don't have much of this stuff either."

As the sealing scroll unfurled, a huge, five-pointed star-shaped ball of flesh appeared in front of Ensei Uchiha. It looked a little like Buu.

So Ensei Uchiha named it after that image.

"Hey, Buu. Look up there and destroy it..."

At Ensei Uchiha's words, the star-shaped ball of flesh rose into the air. Caught by the suction that had already formed, it was quickly pulled into Planetary Devastation.

"Boom!!!"

Patrick Star's artistic radiance flashed across the sky...

In the original story, Planetary Devastation had been broken before. All it took was a powerful attack to interrupt it before it fully formed.

If Zero-Two—that was, the Rin Nohara Model—hadn't just overexerted herself, her Three-Tails Nine-Tails Chakra Mode could probably have broken it with a Tailed Beast Bomb made from all her remaining Chakra.

But now, this was the only option.

"See? This time, art really did become Patrick Star!"

Kakashi Hatake had no idea what Ensei Uchiha was talking about, but he knew that this seemingly terrifying jutsu had been broken.

This thing was the second stage of the Self-Destruct Fly that Ensei Uchiha had developed, a Chakra bomb modeled after Deidara's self-destruction technique.

In essence, it really was a human bomb.

Its power seemed pretty good, at least.

"Kakashi, where should we go next?"

After Planetary Devastation was broken, Ensei Uchiha recalled Zero-One, Zero-Two, and Zero Three.

Pain and Konan didn't show up again. It was unclear whether they had fled or had something else in mind.

"Hmm... How about we investigate Amegakure first?"

Kakashi Hatake replied hesitantly.

It had been exactly two years since the Nine-Tails' Rampage. After Konoha learned Obito Uchiha's identity, it had been hunting him throughout the Shinobi World.

But despite all this time, they hadn't found a single useful lead about him.

A space-time ocular jutsu really was useful.

It probably wasn't realistic for the two of them to find any information on Obito Uchiha.

"Kakashi, come here for a moment."

Ensei Uchiha suddenly spoke to Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi Hatake didn't suspect anything and walked right over.

The next second, a sharp pain suddenly shot through Kakashi Hatake's right eye, and he nearly passed out.

Under normal circumstances, Kakashi wouldn't have been caught off guard.

But although Kamui hadn't worked just now, it had still taken a toll on his body. And on top of that, he hadn't been on guard...

"Is the Uchiha Clan going to take this Sharingan back?"

Feeling the pain in his eye, Kakashi Hatake couldn't help asking.

Ever since learning Obito Uchiha's current identity, Kakashi Hatake had been prepared for this possibility.

"I thought you'd be more upset."

"But I'm afraid I'm not taking your Sharingan back."

"This is just a seal. If someone tries to remove the eye, it'll explode on the spot."

Ensei Uchiha's words made Kakashi Hatake instinctively test his eye. The Sharingan that he could never close was still there.

"Next time, could you warn me first?"

Ensei Uchiha smiled and put away a small piece of flesh from that Sharingan.

As a jōnin, Kakashi Hatake had noticed what Ensei Uchiha was doing. Although he knew, he didn't react.

For now, Konoha's attitude toward Ensei Uchiha was simple: as long as he didn't betray the village, they would let him do as he pleased.

Even if he wanted to become Hokage, that was fine.

After all, although he was a member of the Uchiha Clan, if Ensei could become the next Madara Uchiha, perhaps Konoha could return to the glory of the First's era.

So they could overlook a few minor flaws.

Ensei Uchiha had no idea what Kakashi Hatake was thinking. He assumed his actions had gone unnoticed and secretly rejoiced.

What he had just placed in Kakashi Hatake's eye wasn't a sealing jutsu at all, but a special kind of flesh he had cultivated.

In other words, if Ensei Uchiha wanted, the Sharingan in Kakashi Hatake's eye could explode at any moment. It was quite useful.

After taking care of these matters, Ensei Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake wandered around Amegakure for another two days.

Everything in Amegakure was normal. Nagato and Konan hadn't left, but neither of them showed themselves. They simply sent someone with a message.

Shisui Uchiha was in Obito Uchiha's hands. They didn't know where Obito Uchiha was now, and they hoped the two of them wouldn't disturb Amegakure's peace.

Was it a threat, or a gesture of goodwill? Probably a bit of both.

In the end, Ensei Uchiha decided to give up. Two days had been enough time for Kakashi Hatake to recover.

After summoning a small Ninja Cat, Ensei Uchiha handed it some scrolls and other items and told it to take them to Cat Ninja Village.

Afterward, the Ninja Cats from Cat Ninja Village would deliver them to Konoha.

Once that was done, Ensei Uchiha released the Shadow Clone Technique.

When a Shadow Clone was released, its remaining Chakra and memories from that period returned to the original body, making it a very fast way to travel.

As for Kakashi Hatake, he would just have to run back on his own.