Chapter 215: Blood-Colored Eyes

"Finally, it's time to counterattack. Kakashi, don't hold us back." Obito felt a bit relieved and couldn't help saying.

He was already prepared to use ninjutsu at any moment.

"I should be the one saying that. Use all your chakra well and don't waste it on useless techniques." Kakashi tightened his grip on the White Light Short Sword, his eyes fixed on Berkeley not far away.

"Our youth is burning fiercely today." Might Guy gave a thumbs-up to himself, Kakashi, and Obito.

Then the three exchanged glances and nodded.

Might Guy assumed a charging stance and shouted, "Then, let's go!"

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Obito quickly formed hand seals and spat out a massive fireball, four meters high, made of roaring flames, hurling it toward Berkeley.

Although Might Guy's kick just now had been impressive, Obito still didn't think he could clash head-on with Berkeley, so he wanted to create a favorable opening for Might Guy's attack.

The four-meter-tall Fireball looked overwhelmingly powerful. Berkeley could block it, but he didn't want to take a Fire Style technique that could be dodged head-on, so he immediately leaped to the right to evade.

Naturally, Kakashi wouldn't let Berkeley dodge that easily. He instantly threw out a barrage of shuriken while leaping onto a tree, closing in on Berkeley by jumping from tree to tree.

Facing the incoming shuriken, Berkeley raised his sword, gathered chakra in his palm, and performed a nature transformation. The silver-white blade was instantly enveloped in blue lightning.

Shing!

Berkeley swung the lightning-wreathed sword, instantly cutting down the incoming shuriken.

"If this is all you've got, the battle will be over soon." Berkeley grinned.

Three kids this young with such strength—they were all prodigies. In war, killing geniuses earned far more merit than killing ordinary shinobi.

Whoosh!

At that moment, Kakashi, holding a kunai, burst forward with incredible speed and thrust it at Berkeley from the side.

Clang!

Berkeley calmly turned around and blocked Kakashi's thrust with his sword.

Just as Berkeley was about to kick Kakashi away, a gust of wind came from behind. Might Guy seized the opportunity and attacked.

"Hidden Sand Great Whirlwind!"

Might Guy exploded chakra into his leg, unleashing a lightning-fast spinning kick.

Zzzt! Zzzt!

Berkeley's expression didn't change. He quickly gathered chakra, and a powerful flash of lightning erupted from his foot. He shoved Kakashi flying five meters away, then used a Lightning Body Flicker to appear behind Might Guy, dodging the kick, and struck Might Guy with an elbow, sending him stumbling forward.

Just as Berkeley was about to press the advantage and strike Might Guy with his lightning sword, Kakashi's real body suddenly charged out.

"Purple Lightning!"

Kakashi condensed a large amount of chakra in his palm and rapidly performed a Lightning Release chakra nature transformation. A dazzling purple lightning bolt appeared in his hand, then he shaped it into a blade-like form through shape transformation.

Using the speed boost from Purple Lightning, Kakashi rushed toward Berkeley with extreme speed.

Purple Lightning wasn't as fast as Chidori, but that didn't mean it couldn't increase speed at all—it just wasn't as big a boost as Chidori, making it more suitable for ordinary people without a Sharingan.

Berkeley didn't change direction. Instead, he spun his body and swung his lightning sword in an arc toward Kakashi's approach.

But to Berkeley's surprise, Kakashi changed his technique mid-air, and the dazzling purple lightning blade in his hand split into several bolts of lightning that slashed toward him.

Although the flexibility of Kakashi's Purple Lightning caught Berkeley off guard, he had encountered similar situations in his ninja career. He instantly released a surge of chakra, and the blue electric light on his sword intensified, unleashing a powerful flash of lightning that blocked most of the Purple Lightning bolts. Then Berkeley quickly adjusted his body to dodge the remainder.

Might Guy quickly got up and charged at Berkeley again, and Kakashi's shadow clone, which had been knocked back, followed along.

"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Jutsu!" Obito had already prepared his next fire technique.

Obito gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, compressed it through shape transformation into the form of a fire dragon, and then directly spat out a fierce fire dragon with sharp fangs.

After releasing the Great Dragon Fire Jutsu, Obito felt a sense of emptiness—this technique consumed far more chakra than the Fireball Jutsu.

Faced with the trio's relentless and compact offensive rhythm, Berkeley also put on a serious expression.

He swung his sword to drive back the charging Might Guy, then grabbed the incoming shadow clone of Kakashi and hurled it directly at the fire dragon.

Boom!!

The Great Dragon Fire exploded directly, engulfing the Shadow Clone Kakashi.

At this moment, Kakashi's real body drew White Fang and swung toward Berkeley, striking fiercely at his vital points.

"Thunderquake Sword!"

A dazzling yellow lightning appeared on Berkeley's sharp sword, and the sword in Berkeley's hand vibrated at an extremely fast frequency.

Berkeley swung his sword to block Kakashi's attack while sidestepping to dodge Might Guy's attack.

The immense force transmitted from Berkeley's sword made Kakashi frown deeply. Glancing warily at the dangerous lightning sword, Kakashi quickly retreated.

"This guy probably isn't weak even among jonin," Kakashi thought, considering countermeasures.

Berkeley perfectly matched Kakashi's impression of a jonin, with no weaknesses in either ninjutsu or taijutsu, rich combat experience, and the ability to convert everything he mastered into combat power. He was too difficult to deal with.

Even Might Guy, the strongest among them, could only barely keep himself from injury in a direct clash with Berkeley.

Since most of his chakra had been consumed, Obito also drew a kunai and joined the battlefield.

