The kunai in Gengetsu's hand stabbed viciously behind him.
At some unknown point, a person wearing a spiral mask had appeared behind Jiang.
As for who this was, it was undoubtedly Obito Uchiha.
Obito Uchiha had infiltrated Konoha this time for a very simple purpose: to ambush Gengetsu.
Gengetsu had not only awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, but had also forcefully seized the position of Fifth Hokage.
Gengetsu's emergence had already strayed far beyond Obito's control and severely affected the execution of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
In Obito's view, relying on the powerful spatial abilities of his ocular technique, Kamui, to ambush an utterly unprepared Gengetsu was absolutely foolproof.
But Obito Uchiha had never imagined that Gengetsu could react so quickly.
Before his hand could even touch Gengetsu, Gengetsu had attacked him with a kunai at an unbelievable speed.
"Not good! Kamui!"
Faced with Gengetsu's swift counterattack, Obito Uchiha had no choice but to forcibly interrupt his attack and activate Kamui's intangibility again.
The sharp kunai in Gengetsu's hand passed straight through Obito Uchiha's body, then embedded itself hard in a large tree behind Obito.
"Whew! That was close! I almost got hit!"
After his ambush failed, Obito Uchiha retreated without hesitation, landing on a large tree more than ten meters away and looking at Gengetsu with lingering apprehension.
At that moment, Gengetsu also noticed the person who had ambushed him.
It's him! Obito Uchiha!
Seeing the person's attire, Gengetsu recognized him at a glance.
But Gengetsu did not expose him immediately. Instead, he asked warily.
"Who are you? How dare you run wild in Konoha!"
Faced with Gengetsu's questioning, Obito Uchiha steadied himself, then deliberately lowered his voice and spoke in an extremely hoarse tone:
"I am Madara Uchiha!"
Obito Uchiha had been operating under Madara Uchiha's identity all this time.
In Obito Uchiha's view, invoking Madara Uchiha's identity was enough to intimidate Gengetsu.
But upon hearing Obito Uchiha's words, Gengetsu froze for a moment, then threw back his head and burst into unrestrained laughter.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Madara Uchiha! Haha! You think you're worthy of calling yourself Madara Uchiha?"
Gengetsu looked at Obito Uchiha with disdain and mocked him mercilessly.
"That old bastard Madara Uchiha might not be right in the head, but he was a madman who dared to take on the entire shinobi world alone! He wasn't nearly as weak as you!"
"Besides, if the real Madara Uchiha wanted to kill me, he'd use his Perfect Susanoo to smash this Hokage Building to pieces! He certainly wouldn't skulk around like a sewer rat, launching pathetic sneak attacks like you!"
Gengetsu looked at Obito Uchiha, his tone full of contempt.
Hearing Gengetsu's merciless mockery, Obito Uchiha's face beneath his mask alternated between livid and pale. For a moment, he did not know how to respond.
The reason Obito Uchiha impersonated Madara Uchiha throughout the shinobi world was that Madara Uchiha's name was simply too useful. Anyone who heard it would feel a measure of fear before anything else.
But he had never imagined that Gengetsu would refuse to believe him at all and belittle him as utterly worthless.
Seeing Obito Uchiha remain silent, Gengetsu's lips curved into a cold smile.
Then Gengetsu pretended to ponder for a moment before fixing his gaze on Obito Uchiha and speaking.
"You have the Sharingan! And that spatial ability just now definitely wasn't ordinary ninjutsu. It should be an ocular technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan!"
"With eyes of that caliber, you must belong to the Uchiha Clan. And judging by your age, you should be an Uchiha who survived the Third Shinobi World War!"
Gengetsu paused here, then made a startling declaration. "You must be Obito Uchiha!"
"What!? You!"
Hearing Gengetsu name the true identity he had hidden for years, Obito Uchiha shuddered all over. His exposed Sharingan instantly filled with immense shock.
Obito Uchiha could not help being astonished.
After the battle at Kannabi Bridge ended, no one in this world besides Zetsu and Madara Uchiha could possibly have known that he was still alive!
Yet this Uchiha Gengetsu had deduced his true identity with incredible accuracy from nothing more than their brief exchange and a few clues!
