Chapter 247 - 247 (1/2)
Ever since Obito activated his Mangekyo, this was the first time anyone managed to counter Kamui.
Minato's Rasengan was extremely powerful, and it immediately destroyed Obito's transplanted arm.
Obito jumped away, making distance with Minato. When he looked at his figure, he suddenly felt very familiar to him, but he couldn't have clear memories.
Immediately, he shook his head, chasing away all these distracting thoughts and changing back to the cold and ruthless masked man.
”Going against you is worse than going against an army. So illusive, a moment of carelessness would…” Obito wasn't through when he found Minato standing directly before him.
He was shocked, and immediately realized that he was marked by Minato back when he was hit by the Rasengan.
”[Contract Seal]? Trying to separate the Kyubi from me?!”
”Kurama was never yours!”
”Worthy of your title, Yondaime! Inflicting Injury upon me and separating me from the Kyubi… But you think this is over? I already knew that Ryo Yamanaka has the Mangekyo Sharingan; do you think I wouldn't prepare for such a thing?”
Minato's face grew gloomy as he heard those words, and the masked man disappeared in front of him.
For Konoha's sake, Minato chose not to track him. He could feel that the masked man wasn't lying, and he had to go back to Konoha to deal with the Kyubi's problem.
In Konoha, Ryo and the 3rd, who arrived later, joined forces to drive the Kyubi out of the village. Now, they two were working together to deal with it.
Ryo's Ice Colossus and the 3rd's Enma couldn't beat the Kyubi. For now, they could only try to drag him, and not let him destroy the village.
Ryo was perceiving the battle between Minato and Obito for what he felt was an eternity, until the latter's Chakra finally disappeared. However, for some reason, the Kyubi's behavior did not seem to change, which made Ryo feel very frustrated.
The 3rd was older, not nearly in his best shape, while Sakumo and Jiraya were still stuck dealing with Sasori and Kakuzu. As for Orochimaru, he was still catching the white Zetsu.
Fortunately, Ryo's Ice Colossus could be sustained indefinitely with the support of Korin's Natural Energy. Otherwise, Konoha might have had to become the battlefield.
On the shadowy rocks, Minato looked at the devastation left in Konoha with an aching heart.
Ryo sensed his location, and immediately established a telepathic link with him: ”Ni-san, did you deal with the masked man?”
”Yes! But the Kyubi seems to be still under some sort of Genjutsu. I don't know what method the masked man did use, for I have already used a [Contract Seal] to sever his link with the Kyubi!”
”What are you going to do, Ni san? Perhaps you should support Jiraya san and Sakumo san first, as they could help us deal with the Kyubi. Or maybe…”
”No, that would be useless! Ryo, you've been fighting Kurama for some time now; you must already know! We can't beat him, even together, and with its endless Chakra stores, we'd end up exhausted and lose!”
Hearing Minato, Ryo fell into silence, for he had to admit that this was true.
”Ryo, I intent to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, seal half of the Kyubi's Chakra within myself, and then seal the rest within Kushina to save her life.”
Hearing that, Ryo answered immediately: ”No! There must be other methods. Ne san is in no trouble, the Kyubi left her some of my Chakra, and with Korin's help, she's no in no danger at all. If we deal with the Kyubi, you will be able to reunite.”