Chapter 118 Obito's defeat, Zetsu's failed backstab
Chapter 118 Obito's defeat, Zetsu's failed backstab
With the power gone out of the golem, Obito Uchiha's last resort collapsed.
For Obito, the current situation can no longer be described as dire; it is a complete and utter dead end.
Kisame Hoshigaki wore a smile as chakra gathered beneath his feet.
"Mr. Madara... oh no, Mr. Obito. You've been lying to me for so long, shouldn't you pay me my wages? I really want to cut off your limbs and see if they're also filled with the blood of a liar."
Naruto Uzumaki toyed with the trident kunai in his hand, blocking Obito's escape route using taijutsu.
Under the protection of Susanoo, Itachi Uchiha stared at Obito's spatial fluctuations with his Mangekyou Sharingan. If Obito dared to materialize and unleash Kamui, Amaterasu's black flames would instantly burn through his body.
Directly ahead, Roy was walking step by step through the void.
"Obito, you're surrounded by enemies on all sides."
"Your Eye of the Moon plan, including your ambitions and false identity, will come to an end here today."
Obito's expression was solemn; he was truly unwilling to accept this!
He had been planning for so many years, and in order to create a world with Lin, he abandoned everything, even at the cost of becoming the world's enemy.
How can we fall here? We absolutely cannot lose to these pawns and merchants.
"I haven't lost yet... As long as I have a breath left, as long as these eyes are still here..."
However, just as Obito was preparing for a desperate fight, a chill suddenly rose from the soles of his feet.
The killing intent didn't come from the enemy, but from one of their own.
"You haven't lost yet? Stop fooling yourself, Obito."
Black Zetsu, who should have been lurking underground looking for an opportunity to escape with him, had instead transformed into black liquid and wrapped around Obito's ankle.
"Black Zetsu?! What are you doing?!"
Obito was filled with shock and anger.
"Stop your losses, you idiot."
Black Zetsu's voice no longer held its former respect; only naked malice and mockery remained.
"The Gedo Mazo was cut off from communication by that shopkeeper using some unknown means. With Konan and those two traitors guarding Nagato's side, there was no chance to make a move."
The black liquid climbed up Obito's legs, trying to envelop his entire body.
"Lord Madara's resurrection plan cannot be ruined here. Since you're already a cripple, hand over your body to me!"
"Although you don't have the Rinnegan and can't use Rinne Tensei, your Kamui body is currently the only vessel that can take me away from here. As long as Lord Madara's will is preserved, even sacrificing your consciousness is acceptable!"
This is a betrayal!
In a desperate situation, Obito's most trusted Madara's will surprisingly chose to sacrifice him to save himself!
"Get out of my way, you monster!"
Obito struggled desperately, trying to use Kamui to intangibly remove Black Zetsu's possession.
But Black Zetsu is a product of Yin-Yang Release; it is a combination of spirit and chakra, and it cannot be shaken off at all!
"Stop struggling, Obito! It's an honor for you to become part of Madara-sama!"
Black Zetsu grinned maliciously, the black liquid already spreading to Obito's chest.
It seemed that Obito was about to be completely controlled by Black Zetsu and reduced to a walking corpse.
Just then, a flippant whistle rang out.
"Oh my, what a huge dog-eat-dog show!"
Roy watched this scene with an expression that said he had expected it all along.
"I knew you wouldn't be honest, you old sly fox."
Roy took out a strangely shaped item from the system space.
It is a cylindrical container, pure white, with intricate golden runes painted on it.
Surprisingly, there were several buttons and a display screen on the front of the container.
At first glance, this thing looks just like the high-tech rice cooker commonly used by housewives in Konoha.
"What is that?"
Obito and Black Zetsu, who were vying for control of their bodies, both paused for a moment.
"This one?"
Roy patted the rice cooker in his hand and grinned mischievously.
"This is a luxurious private room specially prepared for you, the fully automatic intelligent sealing pot - Magic Sealing Wave Special Edition."
"It should be enough to catch slugs like you from the gutter."
Roy aimed the spout of the kettle at Black Zetsu.
"System, target locked: Black Zetsu! Initiate forced recycling process!"
"Buzz!!!"
The seemingly comical rice cooker suddenly burst out with dazzling golden light, and the suction force targeting the Yin-Yang Release product gushed out from the spout.
"What?!"
Black Zetsu screamed as the black liquid that had been clinging tightly to Obito's body was torn off.
"No! What kind of technique is this?! How can something like this exist in the ninja world?!"
Black Zetsu screamed in terror as he was slowly sucked toward the rice cooker.
It has lived for over a thousand years and has witnessed the Sage of Six Paths' Planetary Devastation and various powerful sealing techniques, but it has never seen such a method of grabbing people with a rice cooker!
"Obito! Save me! Use Kamui!"
