The first to notice were, naturally, Hancock, Saeko, Hiyori, and others who had mastered Observation Haki.
They were in different places doing their own things, but the instant of the explosion, they simultaneously looked up, their gazes directed towards the prison.
Naruto, Sakura, and others, holding fruit and flowers for their daily visit, also saw the commotion.
"What's going on?!"
Naruto's pupils shrank, the fruit bag dropping to the ground, apples scattering everywhere.
Sakura covered her mouth, her face pale.
A giant, grey-black skeletal giant rose from the rubble, emitting a deafening roar, tearing the entire prison building apart.
Debris rained down like hail, hitting the ground with dull booms.
Hiyori, flying high up using the Float-Float Fruit, exclaimed, "It's Father's Susanoo!"
Behind her, Yamato, Hancock, and the others arrived on the scene.
Then, another orange-red giant rose from another side of the ruins, swinging its fist at the grey-black Susanoo.
The grey-black Susanoo raised its hand to block. The two forces collided, generating a massive shockwave that leveled the surrounding buildings.
The Aizono sisters, Kakashi, and others who had also arrived quickly recognized it...
'That was Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo.'
'Uchiha Itachi?! How did he get back?'
Kakashi's pupils contracted sharply. The Sharingan hidden behind his forehead protector throbbed with pain.
However, although both were using Susanoo, Makoto's Susanoo suppressed Itachi's in just one exchange.
The grey-black giant stood half a body taller than the orange-red giant. The chainsaw in its hand slashed down repeatedly, forcing Itachi's Sword of Totsuka back step by step.
"Even with your eyes gouged out, you can still use Susanoo, huh—"
Makoto stood in the center of the Susanoo's forehead, looking down at Itachi, speaking with a smile.
"Just as I thought, you're just like Uchiha Madara."
"What did you say?"
Hearing Makoto mention the name 'Uchiha Madara', Itachi's expression changed slightly.
He wanted to ask, 'How do you know about Madara?', but Makoto didn't even give him a chance.
The Susanoo's chainsaw continued to press down. The immense force bore down on the Sword of Totsuka. Itachi's Susanoo arm began to tremble, cracks spreading across the surface of the energy armor.
The posture suggested he intended to crush Itachi to death just like that.
"Father, watch out!"
Suddenly, Hiyori shouted from high above.
The space behind Makoto began to warp.
A vortex appeared out of thin air. Obito emerged halfway from the void, holding a wooden spike, thrusting it towards Makoto's back.
That was the Wood Release: Cutting Technique... the same move that would later kill Hyuga Neji, though its power was not on the same level yet.
A smirk appeared under Obito's mask.
'Got him!'
Itachi, opposite, showed a worried expression.
Not for Makoto, but since he felt Makoto couldn't possibly be ambushed so easily.
Sure enough.
The next instant, Obito realized something was wrong.
The moment the wooden spike stabbed Makoto's body, there was no sound of flesh being pierced, no spray of blood.
The wooden spike, as hard as a kunai, shattered like glass upon touching Makoto's skin.
Shards flew everywhere, refracting tiny glints of light in the air.
This was simply inconceivable for Ninjas, who generally had 'glass cannon' physiques.
Obito's pupil contracted sharply.
'Was this guy's body made of iron?'
Ace, who had also arrived on the scene, saw this and laughed mockingly. "A toy like that could never kill Leader."
Obito gritted his teeth, wanting to retreat.
"When you attack, your body becomes tangible, doesn't it, Obito?"
Just then, Makoto's voice drifted lazily into Obito's ears.
Obito's expression changed. He looked down to see Makoto had already turned around, reaching out to gouge out his right eye.
Clearly, he was going for the eye.
At the critical moment—
Makoto's hand passed through Obito's head, like touching a mirage, failing to make contact with any solid.
Obito's body became intangible in an instant, dissipating into the air like smoke.
The next moment, he reappeared on another side of the ruins, completely unharmed.
Makoto looked at him and couldn't help but laugh.
"Kamui... that move is as troublesome as ever."
By this time, Makoto's subordinates and women had all arrived.
Beam stood on the rubble, looking up at Itachi encased in his third-stage Susanoo. He took a deep breath and focused his Armament Haki into his right hand.
Black Haki covered his fist, dyeing his entire arm a pure black.
"Fish-Man Karate... 10,000 Brick Fist!"
He threw a punch. The savage force struck the Yata Mirror of the Susanoo, producing a deafening crash.
BOOM—!!!
The orange-red Susanoo shuddered. On the surface of the Yata Mirror, a fine crack began to spread.
Beam looked shocked.
"No way? I used my full power just now..."
