From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

After a while, he loosened his grip slightly, stared at his tightly closed left eye, and said coldly:

"Kakashi, the gift I gave you contained the promise you made to me. Since you haven't fulfilled our promise, it's time for me to take it back."

After Madara Uchiha appeared and Obito realized that his resurrection was inevitable, he finally came to his senses.

He wants to sever the last ties that bind him to this world and reclaim the Sharingan that belongs to him.

Although both Madara Uchiha and Madara Uchiha aimed to launch the Eye of the Moon Project, Madara was unwilling to relinquish control of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Because only in the Infinite Tsukuyomi world that he controls is the Rin he truly believes in, and that world is the one Rin loves.

After speaking, Obito Uchiha reached out and touched Kakashi's tightly closed left eye. Without hesitation, he cleanly and decisively removed the left eye that rightfully belonged to him.

He casually tossed Kakashi, who had lost his left eye, to the ground and gave him a cold look.

While digging out his spare Sharingan, Obito Uchiha pressed his left eye into its socket.

"This is the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, my original and true power."

A moment later, Obito Uchiha blinked, and the three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, eventually forming the Mangekyou Sharingan with a three-windmill pattern.

At the same time, he also obtained all the information about the eye technique in his left eye that was also called "Kamui".

The left eye's Kamui can send anyone or anything within its field of vision into the Kamui dimension from a distance, and can also teleport itself in and out of the Kamui dimension. The size of the teleported object is determined by the user's chakra reserves.

In this way, Obito Uchiha, having obtained the Kamui in his left eye, could compensate for the shortcomings of his original Kamui, such as its short range and the need for physical contact.

Furthermore, he discovered that when both Kamui eyes were combined, the speed at which he could teleport himself and his target using Kamui increased to a certain extent. (Note: Obito's use of dual Kamui to capture Kaguya Otsutsuki's spatial node and open the portal, as well as Kakashi's brief but brilliant performance, all had an important basis—they possessed the power of the Six Paths at that time.)

And he unlocked the third power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Susanoo, which is known as the power of a god.

This increases my chances of seizing control of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Thinking of this, Obito Uchiha lowered his gaze and looked at Kakashi, who was lying on the ground, covering his left eye.

"Are you... going to kill me, Obito?"

Noticing Obito's gaze, Kakashi said.

"Kill you?"

Obito Uchiha scoffed and said, "Killing trash like you would only dirty my hands, Kakashi."

“A piece of trash like you should spend the rest of your life in endless regret and guilt. That’s the best punishment for you.”

Endless regret and guilt?

Upon hearing this, Kakashi gave a bitter smile. His already exhausted body could no longer withstand the dizziness caused by the depletion of chakra, and he completely passed out.

After Kakashi fell unconscious, Obito Uchiha remained silent for a while, then looked up in one direction, picked up the unconscious Kakashi, and after a spatial fluctuation, the two figures disappeared.

........

In the dark world dozens of meters underground, seawater from an unknown source poured into countless underground ravines, causing numerous violent whirlpools and tsunamis.

Endless, heavy rain began to pour down from the sky, completely submerging the enormous, mysterious, and magical underground palace in a curtain of water.

Kisame Hoshigaki, worthy of being called the tailless tailed beast, decisively used the Water Release: Exploding Water Wave, a large-scale ninjutsu, after realizing that the surrounding environment was unfavorable to his battle. This transformed the surrounding environment into a lake and submerged the genjutsu-effect underground palace.

“syan na ro!”

A girl's angry shout came from the endless rain curtain. The next moment, the pink-haired girl rushed out of the rain curtain, splashed on the water, raised her leg high, and stomped heavily on Kisame Hoshigaki's position.

Painful feet!

The pink-haired girl stomped down hard, and with a loud bang, Kisame Hoshigaki was crushed under her foot, splashing countless water droplets on the surface of the water.

At this moment, the already turbulent water surface became even more turbulent. With a series of banging sounds, shark-shaped water bullets leaped from the water behind the girl and flew into the air, tearing at her.

As if she had expected it, the girl didn't turn her head, but had already formed four hand seals.

A lifelike water dragon suddenly appeared from behind the girl and crashed into the incoming shark-shaped water bullet.

With a loud bang, the collision of the two once again burst into countless splashes of water, and raindrops poured down from the sky.

Suddenly, a tall figure leaped high into the air amidst the pouring rain, wielding a large sword, and slashed down from above.

The girl's expression remained unchanged as she gathered chakra in her hand. The next moment, a flash of light appeared from her blade.

boom!

Water splashed everywhere, air currents surged, and the weapons, imbued with the fierce power of their two masters, clashed violently, producing a tremendous roar and creating a huge air wave.

The sounds of swords clashing violently rang out as the two men faced off, neither willing to back down.

"Sakura Haruno, I must say that your growth over the past two years has far exceeded my expectations."

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned menacingly, revealing a mouthful of dark yellow, menacing fangs. Looking at the striped pattern extending from the diamond-shaped mark on the girl's forehead, he taunted:

"How many more times can you unleash your monstrous punch? Is the chakra stored in your Yin Seal enough?"

