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Chapter 218: Mental Sphere, Controlling Obito
"Urgh... you..."
The hand gripping his throat tightened violently, cutting off Obito's words.
With his feet off the ground and arms hanging limply, he stared at Konan in horror.
She had violently shattered his Super Shinra Tensei and then personally stepped forward to choke him.
Although it was sudden and he hadn't had time to react, he felt this was a rare opportunity.
She had delivered herself right to him. He could use the power of the Human Path of the Rinnegan!
As long as he touched her, he could rip out her soul and kill this traitor once and for all!
However, Obito realized with despair that the moment she grabbed his neck, the chakra in his entire body fell eerily silent. He couldn't summon a single ounce of strength.
He couldn't even activate the Rinnegan!
He had completely lost the ability to resist, becoming a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Unwillingness, despair, and terror filled his mind.
Especially when he saw the green orb of light in Konan's hand—he felt an instinctual, extreme danger from it.
No... Don't!!
"You're afraid..." Konan sensed Obito trembling and spoke coldly. "Time to go."
Under Obito's terrified gaze, the Mental Sphere in her hand was slammed into his chest.
It merged smoothly into his body.
Instantly, Obito's will was stripped away. His body was hijacked, turning him into a puppet that obeyed Konan's commands.
Obito landed on the ground, standing there with a blank expression. His will and actions were now completely under Konan's control.
Alex flew over to inspect him, surprised. "As expected of the Tenseigan!"
To be able to control a living person so domineeringly—it was far more powerful and natural than the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique.
The Mind Body Switch could only control another's body by suppressing their spirit, and the user's own body was left vulnerable. But the Tenseigan's power could directly control both the mind and body.
The Mental Sphere didn't just merge into Obito's body; it merged directly into his spiritual entity. It was total control, from the inside out.
"Konan." Alex looked at the massive form of the Ten-Tails in the distance and thought for a moment. "Put a few more Mental Spheres into Obito."
"He's going to absorb the Ten-Tails and ascend to a Six Paths level existence. Both his mind and body will be strengthened."
Adding more spheres would strengthen the control. It was also to help Obito suppress the Ten-Tails' chaotic will so he could successfully become its Jinchuriki.
In the original plot, Obito relied on his obsession with Rin to forcibly withstand the impact of the Ten-Tails' will. Now, they had to let Konan's Mental Spheres do the suppression. Otherwise, his will would inevitably be drowned out by the Ten-Tails, turning him into an uncontrollable lunatic.
"Alright." Konan nodded.
She proceeded to drive eight more glowing green Mental Spheres into him.
"Good, now there won't be any risk of losing control or failure." Alex landed back on Konan's shoulder. "Time to let him absorb the Ten-Tails."
Whoosh!
As soon as he finished speaking, Konan vanished along with Obito and Alex.
The battlefield fell silent, leaving three corpses lying on the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Huge explosions echoed from the Ten-Tails' battlefield.
"Shikamaru! I'm ready!!" Choji shouted. "Human Bullet Tank!!"
He leaped up, expanding his body into a gigantic ball and rolling forward.
"Leave it to me!" Shikamaru formed hand seals, connecting his shadow to the Human Bullet Tank.
He took control, steering the massive tank to crush the various small monsters spawned by the Ten-Tails.
"Phew..." After knocking the monsters away, Shikamaru let out half a breath. "Even if they're 'small' monsters to the Ten-Tails, they're massive beasts to us."
"Hm?" He suddenly looked to the left, frowning. "Why did the loud noise over there suddenly stop? Is the battle over?"
"Shikamaru." Ino, standing beside him, also gazed in that direction, anxious. "Naruto and Kakashi-sensei... they should be able to win, right..."
"Since there's no movement, the battle must be over. They should have won, right..."
She didn't sound very confident. It was more like wishful thinking. She could only accept a victory for Naruto and the others. If they failed... the cost was something she absolutely couldn't bear.
"Shikamaru!" His father Shikaku's voice entered his mind again. "Don't get distracted!"
"The Ten-Tails is trapped right now. Move immediately! We must not let it escape again!!"
"Leave that battlefield to Naruto and Kakashi. Trust your comrades!!"
"Understood, old man." He looked at his two teammates. "Choji, Ino! To the Ten-Tails' main body!!"
"Right!!" The two followed Shikamaru, rushing quickly toward the massive crater holding the Ten-Tails.
"All Ninja Divisions!" The voice of Nara Shikaku resonated in the minds of every ninja on the battlefield.
Following his remote command: "Attack in waves according to the plan! Trap the Ten-Tails completely!!"
The Ninja Divisions from the other battlefields had arrived at the final location. Using their specific traits and specialized Jutsu, they unleashed the Ninja Alliance Jutsu together, attacking the Ten-Tails trapped in the pit.
Whoosh!
Konan emerged from the void, hovering directly above the Ten-Tails' head.
Compared to the Ten-Tails' colossal size, she wasn't even as big as one of its fingernails.
But the moment this "tiny" existence appeared...
The terrifying aura she exuded made it impossible for the Ten-Tails... or any ninja around the crater to ignore her.
The Ten-Tails' giant single eye instinctively looked up. Its body flinched involuntarily. It broadcasted a clear emotion: Fear.
Even with its chaotic will, it seemed to know that the little speck above it was an existence it absolutely could not contend with.
ROAR—!
The Ten-Tails roared with extreme agitation. It struggled more violently, instinctively trying to get away from the figure above.
The earth shook. One by one, the ten tails pinned underground were pulled out as it regained its freedom.
The ninjas at the edge of the pit were dumbfounded. The "concrete" created by the Iwagakure ninjas was instantly broken and destroyed by the struggling beast.
But right now, they couldn't focus entirely on the Ten-Tails. Their attention was fixed on the person who had suddenly appeared above it.
Violet-blue hair fluttering in the wind, wearing the black robe with red clouds.
"Akatsuki's White Tiger!!"
All the ninjas recognized her identity instantly. The Akatsuki... the terrorist organization that started the Fourth Great Ninja War. It was hard not to recognize them.
"Shikamaru, look!!" Ino pointed at Obito standing behind Konan, her voice trembling.
"That white-masked man..." Her tone was filled with worry and helplessness. "He's here too. Then... then Naruto and Kakashi-sensei who were fighting him..."
Ino sat paralyzed on the ground in a "duck sitting" pose, sounding like she was about to cry.
The enemy had appeared unharmed. The noise from that battlefield had stopped. There was no news from Naruto or Kakashi...
It could only prove one thing... Naruto and Kakashi-sensei had lost...
Even worse... they were likely killed by the white-masked man...
Shikamaru stared blankly at Konan in the sky, unable to respond.
His face was heavy, carrying a trace of despair that couldn't be hidden.
Naruto... the comrade who was always hot-blooded, who charged forward no matter the difficulty...
Had he really lost? Was he really killed?
Every ninja on the field froze, plunging into an eerie silence.
Konan looked down at the Ten-Tails below. "Go fulfill your final value."
At her command, Obito obediently dropped onto the Ten-Tails' head and formed hand seals.
Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!!
"Hm?" Alex suddenly looked into the distance, chuckling softly. "The one who should be here is finally making his entrance..."
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