A blade flashed.
Schlick!
Blood sprayed.
Obito's body jolted, and searing pain shot through his shoulder.
He instinctively tried to activate Kamui and turn intangible.
But that familiar sealing force passed from the blade into his body.
His chakra was like a river cut off at its source, stopping, congealing, unable to flow.
Even Kamui would not activate!
This was the second time.
The last time, in Kirigakure, the Blue-Green Ninja Blade had struck him, delaying Kamui and nearly getting him captured.
This time, the blade's sealing force was stronger, so strong that his Kamui had failed completely!
Obito turned his head with difficulty and looked at Konan.
His eyes were filled with disbelief and anger:
"Konan... what are you doing?"
Konan did not answer.
She took a step back, holding the Time-Stop Demon Blade across her body as she watched him warily.
Her expression remained cool, but a trace of relief flashed in her eyes.
At last, I don't have to pretend anymore!
Nearby, Nagato leaned against his apparatus and witnessed it all.
He had had a chance to stop Konan.
He could have used the Rinnegan's dōjutsu power to repel her.
But he had hesitated.
Because the person holding the blade was Konan.
She was the companion who had depended on him for survival, just as he had depended on her, since childhood.
She was the angel who had remained by his side even at his most desperate.
He was willing to trust her.
He felt that she must have her reasons for doing this.
Just then, space rippled.
Three figures appeared out of thin air before Konan.
They were Xuandou, Shisui, and Itachi.
The instant Xuandou sensed the Time-Stop Demon Blade activate, he had immediately used Flying Thunder God.
With him came Shisui and Itachi, who had