Black Zetsu desperately begged Obito for help.
But Obito was just hoping the monster would get lost, so how could he possibly save it?
He even actively cooperated by pushing Black Zetsu outwards.
"Get lost! You liar, you'd better just die!"
Obito roared.
"Aaaaaah! Mother! Help me!!!"
With a final shout, Black Zetsu completely detached from Obito's body and was sucked into the white container with a whoosh.
"Snapped!"
Roy quickly closed the lid, affixed a special yellow seal, and then pressed a few times on the lid, as if setting the cooking time.
"Ding! Recycling complete."
Roy patted the rice cooker, which was still trembling slightly, with satisfaction.
"Trying to run away? You're my most important experimental subject."
"Orochimaru has been eyeing you for a long time. He's already tired of those inferior White Zetsu. It would be very interesting to dissect and study a Black Zetsu like you, who is of the progenitor level."
Kisame opened his mouth wide, and Samehada almost fell to the ground.
Naruto scratched his head and looked at the rice cooker.
"Manager, is that for cooking rice?"
"This is science, Naruto."
Roy was talking nonsense with a straight face.
With Black Zetsu sealed away, Obito escaped the danger of being possessed, but his situation did not improve; in fact, it became even more dangerous.
Having lost Black Zetsu as his strategist, the powerful support of the Gedo Mazo, and even his identity as the leader of the Akatsuki, they were stripped of their power.
He is now just a lone wolf with a broken leg.
"Now it's your turn, Obito."
Itachi's voice was icy.
"Amaterasu!"
A jet-black flame ignited on Obito's chest!
"ah!!"
Obito let out a painful scream.
"Die!"
Kisame charged forward, brandishing his Samehada, ready to finish off the enemy.
Naruto's Rasengan is also ready to be unleashed.
Death is just around the corner.
As Obito looked at the group of monsters around him who wanted to kill him, he was still figuring out how to break the deadlock.
Reputation, organization, plans, and even the last ally are gone.
But he can't die here!
Rin is still watching him from the Pure Land. Although his false dream has been shattered, Obito Uchiha will never accept such a cowardly death!
"Trying to kill me...it's not that easy!!"
Obito crushed the spare Sharingan hidden under his mask in his left eye socket.
"Forbidden Art·Izanagi!"
The Amaterasu Black Flame, which was about to burn him to ashes, fell to the ground and continued to burn the soil.
Obito's figure slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.
"What?!"
Kisame's sword strike missed its mark, and Samehada crashed to the ground.
Itachi's face darkened.
"That's... Izanagi? He paid the price of permanent blindness with one Sharingan to transform a reality detrimental to him into a dream...?"
"What a slippery eel."
A few hundred meters away, the spatial vortex flashed by.
Obito's figure fell awkwardly from the void.
His left eye was already closed, and two lines of bloody tears flowed down his cheeks—this was the price of using forbidden techniques.
His red robe with black clouds had been burned, revealing his body covered in wounds.
He turned back and took a deep look in the direction of Amegakure, at the huge fortress floating in the air, and at the man holding a rice cooker.
His eyes were filled with resentment and malice.
"Roy...Konoha..."
"Everything I've lost, I will take back with my own hands one day!"
Obito dared not linger any longer. He forcibly overdrawn his eye power and activated Kamui once more, disappearing into thin air.
This time, he really did escape.
Peace has finally returned to the ruins of Amegakure.
"Tch, he got away."
Kisame carried Samehada back onto his shoulder, somewhat annoyed.
"I should have just cut his head off."
Naruto put away his kunai, and the Nine-Tails' chakra within him gradually subsided.
He looked in the direction where Obito had disappeared, lost in thought.
"If they ran away, so be it."
Roy landed from the air, still holding the rice cooker with the sealing talisman firmly in his arms.
"We escaped with a toothless mouse, but caught the real pathogen."
Roy patted the rice cooker in his hand, listening to the occasional curses coming from inside, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Black Zetsu is a product of Kaguya's will and a living fossil of the ninja world's history."
"With it, Orochimaru's research progress can be accelerated by at least fifty years."
"and……"
Roy turned around and looked behind him.
Konan supported the weakened Nagato, looking at him with a complicated expression, while Zabuza and Haku stood by.
"The Akatsuki organization is now defunct, the Gedo Mazo has been retrieved by me, and Black Zetsu has been captured."
"Obito has become a lone wolf; he can no longer cause any trouble in this ninja world."
Roy walked up to Nagato with a standard business smile on his face.
"Well then, Mr. Nagato. Amegakure is currently in dire need of rebuilding."
"Consider the long-term employment contract for the head of security at the Illusionary Dojo, and the post-war reconstruction loan project for Amegakure..."
"Should we find a place to sit down and have a proper talk?"
"After all, I didn't lose out this time, but you guys owe me a lot of money."
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