Naruto: What Kind of Starter Pack is 13 Years Late?

"Nagato!"

In the hinterlands of Land of Grass, space rapidly distorted, and Obito and the other two appeared in disarray.

However, among the three, only Konan was intact.

Obito was missing nearly half of his body, and Nagato was not much better.

The already emaciated Nagato had his entire arm, along with part of his chest, sliced off, and even a section of his leg was broken.

Through the somewhat charred wounds, one could almost see the internal muscle tissue, and even organs.

Nagato had fallen unconscious.

"Nagato… Nagato!?"

Such a tragic sight made Konan's face turn pale. Of the original three, Yahiko was already dead, leaving only her and Nagato.

In some sense, Nagato was her pillar for survival. If even Nagato died, she would truly have no reason to live.

"What exactly happened? Did all six bodies lose?" Obito spoke unhappily, he seemed to be in an exceptionally bad mood.

"Is this your full effort?"

"What about you? What were you doing?"

Konan's paper shuriken once again swirled around her as she glared at Obito.

"You have no idea how strong Takemi is. Do you dare face him directly?"

"Hmph!"

Obito was unable to answer this question for a moment, he too was a victim of Takemi.

Fortunately, at this moment, a figure emerged from the ground, and Black Zetsu, seeing the tense atmosphere among them, roughly understood what had happened.

Especially upon seeing the tragic state of Obito and Nagato, he knew that this time they had lost badly.

"If you don't mind, let me try."

Sighing, he slowly walked over to Konan, speaking under her wary gaze.

"Perhaps I can do something."

Konan frowned, but in the end, she nodded. She had no other choice.

Black Zetsu didn't waste time. A White Zetsu body split from him and then enveloped Nagato.

Obito raised an eyebrow at this sight, immediately glancing at Black Zetsu, who lightly nodded.

Just using White Zetsu's Chakra to protect Nagato, rather than transplanting cells, was within the scope he could currently accept.

He was even more cautious than Obito!

"Cough, cough, cough…"

It had to be said that Nagato's vitality was truly tenacious. Under the protection of White Zetsu's Chakra, he actually regained consciousness.

"Nagato!"

Konan was a little excited, but Black Zetsu shook his head.

"He's only protected. We still need to find a suitable doctor, but he should be able to recover slowly. For now, let's talk about what exactly happened."

Black Zetsu was curious about what had happened and why they ended up in such a terrible state.

"I was stopped by Kakashi and couldn't provide any support. His jutsu isn't simple." Obito spoke coldly.

Just thinking about his battle with Kakashi made his fists clench.

Whether it was Kakashi's strategy for dealing with enemies, the location of their battle, or everything he encountered to escape...

"I lost."

Nagato was still a bit dazed after just waking up. He hesitated when heard the question, but after a moment, he sighed and spoke.

"That kid is much harder to deal with than I imagined. He not only possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique but also has Ice Release."

"And his analysis of information is unique. It's as if he can see through my abilities at a glance."

"And my abilities were too dispersed, allowing him to defeat them one by one. I simply couldn't defeat him."

Recalling this battle, he felt a deep sense of defeat.

And a single body simply couldn't cause any trouble for Takemi, he could only watch helplessly as his bodies were shattered.

That feeling made him extremely frustrated.

"Information analysis, huh?"

Obito didn't want to speak. He too had been defeated in such a manner, and Black Zetsu seemed to have grasped the key.

"Your power was too dispersed, which allowed him to seize the opportunity?"

"No, he himself is incredibly powerful. Otherwise, he couldn't have used Rasengan against Chibaku Tensei."

Although Nagato found it difficult to admit, he still acknowledged his defeat.

"Against someone like him, if your power is even slightly dispersed, you'll have no chance. If my power were concentrated, I wouldn't fear him."

After taking a beating, Nagato had calmed down a lot.

Recalling some of Takemi's words, especially the phrase 'concentrated power can pierce through stubborn rock,' he felt it deeply.

Besides this 'concentrated power,' Takemi also said something that now seemed to be stuck in his mind.

It's just that he didn't want to think about it too much right now. This crushing defeat was too painful, and he needed to consider the present.

"Indeed terrifying, he is somewhat beyond imagination."

Black Zetsu nodded, while Obito remained silent.

This operation could be described as a crushing defeat.

Perhaps the only thing worth being happy about was that they roughly figured out Takemi's true strength.

But what good was knowing? It only brought more pain!

"Let's leave first and discuss it properly when we get back."

Black Zetsu sighed, breaking the silence. One Ōtsutsuki Takeshiki, one Takemi.

Both were enemies, and neither of them was easy to deal with.

In fact, Black Zetsu wasn't very confident in dealing with the first one.

"Let's take it slow. According to the plan, these two might start fighting each other, and that might be an opportunity…"

Thinking this, Black Zetsu allowed himself to calm down slightly.

Just as they were about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, wait, someone's missing! Where's Raiga?"

"…"

"Dead again?"

"…"

"Why is it that every new recruit either runs away or dies?!"

"…"

In the Land of Grass, Takemi used Flying Thunder God to appear beside Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei, are you alright?"

As soon as he landed, he saw an arm lying on the ground.

"Is that… Obito's arm?"

"Mm."

Kakashi nodded, thoroughly examining Takemi before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"It seems you're fine. I was worried something happened on your side. You scared me to death."

"I'm fine, of course, but did you break that off?"

Takemi's face was full of strangeness, he looked at the arm in disbelief.

Is Obito addicted to losing limbs?

And...

This arm seems to be Obito's original one, right?

Although Obito had always been a 'Six Paths Frankenstein' of sorts, he still had some 'original parts' on him.

Now, Kakashi had dismembered his original part?

"Yes, he was in a hurry to leave and exposed a weakness, so I seized the opportunity."

Kakashi nodded, recalling the battle just now. Obito seemed somewhat distracted.

Especially as the giant sphere in the sky shattered, he clearly sensed that he was about to leave.

Therefore, he seized the right moment and gave Obito a hard blow, which resulted in the arm they now saw.

"Speaking of which, this was caused by your side. What was that giant rock about? Are you really alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm definitely fine, and I also tried out the results of my research."

Takemi smiled. This time, he was quite satisfied with his 'main account's' performance.