Chapter 228: The Demise of Obito

The explosion was earth-shattering.

The colossal energy unleashed by three hundred billion explosive tags was akin to a magnitude ten earthquake, shaking the entire island, causing boulders to tumble and trees to fall, with cracks appearing all over the ground.

The deafening roar of the explosion could even be heard over a hundred kilometers away on the surface of the sea.

Inside the massive paper tree,

"Has Konan-sensei made her move?"

Naruto and his companions, despite the thick trunk between them, still heard the deafening roar of the explosion. The ground beneath their feet trembled incessantly, causing them to stumble.

Fortunately, although they were not far from the epicenter of the explosion, under the protection of the paper tree, the trio remained unharmed.

Outside the Whirlpool Village,

"What a grand fireworks display."

Kisame watched the continuous explosions from afar, his dead fish eyes widened in astonishment, his face full of surprise, and his heart full of dread.

He was thankful for not entering the Whirlpool Village; otherwise, his fate would probably be the same as those from the four major ninja villages, reduced to ashes.

"Konan indeed is a terrifying woman."

Kakuzu remarked from beside him.

A woman who had been accompanying Pain for years could never be mediocre.

Deidara emerged from the ground, casually saying, "However, Obito should be alright, right?"

It was well known that Obito's Kamui could negate all attacks, even if the scale of the explosion was ten times larger, it wouldn't harm him.

"That's true."

Kisame and Kakuzu both nodded in agreement.

However,

Despite the trio's full confidence in Obito, the man at the epicenter of the explosion was not having an easy time.

Boom, boom, boom.

Explosive tags blossomed into brilliant fireworks, passing through Obito's body continuously, forcing him to maintain his intangible state.

Obito was a bit panicked.

He hadn't expected Konan to figure out his weakness and counter his Kamui in such a manner.

Yes.

Each time he made himself intangible, it could last for a maximum of five minutes. Whether he could endure until the explosion ceased was uncertain to Obito.

Ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, three minutes.

Time ticked away second by second.

It's diminishing.

Obito suddenly realized that the number of explosive tags around him was rapidly decreasing. The grand explosion meticulously prepared by Konan seemed to be losing its momentum.

And at this moment, not even four minutes had passed.

Phew~

Obito couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, gradually letting his guard down, his face showing a hint of joy.

In contrast, Konan's face grew more and more solemn.

She had spent an entire winter, exhausted all her chakra, and did her utmost to create three hundred billion explosive tags, yet it still wasn't enough to kill Obito.

Was Kamui truly invincible?

Whoosh.

Realizing her failure, Konan, without any hesitation, soared into the sky with her paper wings and fled.

"Do you think you can escape?"

Watching Konan's retreating figure, Obito sneered disdainfully. The moment the explosion ceased, he would immediately chase after her, ensuring that Konan wouldn't escape, even if she had wings.

But in the next second, the smile on Obito's face froze.

Then, his expression gradually twisted, turning into horror, disbelief, mixed with intense pain.

A moment later,

"Uchiha Dan..."

With great difficulty, Obito squeezed a name from his throat, and then with a "crack" sound, like a piece of glass being shattered, he turned into countless fragments.

In the barren and gloomy Kamui dimension,

Over the past few minutes, after activating Kamui to become intangible, Obito had transported himself to this dimension, standing motionless in one spot.

And at this moment,

Shh!

A strong and powerful hand, sharp as a ninja blade, fiercely stabbed from behind Obito, accurately and ruthlessly piercing through his heart.

At this time, the only person who could appear here and execute this Black Tiger Heart Plucking technique was one individual.

Uchiha Dan.

Dan had arrived at the Whirlpool Village almost simultaneously with Obito.

However, he didn't reveal himself immediately but hid in the shadows, witnessing the entire fireworks display meticulously orchestrated by Konan.

The moment the explosion began, when Obito used Kamui to make himself intangible,

Dan also entered the Kamui dimension immediately, and began sensing and searching for Obito's location.

Four minutes.

It was enough time for Dan to find Obito's real body.

Then, facing the utterly unguarded Obito, he launched his ambush without hesitation.

Drip, drip.

Dan's arm pierced through Obito's body, his hand smeared with the latter's blood, dropping bit by bit onto the ground, seeping into the dark soil.

