In midair, Obito Uchiha held his right hand out beside him. Before his open palm... numerous Truth-Seeking Orbs were taking the shape of a "Scepter," molded by his wild, unrestrained imagination!
The shaft thickened gradually from bottom to top, its black bands twisted together like a braided rope. Its head resembled an enormous squid's head, with sharp cutting edges around its rim and a spear point at the top.
Sasuke tightened his grip on Black Blade: Kusanagi and stared intently. "That weapon's design looks like a combination of the Six Paths Staff and Amenonuhoko."
Obito studied his creation and said with a faint wistfulness, "Now I can actually understand a little of how Deidara and Sasori feel... this is truly a work of art."
"How should art be defined?" Obito traced the braided texture of the shaft with his left index finger, murmuring to himself, "Eternal? Fleeting? No, it can't be something as shallow as a definition of time. Eternity is merely a moment stretched out infinitely."
While he pondered, Sasuke Uchiha had already risen to strike!
—Ashubha!!
During the three seconds that vanished from Obito's perception, the tip of Sasuke's Black Blade: Kusanagi thrust unerringly into the Rinnegan in Obito's right eye!
His approach was simple and direct!
Destroy the source that allowed Obito to stand here admiring himself—the Rinnegan that wielded Amenotokotachi!
And... confirm one other thing along the way!
Whoosh! The sword tip passed through empty space... he had learned what he wanted to confirm!
As I thought... even during Ashubha's three seconds that belong to me alone, Kamui's Phasing still activates!
When Ashubha ended... Sasuke was in the sky behind Obito, diagonally above him to the right.
Obito glanced over from the corner of his right eye, his expression utterly calm. "Unlike when I was consumed