47 Neji's Plans Ruined By Someone Surprising (2)

Obito and Neji's small group suddenly exchanged dangerous gazes for a moment. Once Obito was now certain that there was no hope for the recruitment of the two women following Neji, that there was no hope in persuading them further, so he was immediately prepared to strike the trio without more delay. He preferred to not give them any more time to recover their chakra. He decided to start from their weakest chain, the red-haired female, and he finally started acting. He decided to assault them all at the same time, from multiple directions, and then target Karin first with his short-range Kamui attack. Obito, summoned his initial offensive, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!",

The user of this technique kneads chakra in their body and turns it into the fire, which they then expel from their mouth to manipulate it in a form of an attack. The magnitude of the flames increases with the amount of chakra utilized for the jutsu. Sometimes the flames lack a distinct shape, being only a stream, but more often than not they take the form of a giant orb that maintains its shape until hitting a target as now. Upon impact, the fireball is powerful enough to crater the ground and vaporize the surroundings. Against living targets, the fireball can cause extensive burns. It was one of the standard Uchiha clan jutsu, however, in Obito's hands it can become as destructive as a small meteor, especially now that he has recovered his other eye back.

"Fire Release: Firebird-Phoenix Jutsu!", However, Kiyomi suddenly took a step forward while weaving many hand signs, quickly producing a Fire Release attack of her own. She conjured a powerful fire-based technique that created a flaming bird, somehow resembling a phoenix, to collide with Obito's giant bright fire orb that almost seemed like a Sun. This ninjutsu was her personal creation with the help of Neji and Karin. In fact, it was not a conventional Fire Release ninjutsu like the one her enemy used just now. It was instead also mixed with a bit of Yang Release in addition, allowing it to constantly regenerate like a real phoenix, of Neji's past life, and also feast on other Fire Release techniques. It was much smaller than Obito's attack, however, it shouldn't be underestimated for it.

However, after firing off that giant destructive orb made of flames, Obito didn't stop there and at the same second, he promptly entered his Kamui portal. He then appeared somewhere behind them next and launched another obliterating ninjutsu attack of his, "Wood Release: Wood-Dragon Technique", The user of this ninjutsu creates a gigantic wooden dragon, which they can use for a multitude of purposes including restraining a target, or for offensive purposes. It also has the ability to absorb chakra from its target, slowly rendering them unable to use techniques by biting into the target and draining them almost in a vampiric fashion, 'What!? This is a Wood Release, and he knows that same exact move!?', Karin was the first one who sensed it and she was the one to respond first this time too. After awakening her own Wood Release, Karin also somehow got a bit of spiritual memory of some of the strongest techniques that the new kekkei genkai of her could make, that one included, "Wood Release: Wood-Dragon Technique!", Therefore, she mimicked it.

Obito was a little surprised that both of his ninjutsu attacks got neutralized so quickly. However, he anticipated something along those lines, he used them just as feints in the first place. And now the black-haired girl was standing a few steps further than the other two, while Karin was turned in his direction, and to their back, therefore he sprang into action and teleported right next to her by instantly hopping between his Kamui dimension and that place just as he planned. She was his first target out of the three now. It all transcribed in a few seconds, and his portal appeared right in front of Karin, however, he was dumbfounded afterward. The red-haired female, in front of him now, had some kind of a solid blue layer of chakra all over her body in addition to some kind of black fuinjutsu markings inscribed on top of it. She looked at him cockily, 'What in hell is that chakra armor? It looks like barrier ninjutsu mixed in with fuinjutsu, I can't touch that or It would be bad... How did she manage to react to my speed... It's crazy...', Obito thought in shock. His speed was difficult to even Minato Namikaze who was the fastest person ever and also had a space-time jutsu.

"This is one of the most valuable techniques of my late clan. It is the barrier ninjutsu and fuinjutsu blended in a transcendent way for close body protection. Try to touch me and you'll get sealed away instantly!", The only drawback of the said technique was that the user couldn't move while he had it activated due to all the careful chakra control and fuinjutsu monitoring it required to operate.

However, Karin didn't have to tell him that. Therefore, she just smirked and continued, while already summoning her Adamantine Sealing Chains to attack her opponent, "And, as for how I managed to react to you... It is because I sensed you way before you even exited your portal right in front of me. At the first sign of your spatial ninjutsu around here I noticed it and activated that armor. After all, your portals are still created with chakra. It is done with a very mysterious kind of chakra, but it is still a chakra. And I can sense any kind of chakra through my Kagura's Mind Eye's ability!", Karin confidently explained while moving her chains underground in order to encircle Obito. She also placed them all over this entire area in order to make it difficult for him to transport somewhere again. As soon as did that, her chains would await him there and would aim to strike him instantly. Her other most powerful jutsu, the Death Repear Seal, wasn't suitable for this kind of speed battle.

