At the outskirts of Konoha, near Training Ground 3 in the Forest of Death—this was where Danzo had once taught Namikaze Minato the Rasengan.
"Old man, why aren't you running anymore?" Space twisted slightly as White Zetsu emerged with an exaggerated grin.
"I want to see if I can kill you…" Danzo murmured, unlocking the seal on his right eye.
There was no avoiding this battle. It was clear they were very interested in him.
"So this old man has a Sharingan too? Now I want one…" White Zetsu mused.
The moment he spoke, countless vines erupted from the ground, surging toward Danzo in an attempt to strangle him.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
A powerful gust of wind tore through the advancing vines, ripping them apart along with the top layer of soil. Dirt and shredded plant matter filled the air, obscuring everything from sight.
In that instant, a hand wrapped in iron chains phased through the flying debris, reaching for Danzo, who had just finished his jutsu.
Danzo reacted swiftly. Even at such close range, he managed to twist his body, narrowly dodging Obito's attack.
As the two figures brushed past each other—
"Got you…" Obito smirked, lifting one hand.
The iron chain trailing behind him phased through Danzo's body before solidifying.
Crack!
The chain coiled tightly around Danzo's waist.
In that fleeting moment, the space around him began to distort. He was trapped—unable to break free from the power of Kamui.
Just as he was about to be completely sucked into the dimension—
"Rasengan!"
From Obito's flank, Danzo's real body suddenly lunged at him, aiming a Rasengan directly at the Uchiha's chest.
Boom!
With an explosion, both figures were forced apart, distancing themselves once more.
As the debris finally settled around them, White Zetsu let out an exaggerated shriek.
"Whoa, that was incredible! I didn't even notice…"
"This old man seems to understand your abilities quite well…" Black Zetsu observed, a hint of surprise in his voice.
Had he not intervened just now, Obito would have been hit.
"Using a Shadow Clone as bait, huh? A solid strategy…" Obito's tone turned icy. He had thought this would be a simple mission, yet he was caught off guard right at the start.
Danzo replayed the scene in his mind. The Rasengan had been intercepted by some kind of black substance, dissipating as if being devoured. At the same time, an intense sense of danger had gripped him, forcing him to detonate the Rasengan early to create distance.
"Yin-Yang Release, huh? Fighting three opponents at once… quite the challenge."
Obito carried three different consciousnesses within him, each with its own unique abilities.
But Danzo wasn't most wary of Obito or Kamui—it was Black Zetsu, that thousand-year-old monster, who could very well possess unknown abilities. At the very least, what he had already demonstrated with Yin-Yang Release was troublesome enough. It completely countered Danzo's ninjutsu.
Still, from their brief exchange, Danzo had noticed something—Obito's combat experience wasn't particularly refined. Compared to him, a Kage-level veteran who had fought his way up from the bottom, Obito relied too heavily on his intangibility.
With that realization, Danzo swung his arm. A blue wind blade lashed out, shattering the vines still falling from above.
Then, without hesitation, he charged straight at Obito.
Obito did the same.
Whizz… Whizz…
Two wind-enhanced shuriken spun through the air, slicing forward with an ear-piercing screech.
Obito didn't even attempt to dodge. The shuriken passed through his body harmlessly, continuing their trajectory behind him.
Danzo was already upon him, his wind-infused whip slashing toward Obito's neck.
"This time, I'll catch you." Obito lunged, reaching directly for Danzo's head.
At the same time, Danzo's right hand gathered another Rasengan.
Their distance had never been closer. Close enough to see the tomoe patterns swirling in each other's eyes.
Just as Obito's fingers brushed against Danzo's forehead, the tip of the wind whip rebounded, stabbing ever so slightly into the back of Obito's skull.
Obito's hand phased through Danzo's head.
The two passed through each other once again.
In that instant, Danzo spun around, slamming the fully-formed Rasengan into Obito's back.
Meanwhile, the iron chain behind Obito phased through Danzo's body as well.
The chain passed completely through, and Obito barely managed to escape the Rasengan's full impact.
"Wood Release: Thorns."
Massive thorny vines erupted from the ground, twisting toward Danzo, seeking to ensnare him.
"Rasengan!"
Danzo adjusted his stance mid-air, driving his Rasengan downward.
The frenziedly growing thorns shredded apart upon contact, as if caught in a meat grinder.
Just then, space around Danzo distorted once more—Kamui had locked onto him again.
Whizz… Whoosh…
The shuriken from before suddenly returned like boomerangs, curving around to strike Obito from behind, passing through his body once more.
At the same time, the spatial distortion around Danzo vanished, and his wind-infused whip lashed at Obito.
Again, it phased through him harmlessly.
Obito finally realized just how troublesome this old man was. While Danzo couldn't harm him…
It seemed like he couldn't do much to Danzo either.
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