Do You Have Kamui Too?

"Impossible!"

As he watched Xiu's skin turn fair again, Itachi's eyes filled with disbelief.

These nano-scale venomous insects would spread wildly through a human body upon contact, killing a person in mere seconds.

Yet he had never expected this outcome.

The tiger-masked man let out a mocking chuckle. "Heh, do you have any other tricks? If not, I'm afraid you'll die here."

"It's not over yet. Mangekyo ocular power can't be restored, can it?"

Itachi flashed backward to put some distance between them, a trace of unease hidden in his voice.

"That's right, but you alone will have a hard time exhausting him to that point."

The tiger-masked man shook his head. He had been able to roam freely for so many years with a single Mangekyo not only because Hashirama Cells reduced the consumption of ocular power, but also because Kamui itself consumed very little ocular power.

"He hasn't even used a single ocular technique so far. If you have no other means, then this operation can be declared a failure."

The masked man spoke indifferently. Seeing Itachi remain silent, a spatial vortex swirled around his right eye. "A reminder: if his ocular technique is really the same as mine, then his left eye's ability will be troublesome. I'll be taking my leave first."

As his words fell, his figure gradually twisted, about to be sucked into the spatial vortex.

However, Xiu swept a cold glance over him. An invisible ripple spread out, and the spatial vortex around the masked man instantly dissipated!

"Did I say you could leave?" Xiu snorted. "You offended Lord Xiu and still want to run? It won't be that easy."

It had been interrupted!

The masked man's heart jolted. Before he could even test whether he could interfere with Xiu's ocular technique, the other party had interfered with his first—and so decisively.

Was the gap in their ocular power really this great?

"It seems your ocular techniques truly can interfere with each other."

Itachi Uchiha, standing nearby, had noticed it as well. "But it seems I'm not the only one who realized that. If you want to leave now, you can only join forces with me and deal with him first."

The masked man fell silent for a second. "Looks like that's the only option."

Seeing the two prepare to join forces, Kurenai turned to Xiu. "Do you have any Ninjutsu that makes a bigger commotion? This place isn't far from the village. If we cause enough noise, someone will come investigate soon."

"Those two pieces of trash don't deserve for me to call reinforcements. Have you been drinking?"

Xiu sneered, interlaced his fingers over his head, and stretched lazily. "Fine, I'll play with them for a while. Stay inside obediently and don't come out to get in my way..."

Kurenai Yuhi: "..."

This brat really was as arrogant as ever.

But now, she could only place her hopes on Xiu.

After being defeated twice in a row by the Sharingan without any ability to resist, she had completely abandoned the naive idea of facing an Uchiha head-on.

Kekkei Genkai were simply too unreasonable.

She had spent more than a decade studying and honing Genjutsu, yet Xiu had mastered it instinctively the moment he opened his eyes, without even needing hand seals.

Even more terrifyingly, the Sharingan enhanced a ninja in every aspect. Whether Ninjutsu or Taijutsu, as long as one's foundation was sufficient, they could grasp it with just a glance.

Should I really change my direction?

Kurenai could not help but begin doubting herself.

It seemed that as long as the Uchiha existed in this world, no one else would ever rise to prominence on the path of Genjutsu.

Just as she was deep in thought, a terrifying fluctuation of chakra gradually emanated from Xiu's body.

Xiu crooked a finger at the two men in the distance. "Come entertain me, trash~"

Itachi Uchiha drew the standard Anbu katana, facing him as though confronting a great enemy.

"Listen, Itachi." The masked man lowered his voice. "To hit him, you must seize the instant when he attacks. Otherwise, no matter what kind of attack you use, he can ignore it through Intangibility."

"..." Itachi frowned tightly. "How long can he maintain Intangibility?"

The masked man answered without hesitation. "Two minutes."

Itachi nodded in understanding, not believing a single word of it.

The two harbored their own schemes as they launched their attacks on Xiu at the same time.

Itachi's figure blurred into a streak as he pushed his Body Flicker to its limit, slashing fiercely at Xiu's neck.

