One Punch Shatters the Masked Man! Nine-Tails: I Truly Bow to This Big Brother! Hidden Leaf: ???

Golden light blazed brilliantly as the Nine-Tails chakra cloak around Kamizuki Yu burned like raging flames. Nine enormous golden tails danced wildly behind him, stirring the night sky.

He withdrew the senjutsu chakra he had infused into Kushina's body. That warm current had temporarily pulled her back from the brink of death.

Now, he turned his attention to the enormous demon fox wreaking havoc in the center of the Hidden Leaf.

"What a racket."

Kamizuki Yu's figure flickered, leaving behind a faint golden afterimage.

In the next instant, he appeared above the Hidden Leaf, directly facing the violent Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails abruptly stopped its rampage. Its massive beastly eyes locked onto the tiny figure floating in midair.

A chakra emanated from that figure that made even its soul tremble.

It shared the same origin, yet was purer, vaster, more... noble.

As if a king had encountered an emperor.

"Roar...?"

The Nine-Tails let out a low growl, filled with confusion and instinctive fear.

It could not understand why this human possessed a Nine-Tails power even purer than its own.

Kamizuki Yu remained expressionless as he calmly raised a hand.

"Quiet down, big fox."

The Asura chakra and senjutsu chakra within him fused perfectly into those golden divine flames, activating an ancient secret technique of the Uzumaki Clan.

[Adamantine Sealing Chains]!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Dozens of chakra chains gleaming with golden light shot out from behind him and from the surrounding air.

These chains were more solid and tougher than the ones Kushina had used. Patterns unique to Nine-Tails chakra even flowed across them.

Like living spirit serpents, they instantly coiled around the Nine-Tails' massive body at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

"Awooo—!"

The Nine-Tails tried to struggle, swinging its giant claws at the chains.

But the chains were indestructible. They easily pierced through its chakra defenses and bit deeply into its flesh.

The excruciating pain and the suppressive force rising from deep within its bloodline completely robbed the Nine-Tails of its will to resist.

Its enormous body was bound layer upon layer by golden chains, like a massive rice dumpling, before crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

The once incomparably ferocious Nine-Tails demon fox now truly resembled a subdued house cat, whimpering without a trace of its former savagery.

Within the Hidden Leaf, every ninja fighting desperately in blood and fire stared in stunned disbelief at this sudden scene.

That golden figure, and the method by which he had subdued the Nine-Tails in an instant, were deeply etched into their minds.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, stopped forming hand seals. His mouth hung open, and he nearly lost his grip on the Adamantine Staff in his hand.

"Who... is that?"

Having dealt with the Nine-Tails' disturbance, Kamizuki Yu shifted his gaze toward a hidden corner at the edge of the village.

There, a figure was quietly preparing to retreat.

"Trying to run?"

A cold smile curled across Kamizuki Yu's lips.

[Flying Thunder God Technique]!

His figure vanished once more.

Obito's mind was reeling. The sudden turn of events had completely exceeded his expectations.

The Nine-Tails had actually been suppressed so easily?

Who exactly was that golden figure?

He could sense the terrifying chakra emanating from the other man, chakra that shared the Nine-Tails' origin yet was utterly different.

No, the plan had to change. He had to leave first!

He had just activated the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye, trying to use [Kamui] to phase himself and escape into spacetime.

A violent spatial disturbance suddenly erupted before him.

Kamizuki Yu appeared in front of him as though teleporting, blocking his path.

"!!!"

Obito's pupils constricted sharply as monstrous waves rose in his heart.

This man could use space-time ninjutsu too?! And he was this fast?!

"Nice to meet you for the first time—or rather, long time no see, Uchiha... Obito." Kamizuki Yu's voice was calm, but it carried an indifferent air as though he saw through everything.

Obito's body stiffened, and the blood instantly drained from his face beneath the mask.

How did he know my name?!

"Who are you?!" Obito's voice was hoarse with shock.

"Someone here to correct your flawed script."

The Eternal Mangekyo pattern in Kamizuki Yu's left eye slowly rotated as a spatial power deeper and more domineering than Obito's surged forth.

"Before my [Kamui], your Mangekyo is nothing but a defective product!"

