Chapter 164: Unveiling The Forgotten

Naoto was shocked. If he hadn’t noticed the abnormality here in time, he was afraid that he really would have become a pile of dirt.

From his encounter with Shisui, he had already tested and found that the psychic attacks of the Sharingan were effective against his clones, but their consciousnesses were all generated through Naoto, so even if the Sharingan’s spiritual attacks destroyed the clones’ spirits, they could still be generated again through Naoto.

However, it seems that it would probably take some time to recover to their peak period…

During the battle between the Hulk and Shisui, the reason that the Hulk later changed back to Banner’s appearance was largely due to the fact that he was too weak at the time and needed time to recover, in addition to Naoto’s orders.

As for the Illusion Technique…

The basic principle of the Illusion Technique is to disturb the flow of chakra in the human body. In this situation, it is easy to break the illusion technique with just a reminder from another person, which is also why the Jinchuriki are resistant to most illusion techniques.

In the original story when Sasuke was in his Sharingan state and used the illusion technique, Killer B was able to break free, so one can see how resistant Jinchuriki are to illusion techniques.

“This guy, Obito, has been able to control the jinchūriki of the Three-Tails Yagura Karatachi, who is a person with great physical strength, for so many years using the Sharingan. His mastery of illusionary techniques is far beyond what Sasuke is capable of. He was even personally taught by Uchiha Madara!

In order to counteract this Sharingan illusion, Naoto directly mobilized the spiritual power of the B-level Card King Piccolo. As the main body of the clone, he is not only a bridge for the clone to communicate, but also able to mobilize their spiritual power.

Suddenly, a formidable power burst forth from Ryo Shimazaki’s body, causing a massive surge of energy that created a huge shadow behind him!

Obito’s face changed as he did not expect to be unable to control Ryo even after catching him off guard and using the Sharingan’s illusion.

‘Uchiha Madara?!’ exclaimed Konan, who also had a change of expression. ‘I didn’t expect you to use the illusion of Sharingan on Ryo!’

‘Stop,’ said Pain, not as agitated as Konan. He simply said one word, but it contained all of the anger of Nagato. [Uchiha Madara] had not mentioned to him that he would use illusion techniques to hypnotize Ryo, which clearly showed that this old man, who should have died decades ago, did not care about him at all.

”…”

“Hidden behind the whirlpool mask, it was impossible to see Obito’s expression, but when he realized that he would not be able to control Ryo, he immediately stopped the illusion technique. He turned to look at Pain.

”Right now, the only thing that could potentially have an impact on our plans is the Demons. The Five Great Shinobi Villages are just a bunch of chickens. I just wanted to see how much of a challenge this so-called descendant of an ancient wizard would be.”

Obito understood that he did not need to explain anything to Konan; he just needed to make things clear to Nagato.

At this moment, he and Nagato were allies who needed each other’s strength. Nagato would not turn against him at this moment, so all Obito had to do was provide a reason and give Nagato a way out. This reason did not even need to be reasonable.

There was no emotion between them; there was only interest.

”And I also learned something about him.” Obito shrugged at the grim-faced Pain. ”You know, it’s impossible for a person to remember everything. It’s like if you casually glanced at an article and then forgot about it decades later. But it doesn’t disappear; it just lurks in the depths of your memory. There are things that humans can never remember, but the illusion techniques are different. Through the contact just now, I learned about some things that Ryo has already forgotten.”

“He naturally did not get any information from Ryo. All of the so-called intelligence was obtained through tireless searching. But if he does not spill some explanations now, he fears that Nagato will not be satisfied.

”Speak,” said Pain with a frown. ”It’s best if the information is useful.”

”Of course it’s useful,” replied Obito, just as Ryo moved and vanished from sight, appearing behind him in an instant, before delivering a powerful strike.

Kamui!

Fortunately, his body, enhanced by the First Hokage’s cells, had a very fast reaction time, allowing him to use Kamui to dodge the attack. As he watched the scene of the attack seemingly hitting nothing but air, Ryo moved back to his original position in an instant.

”Uchiha Madara? Perhaps the person you should be explaining to is not Pain, but me.” He spoke without any anger in his voice, but the more matter-of-fact he was, the more the cold killing intent he radiated was apparent. Ryo’s eyes were tightly shut, like the emperors of the Ming.

”Perhaps you are angry, but I am also trying to help you fulfill your mission,” said Obito indifferently. To him, Ryo was already someone belonging to Pain’s group, and his strength was not enough to influence the course of the battle.

Although the bizarre space-time ninjutsu caused him some headaches, Ryo Shimazaki lacked a decisive ninjutsu in terms of attack.

He, who had not yet been defeated by Namikaze Minato, believed that his Kamui was invincible.

“That should have been a protective measure left behind by your ancestor to prevent leaks of information about the Holy Lord,” Obito shook his head, turned to Pain, and said, “From the detection just now, I have received a message.”

“The resurrection of the demon clan’s Holy Lord is not only through the collection of the Eight Demonic Energy.”

His words made the three surprised.

“Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five elements, this should be a power system of ancient times, and through these five energies can reverse Yin and Yang life and death.”

Ryo Shimazaki stopped, and then cooperated with Obito’s performance, “Do you mean that the reason why the demons are not in a hurry to obtain the demonic energy is because they want to revive the Holy Lord through this method from the beginning?”

“That’s right.” Obito snapped his fingers and said, “I’ve said before that the Five Great Countries are gathering manpower. At that time, we didn’t understand why, but now it seems that they probably learned about this information through the Shichibukai long ago. The previous dispatching of troops was to destroy the demon clan’s plan.”

“So… ” Pain looked at Obito, “The Five Great Countries are currently at war with the demons…”

“That’s right, according to our information, they are currently concentrating their forces on going to Liedo land, which is the temple that Konan went to before.”

“That’s the entrance to hell.” Ryo touched his chin and pondered, “So they’re very likely to launch a final battle against the demon clan?! “

“Yes, this is a secret war.” Obito nodded, “And it concerns the future of the Ninja World.”

“So… let’s go.” Pain said calmly

“The situation has developed to this point, there is no longer any need to hide.”

“Go? Are we going to capture the Tailed Beast now?” Konan was startled, but she quickly realized that now was indeed a good opportunity to capture a Tailed Beast.

Now that the Five Great Ninja Villages have all sent out their elite, it’s a good time to concentrate forces and capture the Tailed Beast!

“No…” Pain turned around and walked forward step by step.

“We’re going to Liedo land too!”

“For Pain, the great countries of the ninja world are not his main enemies, because as long as he is given time to grow, he will ultimately reach a day when he surpasses the Five Kage.

As for the demon clan, this is a mysterious race, and no one can say for sure what their true abilities are.

So why not take advantage of this opportunity now and help the Five Great Countries to re-seal the demons!