Naruto: Manipulation-Chapter 205: The Accidental Ten Tails Jinchūriki!

"Watch out!"

Kisame Hoshigaki was the first to notice that hand—

A seemingly harmless strike, but one that had been teleported into position by Yomi no Hirasaka, a top-tier space-time jutsu.

"!!!"

Uchiha Obito's eyes flickered with surprise. But as soon as he recognized the attack, he calmly activated his Kamui phasing ability, completely unconcerned.

In fact...

Obito even felt a tinge of regret.

If that hand had struck without him noticing, piercing through his heart, it could've destroyed both Orochimaru's curse mark and Madara's control seal. He might have teetered on the edge of death—but it would've opened the path to becoming the Ten Tails' jinchūriki.

Too bad...

He'd noticed.

Crack!

A sharp pain erupted in Obito's chest. Instinctively, he looked down—to see a hole punched clean through his heart.

"Impossible... I was in the Kamui dimension..."

His mind reeled. If his body was phased into Kamui space, impervious to attacks in the physical world, how had this strike landed?

This—

This made no sense!

No one expected this.

Everyone present knew how troublesome Kamui was. Unless one had the same Mangekyō Sharingan, Obito was virtually untouchable. As long as he wasn't careless, no one should be able to harm him.

But—

Lord Shigen's technique had broken Kamui.

"Yomi no Hirasaka is the highest level of space-time manipulation,"

Shigen's voice drifted from the black spatial rift.

"I can adjust coordinates at will, opening a portal directly within your Kamui dimension. Once I've locked on to its location, you can't escape me, even if you hide in your pocket dimension."

And in the next instant—

Shigen's hand retracted.

Obito fell, a gaping hole in his chest, his face pale. Yet even as he dropped, he was forming hand signs, lips curling into a smile, murmuring like he was speaking his final words.

"As expected... from Lord Shigen... he even gave me... the chance..."

"What a joke!"

Everyone's expressions changed dramatically.

Madara, Orochimaru—even the Allied Shinobi Forces watching from afar—none had expected this sudden assassination attempt to succeed so utterly.

Obito...

Looked undeniably dead.

No one without a heart could survive, not even someone like him.

It was staggering. Obito—the man who'd been the greatest thorn in Akatsuki's side and the most persistent enemy of Lord Shigen and Madara—had been killed just like that.

But then again—

Maybe it wasn't surprising.

Because the one who killed him was Shigen.

A man for whom nothing seemed impossible. He had struck down the lead enemy right as the great war began.

"Lord Shigen's technique..."

Madara's face showed awe—and deep caution. He could feel it—an unbridgeable gap between himself and Shigen, one that not even the Rinnegan could close.

A terrifying gap...

"So it's come this far," Black Zetsu muttered with eerie delight.

"Yomi no Hirasaka... is truly perfected now."

"Something's wrong."

Orochimaru, unlike the others still marveling at Shigen's technique, sensed danger. He knew Obito's death meant Akatsuki would come for him next. His Edo Tensei summons were no match for Shigen.

Without hesitation, Orochimaru turned and fled.

"Kabuto."

Shigen didn't need chakra sensing to know Orochimaru was escaping. He tilted his head slightly, issuing an order.

"Retrieve Uchiha Itachi's body."

"Yes, Lord Shigen."

Kabuto bowed, then slithered off like a snake, chasing Orochimaru down.

As for Kisame and Sasuke... they were no longer a threat.

With Obito down, his side had essentially lost.

"Command, this is Sai."

From atop his ink bird, Sai reported to the Allied Shinobi Forces HQ.

"Obito is down. Orochimaru is retreating. His side can no longer fight. The Ten Tails will fall into Akatsuki's hands..."

This battle...

Had started fast—

And ended even faster.

The Alliance's best-case scenario had slipped away. Things were now headed for the worst.

But then—

"Something's wrong again!"

Sai, still observing, suddenly noticed another strange shift.

The Ten Tails' body—

Was rapidly contracting!

At its core...

Was Obito—still alive.

The Ten Tails' contraction created a spiraling wind, sucking in everything nearby. At its heart was Obito, somehow clinging to life.

"He's becoming the Ten Tails' jinchūriki!"

Black Zetsu shouted, voice filled with dread.

"Shigen's attack should've killed him—but now that he's merging with the Ten Tails, all fatal injuries will be healed. He planned this from the beginning!"

Shigen's expression remained unmoved.

Everyone else focused on Obito.

Shigen? He was already watching Kabuto hunt Orochimaru.

Indeed—

Obito had planned for this. And Shigen, sensing his chaotic chakra, had merely helped push him over the edge by piercing his heart.

"The Ten Tails' jinchūriki..."

Madara's face twisted.

He knew—thanks to Black Zetsu and Shigen—that this meant Obito's chakra would evolve.

That evolution... was called Six Paths.

Power that even Shigen might not completely surpass.

"So it begins."

Shigen didn't seem concerned. He simply tapped the armrest of his wheelchair, calmly estimating how long Obito would take to finish the transformation.

Obito's arrogance had come from ignorance.

But once he became the Ten Tails' jinchūriki—

He would finally understand what it meant to stand atop the ninja world.

And what it meant...

To stand beneath Shigen.

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