Because Kakashi's eye had not yet been replaced at this time, that meant Obito and Rin were, in fact, still alive.
This period could be called the warmest stretch of time in Kakashi's life.
He was gradually pulling himself out of the shadow cast by his father White Fang's death.
And he was deeply immersed in the sincere bonds between teammates, constantly drawing warmth and strength from them.
Unfortunately, about a year or so later, this once bright and cheerful Kakashi would completely degenerate into something like a walking corpse.
Of course, that was only what would happen if Rengoku did not reveal the future plot to anyone.
"Damn it! This bastard actually dares to ignore me!"
Seeing that Rengoku paid him no attention at all, Anrokuzan immediately felt utterly humiliated, his anger flaring uncontrollably.
He swung his arm, and countless puppets rose into the air like a swarm of locusts, blotting out the sky as they rushed straight at Rengoku.
With his keen perception, Rengoku sensed that every one of those puppets was wrapped in mysterious and unfathomable Dragon Vein threads.
Facing the ferocious assault, Rengoku showed not the slightest hint of fear. Instead, he took the initiative, stretching out both hands and touching the puppets without hesitation.
But the instant his fingertips made contact with them, something astonishing happened.
These originally ordinary puppets seemed as if they had been enchanted, rapidly twisting and deforming.
In the blink of an eye, they fused and joined together, finally transforming into an incomparably massive super puppet.
It opened its gaping, blood-red mouth and swallowed Rengoku whole.
At that moment, a low, muffled voice slowly echoed from within the giant puppet, rumbling like distant thunder around them.
"Oh, interesting. I didn't expect these puppets to be able to absorb chakra," That voice came from Rengoku, who was trapped inside.
Even though he was imprisoned, Rengoku's tone remained unhurried.
It was as if he felt not the slightest panic about the dangerous situation he was in.
At the same time, a crafty smile crept across Anrokuzan's face.
He let out a series of chilling laughs, "Heh! Heh! Heh…"
"No matter who you are, once you fall into my puppet trap, there's absolutely no way you'll escape from my grasp!"
Anrokuzan said viciously, his voice filled with confidence and arrogance.
However, in response to Anrokuzan's rampant words, Rengoku merely chuckled softly and replied, "Oh? Is that so? Since Minato and the others want to see my true strength, fine. Today, I'll let you have your wish."
Just as Anrokuzan's heart skipped a beat, Rengoku, who had been tightly sealed within the puppet, suddenly erupted with an overwhelmingly powerful force.
Brilliant light flashed all over the puppet's body, as a surging tide of ocular power and chakra burst forth like a volcanic eruption.
In an instant, a thunderous boom rang out. The enormous puppet swelled up as if it were being inflated, turning into a gigantic sphere in the blink of an eye.
Immediately after, a Susanoo arm radiating dense black light shot out like lightning.
With unrivaled force, it pierced straight through the puppet's outer shell.
Almost at the same moment, a second arm, equally thick and powerful, followed and thrust its way out.
These two arms were as solid and heavy as forged steel. They firmly grabbed the already shattered shell of the puppet and then tore outward with tremendous force.
Another earth-shaking explosion resounded as the extremely sturdy puppet was forcibly ripped in half.
Anrokuzan stared at the scene before him in utter shock. Beads of sweat the size of beans covered his forehead, and his face had turned deathly pale.
At this moment, a towering Susanoo figure nearly thirty meters tall slowly stepped out from the shattered puppet, its entire body radiating a terrifying aura.
"Such powerful chakra?"
Anrokuzan exclaimed in disbelief.
You had to understand that he had already been here for six years.
And before that distant transmigration, the once-glorious Uchiha clan had already been wiped out for nine whole years.
Adding those two spans of time together made a full fifteen years.
The long passage of years had caused him to completely forget everything about the Uchiha clan.
Moreover, at this stage, the Uchiha clan had not yet displayed their world-shaking Susanoo to the outside world.
According to existing records, the last appearance of Susanoo could be traced back at least fifty years.
So it was no surprise at all that Anrokuzan was utterly unfamiliar with it.
At this moment, Minato and the others all wore looks of shock, their gazes locked tightly onto that existence that resembled a colossal beast.
It stood there like an immovable mountain, exuding a suffocating pressure.
"This is specially for you to see, Kakashi. This is the Uchiha clan's Susanoo!"
Yet at this time, Kakashi knew very little about the true power of the Uchiha clan.
On ordinary days, aside from occasionally hearing Obito boast about the Uchiha, he had no real sense of it.
But at this moment, when he personally witnessed Rengoku's Susanoo tear the gigantic puppet to pieces in an instant with unstoppable force, a powerful shock finally surged through Kakashi's heart.
So Obito hadn't been bragging after all.
This was the terrifying strength possessed by a true Uchiha powerhouse.
A Susanoo war god towering thirty meters tall stood right beside them, a visual impact that simply could not be put into words.
After all, thirty meters was equivalent to the height of an entire ten-story building.
If this place hadn't been a smelting factory, even Susanoo wouldn't have had room to stand.
Rengoku stood steadily within Susanoo, controlling the colossal being.
He saw Susanoo's mountain-like giant palm swing down violently, carrying a piercing wind as it smashed toward Anrokuzan like a moving hill.
With a sharp "whoosh!" followed by a thunderous "boom!" Anrokuzan was sent flying like a cannonball, slamming straight into the solid wall.
In an instant, dust billowed and rubble flew everywhere as the entire wall was smashed open with a massive hole.
Anrokuzan himself was in a horrific state. Half his body had shattered, like a pile of broken porcelain scattered across the ground.
Yet what was astonishing was that not a single drop of blood or flesh flowed from the broken body. Instead, what spilled out were fragments resembling puppet components.
At the same time, strands of eerie purple energy flickered around him. Those previously shattered body parts began healing and reorganizing at an incredible speed.
In the blink of an eye, Anrokuzan's ruined body had completely recovered.
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