Chapter 102: This is a First Meeting Gift
"Oh, by the way, do you know my identity? I am Uchiha Madara?"
Menma sneered: "Uchiha Madara? Is that some codename? An Uchiha Madara who doesn't even dare reveal his true face?"
Although he knew the guy before him was Uchiha Obito, he still wanted to play along with "Sage Two's" (a sarcastic nickname for Obito) performance.
Because this "monkey proclaiming himself king while the tiger is away" act was simply too comical.
And compared to exposing him directly, using words to gradually strip away the mask Obito took such pride in would more easily reveal his flaws.
Obito retorted, dissatisfied: "Junior, don't use your ignorance as an excuse for fearlessness!"
Simultaneously, the Mangekyō in his eye turned an even deeper scarlet, as if to prove something to the masked man before him.
Besides Uchiha Madara, who else possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan?
But Menma just sneered and shook his head: "Your performance is too clumsy. I can't even be bothered to expose you."
"A true warrior dares to face a bleak life, dares to look squarely at dripping blood." (A quote from Lu Xun)
"But in you, I only see cowardice. You are nothing but a coward attempting to use a mask to escape yourself, using various means to escape reality."
A coward escaping himself, escaping reality...
Menma's words, one by one, were like sharp knives, repeatedly stabbing into Obito's heart.
The expression beneath his mask grew colder, the killing intent in his eyes more intense.
"No matter what you say, I am Uchiha Madara."
Obito said coldly: "You think you're very strong?"
"Breaking that mask you're so proud of is still quite easy."
As Menma's words fell, Obito's figure, like a phantom, attacked Menma.
Clatter clatter!
Facing Obito's proactive attack, Menma stood his ground as if nothing was wrong, four chains suddenly extending from behind him.
Like pythons targeting prey, they flew towards him.
Thump!
Menma's figure flickered, vanishing directly from the spot, rushing straight towards Obito.
Throughout this process, Menma stared directly into Obito's eye, without any avoidance.
Obito's eye isn't a genjutsu eye. Merely relying on Mangekyō pupil techniques, if he dares use genjutsu on me, he will surely suffer a backlash.
"Arrogant fool! You simply don't know the true power of the Sharingan!"
Obito sneered contemptuously, his heart full of disdain.
Beneath this Mangekyō, he stands in an invincible position! This fellow's every move is under his watch!
The four chains, two by two, passed through Obito's mask one after another.
And Menma's powerful and heavy punch undoubtedly missed, also passing through Obito's body.
An opening!!
"Die!"
The instant the fist passed through his body, Obito's eye hardened. His arm materialized, and he turned, grabbing Menma's leg.
Whoosh-hiss!!
The Mangekyō in Obito's eye spun rapidly.
"Kamui!"
In an instant, ripples spread through the air. Space began to distort, and Menma's body felt an extremely strong pulling sensation with the spatial distortion.
This was the effect of the right eye's Kamui, requiring touch to suck others into the Kamui dimension.
Although it wouldn't cause any damage, once pulled into the Kamui dimension, Menma would become like a fish on the chopping block.
Even the Yellow Flash nearly fell to this move back then.
"Arrogant fool! Perish here!"
Clatter clatter clatter!!
Just then, the crisp sound of metal clashing echoed. The four chains collided, then abruptly changed direction, flying towards Obito's back.
Obito's eyes chilled slightly: "Interesting. Trying to use a visual blind spot to attack me from behind? Unfortunately..."
Unfortunately, my combat experience is far richer than you imagine!!
He had lost to Namikaze Minato before; how could he fall for the same mistake twice?
As the thought arose, Obito's body, except for his eye and arm, directly entered an intangible state.
The chains, turning back, passed through Obito's body again, causing no physical damage.
However, just as a slight smirk appeared on Obito's lips, thinking victory was firmly in hand,
"Heh."
Menma, already half sucked in, suddenly chuckled lightly.
His clenched fist suddenly opened, revealing a small, nebula-like blackish-purple sphere.
In an instant, Obito's heart pounded wildly, pupils contracting. He subconsciously wanted to stop absorbing Menma.
But, it was already too late.
That small black sphere was directly sucked into the Kamui dimension by Obito.
And those four golden chains were still passing through his abdomen.
Meaning, part of his body was still in the Kamui dimension!
"This is a first meeting gift~"
A voice tinged with playful amusement came.
And the figure wearing the three-eyed fox mask, under his abruptly shrinking gaze, transformed into a black afterimage.
BOOM!!!
A violent explosion roared within the different space.
"Ah! Splurt!"
Obito let out an extremely wretched scream. His abdomen, not yet moved out, was directly blown through.
At the critical moment, he instinctively moved the rest of his body out, narrowly avoiding his entire upper body being blown off.
But the pale white torso of his Zetsu body was blasted away; the explosion still directly blew him in half at the waist!!
This entire sequence, though seeming long, actually took less than a second.
"Oh? Not dead even from that?"
