Ninja World Obito Heads to Konoha!

Ninja World Tsunade frowned.

"So it's Hoshigaki Kisame and Deidara, two traitors, Akatsuki members."

"Don't you find it fascinating? Traitors from your own world, yet in this world, they're genius ninja, admired and respected."

"This is a matter of social systems. In a backward system like the ninja world, no matter how genius someone is, they might be forced to stand against their village or family."

Ninja World Orochimaru licked his lips, his eyes filled with reminiscence.

"Hmph!"

Ninja World Tsunade didn't respond.

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In Ninja World Konoha, seeing the two take the stage also sparked a strong reaction.

"That shark-faced guy once invaded Konoha!"

"The other's the bastard who kidnapped Gaara!"

"They're all Akatsuki scumbags!"

"Good. This time, we'll closely watch their fight. If we meet them again, it'll be easier to deal with."

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"Hmm? My opponent's you, shark-face, huh? Good luck. Surrender now. In an enclosed arena like this, only a kilometer long, wide, and high, you can't beat me. You should know that."

In the arena, Imperial Deidara smirked proudly.

"It's a bit tough. I hate opponents like you the most, but surrender? I can't do that. It'd feel like I'm letting down the Water District Head and my supporters."

Imperial Kisame hefted his sword, speaking briefly before retreating.

"Then prepare to get beaten." Imperial Deidara shrugged indifferently, also retreating.

Once they reached the required distance and Imperial Minato vanished, both moved simultaneously.

Kisame quickly pressed his hands together, forming seals.

Across from him, Deidara clapped his hands.

"Dust Style – Boundary Release Technique!"

His palms opened.

A bright light shot out, reaching Kisame in an instant. Kisame, mid-seal, barely had time to dodge.

But at that moment, the massive sword on his back shredded its wrappings, revealing a fish-like form with two wings, carrying Kisame into the sky to evade the attack.

The Boundary Release Technique hit the ground behind Kisame, reducing much of it to dust, which, under Deidara's control, chased Kisame again.

Kisame dodged while forming seals.

Unable to fully evade, his right arm was severed at the root, blood gushing from the wound.

"Dust Style… this guy in this world also wields such terrifying ninjutsu. One attack severs an opponent's arm. If they can't heal, the winner's probably decided."

Ninja World Tsunade took a soft breath.

She muttered to herself, thankful that the blond kid in her world didn't master this technique, or Team 7, sent to help before, might've been wiped out.

In Ninja World Konoha, ninja who'd fought Ninja World Deidara also broke out in cold sweats.

"Relying solely on Samehada's power won't cut it. Some martial arts can do it by expending lots of True Qi, but Water District folks, focused on weapon-body unity, aren't strong in pure muscle or Rokushiki." Imperial Tsunade said.

"Then it seems the fight's over." Ninja World Tsunade thought.

She felt a faint satisfaction.

At least this time, the opponent was defeated with ninjutsu! Not martial arts!

Ninjutsu might not be weaker than martial arts!

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In the arena, Deidara said proudly:

"Surrender. Your Samehada can't heal a wound like that, and next time… I might aim for your head!"

"Hmph…"

Kisame sneered, his remaining hand continuing to form seals.

"Water Prison – Shark Dance!"

He opened his mouth, spewing an endless flood, filling the kilometer-long, wide, and high arena in just a few breaths.

"You're stubborn, even with just one…" Deidara, using a mix of chakra and true energy to form a transparent barrier around himself, opened his mouth to mock.

But at that moment… behind Kisame, where Samehada had been, a sword resembling Kubikiribōchō flew out, slashing through Kisame's body.

In an instant, light spread.

The small Kubikiribōchō merged into Kisame's body, giving it a strange metallic hue.

Then, under Deidara's shocked gaze, bones at Kisame's severed arm regrew rapidly, flesh and veins filling in! His arm fully restored in one breath.

"What? How's this possible! Isn't your soul weapon supposed to be Samehada?"

Deidara was stunned.

Even Earth District's Ōnoki stood in shock.

Ninja World Tsunade didn't understand.

"Why's everyone so shocked?"

Before Imperial Tsunade could answer, in the water-filled arena, Kisame, transformed, laughed heartily:

"Surprised, stinking blond brat? My soul weapon was never Samehada but this replica Kubikiribōchō! It has the same healing ability as the original. A severed limb is a minor issue!"

"Damn it! Then I'll cut your whole body and see how you heal!" Deidara roared angrily.

A Dust Style light pillar swept horizontally, annihilating much of the water.

"Pointless! Pointless! Blond brat, you've lost any chance of beating me! I'm the only dual-weapon fighter in the entire Water District!"

"Samehada! Merge! Swordfish Form!"

Kisame roared again.

Samehada on his back merged into his body.

Kisame transformed from human into a roughly five-meter-long swordfish, its tail swaying gently, then piercing through layers of seawater at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Like a light in water, he evaded Dust Style, suddenly ramming Deidara from the side.

To avoid this attack, Deidara was forced to halt his Dust Style output.

But even so, Kisame's next attack followed swiftly.

"Damn, too late! Dust Style can't be used! Then this is the only way! Earth Breathing! Earth Style – Giant Garuda Technique!"

Deidara pressed his hands together.

The waterlogged ground beneath trembled, a massive mud gate over ten meters wide rising upright.

The giant swordfish Kisame crashed into it, shattering the mud gate, and at that moment, a two-hundred-meter-tall gray Deidara rose from the ground.

The swordfish hit the two-hundred-meter Deidara, sliding a few meters before being caught by a hand.

