Chapter 98 – You’ll Remember This Name Soon Enough
Chapter 98 – You'll Remember This Name Soon Enough
Land of Water, Hidden Mist Village.
Today, several uninvited guests arrived outside the village.
They had not only brazenly trespassed into the Land of Water, but even killed members of the Hidden Mist's Anbu, forcing the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, to personally intervene.
These three were none other than Uchiha Obito—now living under the identity of Uchiha Madara—and two members of the Akatsuki: Pain (Deva Path) and Konan.
After orchestrating the death of Nohara Rin and pushing Obito into darkness, Madara's health rapidly declined. Just before his death, he revealed all his secrets to Obito and entrusted him with his will—asking him to continue living under the name "Madara" and lead the Akatsuki in executing the Eye of the Moon Plan.
The core of the Eye of the Moon Plan was the collection of all nine Tailed Beasts.
However, the Akatsuki's current strength was insufficient to capture all of them, and they still didn't know the exact locations of every beast.
According to Madara's blueprint, the first step was to weaken the major shinobi villages, softening them up so the Akatsuki could capture the Tailed Beasts more easily in the future.
That was why Obito, acting as Madara, had come here today with Pain and Konan.
But today's visit wasn't just about weakening the Mist Village's strength.
That day, he had personally witnessed the Hidden Mist Anbu chasing down Kakashi and Rin. He had also watched helplessly as the one he loved died right before his eyes.
In Obito's mind, the Hidden Mist Village was ultimately to blame for Rin's death.
So today, he had another purpose—revenge.
He would plunge this village into eternal damnation, a ruin from which it would never recover.
"Who are you people?"
Yagura stepped forward, blocking the intruders at the village gates, his expression wary as he looked at the three strangers.
"Someone who'll give you nightmares," Obito replied coldly. Without another word, he activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and cast a genjutsu directly on Yagura.
His goal was simple.
Slaughtering everyone in the Mist Village would be far too merciful.
There were far more effective ways to exact revenge. He intended to trap the village in a living hell.
And the first step in that plan was to control Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage.
Now, that objective had been achieved.
"You're not going to kill him?" Konan asked, surprised and curious when she saw Obito merely use the Sharingan to control their opponent.
At the same time, both she and Pain once again witnessed the immense power of "Uchiha Madara."
To take down a Kage-level opponent in an instant—perhaps only a man like Madara could pull that off.
"He's more useful alive," Obito said calmly.
"Alright, let's head to the next location. Time to figure out how to weaken the other ninja villages."
As Obito turned to leave, a mocking voice suddenly rang out: "So weakening the other villages includes Konoha too, huh?"
The sudden interruption made Obito, Konan, and Pain instantly alert.
They reflexively turned around—and spotted a stranger watching them with a half-smile on his face.
"A Konoha ninja?" Obito's eyes narrowed as he caught sight of the unmistakable Konoha forehead protector on the man.
Right now, Obito's hatred extended far beyond the Hidden Mist. He loathed everyone who had played a role in this devastating war.
Even Konoha—his birthplace—was no exception. He bore deep resentment toward his former home and everyone in it.
If it hadn't been for the war, they wouldn't have been deployed to the battlefield. He wouldn't have nearly died at the hands of the Hidden Stone's ninja. And Rin—his beloved—would still be alive.
Everything, every single tragedy, had happened because of this damned war.
And behind the war were people who only knew how to fight and scheme!
"When did he get behind us?" Konan narrowed her eyes, suspicious and on guard.
The three of them hadn't acted immediately because they couldn't gauge this newcomer's strength—and that made them wary.
Anyone who could sneak up behind them unnoticed was certainly no ordinary ninja.
"He saw everything just now," Pain said emotionlessly, like a corpse.
"In that case, kill him here," Obito ordered.
But just then, the Konoha ninja smiled and waved. "Oh, don't be so aggressive. I haven't even introduced myself."
"Dead men don't need to know names," Pain replied coldly as he launched an attack.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Several Shura cannons emerged as his hand rose, launching projectiles toward the target at high speed.
But in the next instant, the man vanished.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM…
The area where the Konoha ninja had just been was obliterated, leaving a massive crater in his place.
"Such a rude bunch… but even so, I should at least introduce myself."
"My name is Uchiha Dali. You'll remember this name soon enough."
Grinning, Uchiha Dali used a high-level Flying Thunder God Technique and reappeared behind Yagura, who was still standing dazed.
He gently placed a palm on Yagura's back, releasing a surge of powerful chakra that flooded into Yagura's body, instantly disrupting the flow of chakra within him.
The genjutsu Obito had placed on Yagura with his Sharingan was immediately dispelled.
Yagura trembled slightly and came to his senses.
He looked blankly at the unfamiliar faces before him, and as the memories of what had just happened returned, realization dawned—he had been ambushed and caught in a genjutsu.
"That was a Sharingan illusion… You… you are…"
Yagura turned his gaze toward Obito.
But before he could finish his sentence, Uchiha Dali had already launched his counterattack.
"My turn!"
With a Body Flicker, he appeared behind Pain and slammed a fully formed Rasengan into his back.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Pain reacted quickly, activating a 360-degree omnidirectional repulsion defense.
A violent shockwave of force erupted instantly, blasting Uchiha Dali away.
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