"Whoosh."
As the black mist enveloped him, Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. His three-tomoe Sharingan seemed to take on a purple-gold sheen.
"Is this Naruto-kun's jutsu?"
Itachi frowned. Even with his Sharingan active, he had failed to see through the black mist's method of transport.
Nearby, Obito also surveyed his surroundings. As a Kamui user, he was more than familiar with the ability to shift one's position through space-time.
Yet the black mist gradually dissipating around him carried not the slightest trace of space-time.
Before long, though, Obito had no attention to spare for that.
"Crunch."
The sound of footsteps on the sandy soil was faint. After all, the approaching figure moved lightly.
"I never thought..."
Obito looked at her and gave a bitter chuckle.
The person walking toward him was none other than Uchiha Izumi.
The moment Izumi saw Obito, she showed no intention of exchanging pleasantries. Susanoo immediately appeared behind her and slammed a fist down!
But Susanoo's fist passed straight through him, leaving Obito's figure standing in place like an illusion.
"A final-stage Susanoo?"
Obito looked at the solid blue Susanoo behind Izumi. Unlike Madara Uchiha's and Shisui's, the final stage of her Susanoo did not resemble a samurai, but an onmyōji in a long robe.
Obito felt rather helpless before Susanoo's power. During his earlier battle with Itachi, he had fought Itachi's Susanoo countless times within Izanami's world.
Although he had claimed that his Kamui made Susanoo entirely unnecessary, he had to admit—
Without that thing, a Mangekyō Sharingan's power in a head-on fight was painfully lacking.
"Kamui..."
Izumi was not surprised that her first strike had failed. She had experienced Obito's ability firsthand on the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
Later, when Itachi had told her everything in the desert, he had also shared