"Got you, little guy."

Deidara grinned, his hands about to crush Kisame.

"You're the one caught! Blond brat! Water Breathing – Samehada – Sawshark Form!"

Kisame roared loudly, his body rapidly expanding.

From a four-or-five-meter swordfish, he transformed into a sawshark at least three or four hundred meters long, pinning the giant Deidara beneath him.

"Stinking fish, get off!" Deidara shouted, punching the sawshark.

*BOOM!!*

The punch landed, its immense force clearing the seawater within a hundred meters.

The sawshark took the hit, its body flattening but recovering in the next breath.

It bit the giant Deidara's arm, snapping it off.

But the next moment, the giant Deidara absorbed the mud below, regrowing its arm instantly.

The two colossal monsters clashed in the sea.

The shockwaves kept roiling the water, sinking the ground beneath.

Spectators were stunned.

"These two have such abilities. Even a Bijuu facing monsters like this might be caught and beaten at will…"

Tsunade sighed, holding her forehead.

The Empire's experts, with their immense power and bizarre, diverse abilities, were truly shocking and intimidating.

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In Ninja World Konoha, some panicked.

"Those two Akatsuki shouldn't have abilities like this, right?"

"They shouldn't… if they were that strong, we'd have been done for earlier…"

"It's… possible…"

"Don't be scared… we're training martial arts now. Besides… isn't the Empire coming soon? No matter how strong Akatsuki is, can they outmatch the Empire? We'll join the Empire later."

At those words, some were happy, others sad.

Yes, what was Akatsuki before the Empire?

But… was the Empire really as good as it seemed?

What if, after dealing with the wolf, a lion arrived…

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The relentless blows continued for several minutes.

Deidara shouted impatiently:

"You bastard, fall already!"

"That's my line! Blond brat!"

Kisame roared angrily.

Biting Deidara while swinging his tail, he yanked him from the ground, slamming him hard against the barrier.

*BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!*

The barrier trembled.

Kisame bit Deidara's arm again. Without ground support, Deidara could only slowly absorb free earth energy to recover, his regeneration speed now dozens of times slower!

Kisame bit repeatedly, shattering the giant Deidara, forcing his real body to emerge, and finally winning the fight.

Seeing another fight end, Ninja World Tsunade said:

"That blond kid doesn't have explosive abilities?"

"You mean Explosion Style? That's too useless. Too weak, it has no effect on Kisame. Too strong, it'd hit himself. He probably knows this, so he didn't use it." Imperial Tsunade explained.

This made many in Ninja World Konoha realize why Imperial Deidara didn't use the bombs he always used against them.

They were useless against experts…

They'd thought Explosion Style was so strong…

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District head seats.

Ōnoki glared at Mei unhappily:

"The Water District Head hid well. I didn't expect your Kisame could merge two swords…"

"Just a coincidence. Kisame hadn't finished merging with Kubikiribōchō earlier because he needed to calm Samehada. He succeeded just a month ago." Mei said, smiling.

"Hmph! Sneaky woman." Ōnoki said, displeased.

"Next is Fire District versus Lightning District. Has the Lightning District Head prepared someone?"

Dan looked at A and asked.

"Of course."

A nodded, a strange smile on his face.

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At the same time, in the ninja world, inside a dim cave, Ninja World Obito, wearing a mask, stared at Black and White Zetsu before him, his voice grim.

"Your investigation over ten days only tells me there's another world, unified by the Shinobi Empire, about to invade the ninja world, and then everything might end?"

"You think I'd believe that?"

"Obito, I understand your feelings… but some things you have to see to believe… If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't believe such absurd things exist. Beyond our world, there's another similar world… and so powerful…"

Black Zetsu's voice trembled slightly.

Over ten days in Konoha, he'd been investigating Imperial Lee's origins, but progress was slow.

He knew his opponent was named Tang, liked shouting and training with two Konoha idiots.

But then… Konoha's Hokage, Tsunade, activated the communication device, revealing another world before him!

Black Zetsu's first impression was absurdity, disbelief!

But over time, seeing more, he gradually believed another world might exist!

This made Black Zetsu panic.

The people from that world were insanely strong!

The first thing he saw, some super-robot, matched Perfect Susano'o in destructive power. Even Madara might struggle to win easily.

Then, in the Capital's martial arts tournament, he watched one match: Kakashi versus Chiyo from the other world.

Black Zetsu realized that if those people invaded, everything was over!

Using Akatsuki to collect Bijuu and revive his mother was impossible.

So, after much thought, Black Zetsu's only solution was to act before the other world's people arrived!

But the other world's Obito, seemingly carrying the Three-Tails, had been missing lately.

This complicated things, leaving little room for overthinking.

They had to act now to capture Bijuu!

The prerequisite was convincing Obito.

Only by convincing Obito could he persuade Nagato.

"As Madara's will, your current state is pathetic. Fine… to ensure the plan, I'll check out Konoha. Let's go."

Obito said with a scornful expression.

A vortex swirled, and his figure vanished.

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Konoha.

The ninja gathered, engrossed in the space-time device's projection screen, didn't notice two inconspicuous figures behind them.

"This is the space-time communication device you mentioned? Everyone in it is from another space-time?"

Obito stared at the device's projection, asking softly.

"Yes, look closely. Whatever you see, stay calm, don't get noticed."

Zetsu warned seriously.

"Who do you think I am?"

Obito sneered, then added:

"But this arena looks pretty big. Not bad."

As Ninja World Obito's voice fell, in the space-time device, a glow shimmered over the arena.

Imperial Minato's figure appeared.