The explosion was earth-shattering.
The enormous energy released by three billion explosive tags was comparable to a magnitude ten earthquake, shaking the entire island, causing massive boulders to roll, trees to topple, and the ground to crack open with fissures.
The deafening roar of the explosion could be heard even a hundred kilometers away on the ocean.
Inside the gigantic paper tree:
“Did Teacher Konan make her move?”
Despite the thick trunk separating them, Naruto and the others could still hear the deafening blasts and feel the ground tremble beneath their feet, making them stagger and stumble.
Fortunately, even though they were close to the center of the explosion, the protection of the paper tree kept them unharmed.
Outside Uzushiogakure:
“What a spectacular fireworks display.”
Kisame watched the continuous explosions from a distance, widened his fish-like eyes in astonishment and fear. He was relieved he didn’t enter Uzushiogakure; otherwise, he would have ended up like the shinobi from the four great villages, turned to ashes.
“Konan truly is a terrifying woman.”
Kakuzu commented, acknowledging the prowess of a woman who had been by Pain’s side for so long.
Zetsu emerged from the ground, smiling lightly, “But Obito should be fine, right?”
Everyone knew that Obito’s Kamui could make him immune to all attacks. No matter how large the explosion, it couldn’t harm him.
“That’s true.”
Kisame and Kakuzu nodded in agreement.
However.
Despite their confidence in Obito, the reality was far from easy for him at the center of the explosion.
Boom, boom, boom.
Explosive tags continuously bloomed into brilliant fireworks, passing through Obito’s intangible body, forcing him to maintain his phasing state.
Obito was beginning to panic.
He hadn’t expected Konan to figure out his weakness and use this method to counter his Kamui.
Indeed, Obito could only maintain his intangibility for a maximum of five minutes. He wasn’t sure if he could last until the explosion ended.
Ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, three minutes.
Time passed by the second.
It was weakening.
Obito suddenly noticed the number of explosive tags around him decreasing rapidly. Konan’s meticulously planned explosion seemed to be losing its power.
And it had only been less than four minutes.
Phew~
Obito exhaled in relief, his tension easing, a smile appearing on his face.
In contrast, Konan’s expression grew increasingly grim.
She had spent the entire winter, exhausting all her chakra to create three billion explosive tags, yet it still wasn’t enough to kill Obito.
Was Kamui truly invincible?
Swish.
Realizing her failure, Konan spread her paper wings and flew into the sky, escaping without hesitation.
“You think you can escape?”
Obito sneered as he watched Konan flee. The moment the explosion ended, he would catch up and make sure she had no escape.
But in the next second, Obito’s smile froze.
His expression twisted into one of shock, disbelief, and intense pain.
Moments later.
“Uchiha Dan…”
Obito’s throat barely squeezed out a name before his entire being shattered like glass, disintegrating into countless fragments.
In the dim and desolate Kamui dimension.
For the past few minutes, Obito had remained in this space after activating Kamui’s intangibility, standing motionless.
But now.
Thud!
A strong, forceful hand pierced through Obito’s back like a sharp blade, striking his heart with precision and force.
At this moment, there was only one person who could be here and execute such a deadly move.
Uchiha Dan.
Dan had arrived at Uzushiogakure almost simultaneously with Obito.
However, he had stayed hidden, witnessing Konan’s meticulously planned fireworks display.
When the explosion began, and Obito used Kamui to phase through, Dan immediately entered the Kamui dimension and started searching for Obito.
Four minutes were more than enough for Dan to locate Obito’s physical body.
Facing an unguarded Obito, he launched a surprise attack without hesitation.
Drip, drip.
Dan’s arm, covered in Obito’s blood, dripped steadily onto the blackened soil.
Obito slowly turned his head, seeing Dan’s emotionless face.
“Heh, cough…”
He gave a bitter smile, blood spilling from his mouth as he muttered:
“I’ll be waiting for you in hell.”
Dan shook his head, responding calmly and confidently, “You’ll be disappointed. I am immortal.”
With that, Dan’s eyes glowed with the Taijutsu Yin-Yang Fish pattern, unleashing a powerful Genjutsu.
Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: False Reality.
Obito’s eyes glazed over, his thoughts coming to a halt.
