"Today was just a greeting. The real show comes next!"
Obito gave the Konoha shinobi present one last cold look. As his words fell, each one carefully enunciated—
"Whoom!"
Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan spun rapidly.
All around them,
space twisted inward.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu!"
His figure slipped into it noticeably faster than before.
"Damn it!"
Just as Jiraiya closed in—
"Whoom!"
The space shuddered.
Obito's figure had already merged into it.
He vanished right before their eyes.
"He's teleported away!? No, this isn't long-distance teleportation. We should still be able to catch up! Tianqi!"
Jiraiya made his assessment in an instant.
This Space-Time Ninjutsu was clearly different from the kind Naruto used for long-distance teleportation. Obito could only use his Kamui Dimension to make short-range jumps. The technique's greatest strength was that it let him make his body intangible and enter his own Kamui Dimension, rather than teleport through space like Naruto's Flying Thunder God Technique. Drawing on his experience, Jiraiya was the first to react. He immediately shouted to a Jonin of the Hyuga Branch Family who had just arrived beside him.
"Yes, Lord Jiraiya!"
"Byakugan!"
Even though it was a special Mangekyō Sharingan technique,
as long as a technique belonged to the chakra system, the Byakugan could detect the chakra fluctuations left behind when it was used.
His Byakugan activated at once.
It immediately revealed the faint trail and direction.
"Jiraiya! Southeast!"
"Good! Shikaku, take command of the camp for now! Tianqi, let's go!"
After quickly giving Shikaku his instructions, Jiraiya leaped forward and raced toward the direction Obito had retreated. At the same time, he began forming Hand Seals, intending to summon the two Toad Sages from Mount Myōboku and enter Sage Mode. Since Obito was the culprit behind the Nine-Tails Incident fifteen years ago, his strength had to