Because Obito repeatedly obstructed Rumota from dealing with Kakashi, Rumota decided to take care of Obito first. Then, after his teammates arrived, he would deal with Kakashi and Rin Nohara.
Rumota rushed towards Obito at high speed.
Obito was extremely nervous, but he still tightly held his Kunai and kept his eyes locked on Rumota.
When he was only a few steps away from Obito, Rumota swung his ninja sword at him.
"I see you!"
Obito held the Kunai in a reverse grip.
With a 'ding', Obito's Kunai blocked Rumota's ninja sword.
Obito could hardly resist the urge to curl up the corner of his mouth. The guy seemed just so - so. Blocking this sword strike was effortless.
However, before the corner of Obito's mouth could fully curl up, his expression suddenly froze.
Cloud Flow · Rising Dragon!
Rumota directly landed an elbow strike on Obito's face.
Obito was sent flying backwards, hitting the ground face - first and rolling several times.
"Obito!"
Rin Nohara was shocked. She quickly stopped treating Kakashi, took out a Kunai with an Explosive Tag attached from her ninja tools pouch, and threw it at Rumota.
When Rumota was about to retreat to dodge, the Explosive Tag exploded, creating a fierce flame.
Meanwhile, Rin Nohara threw a wind - style charm.
The principle of the wind - style charm was the same as that of the Scrolls that could release various ninjutsu.
The wind - style charm formed a whirlwind. When it touched the flame from the explosion of the Explosive Tag, a change occurred. The flame and the whirlwind merged to form a Flame Whirlwind.
The sudden expansion of the flame's range caught Rumota off guard, and his body was set ablaze.
Just as Rumota was trying to put out the flames while counter - attacking, he suddenly felt a tightening on his body, and then he was tied up.
Rumota looked at his body in disbelief. He was bound by Wire Strings.
Rumota stared fiercely at Obito.
Obito's right cheek was swollen, but there was a smile on his face.
There were transparent Wire Strings Coiling Around Obito's hands.
Obito spat out a mouthful of bloody spittle: "You thought I shot wide with those two Kunai? I'm an Uchiha! How could I shoot wide? I did it on purpose, you idiot!"
There were transparent Wire Strings tied to the ends of the two Kunai that Obito had seemingly shot wide with before.
He hadn't had a chance before, but now with Rin Nohara's help, Obito seized the opportunity to use these Wire Strings to tie up Rumota.
Rin Nohara shouted to Obito: "Great job, Obito!"
A slight curve appeared at the corner of Kakashi's mouth under his mask.
Obito proudly puffed out his chest.
He must look really cool right now!
Rumota, an elite chunin, was furious and embarrassed at the moment.
He didn't take Kakashi and the other two seriously just because he saw they were kids. Unexpectedly, underestimating them made him suffer a setback.
"It's over!"
After forming hand seals with both hands, Obito placed his hands in front of his mouth.
"Fire Style! Great Fireball Technique!"
Obito spat out a huge fireball from his mouth towards Rumota.
Rumota's pupils shrank to a pinpoint.
Thinking he was done for, Rumota suddenly felt the wire strings on his body loosen.
Rumota's companions had arrived!
After Rumota's companions cut the wire strings on his body, they quickly took Rumota out of the range of the Great Fireball.
Obito stood there, stunned, looking at Rumota and two Cloud Ninjas not far away.
What? My so - cool killing move failed?!
Rumota glared at Obito with extreme annoyance. "Leave that kid to me! I'll kill him myself!"
One of Rumota's companions reminded him, "Let's finish this quickly. We have to start the operation in an hour. There's no time to mess around with these three brats."
Hearing that the operation would start in an hour, Kakashi's eyes immediately sharpened.
An hour... Before, the Cloud Ninjas were lining up at their camp. It was very likely that they would attack Konoha's camp in an hour.
He had to convey this message back to Konoha's camp right away.
But now...
Kakashi frowned tightly. If he ran away, Obito and Rin Nohara would definitely not survive.
Rumota was much stronger than Obito and Rin.
Just now, it was because Rumota underestimated them and Rin happened to cooperate that Obito managed to restrain Rumota with wire strings.
This kind of opportunity would only come once. There wouldn't be a second chance.
Moreover, there were two more Cloud Ninjas now.
If he let either Obito or Rin escape right now, then Kakashi wouldn't be able to stop the three Cloud Ninjas.
It was still some distance to Konoha's camp. The Cloud Ninjas were known for their speed. With Obito or Rin's speed, they would definitely be caught up.
Logically, the best choice for Kakashi now was to abandon Obito and Rin and rush back to Konoha's camp alone.
But Kakashi's legs felt like they were filled with lead, and he couldn't move.
After some hesitation, Kakashi took a deep breath and his eyes became extremely determined.
Kakashi took out a Smoke Bomb and threw it on the ground.
In an instant, the smoke enveloped Kakashi.
In the smoke, Kakashi quickly formed hand seals with both hands and pressed them on the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
The ninja dog Guruku appeared again.
"Guruku, go back to Konoha's camp right away and tell them that the Cloud Ninjas are going to launch a sneak attack!"
Guruku barked and rushed out of the smoke, running towards Konoha's camp at full speed.
Then Kakashi clenched his short blade and dashed out of the smoke, actively attacking Rumota and the other two Cloud Ninjas.
In this situation, there's no chance to retreat. Only by taking the initiative to attack might there be a glimmer of hope to pull out.
Seeing Kakashi actively attacking the Cloud Ninjas, Obito and Rin Nohara immediately assisted Kakashi and attacked the three Cloud Ninjas together.
Meanwhile, at a distance from the combat position of The Battle between Kakashi and the three Cloud Ninjas.
Kamishiro stopped in his tracks, looking extremely conflicted.
"Should I really abandon the three of them? Kakashi will be the Sixth Hokage in the future. Obito will also become a man with the power of Six Paths. As for Rin Nohara... she'll be the jinchuriki of Isobu in the future. Such a small crisis should be a piece of cake for them.
Right, that's it! So there's no need to be so conflicted!"
Kamishiro had only taken a few steps when he stopped again.
It was because he heard the sounds of The Battle in the distance.
Kamishiro's expression became even more conflicted. "But... what if something goes wrong? What if they kick the bucket? To be honest, Konoha has treated me really well, especially Minato Namikaze. I even took apart all the electrical appliances in his house, and he never said a word to me.
Kakashi and the others treat me as a comrade. Is it too inhumane of me to just abandon them?
But if I go to help them, my strength will be exposed. It's such a pity to expose my well - hidden strength."
As Kamishiro hesitated, a sudden idea popped into his head.
"Got it! If I do it like this, I should be able to avoid getting caught."
Kamishiro unrolled the Scroll storing Kanna and summoned Kanna out. Then he rushed towards Kakashi and the other two.