This time, Dan stole all of Obito’s memories of Rin Nohara.
This Genjutsu worked directly on the soul, ensuring that even if Obito died, the effect would persist.
When his soul reached the Pure Land, he would spend an eternity unable to remember Rin.
A true punishment beyond mere physical death.
In his final moments.
Obito’s face showed confusion and helplessness.
He remembered striving to destroy this ugly, meaningless world to create a beautiful new one.
For this goal, he had walked a lonely, dark path without hesitation.
But now, Obito realized that his envisioned world was missing something crucial.
He couldn’t remember what it was.
The only thing Obito could recall was the evil he had committed.
He had posed as Madara, manipulating the Akatsuki from behind the scenes, turning a peace-seeking organization into a terrorist group wreaking havoc on the ninja world.
He had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, transforming Kirigakure into the Bloody Mist, tormenting countless Kirigakure shinobi and villagers.
He had unleashed the Nine-Tails on Konoha, killing many villagers, including his sensei and his sensei’s wife.
And so much more…
Why?
Why had he done so much evil, feeling justified each time? What was the reason?
The more Obito thought, the more terrified and panicked he became, unable to maintain his usual calm demeanor.
For the first time in years, even at death’s door, Obito realized he was a truly wicked person.
Uchiha Obito, after all these heinous deeds, what kind of world were you trying to create?
Obito asked himself but could never find the answer, his mind finally collapsing.
Tears slowly trickled down his face.
“I like the way you die.”
Dan smiled slightly, withdrawing his arm as Obito collapsed to the ground.
Dan then reached into Obito’s eye socket, extracting his right eye.
Now, he had both Kamui Sharingan.
One minute later.
Swish.
Dan appeared at Uzushiogakure’s ruins, taking in the sight of a massive crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, created by the explosion of three billion explosive tags.
“Tsk tsk.”
Dan marveled at Konan’s handiwork, noticing she had long since fled.
At that moment.
“Roar!”
A thunderous roar echoed from outside the village, accompanied by an immense surge of chakra.
Dan disappeared from his spot.
Outside the village.
“What’s wrong with him?”
Kisame and Kakuzu scrambled to avoid the rampaging Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, their faces filled with confusion.
They had assumed Obito would be fine, but when he didn’t appear after the explosion, and instead Roshi went berserk, they started to suspect the worst.
Could it be…
“Obito is dead!”
Black Zetsu wailed, confirming their fears, “The Four-Tails Jinchuriki has broken free of the Mangekyo Sharingan’s control and is now rampaging!”
With that, Black Zetsu vanished into the ground in a panic.
Hmm?
Kisame and Kakuzu turned to see a tall, imposing figure approaching.
Uchiha Dan.
Realizing how Obito met his end, they bolted in opposite directions without looking back.
“Roar!”
Sensing Dan’s threat, the Four-Tails, Son Goku, couldn’t hold back any longer. With a furious roar, the massive red ape emerged, pounding its chest and roaring at Dan.
Dan’s expression remained calm, his gaze locking onto Son Goku’s head.
In an instant.
He activated the Heavenly Mandate.
Swish.
Dan crossed the hundred-meter distance, landing on Son Goku’s head, his Stand, “The World,” appearing behind him.
Then.
“Muuda, muuda, muuda, muuda, muuda!”
Dan and The World unleashed a flurry of violent punches on Son Goku’s head, causing the giant ape to wail in pain and collapse to the ground.
After the relentless beating, Son Goku reverted back into Roshi’s unconscious body.
Dan looked at the unconscious Roshi, extending his left hand to absorb him into the Kamui dimension.
Half an hour later.
In the forest ten kilometers from Uzushiogakure, Dan found a gigantic paper tree.
Entering through a gap in the paper tree, he found it empty.
Standing inside, Dan pondered.
What were Konan and the three Jinchuriki planning with Nagato’s Rinnegan?
It might be interesting.
Dan, who enjoyed observing the chaos, decided not to pursue Konan further, anticipating the surprises she might bring to the ninja world.
He activated Kamui and disappeared.
A day later.
News of the Uzushiogakure incident spread throughout the ninja world, causing a massive uproar.
