Because this place had already become the most sparsely defended area.
It was easy to predict that Minato Namikaze had reached the front lines, causing considerable trouble for the Iwagakure forces.
Some of the Iwagakure ninja from nearby had therefore been sent there, resulting in this shortage of manpower.
“Is that so.”
Qingyuan nodded slightly.
He understood what Renegade Qingyuan’s words implied.
Once Obito arrived, Kakashi, after a bout of inner conflict, would follow him here as well.
Kakashi’s left eye would be slashed blind here, while Obito would have half his body crushed beneath a boulder.
This had to be the closest Madara Uchiha had ever come to observing this place.
Although he had sensed nothing, Qingyuan could not shake the feeling that White Zetsu was hiding nearby.
White Zetsu possessed the “Mayfly Technique,” which allowed him to merge freely into the earth, making him nearly impossible to guard against.
“I have no bloodline limit, so I shouldn’t attract Madara Uchiha’s interest. At most, he’ll regard me as a possible hindrance to the plan, or as a trigger for Obito to turn dark.”
Qingyuan thought to himself.
Madara Uchiha’s plan was to have a tailed beast sealed inside Rin Nohara, forcing her and Kakashi to kill each other, so that Obito would taste ultimate despair and awaken the darkness in his heart.
He simply had not expected Rin Nohara to choose suicide, though that only served to awaken the darkness in Obito’s heart even more effectively.
“Fortunately, I fought Obito before setting out. Hopefully, I won’t be chosen as the sacrifice.”
Qingyuan mused.
If Obito still did not turn dark after Kakashi and Rin died, Qingyuan suspected that Madara Uchiha would have everyone around Obito die before his eyes, one after another, until he finally turned dark and the goal was achieved.
He did not want Obito to say, “Revive, my love,” for his sake.
Even after Obito’s grandmother died, he had never thought of reviving her.
His whole mind was fixed on entering the world of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, becoming Hokage, and living happily with Rin.
That was love-brain taken to its extreme.
“They won’t be easy to deal with later. At the critical moment, remember to possess me.”
Qingyuan said.
He was giving himself an extra safety net.
Iwagakure jonin Oishi could turn invisible, and Qingyuan might not be able to react in time.
“You could also choose not to go.”
Renegade Qingyuan said.
There was another option: Qingyuan could stay where he was and wait for everything to end.
“If I don’t go, who knows how the butterfly effect will develop? The bridge has to be destroyed; only then will my achievements be enough.”
Qingyuan said.
One look at Renegade Qingyuan’s spirit body told him that it did not have much time left.
If a future version even weaker than his current self appeared, such as “Ordinary Person Qingyuan” or “Chef Qingyuan,” he would essentially have wasted an opportunity to become stronger.
He needed to earn enough achievements to be promoted to chunin as soon as possible, so that he could obtain the rest of Renegade Qingyuan’s talent.
By then, Qingyuan would learn Wind Release and Lightning Release ninjutsu very quickly.
One person plus one person—the combined effect of their talents was terrifying.
It was not simply 1+1=2.
It might very well trigger a chemical reaction and produce an even better result.
“Very well. I’ll help you at the critical moment.”
Renegade Qingyuan nodded.
He also wanted his past self to fulfill his dying wish, so he was willing to help the current Qingyuan.
“Then what is the most you can do when you take over?”
Qingyuan asked curiously.
Renegade Qingyuan had possessed him several times before, but Qingyuan still did not know exactly how much strength he could bring out.
Even with jonin-level technique, his hardware was only at the chunin level.
“It’s no problem. I can draw out your body’s full potential.”
Renegade Qingyuan began explaining.
The human body was actually extremely powerful.
It was just that, for self-protection, the body instinctively imposed restrictions on itself.
But Renegade Qingyuan was essentially another source of power.
He could ignore those restrictions and push the body’s output to its maximum.
“So it’s basically like the Eight Gates?”
Qingyuan understood what Renegade Qingyuan meant.
The Eight Gates worked on the same principle: removing the brain’s restrictions to achieve 100 percent use of the body’s abilities, while overloading and consuming the body’s potential to increase one’s strength.
“So if I learned the Eight Gates, you could force them open too?”
Qingyuan asked.
“In theory, yes. You wouldn’t need to know it yourself; as long as I knew it, I could use it. But I don’t know the Eight Gates.”
Renegade Qingyuan said.
In a sense, the Eight Gates also counted as a forbidden technique.
The technique was rarely passed on, and only Shennong, the leader of the Land of Sky, had learned part of it.
Since he had been following Orochimaru, Renegade Qingyuan naturally had no way to gain access to the technique.
His entire mind was focused on replacing his body with a vessel possessing a bloodline limit and attaining immortality.
“Good.”
Qingyuan nodded.
Now he felt more confident.
The few people inside were only jonin, after all.
At worst, he could just shout, “Future me, save me!”
“Let’s head over now. Try not to make any noise.”
Qingyuan turned and said to Kurenai Yuhi and Shiranui Genma.
This time, all three of them were going in to provide support, which had greatly improved their chances of staying safe.
…….
“Kakashi, Obito!”
Rin Nohara looked at Obito and Kakashi, who had come from behind to rescue her.
Because of their interruption, the genjutsu shrouding her temporarily lost its effect.
“Leave these two brats to you. I’ll continue applying the genjutsu.”
Hikari said to Oishi.
Oishi nodded slightly and continued concealing himself in the shadows.
“Damn it, he disappeared again.”
Kakashi and Obito wore grim expressions.
This guy’s ability was far too unfair.
“They’re only two brats.”
Oishi shook his head.
He drew a kunai and, moving without making the slightest sound, circled around behind Obito and Kakashi.
“Kakashi!”
Rin Nohara shouted anxiously.
At that very moment, a tremendous boom came from outside the cave.
“Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!”
A fierce wind blew in, and the dust it stirred up clung to Oishi’s body, tracing his outline.
Qingyuan, on the scene!
Chapter 19: Ninja Art: Lime-Powder Scattering Technique!
Who is it?!
Oishi’s heart jolted with alarm.