Chapter – 529 I am… Uchiha Madara

"I must say, Amatsukami Organization sure is fascinating and the members of your organization are quite self-confident… despite the condition you are in, you still believe that you can turn the situation around?" Obito said with a slight smile as he slowly walked towards Fujin step-by-step.

"Cough-cough… *puke*" Fujin was continuously coughing out blood and struggled to back away.

It's just that this Fujin Clone has already reached its limit, all four limbs are already numb and unresponsive, and there are also a lot of fractures in the body's skeletal structure, therefore, the speed of retreat is much slower compared to Obito's.

Seeing this scene, Obito had more confidence in the situation, and said, "After getting rid of you here, I can also breathe a sigh of relief…"

Although Obito is constantly walking towards Fujin, he has not dropped his vigilance, he has experienced a similar situation before against Homusubi of Amatsukami, therefore, Obito is extremely cautious and has been constantly observing Fujin's state to make sure that the 'Fujin' in front of him is really the 'real' Fujin, not a Clone or some kind of trap like the last time.

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On the other side.

Seeing that Fujin has basically lost even his basic ability to move, Kurenai, who had just crawled out of the pit was really worried, after a bit of deliberation, she made up her mind and decided to rush there in order to assist him in any way possible.

Kurenai also knows that even if she rushed there to assist Fujin, she would actually be of no use, given her meagre strength, at best she would be a momentary distraction for 'Tobi' and immediately die at his hands, despite knowing this, she could not remain indifferent and watch Fujin losing his life in front of her… after all, back when her life was in danger, Fujin did his best in order to save her… Therefore, Kurenai must do what she can, even if it costs her, her life.

But just when Kurenai was about to rush there, Kuroto (Shadow Clone) appeared beside her, pressed his hands on her shoulder, and whispered, "Don't rush there without a plan… beside, even if you go there, it wouldn't of much help."

Kurenai was irritated, "So, what do you mean, should I just watch him die and do nothing, after all, he has done for us?"

Kakashi on the side coughed slightly, and said, "Cough… I agree he has done so much for us, and protected Konoha against such dangerous adversaries, no matter what his identity, we Konoha Shinobi wouldn't just stand by and watch him get killed… But, rushing there without a plan is not a good idea… Leave this job to me and my subordinates… we have trained specifically to fight against 'Tobi'…!"

Kakashi has long seen that Kurenai and Fujin seem to know each other, and their relationship is more than just acquaintances… Kakashi doesn't know about Fujin's thoughts, but he can see that Kurenai seems to have unusual affection towards Fujin, so he understands that now that Fujin's life is in danger, Kurenai is really worried.

Therefore, Kakashi didn't try to argue with her or stop Kurenai, instead, he took the job of rescuing Fujin upon himself and his tactical team who have trained specifically to fight against 'Tobi' fellow.

Listening to Kakashi's words, Kuroto (Shadow Clone) was speechless, and couldn't find a suitable reason to stop Kakashi.

On the other hand, Kurenai bit her lip in unwillingness, and said, "I have never hated my incompetence like I do today…!"

Kakashi turned his gaze towards 'Tobi' in the distance, and said, "Don't be discouraged so early, we are still young… and as long as we are willing to work hard we would be able to become strong just like them… but to be able to do so, we need time, therefore, we must survive tonight… not only for our individual objectives but also for those who have died protecting us… this is our responsibility, therefore, we must not carelessly throw away our lives!"

After speaking so, Kakashi made a gesture towards his subordinates of the special tactical team, and immediately, three Konoha Shinobi, each one holding a special Kunai marked with the Flying Raijin Seal appeared around Kakashi.

Each of the three of them had a firm expression and they are determined to kill 'Tobi' tonight, after all, Kakashi's Special tactical Team was created with the purpose of getting rid of the treat named 'Tobi'.

To complete this objective, Sandaime Hokage went as far as to break the traditional norms of the village, and regardless of contribution or merit, as long as a Shinobi showed sufficient talent in time and space Jutsu, he was made eligible to learn Flying Raijin Jutsu and become part of the Special Tactical Force.

It was also this bold move Sandaime-sama that three Shinobi excluding Hatake Kakashi managed to learn Flying Raijin Jutsu among the nearly 10,000 Shinobi in Konoha Village.

Of course, these three Shinobi are not, the three members of the Hokage Guard Platoon who were taught the Flying Raijin Jutsu by Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato, these three are different, and managed to grasp Flying Raijin Jutsu to some degree.

