Chapter 193: Black Zetsu Succeeds! Uchiha Madara Is About to Be Revived!
Oborotsuki seized the Gedo Statue and sealed it away, then casually tossed it into Obito's Kamui different dimension.
Right now, Obito was being suppressed by his power and interrogated by the other ninja villages in Kirigakure.
So Oborotsuki had no need to worry—Obito couldn't escape.
As long as that guy couldn't get out, he couldn't enter the Kamui dimension.
Therefore, the Gedo Statue was safest here.
In other words, Oborotsuki had turned this different dimension into his own private warehouse.
After securing the Gedo Statue, he also rescued the three captured jinchūriki and tossed them into the Kamui dimension as well.
But even after finishing all this, Oborotsuki still didn't leave.
He returned to that cave for the second time.
At this moment, Kakuzu, the Deva Path, and the others were still waiting for Black Zetsu to return and tell them the only method left to continue Akatsuki's goal.
They never imagined that Oborotsuki would dare to come back again.
And this time, he wasn't here to steal anything—he was here to beat people up!
Oborotsuki appeared behind Kakuzu like a ghost.
Then, his palm lightly touched the other man's shoulder.
It wasn't until Oborotsuki's hand made contact with his shoulder that Kakuzu finally noticed—but it was already too late.
"Lie down!"
Oborotsuki exerted force violently.
Terrifying senjutsu chakra erupted like a tsunami, instantly slamming Kakuzu hard into the ground.
BOOM!
The moment Kakuzu hit the ground, the earth cracked open.
At the same time, Kakuzu suffered severe injuries. His entire chakra system was thrown into chaos, his meridians damaged, and he couldn't muster even a shred of strength!
"You… you brat… you damn brat, what are you planning to do to me!!"
Kakuzu glared furiously at Oborotsuki, who appeared through the rolling smoke with a mocking smile, and roared in anger.
"I don't plan to do anything special to you, old man Kakuzu."
"I just want you to come with me for a little trip."
The moment Oborotsuki finished speaking, he suddenly sensed danger coming from behind.
"Super Almighty Push!!"
The Deva Path took advantage of the instant Oborotsuki attacked Kakuzu and launched a sneak attack with his ultimate technique.
Oborotsuki had fought the Deva Path before.
He knew the opponent's methods all too well, so there was no way he would be successfully ambushed.
"Let's deal with one first!"
Oborotsuki laughed, activated Flying Thunder God, and took Kakuzu away with him.
Meanwhile, deep inside the cave—
Black Zetsu, who had been waiting for an opportunity to possess Nagato and take control of his body, heard the commotion outside and knew his chance had come.
Sure enough, as the sounds of the cave collapsing and shaking reached him, Nagato's attention was drawn away. He once again consumed a large amount of chakra to control the Six Paths of Pain and fight Oborotsuki.
"Perfect opportunity!"
Seeing the opening, Black Zetsu acted without hesitation.
His true body suddenly drilled into Nagato's body and, like a stream of black liquid, rapidly wrapped around and enveloped Nagato's entire form.
…
After subduing and capturing Kakuzu alive, Oborotsuki returned to the cave for the third time.
However, to his surprise, the cave was now completely empty.
The Six Paths of Pain, Uzumaki Nagato, and that bastard Black Zetsu had all vanished without a trace.
"They escaped…"
Oborotsuki frowned and activated his powerful chakra sensing, trying to track the enemies' signatures.
But to his shock, he discovered he could no longer detect the presence of those three at all.
"So they really did escape."
He never expected the opponents to have such a method to evade his tracking.
Oborotsuki shook his head helplessly.
"But this time, I took the Gedo Statue and recovered three jinchūriki, plus I have Kakuzu as a captive. Terumī Mei should agree now…"
Oborotsuki stopped worrying about the escaped Nagato and Zetsu.
He decided to return to Kirigakure first.
After settling things with Terumī Mei, he could slowly deal with the remaining enemies later.
With that thought, Oborotsuki activated Flying Thunder God once again—bringing the Gedo Statue, Kakuzu, and the three jinchūriki back to Kirigakure.
"Huff…"
As his feet touched the ground, Oborotsuki let out a soft, unnoticed breath.
He was quite surprised.
He had only used Flying Thunder God a few times in succession.
Although each jump had been ultra-long distance,
it shouldn't have left him this winded, right?
He carefully checked the chakra inside his body.
To his shock, he discovered that more than half of his chakra had been consumed.
"What… is going on?"
"Is it because the targets I'm transporting are too heavy?"
Oborotsuki wondered.
The Gedo Statue itself was the shell of the Ten-Tails, and it already had the One-Tail and Seven-Tails sealed inside. Its weight was indeed extraordinary.
Transporting such a massive object over long distances naturally required a huge amount of chakra.
Furthermore, Oborotsuki wasn't just moving within the ninja world.
He had also repeatedly traveled back and forth between the real world and Obito's Kamui dimension. That kind of cross-dimensional movement consumed even more chakra.
"So that must be the real reason."
"After all, I'm not the original user of Kamui. Going back and forth between two different spaces like this does require a lot of chakra."
Once he understood this, Oborotsuki gained a clearer sense of his current strength and the risks and drawbacks of using Flying Thunder God for cross-dimensional travel.
He quickly pushed these thoughts aside, took Kakuzu and the three jinchūriki, and cheerfully returned to the temporary Mizukage office.
The original Mizukage building had already been destroyed during his fight with the Fourth Raikage.
So now they could only operate out of a simple, makeshift room.
Terumī Mei and the others were busy working.
When they suddenly saw Oborotsuki return—and casually drop several unconscious figures onto the floor—everyone froze in shock.
"You… you're back so soon??"
Terumī Mei snapped out of it and looked at Oborotsuki in astonishment.
"These three are the jinchūriki from Kirigakure and Kumogakure."
"I brought them back."
"And this one is a member of Akatsuki."
"I told you—if I made a promise to you, I would definitely keep it."
Oborotsuki said with a half-smile, his gaze burning as he stared intently at Terumī Mei, a meaningful look in his eyes.
Seeing that look, Terumī Mei's heart tightened slightly, and her breathing unconsciously quickened.
She averted her eyes from Oborotsuki's heated gaze and casually looked down at the half-dead Kakuzu on the floor.
"What about the other Akatsuki members?"
Terumī Mei realized there was only one enemy here and the rest were missing, so she quickly changed the subject.
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