Obito stood there calmly, without moving a muscle. With nothing more than a slight narrowing of his eyes, Han's body transformed into Five-Tails Kokuō on its own.
A deer-like creature with five tails towered there, its enormous body like a mountain. The earth shook beneath every step, but instead of a beast's pupils, its eyes bore the same Mangekyō Sharingan pattern as Obito's.
When Kari first sensed Han's transformation, he was delighted. He thought this would save him some effort. With Kokuō here, surely Five-Tails Kokuō was powerful enough to handle even two Obitos single-handedly.
Five-Tails Kokuō ranked among the stronger tailed beasts. His five tails could release chakra of five attributes-earth, wind, water, fire, and soil. He had defeated both Four-Tails and Two-Tails, and had even joined Two-Tails in challenging Nine-Tails. Although they had ultimately fallen to Nine-Tails, that still demonstrated his strength.
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Unfortunately, dreams remained dreams, always a little removed from reality.
Kari's hopes had been high, but after Kokuō nearly trampled him to death, he spotted the Mangekyō patterns in Kokuō's eyes and realized something was badly wrong.
Fortunately, Obito had wanted to leave someone alive to carry the news back, and Kari had backed down quickly enough. That was the only reason he escaped with his life, while the Five-Tails Jinchuriki fell into Obito's hands.
Obito, however, had no intention of letting Nagato obtain Five-Tails so easily. After leaving the Land of Earth, he pretended his ocular power was insufficient and let Five-Tails escape.
But Iwagakure's renowned Steam Ninja, Han, was not so fortunate. Obito knew why he had left the village: to weaken every force in the shinobi world except Konoha. In this brutal world, showing mercy to an enemy now meant being cruel to himself later.
If he spared Han today, who knew