Battlefield Choice

Aside from a small number of members with outstanding combat strength, most of the infiltration and reconnaissance squad consisted of shinobi proficient in sensing and large-scale searches. They were not needed for the main battle; as long as they located the enemy and informed the appropriate people, their mission would be complete.

However, Kabuto Yakushi was not an opponent who could be dealt with so easily. Someone who possessed Sage Mode and the Mangekyō Sharingan, while also bearing a vaguely discernible special mission, was not someone a few people could handle casually. Even approaching him was extremely dangerous.

And now, the infiltration and reconnaissance squad led by Anko Mitarashi had unknowingly fallen into the encirclement of several powerful reincarnated bodies.

Uchiha Obito, whose body had been disrupted by Mizuki's Yin-Yang Release and who was still unable to make sense of the enemy's tactics due to Sage Shima's senjutsu interference, suddenly heard a piercing rush through the air. Before he could react, a fierce blade of sword light came slashing down at his head.

Startled, Uchiha Obito tilted his head and desperately evaded the swift swordsman's close-range assault. At the same time, the Mangekyō Sharingan's Kamui activated at the last possible instant, striving to erase the damage the enemy inflicted upon him.

The sword light swept past Uchiha Obito's head and sliced along his right shoulder, seemingly failing to strike its target.

Mifune and his sword passed through Uchiha Obito's intangible body and crashed heavily onto the Five-Tails' head. One enormous horn was shattered by the explosive sword light, and a massive crater was blasted into its elegantly curved skull.

Having suffered such severe damage, the reincarnated body of Han, the Five-Tails' Jinchuriki, could no longer maintain its fully transformed tailed beast combat form. Most of its body dissolved into