"Thump."
Gaara's heart lurched, and the chakra inside him instantly fell into disarray.
He lowered his eyes to the black rod embedded in his chest. Clearly, this thing could disrupt his chakra.
Boom!!!
Suddenly, the vast quantity of sand stored in the gourd on Gaara's back went berserk, surging like mad toward Obito Uchiha, who was right in front of him.
"Hm?"
He could still control the sand even with his chakra disrupted?!
A trace of confusion flashed through Obito's eyes. He knew perfectly well what the black rod did. By all rights, Gaara should have been unable to use ninjutsu now.
Even if Gaara recovered quickly enough, it should not have been possible in such a short time.
But this was no time to think about that.
"Kazekage!"
"Gaara!"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically as they watched Obito stab Gaara.
Naruto Uzumaki let out an especially furious shout and charged over at full speed, heading straight for Obito.
The Nine-Tails' enormous body bore down like a mountain range!
Obito snorted coldly and instantly became intangible. Though the sand from Gaara's gourd was fast, it could never touch his physical body, passing through him as though through air.
"Whoosh!"
Naruto's eyes were bloodshot, and his Nine-Tails chakra cloak surged wildly. His roar echoed across the battlefield. "You won't hurt Gaara again!"
A long golden tail swept through the air, lashing at Obito like a whip.
"Idiot!"
With Naruto and the Nine-Tails delivering themselves right to him, Obito shifted his gaze and immediately made them his targets.
Turning intangible to evade the sweeping golden tail, Obito leaped up and reached out, grabbing straight for Naruto.
"You're not..."
Obito was fast, but Might Guy was no slower. Both appeared before Naruto almost simultaneously.
Roar!
Naruto waved one hand, and the enormous fox head