Chapter 158: You Must've Been the Worst Back Then

Under the pale light, Kushina Uzumaki bit back cries of pain as she pushed with all her strength. 

Biwako Sarutobi and several medics were focused intently, assisting Kushina through labor. 

Suddenly, a newborn's loud cry echoed through the room. 

"He's here! He's here!" 

"Kushina, it's a boy." 

Biwako Sarutobi carried the newborn to the corner of the room to clean him up, while Kushina's face showed a faint, weary smile. 

Minato Namikaze appeared in a flash beside Kushina, tightly gripping both her hands: "Kushina, you did great." 

Kushina smiled: "Minato, we did it. He's finally here." 

Just as Minato was about to speak, muffled thuds rang out from behind them. 

Both turned their heads and saw Biwako Sarutobi was lying on the ground, clutching her neck tightly. 

Blood flowed out rapidly, spreading across the floor in a crimson pool. 

The other medics had also lost all signs of life. 

A man wearing a tiger-patterned mask held a kunai in one hand and cradled the baby in his arm: "Minato Namikaze, if you don't want your son to die, stay away from the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki." 

Minato's expression changed. 

He had already set up protective barriers nearby. How did this intruder get in? 

The Masked Man didn't leave time for Minato to think. He directly threw the baby into the air. 

Then he raised the kunai and stabbed forward. 

Whoosh! 

At the critical moment, Minato used his ultimate [Flying Thunder God Technique] to snatch the baby away. 

The Masked Man's tone didn't waver as he spoke in a flat voice: "No wonder you're the Yellow Flash, however…" 

A smell of gunpowder spread throughout the room. Minato's expression changed again. He quickly threw the baby's blanket behind him. 

Kaboom! 

The Explosive Tag exploded violently, instantly reducing the wooden house to ruins. 

"Damn it!" 

Seeing that both the Masked Man and Kushina had already vanished without a trace, Minato could only temporarily place the newborn child in his arms somewhere safe. 

...… 

"What do you plan to do?" 

Bound to a stone pillar, Kushina gasped weakly. 

The masked Obito Uchiha let out a cold snort: "Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, your death will be meaningful. Don't resist—it'll only make your suffering worse." 

After speaking, Obito Uchiha formed hand seals with both hands, directly breaking the seal binding Kushina. 

"Come out, Nine-Tails!" 

A gentle breeze blew past, and the surroundings fell into silence. 

Obito uttered a slight sound of confusion, not quite understanding the current situation.

According to normal logic, shouldn't the Nine-Tails have rushed out immediately after he released the sealing on Kushina Uzumaki?

What was going on now?

"What's happening?"

Obito Uchiha shouted in confusion once again, "Nine-Tails, the Sealing has been broken—you can come out now!"

Immediately afterward, a cold snort came from within Kushina's body, "To hell with you! You brat think you can trick me?"

This time, Obito was completely stunned.

He truly wanted to use the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha, but isn't that exactly what you want?

No matter how hard he thought about it, Obito couldn't understand why the Nine-Tails would reject this opportunity to regain freedom and instead remain motionless inside Kushina Uzumaki's body.

Not ready to give up, Obito asked, "Nine-Tails, are you really going to stay inside the jinchuriki's body?"

"Isn't revenge against Konoha that took away your freedom exactly what you want?"

The Nine-Tails' voice echoed once more, "Brat, I'm living just fine right now. Don't bother worrying about me."

After saying that, massive Nine-Tails chakra surged out from within Kushina, forming a protective barrier around her.

Seeing this scene, Obito Uchiha could only stare blankly.

The Nine-Tails wasn't just refusing to seize the chance of the broken seal to seek vengeance against Konoha—it actually started protecting the jinchuriki by releasing its own chakra…

What the hell was happening?!

Since inheriting Madara Uchiha's legacy, this was the first time Obito felt his mind wasn't sharp enough.

This current situation was just too bizarre.

Before coming here, he had considered countless possibilities, yet never expected such an unexpected twist.

If he hadn't sensed that his own chakra flow remained perfectly normal, he would have suspected he'd fallen into some kind of genjutsu.

"What should I do now…"

Obito muttered softly.

Without the Nine-Tails willing to come out, even if he had broken the sealing, it was useless.

Technically, he could force the Nine-Tails out of Kushina's body using the power of Mangekyo Sharingan—but he didn't have that much time!

Konoha was likely to find him soon.

Just as Obito hesitated, a whistling sound cut through the air from behind him.

His ocular power surged, and Obito's body instantly became intangible.

A sharp kunai flew straight through his body and stabbed solidly into the ground.

A lazy voice sounded, "That kunai faced no resistance at all—like my body was just an illusion."

"But based on my observation just now, you were clearly able to physically touch Kushina's body and forcibly break the Sealing on her…"

Mirai Uchiha slowly stepped out from the shadows, "Which means your body can transform between tangible and intangible states."

Those few simple words instantly made Obito Uchiha start sweating.

He hadn't expected that after instinctively using the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan to dodge an ordinary attack, Mirai Uchiha would immediately figure out his ability.

Damn it!

Even though he was no longer the same Obito Uchiha as before, why did this bastard still give him such an overwhelming sense of pressure?

"Damn!"

Obito unconsciously clenched his fist tightly.

Seeing this, Mirai Uchiha smiled: "Judging from your reaction, I must have guessed correctly."

Obito was taken aback and realized his own lapse in composure. He quickly loosened his fist and forced his tense body to relax.

"Trying to hide it now? That only proves I was right." Mirai smiled again. "I bet you were definitely the class loser before, right?"

Obito couldn't hold back anymore: "Who do you call a class loser?! This great lord is Madara Uchiha!"

"Die!"

Ocular power flared up as Mirai immediately hurled dozens of shuriken toward Obito.

Space rapidly rippled, and Mirai instantly activated the Flying Thunder God technique, reappearing from another direction.

Meanwhile, Obito swung his chains through the air, batting away all the incoming kunai.

"You didn't use Intangibility to evade my assault earlier—because you have to materialize your body to attack, right?"

"You can evade attacks by turning your body intangible, then solidify your form to launch counterattacks."

"You can also twist space from a distance to strike enemies..."

"Not bad... for an ability."

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