Trees Chapter 277 The True Savior

The reason Obito wanted to gather all the puppets and pull them into the Kamui Dimension at once was simple, it’s because of Chakra consumpt

The reason Obito wanted to gather all the puppets and pull them into the Kamui Dimension at once was simple, it’s because of Chakra consumption.

If he were to pull them in a few at a time like Kakashi, he estimated that it would only take a few more times for his Chakra to run out and he would die.

When Obito saw Kakashi showing off in front of him, Obito felt a mix of envy and exasperation.

‘This guy...’

‘Where the hell does he get so much Chakra?!’

"Kakashi, you are too arrogant!"

"If you keep using the Mangekyo like this... aren't you afraid of going blind?!"

“Haven’t you noticed your vision deteriorating every time you use Kamui?"

Kakashi: “???”

‘Does the Mangekyo Sharingan have side effects?!’

‘Is Obito trying to fool me?’

Kakashi had used Kamui countless times, and aside from some eye strain, he’d experienced no adverse reactions.

But after feeling that only remaining a third of his Chakra remained, Kakashi suddenly fell silent.

He knew in his heart that if he relied on himself alone, he might not be able to pull all these puppets into the Kamui Dimension.

He was arguing with Obito just now because he was angry, and he just wanted to piss Obito off.

"Okay, I won't argue with you for now."

Kakashi blinked and said in a calm tone.

Obito instantly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it.

‘Thank goodness…’

‘Kakashi finally realized that the Mangekyo Sharingan should not be used indiscriminately.’

‘Otherwise, if he really ruined my eye...’

‘Then I really didn't know where to go to cry.’

…

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

As Kisame's voice rang out, the battlefield suddenly turned into an ocean, and the clustered puppets were scattered by the tidal force.

“Itachi-san, we need to retreat..."

"I don't have enough Chakra."

Kisame emerged from the water in his shark form, then gestured to Itachi on the water to quickly ride on him and escape together.

“Understood."

Itachi didn’t argue. He stepped onto Kisame’s back without hesitation.

He had very little Chakra to begin with. Having lost his Mangekyo Sharingan, and since those puppets were not susceptible to Genjutsu, he could only attack with Fire Release Ninjutsu and Shurikenjutsu.

By now, he was barely holding.

When Kisame saw Itachi stood on him, he excitedly flicked his tail and swam quickly towards Obito's position.

However...

As the two left, Hidan’s heart-wrenching howl was heard on the battlefield.

“NO!!”

“MY RITUAL!!"

He had just summoned out half of the Jashin’s head when he was interrupted by Kisame’s attack.

‘I’d been so close to seeing the Jashin-sama’s true form...’

However, Hidan didn't know that Jashin’s disappearance was actually caused by the old man who suddenly appeared in the sky.

The Sage of Six Paths hovered cross-legged in the air, staring blankly at his scepter, which is now full of cracks, and suddenly fell into deep thought, "That Jashin..."

"... is strong."

The Sage of Six Paths muttered to himself and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

When he saw a red figure emerging from under the ritual circle, he immediately used all his strength to beat the opponent back.

"Fortunately, nothing serious happened."

The Sage of Six Paths sighed and felt that there should be no problem in handing over the remaining puppets to Naruto and Sasuke.

He didn't know if it was just his imagination...

But he feels like his headaches had been worsening lately.

“Whatever…”

"I should go back and take a nap."

Sage of Six Paths’ figure gradually faded, as he was planning to return directly to the Pure Land.

But he didn't notice that there was a red hair clinging to the back of his head.

…

“Sasori-danna!!”

“Where do we run now?!"

At the outermost edge of the battlefield, Deidara and Sasori sprinted side by side.

There were thousands of puppets following behind them.

Somehow, the Akatsuki’s members discovered that these two guys were particularly good at pulling off these puppets’ aggro, so they were tasked with luring the puppets into position.

“Toward Obito’s location."

"Don't slow down! Be careful not to enter those puppets’ attack range."

Sasori replied urgently, speaking much faster than usual.

Unlike all previous battles, Sasori felt that if he fell into the hands of those puppets, he would most likely be devoured.