In a pure contest of strength, he, with his tall and robust physique, undoubtedly had the advantage over the still-developing young girl in front of him, even if she had mastered the Fifth Hokage's superhuman strength punch.

However, the huge difference in physical strength is not so easy to bridge, not to mention that Kisame Hoshigaki also possesses so-called superhuman strength.

It's just that he's not as good as the Fifth Hokage.

"Then you'll just have to wait and see!"

Sakura lowered her right hand holding the sword, while her left hand glowed with a blue light as she swung it at her opponent.

"You can't accept this so easily."

Knowing the power of the Chakra Scalpel, Kisame Hoshigaki didn't dare to be careless. He jumped back and flipped over to dodge, and just as he regained his footing...

He saw his opponent transform into a blur, appearing before him in an instant. Accompanied by a fierce gust of wind, a powerful whip kick came hurtling towards his head once more.

With a bang, the two were instantly thrown back by the force of the collision, and both released ninjutsu at each other during the process.

Water Release: Water Pillar!

Water Release: Water Dragon Bite!

"His mastery of taijutsu, water-style ninjutsu, medical ninjutsu, and even body-flickering techniques is quite profound."

Kisame Hoshigaki's voice came from behind the rain.

"I have to say, he was Sasuke Uchiha's former comrade. Even if a monster's comrade isn't a monster, he's still different from ordinary people."

“Not just in the past, it always has been! And Sasuke has never been a monster.”

Sakura's emerald green eyes turned cold as she stared at Kisame Hoshigaki, who was slowly emerging from the rain, her voice as icy as a mountain.

“A guy with a shark face like you is more like a monster.”

"hehe....."

Kisame Hoshigaki shrugged, offering no rebuttal, and pointed his large sword at the girl, laughing:

“Sakura Haruno, I can sense that you are not using your true power; you are still hiding your strength.”

"Is it to conserve chakra for the battles to come?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura did not respond.

Kisame Hoshigaki was right; she hadn't used her full strength until now.

The miraculous meteorite fall made her realize that the creature she was about to encounter would be exceptionally terrifying.

The important figure Kisame mentioned, the one whose identity Yakumo learned from the First Mizukage.

The Asura of the Ninja World—Uchiha Madara!

"You're probably waiting for your comrades to finish off the battle on the other side and then come to your aid, right?"

"I have to say, if the two of you team up, I'm definitely no match for you, and I might even die."

Upon hearing this, Sakura still did not respond.

After Kisame Hoshigaki turned the surrounding environment into a lake, she and Yakumo separated and each took on their own duties.

She, who is also proficient in water release techniques, will deal with Kisame Hoshigaki, while Yakumo, who is proficient in genjutsu, will trap the Edo Seven Ninja Swordsmen in another location.

Over the past two years, she and Yakumo have browsed through various ninjutsu scrolls and studied notes of the past Hokage, with the Second Hokage being the founder of the Konoha ninjutsu system.

The difference is that Sakura's research leans towards Water Release and Taijutsu, while Yakumo leans towards Illusion Techniques like Dark Travel Technique and Forbidden Techniques involving the soul, such as Soul Imprisonment Technique.

She is the perfect person to deal with the seven resurrected members of the Impure World Reincarnation.

Meanwhile, Sakura, who shares a special connection with Yakumo, senses that the battle on Yakumo's side is almost over.

With the two of them working together, taking down Kisame Hoshigaki would be a piece of cake.

It can also conserve a large amount of chakra to prepare for the next battle.

"Looks like I guessed right, but that won't do."

As he spoke, Kisame Hoshigaki quickly formed hand seals, unleashing a vast and powerful wave of chakra. Hundreds of rapidly spinning water vortexes formed around him, quickly intersecting and combining.

Seeing this, Sakura focused her mind and quickly formed hand seals, condensing a water ball into her palm at high speed.

Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique - Modified!

Water Escape · Water Breaks Waves!

The hundreds of rapidly spinning water clumps surrounding Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly coalesced and formed into a giant water shark nearly tens of meters long.

Kisame Hoshigaki's Great Shark Bullet Technique is fast, but Sakura's Water Slash is even faster.

As soon as the giant water shark took shape, a thin, clear, transparent line of water flashed by like a lightning bolt, attempting to cut the water shark in two.

However, something shocking happened: the usually invincible Water Breaker vanished without a trace after encountering a giant water shark.

"Roar!"

The giant water shark roared and howled, its already enormous body suddenly expanding to nearly a hundred meters. With a flick of its tail, it surged forward like a raging torrent, causing the air to churn and surge violently.

"I only lost to Uchiha Sasuke with this technique. After losing to him, I improved this technique. Although it has not yet reached my expectations, its power is already beyond compare."

"Sakura Haruno, I admit that the Second Hokage was once the strongest in Water Release, but now you want his technique to break my technique? That's impossible!"

Sakura ignored Kisame's words, only slightly closing her eyes and quickly retreating, recalling the scene from just now in her mind.

His technique can absorb chakra!

So!

At this moment, a circular red circle appeared on Sakura's forehead, and the diamond-shaped mark between her eyebrows and the black stripes extending from it turned gold.