46 Neji's Plans Ruined By Someone Surprising (1)

Neji and the girls got stunned as they suddenly noticed a distinctive spatial vortex materialized right in front of them, in the open air, and then a masked man, who jumped out of it, performed a hand sign, conjuring some kind of fire while also expelling a gust of air from his only visible eye, behind the mask, in their direction, "Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!", it was combination ninjutsu made from Obito's exceptional Fire Release and his right Sharingan's vacuum-like ability.

'What on Earth is going on here? Why did Obito come here, and why is he attacking me...?', Neji was taken aback as he quickly told Kiyomi, "Kiyomi, we're still escaping this, don't stop with your ability!", This situation was completely out of Neji's consideration before, so, he suddenly dodged the incoming attack with his and Kiyomi's far above light speed. He still wanted to try and avoid this conflict. He got what he wanted already, he was about to be powered up, and he didn't need this. Neji's current speed was above light speed, not to mention with Kiyomi's speed amplification too.

However, Neji was surprised to find that Obito's eye started rapidly moving around now, seemingly keeping up with his speed. Then Obito calculated something and teleported in front of the position where Neji was about to move through and launched the same ninjutsu attack. Obito's Kamui speed was even faster than light. No, it was not even a matter of speed, it was straight teleportation. Obito just needed great reaction speed to use it, and he had that. Therefore, it was a clash of Neji's whole body speed with just Obito's reaction speed. It was clear that he had an advantage in that contest.

Obito was obviously using a less amount of chakra in order to deal with Neji, who had turned the Tenseigan Chakra Mode. Neji's face turned serious, he wasn't liking this unexpected turn of events, 'I need to forget about escaping, turn off my Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and fight him in another way. And those Konoha had already arrived now below. Damn Obito, why did you do this!?', Neji cursed, 'And also, was he always this quick? I didn't expect him to keep up so well with this chakra mode!'

'But, what do you think? That Konoha will fight together with you? They will just watch this from the sidelines. And I personally am stronger than you, not to mention the three of us together. Even if we're at half of our strength, you don't stand a chance!', Neji's face was angered and he finally stopped the strange stalemate once they were outside the village, in the nearby forest, "Kiyomi, Karin, prepare to fight this person!", They descended upon the nearby mountain and he turned off his Tenseigan Chakra Mode in order to save some of his stamina and use it in that new partial way, 'Yes, those are Tsunade, Jiraiya, Guy-sensei and Kakashi...', Neji could also sense them inside this close distances, with his own Senju cells, not to mention that he knew their chakra signatures well.

Obito appeared in front of them in the next second as well. He was wearing his recognizable orange mask full of swirls, and the Akatsuki cloak, his voice was hoarse, "Neji Hyuga, we finally meet! You're full of surprises. One Uzumaki clan survivor with the fabled Wood Release and another Mangekyo Sharingan user, of the massacred Uchiha clan, who also appears to be infused with Senju cells inside. You're the greatest threat to me, Madara Uchiha, and my organization, the Akatsuki, indeed...", Obito looked at them while first frowning behind his mask, then he turned murderous.

Previously White Zetsu clones relied on the information about the appearance of Neji Hyuga in the Konoha, all the way to one of his hideouts, where he and the main Zetsu body were located. Obito was immediately grabbed in and left to spectate that. He was especially confident in doing that because of the recent return of his other eye. He was also curious about the two people besides Neji he was also informed of. He then finally got there at the moment when they ended the Hyuga patriarch and he caught a few things regarding their abilities. He knew that the only way to catch them then was to immediately act and he did that. He was also aware of their chakra levels vaguely.

He needed to act because, at that time, he finally considered Neji to be the biggest hindrance to his plans for the future. And unlike before, he now had absolute confidence in dealing with him there. He knew that anyone who can successfully transplant Senju cells like that, even better than Madara could, and who could gather two such strong subordinates was an end-game opponent for him who fortunately he got a chance to now kill preemptively. Black Zetsu also strongly urged him too.

He was also highly competitive now after getting that kind of power sensation after getting back his other eye, 'If everything goes back, I could even steal his subordinates now...', Obito grinned inside while looking at Karin and Kiyomi who now looked like they were prepared for battle seriously after Neji whispered something quietly to their ears. Konoha's four powerhouses were also hidden near.

Neji and Kiyomi now couldn't take any life force away from Karin by biting her, because she wasn't as useless nowadays as she used to be. She was currently also a formidable fighter of their team who needed that energy herself. Karin suddenly whispered something back to Neji who opened his eyes a bit in shock. She analyzed Obito's chakra aura with Kaguya's Mind Eye extensively just now, even further than him. And the information he received was totally conflicted with his previous life's.

