The next second, Obito's figure abruptly vanished from where he stood, as though he had never been there.
Almost at the same instant, he appeared beside Deidara, who was about to transform into a world-destroying ball of light.
Deidara was immersed in the moment his art descended upon the world and failed to notice Obito's presence at all.
"I will be remembered by the world. Brilliant destruction is art's finest form."
"Though I will die, I will become a milestone of art."
Obito extended his right hand toward Deidara's chest.
A pitch-black spatial vortex appeared out of nowhere and began spinning at high speed, like a black hole devouring all things.
An irresistible, absolute force of spatial separation enveloped Deidara.
The portion in Deidara's chest serving as "fuel," along with the world-destroying chakra within it, had no chance to resist. It was instantly torn from his body, swallowed up, and vanished into that distorted space.
There was no explosion, no sound.
An "Ultimate Art" capable of destroying everything was erased just like that, without a sound.
Having lost the core of his self-destruction, the violent chakra in Deidara's body was forcibly extracted. His eyes rolled back, and he fell helplessly from the sky like a kite with its string cut.
The energy rampage came to an abrupt halt.
The masked man flashed once more and appeared along his path of descent, casually slinging him over his shoulder.
On the ground, Sasuke had kept the masked man locked in his Three-Tomoe Sharingan's gaze the entire time.
He clearly saw the way chakra flowed through that distorted space, and saw that terrifying power that sucked everything into another dimension.
This power was remarkably similar to Kakashi Hatake's Mangekyo ability.
But it was more practiced, more domineering.
At the same time, he recognized