Menma, who had used Body Flicker to move just as he landed, narrowed his eyes, a hint of surprise in them.
That guy Obito's reaction speed is still very fast.
Is it the enhancement from the Mangekyō Sharingan?
Menma pondered, simultaneously pushing off the ground with both feet, his hands condensing high-density blue chakra blades.
He intended to thoroughly kill Obito before he recovered.
SWISH!!
The chakra blade slashed across Obito's neck.
But there was no feeling of contact; clearly, he had already entered an intangible state.
His injuries were severe, but the desire to live made him instinctively choose to become intangible.
"Tch, can only hide in your tortoise shell?"
Menma frowned, but didn't stop, instead using the opportunity to pull away, arriving beside Uchiha Izumi.
He originally thought he was versatile enough, but now suddenly felt he seemed to lack countermeasures for spatial abilities.
Kamui's intangibility ability was simply an invincible position, even with a five-minute time limit, it was already quite outrageous.
"Looks like when I get back this time, I'll need to research abilities to counter Space-Time Ninjutsu."
At this moment, beneath his mask, Obito's face was incredibly ugly. He clutched his abdomen, from which blood and white Zetsu flesh continuously flowed.
This guy, what on earth is going on?!
Why does he know the principle of my ability?!
If I hadn't dodged quickly, that move just now would have snapped my spine!
No, I must go back and change bodies! Otherwise, I'll have to use Izanagi!
Obito forcefully suppressed the fear and lingering terror in his heart, saying in an incredibly grim tone: "Ame-no-Minakanushi of Crimson Moon, right? I'll remember you!"
"Don't think you've won! Next time we meet, I will definitely kill you!!"
Menma heard Obito's tough talk, raised an eyebrow amusedly, and nodded as if in agreement: "Yeah, yeah. After all, even if you die, you can still use your left eye to save your life, right?"
What?! How does this guy know!
Obito, exposed, felt his face change upon hearing this, decisively choosing to enter his intangible state and flee the scene.
Menma stood his ground, making no attempt to stop him.
"Th—"
Nearby, Uchiha Izumi also reacted. Looking at the person beside her, an immense sense of security washed over her.
Gratitude showed on her face. She looked at Menma, wanting to say something.
But Menma directly raised his hand, cutting her off.
Poof!
Then he formed a seal. With a puff of white smoke, a Shadow Clone appeared beside the two.
"Follow my Shadow Clone. I don't have time to explain things to you right now."
With that, Menma said no more. The Shadow Clone and his main body flickered.
One rushed towards the barrier, while the other headed towards the Uchiha clan grounds.
Uchiha Izumi froze on the spot for two seconds, a hint of struggle on her face, before finally following the Shadow Clone's steps, also rushing towards the barrier.
That masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara... who is he?
Why were the Uchiha Police Force all slaughtered, yet Konoha still hasn't reacted at all?
And, what that masked man said... what does this incident have to do with Itachi?
She still had many unanswered questions in her heart.
The only person who could answer these questions was this man who suddenly appeared and saved her from the masked man's hands.
...
Meanwhile, at the Konoha barrier.
Forty-three children, under the lead of Yakushi Nonō and Kurama Unkai, had gradually approached the Konoha barrier.
But Inabi behind them suddenly stopped.
Expression grave, he turned, looking towards the direction behind him: "Come out. I've already seen you."
As his voice fell, three masked figures flickered out, directly standing before Inabi.
"Inabi, where are you trying to take them?"
The leader's face was obscured by an ape-face mask, but his tall figure was still discernible.
Hearing the man's voice, a look of understanding appeared on Inabi's face, yet his eyes turned grimmer.
"Shinnosuke. Didn't expect the pursuer to be you. Seems ANBU is also involved in this operation."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke, eldest son of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Director of Konoha ANBU.
His appearance here meant Sarutobi Hiruzen was well aware of this operation.
"I am merely acting under orders to guard the seal here. I know nothing of any operation!"
Sarutobi Shinnosuke's gaze was cold as he said frigidly: "Uchiha Inabi, your actions can already be considered treason. Where are you trying to send those children?"
His heart was currently filled with fear and anger!
That's over forty Uchiha children!
That guy Inabi, no idea where he got the news, actually managed to take over forty Uchiha children and escape surveillance before the clan extermination night even began.
If these forty-odd children really leave Konoha, when they grow up, they will inevitably learn the truth of the Uchiha massacre.
Then...
Damn it! Inabi's actions... his intentions are truly reprehensible!
Thinking this, Shinnosuke could no longer be bothered to entangle with Inabi.
Waving his hand to his subordinates behind him, he ordered them to directly bypass Uchiha Inabi and pursue those Uchiha children.
The two behind him, without a word, were about to use Body Flicker to give chase.
Thump! Thump!!
A sound echoed.
The two ANBU who were leaving were sent flying back directly.
Inabi retracted his right leg, sneering coldly: "Want to pass? Then step over my dead body!"
(End of Chapter)
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