[The details of Nagato's death in the previous text have been revised.]
Boom! The collision of Great Fireballs raised the curtain on the Seventh Battle!
Whoosh...!!
Using the fireballs as cover, Obito sucked himself in, then emerged in the sky above Sasuke. His left eye focused on Sasuke's head, ready to repeat the "decapitation" he had performed on Nagato!
—Kamui!!!
Crack...!!
Sasuke's head was severed and sent into space-time, while his body turned into rotting wood and fell!
Obito clicked his tongue in frustration. "Tch, you've really mastered those Wood Release Clone tricks..."
In a corner of the battlefield, the real Sasuke appeared.
"Kamui can't be blocked. That guy has the most straightforward killing weapon there is, but his weakness—having to become tangible when he activates it—is the perfect lifeline!"
—Multiple Wood Release Clones!
Shhk! Shhk! Shhk!
Eighteen Wood Release Clones rose around Sasuke and swiftly scattered across the battlefield. Each summoned a muscular Susanoo, with a Great Arrow nocked and trained on Obito from afar, yet none fired!!
Obito looked shocked. "Eighteen Wood Release Clones, eighteen Susanoo, eighteen arrows aimed at me, waiting to catch the instant I become tangible. Damn it... He's grown even stronger since fighting the Six Paths of Pain. If I let him keep growing, the Eye of the Moon Plan really might fall apart!"
I have to kill him... whatever it takes!!
Whoosh...!!!
Obito rushed straight at the real Sasuke!
Eighteen arrowheads tracked his every move!
I'll suck Sasuke in as fast as I can, before those arrows reach me!!
As he ran, Obito thrust out his hand!!
Crackle... Chidori gathered in Sasuke's right palm, and he charged straight at his attacker!!!
The instant they met at close quarters...!!!
Three arrows left their bowstrings, the rush of wind closing in within a blink!
*Damn