Chiya's Revenge, Extermination (Reset)

"Then come."

Chiya smiled, the Heavenly Steel Art quietly circulating within him.

Suddenly, a surge of chakra, far more powerful than anything Obito had ever unleashed, erupted outward.

It instantly shattered the chakra pressure Obito had once used to suppress the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, turning the tables and pinning him down firmly.

"This chakra..." Obito froze, gasping in shock, though the expression beneath his mask quickly returned to normal.

Because in the face of Kamui, even if your chakra reached the level of a Tailed Beast, it would all be in vain.

The next instant, Obito drew the blade at his waist and used the Body Flicker Technique to appear directly before Chiya.

Chiya swung his blade, but Obito easily evaded it by turning intangible.

Taking advantage of the opening, Obito thrust his long sword forward, instantly piercing through Chiya's chest.

"Hmph, nothing more than this," Obito said with disdain.

Just then, Chiya's slightly amused voice rang out beside Obito's ear like a ghost: "Is that so?"

Immediately following, Obito felt a chill at his waist. His upper body actually flew away, leaving him to look down at his own lower half.

And the Chiya who had just been slain was, at some point, already standing behind his lower torso.

Am I going to die? As he felt his consciousness gradually fading, at the very brink of life and death, he saw Nohara Rin.

Relying on a tenacious willpower strong enough to suppress the Ten-Tails, he unleashed the ultimate ocular technique of the Uchiha Clan: Izanagi.

In an instant, he twisted his fate of death. (ps: A brief explanation here: the Zanpakuto cuts the physical body and the heart cuts the soul; the protagonist did not intend to kill Obito, which is why Obito could use Izanagi to resurrect.)

He set his resurrection point behind Chiya and slashed down.

However, Chiya had long anticipated this move.

With a mere flicker of his form, a powerful teleportation skill erupted, combined with the Body Flicker Technique, allowing him to appear before Obito at an inconceivable speed and slash down.

"So fast!" Obito was horrified, hurriedly activating his right eye's intangibility to dodge the blade, while simultaneously drawing his sword to launch a counterattack at Chiya's back.

But before the blade could fully descend, Chiya vanished from his sight as if he had teleported through space.

When he reappeared, he was already at Obito's side, slashing horizontally across his waist.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; Obito had just materialized to attack and had no time to turn intangible or dodge.

Once again, he suffered the fate of being slain by Chiya.

Fortunately, his Izanagi duration had not yet expired, or he would have been truly finished.

"Turning intangible to avoid enemy attacks, but becoming tangible when you attack—is this the ability of your right-eye Mangekyo? It truly is a high-level space-time ninjutsu. I just wonder how it compares to Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami."

Chiya ignored Obito's 'corpse' and turned to look behind him. "Mr. Madara, is this humble one's strength acceptable to your eyes?"

Obito's form slowly materialized within his line of sight.

This bastard. Having been slain twice in succession, Obito couldn't help but curse inwardly, but then, as if realizing something, he suddenly burst into laughter. "Haha. So that's how it is."

"Kid. Oh, no—Chiya. I must admit, everyone underestimated you. This vast chakra, this level of speed, and that genjutsu which even the Mangekyo cannot pierce... the mysterious person who severed Danzo's arm and took Shisui's right eye must be you."

As he said this, the look Obito gave Chiya grew increasingly wary.

He knew that after Danzo's arm was severed, it could not be reattached.

According to Black Zetsu, it wasn't so much that Danzo's left arm had been cut off, but rather that the soul of his left arm had been severed.

That kind of soul-level trauma was irreparable.

Coupled with Shisui's right eye, the person before him now possessed the ability to threaten his life.

This was a more troublesome fellow than Uchiha Itachi.

If Chiya revealed Shisui's right eye or launched an attack, he would run immediately.

He would never get entangled.

Conversely, if the other party genuinely wanted to join the Akatsuki, he would be an extremely powerful pawn for the Eye of the Moon Plan.

But before that, he still needed to test him; if the other party was a spy sent by Sarutobi Hiruzen, it would be a loss that outweighed the gain.

"It is indeed this humble one," Chiya admitted frankly. "I wonder if I am now qualified to join the Akatsuki organization that Mr. Madara speaks of?"

"Of course," Obito said in a deep voice. "However, I have two questions for you."

"First, what is your purpose in joining the Akatsuki?"

Chiya smiled faintly and said, "Does saving my lover's life count? After all, that old dog Danzo has already issued a kill order. If I keep Izumi in Konoha, even if she escapes this time, there will be a next time. I cannot take Izumi and run around outside Konoha, hiding everywhere; I need a place that is sufficiently safe."

"After Itachi wipes out the Uchiha Clan, he will inevitably become an S-rank missing-nin. Since the Akatsuki organization you speak of can harbor even S-rank missing-nin, surely it can protect one little girl, right?"

Obito nodded, accepting Chiya's words, and continued to ask, "Why should I trust you? Itachi joined the Akatsuki because he had the 'pledge' of wiping out the Uchiha Clan, making it impossible for him to return to Konoha. What about you? What if you are only here to steal intelligence from the Akatsuki? Surely you wouldn't actually go through with slaughtering your girlfriend's clan."

"Of course, I'm not so deranged as to go and do something as thankless as wiping out the Uchiha Clan," a dangerous smile appeared on Chiya's face.

"Then how do you expect me to trust you?" Obito asked with a frown.

Chiya replied, "I have no interest in wiping out the Uchiha Clan, but I would be happy to be of service in wiping out the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan."

"I presume your wiping out of the Uchiha Clan was not just for revenge, but also to collect Sharingan and weaken Konoha's power, right?"

"Tonight, while Konoha has its attention fixed on the Uchiha Clan, I will go and wipe out the Sarutobi Clan and the Shimura Clan. Is this token of allegiance satisfactory?"

Obito was visibly stunned upon hearing this; even with his usual composure, he was shocked by the sheer audacity of Chiya's train of thought.

"Wiping out the Third Hokage's clan and Danzo's clan? That is truly insane. You are looking to offend Konoha to the point of no return," Obito asked. "However, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans are different from the Uchiha; they are located in the heart of Konoha. If you act rashly, I fear you will alert a large number of Konoha ninja. Do you need me to do anything?"

"Since Danzo and the Third can decide the life and death of a clan so casually, they should be prepared for their own clans to be wiped out as well. Of course, I am no devil; I will still leave some descendants behind," Chiya said with a beaming smile. "I need an expert at setting up barriers to block out external perception. Otherwise, if I alert a large number of Konoha ninja and some fish slip through the net, it wouldn't be considered a perfect job."

"When it comes to wiping out a clan, one must naturally ensure the whole family is kept together."

"That is no problem." The corners of Obito's mouth twitched violently beneath his mask; he realized this was a guy even more black-hearted than himself. "Zetsu, come out."

As the words fell, a giant Pitcher Plant slowly emerged from the tree and gradually opened, revealing a sinister face that was half-black and half-white.

Obito introduced him: "This is Zetsu, also a member of our Akatsuki organization. He is primarily responsible for gathering intelligence, and he is quite adept at setting up barriers. However, he possesses no combat ability; as for how you specifically go about exterminating the Shimura and Sarutobi clans, that is up to you."

"Once the matter is concluded, he will guide you to rendezvous with me. As for that little girl, Uchiha Izumi, I can send her out of the village in advance. How about it? Do you need my help?"

"That won't be necessary. I will see to Izumi's placement myself," Chiya shook his head. He did not feel comfortable handing Uchiha Izumi over to an outsider.

ps: Today's update is still at midnight. Starting tomorrow (the 27th), it will be changed to an 8:00 PM update.