The war had reached a temporary stalemate at this point.
Makoto was dealing with the Six Paths of Konoha.
Kakashi and Obito were engaged in a close-quarters battle atop the Ten-Tails.
Reanimated Madara was being occupied by multiple Kage-level Mrs. Nishikawa, led by Saeko.
The remaining Ninja army, led by Yu, was dealing with the Ten-Tails and the small monsters it had split off from itself.
'Damn it.'
Yu, transformed into Gun Devil mode, cursed inwardly, glancing sideways at the white-masked figure atop the Ten-Tails, Uchiha Obito, the King of Scum… who was locked in combat with Kakashi.
'It's been this long, and he's still not ready to transform into the Jinchuriki?'
'Trash!'
Yu's contempt for Obito grew even stronger.
'Not only is he a simp, but he's also an incompetent simp.'
Just then, with a sharp 'clang', Kakashi's kunai clashed with Obito's Black Chakra Receiver, sending sparks flying.
Both stepped back half a step simultaneously. Kakashi's feet left two shallow marks on the Ten-Tails' skin while Obito's figure swayed slightly.
One could only say, worthy of Hatake the Stalemate Specialist, even without his Mangekyo Sharingan, he could still hold his own against Obito, who possessed two Rinnegan.
And just then, Yu in the distance had already raised his arm, transformed into a sniper rifle, locking onto Obito atop the Ten-Tails, and said quietly:
"I'll give you a quick one."
He pulled the trigger.
Boom!
An armor-piercing round shot from the barrel. The bullet trailed a pale blue streak through the night sky, accurately piercing through the back of Obito's heart.
The bullet entered Obito's back and exited through his chest, carrying a spray of blood.
Everyone's faces lit up with joy.
After suffering such a heavy blow, Obito's body suddenly stiffened, staggered two steps, and fell from the Ten-Tails' head, hundreds of meters high.
His white mask tumbled through the air, revealing his disfigured half-face beneath.
In the mask's eyehole, the purple light of his Rinnegan was visibly dimming at a rate noticeable to the naked eye.
"Success!"
Mei, Samui, and others who didn't understand the situation were quite happy, mainly because they thought that once Obito died, the war would be over.
After all, although Madara was more intimidating, the overall commander of the enemy forces in this war was still Obito.
However, Obito, falling through the air, revealed a sinister grin and muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear: "I've been waiting for this."
Obito formed hand seals. In an instant, the Ten-Tails' colossal body suddenly changed.
Several ducts extended from the Ten-Tails' surface, piercing into Obito's body like living creatures.
The Ten-Tails' body shrank dramatically in mid-air, as if stuffing a giant mass of cotton into a small bottle.
Obito's body twisted, expanded, and deformed in mid-air.
Tobirama noticed this and couldn't help but shout anxiously:
"I told you to defeat us earlier!"
As someone who had witnessed his sister-in-law, Uzumaki Mito, seal the Nine-Tails, he recognized immediately that Obito was about to become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki.
If he succeeded, the trouble would grow bigger and bigger.
Yet Makoto, facing this scene, still had a relaxed, confident smile.
His Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan swept over everyone, then he instantly appeared before Tobirama.
"So fast!"
Not only Tobirama, but the other five Kage-level Konoha's Ninjas also had their expressions changed drastically, realizing that this kid hadn't been using his full strength at all until now.
Then, Makoto reached out and punched Tobirama in the gut. With a dull thud, Tobirama's back arched, and his entire body was knocked into the air.
Before Tobirama could fly away, Makoto pulled his hand back, withdrawing something from Tobirama's gut.
Hashirama and the others looked closely and saw that it was a Black Chakra Receiver.
The same kind of Black Chakra Receiver Nagato used to control the Six Paths of Pain.
After this object was pulled out, Tobirama's body suddenly relaxed.
The purple light in his Rinnegan dissipated, replaced by his original eye color.
The Second Hokage staggered and fell to his knees, hands on the ground, gasping heavily, having temporarily escaped Obito's control.
Then, before the other five could react, Makoto exploded with speed beyond their imagination.
His figure flickered in the moonlight, appearing before one of the Six Paths of Konoha with each flicker.
A series of movements like flowing water, from the first punch to the pulling out of the last Black Chakra Receiver, took less than ten seconds in total.
The five members of the Six Paths of Konoha all knelt on the ground simultaneously, gasping heavily.
Although they had temporarily regained their freedom, sensing the endless Chakra surging from Obito's body, Hashirama and the others had no time to celebrate.
Hashirama stood up from the ground, looked at Makoto's seemingly smiling face, and asked puzzledly: "Young man, what exactly are you trying to do?"
From the display Makoto had just put on, he already knew that the other party hadn't used his full strength at all when fighting them.
Hashirama completely couldn't understand why Makoto was doing this.
Even Madara, who had just been forced to bring out his Complete Body Susanoo on the other side of the battlefield, looked equally confused and turned his head to ask Makoto: "What are you going to do?"
Makoto had already prepared his answer and said, as if possessed by Vegeta: "Defeating Obito in this form is too boring. If I'm going to kill him, I have to wait until he reaches his full power."
Upon hearing this, even the two old warhorses of the Warring State Period, Hashirama and Madara, couldn't help but show surprised expressions.
Hashirama pressed his tongue against his gums, looking pained.
He had thought Madara was already a rare battle maniac, but this younger generation was actually even more extreme.
Madara was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Good boy!" Madara's smile carried an excitement of finding a kindred spirit. "It's a shame you're not an Uchiha and weren't born in the same era as me. Otherwise, it would have been even more interesting back then."
The corner of Makoto's mouth twitched and he said, "No thanks. I don't want to cooperate with you lunatics."
Although a lot of main characters in Naruto fanfictions were mostly Uchiha, the reason why those authors wrote that was mainly because they coveted the cool abilities of the Sharingan, or to make it easier to deal with the Konoha's Elder Council.
But if one truly transmigrated into the Uchiha Clan, there was absolutely no good ending.
Not to mention that the Elder Council would target them relentlessly, but those lunatics and fools were also difficult to get along with.
Hearing Makoto's words, the government army, which had been nervous because Obito had successfully absorbed the Ten-Tails, relaxed for a moment.
After all, their own boss was showing such confidence, so they had nothing to fear.