Uchiha Yasuo was paralyzed by the power of lightning, and his reaction was slightly slow.
Kakashi's left arm dragged lightning and drove straight in, breaking through his defense. In an instant, it blasted right up to him.
He instinctively stretched out his left hand and pressed down on his right arm.
Should he use it now?
But this thought only flashed in his mind for a moment before he immediately dismissed it.
His eyes sharpened. Instead of retreating, he advanced. The two fingers of his left hand moved together like a spear and stabbed straight toward Kakashi's scarlet left eye.
"Come on!"
"Who's afraid of who?!"
"Whoever dodges is a coward's grandson!"
Kakashi's gaze was resolute. His left arm thrust forward with force, and with a "puff," it pierced straight into Uchiha Yasuo's abdomen, passing directly through and exiting from his back.
The gushing fresh blood surged violently from the wound, only to be instantly evaporated by the lightning.
And Uchiha Yasuo's fingers had already reached the side of Kakashi's face.
Kakashi instinctively tilted his head to the left. Even though it exposed his right eye to Uchiha Yasuo's fingers, he had to protect the keepsake left by his closest friend.
At the same time, he retreated backward, intending to pull away.
But as Kakashi withdrew, Uchiha Yasuo moved forward with him, following tightly. His fingers bent, and with a light, deft motion, he dug out that Sharingan.
After obtaining the eye, Uchiha Yasuo immediately stopped and retreated. He and Kakashi leapt backward at the same time, completely separating.
Kakashi retreated into the distance, one hand pressed over his bleeding eye, gasping for breath in heavy bursts.
Sarutobi Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai were already standing in front of him, protecting him securely.
And opposite them, Uchiha Yasuo was in even worse shape.
A large hole was exposed in his abdomen, completely pierced through from front to back. Fresh blood poured out of the gaping cavity, and even torn intestines had slipped out. The flesh around the wound had been scorched by lightning, but that instead served to stop the bleeding.
The Mangekyō Sharingan spun wildly. The flesh buds in his abdomen began to grow and squirm at a speed visible to the naked eye, bit by bit grinding away the lingering lightning at the wound.
Uchiha Yasuo swayed unsteadily, barely able to stand, but he held that Sharingan in one hand and laughed madly without restraint, as if the injury on his body did not exist at all.
"Haha…"
"Kakashi, this eye is Obito's one, right?"
"I'll take it back for him!"
He clenched his left palm with force, and with a "pop," he crushed that precious Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Obito is so pitiful!"
"He will never be able to gather a pair of eyes again!"
"I wonder how he will pilot a Gundam in the future!"
"He must be heartbroken to death right now!"
"Haha…"
Kakashi did not know at all that Obito was still alive. Now, watching the precious eye his closest friend had left him being crushed like this by Uchiha Yasuo, the remaining single eye in Kakashi's face filled with pain and hatred, as if it were about to spit fire.
He gasped twice and spoke urgently: "His recovery ability is very strong. We can't give him time to recover! We move!"
"Okay!" Asuma and Kurenai responded and immediately charged forward again, releasing ninjutsu from afar.
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation
Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Technique
The two ninjutsu stacked together, and the entire ground instantly fell into blazing flames, making it impossible to tell which was real and which was false.
"Hmph!" Uchiha Yasuo snorted coldly. He pressed his hand on the hole in his abdomen and continued treatment. At the same time, with a thought, Susanoo rose up from the ground again.
When Kakashi attacked earlier, Susanoo had been grabbed by "Thousand-Armed Murder" and had not served any purpose.
But this time was different. When Uchiha Yasuo activated Susanoo, he controlled it to reach behind and pluck down the medicine-herb gourd, turning it downward.
A massive amount of Rinkaichū poured out again, washing downward like a waterfall.
After finishing the operation, he looked down again and indeed saw the ground bulge upward. Kakashi had used Earth Release to rush in again.
With Kakashi's blade skills, if they fought taijutsu while Uchiha Yasuo was heavily injured, he would most likely die on the spot.