At the same time, a wooden spike appeared in the masked man's palm and stabbed toward Xiu's abdomen.

At the same moment, from different angles.

Itachi's katana struck Xiu's neck solidly, but it was like striking steel, snapping on the spot!

Meanwhile, the masked man passed through Xiu's body like an insubstantial phantom and charged straight toward Kurenai Yuhi inside Susanoo behind him.

Ignoring Itachi's shocked gaze, Xiu slightly tilted his head and looked toward Kurenai Yuhi.

Are you trying to force me to reveal an opening while saving someone?

Uchiha Shu's eyes held amusement, unaware that the masked man was equally horrified. He had not expected Xiu's body to be so tough that it could withstand a blade without suffering even a scratch!

Good thing I didn't clash with this guy head-on...

Still, perhaps he could use that arrogance against him.

As his thoughts raced, he rushed toward Kurenai Yuhi at top speed.

Xiu reacted swiftly as well. He threw a backhanded punch at Itachi's cheek, and while the other retreated to evade it, he turned and unleashed his left eye's ocular technique toward Obito!

The space around the masked man twisted into a vortex.

He instinctively activated his right eye's ocular technique, attempting to contend against Xiu's ocular power, but it only hindered Xiu for an imperceptibly brief moment.

Damn it, the gap in ocular power was this great!

The masked man's heart sank. He could only turn intangible again to evade the attack.

Fortunately, although his right eye's spatial transfer was suppressed, his passive Intangibility was not affected by Xiu's ocular power.

However, while he evaded Xiu's ocular technique, Kurenai in front of him could not. She was sent straight into Kamui Space by Xiu.

"Well, that takes care of the only opening." The masked man's tone was regretful.

He did not dare enter Xiu's Kamui Space voluntarily, nor did he dare let Xiu enter his own Kamui Space.

If either of them entered the other's Kamui Space, their own Kamui Space would be enclosed by the other's.

The difference was that Xiu had both eyes intact. He only needed to expend some ocular power to open a passage into the masked man's Kamui Space and return to the outside world at ease.

But the masked man only had his right eye. With the power of one eye alone, he most likely could not do the same.

Xiu sneered. "Sure enough, aside from the Mangekyo, you don't seem to have any abilities worth mentioning. Your actual combat ability is even worse than that yellow-furred weasel."

While the masked man considered his options, Xiu was also thinking about how to set him up.

He could stop the other's transfer ability, but he could not interfere with his Intangibility. Unlike the transfer, which required time, it was an instantaneous passive teleportation.

Unless he sealed off space or bombarded the area continuously for five minutes, Xiu had no way to deal with him. That ability was simply that unreasonable.

Fortunately, the same was true in reverse. The other party could not do anything to him either.

"No choice. I'll have to use that move..."

Ignoring Xiu's provocation, the masked man raised a hand and threw a smoke bomb at his feet. With a bang, thick smoke exploded outward.

Wood Release: Hell's Chaos!

Crack, crack, crack—

Countless twisted tree trunks spiraled out of the smoke and lunged at Uchiha Shu.

On a tree branch some distance away, Itachi Uchiha frowned tightly.

Though he was surprised that the masked man could use Wood Release, he did not think this technique would have any effect on Xiu.

Sure enough, Xiu formed a Tiger Seal with one hand and directly spewed a blazing Great Fireball, blasting away the incoming branches and thick smoke!

As the smoke dispersed, the spot where the masked man had stood was already empty.

"I knew it..."

Xiu sneered, not angered in the slightest.

Activating the left eye's Kamui required focusing his gaze on the target, and stopping Obito's transfer likewise required keeping his eyes fixed on him.

So, the moment the other party threw down the smoke bomb, he had known what Obito intended to do.

However, he lacked any sustained large-scale attack. Even if he chased after Obito now, it would be meaningless.

He could wait until he went back, dug out Kakashi's left eye, and then properly deal with that guy.

With that thought, Xiu turned toward Itachi Uchiha and flashed a brilliant smile. "Do you have Kamui too?"

Itachi Uchiha: "..."