The attack of vines all landed on empty space!
Each vine passed through the body of the mysterious masked man, as if passing through air, unable to cause him the slightest harm!
Akihara Kagura's Wood Release Ninjutsu was completely ineffective against the mysterious masked man!
The mysterious masked man's Mangekyo Sharingan's Penetration and Voidification Ability allowed him to evade any attack, placing him almost inherently in an invincible position in battle!
"Are you trying to hold the line and wait for reinforcements by this method?"
The mysterious masked man ignored the vines penetrating his body and charged toward Akihara Kagura, "Kid, Konoha's people always arrive late. Before they get here, I'll capture you first, to prevent the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki from facing more dangers!"
"Aren't you the biggest threat here?"
Akihara Kagura raised his fingers in front of his chest, a vine emerged from beneath his feet, quickly pulling his body back!
Even if Akihara Kagura knew the mysterious masked man's weakness, it wasn't easy to counter his ability, because the opponent wouldn't just stand there and be attacked, he could easily use his Void Ability to rush over and capture him!
The mysterious masked man landed swiftly on empty ground, touched the retracting vine with one hand, and his right eye spun rapidly, creating a Space-Time Vortex instantly!
The vine was rapidly dragged into the space!
Akihara Kagura's body was also involuntarily dragged toward the mysterious masked man. Once caught, he would be at the mercy of the opponent!
However…
This was also an opportunity!
When the mysterious masked man used his Space-Time Dojutsu to absorb objects, his body would exit the void and become tangible!
Akihara Kagura quickly formed a wooden spike and threw it at the mysterious masked man, forcing him to abandon absorbing the vine and re-enter the Void State!
"Such a hassle..."
Akihara Kagura frowned tightly.
Without Space-Time Jutsu, dealing with the mysterious masked man was quite troublesome; he could only try to lay some traps. After all, the opponent's Dojutsu's key feature was a space; if he could hide a clone inside that space...
"In the face of this power gap, you can only experience the harsh reality."
The mysterious masked man's body once again charged at Akihara Kagura, speaking in a cold tone, "No matter how you resist, it's ultimately useless struggle..."
"Doesn't matter."
Akihara Kagura took a deep breath, as if reigniting his fighting spirit, yet spoke with a little defeat, "I just need to hold out until reinforcements arrive..."
Akihara Kagura seemed to muster his spirits, "As long as Captain Kakashi gets here soon, everything will turn around..."
"Hmph, Kakashi is just a useless person!"
The mysterious masked man said disdainfully, as if this name stirred his anger, "In this desperate reality, Kakashi can't change anything!"
"..."
Akihara Kagura ignored him, just raised his fingers, forming a hand seal.
Vines rapidly sprouted from the ground, spiraling together to form a gigantic sphere, and Akihara Kagura hid himself in its center!
"Wood Release: Wood Clone!"
Using the cover of the vines, Akihara Kagura quickly created a Wood Clone. Unlike other Clone Jutsu, the Wood Clone is almost indistinguishable from the Shadow Clone Jutsu and can be used for attacks!
"Kid, do you think you can escape by hiding in there?"
The mysterious masked man extended his palm, placing it on the massive vine sphere, as his Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly, swiftly activating Space-Time Dojutsu!
To an ordinary ninja, Akihara Kagura's defense might seem unbreakable, but to the mysterious masked man, it was no different from an ostrich burying its head in the sand, just deceiving himself!
If he were to search within these vines, it might waste time, so the mysterious masked man simply absorbed the entire vine sphere along with Akihara Kagura into his space!
The enormous vine sphere was completely absorbed by the mysterious masked man!
"Plan complete."
The mysterious masked man nonchalantly glanced over the battlefield, taking a look at Naruto Uzumaki still pinned to the ground, then glanced at Akihara Kagura standing beside Naruto Uzumaki.
Hmm?
Akihara Kagura?
Wasn't this kid absorbed along with the vine sphere into the space?
The mysterious masked man widened his eyes suddenly, somewhat questioning what he had done just now. When did this kid escape to Naruto Uzumaki's side!
"I told you..."
Akihara Kagura chuckled lightly, his gaze directed at a leaping figure in the distance, "I just need to delay time, delay until reinforcements arrive..."
A white-haired ninja with a mask was leaping over in the distance, along with other Anbu Ninja rushing quickly to their location, reinforcements were about to arrive!
"Hmph, what can a useless person do?"
The mysterious masked man threatened with harsh words, but his Mangekyo Sharingan was spinning rapidly, trying to warp himself into space and escape!
Since Kakashi Hatake was already here, Akihara Kagura likely wouldn't dare to harm the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki, so he'd let Akihara Kagura off this time!
Just three seconds...
The mysterious masked man could use his Space-Time Dojutsu to escape!
Bam!
A vine from the ground stopped his movement!
"When I first saw you use your Space-Time Dojutsu to appear, it took three seconds. That's when I used my Planting Jutsu to hit your body; I speculate that you need at least three seconds to absorb yourself and escape using Space-Time Dojutsu, right?"
Akihara Kagura's fingers were placed on his chest, with a wicked smile in his eyes, "My Wood Release only requires one hand seal, and the Jutsu activation takes no more than one second..."
"..."
For the first time, the mysterious masked man realized the problem.
This kid wasn't as reckless and bloodthirsty as he imagined; he'd paid attention to such small details and even found one of his weaknesses!
"No need to rush to leave..."
Akihara Kagura looked at the mysterious masked man, advising with a cheerful smile, "Didn't you say Captain Kakashi is useless? When I worked under Lord Danzo, I always wanted to kill him, could you help me kill him?"
After Akihara Kagura finished speaking, without waiting for a response from the mysterious masked man, he loudly called out to Kakashi Hatake who was approaching, "Captain Kakashi, there's an intruder trying to assassinate Naruto in the village, come and help quickly!"
"This brat..."
The mysterious masked man cursed quietly.
The truth was that it was this kid who wanted to harm Naruto Uzumaki, and he had only appeared to prevent the death of the Nine-tails!
However…
Kakashi Hatake wouldn't care about that!
Hearing that someone attempted to assassinate Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake's mood instantly became tense, and he immediately spotted the mysterious masked man!
"Who are you?"
Kakashi Hatake rushed toward the mysterious masked man, reaching for the mask on his face, wanting to see who the person was!
The mysterious masked man's body instantly voided!
Kakashi Hatake's hand fell on empty air!
However, the most bizarre scene occurred: although the mysterious masked man clearly evaded the attack, his eyes widened instinctively, as if he'd seen something terrifying!
Inside a peculiar space.
Every time the mysterious masked man's body voided, part or all of his physical form would appear in this space, and everything he absorbed with his Dojutsu, including enemies, would be placed there.
For example, a sphere tangled with vines.
For example, a Wood Clone hiding inside the sphere.
As the mysterious masked man faced Kakashi's attack and voided, his head appeared inside the Kamui Space!
Akihara Kagura's Wood Clone stood before the mysterious masked man's head, ignoring the terrified eyes on it, and forcibly yanked off his mask!
In the real world.
The mysterious masked man's mask suddenly disappeared!
As if it had been suddenly ripped off!
Kakashi Hatake, initially surprised his hand had come up empty, noticed that the opponent's mask had suddenly fallen off and had already seen the true face of the mysterious masked man!
"You are..."