Before he finished speaking, Obito felt the Kamui space he had always taken pride in being forcibly torn apart and disrupted by an invisible hand.

His phasing suddenly stalled. His body flickered between solid and intangible, exposing a fatal opening!

How was that possible?!

His Kamui had actually been suppressed?!

Obito was filled with unimaginable horror.

Kamui was his greatest reliance, the source of his confidence in daring to unleash this Nine-Tails disaster!

"It's over."

Kamizuki Yu's voice was like a death sentence from the grim reaper.

His fist, wrapped in golden Nine-Tails chakra and vast senjutsu, carried no flashy tricks, yet bore the momentum to destroy heaven and earth as it slammed heavily into the vulnerable right side of Obito's body.

Too fast!

Obito had no time to evade or defend effectively.

Crack—!!!

A bone-breaking sound that made teeth ache rang out.

Obito's right arm, along with half of his shoulder, was blasted to pieces by that punch!

Dark red blood, chunks of flesh, and shattered bones sprayed through the air.

"AAAAAHHH—!!!"

A miserable scream burst from Obito's mouth. The spiral mask on his face exploded completely under the tremendous impact with a bang, revealing a young face covered in scars—both familiar and unfamiliar.

One half of his face was covered in hideous scars, while the outline of his former self remained faintly visible on the other.

His right eye was that Mangekyo Sharingan, now bloodshot and filled with extreme agony.

The pain nearly made him pass out.

He had never imagined that his perfect plan would be interrupted in such a way.

Nor had he imagined that someone in this world possessed a Kamui stronger than his, along with such terrifying power.

"You... just who are you...?"

Gritting his teeth, Obito's ordinary Sharingan in his left eye spun madly as he tried to activate Kamui again and flee.

However, Kamizuki Yu's attacks followed him like a shadow, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

The golden figure moved like a ghost, every motion accompanied by a howl that tore through the air.

Fists and kicks rained down, every strike precisely predicting Obito's movements and interrupting any attempt he made to resist.

Obito felt like a lone boat in a raging storm, utterly swallowed by the other man's offensive.

His taijutsu was laughably immature before his opponent.

His Kamui was riddled with openings before his opponent.

Bang!

Another heavy punch landed squarely on Obito's chest.

He felt several ribs break, as though his organs had shifted out of place, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

His body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily into a giant boulder and shattering it to pieces.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

Obito collapsed amid the rubble, his entire body wracked with pain and his appearance utterly miserable.

He had lost an arm, suffered fractures across his body, and expended an enormous amount of chakra from forcibly using Kamui and sustaining his injuries.

This man... was a monster!

No, he was a god!

Fear—unprecedented fear—washed over Obito like a tide, utterly drowning him.

He had never imagined that he would lose so completely, so utterly without any ability to fight back.

This man seemed to exist solely to counter him!

"Why... why did this happen..."

Obito muttered to himself, his eyes filled with despair and unwillingness.

His revenge, his Moon's Eye Plan...

Kamizuki Yu slowly walked up to him and looked down at him from above.

"Your script has too many holes."

"Now, it's time for you to leave the stage."

Obito abruptly raised his head. Using the last of his strength, the Sharingan in his left eye gathered spatial power once more.

He could not die here!

[Kamui]!

His body began to distort, about to be drawn into spacetime.

Kamizuki Yu merely watched quietly and did not attack again to stop him.

He had temporarily lost interest in a loser whose claws and fangs had been completely broken, and whose heart had been planted with the seeds of fear.

Obito's figure vanished amid the distortion, leaving behind only a pool of blood and fragments of his broken mask.

He had escaped, carrying wounds that could never be erased and a psychological shadow carved deep into his bones.

Kamizuki Yu drew back the golden chakra around his body, and the nine tails slowly vanished as well.

He turned and looked toward the Hidden Leaf.

The fires still burned, but the Nine-Tails' roars had fallen silent.

Only the enormous demon fox remained, bound tightly by [Adamantine Sealing Chains] and unable to move.

He raised a hand, and Kushina and Minato appeared beside him.

"Next, it's time to deal with this big fox."

Minato looked at everything before him, then at the unfathomable young man beside him. The shock in his heart was beyond words.

Kushina tightly held her husband's hand, her eyes filled with lingering fear and gratitude.