Kakashi, Come Here for a Moment

Planetary Devastation was really just an oversized Banshō Ten'in.

It was not much of a threat to Uchiha Ensei, considering he was only a Shadow Clone at the moment.

"Kakashi, if you keep hiding something, you're going to die here."

Uchiha Ensei's amused expression made Kakashi Hatake's face stiffen considerably.

"There really is no helping it."

Kakashi Hatake complained helplessly. According to the intelligence division's analysis, Uchiha Ensei's personality should not have been like this.

Was it because he knew how strong I was?

It seemed that even if he could not know everything about the future, he still held a tremendous advantage.

Against someone like him, there really was no way to fight back. I wonder whether the village's conciliatory policy can succeed.

With those thoughts in mind, Kakashi Hatake opened Obito Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan...

"Kamui!!!"

Spatial distortion blossomed around Planetary Devastation's black core, as though it intended to swallow it whole.

However, the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power was still too weak compared to the Rinnegan. On top of that, he was not from the Uchiha Clan, he had only one eye, and there were other issues...

In short, Kamui's spatial distortion lasted only a moment before being canceled.

"You really are unreliable!"

Seeing Kakashi Hatake's bleeding eye and nearly depleted chakra, Uchiha Ensei helplessly took out his final scroll.

"Seriously, I don't have many of these things either."

As the sealing scroll was released, a massive five-pointed, fleshball-like creature appeared before Uchiha Ensei. It looked somewhat like Majin Buu.

So Uchiha Ensei named it after that appearance.

"Hey, Buu. Look up there. Go destroy it..."

At Uchiha Ensei's command, the five-pointed fleshball shot into the air. With the gravitational pull already in effect, it was swiftly sucked into Planetary Devastation.

"Boom!!!"

Patrick Star's artistic brilliance flashed through the sky...

In the original story, Planetary Devastation had been broken before. All it took was a powerful attack to interrupt it before it fully formed.

If Zero-Two—that was, the Nohara Rin Unit—had not overexerted itself earlier, then in its Three-Tails state, a Tailed Beast Bomb formed by exhausting all the chakra of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode might have been able to break it.

But now, he could only use this thing.

"See? Art really has become Patrick Star this time!"

Kakashi Hatake had no idea what Uchiha Ensei was talking about, but he knew very well that this seemingly terrifying ninjutsu had been broken.

This thing was naturally the second stage of the Exploding Fly that Uchiha Ensei had developed: a chakra bomb modeled after Deidara's self-destruction methods.

In essence, it really was a human bomb.

Judging from it now, its power seemed acceptable.

"Kakashi, where are we going next?"

After Planetary Devastation was broken, Uchiha Ensei recalled Zero-One, Zero-Two, and Zero-Three.

Pain and Konan did not appear again. It was unknown whether they had fled or had other plans.

"Hmm... Should we investigate Amegakure first?"

Kakashi Hatake spoke with some hesitation.

It had been exactly two years since the Nine-Tails' Attack. After Konoha learned Obito Uchiha's identity, it had been hunting him throughout the entire Ninja World.

Yet after all this time, they had not found even a single useful clue about him.

Space-Time Dojutsu really was useful.

It was probably unrealistic to expect the two of them to find any information on Obito Uchiha.

"Kakashi, come here for a moment."

Uchiha Ensei suddenly spoke to Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi Hatake did not suspect anything and walked straight over.

The next second, Kakashi Hatake suddenly felt an intense pain in his right eye, and he nearly passed out.

Under normal circumstances, Kakashi would not have been caught off guard.

But although Kamui had not been useful just now, it had still inflicted considerable harm on his body. Coupled with his lack of vigilance...

"Is the Uchiha Clan taking back this Sharingan?"

Feeling the agonizing pain in his eye, Kakashi Hatake could not help asking.

Ever since learning Obito Uchiha's current identity, Kakashi Hatake had prepared himself for this possibility.

"I thought you'd be more upset."

"But unfortunately, I have no intention of taking back the Sharingan."

"This is only a seal. If the eye is dug out, it will burst immediately."

Uchiha Ensei's words made Kakashi Hatake instinctively adjust to his eye. He found that the Sharingan, which had always been impossible to close, was still there.

"If there's a next time, could you give me a warning first?"

Uchiha Ensei smiled and collected a small piece of flesh from that Sharingan.

As a Jonin, Kakashi Hatake naturally noticed Uchiha Ensei's actions. Though he knew, he showed no other reaction.

At present, Konoha's attitude toward Uchiha Ensei was simple: as long as he did not betray the village, they would let him do as he pleased.

Even if he wanted to become Hokage, that was fine.

After all, though he was from the Uchiha Clan, if Ensei could become the next Madara Uchiha, then perhaps Konoha could regain the grandeur it had possessed under the First.

So these minor flaws were simply overlooked.

Naturally, Uchiha Ensei had no idea what Kakashi Hatake was thinking. He thought his methods had gone unnoticed and was secretly delighted.

What he had placed in Kakashi Hatake's eye was not any Sealing Jutsu, but a special kind of flesh he had cultivated.

It could be said that as long as Uchiha Ensei wished it, the Sharingan in Kakashi Hatake's eye would burst apart. It was extremely useful.

After resolving these matters, Uchiha Ensei and Kakashi Hatake wandered around Amegakure for another two days.

Everything in Amegakure was normal. Nagato and Konan had not left, but neither did they show themselves. They merely sent someone to deliver a message.

Shisui Uchiha was in Obito Uchiha's hands. They did not know Obito Uchiha's current whereabouts either, and they hoped the two of them would not destroy Amegakure's peace.

Was it a threat? Or a gesture of goodwill? Probably both.

In the end, Uchiha Ensei chose to give up. Two days had been enough for Kakashi Hatake to recover.

Summoning a smaller ninja cat, Uchiha Ensei handed it several items, including scrolls, and had it take them to the Cat Ninja Village.

Afterward, the Cat Ninja Village would send cats to deliver those items to Konoha.

Once he had finished all this, Uchiha Ensei dispelled the Shadow Clone Technique.

After a Shadow Clone was dispelled, its remaining chakra and the memories from that period returned to the original body. It was quite a rapid way to travel.

As for Kakashi Hatake, he could only run back by himself.