Such terrifying insight sent a chill down Obito's spine.
Seeing Obito Uchiha's shocked expression, Gengetsu could not help smiling.
As someone who had transmigrated, Gengetsu had known Obito Uchiha's identity all along.
And Gengetsu had done this precisely to give Obito Uchiha a fright.
That was what he got for ambushing him.
Clearly, he had achieved his goal.
Obito Uchiha really was shocked by him now.
"Looks like I guessed right!"
"I never imagined someone who died would still be alive!"
"I wonder how Kakashi would react if he knew you were alive!"
Gengetsu looked at Obito Uchiha and continued.
"Damn you, shut up!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Obito Uchiha knew he could not let Gengetsu keep talking, so he immediately attacked.
"Lost your temper? Going to use ninjutsu?"
Seeing Obito Uchiha unleash ninjutsu, Gengetsu calmly clapped his hands together.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Boom!
The instant Obito Uchiha finished his hand seals and spat out his fireball, a deep crimson fireball, larger and hotter than Obito's, had already erupted out of thin air in front of Gengetsu and hurtled toward Obito Uchiha.
Gengetsu now possessed the abilities of hand seal-less ninjutsu and tenfold ninjutsu power.
Thus, Gengetsu did not need hand seals at all to unleash ninjutsu.
Moreover, every ninjutsu Gengetsu unleashed had ten times the power of anyone else's.
Whoosh! Rumble!
The fireball Gengetsu unleashed easily swallowed Obito Uchiha's great fireball and continued sweeping toward him.
"What!?"
"How is this possible? He unleashes ninjutsu so quickly! Doesn't he need hand seals!?"
Seeing Gengetsu unleash such terrifyingly powerful ninjutsu without hand seals left Obito Uchiha utterly shocked.
Then, faced with the searing fireball rushing toward him, Obito did not dare take it head-on. He immediately pushed off with both legs and leaped high into the air to evade it.
An opening!
Just as Obito Uchiha jumped, Gengetsu leaped as well, instantly appearing directly below him.
At the same time, his right leg whipped toward Obito Uchiha with a howl of wind.
"Not good! Kamui!"
Faced with Gengetsu's blindingly fast taijutsu attack, Obito Uchiha reacted extremely quickly as well, immediately activating Kamui.
The instant Gengetsu's attack reached Obito, his body had already hidden in an alternate dimension, leaving only an illusory image in place.
Gengetsu's powerful kick passed through Obito Uchiha's body without resistance, as though he had kicked empty air, inflicting no actual damage.
Obito seized this opportunity to retreat again, landing on a distant tree and watching Gengetsu warily.
Clearly, Obito Uchiha had gained no advantage whatsoever in their two exchanges.
"That ocular technique, Kamui! What a troublesome ability!"
Gengetsu could not help frowning as he looked at Obito Uchiha, who had evaded his attack once again.
The ocular technique Kamui could transfer any part of the body into an alternate dimension at any time, rendering all physical and ninjutsu attacks ineffective.
It truly was an extremely troublesome, even nearly invincible ability.
"In that case!"
"Mangekyō Sharingan!"
Gengetsu's black pupils instantly turned scarlet, and three tomoe appeared.
Then the three tomoe began rapidly spinning and converging, finally forming an intricate, mysterious hexagonal pattern.
Although Obito Uchiha's Kamui was extremely powerful, an exceptionally advanced spatial ocular technique.
Gengetsu was not afraid in the slightest.
For the ocular technique of his right eye, Heavenly Standing Long, possessed the heaven-defying ability to see the future.
As long as he could anticipate the instant Obito became tangible, Kamui was not unbeatable!
While Gengetsu and Obito Uchiha were locked in fierce combat.
On a thick branch of a towering tree not far from their battlefield, a strange ripple suddenly spread across the surface of the trunk.
Then a creature resembling a pitcher plant slowly emerged from the trunk.
This was none other than Zetsu.
"I wonder whether Obito can deal with Gengetsu!"
"Has Gengetsu awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan!?"
"I wonder what his ocular techniques are!"
Within Zetsu's body, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu kept discussing it.
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