Lava Release Acid seeped through his body, the corrosive fumes hissing.
Obito stood on the Granite slab riddled with holes. The right eye exposed by his mask betrayed no emotion.
Mei Terumi hesitated between releasing her hand Seals and forming new ones. Her brows knitted tightly as she demanded, "Why didn't you dodge? ...No, rather than something as passive as dodging, why didn't you use your right eye's dōjutsu to ignore all our attacks?"
"Heh, that..." A soft chuckle came from beneath his mask as Obito reached for his robe!
The Kage instantly tensed!
Fortunately, Obito merely tore off his right sleeve, which the Acid had eaten to shreds.
"Because there was absolutely no need," he said calmly.
"What did you say?" Mei Terumi's frown deepened. "What is that supposed to mean?!"
Obito said nonchalantly, "Exactly what it sounds like. There was no need to use dōjutsu. That's all."
"Does this old man's technique fall under that 'that's all' too?" Descending along with Ōnoki's resonant voice was an expanding Dust Release cube, which sealed off every escape route in an instant!
Dodging was already impossible... Obito's only choice was to enter his phasing state.
But that would force Obito to eat his words, knock him down a peg, and restore a little of the Kage's dignity in the process.
"Umm... I can't take this one for you. It'll go all blah-blah-blah~," Tobi said flippantly.
"I already told you there was no need..." Obito raised his palm. A black sphere appeared before it and flattened into a disc, pressing against the Horn of the Dust Release cube bearing down on his face!
Ōnoki thought nothing of it. "**Mu Da Da!! Every technique that gives chakra physical form can only be annihilated before Dust Release! Even the Susanoo the Uchiha are so