Chapter 395: Chapter 395: Kamui vs. Divine Crossing
Within the Kamui space, it was a gray, boundless cuboid world with countless stone pillars floating in the air.
Obito appeared on a pillar, carrying Ryota, and was just about to adjust his position to head to the exit at the Valley of the End—
Suddenly, every hair on his body stood on end!
Behind him!
Obito spun around sharply, his Sharingan eyes widening.
Takumi was standing on another pillar just three meters behind him, staring coldly.
"You..."
For once, Obito was genuinely shocked.
Entering the Kamui space?!
This was his exclusive time-space, a place even Namikaze Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique couldn’t invade!
How could Takumi have entered directly?!
"Surprised?"
Takumi slowly drew the ninja sword at his waist.
"Your time-space ninjutsu merely transfers yourself to this independent space. My ’Divine Crossing,’ however... can go anywhere my perception can grasp the spatial coordinates."
"From the moment you used time-space ninjutsu in front of me, this place became mine."
Before his words faded, Takumi moved!
His Shunshin exploded into action, his form dissolving into afterimages as he slashed at Obito!
Fast!
Obito hurriedly tossed Ryota onto a nearby pillar while his own body twisted and vanished—
Reappearing moments later in another part of the Kamui space.
"Kamui?"
Takumi’s gaze sharpened. He recalled the ability intelligence that Sora had mentioned.
Obito sneered from under his mask.
"In this space, I am invincible."
He extended his right hand, and several black iron chains slid from his sleeve, clattering as they lashed towards Takumi!
Takumi’s left eye rotated.
"Divine Crossing."
His figure vanished instantly, reappearing on another stone pillar twenty meters away.
The chains found only empty air.
Obito narrowed his eyes.
Troublesome.
Takumi could enter the Kamui space and use teleportation here, which meant his home-field advantage was completely nullified!
And...
Obito glanced at the unconscious Ryota on a nearby pillar.
Takumi was clearly watching his younger brother too, but he didn’t dare rescue him recklessly—because Obito stood right beside Ryota, ready to take him hostage again.
The two confronted each other in the dim space.
"Who are you, really?"
Takumi demanded in a deep voice. "You were behind the Nine-Tails Night, and you were the one who cornered and killed Shisui... When did the Uchiha clan produce a traitor like you?"
A low laugh came from beneath Obito’s mask.
"Traitor? No, I am the future of the Uchiha."
"As for my identity... there’s no need for you to know."
As he spoke, he activated his dōjutsu again.
Kamui: Transfer!
Obito’s figure began to twist, and along with him, Ryota on the adjacent pillar started being drawn into the spatial vortex!
He was going to leave the Kamui space directly and head for the Valley of the End!
A cold light flashed in Takumi’s eyes.
His left eye, "Divine Crossing," activated once more!
In the instant before Obito completely vanished, Takumi’s figure also merged into the spatial fluctuations, following close behind!
...
Outside the Valley of the End, within the forest.
A spatial vortex emerged, and Obito landed, carrying Ryota.
The moment he appeared, he immediately turned, right hand gripping a kunai tightly—
As expected!
Spatial fluctuations rippled beside him, and Takumi appeared almost simultaneously!
"Truly a persistent spirit."
Obito said coldly, while making a hand signal with his left hand.
Whoosh!
A burly figure leaped out from the forest, landing heavily beside Obito.
Kisame Hoshigaki, shouldering his massive Samehada, grinned.
"Mr. Madara, looks like you’ve run into some trouble?"
Obito stared at Takumi.
"Make it quick. His time-space dōjutsu is troublesome."
Kisame sized up Takumi, then glanced at the unconscious Ryota, licking his lips.
"Uchiha blood... should taste pretty good, huh?"
Takumi’s face was as dark as water.
Two against one, and the opponent had an ally of unknown strength.
But he didn’t retreat. His younger brother was still in their hands.
"Give me back my brother."
Takumi gripped his ninja sword horizontally, his chakra beginning to erupt.
Kisame laughed heartily.
"Then let’s see what you’ve got!"
