The one who spoke was naturally the masked man.
This man draped in a black robe, calling himself Uchiha Madara.
He slowly walked in front of Itachi, then stopped, turned to face Kyo ahead, slightly narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"That Shimura Danzo guy never told me he had such a powerful subordinate like you."
"Your strength alone would have been enough to annihilate the entire Uchiha Clan, right?"
"He didn't seem to need a collaborator from the very beginning."
The masked man spoke lowly.
Just now, while Itachi was fighting, he had been lurking on the sidelines for a long time, naturally to observe the strength of the person before him.
And now,
The masked man could definitively confirm—
This guy's strength was perhaps absolutely no less than that of his teacher... the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato!
Whether it was the bizarre crescent slashes, the ability to break Genjutsu, or that high-speed movement technique, they were all terrifying to an appalling degree.
How could such a guy serve an old schemer like Danzo?
The masked man truly couldn't understand.
At this moment,
Hearing the masked man's words, Kyo suddenly chuckled lightly and said:
"You really exaggerate me."
"That's right, as you said, Danzo-sama did indeed consider having me carry out the operation before, but I directly refused."
"As for the reason... it's simple."
"I'm not like you two. This kind of immoral thing like clan annihilation, I couldn't do it."
"Moreover,"
"Danzo-sama was also afraid of courting disaster, so wouldn't it be better to let you two bear this blame?"
"..."
As the words fell, instantly, both the masked man and Itachi's expressions changed slightly.
'Damn it...'
'That Shimura Danzo guy really had no good intentions from the very start!'
A moment later,
The masked man slightly lowered his eyes, raised one hand, and said deeply:
"Hmph, we've reached the moment of tension, further talk is useless."
"Come on—"
"Fox-like Ogre Masked One, next... your opponent is me, Uchiha Madara Da!"
The masked man had finally decided to take action himself.
Although he really liked to lurk, he also knew that he couldn't lurk any longer now.
The current Itachi was fundamentally unable to continue maintaining high-intensity combat, and could die here at any moment.
If that happened, the loss would outweigh the gain.
Moreover, since the person wearing the fox-like ogre mask was already this strong now, wouldn't he directly reach the Six Paths-level in the future?
In the future, he would inevitably be one of the formidable enemies of the Eye of the Moon Plan!
Therefore, rather than letting him continue to grow stronger, it was better... to kill him tonight!
Based on the masked man's observations just now,
Although this masked person was very fast, it was only pure movement speed, and did not involve the level of Space-Time Ninjutsu.
As long as that was the case, there was a great chance of victory.
'No matter how fast your speed was, could it be faster than Minato-sensei's Flying Thunder God Technique?'
"..."
However,
Hearing the masked man's words,
Kyo showed no surprise whatsoever, instead his heart stirred slightly, and he slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
'I've waited for so long.'
'This guy had finally decided to take action himself.'
'Now,'
'The final branch mission could finally be completed—'
While thinking,
Kyo pretended to look very surprised, raised the blade in his hand, smiled, and lifted his chin, saying:
"Oh?"
"The famed Shinobi World's Asura, Uchiha Madara, is finally going to take action against me personally? I'm really looking forward to it..."
As the words fell,
Kyo focused his mind, instantly turning into an afterimage, directly disappearing from the spot.
Then he appeared in front of the masked man, directly raising his moon-white blade, and slashed forward!
This time, all his spiritual pressure was gathered on the blade, not forming a crescent, but directly cutting towards the masked man's body.
Seeing this, the masked man chuckled lowly and coldly, showing no panic whatsoever, instantly activating his Kamui!
Shing!
Kyo's blade slashed down rapidly,
But the moment it touched the masked man's body, it was as if it had struck air, directly passing through without any obstruction!
The next moment, before his slash could even finish,
The dodging masked man suddenly reached out and directly grabbed Kyo's arm!
A hint of complacency flashed in his eyes, and he laughed lowly:
"It's over!"
As the words fell, he began activating Kamui again!
And this time, it was the absorption power!
An invisible spatial vortex instantly appeared before his right eye, directly and rapidly twisting Kyo's entire body, completely absorbing him!
The next moment, Kyo's white figure, with almost no room to struggle, completely vanished from the spot!
A gust of wind blew by, and there was nothing else!
Seeing this scene, Itachi beside him was inwardly shocked, his pupils slightly constricting.
"?!"
'What?!'
'Succeeded?!'
'That masked person, who was so strong just now, was solved with one move like this??!'
'W-wait.'
'Something felt... off.'
Itachi's gaze flickered slightly.
However,
The masked man in front of him suddenly revealed a satisfied smile on his face.
'Succeeded!'
'Finally succeeded this time!'
During the Nine-Tails Rampage back then, when he faced Minato, it was precisely because this move was activated slowly that the opponent escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
And this time, he had thoroughly learned from the previous lesson, and the moment he grabbed Kyo's arm, he activated it directly without any hesitation or pause!
Sure enough, it's a success!
At this moment, an unprecedented sense of relief appeared in the masked man's heart.
'Heh...'
'Even that tough guy who made Uchiha Itachi suffer,'
'In front of my Kamui, as expected, he was just a small fry.'
At this moment, he even wanted to laugh out loud.
…
However, at this moment,
Unbeknownst to the masked man.
Inside the Kamui Dimension,
Kyo, who had been drawn in, showed no tension or fear on his face.
Quite the opposite, his face suddenly revealed the same smile, and he also spoke the same words—
"As expected... succeeded."
Because at this moment,
Before Kyo's eyes, on the ground of the dimension,
Were neatly stacked rows of square containers, seemingly containing something unknown inside.
Even without opening the boxes,
Kyo already completely knew what was inside them.
This was precisely Obito's main purpose in participating in this annihilation operation this time, and also his greatest achievement—
The Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai, Sharingan!
And now,
Kyo had effortlessly obtained them!
It's a successful freeloading!