Fighting three alone, Berkeley showed no signs of decline. He was extremely fast, his Lightning Body Flicker so quick that even Kakashi found it hard to track his figure.

Just as Berkeley and Might Guy were exchanging blows, Obito thought he saw an opportunity. He immediately took out two more kunai, and with his left hand behind his back, secretly formed a single hand seal.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!"

Obito gathered chakra and used the Fire Release technique again, and three kunai carrying flames flew toward Berkeley.

Just as Obito thought victory was within sight, he didn't realize that Berkeley had actually been watching him all along, waiting for an opportunity to arise.

Berkeley's feet were covered in a large amount of lightning, and he instantly vanished before Obito's eyes. The three flaming kunai also missed entirely.

"So fast!"

Obito's pupils contracted sharply. The next moment, Berkeley appeared right beside him and swung his sharp sword.

Clang!

Kakashi appeared just in time, using the White Fang short blade to block the incoming sword.

But how could Berkeley's planned ambush end so easily? The chakra he had already gathered burst forth, and lightning immediately flared up on his sword. Kakashi could not withstand Berkeley's terrifying Thunder Release sword technique, and a bloody gash appeared on his left leg.

"Kakashi!" Obito couldn't help shouting in worry, and began to blame himself internally. If he had been more cautious, it wouldn't have come to this.

"Hidden Sand: Fierce Force Whirlwind!"

Seeing this, Might Guy burst forth and kicked toward Berkeley to prevent him from continuing to harm Kakashi, while Obito picked up Kakashi and retreated backward.

Feeling the numbness from his left leg, Kakashi knew things had gone bad. A cut from a sword was nothing, but being paralyzed by Lightning Release meant temporarily losing combat effectiveness.

If the three of them were having such difficulty, then if only Obito and Might Guy remained, there would definitely be no hope of victory.

"Obito, put me down and go. Leave with Guy. If I exhaust all my chakra, I should be able to hold them off for a while. If you use the Breathing Technique at full power and retreat separately, you might escape," Kakashi said after thinking.

His left leg was temporarily immobile, but with chakra he could manage to move on one leg, and he could also form hand seals with his hands.

At this point, Kakashi could no longer see any hope of victory. If all three were at peak condition, there might be a chance, but in his current state, it was difficult for him to participate in the battle.

Rather than being defeated one by one, it was better for him to take a risk and let Obito and Might Guy live. After all, with his leg paralyzed, there was no way he could escape.

With that, Kakashi broke free from Obito's arm and stood on one foot.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think Obito Uchiha and Might Guy are the kind of people who would abandon their comrades?" Obito couldn't help shouting, his eyes gradually turning bloodshot red.

"Have you forgotten Teacher Muyue's orders? We have to survive. This isn't abandoning comrades, it's just making the right choice," Kakashi said, shaking his head.

"Someone like me can hardly fight alongside you anymore. Rather than us all dying here, it's better to sacrifice me alone so you two can survive."

Kakashi was very calm when he said this. He had already been prepared for this kind of situation when he chose to continue the mission regardless of his teammates' injuries.

If he could sacrifice his teammates to complete the mission, then of course he could also sacrifice himself.

Kakashi was not afraid of death. Before the age of seven, he did not understand death; after the age of seven, he did not fear death.

"If there is an afterlife, I'll ask my father if he regretted making that choice," Kakashi thought to himself.

"Kakashi, who do you think you are!" Obito said, head down, fists clenched tightly.

Obito accepted Teacher Muyue telling them to leave, because the battlefield there was far too advanced. If they stayed, they would only become Muyue's weak point and hinder Muyue's fight.

And this time, the enemy is merely a jonin that Teacher Mu Yue could kill with a single ninjutsu. Even though they've trained for decades longer than them, they aren't much stronger.

Faced with this kind of enemy, should they abandon their teammates?

"No!" Obito roared in his heart. This was a comrade who had been injured trying to save him. If he abandoned a comrade in this situation, there would be no difference from being dead, because someone who would do that was no longer Uchiha Obito.

The emotions that Obito had been suppressing because Mu Yue stayed behind to cover their retreat finally burst forth. He was unwilling to be so weak, unable to help Mu Yue in battle. He was unwilling to be looked down upon by Kakashi, who actually told him to abandon his comrades and flee. He was unwilling—he was truly unwilling!

The extreme emotions caused a special chakra to appear in Obito's mind. Under the influence of that special chakra, Obito's eyes turned completely blood-red, and two tomoe patterns emerged in his eyes.

The moment the Sharingan appeared, the world in Obito's eyes changed. It became clearer and easier to perceive.

"This is..." Obito was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of the answer he had received when he asked Shisui about the feeling of awakening the Sharingan. It was exactly the same as his current experience, and the effect was even better.

"Kakashi, you narcissistic jerk! You think we can't manage without you? Two people is fine—without you, Gai and I can still defeat the enemy! Just watch from here!" Obito raised his head, staring at Kakashi with blood-red eyes, and said.

"Obito, you actually..." Looking at Obito's blood-red eyes, Kakashi showed a shocked expression. Obito had actually awakened the Uchiha clan's Sharingan at a time like this.

Kakashi knew the reputation of the Uchiha's Sharingan. Any Uchiha who awakened the Sharingan would normally grow into a jonin, and it greatly enhanced a ninja's strength.

Obito immediately turned around and rushed toward Bokeli. Without the help of Kakashi and Obito, Might Gai, facing Bokeli alone, soon fell into a disadvantage.

"So this is the power of holding onto one's beliefs?" Kakashi remembered Mu Yue's words and murmured.

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