No one had anticipated that the sighting of the One-Tail Shukaku was part of Konan’s elaborate trap, resulting in the deaths of over a hundred elite shinobi from the four great ninja villages.
This included some of the most formidable ninjas, such as the Root ANBU leader “Shadow,” Darui, Maki, and Kitsuchi.
The losses were so severe that the four Kage were furious.
They quickly issued a joint bounty for Konan, the Angel of the Akatsuki, raising the reward to an astronomical amount—one billion ryo.
This was just the price for Konan alone.
If anyone captured the three Jinchuriki she was with, they would receive an additional two billion ryo, bringing the total bounty to three billion ryo.
For a time, Konan’s fame even surpassed that of the Uchiha clan, making her name a frequent topic of conversation among ninja.
Meanwhile.
Upon returning to the Mountain Graveyard, Dan immediately sought out Tsunade.
“Help me out.”
He was direct, presenting Obito’s right eye, which shocked Tsunade.
“You… killed that guy Obito?” She was surprised but wasted no time in assisting Dan with the eye transplant.
Once off the operating table, Dan raised his right hand, revealing a crimson Sharingan in his palm.
Without a word, he approached Tsunade, pressing her against the wall.
“What are you doing?”
Tsunade widened her eyes, shouting angrily, instinctively punching toward Dan.
However, her punch hit nothing but air.
To her astonishment, Dan phased right through her, continuing to walk through the operating room wall.
This was the phasing ability of Obito’s right eye.
With both Kamui Sharingan, Dan was nearly invincible in the ninja world.
Even against opponents at the level of the Sage of the Six Paths, like the resurrected Madara Uchiha, if he couldn’t win, he could still use Kamui to escape or survive, ensuring he remained unbeaten.
With his new powers, Dan planned to continue training in Sage Mode, aiming to master the use of natural energy and reach a new peak of strength with the “Muscle Sage Mode.”
As the seasons passed, several months went by.
In the Land of Grass, a small country situated between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire, once a buffer zone, is now absorbed into the Land of Earth’s territory after the fall of the Land of Fire.
The daimyo of the Land of Earth had no interest in this impoverished area, leaving it to its own devices.
Grass Ninja Village was a place of political corruption and chaos.
Its only real function was to house the most dangerous criminals from all ninja villages in a prison called Hozuki Castle.
Typically, aside from those transporting prisoners, few ventured here.
But today, a strange woman with a young boy arrived at the village’s entrance.
It was Konan and Naruto.
As they walked through the village, Konan noticed Naruto’s troubled expression.
“Naruto, is something bothering you?”
He hesitated, then said, “Teacher Konan, I’ve been thinking about what you said. About my parents, and… everything.”
Konan sighed, placing a hand on Naruto’s shoulder.
“I know it’s hard to accept, Naruto, but you have to stay strong. Your parents loved you and wanted to protect you. That’s why they made the choices they did.”
Naruto nodded, still processing the overwhelming information.
As they walked further, they encountered stares and whispers from the villagers, not accustomed to seeing outsiders.
Ignoring the looks, Konan led Naruto to a secluded spot.
“Naruto, you have a great destiny. The power inside you, the Rinnegan, it’s something very few can wield.”
Naruto looked up at Konan, determination in his eyes.
“I want to understand more, Teacher Konan. I want to know why all this happened and what I can do.”
Konan smiled gently.
“We will find the answers together, Naruto. But first, we need to keep moving. It’s not safe here for too long.”
Konan couldn’t help but think about the future as they continued their journey.
She had to protect Naruto and the others. They were the key to fulfilling Nagato’s dream of peace.
With determination, Konan vowed to herself that she would not let Nagato’s sacrifice be in vain.
Back at the Mountain Graveyard, Dan was deep in thought.
The Uchiha clan was growing stronger, but they still faced many challenges.
“Dan, you’ve been quiet,” Tsunade remarked, entering the room.
Dan looked up, meeting her gaze.
“I’ve been thinking about the future. We need to be prepared for what’s to come.”
Tsunade nodded, understanding the weight of his words.
“We will face it together,” she assured him.
As they stood side by side, ready to face whatever challenges lay ahead, the Uchiha clan’s strength and unity would be crucial in future battles.
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