"This feeling..." Obito sensed something when Tōra locked onto him with his dōjutsu, but it was already too late!
Whoosh! A mass of gray matter appeared in Tōra's left hand, then vanished. "Heh... Mudball Duel!"
Crack! In a single instant, Obito froze in midair, turning to stone from the inside out!
Tōra focused his right eye again and swung the demon-subduing pestle in his right hand through the air!
Crack!
Obito shattered into a scattering of rubble, beyond any hope of being pieced back together!
Naruto and Sasuke both froze!
Tōra turned around and tilted his head. "See? Killing someone is that simple. My handy little tool, Obito, has been destroyed. Next, I'll send you two on your way..."
Whoosh!!
Almost without thinking, Naruto appeared beside Sasuke with Flying Thunder God and opened the Truth-Seeking Orb's protective shell, blocking them from view!
Tōra grinned. "Oh? Quick reactions. But you're only struggling in vain..."
Inside the Truth-Seeking Orb.
Sasuke couldn't believe it. "Obito... just died like that?"
Naruto's expression was grim. "That's what it looks like... but something feels slightly off!"
"Heh heh!"
Tōra charged toward the Truth-Seeking Orb's shell!
Naruto said gravely, "He's coming. Listen, Sasuke, if we're really out of options..."
Whoosh!
Suddenly... a black figure forced his way into Tōra's field of vision!
Tōra froze. "What...!?"
Obito spoke in a low voice. "Sorry to disappoint you..."
His pitch-black Susanoo formed a pitch-black tomoe and hurled it at Tōra!
-Divine Artifact: Nine-Foot Kamui Tomoe!
Crack...!
The tomoe struck without fail, but Fudō Eriming activated, forcibly making Tōra evade and reappear farther back!
Whoosh! A second tomoe, hidden in the first one's shadow, continued the pursuit!!
Tōra laughed. "Ah, so that's your trick..."
He swerved around at high speed. Three seconds later, Fudō Eriming's cooldown ended. He stopped, let the