Chapter 648: Striking Preemptively!

Chapter 648: Striking Preemptively!

Suddenly, Kabuto's eyes widened and his pupils dilated. He lowered his head and glanced towards his chest. An arm, covered in Lightning, had pierced through his chest and was holding his heart!

In complete shock, he turned his head and saw Kakashi. He muttered, "Hatake Kakashi... How did you follow me? And why didn't I detect you?"

Kakashi's eyes widened as he thought, 'This fellow is remarkable! Even without his heart, he is able to replicate blood circulation with just his chakra! Tsk, this troublesome fellow's expertise in Medical Ninjutsu is even better than I remember!

Fortunately, I had a chance to make a move against him inside Konoha. Otherwise, killing him would have been troublesome. The fact that he will always stay around Orochimaru would make it even tougher.'

Needless to say, the attacker wasn't Kakashi. Instead, it was Fujin under disguise. The 'Fujin' who confronted Orochimaru was his Shadow Clone. Unlike the Shadow Clone that he left in the tower and contained only half a percent of his chakra, the clone fighting Orochimaru had 70% of his chakra. That is why Orochimaru didn't suspect anything. Upstodatee from n(0)/ve/lbIn/.(co/m

As for how Fujin snuck up on Kabuto? That was actually extremely simple. Back when Fujin was tasked to search for the culprit that killed the Root ninjas, Fujin had marked nearly the entire village with his Flying Thunder God mark!

Only some clan spaces and important buildings where he was closely watched were spared. If anyone else could see those marks, they would struggle to find a single square meter in any other place inside Konoha that didn't have one of those marks!

Anyone who could see seals found Fujin's home terrifying and stayed as far from it as they could. What none of them knew was that the number of seals he inscribed on his house paled in comparison to the number of Flying Thunder God marks he had placed throughout the village! Even Hiruzen and Danzo were unaware of this! If they did, both would have been terrified!

When Fujin's Shadow Clone was fighting against Orochimaru, Fujin's entire attention was on Kabuto and Kakashi's battle. Even though Kabuto escaped from Kakashi, Fujin never lost his track due to his Space Time Sensing Technique.

Once Kabuto entered an area where no one was around, Fujin just teleported to the closest Flying Thunder God mark behind Kabuto, which was just one step behind him, and stabbed his chest with Kakashi's Chidori before he had any time to react. It was the perfect assassination!

Had it been any other place, Fujin would have had a hard time killing Kabuto despite being significantly stronger than him. However, inside Konoha, even someone as strong as Kabuto had no chance of resisting Fujin for a second!

Kabuto didn't get any response to his question. Instead, Fujin clenched his fist and crushed Kabuto's heart while concentrating more Lightning chakra on his arm. From his arm, Lightning sparks flowed in all directions inside Kabuto's body except the top direction!

As the Lightning ripped through Kabuto's body, he felt pain that he had never experienced. His eyes widened and he let out a gut-wrenching scream! Under normal circumstances, people would have heard his scream for several hundred meters.

Yet, not a single other person heard his scream due to the Stealth Battlefield Fujin deployed right after stabbing Kabuto. Despite several Ninjas, who were rushing towards the spot where Fujin's clone and Orochimaru fought, passing by from very close to where Fujin and Kabuto were, none of them sensed the chakra spikes from Fujin's attack or heard Kabuto's miserable screams.

Despite his terrible situation, Kabuto still tried to heal himself. Unfortunately, the speed at which he could heal was too slow compared to the destruction Fujin was causing inside his body. His struggle, though admirable, failed to earn him even a second!

Anyway, the reason I was being so careful wasn't just so that everything happens exactly the same way. I did it so that I could take advantage of the moments that I know will occur as long as I don't cause any major changes. When I do something that would affect the future, the move I make has to change the future such that it becomes more advantageous for me!

This is one of those instances and the first time I made such a move. I have a few more such moves planned for the future, though it would depend on whether things stay the same or not for those events to occur.

If Hiruzen wins or survives against Orochimaru, then I won't be able to take advantage of any of them as all of those events are unlikely to happen. That was also why I made a move against Kabuto now instead of later.

If Hiruzen kills Orochimaru, then there is no saying what this psychotic brat would have done. He went from barely rank S to someone who controlled dozens of peak rank S ninjas in less than a year after Orochimaru's death. If he's left unchecked for over 4 years, who knows what level he would reach! Leaving him alive would have been too risky...'

A smile formed on his face as he teleported away while thinking, 'Of course, it isn't all about the future. There are too many benefits for the present as well!'

[A/N: Next Chapter: Edo Tensei!]

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