Minato Namikaze rested his palm lightly on Kakashi Hatake's shoulder. Even before he noticed the incoming Fire Release, he had already planned to take Kakashi away with the Flying Thunder God Technique if things went badly.
But now, his preparations seemed a little unnecessary.
Was Kakashi his first target? Then next...
Minato speculated about Obito's movements, tightening his grip on his kunai, ready to respond to Obito's attack at any moment.
In an extremely short time, Minato had roughly figured out Obito's plan.
Although Kakashi was not as proficient with Kamui as Obito, he still posed a considerable threat to him.
If Kakashi found an opening in Obito's attacks and activated Kamui at a critical moment, Obito might even suffer a major setback.
So Obito had to make Kakashi use Kamui. Only by using it frequently would Kakashi drain himself and compromise his condition, leaving him less able to threaten Obito.
After all, the Mangekyō Sharingan's Dōjutsu still caused considerable harm to its user.
Obito could use Kamui without restriction, seemingly without any side effects, because he already had Hashirama cells in his body.
Moreover, Black Zetsu had specially modified him, allowing him to use his Mangekyō Sharingan without restriction even though it had yet to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan!
Kakashi did not have that advantage, so every use of Kamui seriously compromised his condition.
From what Obito knew of Kakashi, he was nothing like Obito, who could unleash Kamui continuously without interruption.
Even if he disregarded the drain on himself, he still had to pause before using it again.
And the Fire Release attack had been intended to make Kakashi use Kamui once.
The next second, Obito's hand suddenly emerged from beneath the ground, reaching through distorted space to seize Kakashi's ankle.
The instant Obito acted, Kakashi