61.Communicating
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Although Obito's falling motion allowed him to avoid being pierced through the heart, the sudden bright white light from the blade still left a deep wound on his body.
As he fell to the ground, he ignored the flesh wounds and swung his scythe at Kaito's ankles.
Kaito lightly jumped up, gracefully retreating to put some distance between them.
"Didn't expect that, did you?" Kaito, with his right hand, performed a flourish with his knife, flicking off the blood on the blade, and looked at Obito, who had now stood up.
"But it's too late for regrets now, my formation has already sealed the space within it," he said with a mocking smile. "Space-time abilities are indeed convenient, but for me, they are quite easy to counter."
...
Obito remained silent for a moment, just watching Kaito with a cold gaze.
Even without the space-time abilities granted by his Mangekyo Sharingan, his power was still formidable.
But clearly, Kaito was no easy opponent either.
Facing him one-on-one, Obito no longer had the assurance of an unscathed retreat.
What was more alarming was that he was being targeted so specifically.
His abilities, unknown to both Itachi and Danzo, how did Kaito come to know about them?
Could it be...
Obito recalled Kaito's earlier mention of summoning Uchiha Madara.
Suddenly, many thoughts surfaced in his heart, and his wariness towards Kaito escalated to the highest level.
This man's existence had too great an impact on his own plans!
To fulfill his promise to Rin, he must at all costs eliminate Kaito today!
"Let me handle it, Obito," Nagato's voice suddenly came from behind him.
Obito turned to look at Nagato, stubbornly emphasizing, "I am Madara!"
"Madara, let me take care of it here," Nagato casually corrected.
He had realized that Obito, without his space-time abilities, was not confident in handling Kaito.
This gave him a measure of Obito's capabilities.
As for the identity issue, as long as Obito could continue to deceive others with Madara's identity, it was undoubtedly beneficial for their plan.
With that settled, it wouldn't matter if he called him Madara, Hanako, Akemi, or Hashirama.
"Let's finish them off together, and quickly," Obito said. "This operation has already dragged on too long."
"Eh? You want to team up now?" Kaito sheathed his sword, a bit surprised. "Not going to play around a bit more, Obito?"
"Kid!" Izuna's voice, tinged with anger, came through, "I don't have the patience to keep playing these pointless games with you."
"Alright."
Kaito somewhat disinterestedly curled his lip, his dagger disappeared, and he formed hand seals, somewhat regretfully saying, "Sorry, I actually wanted to have some fun."
"Seniors, please step out and rest. From here on, I can handle it."
A white light shone on Izuna and Chiri, and then they were moved outside the formation's range.
Kaito looked at Obito and Nagato, continuing, "Izuna-senpai has grown impatient. Let's make this quick!"
"Shut up!"
Obito placed the fan back on his back and rapidly formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Hot flames burst from his mouth, forming a giant fireball that hurtled towards Kaito, leaving a scorched trail on the ground.
At the same time, Nagato also made his move.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...
Asura Path's wrists fired several missiles trailing flames.
Faced with the pincer attack, Kaito did not move to dodge but formed hand seals again.
"Five Elements Guard!"
Five small pillars of light burst from the ground around him.
Red, green, yellow, brown, blue, representing the five basic elements of the world—fire, wind, lightning, earth, water—consistent with the larger pillars of the Five Elements Sealing Barrier.
The small pillars quickly formed a small pentagram formation around him, raising a barrier that successfully blocked the explosions of the Great Fireball Technique and the missiles.
At that moment, Heavenly Path Pain slowly rose into the air, stretching out his palm towards Kaito.
"Pay the price for offending a god, Shinra Tensei!"
A massive repulsive force collided with the barrier protecting Kaito, raising a cloud of dust.
Due to the need to maintain the large Five Elements Sealing Barrier, Kaito had not summoned much of the Five Elements' power.
Soon, a crisp cracking sound followed, and as Nagato exerted full force, the Five Elements Guard barrier was shattered.
"Bansho Ten'in!"
An invisible force of attraction appeared, acting on Kaito's body, trying to pull him towards Pain.
Kaito's body swayed, his aura surged, temporarily resisting the pull of the force.
He closed his eyes, his clear voice rising.
"Hidden deep within the earth, the pulse of the planet, the stream of life's source, appear now, I beseech thy protection, swiftly as the law!"
As Kaito chanted, the sound of tides came from deep within the earth.
Golden light seeped from the ground, gathering at his feet.
A mist-like soft light flowed slowly, enveloping him gently like a light veil, effortlessly neutralizing the gravitational pull emitted by Pain.
Until Kaito was entirely bathed in gold, the air around him suddenly vibrated.
Hum!
The vibration quickly spread, instantly expanding to the entire range of the formation.
Simultaneously, both Nagato and Obito felt their bodies heavily sink as the gravity within the formation suddenly increased several times.
Pain began to destabilize in mid-air, as if invisible hands from the earth were pulling him down, forcing him to descend.
Obito and Asura Path on the ground also found it difficult to stand for a moment.
Kaito opened his eyes, his pentagram slowly rotating in his eyes, looking towards Obito and Nagato.
"To tell you the truth, having communicated with the dragon veins, I've gained the power granted by the earth to freely control the gravity of this place," he said with a smile, spreading his hands as if he held the winning ticket, "So, how will you respond?"
As he spoke, the gravity inside the formation increased again.
Creak, creak...
Nagato's device and Asura Path, due to the abundance of metal, began to emit sounds of being overwhelmed.
Nagato's frail body also began to face collapse, he commanded Heavenly Path to block in front of him, bursting forth with Shinra Tensei again.
Although this temporarily countered the effects of gravity, Shinra Tensei could not be maintained indefinitely.
Another solution must be found.
Under the pressure of gravity, Obito was forced to crouch, his hands trembling as he struggled to form hand seals.
"Wood Release: Piercing Branch Technique!"
Countless branches drilled out from the mud beneath his feet, continuously growing new branches. The dense, sharp branches quickly pierced towards Kaito.