So Uchiha Yasuo had no intention of engaging him in close blade combat at all. Instead, he avoided his weakness and directly competed on who had the longer life.
The result was that Kakashi rushed in again, and when he looked up, all he saw was the overwhelming Rinkaichū rushing at him. He was immediately startled.
But his reaction speed was fast enough. His fingers twisted into afterimages, and with a "swish," he slipped away again.
"Haha…" Uchiha Yasuo stood among the swarm and controlled the medicine-herb gourd to take the insects back. He laughed loudly: "My Mangekyō doesn't have any other skill, it's just durable!"
"You want to trade injury for injury, trade life for life?"
"Come as much as you want!"
"Let's see who can win the exchange!"
The three of them looked with ugly expressions at the herb gourd hanging high in midair. They fell silent. After a long moment, Kakashi finally said in a low voice: "Before we break the toxicity of the Rinkaichū, we have no way to deal with him."
"This infiltrating operation has already been declared a failure, and the mission to capture the rogue ninja has also been declared a failure."
"As for intelligence, it can't be considered that we gained nothing."
"At least we can confirm that Uchiha Yasuo is still alive, and Uchiha Itachi may not necessarily have betrayed. We can attempt further contact."
"Let's withdraw. The next time we meet, with sufficient information and preparation, we will definitely be able to take this Uchiha Yasuo down in one move."
After the three finished discussing, they did not hesitate and immediately retreated.
Uchiha Yasuo was busy healing his injuries and could not stop them, so he could only let them leave.
A long time later, Uchiha Yasuo finally patched up the hole in his abdomen and returned gloomily to Amegakure.
Both of the eyes were not dōjutsu that directly increased attack power, which really made him feel injured.
Susanoo was good, but it was still too monotonous.
But as misfortune never comes alone, he had just entered the tower when he saw Obito already waiting there. The moment Obito saw him return, he mocked coldly: "Yo, isn't this the all-knowing Uchiha Yasuo?"
"Surely this time you must have made a great victory, wiping out all the invading ninja, right?"
"Huh? How come you're even injured?"
"Could it be that you didn't foresee the enemy's information?"
Seeing Obito's yin-yang strange attitude, Uchiha Yasuo felt a fire rise in his heart, but he did not get angry. Instead, he smiled cheerfully at Obito and said: "Aiya, I'm really sorry, Obito."
"I promised you before that I would help you kill your good buddy Kakashi!"
"Who knew he was so slippery, actually running away with his new teammates!"
"I originally planned to keep him, but after spending so much effort, I only managed to keep one of his eyes!"
At this point, Uchiha Yasuo suddenly acted as if he had just realized something. He clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Ah-le!"
"I suddenly remember that Kakashi's eye was originally yours, Obito!"
"Aiya, aiya, if I had remembered this earlier, I would have brought that eye back for you."
"Look at me, I was really too careless. Such a precious Mangekyō Sharingan, and I stepped on it like a bubble!"
"Nani?" This time Obito truly broke down, unable to control the anger in his heart. He rushed over directly.
"You should die!"
"How dare you!"
Uchiha Yasuo looked at him with a cold smile, showing no intention of defending himself, only raising his hand to point upward.
"Hey, Obito, the leader said it before—internal fighting is forbidden within the organization!"
"Forbidden!"
"You…" The Mangekyō in Obito's eyes spun violently. He almost pounced several times but ultimately pulled back.
"When the plan succeeds, I will not let you go!"
He spat out the threat viciously and then turned to leave, leaving Uchiha Yasuo behind laughing wildly.
"Haha… Obito, you really are good at backing down!"
Obito trembled all over, but considering the importance of the final Eye of the Moon Plan, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
He left the tower quickly, afraid that if he stayed even a moment longer, he would turn back and kill that damn bastard.
Just you wait!
Once Nagato's body recovers, you will be useless!
He cursed Uchiha Yasuo fiercely in his heart, swearing and spitting venom, but despite the harsh words, his body was honest, and his steps did not stop as he hurried away.
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