Obito, stiffly and slowly, turned his head and indeed saw Uchiha Dan's emotionless face.

"Heh, cough..."

He let out a bitter smile, coughing up a mouthful of fresh blood, and threw a phrase at Uchiha Dan:

"I'll be waiting for you in hell."

Dan shook his head, calmly and confidently stating, "Then you'll be disappointed, for I shall live forever."

As his words fell,

Whoosh.

The pattern of the Taiji Yin-Yang fish emerged in Dan's eyes, unleashing a powerful eye technique impact towards Obito.

Genjutsu: Heavenly Evil Spirit activated.

Obito's gaze became dull, his thoughts frozen.

This time, Dan stole all memories of Nohara Rin from Obito's mind.

The Heavenly Evil Spirit genjutsu directly affected the soul, so even in death, the effect of the technique wouldn't fade.

When his soul reached the Pure Land, throughout the long years to come, his mind would remain empty, never able to recall the name Nohara Rin.

This, compared to physical destruction, was the real punishment.

In the last moments before death,

Obito came to his senses, his face showing a bewildered expression.

He remembered that his lifelong struggle was to destroy this ugly and meaningless Shinobi world, to create a beautiful new world.

For this, he had walked a lonely and dark path without hesitation.

But at this moment, Obito realized that the world he wanted to create seemed to lack something crucial.

He just couldn't remember.

What Obito could recall was only the evil he had done in the past.

Assuming the identity of Uchiha Madara to become the mastermind behind Akatsuki, turning this young organization with a mission of peace into a terror group plaguing the Shinobi world;

Manipulating the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, transforming Kirigakure into the Bloody Mist, causing the massacre of countless Kirigakure shinobi and villagers;

Manipulating the Nine-Tails to attack Konohagakure, causing the death of numerous villagers, as well as his master and mistress.

And so much more…

Why?

He had justified doing so many bad things, there must have been a compelling reason, why couldn't he remember?

The more Obito thought, the more terrified and panicked he became, his heart no longer able to maintain the calm state it had in the past.

All these years, and only at the brink of death,

Did he for the first time realize, he was an... irredeemable villain.

Uchiha Obito, having done such beastly deeds, what kind of world were you trying to create?

Obito asked himself in his heart, but could never find an answer, eventually breaking down mentally.

Tears slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"I enjoy seeing you die like this."

Dan slightly smiled, withdrew his arm, and Obito fell accordingly.

Then, Dan's blood-stained fingers reached into Obito's eye socket, gouging out his right eye.

Now, he had collected both Mangekyō Sharingan eyes.

A minute later.

Whoosh.

With a whirlpool-like spatial fluctuation, Dan appeared at the ruins of Uzushiogakure.

Looking around, nothing remained, only a massive crater created by three hundred billion explosive tags, with a diameter reaching several hundred meters.

"Tsk tsk."

Dan admired Konan's handiwork, realizing she had long fled.

Just then,

"Roar!"

A thunderous roar echoed from not far outside the village, accompanied by a massive surge of chakra soaring into the sky.

Dan vanished from the spot in a flash.

Outside the village,

"What happened to this guy?"

Kisame and Kakuzu faced the suddenly berserk Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Roshi, hastily dodging with faces full of astonishment.

They both thought Obito would be fine, but after the explosion ended, Obito didn't show up, instead, Roshi lost control.

This led the two to a rather unpleasant thought.

Could it be…

"Obito is dead!"

Kakuzu let out a trembling wail, voicing the thought in Kisame and Kakuzu's minds, "The Four-Tails Jinchūriki broke free from the control of the Mangekyō Sharingan, the mental disturbance caused the rampage!"

As his words fell, Kakuzu suddenly looked panicked, vanishing into the ground.

Huh?

Kisame and Kakuzu turned to see a tall, robust man slowly approaching them.

Uchiha Dan.

Seeing that figure, they finally understood how Obito had died.

The next second.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Both dashed in opposite directions, fleeing without looking back in sheer panic.

"Roar!"

Perhaps sensing Dan's threat, the Four-Tails Son Goku within Roshi could no longer be suppressed. After a furious roar, it revealed itself entirely.

It was a colossal, muscular red ape, pounding its chest fiercely with both fists, roaring at Dan, flaunting its strength.

