Chapter 20: Itachi is My Precious Family

There's no mistake.

Three years ago, after Itachi became a Genin, he and his teammates were assigned to an escort mission. On the way, they encountered this masked man.

At that time.

To protect Itachi, his teammate Tenma was brutally killed by the masked man, which triggered Itachi's awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

What was strange was...

The masked man killed everyone present, but he spared Itachi alone.

Was it because they were both Uchihas?

"Don't be nervous, Itachi. Thanks to me, you were able to awaken the Sharingan and gain the title of a genius, right?"

Obito, looking at Itachi's Sharingan, teased, "In a way, you should be thanking me."

"I would rather not have these eyes."

Itachi tried to speak calmly, unknowingly clenching his fists.

Why?

He had lost a cherished companion, yet the murderer, the masked man, claimed to be helping him. His father was only concerned with congratulating him on awakening the Sharingan, as if Tenma's life was worthless in their eyes.

"These eyes chose you because you are an Uchiha."

Obito saw the anger in Itachi's heart and opened his arms to him, "Accept the real you, Itachi. You and I could become good friends."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Whoosh.

The Mangekyou Sharingan under Obito's mask spun violently, finally turning into a triangular pinwheel pattern.

Under the gaze of this eye.

Itachi shuddered, his body enveloped in fear, frozen in place, just like three years ago.

He thought he had grown a lot, but it was still far from enough.

Move.

Itachi shouted at himself in his heart, veins popping on his forehead, his nails digging into his flesh, blood flowing.

Just then.

A large hand lightly landed on Itachi's shoulder from behind.

"Masked man, Itachi is my beloved nephew. I won't let you take those who are precious to me."

Dan said, pulling Itachi back to his side as if he were a small chicken.

"Uncle."

Itachi looked up at Dan, surprised by his words, but at the same time, he felt a sense of... security.

Obito laughed.

He drew his ninja blade from his waist, pointed it at Dan, and said arrogantly:

"Uchiha Dan, it's time to continue what we didn't finish last night. Let me see your strength, see if you can please me, see if you're worth my cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Dan looked at Itachi, instructing his nephew to step aside.

To avoid getting involved.

Itachi nodded. He knew he couldn't help, but he didn't forget to remind his uncle:

"Be careful of the masked man's strange Sharingan, Uncle. He seems to be able to manipulate space in some way."

Before he could finish speaking.

Boom!

Dan had already charged out, like a high-speed train crashing into Obito.

A punch was thrown, startling even the gods.

"Ah, you're really full of energy, trying to strike first. Too bad..."

Obito stood still, allowing Dan's fist, wrapped in a fierce wind, to hit his face.

A strange scene occurred.

Dan's fist, and his entire arm, passed through Obito's body as if he were just an intangible illusion.

Bang!

Dan's punch eventually hit a large tree behind Obito.

With a loud noise, the tree, which was large enough for several people to hug and over twenty meters tall, fell with a rumble, startling a large flock of birds in the forest.

"Tsk, tsk, you're an Uchiha, but you have a strength comparable to the Senju clan. How terrifying."

Obito was surprised by Dan's strength. He said it was terrifying, but he held his ninja blade with both hands, and in a flash, he appeared behind Dan.

Fast as lightning.

A diagonal slash came down.

Dan didn't have time to turn around, but he wasn't panicked. Instead, he exerted force, instantly tightening all the muscles in his back.

Zzz.

When Obito's blade hit Dan's back, it sparked as if it had hit a bronze bell, not human flesh.

Dan had trained his body to be as hard as steel.

Especially his back, which had the most muscles and the strongest defense in his body, much harder than a turtle shell.

This slash only left a shallow white mark on Dan's back, not even breaking his skin or drawing blood.

Dan was not only uninjured.

Instead, he flexed the muscles in his back, exerted force again, and "crack" broke Obito's ninja blade.

The next second.

Without turning his head, Dan swung his arm back, causing a series of air explosions, and hit Obito's face again.

However, this attack also passed through Obito's body, hitting only a puff of air.

Obito calmly retreated a few steps, clapped his hands, and praised:

"Not bad, really not bad.

Although your speed is a bit lacking, your strength and defense are quite astonishing. To train your physical skills to this level, you're one in a million.

Uchiha Dan, I admit you have the qualifications to replace Hachidaime, and become the new leader of the radicals."

Obito's words indicated that he recognized Dan's strength and that he was qualified to be his dog.

But after the praise, he changed his tone and asked Dan skeptically, "But, have you forgotten you're an Uchiha? Where's your Sharingan? Don't tell me you haven't awakened it yet."

In the face of Obito's mockery.

Dan said nothing, pulled off his obstructive shirt, revealing his terrifying muscles.

"Roar!"

With a roar like a tiger descending the mountain, Dan pounced on Obito again. His entire arm was bulging with veins, and he threw an even stronger punch with all his strength.

The punch hadn't arrived, but the wind from it was already stirring up dust.

Obito sighed, shook his head, and said:

"Don't you understand? No matter how strong or fast your punch is, you can't hit me. Because this Mangekyou Sharingan of mine is the true power of the Uchiha."

As he spoke, the familiar scene played out again.

Dan's punch passed through Obito's body again.

And because he exerted too much force, his entire body leaned forward due to inertia, temporarily losing balance.

At this moment.

Dan's punch was exhausted.

His old strength was gone, his new strength hadn't arrived, and his whole body was vulnerable, completely exposed in front of Obito.

Obito naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity.

With a rustle.

A chain fell from his sleeve, the ends of the chain were attached to his left and right wrists, his unique weapon for combat.

Taking advantage of Dan's wide-open defense.

Whoosh.

Obito flicked his hand, using the chain to bind Dan's neck and body, restricting his movements.

The next second.

He grabbed Dan's wrist, his right eye emitted a strong wave of pupil power again, distorted space, and tried to pull the latter into the Kamui dimension.

When Obito's Kamui was activated, everyone except him would fall unconscious during the process of space transition.

If he could bring Dan into the Kamui dimension, he would become a prisoner with nowhere to escape. Then, for his freedom, he could only kneel and submit to Obito.

Otherwise, he would be locked in the Kamui dimension for a lifetime, until death.

I've won.

On the verge of victory, a smile involuntarily curled up at the corner of Obito's mouth.

But he didn't know that his opponent was waiting for this moment!