Ripples in space spread silently to Chikage's right.
Half of Obito's body emerged from a vortex of nothingness.
His right hand reached for Yagura's neck, and the crimson Sharingan in his eye socket flared with an eerie red glow.
"Look into my eyes, Chikage!"
Obito's voice exploded at point-blank range.
A powerful surge of ocular power pierced the air and burrowed straight toward the depths of Chikage's mind.
It was a top-tier Sharingan Genjutsu, powerful enough to control jinchūriki and formidable fighters.
Obito had counted on Chikage focusing on the Six Paths of Pain, leaving him no chance to guard against a mental ambush.
If Chikage's thoughts stalled, even for a brief moment, he could drag both Yagura and Chikage into the Kamui Dimension.
But the instant the red glow touched Chikage's pupils, something unexpected happened.
The Senju Sage Body within Chikage abruptly detected the intrusion of foreign chakra.
A vast torrent of yang release chakra, measuring over a hundred Kakashis, surged through the chakra pathways in his brain.
Before the cold, foreign ocular power could construct an illusion, overwhelming life energy smashed it apart.
Chikage's eyes remained perfectly clear. His gaze did not so much as waver.
"Trying to ambush me with genjutsu?"
Chikage grinned mockingly.
"You think I passed the Ministry of Internal Affairs assessment for nothing?"
Under Obito's astonished gaze, Chikage clenched his free left hand into an iron fist.
Lightning Release chakra and senjutsu chakra wound around his knuckles at the same time, bursting into dazzling blue-green arcs.
"Take my Punishment Punch for arriving late and leaving early!"
His fist drove straight toward Obito's mask, carrying a heavy blast of air.
Obito had never expected his Mangekyō genjutsu to have absolutely no effect.
Caught off guard, he had no time to make his physical body fully