Inside Kamui Space, on a floor made of scattered blocks, two men stood locked in confrontation.

Even though this was Obito’s space, his chances of winning were still low. This was especially true since Hatake Satoru wasn’t planning to unleash his domain: Unlimited Void, due to Naruto’s presence. If Naruto, already under a genjutsu, received a massive influx of information, his mind could very well be shattered.

The earlier feint attack had also allowed Obito to learn a bit more about Hatake Satoru’s abilities. It was likely that even when his vision was blocked, Satoru could still sense his location and teleport to stop him from leaving Kamui Space.

Hatake Satoru was now thinking about the same problem as Obito. Their fight could not be aimed at killing Obito. No matter how strong Satoru was inside Kamui Space, he couldn’t get out on his own.

Obito planned to close the distance and engage Hatake Satoru in hand-to-hand combat, hoping to figure out why, last time, he couldn’t suck Satoru into Kamui Space after touching him.

Compared to his ninjutsu, even with one arm missing, Obito wasn’t necessarily inferior to Hatake Satoru in physical combat. Due to the nature of his abilities, Satoru rarely used them in fights before. Against Obito’s attack, Hatake Satoru still intended to use his power to first incapacitate Obito.

After dodging a punch from Obito, Hatake Satoru touched his body and teleported them both a short distance away. If they had fought in that previous spot, Naruto would definitely have been caught in the crossfire.

After this, Obito also became more careful; he wouldn’t let Hatake Satoru touch him so easily again.

The close-quarters fight between them became a stalemate. Indeed, Obito’s ability was still tricky. During the fight, Obito had touched Hatake Satoru multiple times, but the same problem persisted: Obito still couldn’t transfer Hatake Satoru out of Kamui Space.

However, Obito had a lead now. The sensation of physical contact with him during the fight felt different from normal touch. Could it be that he wasn’t actually touching him?

Obito launched one last hand-to-hand attack at Hatake Satoru. When Satoru reached out to block this time, Obito used his Sharingan to see the truth of Hatake Satoru’s ability. A smoke bomb Obito had thrown earlier instantly exploded on the ground, and Obito dodged backward.

"Thinking of running? That’s a pretty naive idea."

This smoke couldn’t block Hatake Satoru’s vision. Satoru teleported next to Obito. A "Red" attack he had prepared before teleporting was launched toward Obito the moment he arrived beside him.

"Bang."

...

This strike didn’t hit. Obito used a substitution jutsu before the attack landed, replacing himself with the severed hand Hatake Satoru had cut off earlier. Hatake Satoru couldn’t help but be taken aback. Obito’s combat intelligence was really quite good.

Hatake Satoru dared not give Obito any more chance to catch his breath and immediately searched for the landing spot after his substitution.

"This time, I won’t let you run."

Hatake Satoru chose a teleportation position even closer to Obito’s body than last time and struck Obito with another Red attack.

But this one also missed.

Different from last time, this wasn’t something like a substitution jutsu. Obito had directly abandoned the entire half of his body created by Hashirama Cells. That guy had seized the moment when Hatake Satoru missed his first attack to complete his transfer. It was a clever plan.

However, based on the blood on the ground, Obito was also quite injured. But after relying on White Zetsu to transplant Hashirama Cells again, he would recover almost fully.

From the moment the smoke bomb dispersed, Hatake Satoru had fallen into Obito’s scheme. It had to be said that Obito’s combat plan this time was superior.

Hatake Satoru grew more and more furious as he thought about it and began venting his anger within Kamui Space.

As for Naruto on the side, after being controlled by the genjutsu, he had been bargaining with the Nine-Tails.

It was the same old topic: The landlord was in trouble now, and the tenant needed to pay rent.

"Hey, you stinky fox, are you going to save me from this genjutsu or not?"

"Shut up, brat. Don’t think I won’t kill you right now."

The two argued for a long time, and the Nine-Tails was also extremely annoyed. It helped Naruto a bit, transferring a small amount of chakra to him to break the genjutsu.

"Get out, brat. Next time you bother me, I’ll really kill you."

Naruto woke from the genjutsu, sitting up abruptly and scanning the surroundings defensively.

"Oh, you’re awake."

"Teacher Satoru? Why are you here?"

"Why is everything around...?"

"..."

Naruto looked at the ruins around them that seemed like the aftermath of a battle and asked Teacher Satoru. Naruto was somewhat worried about Hatake Satoru—how had he survived in such an environment?

"Oh, it’s fine. These marks were left by me, your teacher."

"By Teacher Satoru???!"

Naruto was so shocked his expression went comical. Hatake Satoru had indeed gone overboard; the ground all around was full of large pits destroyed by "Red."

"Teacher Satoru, where’s that mysterious person?"

"He ran away."

"Really, I should have just killed that guy earlier and transplanted his Sharingan onto you. Fighting so cautiously and still letting him escape..."

"Teacher Satoru, please don’t say such terrifying things with such a regretful face."

Naruto was petrified in place, his vision and spirit heavily stimulated by Hatake Satoru.

"Speaking of which, Teacher Satoru, how did you get in here? I remember he brought me in and then didn’t use this ability again."

Hatake Satoru told Naruto the same thing he had told Kakashi.

"What?! It’s the Sharingan of Teacher Kakashi’s dead friend?"

"That’s really despicable, for sure. Next time we meet, I have to get that eye back for Kakashi-sensei."

"You should first think about how not to be taken away next time, Naruto."

This time, even though it wasn’t Naruto’s fault, Hatake Satoru was very unhappy about letting Obito escape and could only vent a bit on Naruto now.

Naruto’s face flushed red, feeling embarrassed, and he scratched his head.

"I’m sorry, Teacher Satoru. I really didn’t think I’d be taken away while enjoying a hot spring in the village."

"Teacher Satoru, how do we get out now?"

Naruto looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and asked Hatake Satoru.

"Get out? There’s no way."

"Ah?! Then we’re going to die here?早知道 I should have eaten one more bowl at Ichiraku Ramen."

"Hey, hey, hey, you really only think about ramen."

"There’s still a chance. Hopefully Kakashi realizes we’re stuck in Kamui Space."

Hatake Satoru gave Naruto some reassurance. Kakashi could indeed rescue them.

However, Kakashi had just transferred himself in before the fight and was definitely still recovering. Hopefully, while resting, he would consider that we might be trapped.