War Always Comes with Casualties

Buzz!

Near the border of the Land of Lightning, space suddenly trembled. The air there rippled like a tide, and then a spatial vortex appeared.

A figure clad in a black robe slowly stepped out of the spatial vortex. It was Obito.

Obito had originally planned to head to the Land of Earth. After all, the Land of Earth was currently facing Konoha's army at its borders, and the situation there was extremely tense.

In comparison, the situation in the Land of Lightning, which had taken the initiative to attack Kirigakure, was much better. At the very least, Kumogakure currently held the initiative.

Obito did not linger after arriving. After briefly surveying the surroundings, his body was once again enveloped by a spatial vortex and vanished from the spot.

The reason Obito had come here was simply to leave his mark in Kumogakure. After all, his second space-time ninjutsu, Instant Recall, allowed him to return in an instant to places he had previously visited.

Obito chose to leave his mark in Kumogakure so that if anything unexpected happened there, he could rush over in an instant.

Not just Kumogakure—on his way back to Iwagakure this time, Obito had left his marks in many places throughout the Shinobi World.

In theory, the more places Obito had visited, the more powerful Instant Recall would become.

However, Obito would not become blindly confident simply because Instant Recall was powerful.

He knew that since Konoha had already developed a barrier capable of suppressing space-time ninjutsu, it would surely develop even more advanced methods before long.

When that time came, his space-time ninjutsu might no longer be so powerful.

His trip to Iwagakure had made Obito wary. Space-time ninjutsu was powerful, but it was not invincible.

Just like yesterday, inside the Red Yang Barrier, when