Chapter 415: Minato's Decision
Boom, boom, boom... Despite his inner rage, Naruto remained calm and decisive, immediately summoning countless shadow clones to chase after all of Li Yao's shadow clones.
The Shadow Clone Technique was truly a cheat in Naruto's hands. It was as if the clones had no impact on his memory when they dissipated, and he was able to produce even more clones than Li Yao.
Li Yao himself was unaffected by the memory loss that came with shadow clones vanishing.
"Freak!" Li Yao cursed inwardly, then immediately ordered all his clones to use space-time abilities to disperse.
In an instant, all Li Yao's clones scattered rapidly.
Seeing this, Naruto became infuriated.
"Damn it, stop running! If you can't fight, then don't just run away!"
"Asshole! Don't run!"
Naruto and his clones, angry and frustrated, had no choice but to scatter and chase after each of Li Yao's clones.
Sasuke and Naruto stood still for a moment, helplessly following, unsure of what to do against someone who just ran away at the first sign of trouble. They just chose a random direction to follow.
Li Yao and the two of them were now gone.
Minato and the others, however, were not so quick to relax.
After gathering Tsunade's body, Hashirama and the others positioned themselves to protect Minato and Obito's clone.
Li Yao had also left a space-time marker on Obito's clone, something the others had already realized when Li Yao had appeared before with Minato and Obito.
Now, the group was positioned around Minato and Obito's clone, ready to protect them from any sudden ambush by Li Yao.
"Obito…"
Minato still hadn't given up. He kept trying to reach out to the inner self of Obito, believing that the Obito he once knew wasn't truly gone.
"If Rin could see you, being with a monster who killed her family and friends, she'd never be happy."
"Come back, Obito."
"It's not too late. Konoha, the entire ninja world, needs you now. Only your space ability can bring us victory and peace, for Konoha, for the entire world."
"Think about your old friends, think about Rin, and Kakashi. Are you really willing to go against everything you once dreamed of, and side with the person who killed Kakashi and Rin's family?"
"Come back…"
Minato's words were sincere, but they fell on deaf ears.
The Obito clone, now under Li Yao's control, completely ignored Minato's words. No matter how much he pleaded, it was all in vain as he focused entirely on resealing the Ten-Tails.
After all, this was Li Yao's Obito clone, whose chakra control was beyond exceptional. Despite the massive size of the Ten-Tails' chakra, it could only be suppressed little by little under the sealing technique.
The damage done by Minato's sealing techniques was gradually being resisted by the Obito clone's efforts.
If given a few more minutes, the clone would have enough energy to control the black hole space chakra.
At that point, except for Naruto and Sasuke, no one would be able to do anything to him, and he could focus on sensing the Truth-Seeking Ball chakra in peace.
"Kill him!"
The Obito clone's plan seemed perfect, but Minato was no fool. His senses were sharp, and he understood the situation inside the Obito clone's body.
Seeing that his persuasion had no effect, and the clone remained focused on suppressing the Ten-Tails chakra, Minato's eyes flashed coldly as he immediately called for an attack.
"Tengai Shinsei!"
Itachi, having activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, didn't hesitate for a moment. He aimed the Amaterasu flames at the Obito clone's head.
"Rasengan!"
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi, wasn't slow either, instantly forming a Rasengan and targeting the Obito clone's abdomen.
"Clang!"
The Second Hokage, Tobirama, was even faster, and his long sword was already about to strike the Obito clone's neck.
"Wood Style—Wood Spike Jutsu!"
Hashirama, the First Hokage, was equally swift. The ground around the Obito clone erupted with sharp wood spikes aimed at his entire body.
In an instant, four Hokage and Uchiha Itachi launched their attacks on the Obito clone.
Faced with this sudden, decisive strike, the Obito clone's eyes burned with fury.
"No!!!"
A roar erupted from the Obito clone as an overwhelming force of repulsion burst out from his body.
Boom!
In an instant, everything—Minato, Hashirama, the flames of Amaterasu on his head—was all violently repelled.
The ground, already hardened by immense pressure, now sank even deeper.
The enormous repulsive force felt like a massive bulldozer pressing down on everything around the Obito clone, the ground sinking meter by meter.
Bang bang bang... Hashirama, Itachi, and Sarutobi were instantly sent flying a kilometer away, crashing into the ground and bouncing a few more times. Their bodies, resurrected through Edo Tensei, were riddled with holes.
Whoosh whoosh!
Minato and Tobirama, both with the Flying Thunder God technique, used their abilities to dodge the continuous repulsion, escaping the attack.
They first teleported away, then quickly moved to the location where Hashirama and the others had fallen.
"Ah…"
The Obito clone's face turned red with veins bulging, his entire body trembling with tension.
He was desperately suppressing the massive chakra of the Ten-Tails and its will.
But…
Roar!!!
The Ten-Tails—no, the heads and half of the bodies of the nine Tailed Beasts—burst out from Li Yao's back, their massive claws digging into the ground as they roared in fury and force.
The enormous chakra inside the Obito clone exploded.
The Obito clone struggled to keep the chakra under control, fearing that it would cause his body to explode. He had to deal with a tug-of-war of wills with the nine Tailed Beasts, and he couldn't spare his attention.
Whoosh!
Minato, along with Itachi, reappeared in front of the Obito clone to prevent any more chances for him to escape.
"Tengai Shinsei!"
"Big Ball Rasengan!"
In the blink of an eye, Itachi's Amaterasu flames and Minato's Rasengan descended upon the Obito clone.
In that moment, the Obito clone's furious eyes suddenly calmed down.
He realized that no matter what he chose, whether to dodge or retaliate, the Ten-Tails would eventually break free from his body.
Since that was the case…
"Die!"
The Obito clone thought, and in an instant, he released all control over the Ten-Tails chakra. The nine Tailed Beasts and the Outer Path Ten-Tails Statue instantly surged out of his body.
At the same time, five twisted spatial vortex nodes appeared in front of Minato and Itachi's Edo Tensei bodies.
Whoosh whoosh!
In the crucial moment, Minato and Itachi, with their incredible reflexes, used the Flying Thunder God technique to escape, avoiding the five massive holes that would have been created by the Kamui vortex.
Whoosh!
The Obito clone instantly teleported away, rising into the sky. He looked down at Minato and the others, who had returned to the Outer Path Ten-Tails Statue.
Especially Minato—the guy's Flying Thunder God had repeatedly foiled his plans.
Flying Thunder God mark… Hm!
An idea suddenly struck the Obito clone.
Boom!
He activated the Perfect Transformation technique.
In a cloud of white smoke, the Obito clone transformed into Uchiha Madara, his soul, body, and chakra now identical to Madara's, no longer resembling Obito's at all.
"Can I fool them?"
The Obito clone, now Madara, glanced at Minato.
(END CHAPTER)
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