The man calling himself Uchiha Madara actually passed straight through that ninja's body. The two ninjas behind him immediately launched ninjutsu upon seeing this.
"Mind Body Switch Technique!"
It was a secret technique exclusive to the Yamanaka Clan. Using it in front of everyone risked exposing his identity, but with Danzo's mission and the village's honor at stake, the ninja did not hesitate. Yet after activating the technique, he felt as though he had punched a ball of cotton.
What appeared before him was Obito Uchiha, but the two of them occupied different spaces. Drawn in by the other man's ninjutsu, Obito saw the Yamanaka Clan ninja's face take on a mocking expression. He should have drawn a kunai and killed the ninja who had made a mistake.
Yet instead, he vanished underground. This was not an effect of Earth Release, but a genuine passing through the ground.
There was no detectable chakra fluctuation. The next second, a pair of hands emerged.
"Earth Release? Headhunter Jutsu?"
As the Professor of Ninjutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi was proficient in all kinds of techniques circulating throughout the ninja world. Yet upon witnessing this bizarre method of attack, he hesitated. It was the first time he had seen such a technique. Based on his current assessment, it was undoubtedly a space-time ninjutsu—and space-time techniques were universally acknowledged as the most troublesome and difficult to learn. Then there was the Sharingan the man had displayed.
It was not difficult to guess that this bizarre attack method was a power granted by the Sharingan.
It was obvious that the three elite ninjas had been left helpless in the face of Obito's strange attacks. Hiruzen wanted to stop the battle, but at some point, he noticed the Akatsuki leader looking at him. In that instant, Hiruzen had a