Konoha: Start from untying the caged bird

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Kakashi's expression changed slightly.

He already knew that Obito was still alive, and he was also very clear that Obito had now become an enemy of Konoha.

Yuzuru...Obito...

Kakashi gritted his teeth inwardly.

"action!"

At Itachi's command, the ninjas immediately sprang into action. A group of genin, witnessing the immense power these ninjas had previously displayed, suddenly felt that the Chunin Exams had been somewhat meaningless.

This power...

Is that really something a ninja could achieve?

However, another doubt and worry arose in everyone's mind.

Where did Yuzuru Hinata go?

.....

Let's rewind to ten minutes before Hinata Yuzuru left.

Izumi silently performed her guard duties outside the arena, wearing a mask so that even her companions could not see her expression.

"what!?"

From a distant street corner, a woman's scream suddenly rang out. Quan's expression changed drastically, and he turned his head sharply. In the corner, he saw his mother's figure.

She instinctively wanted to cry out, but then a strange white figure standing next to her mother raised a finger to her lips and placed the other hand on her mother's neck. Her mother instinctively struggled, but she was unable to resist the other's strength.

The Sharingan's exceptional vision allowed her to see details in the distance. The strange white figure gave her a disgusting smile, and then, quite brazenly, grabbed her neck and slowly pulled her backward.

As Quan watched his mother struggle, his face grew increasingly pale.

"what happened!?"

A fellow member of the Anbu asked a question, instinctively looking into the distance in the direction of her gaze. But Izumi immediately stopped her companion. She lowered her eyes, pondered coldly for a moment, and then took a step forward: "Don't follow us, and don't notify the Hokage. There's a good chance they have someone else watching nearby. Stay where you are. I have my own plans."

She rushed straight toward the creature that Hyuga Yuzuru called White Zetsu in the distance. When the White Zetsu saw her chasing after it, it let out a cry as if it were afraid, and then turned and ran away with her mother on its back.

His comrades in the Anbu hesitated and stopped in their tracks, but Izumi's consistently cold-blooded behavior within the Anbu made him stay put and choose to trust the other's judgment.

Uchiha Izumi placed her fingers in the ninja tool pouch on her leg and crushed the communication crystal hanging from the back of the Flying Thunder God kunai without hesitation.

Her lips moved silently, as if chanting, "Please don't come right over, Yuzuru..."

Just as she had hoped, despite the communication crystal being shattered, Hinata Yuzuru still did not appear by her side.

You made the right bet!

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Hyuga Yuzuru has never hidden some of his basic abilities from his friends, in order to prevent them from misjudging the situation on the battlefield due to insufficient information. This also applies to his ability to foresee the future.

This time, Uchiha Izumi used this tactic.

Hyuga Yuzuru can foresee the future, and since he suddenly crushed the communication crystal to call for help, as a powerful and rational ninja, his first reaction should have been to quickly use his future vision to confirm 'what will happen after using the Flying Thunder God Technique'.

What Uchiha Izumi was thinking was that as long as Hyuga Yuzuru appeared immediately after crushing the crystal, she would tell him all her concerns and worries, including the terrifying idea that he might be monitoring the Anbu's movements and might kill her at any time.

This kind of future is something that Hyuga Yuzuru will undoubtedly see.

If the other party uses future vision to 'see the scene of their conversation,' they will definitely use future vision to observe the situation first.

Furthermore, Hyuga Yuzuru will definitely use his Byakugan to quickly assess the surrounding situation, determine if the enemy is monitoring the area, and then devise a plan...

Help yourself.

How infuriating... He's already tried so hard... he really wanted to be a great partner and friend...

Why is it still so useless?!

Uchiha Izumi's teeth were clenched tightly, even making a low clicking sound.

White Zetsu wasn't fast on land; she caught up with him before he even left the village, her katana pointed horizontally at his face.

"Let go of my hand!"

But the white Zetsu let out a strange cry: "Whoa! This isn't what I wanted to do! Look at my hands, look at my hands!"

The fact that he was gripping his mother's neck so tightly had already made Izumi Uchiha's eyes seethe with murderous intent. Seeing him baring his teeth and claws and trying to squeeze harder, Izumi, worried, suddenly slashed out with her sword.

Bai Jue let out a howl and actually used the woman in his arms to block the knife. With his mother's panicked face on his back, Quan's breathing became slightly rapid.

"What exactly do you want to do?!"

Where's Obito Uchiha?!

Where is he?!

White Zetsu let out a strange laugh: "Right here! Right here!"

"Your dad's here too! He's here too!"

He actually started laughing again, and this crazy way of speaking only made Quan's anger even more uncontrollable.

Without saying a word, she pointed the knife at the other person: "Hurry up!"

The White Zetsu let out a sound of fear, but at this moment, the White Zetsu's face was neither human nor inhuman, so the expression it made looked more like mockery.

He hoisted the woman onto his shoulder, turned and continued running, while Quan patiently followed behind, looking at his mother who was now unable to speak due to the jolting, feeling both anxious and worried.

What if they... are already dead!?

If the mother and father...

No, that can't be true.

Izumi took a deep breath and firmly told himself: Yuzuru's judgment must be correct. The other party went through all sorts of trouble to capture his parents, and it certainly wasn't just to turn them into worthless...dead people.

Her fair fingers gripped the hilt of the knife tightly, watching Bai Jue's unhurried movements, her eyes already bloodshot with resentment.

Bai Jue led her further and further away until they were far from the arena and reached a secluded deep forest, where they finally stopped.

"I'm back! I'm back!"

He yelled and screamed, and when Uchiha Izumi looked up, she saw two figures standing on the treetops not far away, and her eyes flashed with cold hatred.