This Obito seemed much stronger. She also mentioned how his soul powers were exceptionally huge. Kiyomi also realized that he had Mangekyo Sharingan at this time as well and asked loudly, "Who are you? Why do you have the Mangekyo Sharingan?", She asked after taking a closer look.

Neji thought about something while Kiyomi asked him that question. Neji was sure that Obito wanted to kill him, and he knew that it was best to wait for them all to recover their chakra back a little. They all now had those magical-like Senju regenerative cells and it was a matter of tens of minutes before their reserves got decently recovered. That's what Neji whispered to them. He wanted to drag this on if he couldn't defeat Obito right away because he was somehow stronger than he previously thought. That seemed to be also the reason why he decided to attack him in the first place. That was why Neji didn't calculate Obito's interruption before. He didn't factor in that.

That was also why Neji now let Kiyomi question Obito. It was in an effort to buy some time. He previously told them a little about Obito's abilities. It was just that he told them that he figured it out at this moment today, 'Wait, did he get that eye back from Kakashi? But when..? This is bad, I might really die here then!', Neji suddenly thought in desperation after looking more intently behind Obito's mask now with his Tenseigan's vision ability that came from his Byakugan. He wanted to check more carefully for a new source of the potential power that Obito acquired, but he really didn't expect this revelation. There really was another eye of the same power level hidden there, it was just that Karin and himself couldn't sense it because it was carefully masked by some kind of a seal. Neji instantly figured out the severity of this, 'Calm down... Calm down... I still have an information advantage on my side...',

Previously, even Konoha didn't publicize the matter of Kakashi losing his eye either, therefore, how could've Neji known? Neji understood just how overpowered Obito with his other eye could be. It was for that sole reason that the original creator made that kind of a nerf. Obito with both eyes could solo the entire Naruverse some fans speculated back there. Neji was angry at himself now, he didn't expect nor did he factor in that his own made Butterfly Effect created those kinds of unexpected changes, 'He's probably the late Six Paths level, think, I must think...', Neji suddenly calmed himself down, and racked his brain in hopes of resolving this situation despite being so overwhelmed. His thoughts then flew in various directions,

'Obito's speed of escaping into intangibility is probably his currently strongest Kamui-related speed. It only depended on his reaction time. That is probably the only speed I can't deal with for now. His teleportation speed, meaning going into the Kamui dimension, and then somewhere else in the real dimension, I can deal with as I did previously in the air. His long-range Kamui activation speed, and close-range pulling in, even though they were probably boosted now, faster than in the original, because he has the complete set of eyes now, I could probably deal with as well...', Neji analyzed.

With just the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Toneri used to keep up with peak Naruto, in the original series. But Neji's current base body was weaker than Toneri's at that time and he still didn't get a complete Tenseigan, but an inferior product he lacked chakra for. Therefore, Neji thought that he could deal only with Obito's Kamui-based attacks, but not against Obito's intangibility defense too.

However, another problem was his chakra reserves, he can't dodge Obito's Kamui attacks forever, because he would run out of chakra because his Tenseigan Chakra Mode spends more than Obito's Kamui. Not to mention now when his reserves were effectively halved by Hiashi. Neji calculated all of that information in an instant, his spiritual powers, therefore intelligence was now off the charts.

'Hence, I must deal with Obito in some way before I ran out of chakra, and he kills me off, by using my intelligence advantage. There were only a couple of ways to deal with it in the original series. There are a few of my own ways as well. Let's see I don't have the Flying Raijin and the reaction speed of Minato, which is crossed. I don't have six hundred billion paper bombs like Konan prepared, which is also crossed. I can't break inside his dimension like Kakashi. I don't think that attacking him from the blind spot was possible due to his Senju cells which could also probably help him sense it. Genjutsu probably doesn't work on him either due to his strong soul powers...',

'Then the only option is to trick him into teleporting something bad inside of his Kamui dimension and then press him from two directions, both in this dimension so that he has to teleport there where that waited for him... He probably has zero idea that I know the hundred percent of his abilities. That is my biggest advantage. Kamui isn't impossible to counter once you know all of its mechanics...', Neji carefully started lying down his plans, he was not so hopeless inwardly anymore.

At the same time Obito, standing on the side, stroked a conversation with Kiyomi in a majestic tone of voice. He wanted to solicit her. Just now Karin outright rejected and even insulted him while Neji was silent. Obito then focused on Kiyomi and told her that he was actually her ancestor Madara Uchiha. He made a completely new story of his motivations and purpose. He also mentioned helping her revenge against Konoha, and mainly the stuff about the truth of the destruction of the Uchiha clan that she was already aware of, "What does it have to do with anything when the main culprit, Itachi, is in your organization currently!?", Kiyomi listened to his manipulation and then she finally asked while looking at his black Akatsuki cloak full of irony. She knew really well how to judge people, due to all of her years on the run previously from the moment she was young. She was therefore sure that this mysterious person mixed up quite a number of lies in his story already now.