Dan's face remained as calm as water, his gaze fixed on Son Goku's head.

The next moment,

Heaven's Command activated.

Whoosh.

He traversed a distance of hundreds of meters, landing atop Son Goku's head, as his Stand "The World" quietly emerged behind him.

Then,

"Muda Muda Muda Muda Muda!"

Both Dan and The World launched into action, their furious fists raining down on Son Goku's head like a torrent, instantly causing the great ape to let out a painful howl, crashing to the ground with a thunderous thud.

A thorough beating had it subdued, retracting back into Roshi's body.

Dan glanced at the unconscious Roshi, aimed his left palm at him, and casually absorbed him into the Kamui.

Half an hour later,

In a forest about ten kilometers from Uzushiogakure, Dan found a gigantic paper tree.

Entering through a gap in the paper tree, he found it empty.

Dan stood inside the paper tree, pondering for a moment.

With Nagato's Rinnegan and three Jinchūriki kids, what exactly did Konan aim to do?

It might be quite interesting.

Thinking of this,

Dan, who always enjoyed a good show, abandoned the idea of pursuing Konan further, looking forward to the day she might bring surprises to the Shinobi world.

He activated the Kamui again, disappearing from the spot.

A day later,

The events at Uzushiogakure spread throughout the entire Shinobi world, causing a huge stir within the major Shinobi villages.

Almost no one had expected,

That the One-Tail Shukaku appearing at the ruins of the Whirlpool Country was a trap meticulously set by Konan, burying over a hundred elite Jonin from the four major Shinobi villages in one fell swoop.

Among them were the Hokage's confidant "Shadow," Raikage's "Second Right Hand" Darui, Sunagakure's Jonin Captain Maki, and Tsuchikage Ohnoki's son, Kitsuchi.

Such a devastating loss infuriated the four Kage.

Soon, the four major Shinobi villages jointly issued a bounty on the Angel of Akatsuki, raising the reward to a staggering amount—100 million Ryo.

This was just for Konan alone.

If they could capture the three Jinchūriki with her, there was an additional 200 million Ryo, totaling a whopping 300 million Ryo.

For a while,

Konan's fame even surpassed the Uchiha clan, her name becoming the topic of discussion among the Shinobi of various villages during their leisure.

Meanwhile,

Upon returning to the Mountain Graveyard, Dan sought out Tsunade immediately.

"I need a favor."

He got straight to the point, taking out Obito's right eye, startling Tsunade.

"You... you slaughtered that Obito guy?" Despite her astonishment, she was quite straightforward and performed the eye transplant for Dan on the same day.

Dan stepped off the operating table, raising his right hand, revealing a crimson Sharingan in his palm.

Without a word, he walked towards Tsunade, cornering her against the wall.

"What are you doing?"

Tsunade widened her eyes, shouting angrily, instinctively throwing a punch at Dan.

However, her fist hit nothing but air.

To Tsunade's astonishment, Dan phased right through her body, continuing forward, phasing through the walls of the operating room.

This was the phasing ability of Obito's right eye.

With a pair of Kamui Sharingan, the left eye for offense and the right eye for defense, one could be nearly invincible in the Shinobi world.

In fact,

With both Kamui Sharingan, Dan could indeed be considered invincible.

Even when facing a Six Paths level opponent, like the resurrected Uchiha Madara, if he found himself outmatched, he could use the Kamui to save himself or escape.

In any case, he was now unbeatable.

Next, Dan planned to continue his Sage training, striving to master the use of natural energy as soon as possible, to activate the "Muscle Sage Mode," pushing his strength to a new pinnacle.

As spring turned to autumn, in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

The Grass Country, originally a small nation situated between the Earth and Fire Countries, served as a buffer zone, struggling to survive between the two major nations.

With the fall of the Fire Country, it "naturally" became part of the Earth Country's territory.

However, the Earth Country had no interest in such a poor place, leaving it to its own devices.

The Grass Shinobi Village was a politically corrupt, chaotic small Shinobi village within the Grass Country.

Its sole purpose was to receive and imprison criminals from major Shinobi villages in a prison known as Hōzuki Castle.

Usually, apart from the Shinobi escorting prisoners, few outsiders would come here.

But today, a strange young woman and a little boy appeared at the entrance of the Grass Shinobi Village.

It was Konan and Naruto.