"Obito Uchiha! What exactly do you want to do!?"

Uchiha Izumi drew her sword and pointed it angrily at Uchiha Obito.

But Obito Uchiha, perched on a treetop, raised an eyebrow.

"Huh? You're all alone?"

Uchiha Izumi's fingers twitched slightly. Even she was a little worried because Hyuga Yuzuru hadn't appeared for so long—had he really seen the future and made a judgment, or had he failed to notice that his communication crystal had been crushed for some reason?

However, Izumi Uchiha also realized the enemy's purpose.

It's probably not her.

It was for Hyuga Yuzuru.

This unexpectedly made her feel conflicted, and for a moment, she even hoped that her communication crystal had really failed.

In this way... Obito Uchiha's conspiracy will be meaningless!

Obito squinted as he surveyed his surroundings, while White Zetsu chattered away, reporting the news. He pondered for a moment, then let out a cold laugh.

"But it doesn't matter anyway."

It seems that the Fifth Hokage isn't as loyal and righteous as I thought.

If the seduction fails, so be it.

With Pain's power, there's no way he could have failed.

That guy's Rinnegan... it's a true eye of God!

The thought that he wouldn't have to face Hyuga Yuzuru brought a sense of relief to Obito Uchiha's heart, and an amused smile appeared on his face: "Obito Uchiha? It seems like all of a sudden, my name has become a household name."

For Obito, who had always endured humiliation and tried to become the mastermind of the ninja world, the feeling of having his disguise peeled away layer by layer to reveal his true self was not pleasant.

But if it's this guy in front of me, then it doesn't matter.

He glanced at Danzo, who was silent beside him. Danzo was standing on the treetop with his eyes closed. If he weren't still breathing, Danzo would have thought Danzo was dead.

Since arriving here, Danzo has not uttered a single word, nor has he moved an inch. His strange behavior made Obito secretly wary.

So be it.

Perfect. This way, the girl in front of them and the hypocritical Fifth Hokage can see the true nature of the ninja world—that no one in this world can protect what they love. Only death, war, and slaughter will continue to repeat themselves, and countless tragedies will follow one after another.

The only way is to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Only in that purest world.

Only then can everyone feel happiness!

I...

A complex look flashed across Obito Uchiha's eyes, as if he were recalling the conversations he had with Izumi back then. Every time he heard her presumptuously trying to protect her family and loved ones with her own power, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

You can't protect anything!

"I...

I want to see your current magnanimity.

As soon as Obito Uchiha finished speaking, Izumi Uchiha could no longer suppress his killing intent and drew his sword.

The sharp blade flashed past, and Obito Uchiha fell into a state of nothingness. His other hand suddenly stabbed towards Izumi Uchiha's heart. Despite facing the opponent's suddenly intangible body, Izumi Uchiha remained calm and showed no panic. She leaned down and stepped on a tree trunk beside her. In the instant they separated, she actually used her other hand to form a hand seal while still holding the katana.

"Uchiha-style swordsmanship: Dance of Fire!"

Sparks flew as Izumi, like a ballerina leaping through the air, drew three rings of fire with her katana and slashed around her entire body. Using the firelight, she retreated three times, looking at the unharmed Uchiha Obito, and simply bit the hilt of her katana: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

As a shadow clone appeared beside him, two figures wielding long swords charged towards Obito from the left and right.

Danzo still didn't make a move. He stood on the treetop, gazing indifferently at the sky, as if waiting for some destined moment.

Obito Uchiha said with great interest, "A ninjutsu that can form hand seals with one hand... Did you create this sword technique yourself? It's very interesting."

"die!"

Uchiha Izumi seemed to have been provoked into anger. She formed hand seals, and a fire dragon burst forth. Uchiha Obito simply stood calmly in place, showing off his Kamui to his heart's content.

This is his usual practice.

As the fire dragon passed through his body, Uchiha Izumi's main body and shadow clones attacked together.

"Oh? A tactic of using the time difference to prevent me from retaliating during the gaps in your attack?"

Obito keenly sensed that Izumi Uchiha and her shadow clones deliberately staggered their attacks to ensure that once he entered Kamui, he would be unable to recover due to another attack from the opponent and would absolutely be unable to deactivate his Hollowfication before the opponent's attack stopped.

only...

How could my martial arts skills be inferior to yours?

Two cold glints flashed in Obito's hands as he gripped two kunai in his palms. He fought Uchiha Izumi with taijutsu, the clanging of metal against metal echoing incessantly, yet he remained completely at ease.

Is this all there is to it?

His tone was mocking.

Uchiha Izumi's expression remained unchanged, her short hair fluttering as she cleaved open her katana with a sudden slash.

Uchiha-ryu Sword Technique: Dance of the Wind!

The katana stirred up a gust of wind, and before Obito could even praise the opponent for being able to integrate wind jutsu into swordsmanship, the next moment, another shadow clone's sword, strangely burning with flames, drifted in from behind.

Uchiha-ryu swordsmanship: Dance of Wind and Fire!

The moment the wind and fire came into contact, it was not simply a matter of the wind fanning the flames. The wind seemed to be given life under the heat wave, and suddenly formed a violent tornado on the spot. The fire tornado covered Obito, while Uchiha Izumi took the opportunity to retreat again and form hand seals.

"Multiple Shuriken!"

The shuriken transformed into a vast sea of ​​blades the moment it was thrown, the explosive tags flashing at their ends leaving onlookers speechless, yet Obito simply watched her leisurely amidst the flames.

You can't hit me!

He seemed to be saying that.

He strolled out of the sea of ​​fire as if walking through a garden. Facing the overwhelming kunai, he simply opened his arms and let the explosive tags explode into a ball. He just tilted his head and asked, "Is there anything new?"

If not...