Adam, be careful, he can use Kamui.
Seeing Obito and Konan suddenly team up to attack Adam, Kakashi immediately warned him, fearing that Adam might suffer a loss if he didn't know about Obito's Kamui ability.
But Obito's speed was too fast; before Kakashi could finish his sentence, Obito had already lunged with a kunai towards Adam's eyes.
"Is that all?"
Adam tilted his head, easily dodging Obito's close-range attack, then punched Obito in the stomach.
"You fell for it."
Seeing Adam attack him as expected, a triumphant smile appeared on Obito's lips. He transferred the part of his body about to be struck by Adam into the Kamui dimension.
But in the next second, his expression changed.
"Impossible!"
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Adam's fist landed squarely on Obito's body.
Obito spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying, crashing towards the paper Ninjutsu weapons Konan had launched.
Seeing that Obito was about to be pierced by the paper Ninjutsu, Konan quickly controlled the explosive tag weapons to scatter, forming a buffer to catch Obito.
However, the force on Obito's body was truly too great. It directly tore through the explosive tags, smashed through the wooden wall of a house behind him, and plunged him straight into the outhouse in the courtyard.
"It was intentional, definitely intentional."
Konan, flying in the air, couldn't help but twitch her lips.
Adam, meanwhile, looked up at Konan and smiled, saying:
"Let him soak in the cesspit for a bit. It might clear his head so he doesn't act foolishly again.
I imagine you wouldn't want to experience that."
"It really was intentional."
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, secretly thinking that they absolutely must not offend Adam in the future.
"Huh, why didn't Obito use Kamui to dodge Adam's attack?"
Naruto only just realized this and asked, somewhat confused.
Throughout the battle, he had personally experienced Obito's Kamui ability. Whether he used Ninjutsu or Taijutsu, it would be ineffective due to Obito's Kamui.
Otherwise, with the boost from Sage Mode, how could he have fought so miserably?
"He didn't not use Kamui; it's that even when he used it, it had no effect."
Kakashi had an expression of utter astonishment.
Others hadn't clearly seen what happened, but with his Mangekyo Sharingan's dynamic capture ability, he had perceived a hint of the truth.
"It had no effect? Why?"
Everyone's faces showed confusion.
Kakashi explained:
"Actually, based on my observation, Obito's Kamui and transfer ability should be one and the same. He likely transfers a part of his body to another dimension when attacked.
And just now, Adam didn't actually throw one punch; he threw nine punches.
These nine punches struck various parts of Obito's body, but the speed was too fast. Obito's Kamui transfer speed couldn't keep up with Adam's punching speed.
That's why he was hit and sent flying."
"That's right, that's roughly it."
After Kakashi finished speaking, Adam nodded in agreement.
One could only say that Kakashi's intelligence was indeed high. Merely by observing the battle between Naruto and Obito, he had largely analyzed the principle behind Obito's Kamui ability.
However, he was still wrong about one thing: he hadn't thrown nine punches, but eighteen.
Obito's Kamui speed was indeed much faster than his transfer speed, but the prerequisite was that he had to react first to activate Kamui.
If Obito himself couldn't react, he naturally wouldn't be able to activate Kamui in time to dodge the attack.
In the Dragon Ball World's Tenkaichi Budokai, Goku once knocked out a formidable opponent with three punches, but in the audience's eyes, Goku only threw one punch.
Because their eyes could no longer perceive the speed of Goku's punches.
The same situation was happening now. Adam had just thrown eighteen punches in a row, but Naruto and the others only saw one punch. Even Kakashi and Obito, who had the dynamic capture ability of the Sharingan, only saw nine punches.
This is what happens when the power gap is too large: even a normal attack can have the effect of a powerful ultimate move.
"He actually threw nine punches in that one move!"
Hearing Kakashi's explanation and seeing Adam's nod of approval, Naruto and the others' eyes widened.
They had never seen anyone's Taijutsu be as strong as Adam's.
Not only was his strength immense, but his speed was also incredibly fast, and crucially, in their very first encounter, he had already seen through the weakness of Obito's Ninjutsu.
"Trying to escape?"
Just then, Adam raised an eyebrow, because he clearly felt Obito activate Kamui again. He probably was scared by that last blow and didn't dare to confront him head-on anymore.
He was about to lift his foot to stop him but thought better of it and paused.
"Forget it, I'm a germaphobe. Being covered in feces and urine is quite disgusting."
Of course, he didn't stop Obito for that reason. Even if he didn't engage in close combat, a Dodompa shot could interrupt Obito's use of Kamui to escape.
His main thought was that if he caught or killed Obito now, it wouldn't really benefit him.
Without Obito leading the mischief, the Ninja villages wouldn't be able to put aside their past grievances and truly live in peace. Without Obito creating various crises, how could he exchange them for what he wanted?
He couldn't always deal with people like Danzo.
If he truly became a major villain, the Toad clan probably wouldn't dare to summon him anymore.
Moreover, even if he dealt with Obito, Zetsu wouldn't give up on saving his mother, and there would be more conspiracies and more extreme individuals like Obito. So, it was better to keep him for now.
This World had demands of him, allowing him to gain something.
"As for you."
Seeing Obito escape using Kamui, Adam looked up at Konan in the air. Konan's expression changed, and her body immediately transformed into countless white papers, scattering and fleeing in all directions.
She fled, she fled, she fled.
At this moment, Konan was using the Paper Clone Jutsu.
Not only did Naruto and the others not clearly see Adam throw eighteen punches, but neither did she.
Since Obito, who always claimed to be Uchiha Madara, had fled, she didn't believe she could take the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from Adam's hands either.
Furthermore, with Obito out of sight, she was also worried that he might harm Nagato.
Nagato's dream was to use the Gedo Mazo to absorb the Nine-Tailed Beasts to create a super weapon, making the World experience Pain so that it would no longer wage war, indirectly bringing peace to the World and fulfilling Yahiko's wish.
And her dream was simply to protect Nagato.
"Let's go. Let's go support Jiraiya first; he's almost at his limit."
Watching Konan scatter into countless paper fragments and flee, Adam did not pursue her. Konan posed no threat to him, nor did she have any value, so she wasn't worth his time.
Moreover, Jiraiya over there was indeed nearing his limit.
Although he had prior experience fighting the Six Paths of Pain and was cooperating with veteran Jonin like Asuma, there was still a fundamental difference in power.
If it weren't for Tsunade's Katsuyu providing auxiliary healing, it's uncertain if he could have held out until now.