Uchiha Obito knelt on one knee amid rubble and dust, one hand braced against the ground while the other painfully covered his Swirl Mask, which had completely cracked.
Crack.
Pain.
Piercing, bone-deep pain spread from Uchiha Obito's face through every nerve in his body.
It was not merely physical pain, but also the bewilderment of having his ability countered.
He had lost.
Uchiha Yao had defeated him head-on, even with the intangibility ability he had been most proud of and considered invincible.
Cold sweat soaked his temples beneath the mask.
Uchiha Obito laboriously raised his head and looked toward the figure standing silently in the distance like a god or demon.
Uchiha Yao.
Fear began to take root in Uchiha Obito's heart.
If he stayed here any longer, Uchiha Yao might truly beat him to death.
No.
He could not die.
He absolutely could not die here!
The Moon Eye Plan had not yet been completed. The world where Rin existed had not yet been created!
Run!
He had to escape immediately!
Uchiha Obito's only thought now was to activate Kamui and get out of here as quickly as possible!
Uchiha Obito gritted his teeth, and Chakra surged wildly toward his right eye.
The air beside him began to twist into visible spirals centered around his right eye.
"Trying to run?"
Uchiha Yao's voice came from across the battlefield.
Uchiha Obito ignored him and drove his ocular power to its limit.
The spiral-like spatial ripples were about to swallow Obito whole.
It worked!
Just one second—no, just half a second, and he could...
However, just as a flicker of hope rose in Uchiha Obito's heart.
Uchiha Yao's Mangekyō Sharingan suddenly began spinning faster.
An invisible force enveloped Uchiha Obito.
Ocular Technique: Time Reversal!
Target: Uchiha Obito.
Time reversed by two