At this moment, Neji also turned around and looked at Karin, who also had her eyes closed in order to make Obito use of genjutsu on her impossible, 'Well, she could react quickly enough to protect herself, however, there is no way for her to attack him back as Minato Namikage could do...', Neji thought while also reflecting on her otherworldly sensing ability, 'Due to her Kagura's Mind Eye, she now has the best sensing quality in the whole world. Tobirama Senju had a much wider sensing range than her, judging from the original, however, he probably wouldn't be able to catch that attack now... Her sensing quality is probably already around the Sage Mode level...', Neji marveled.

She reminded himself once again how good his decision to recruit her truly was. She could now fight against Sharingan just like Kabuto in the original, with her eyes closed, it was on that level. He was also satisfied with her battle sense and fighting intelligence. She was, after all, really trained by Orochimaru before. Not to mention, spending all that time with Neji during the last few months.

"Interesting, but I don't need to touch you in order to deal with you... Why would you think that...?", Obito mused at this, feeling unfazed, he also thought inwardly, 'Also, with that sensing ability of hers, she could probably dodge my long-range version of Kamui twisting attack on time, however, in this close range, she can't dodge it, barely anyone in the world can... Unless...', And it was just as Obito thought, while he converged his spatial attack right on one of Karin's arms next, she was suddenly moved away by Neji's gravity while Kiyomi accelerated its speed, allowing her to barely dodge it on time, "Good tactic, however, do you have that much chakra to waste it like that by protecting her all the time?", Obito immediately realized that if they were to keep that up, they would simply drain their chakra, and he would finish them all at that time and emerge victorious.

Neji, for example, had the Tenseigan Chakra Mode and could evade and even counterattack against Obito's dimensional hopping even without getting to sense it beforehand, in such a way, as Karin could due to his sheer speed provided by the Tenseigan. While Kiyomi could just slow time on Obito while increasing it on herself and dodging it like that. Karin was the only one who couldn't dodge out of the three and Obito prepared to exploit that fact to the utmost. But, even without having to worry about Karin, they would've still been dealt with by Obito after they exhaust all of their chakra before him, it was just that in Obito's current plan, they would be defeated even sooner.

However, Karin's bodily armor wasn't all that useless. Actually, even faster than Obito's long-range, and close-range Kamui twisting attack was the twisting attack while he held his victim physically. That kind of attack, no one in the world could dodge now that he has two eyes at the same time. As for why Obito only did those kinds of twisting attacks on his target's body parts, instead of sucking them completely, was that he didn't want to face even the slightest risk of someone getting into his Kamui dimension and defeating him there because he effectively couldn't use his intangibility then. Additionally, by creating portals only on his targets' body parts, he could then destroy them entirely. He could even do it on his opponent's head, however, it's just that it allowed more room for escape.

However, at this time, realizing his plan, Kiyomi manifested her giant black Susanoo in its Armoured Stage, in an instant, and then moved to another place, while Neji and Karin still remained in their original position. Then, all of sudden, Karin's expression became intense and perspired, she moved her hands swiftly in a way of hand signs, and a giant creature was being created under their feet while Neji protected her and stood right on top of its head as well, "Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!", It was one of Hashirama's strongest wood jutsu in the original series, and not even Obito's Wood Release was advanced enough to perform it. It was even used by Hashirama in his fight with Madara. The user of this technique creates an enormous statue-like creature out of wood.

That humanoid creature with a full body and an oni-like face was usually manifested with a wooden dragon wrapped around its torso, and is generally used in battle as an avatar. The wooden dragon can be multiplied and be used to attack its enemies directly as well. It could even truly catch an uncompressed, uncharged, standard Tailed Beast Ball fired by a tailed beast when summoned by Hashirama. It was obviously weaker in all the other parameters than the one utilized by Hashirama.

Karin and Neji then quickly retreated inside of it, guarded by many smaller wooden roots and trees while Kiyomi was also well nested inside of her giant Susanoo which held that massive scythe with it attacked out. Kiyomi and Karin used their largest moves simultaneously in order to make it more dangerous for Obito to transport toward them. And not just that, Karin still commanded numerous chains of hers in the underground from inside the Wood Golem. Her fifty percent of chakra left was much larger than Kiyomi's and even Neji's in absolute terms so she could accomplish those kinds of demanding feats. Obito looked at all of this and mused, 'Why waste chakra, what are you plotting..?'

'This is an impressive technique. It seems that infusing an Uzumaki with Senju cells produces a way superior Wood Release to the one I currently possess...', Obito thought while first looking at Karin's golem, then he turned his gaze to Kiyomi who was inside of her Susanoo and spoke, "Already at this stage? Then I'm really regretful that I have to kill you today. However, as your ancestor, I'm proud of you!", "And if you want to play this kind of game, then let's play it!", Kiyomi and Karin were stunned as they got aware of the big build-up of energy all around Obito as he also manifested his Susanoo, of a similar size as Kiyomi's one. It was another Armoured Susanoo, this one silver in color, however.

