On the other side, Seii heard Uchiha Obito's question.
However, he didn't respond imdiately. Instead, he calmly took out a scroll from his ninja tool pouch as if he hadn't heard anything.
With a few swift hand seals, he activated the Sealing Technique: Object Locking Formation.
In the next mont, Obito's severed arm disappeared from Seii's hand, while the scroll now bore a large kanji symbol for "Seal".
Clearly, the severed arm containing Hashirama's cells had been sealed within the scroll.
Satisfied, Seii tucked the scroll away.
Only then did he shift his gaze back to Obito.
With his goal accomplished, Seii felt no lingering worries. He didn't mind exchanging a few words now.
But judging from Obito's current expression, it seed he no longer cared for a response.
In fact, that was exactly the case.
When Obito saw Seii nonchalantly seal his severed arm, the face beneath his mask darkened like the bottom of a scorched pot.
If not for needing ti to regenerate his arm, he would've attacked already.
Now that his right arm had fully healed, he no longer had the patience for idle talk.
Swish, swish, swish!
Several kunai shot out, aiming for Seii's vital spots.
However, such attacks posed no threat to soone with a Mangekyō Sharingan.
With just a glance, Seii locked onto the kunai's flight trajectories.
His body flickered, easily evading every one of them.
Obito never expected a few kunai to finish Seii off. The attack was rely to disrupt Seii's vision.
Almost at the sa ti Seii dodged, Obito activated Kamui.
Unlike most people, Obito's body—bolstered by Hashirama's cells—granted him imnse vitality. He didn't need to worry about the usual vision deterioration caused by excessive use of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
So when he struck, it was with Kamui's teleportation ability.
Without a sound, his figure appeared behind Seii.
A kunai shot forward, aid straight for Seii's heart.
Against most opponents, even those with a Mangekyō Sharingan, such a surprise attack could've landed if they hadn't awakened a corresponding eye technique.
But Seii was different.
Having trained the Flying Thunder God Technique to level 9, he could sense subtle fluctuations in space.
The instant Obito appeared, Seii detected him.
That gave him more than enough ti to respond.
With a push off the ground, Seii sidestepped, narrowly avoiding the kunai before spinning around to face Obito.
Their eyes locked.
Without hesitation, Seii activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, casting a powerful genjutsu.
Since the previous clash had proven his superiority in illusions, he naturally intended to exploit that advantage.
However, having been caught once before, Obito only faltered for a brief mont before breaking free.
But that mont was all Seii needed.
He refrained from drawing his signature katana—better to keep his identity hidden for as long as possible.
Instead, he grabbed a kunai and slashed toward Obito's throat.
Obito snapped back to reality just in ti to see the kunai rushing toward him.
Without hesitation, he activated Kamui's intangibility, shifting his neck into the Kamui dinsion.
Seii's kunai sliced through thin air, as if cutting through a shadow.
At that exact mont, Obito countered.
He flickered to Seii's left side, his right hand thrusting forward with Wood Style: Piercing Stalk Technique!
Seeing the newly regenerated arm and the wooden spikes erging from Obito's palm, Seii couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
Hashirama's cells really are sothing else...
Hashirama had been dead for decades, yet his cells still possessed such powerful vitality.
It was no wonder Madara had remained so calm when he saw Tsunade use Creation Rebirth: Strength of a Hundred Technique—nearly granting immortality.
Perhaps Hashirama had lived in that near-immortal state every day.
Seii's anticipation for assimilating Hashirama's cells into his own body grew even stronger.
These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Faced with the wooden spikes, Seii leapt backward, narrowly avoiding the attack.
Without missing a beat, he dashed forward again, spitting out a dium-sized Fireball Jutsu toward Obito's face.
Feeling the heat, Obito didn't bother countering. Instead, he phased out with Kamui once more.
The fireball passed harmlessly through him, exploding against a tree behind him.
Obito paid no mind to the burning tree.
He flickered forward again, kunai in hand, aiming straight for Seii's heart.
A direct heart stab was a risky move—most would aim for the throat or other areas that allowed quicker follow-ups.
But Obito's intangibility gave him no fear of mutual destruction.
If anything, he welcod it.
Unfortunately for him, Seii understood his abilities far too well to fall into that trap.
Seii imdiately retreated, forcing Obito into pursuit.
The two clashed again and again, exchanging dozens of moves within monts.
Yet thanks to their Mangekyō Sharingan abilities, neither could land a decisive blow.
After one more missed strike, Seii abruptly stopped.
With a forceful push off the ground, he widened the gap between them.
Obito hesitated—wary of a trick—so he didn't rush to close the distance.
For the mont, the fight paused.
Standing five or six ters apart, Seii lowered his kunai slightly and smirked.
"Want to keep going? If we fight any longer... your identity won't stay hidden."
Obito's visible eye narrowed slightly at the veiled threat.
But he quickly masked his reaction.
"Oh? Should I call you Uchiha Seii... or Uchiha Shisui?"
Clearly, Obito had run through the list of known Uchiha with Mangekyō Sharingan.
Only two nas fit the profile.
Seii neither confird nor denied, rely offering a calm suggestion.
"We have no grudge... no quarrel. How about we mind our own business?"
"No grudge, huh?"
Obito's lips curled into a sardonic smile beneath his mask, his gaze flicking to his still-throbbing arm.
Then what do you call my severed arm? A friendly handshake?
By now, he'd more or less figured out Seii's true motive—Hashirama's cells hidden within his right arm.
Everything else was just a smokescreen.
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