After a commotion, Minato looked at Obito and said, "Alright, we still have to do our mission."
After saying that, he pointed to the Kumo encampment below and asked, "Obito, Kumo has clear signs of retreating. Is this the same as your memories from your past life?"
Obito became puzzled and also walked to the edge of the cliff to observe both encampments.
Even though they were quite far away, it was still noticeable that, unlike Suna, which looked ready to go on the offensive, Kumo was busy packing up food and supplies, clear signs of preparing to retreat.
The current stalemate was merely a way to buy more time for their retreat.
Obito said with doubt, "Minato-sensei, actually, at this point in my past life, since Konoha hadn't entered the war yet, Rin, Kakashi, and I were still following you on C-rank missions. We weren't really aware of the movements on the Kumo-Suna battlefield."
"But…", Obito's expression turned serious, "The Battle of Kikyo Mountain happens next year. Logically, if Suna manages to defeat Kumo now, they should get extremely overconfident and use their victory's momentum to attack Konoha immediately."
"If they wait until next year, their momentum will already be gone. It doesn't make sense."
Kakashi also noticed the oddity and started thinking, "So, Obito, you're saying that something unexpected happened in the Kumo-Suna conflict, forcing Kumo to retreat early?"
Obito didn't deny it, "That's possible. Many things in this life have already changed. My future memories can only be used as a reference, not relied upon completely."
Minato frowned, "So, if the situation keeps developing like this, once Kumo leaves, Suna might attack Konoha earlier than expected. That's not good news."
After thinking for a moment, Minato ordered, "Obito, go scout the Kumo side and see what's going on."
"Kakashi, Rin, we'll check on the Suna side."
The three of them nodded and, under Minato's signal, started moving separately.
Obito activated his phasing ability and sank down from the cliff's edge, quickly reaching the bottom before slipping underground to infiltrate Kumo's camp undetected.
Since this was a large battlefield camp, there were multiple sensory-type ninja around, so Obito didn't dare to surface recklessly.
His stealth abilities had improved significantly due to his training in the previous life, but he still wasn't as undetectable as White Zetsu.
When his ten-minute phasing time was almost up, he finally found an opportunity and surfaced near a well.
Nearby, there were only two young Chunin standing guard, chatting with each other and not even looking around.
'First-time participants in a battle like this?'
'Their vigilance is seriously lacking.'
Obito sighed in relief, fully emerging onto the surface and resetting his phasing time.
His ten-minute limit only applied to continuous usage. As long as he reset it, it would be full again.
He phased back underground and moved directly beneath the two young Chunin, trying to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Since neither of them was a sensory ninja and they were also quite relaxed, Obito got close enough to hear them clearly.
"Kenichi, once this war is over, I'm going back to confess to Hoshino, marry her, and have a cute little baby."
"Shouta, do you think my sister would even look at you? She's cute and has high standards; she wouldn't like someone like you."
"Damn it, Kenichi! Just because you might be my future brother-in-law doesn't mean I won't duel you!"
"Cut it out, we're still in wartime. What if there's an enemy sneaking around—"
"Tch, with our level of security, forget enemies, even a fly wouldn't be able to get in."
Obito quickly lost interest in their chat. Sure enough, every village had its share of naive idiots.
He was about to switch locations when he suddenly caught wind of an interesting piece of information.
"By the way, Kenichi, that 'Purple-Robed Dragon King' from the desert is terrifying. I just caught a glimpse of her from far away and almost pissed myself."
"No kidding? My Jonin instructor got smashed to death by her purple dragon-shaped chakra arm in one strike. I ran for my life, and luckily, she didn't chase after me, or I'd be dead too."
"Sigh, because of the Purple-Robed Dragon King, our plan to occupy the Roran outpost in the desert completely failed. We lost the chance to keep fighting Suna and had to retreat instead."
"Shh, honestly, I think this might be a good thing. If we kept fighting to the death in Wind Country against Suna, who knows how many of us would even survive…"
At this point, the topic became quite heavy, and both of them fell silent.
Hiding underground, Obito finally got the information he wanted, 'So Kumo is retreating early because of Sara?'
'That makes sense. The power of the Dragon Vein(Ryumyaku) is even greater than most tailed beasts, second only to the Nine-Tails.'
'As the perfect Jinchūriki of the Dragon Vein, Sara's current strength is probably on the stronger side even among Kage-level ninjas.'
'Suna already has Rasa, which is enough of a headache for Kumo. Adding Sara into the mix, retreating is the logical choice.'
'However, Minato-sensei haven't even earned his Yellow Flash title yet, while Sara is already being called the 'Purple-Robed Dragon King'. Truly, the times create the heroes.'
Obito prepared to retreat.
However, perhaps because he had relaxed after obtaining the intel, his presence became slightly unstable. Also, he was simply too close to the two Chunin.
He was detected.
"Who's there? Underground! Come out now!"
It was Shouta's voice.
In the next moment, Shouta was about to alert the surrounding Kumo ninja.
Obito could only sigh and suddenly emerged from the ground.
His dual Mangekyō Sharingan activated instantly, and Kamui's absorption power was unleashed.
"En—"
Shouta's face twisted in terror, and he barely managed to utter a single syllable of "enemy attack" before both he and Kenichi were sucked into the Kamui dimension in an instant.
Silence returned to the area.
"Sorry, but you won't be seeing your cute sister, nor marrying a beautiful wife," Obito said flatly. Then, with a ripple in space, he too disappeared into the Kamui dimension.
Using Kamui's teleportation ability, Obito reappeared on the cliff where he started. Along with him, he released the two unconscious Kumo ninja from the Kamui space.
In reality, unless Obito allowed it, or if someone had his eye like Kakashi in the previous life, anyone sucked into Kamui would pass out instantly.
These two ninja were no exception.
Only truly powerful individuals might be able to resist this effect.
However, even if such a powerful person was pulled into Kamui, they likely wouldn't survive for long.
At worst, they'd starve to death in a few months.
Unless they were like Black Zetsu or White Zetsu, who were basically plants, starvation would still kill them.
Obito glanced at the unconscious duo, took out a Flying Thunder God kunai, and slit their throats, ending their lives.
"These two were just unlucky. Their Rin is still waiting for them at home, yet they died first. But… that's just how it is for ninjas," Obito sighed before quickly regaining his composure. He moved to the cliff's edge and looked toward the Suna encampment.
Thanks to his special abilities, he completed his mission quickly. But for the rest of Minato's team, things wouldn't be so easy.
"So… should I go to the Suna side and rendezvous with Minato-sensei?", Obito thought about it and decided it was worth it.
Activating his phasing ability, he sped toward the Suna encampment…
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