Chapter 242

Danzo took a deep breath and nodded.

The two of them charged side by side toward the front of the Nine-Tails, followed by a large number of Anbu.

Suddenly, the Anbu member right behind Danzo placed a hand on his shoulder.

All of Danzo's attention at this moment was on the Nine-Tails, and moreover the ones behind him were all his die-hard loyalists, so he had no guard up at all.

He even assumed his subordinate had something to say.

But—

Whoosh!

The next instant, Danzo and that Anbu member vanished from the spot at the same time.

"Lord Danzo!?"

"Obito!!"

The Anbu and Root members following behind cried out in shock.

The Third Hokage hurriedly turned his head, just in time to see the scene of Danzo being absorbed into the Kamui space, and instantly flew into a furious rage.

"Obito, I swear I'll cut you to pieces!"

At such a critical moment in the battle against the Nine-Tails, Obito had actually taken Danzo—an important (cgbb) combat asset—away, causing the Third Hokage to completely lose it.

Roar!!!

By now they had already charged to the front of the Nine-Tails, and were met with the Nine-Tails' furious attack.

The Third Hokage could only let out a stifled roar toward the sky, then led the Anbu to charge forward.

The brutal battle continued!

Within the Land of Fire, somewhere in a forest.

A vortex appeared out of thin air, and then two figures emerged from the vortex.

Danzo immediately retreated violently, looking warily at the mysterious person opposite him. "Uchiha Obito, what do you want?!"

Obito stood calmly in place. "Danzo, release the Edo Tensei technique immediately!"

Danzo was stunned, then his pupils contracted sharply. "Your target really is the First Hokage!"

He was well aware that the current First Hokage had been resurrected by him using the Edo Tensei technique.

Although he had already been sealed by Ishihara, he was still within the Edo Tensei technique.

So even though Obito had learned the Edo Tensei technique, there was no way for him to perform it on the First Hokage.

Unless Danzo released it first!

Obito said coldly, "I can use Edo Tensei to bring back a First Hokage who is closer to his peak state. Don't you want to see such a First Hokage appear?"

Danzo's expression shifted slightly.

If the First Hokage were resurrected, at the very least the Nine-Tails' Rampage could be resolved!

"I refuse!"

But after a moment's hesitation, he still refused.

He couldn't gauge Obito's attitude and thoughts.

After all, at present, Obito was also an enemy of Konoha—in fact, the number-one-ranked enemy!

After all, this was the very culprit who had killed the Fourth Hokage and caused the Nine two Nine-Tails' Rampages!

"That won't be up to you!"

Obito gave a cold laugh.

Danzo's heart sank. He warily looked around, but the next instant—

Hum—

The moment their gazes met, Danzo froze in place. "Damn it, I hate genjutsu!"

Obito's genjutsu could even control Yagura, a perfect jinchūriki, so naturally it could control Danzo.

Gurgle…

Black Zetsu's figure emerged from beneath Danzo's feet, then slowly crawled up Danzo's body like a pitch-black shadow, and then completely covered him!

"It's done!"

The two of them worked together, letting Black Zetsu temporarily take control of Danzo's body.

Obito guided Black Zetsu in controlling Danzo to form hand seals.

"Edo Tensei technique, release!"

Hum—

A mysterious ripple spread out.

Then the First Hokage within the seal began to ascend to the heavens.

"Young man of the Uchiha, thank you for freeing me."

The First Hokage looked at Obito and thanked him.

"If you want to thank me, then I'd trouble the First Hokage to do me another favor!"

"What favor? In my current state I can't help you!"

The First Hokage frowned slightly.

Obito gave a cold laugh. "You'll know soon enough!"

Then he used Kamui to appear again inside Konoha, at a location not far from Ishihara, carved the Edo Tensei formation on the ground, and placed a White Zetsu in the middle as a sacrifice.

"Edo Tensei technique!"