He hadn't expected the one-eyed bastard's defense to be this strong.
However, the one truly surprised was Itachi.
He looked down at the crack on the Yata Mirror, his pupils constricting.
'One of Nishikawa Makoto's subordinates could actually put a crack on Yata Mirror?'
But he had no time to be surprised.
Now, he had to fight his way out and get Sasuke.
Thinking this, Itachi glanced at Sasuke, still trapped inside Makoto's Susanoo.
Sasuke was confined within the grey-black energy skeleton.
Itachi manipulated the Sword of Totsuka. With a single slash, he swung it at Beam, who was blocking his way.
The large orange-red sword blade descended with an aura of destruction, aiming for Beam's head.
Faced with this sword, Beam didn't dodge or evade.
As a Devil, he wasn't afraid of physical attacks.
No matter how severe the injury, he could resurrect by drinking blood.
So he stood his ground, letting the Sword of Totsuka get closer and closer.
"Tch, an attack of this degree..."
At the critical moment when the sword was about to fall, a figure suddenly rushed over.
Makoto had deactivated his Susanoo and charged forward.
His hand reached for the pull ring in the center of his chest. With a 'Rrrrip', the Chainsaw Man transformation was complete.
He swung his chainsaw, slashing three times.
The arm of Itachi's Susanoo holding the Sword of Totsuka was severed cleanly at the elbow.
CRACK—
The orange-red energy arm, along with the Sword of Totsuka, fell to the ground, crashing next to Beam with a 'boom', sending up a spray of debris.
Looking at Makoto in his Chainsaw Man form, Beam opened his mouth in surprise.
"Chainsaw-sama... an attack like that couldn't have seriously harmed me."
"Idiot."
A cold voice came from the side.
Yu walked over, bent down to pick up the severed Susanoo arm, and casually flicked it... the Sword of Totsuka detached from the hand and embedded itself in the corpse of some Konoha's scoundrel nearby.
Instantly, the corpse seemed to melt, being absorbed into the gourd attached to the sword's hilt.
The whole process took a mere second or two. The body disappeared completely, not leaving a drop of blood.
Beam stood stunned.
"Wh... what kind of sword is that?"
He looked at the gourd in Yu's hand, his mouth agape.
Yu grunted disdainfully and couldn't help but mock him inwardly.
'If a follower doesn't use their brain, they'll be a Beam forever.'
Although Itachi was surprised by Makoto's form and how easily he had cut through his Susanoo, he had no time to dwell on it.
Because the moment Makoto had charged out, he had been forced to deactivate his Susanoo, leaving Sasuke unprotected.
"Madara! Save Sasuke!"
Itachi shouted.
Obito used Kamui again, appearing next to Sasuke.
The space warped, and Sasuke's body began to be absorbed into the other dimension.
"Bastard!"
Seeing this, Alice shouted, "Zeus!"
A cloud with a face floated up from behind Alice, calling out obsequiously, "Yes, Mama!"
Zeus obediently floated to her hand.
Alice grabbed Zeus's body, pulled hard, and drew out a deep purple bolt of lightning.
The lightning crackled in the air, visually ninety percent similar to Chidori.
That was one of Big Mom's signature moves... Thunderbolt.
Alice rushed quickly towards Obito. As she passed her cousin Erina, the two exchanged a glance.
The moment her cousin passed by, Erina raised her hand and injected More-More Fruit's energy into Alice's lightning.
"More-More: Five Times!"
The purple lightning instantly surged, expanding from the thickness of an arm to that of a water barrel. Its color darkened from deep purple to nearly black.
The light was blinding. The air ionized, making a 'zzzzzt' sound.
Alice swung the lightning—
But like before, when this attack hit Obito, it passed through his body as if hitting a mirage.
Alice couldn't stop her momentum and crashed into a house behind him, blasting through several buildings in a row.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Smoke and dust billowed, debris flew.
Seeing this, Saeko, Hiyori, Hancock, and others struck out.
A roaring golden slash burst from Saeko's sword, tearing through the air.
Hiyori manipulated the Float-Float Fruit. Rubble meteors rained down like shooting stars from the sky.
Hancock's Slave Arrows turned into countless heart-shaped projectiles, raining down like a storm.
But... all passed right through Obito.
Not a single one hit.
Obito stood still, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curling up.
As long as he had Kamui, he was invincible.
However—
Just then, Makoto signaled to Kakashi, who was watching dumbfounded, and pointed at himself.
Kakashi was stunned for a moment.
Then, he immediately understood.
He took a deep breath, pushed up his forehead protector, revealing the Mangekyo Sharingan hidden for so many years.
He aimed it at Makoto.
"Kamui!"