"You don't know the Akatsuki?"
Takumi turned back in some surprise.
The Akatsuki had been quite active recently.
At the very least, the Five Great Nations certainly knew of this organization's existence.
After all, they had made several high-profile moves in Konoha.
But thinking about it, Guren had probably been staying in that secret base; it was normal that she didn't know about the Akatsuki.
"The Akatsuki is an organization of powerful Shinobi. Their current goal is to collect Tailed Beasts."
Takumi explained briefly.
"Collect... Tailed Beasts?"
Guren was completely astonished.
Seeing the Tailed Beast earlier during Kabuto's experiment had already shocked her enough. She had even used her full strength trying to seal its movements.
But unfortunately, it only trapped for a few short seconds.
Then they were sent flying by the enormous wave stirred up by the Tailed Beast.
Now hearing that there was an organization collecting these Tailed Beasts, she found it hard to imagine.
But judging by that guy's bizarre nature, it didn't seem impossible.
"I think you should know very well that Yukimaru has a unique connection with that Tailed Beast here, the Three-Tails."
Takumi continued watching their surroundings. "That's why he was targeted by that guy."
"He wants to capture Yukimaru?"
Guren grabbed Yukimaru's shoulder and shielded him behind her. "Does he want to use Yukimaru's power to control the Tailed Beast?"
"They don't need such troublesome methods."
Takumi shook his head. "And their goal isn't to control the Tailed Beast, but the Tailed Beast itself."
"As for this point, even if I explained it to you, I'm afraid you wouldn't understand."
He had no intention of explaining Obito's Eye of the Moon Plan to Guren here.
That would be too much of a waste of breath.
But he vaguely felt something was off.
After such a long time, Obito still hadn't made any move.
'Could it be...'
Takumi's expression suddenly changed.
"Damn it!"
He abruptly turned his head to look in the direction of the Tailed Beast within the thick fog.
That enormous Chakra source hadn't moved abnormally.
But he had a foreboding feeling in his heart.
The thick fog also obscured his Observation Haki, preventing him from confirming the situation at a distance.
Obito's prolonged absence certainly meant he had already left.
After all, Obito's real target was the Tailed Beast.
At this moment, Obito had no reason to fight them.
Takumi suddenly jumped up, but just as he was about to rush out, he abruptly turned his head and looked at Guren and Yukimaru's position.
His Observation Haki activated, allowing him to see a brief future scene.
The moment he left, Obito would suddenly appear and instantly kill Guren and Yukimaru, who were off guard, from behind.
The moment he turned back, Obito's figure had already appeared.
And Guren and Yukimaru's attention was on him, so they didn't notice the anomaly behind them.
Perhaps because of their previous conversation, Guren had focused more of her attention on him, causing her not to notice Obito behind her in time.
Squelch!
The sound of piercing came, and blood sprayed all over Takumi's face.
Takumi was still one step too late.
Obito directly pierced through Yukimaru's abdomen, opening a huge hole in his body.
But Guren was not injured. Takumi hadn't had time to save Yukimaru, but he did save Guren.
As for why he didn't save Yukimaru, it was because he used one hand to do something else.
Those familiar with Obito knew that when Obito attacked others, his Kamui could not be used.
And this was the only opportunity Takumi could seize.
He no longer had time to save Yukimaru, so he could only seize this fleeting opportunity to severely injure Obito!
Obito's figure flew backward, crashing through who knows how many trees, leaving a trail of dust in his wake.
"Pfft!"
Obito spat out a mouthful of blood. His chest was deeply sunken, and undoubtedly, many of his ribs were broken.
But with Hashirama's cells, even injuries of this degree would heal in a short time.
"Truly a power to be wary of."
Obito dove back into the ground.
Although he hadn't killed that woman, his goal had been achieved.
He had a great use for collecting Tailed Beasts.
If there was someone who could connect with the Tailed Beasts, that would be an obstacle for him.
So, Yukimaru was destined to die from the very beginning.
Obito was not going to let him live.
Having achieved his secondary goal, it was time for the most important one.
Find the Three-Tails and take it away.
With the Kamui, this kind of thing was not much of a problem for him.
And using the Sharingan to control Tailed Beasts could be said to be a specialty of the Uchiha Clan.
He had even controlled the Nine-Tails back then; a mere Three-Tails was naturally no problem.
He slowly dove into the ground and disappeared without a trace.
"Yu... Yukimaru?"
Guren stared blankly at Yukimaru.
Yukimaru's eyes were now glazed, and a large amount of blood, along with fragments of internal organs, continuously flowed from his abdomen.
Obito's attack was very vicious; not only did it pierce through Yukimaru's body, but it also used Wind Release Chakra to churn up his wound.
An ordinary person would probably die instantly.
Yukimaru was protected by a mysterious power within his body, preventing him from being torn to pieces, but with such severe injuries, he wouldn't live long.
"Move!"
Takumi carefully laid Yukimaru on the ground.
He was now very anxious.
He knew Obito was certainly going after the Tailed Beast now.
But he couldn't just let Yukimaru die like this.
At the very least, he needed to do some emergency treatment before stopping Obito.
So, he had to race against time.
Takumi's actions ignited a glimmer of hope in Guren's eyes.
"You can save him? Please save him!!"
Guren excitedly grabbed Takumi's arm.
"Don't disturb me!"
Takumi shook off Guren's hand quite coldly.
If it were normal times, he certainly wouldn't be so cold to Guren or other girls.
But the situation was special now; he didn't have that much time to talk about this and that with Guren.
Guren also knew she was too excited.
She immediately withdrew her hand, even covering her mouth, not making a single sound to disturb Takumi.
Takumi tore open Yukimaru's clothes, revealing that huge hole.
Takumi's expression darkened considerably.
'This was not good.'
His hands moved very quickly, performing emergency treatment as fast as possible, but it could only maintain for a while.
Yukimaru now urgently needed various internal organs to be replaced.
Obito's attack had destroyed most of the organs in his body.
Takumi's hands moved very fast, almost becoming a blur.
Yukimaru's wound was soon stitched up.
But this was only a temporary measure. Without replacing the internal organs, Yukimaru still wouldn't survive half a day.
But this time is already enough.