Chapter 244

He never expected that the First Hokage, who had been stolen by Obito, would appear once again.

And this time the aura was clearly different, an entirely different level of state from before!

He locked his gaze on Obito, who was standing beside the First Hokage, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Whoosh!

Ishihara performed the Body Flicker Technique, swiftly appearing beside Obito and the First Hokage.

Obito immediately sneered, "Ishihara, you're late!"

"Not late. You don't actually think the First Hokage can defeat me, do you?"

Ishihara glanced at the First Hokage, who was looking toward the Nine-Tails' direction, and said with an amused smile.

"Maybe."

Obito didn't care whether the First Hokage could win; what he wanted was time to stall Ishihara.

"Let me guess what your purpose is?"

"You don't care whether Senju Hashirama can defeat me, so you want to use him to stall me, right?"

"You want to cause trouble while I'm gone, and there can only be two places — one is Konoha, the other is the Mist Village."

"Whatever you want to do, I'm afraid you just want to act in those two places during the time I'm being stalled."

Ishihara's voice was very calm.

Obito, however, was startled — his plan had been guessed completely.

But he still put on a calm expression. "Say whatever you want!"

But suddenly, Ishihara raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile on his face as he looked at Obito.

Obito felt a chill run down his spine. "Bastard, what are you laughing at?"

"The Three-Tails Jinchūriki Yagura has disappeared!"

Ishihara said lightly.

Obito's face shifted slightly; he strained to maintain a calm expression. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Ishihara formed hand seals, split out a wooden-log clone, then vanished on the spot, saying at the same time:

"You probably don't know, but I left a mark of Space-Time Ninjutsu on both the Three-Tails Jinchūriki and the Six-Tails Jinchūriki!"

"So the instant the Three-Tails disappeared, I sensed it!"

"First the Nine-Tails, now the Three-Tails — your goal is the Tailed Beasts, isn't it?"

Ishihara looked at Obito, somewhat astonished in his heart as well.

He hadn't expected Obito to truly intend to start collecting Tailed Beasts ahead of schedule to launch the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Obito's face changed; thinking of the Wood Release clone that had just left, he asked in a low voice:

"What are you trying to do?"

Ishihara said calmly, "Kill the Six-Tails!"

The Six-Tails Jinchūriki of the Mist Village had already been unstable to begin with.

Part of Yagura's energy in the village was already being used to suppress the Six-Tails Jinchūriki and the Six-Tails.

At the same time, he had begun screening for a new Jinchūriki.

Killing the Six-Tails posed no difficulty or resistance for him.

Hiss!

Obito's pupils contracted sharply, and he snarled, "You dare?"

He hadn't expected Ishihara's plan wasn't to personally protect the Tailed Beasts, but to kill them.

If a Tailed Beast died, resurrection would also take several years.

During that period, even if he resurrected Madara, it would be useless!

The Eye of the Moon Plan would have to be put on hold!

"What do you think?"

Ishihara looked at him with a smile.

"Damn it!"

Obito cursed darkly in his heart and immediately used Kamui to escape.

Ishihara didn't stop him either, merely watching him quietly.

Boom!

Obito's Shadow Clone vanished from the spot.

Mist Village.

Obito suddenly attacked, then sucked the Fourth Mizukage Yagura into the Kamui space, and immediately after receiving the intelligence from his Shadow Clone, he anxiously rushed toward the Six-Tails Jinchūriki's location!

But when he arrived, he found it was already too late.

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Whoosh whoosh……

Blazing black flames burned the rampaging Six-Tails Jinchūriki to ashes.

The Six-Tails was dead!

Obito's face turned ashen; he hadn't expected Ishihara to be so decisive.

At the same time, he was utterly shocked — the Six-Tails hadn't even held out for that long.

"That guy's strength is getting more and more terrifying!"

Ishihara's Wood Release clone watched him quietly, returning Obito's own earlier words back to him.

"Obito, you're late!"

"Bastard!"

Obito cursed under his breath, then looked warily at Ishihara.

Still, thinking that he had already gathered his own Mangekyō, the speed of Kamui was far faster than before.

He calculated the distance between the two of them, and without the slightest hesitation immediately activated his dōjutsu.

"Kamui!"

Whoosh!

Obito vanished from where he stood.

Seeing him retreat so decisively, Ishihara was briefly stunned too, but he soon laughed.

Just now, his Sharingan had already recorded every step of Obito's dōjutsu activation.

The copy function had succeeded!

Kamui acquired!

And it was that very intangibility, the transferable Kamui!

Hum—

A mysterious ripple spread outward, and Ishihara felt himself connected to some strange other-dimensional space.

This haul was an absolute windfall!

"Hahahaha…"

In the other-dimensional space.

Obito's face was dark as still water; he had never expected that the Eye of the Moon Plan, which was supposed to be set in motion early, had ended just as it was beginning.

Black Zetsu was still controlling Danzō, seemingly researching something.

After learning that Obito had failed, Black Zetsu's heart sank. After a moment of silence, he abruptly suggested, "Obito, let's resurrect Madara?"

Huh?!

Obito's expression changed drastically, and he looked at him warily.

Black Zetsu said in a heavy voice, "Even if we can't carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan early, we can still kill Ishihara!"

In his view, if anyone in the shinobi world today could still kill Ishihara, it would be none other than Madara with the Rinnegan awakened!

Obito's face shifted between shades, "I'll think about it!"

Black Zetsu said nothing, clinging tightly to Danzō's body, lost in unknown thoughts.