He surged forward, swinging Samehada in a massive downward arc!
Instead of retreating, Takumi advanced. His left eye, "Divine Crossing," activated—
His form vanished in an instant, reappearing to Kisame’s left, his ninja sword thrusting straight for his ribs!
Clang!
Kisame reacted swiftly, swinging Samehada back to block; sparks flew as the blades clashed!
And at that moment, Obito moved!
He flicked his right wrist, sending several shuriken flying to seal off Takumi’s escape route. Simultaneously, his body phased and charged forward, his left hand grabbing for Takumi’s throat!
A pincer attack from front and back!
Takumi’s gaze turned icy.
The pattern in his right Mangekyō suddenly began to spin faster!
"Time-Scar Trace!"
It wasn’t aimed at himself, but at—Kisame Hoshigaki!
Just as Kisame was about to swing his second strike, he suddenly felt his body stall!
It was as if the force he’d exerted, his movement, and his chakra flow from that instant just now had all "rewound" by half a second!
In that split second of hesitation, Takumi had already withdrawn, his ninja sword reversing direction to slash at Obito!
Obito’s body phased, the blade passing through, but his grab also met empty air.
The three combatants re-established their distance.
Kisame frowned, touching his chest. That feeling just now... was very strange.
"His right eye’s ability is time-based."
Obito said in a low voice. "Be careful."
Takumi was breathing heavily, a sharp pain shooting through his right eye. The burden of continuously using his Mangekyō dōjutsu was beginning to show.
But he didn’t stop.
His left eye rotated again—
Divine Crossing!
This time, the target wasn’t an attack. He flashed beside Obito, grabbing for Ryota!
"Don’t even think about it!"
Obito was prepared. He activated Kamui, and a spatial vortex appeared beneath Ryota, about to suck him into the Kamui space!
At the same time, Kisame’s Samehada was already swinging towards Takumi’s back!
In this critical moment, Takumi gritted his teeth. His left hand continued reaching for Ryota, while his right hand reversed its grip and hurled his ninja sword at Kisame, forcing him to defend—
Shink!
Takumi’s left hand grabbed hold of Ryota’s collar!
But at the same time, Obito’s kunai pierced through his left shoulder!
And although Kisame’s Samehada was deflected for an instant by the thrown sword, it still struck Takumi’s back, carving a wound deep enough to see bone!
"Ugh!"
Takumi grunted in pain, blood spraying everywhere.
But he held onto Ryota with a death grip, pouring the full power of his left eye’s dōjutsu into it!
"Divine Crossing—Go!"
Spatial fluctuations began to envelop the two!
Obito’s gaze turned ruthless.
If he couldn’t keep him alive...
"Then take his corpse with you!"
He drew his right-hand kunai sharply across, aiming to slice Ryota’s throat!
Takumi’s eyes nearly split with fury.
"NO!!!"
Slash—
Blood gushed forth.
Ryota’s throat was slashed open, the unconscious body convulsing violently.
But Takumi’s Divine Crossing had already activated!
The two figures vanished in an instant, leaving only a pool of blood behind.
Obito stood still, his expression grim beneath his mask.
They escaped?
No... Ryota was surely dead. With an injury like that, even immediate treatment couldn’t save him.
And Takumi was severely wounded, carrying a corpse. He couldn’t have gotten far.
He was about to sense the spatial fluctuations to track them—
Buzz!
Several hundred meters ahead, spatial fluctuations reappeared!
Takumi reappeared, holding Ryota. He dropped to one knee, covered in blood.
But he didn’t continue fleeing. He laid his younger brother gently on the ground, his right hand pressing against Ryota’s throat, still gushing blood, while his left eye glared fiercely at Obito and Kisame, who were closing in.
"Given up struggling?"
Kisame approached, Samehada on his shoulder, grinning.
"Good, saves us the trouble of chasing—"
He stopped mid-sentence.
Because he saw that Takumi’s right Mangekyō was spinning wildly!
Not the pattern of three curved blades, but... his entire pupil was glowing!