However, the problem is that the training time has only been a few months, and also because their talent is not as good as Namikaze Minato, so even Kakashi has barely mastered Flying Raijin Jutsu to the level of intermediate mastery… far from reaching the level of proficiency of Yondaime Hokage or Nidaime Hokage.

Of course, Sandaime is confident that as long as they are given enough time, these four, especially Kakashi will be able to master Flying Raijin to a very high level of proficiency… But, then again, they don't have enough time on their hands.

Now that Fujin's life is in danger, they have to take action against 'Tobi' in order to protect Fujin.

Kakashi knows that if Fujin were to die while protecting Konoha and the Konoha Shinobi did nothing to protect him, there's no telling how will Amatsukami respond to this…

One Akatsuki Organization is already more than what Konoha can handle if Amatsukami also declared enmity on Konoha because of this reason, then the village will be done for… so, whether it is for Kurenai's sake, or for Konoha's sake, Kakashi's special tactical force must take action against Tobi and protect Fujin.

Of course, Kakashi didn't bother to explain the ins and outs of this matter to the others, and after just a brief nod towards Kuroto (Shadow Clone), he rushed towards 'Tobi'.

The brief nod of Kakashi towards Kuroto simply meant, 'My team will distract 'Tobi', in the meantime, your team will rescue Fujin.'

Kuroto understood what Kakashi meant… and nodded towards him. Whether he will rescue Fujin, or allow the rescue of Fujin is something only he knows.

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Back to the Battlefield

Whiish Whiish Whiish Whiish

With the sound of cutting through the wind, several special Kunai marked with the Flying Raijin Seal were shot towards 'Tobi' blocking his route towards Fujin.

Tobi obviously did not care, in fact, he had a mocking grin under his mask, and allowed the four Kunai to phase through his body.

As Fujin noticed Kakashi's Special Tactical Team coming to the battlefield to interfere with his plan, he can't help but curse inwardly, 'Kakashi, you idiot… what the hell are you doing!? Don't get in the way, or else the carefully laid plan will result in failure! And what the hell is my Shadow Clone doing not stopping Kakashi?!'

Although Fujin thought so, he didn't bother to speak anything and continued to back away while enduring the pain and discomfort… the objective is obviously to bring Obito in the perfect range where his back will be facing Itachi's side.

Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh

And while Fujin was backing away, several silhouettes appeared around 'Tobi' at the position where the Flying Raijin Kunai were placed and surrounded Tobi in a three-sided siege formation.

At normal times, 'Tobi' wouldn't mind playing with them, but currently, he has a much more important objective of catching Fujin, so he didn't bother to waste his time.

Using perfect opportunity he quickly deactivated intangibility.

The moment he activated intangibility, he used his long-distance Kamui to transfer half of a Shinobi's body into the Kamui dimension, at the same time, he also used Short Range Kamui to rain down Shurikens on another Konoha Shinobi… and 'Tobi' didn't stop there, while the two Konoha Shinobi were resolved using Kamui, he also weaved hand signs, and instantly tree roots appeared out of the ground at the foot of the third Shinobi, entangled his body and started sucking away his life force at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chiiirp…

While the three members of Kakashi's Special tactical force were killed by 'Tobi' in a flash, one of the Kunai marked with a Flying Raijin seal exploded into white smoke, and immediately, a sharp piercing sound of thousands of birds singing resounded behind 'Tobi'.

Before the attack even came, 'Tobi' seems to have already predicted it and entered an intangible state causing Kakashi, who was using a sneak attack from behind him to phase right through him, and the moment Kakashi phased through him, 'Tobi' used 'Wood Style: Cutting Technique' on Kakashi which resulted in two sharp wooden Spikes to penetrate Kakashi's body, as a result decapacitating him in a single move, then 'Tobi' again entered the intangible state.

Seeing that Kakashi's Special tactical Team was dealt with such speed and fineness, even Fujin took a cold breath and can't help but admire, 'Obito seems to have improved his combat skills…'

In the previous short battle that only lasted for four moves, 'Tobi' used a perfect combination of all of his attacks to easily resolve the enemies without giving them an opportunity to fight back… there were no wasted movements, and each attack dealt with an enemy in the perfect sense… The tactics especially were wonderful, and even Fujin couldn't have dealt in a better way, therefore, even he had to admire Obito.

Of course, admiration is another thing, this doesn't change Fujin's plan against Obito…

On the other hand, Kakashi, who had fallen to the ground with two wooden spikes piercing him, clutched his stomach and asked 'Tobi' a question that has been eating away at his heart for the past few months, "Answer me… who are you?"