“Deidara…”

"Did you notice...?"

"The puppets have the symbols of the Cult Mechanicus and the Scientific Truth Society engraved on their necks."

Sasori had a vague guess in his mind.

‘What if those puppets… were our own creations in the future?’

"As expected of Sasori-danna!"

Deidara exclaimed, then added quietly, "That's what I was thinking just now... but I didn’t dare tell the others."

Sasori thought for a few seconds, then said uncertainly, "If…"

"This is what we are creating in the future..."

"You should install a backdoor, right?"

Upon hearing this, Deidara immediately realized what was going on. He then looked back at the numerous puppets behind him, and a wild grin slowly spread across his face.

"That's for sure!"

"Just watch me..."

Deidara raised his hand and prepared to perform the explosion ritual devoutly.

Seeing this, Sasori was so scared that he quickly grabbed his wrist.

"Be careful."

"Even if there is a backdoor... won’t we get blown sky-high at this distance?"

Sasori's words immediately made Deidara fall into deep thought. After a few seconds, he raised his right hand toward Obito’s direction and shouted, "Ha, explode!"

Boom…

The explosion happened as expected, but its effect left Deidara disappointed.

Because the power of the even weaker than that of his own clay bombs.

‘Still, being able to get rid of the puppet is a good thing, right?’

Just as Deidara was thinking this, he saw the self-destructed puppet reform from liquid metal in the next second, becoming good as new.

If Deidara hadn’t witnessed the explosion himself, he wouldn’t have believed that puppet had just blown up.

"It's over! Sasori-danna, it’s completely useless!"

Sasori remained silent after watching the whole process.

Because he had thought of another possibility...

‘Since my current self can think of Deidara installing a backdoor in these puppets, my future self wouldn’t have overlooked it.’

‘And installing countermeasures against explosions was something I always did with my puppets.’

‘Well... this is bad.’

Sasori felt the Chakra Core in his body tremble.

Right now, he wanted to curse himself for designing these puppets so perfectly.

"Quick, the last puppets are coming!!"

"Everyone, gather near me!"

In the air, Konan hugged Nagato in a princess carry, slowly descended from the air and moved to regroup with her teammates.

"Shinra Tensei!"

At the same time, Nagato, who is now awake, raised his hand and unleashed his signature technique, repelling all the scattered puppets toward the center.

"Kakashi! Now’s our chance!"

"Kamui…" x2

Obito and Kakashi used their Mangekyo’s Dojutsu at the same time, pulling all the people and puppets at the scene into the Kamui Dimension.

At the next second, Obito dropped to one knee, clutching his eye as he gasped for breath.

Using Kamui on such a large scale has drained him of every last bit of Chakra.

Now, it was all up to Hidan.

"Hidan! Hurry up!"

"Didn’t you say your so-called Jashin was invincible? Summon it already!"

When Kakuzu saw the thousand puppets in front of them regrouping and charging toward them, he anxiously grabbed Hidan by the collar and roared hoarsely.

"I... I..."

When Hidan saw everyone's expectant gazes were directed at him, he turned his head and stammered, "I have run out of materials to summon Jashin-sama..."

Everyone: “???”

At that moment, the group wanted nothing more than to chop Hidan into pieces and scatter all his pieces to every corner of the world.

‘Damn it!!’

‘It's easy for him to summon the Jashin to destroy Amegakure, but at the critical moment, he just had to fail us?!’

"Obito! Hurry... get everyone out of here!!"

Nagato was the first to shout, as he knew that if they didn’t leave now...

They would all die!

"I... I’m out of Chakra too."

"Kakashi, you do it."

Obito sighed and turned to look at where Kakashi had been standing, but then he found that Kakashi was already gone.

Obito, who could normally use Kamui, was unable to pull everyone out because he was out of Chakra. And now, their last hope, Kakashi, had vanished...

At this moment, as the group faced the onslaught of silver puppets, they were filled with despair.

Just when everyone was preparing to face death, the space beside Obito began to distort.

The next second, a burst of passionate BGM rang in everyone's ears.

"In the Valley of the End, the cold wind blows,”

“The cicadas of spring and autumn sing as the boy returns…”