The adult Obito vaguely sensed something was off, but before he could react, the child Obito's body suddenly began to shatter, as if struck by an immense force, breaking apart piece by piece.
With crisp cracking sounds, his body fragmented in an instant, turning into countless shards, like dazzling meteors streaking across the night sky.
These streaks of light did not scatter. Instead, as if drawn by some mysterious force, they flew straight toward the adult Obito.
In the blink of an eye, they all sank into his body and vanished without a trace.
Obito stared blankly at himself, his eyes filled with disbelief and anger.
He snorted coldly, grinding his teeth as he cursed, ["Like a ghost that won't stay dead!"]
At the same time, in the real world, Obito slowly opened his eyes.
The three-tomoe Sharingan in his right eye, which had been spinning, now underwent a drastic transformation the moment the child Obito's restraint disappeared.
The three tomoe flared like ignited sparks, rapidly splitting and extending, finally forming three curved, hook-like patterns.
At that moment, Obito possessed dual Kamui.
Not only that, the wound on his neck, which Minato had severed earlier, began to heal at a visible speed under the influence of dark medical ninjutsu.
The severed tissues reconnected, his skin restored as if it had never been injured.
Obito raised a hand and lightly brushed over the Flying Thunder God mark on his back. A faint, unreadable smile appeared on his dark expression.
He let out a cold laugh, "Sensei, you really know how to keep secrets. You never told me the Flying Thunder God mark could last this long."
On the other side, Minato stared at Obito with a cold, steady gaze, inwardly surprised.
His neck had been cut clean through, yet he hadn't died, Obito's body was clearly no longer normal.
'And what is that black energy surrounding him?'
"You came here just to kill Rin?"
Faced with Minato's question, Obito showed not the slightest trace of guilt. Instead, he threw his head back and burst into laughter.
At first, the laughter sounded normal, but it gradually twisted into something increasingly warped and manic, sending chills down the spine.
"Hahaha… ahahaha!"
His grin stretched unnaturally wide, revealing a row of pale teeth, his entire demeanor utterly unhinged.
"That's right, Sensei. I'm cutting off everything from the past!"
Obito snarled, madness flashing in his eyes.
"As long as I kill Rin, that person will naturally cease to exist."
His voice was low and vicious, as though rising from the depths of hell.
"Without him, no one in this world will be able to stand in my way!"
From the moment Obito addressed him as "Sensei," Minato had already sensed that the former student before him had undergone another drastic change in his mental state.
However, he had no idea who the "him" Obito kept referring to was.
Regardless, Minato knew one thing clearly, he could not let Obito leave.
He gripped a Flying Thunder God kunai tightly, focusing intently ahead.
Silently waiting for the moment Obito would materialize again, so he could deliver a fatal strike.
Seeing that Minato remained still, Obito immediately understood, his opponent was waiting for him to make the first move.
But Obito wasn't foolish. After realizing the Flying Thunder God mark was on his back, the muscles along his back began to bulge violently, twisting and writhing.
With a dull "squelch," a large chunk of flesh on his back tore open, then rapidly healed again.
With that motion, the Flying Thunder God mark etched on his back was completely ripped apart.
After finishing this, a savage smile spread across Obito's face.
At the same time, his dual Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly, and immense chakra surged out like a raging tide.
In the next moment, a massive azure Susanoo burst forth from his body.
"Let me show you the power of my Susanoo!"
Facing the towering, imposing Susanoo, Minato merely let out a faint cold smile.
The instant Obito manifested it, Minato flickered and appeared right in front of the Susanoo using the Body Flicker Technique.
At the same time, Minato's entire body shone with brilliant golden light.
That's right, he had activated Golden Body Mode.
With this powerful state amplifying him, Minato lifted both hands slightly, and two Rasengan formed in his palms.
Then, the Rasengan in his right hand began to split at an astonishing rate in less than a second, like cells undergoing rapid division.
A deafening hum filled the air as a violent gale erupted from within it, sweeping outward in all directions.
The wind roared like a ferocious beast, tearing through everything around it.
Meanwhile, the turbulent chakra churned wildly in Minato's hand, forming a dazzling vortex of energy.
Even so, all that surging chakra remained firmly contained within his palm.
This was Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!
On the other side, witnessing such terrifying power from Minato, shock appeared on Obito's face.
Especially when he saw Minato enter that radiant Golden Body Mode, he couldn't help but wonder, 'Could it be some special ability related to the Nine-Tails?'
(A/N: At this time, the Nine-Tails' golden chakra mode had not yet appeared in the ninja world, so Obito didn't recognize it.)
Before Obito could think further, Minato had already pressed the Rasengan in his left hand firmly against the Susanoo.
With a sharp crack, the seemingly indestructible skeletal armor of the Susanoo was instantly blasted open with a large hole.
Then, without missing a beat, Minato hurled the already-prepared Rasenshuriken from his right hand straight into the opening.
It was Obito's first time activating Susanoo, he didn't know that he couldn't become intangible while using it.
'Not good!', Obito cursed inwardly, but it was already too late to evade.
With a thunderous boom, the Rasenshuriken struck him directly.
In an instant, an overwhelming surge of wind-nature chakra exploded around his body like raging waves, tearing through him violently.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The berserk chakra tore across him again and again, as if trying to shred him into pieces.
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