Loving the book so far and as for favorite mines Alakazam

the calculating yami comes from his knowledge of the world and future events. Now that konan is captured and the future is Drastically shifted all he can do is go with the flow. Currenty I think were seeing him be his natural self rather than some calculating genius

welcome back we have awaited your return

PS Kamui isn't a whirling portal is a vortex with the focus on his eye and way he touches. once he grabs you there's nothing you can do.

Anit no way they are beating him much less escaping. Kamui alone makes him invincible against ANYTHING their team can do, and this is a time where they have 0 intel on Tobi/Obito's abilities. So tbh am glad they got captured without coming to harm because it was either surrender without getting beat up or get beat up and thrown into the Kamui dimension there was no alternative.