Obito Uchiha fully revealed himself, his black robe patterned with red clouds billowing in the wind. He walked slowly toward Yagura, his voice carrying the cruelty of a cat toying with a mouse. "Since you know the power of the Sharingan, hand over the Three-Tails obediently."
"Protect Lord Mizukage!" More than a dozen Hidden Mist ninja formed hand seals at once, unleashing a torrential barrage of ninjutsu. Yet every attack passed through Obito Uchiha as though through an illusion. His figure flickered in and out amid the dense firepower, his steps completely unaffected.
Mei Terumi's Lava Release acid passed through Obito Uchiha's body and corroded the stone pillar behind him into a honeycomb of holes. She suddenly understood, her expression turning grave. "His body can switch between solid and intangible states!"
Yagura watched the enemy draw closer, then looked at his wounded subordinates still trying to protect him. A certain resolve solidified in his eyes as he quietly reached for the kunai in his ninja tool pouch.
"You want the Three-Tails?" Yagura suddenly smiled, his expression filled with relief and determination. "It will only live and die alongside Hidden Mist's Kage."
The dull sound of the kunai piercing his heart seemed to freeze time. Obito Uchiha's pupil contracted beneath his mask. He reached out to stop him, but he was too late. Yagura used the last of his strength to twist the kunai, blood pouring from the corner of his mouth, yet he still maintained the dignified bearing of a Mizukage.
"Fourth Mizukage!!!" Matsumoto Kenichi's grief-stricken roar echoed through the sky.
Yagura's body slowly fell, the Tailed Beast chakra beneath his skin fading like a receding tide. Obito Uchiha reached for the corpse in rage, only to be blasted away by a sudden eruption of blue chakra—the Three-Tails' final resistance