Inside the cockpit of Susanoo, Obito looked down from above.
As he passed by Madara and Ōhnoki, he even greeted them casually.
"Yo, Grandpa Madara, Lord Tsuchikage."
The next second, he was already two hundred meters up in the air, overlooking the two of them.
Ōhnoki struggled to lift his head, staring at the towering Susanoo before him. His thoughts momentarily stalled.
He wasn't even confident in defeating a Susanoo that was a few dozen meters tall.
And now there was one over two hundred meters high... How the hell was he supposed to fight this?!
A bitter smile formed on Ōhnoki's lips, but for the sake of his dignity, he still gave a comment.
"Uchiha Madara, your grandson truly surpasses you."
"Hm?"
Madara was immediately displeased.
Surpasses me? Are you saying I'm inferior to Obito?
"Hmph! You brat, my grandson doesn't need your evaluation!"
With a cold snort, Madara clapped his hands together forcefully.
"Susanoo!"
A surge of blue chakra roared through the sky like a vast ocean.
In the next moment, an enormous azure war god manifested.
Standing at over two hundred meters tall, it was even half a head taller than Obito's green Susanoo.
"Crack!"
The building beneath Madara finally gave way under the overwhelming weight and collapsed entirely.
Seeing the two titanic figures standing over them, the shinobi of Iwagakure broke into cries of despair, curses, and existential dread.
Wasn't one already enough? Now there's another one?!
Screw this! We're done! Just give up!
Ōhnoki swallowed hard, murmuring to himself in a daze.
"So this... this is your true strength, Uchiha Madara..."
Suddenly, he continued flying higher into the air, prompting gasps from the Iwa shinobi below.
"No way... Are we about to get a new Tsuchikage?!" someone thought in horror.
"Hmph, I wonder if I'll get a chance..."
Reaching the same altitude as the two Uchiha, Ōhnoki finally voiced the question gnawing at his mind.
"With power like this... why didn't you just kill us back then?"
Madara crossed his arms and sneered.
"Have you ever seen an adult lose their temper over a child?"
Damn, that's a 103-point flex, Madara!
One extra point for understanding, one extra point for tolerance, and one extra point for the love I feel for you!
But while you're over here showing off... you're completely wasting my time, Obito thought bitterly.
Unable to hold back, Obito coughed and reminded him, "Ahem, Grandpa Madara, I'm not trying to rush you, but... we have another battle ahead. Should we get going?"
Madara chuckled indulgently and nodded.
"Alright, alright, let's be on our way."
From below, a voice shouted out.
"Lord Tsuchikage! Uchiha Madara's grandson has captured Han-sama!"
So they were after the Tailed Beasts after all...
Ōhnoki turned to Madara and said in a deep voice, "Uchiha Madara, what exactly are you plotting by capturing so many Tailed Beasts?"
Obito let out a helpless sigh.
"Tsuchikage, isn't that a pointless question? Do you think we'd be foolish enough to tell you?"
(Seriously, in the original story, no one even asked you, and you spilled it all yourself.)
Ōhnoki glanced at Obito, a glimmer of calculation flashing in his eyes.
"If you are Uchiha Madara's grandson, then you must be a well-known figure in the ninja world."
Pfft! With that level of intelligence gathering, it'd be a miracle if someone actually fell for it!
Obito silently ridiculed the attempt before replying smugly, "That's right! A gentleman never changes his surname nor his given name. I am the renowned Uchiha... Cha!"
(Technically, the surname is still correct!)
Madara nearly burst out laughing but managed to hold it in at the last second.
Uchiha... Cha?
Ōhnoki frowned.
That name doesn't seem to have appeared in the ninja world before...
Ah, whatever! As long as I know he's an enemy, that's enough!
Looking at the two Uchiha, Ōhnoki declared firmly, "I may not be able to defeat the two of you, but as the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, I cannot simply let you leave!"
Madara smirked, clearly amused.
"Oh? Is that so? Ob-- Cha, let's wait a few minutes before leaving."
"I want to see what tricks this brat has up his sleeve to deal with me."
Obito sighed again, utterly drained.
Grandpa Madara's playfulness had been triggered once more...
This meant that his transformation into the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki would be delayed by at least five more minutes!
Ōhnoki pressed his palms together and slowly pulled them apart.
A nearly translucent sphere of energy formed between them.
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
Madara looked at the incoming Dust Release with disappointment.
"Hmm... a technique from that old fool Mu? How utterly unoriginal."
A flicker of purple light shone in his Rinnegan as he casually raised his hand.
The Dust Release, a jutsu capable of disintegrating everything into its most fundamental particles, dissipated into nothingness in an instant.
"T-That's impossible!" Ōhnoki's eyes widened in disbelief.
How could Madara so effortlessly neutralize the power of a Kekkei Tōtā?!
"Heh."
Seeing Ōhnoki's shocked expression, Madara felt a surge of satisfaction.
The Rinnegan could absorb all ninjutsu, so naturally, Dust Release was no exception.
"It would be rude not to return the favor. Here let me send you a little gift."
With a wild laugh, Madara formed hand seals alongside his two-faced Susanoo.
A forbidden jutsu that only the Rinnegan could unleash.
"Tengai Shinsei (Meteor)!"
The once-clear sky was instantly swallowed by darkness.
Iwagakure was cast into an overwhelming shadow.
"T-That is..."
Iwa shinobi stood frozen in horror, their eyes locked onto the colossal meteor, spanning over a thousand meters in diameter.
"We're not even in the same league..." someone whimpered in despair.
"Is this really ninjutsu? Or a natural disaster? There's no way we can escape this!"
Ōhnoki's face twisted with tension.
"Damn it!"
If that meteor fell, Iwagakure's decades of history would be reduced to nothing!
He shot into the sky, racing against gravity itself.
Obito watched the tragic scene unfold, unsure how to react.
We were already planning to leave, but you just had to provoke Madara...
Now congratulations, you've created another iconic moment.
Ōhnoki's small figure collided with the massive meteor.
"Earth Release: Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique! Ughhhh!"
He pushed with all his might, and unbelievably, the meteor's descent began to slow.
The shinobi below held their breath, their hearts pounding in their chests.
Kurotsuchi shouted from below, "Grandfather, you can do it!"
Then, countless voices joined in.
"Lord Tsuchikage, you can do it!"
"You can stop it!"
Ōhnoki's face turned red with effort.
"Just a bit more... Almost... There...!"
Finally, with one last burst of strength, he stopped the meteor!
"Hah... Hah... I did it... I really did it..."
Cheers erupted from the ground.
"We're saved! The Tsuchikage did it!"
Madara smirked and said mockingly, "Not bad."
"Now... how do you plan to stop the second one?"
Obito sighed heavily.
Watching Madara flaunt his strength alone was really frustrating.
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