It was the stage that he finally acquired recently after a period of exercising it hard in the methods left to him by Madara Uchiha. He knew that this was the second strongest state, only behind the Perfect Susanoo. That is why he was fascinated by that young girl even more for awakening it alone.

'So, no Perfect Susanoo yet...? It seems that Kakashi could use it in the original only because of the Six Paths power Obito gave him at that time after his contact with the Ten-Tails...', Neji evaluated it.

***

Simultaneously, deep within the same woodland, but a little further away from the epicenter of the fight, Konoha's current strongest shinobi, and also the members of Tsunade's faction, converged to witness the fight and intervene if necessary. At first, they braced themselves to pursue Neji and his allies, however, the pursuit was interrupted when another odd intruder stopped Neji and his allies to seemingly engage in a battle against them. For that reason, they also stopped following them and retreated nearby in order to monitor further developments. But, then they watched in shock as those two massive, mountain-sized, demonic-looking Susanoos, of silver and black colors, and the legendary Wooden Golem of their village's founder, Hashirama Senju, stood on two opposing sides.

Tsunade even rubbed her eyes while little feeling dumbfounded by the spectacle, especially after seeing one of her grandfather's most formidable wooden creations. She thought that she would never see it again in this life. She truly wondered once again what in the hell was going on with the current Ninja World, "Thankfully they started fighting outside the village...". She suddenly blurted out in relief, still feeling stunned by the scene in front of her. That clash of giants could now be seen from anywhere inside the forest. She also just hoped those people got exhausted by one another.

"I hope this out-of-blue Wood Release user doesn't have anything to do with my clan, or else it will be quite difficult...", Tsunade gritted her teeth. After all, that person, supposedly female, already got on Neji's boat, for some reason, and helped him carry out that offense that effectively ended the Hyuga clan previously, even if he wasn't directly at fault. It was an immeasurable loss for the village.

She also didn't expect there to be even another unknown Mangekyo Sharingan user, and an Uchiha member, outside that person with silver Susanoo who previously stole Kakashi's Sharingan and who was suspected to actually be notorious Madara Uchiha from the past. The situation for them was getting worse by the day. When she came back to become the Hokage she wasn't expecting any of it. Sometimes she even wondered if was she actually strong enough for that function despite being one of the Sannins. But then she remembered that she was just merely holding that position for someone who really was strong enough. Strong enough to defend Konoha from anything. And that person was Naruto who had both the potential and fortitude to guide Konoha through this storm.

"I told you all many times before that this is not the same Ninja World that we were used to seeing during all of our lives. It is vastly different now and we can't stagnate now, or we will be done for. Tsunade, our titles of Sannin mean nothing now! The whole fate of this world got distorted and inverted for some inexplicable reason... More individuals like them will emerge in the future", Jiraiya reiterated the words of the Giant Toad Sage again with conviction. He was confident that all of those recent, unexpected appearances and abilities were linked to that phenomenon. That was why he also persuaded and urge Tsunade before to let him and Might Guy always stay in the village unlike before. The threat was significant enough that even he, such a free spirit, decided to stay in.

His hands were currently clasped tight and he was already entering the Sage Mode, preparing for the big impending conflict with the winner of the current match of giants in front of them all. Both sides were Konoha's enemies currently. And, even though he previously regarded Neji as the child of prophecy, now there was no going back for him after the destruction of the Hyuga clan, and Jiraiya realize that it was useless to argue with Tsunade and others over that. He could only hope the world doesn't get destroyed over something like that. He was not moving now therefore he could gather natural energy himself without the assistance of the two Toad Elders. When he wants to enter it while in a fight when he wasn't staying still, he must summon them in order to help him.

'It's time to finally test my new skills and put them in a real battle!', 'And that person, I will get my revenge and my left eye back...', Kakashi watched it as well while clenching his fists in silent fury and determination. On his face, however, there was a new eye now. Tsunade finally cultivated it out of cells and gave it to him recently. His strength progressed by leaps and bounds even if he was the weakest out of these four people. He finally integrated his purple lighting and Hatake kenjutsu. He was by his estimates already on the middle Kage level of strength. Already stronger than he was before his eye got robbed away, 'Neji Hyuga, or that mysterious person... I will never let you get away...', He wanted to deal with the so-called Madara out of revenge and Neji Hyuga for humiliating Konoha multiple times already. And he wanted to protect this village for which Rin and Obito gave their lives in the past. And not just them, even his father, his mentor Minato, all laid their lives for it.