She both wanted to delay some time for them while listening to him, but she was also inquisitive about his own perspective and how it was different from Neji's regarding the destruction of her clan. However, Obito told her the exact same story of Itachi and Konoha and their motivations as Neji did. Additionally, he didn't bring any way of powering herself up like Neji previously did if she joined him. Therefore, she was still sure of rejecting him. She was not blind-sighted by Neji like Karin. Even though he subtly tried to influence her during the last few months, she wasn't falling for it. She decided to reject this mysterious person's offer just because of gratitude and that staying with Neji was more logical for her goals currently. After all, he really kept his promise of injecting her with Senju cells. Not to mention his new promise of Rinnegan. Neji was like a walking shinobi encyclopedia who seemed to know all kinds of unknown, ancient, and mysterious stuff in her mind.

"Itachi Uchiha? I could promptly relinquish him to you as a sign of goodwill right away!", Obito answered candidly. Not only did Itachi probably report to Konoha, as its informant, in his mind, secretly for years, but he was also terminally ill and pretty much weaker than Kiyomi. Obito knew perfectly well how powerful could someone with both the Mangekyo Sharingan and Senju cells become. His body was like functioning like that for many years too. It allowed you to harness your abilities massively and without any side effects. It was a formidable combination and a great match.

"That is all great, but when are you going to tell her that you also personally participated in that massacre of the Uchiha clan on that day? You can't escape our Byakugan eyes, our clan knew of your involvement right away.", However, at this moment, Neji finally opened his mouth and interjected, as he already formulated a plan. He first made up the reason he knew about Obito's participation then. He decided to withhold the information on his true identity for now, and use it for later purposes. Therefore, he went along with his deception of being "Madara Uchiha" for now.

Kiyomi turned to look at Neji in surprise, while Obito shifted his gaze to look at Neji dangerously. Obito was not keen on explaining his various deeds to others. Obito was not eager to explain his actions to others and was caught off guard by Neji's knowledge of his involvement. But thinking about it more carefully, there were really many of the Hyuga clan members spying all over on that day who could've spotted him and allowed Neji to find out. He thought that he was careful and that he avoided detection on that day, but it seemed that it wasn't the case now. At that time he helped Itachi to massacre his clans in hopes of recruiting him later. He was also in need of a bunch of Sharingan eyes that he could use for Izanagi later in his empty eye socket. He also needed to masquerade and present himself as Madara Uchiha during those times, to the world, and the man's hatred for the Uchiha clan, for siding with the Senju-led government against him, was a known fact.

Seeing the masked person's silence, Kiyomi's face turned to fury next as she spat out venomously, "I'll kill you bastard and anyone else who was ever involved in that event!", She regarded him as a life and death, mortal enemy now. Seeing this, Obito sighed, "You don't know who you're shouting against and challenging. You didn't have to die today alongside Neji Hyuga, however, you didn't cherish your life really well...", Obito now got filled with killing intent for them, without exceptions.

"We will see about who gets to die first...", Neji's replied, his tone serious. Kiyomi and Karin who were beside him appeared normal currently, to the outside, however right in front of them was Neji's face that only they could see. It was another special ability of Tenseigan, the telepathic communication. It was another non-fighting but really useful ability of Tenseigan, just like the memory reading one. Toneri used it in that movie more extensively. Neji managed to figure out how this ability worked and harness it successfully just recently, during the last few months while they were on that island. He was now secretly passing his next plan to them on how to take him down.

He was also inwardly a little taken aback that Kiyomi really wanted to verify the truthfulness of his information through Obito. He expected that he also conquered her already before like Karin, but he now understood that it wasn't the case. It seemed that Kiyomi was a much harder nut to crack.

Unlike Karin, who basically fell in love from the moment she saw him the first time, and whom he just needed to give little affection to make her live and die for him, Kiyomi had a totally opposing personality. She had only strength and revenge in mind and also appeared totally indifferent to those kinds of matters. As for why Neji was concerned with that, it was because he wanted to make her completely obedient like Karin and better control her in that way. To be honest, even Neji's ego was harmed a little presently after realizing that he was so unsuccessful. After all that he went through for her, granting her various powers, compliments, occasional fondness, not to mention his good looks, she still didn't fall for him, 'Interesting... We will see later...', But it also increased his determination for conquering her a bit. He didn't realize this, but his appreciation for her grew too.