Kakuzu's Wrath

The Flying Thunder God Kunai, gleaming with a dazzling cold light, slashed towards Fengtian's neck, and everything seemed to have settled down.

However, at this critical moment, Fengtian's lips curled into an extremely amused smile.

A strange light flickered in his eyes, as if he had everything under control.

He spoke slowly, his voice tinged with a hint of mockery, as if he were catching up with an old friend:

"Do you think this is really the end?"

"【Flying Thunder God】..."

Minato's voice was low and solemn. He stared at the scene before him in disbelief, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

"You guessed right, you're not the only one who can use the Flying Thunder God Technique..."

Before Fengtian could finish speaking, his figure vanished like a ghost, and when he reappeared, he was already several feet away, perfectly avoiding Shuimen's fatal blow.

His figure drew a graceful arc in the air, as elegant and composed as a dance.

Minato was stunned. He never expected that at this critical moment, Fengtian would be able to break his killing move so easily.

Just as he was stunned, a subtle yet fatal change quietly occurred—a [Flying Thunder God Mark] silently appeared behind him.

Meanwhile, the mark on Fengtian's back had vanished without a trace.

This is the technique of "reversing cause and effect," a forbidden power capable of distorting cause and effect and rewriting destiny.

A chilling smile appeared on Fengtian's face. His voice, like an icy blade in the cold wind, pierced Shuimen's eardrums and struck his very soul:

"It's time to end this..."

Shuimen quickly turned around, but Fengtian was already out of sight.

Then Minato suddenly felt a heaviness in his head, and a powerful drowsiness washed over him. Despite his best efforts to maintain a shred of sanity, he gradually drifted off to sleep...

"[Kamui]!"

Upon seeing Shuimen plummeting rapidly from mid-air, Fengtian immediately used [Divine Might] to collect him into his [Divine Might Space].

After everything was over, he looked at the Flying Thunder God Kunai that had fallen to the side, sighed after a long while, and then put it into his Kamui Space...

....

Inside Takikage's office, however, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Takikage's gaze was piercing, fixed intently on Kakuzu and Obito before him, his voice trembling with rage:

"Kakuzu, do you really intend to completely destroy Takigakure?"

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu merely gave a cold snort, his tone filled with disdain and mockery:

"At this point, what's the point of saying all this?"

"You ruined me! You banished me from Takigakure! You've been hunting me down ever since! And now you want me to think about the village? How utterly ridiculous!"

At this point, a rare hysterical frenzy appeared on Kakuzu's face.

He suddenly waved his hand, and the black thread in his hand wriggled like a living thing, once again firmly fixing Takikage to the wall.

At the same time, his back twitched, and four bizarre and terrifying [Earthly Grudges] suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Look at you, you foolish old man!"

Kakuzu's voice was filled with smugness and madness:

"This is the [Earth Grudge Fear] that you have always regarded as a forbidden technique! Look at their life-filled forms, that secret of immortality! All of this has forged me into an incomparably powerful being!"

In the end, Kakuzu had completely descended into madness.

He disregarded Fengtian's orders and directly commanded [Earth Grudge] to launch an attack, intending to completely annihilate Takikage within this office.

"Are you crazy?!"

Upon seeing this, Obito couldn't help but raise his voice to question him.

He flashed and instantly appeared beside Takikage, gently placing his right hand on Takikage's shoulder. At the same time, a faint [Kamui] light flickered in his right eye, ready to take Takikage into the [Kamui Space] at any moment.

"Get out of my way! Or don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Kakuzu roared, his voice echoing through the office, filled with anger and resentment.

Under the influence of such intense anger, he tried his best to maintain a sliver of clarity and attempted to keep Obito away from Takikage.

But Obito did not back down; his eyes were firm, and his voice was calm and resolute.

"Kakuzu, don't forget our purpose. We're here to capture the Seven-Tails, not to destroy this village."

"If you kill Takikage now, we'll have absolutely no way of finding the Seven-Tails! We'll be facing the shadow of mission failure!"

Kakuzu paused slightly, a hint of hesitation flashing in his crazed eyes.

Obito's words, "Mission failed," were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the anger in his heart and temporarily sobering him up from his fervor for revenge.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. The four [Earthly Grudges] slowly withdrew from his body, freeing Takikage. He fell heavily to the ground, coughing violently.

"Hmph, this is the last time!"

Kakuzu snorted coldly. Although he was still unwilling, he knew that what Obito said was true.

As members of the Twilight organization, their mission is of paramount importance, and they cannot allow personal grudges to affect the overall situation.

Seeing this, Obito withdrew the power of Kamui and turned to look at Takikage, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible sympathy:

"Old man, we have no intention of being enemies with Takigakure. We only hope that you can cooperate with us and peacefully hand over the Seven-Tails."

"This will both protect your village from the war and allow us to complete our mission successfully."

Upon hearing this, Takikage's face showed no joy at surviving a close call. Instead, he stared intently at the two people before him, and with a last shred of stubbornness, he spoke:

"Heh heh, you'll never find out where the Seven-Tails is!"

"Even if it means death, I will not let you have your way!"

Upon hearing this, Obito's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

He never expected that the person he had gone to so much trouble to save would be so disrespectful.

"Since that's the case, then don't blame us..."

A faint aura of Kamui emanated from Obito's right eye, causing a ripple in the surrounding space.

Clearly, he planned to absorb Takikage into the [Kamui Dimension] and then subject him to severe torture!

However, just before Obito was about to make his move, the surrounding space distorted, and Fengtian's figure appeared in front of everyone.

"Obito, stop..."

"Leave this to me..."

Fengtian spoke calmly, his face displaying unwavering confidence.

Upon seeing Fengtian appear, Obito remained silent for a moment, then made up his mind and spoke softly:

"Where's Minato Namikaze?"

Upon hearing this, Fengtian was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected that Obito was still thinking about Minato.

But it's not surprising, after all, they were teacher and student, and the basic feelings were still there.

Fengtian turned his head slightly, his gaze towards Obito filled with complex emotions, before speaking:

"Watergate..."

"They're no longer in this world..."