The moment, Kakashi asked this question, the attention of all the surrounding shinobi was focused on 'Tobi', waiting for his answer.

Seeing Kakashi's serious face, and the attention of all the surrounding Shinobi upon him, 'Tobi' obviously hesitated, a little, but after a short pause, he replied, "Since you are so eager to know my identity… then I shall answer your question… I am… Uchiha Madara!"

Silence!

The moment, 'Tobi' stated that his identity is Uchiha Madara, a pin-drop silence covered the battlefield.

"Uchiha… Madara?!" – Kakashi murmured in shock, then shook his head, "it's impossible… he died in the battle of the Valley of the End… and even if he didn't die back then and survived somehow, his age should be more than 80 years old… you can't be Uchiha Madara… answer me, who are you?"

'Madara' stood still and stared at Kakashi with a gloomy expression, and after a long silence, he said in a fierce tone, "Humph… an ignorant fool who doesn't understand anything and is bound by this fake reality… I am Uchiha Madara, whether you believe it or not… Now, just lie down there and don't get in the way, 'trash' like you don't even have the right to die in my hands…!"

"You…!" – Kakashi didn't know what to say in answer… indeed he is a 'trash' who couldn't even protect his companion… therefore, he really didn't have any way to refute Madara's words.

Seeing Kakashi's silence, 'Madara' no longer paid any attention to Kakashi and stepped towards Fujin.

Seeing that Obito was in an intangible state, Fujin mustered up all his strength, and tremblingly stood up from the ground while holding a Grey Bone Blade in his hands, and rushed towards him.

Obito did no action in defence, just allowed Fujin to phase right through him, then immediately turned around, deactivated the Intangibility, and used the 'Wood Style: Cutting Technique!' on him to deal with him in the same manner as he dealt with Kakashi a few seconds ago, then instantly activated the Intangibility.

The Sharp Wooden Spikes fired by Obito rushed towards Fujin at an incredibly fast speed.

'Wood Style: Cutting Technique!' is a very dangerous Mokuton Jutsu, once these Wooden Spikes pierce the body of a target, the user can continue to inject Chakra into the Wooden Spike and promote the growth of the Wooden Spike inside the body of the target, this way, the Wooden Spike grow up like roots of a tree and completely destroy the internal organs on the target's body.

Because of the cruel way of killing the target, 'Wood Style: Cutting Technique!' is considered a very vicious Ninjutsu.

The Wooden spikes fired by Obito rushed towards Fujin and hit his back.

Ding Ding Ding

The moment, these Wooden spikes collided with Fujin's back, a muffled crashing sound echoed.

Obito's gaze condensed on Fujin's back, and he discovered that just before the Wooden Spikes were about to pierce Fujin, a layer of hard and dense bone had covered his back and protected him from the Wooden Spikes.

But perhaps that was the last resistance of Fujin because immediately after, Fujin whose back was hit with high momentum vomited out more blood and collapsed on the ground. He didn't even have the strength and consciousness to turn back his head, and his back was completely exposed to Obito.

Of course, Obito was not happy, instead, he was very angry after seeing that his attack couldn't even injure Fujin despite Fujin's severely injured state.

Gritting his teeth, he murmured to himself, "Your periosteum can block my Mokuton Ninjutsu, but can it block my Kamui?! This will be the end of this farce!"

After making up his mind, Obito cautiously withdrew from the intangible state and activated the long-distance Kammui on Fujin.

Immediately, a spiralling whirl appeared on Fujin's back.

The spiralling whirl expanded rapidly and started to swallow Fujin's body inside the Kamui dimension.

Seeing that half of Fujin's body has already been distorted, Obito was relieved, "It's finally over… I caught him!"

Boom… Whiish!

Just as Fujin was being sucked inside the Kamui dimension, suddenly, a flaming red sword emerged from the forest not far away and immediately stabbed Obito's body and instantly paralyzed him.

Fujin, whose body was being sucked inside the Kamui dimension reluctantly turned around and waved his hand towards Obito with a chuckle, "Hahaha… goodbye… now spent the rest of your life in drunken dreams!"

But Fujin's chuckle soon solidified, because he found that not only Obito was being sucked inside the Gourd of Sword of Totsuka, but even he–whose chakra was half connected with Obito–because of Kamui was also paralyzed and was quickly sucked inside the Gourd of Sword of Totsuka, and sealed in it.

"What the…?!"

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