The Truth About the Mangekyo, the Masked Man's Attack!

"So that was it..."

Kakashi fell silent, standing where he was as he pondered, mourning his father in his heart.

Senya picked up the forehead protector Kakashi had just thrown to the ground and handed it back to him.

"Look at your left eye."

Kakashi took the forehead protector. Using the moonlight, he raised it like a mirror and used its reflection to examine his left eye.

"Th-This is...!"

The three tomoe in his left eye had transformed into the shape of a spiral shuriken. Kakashi's pupil trembled involuntarily.

"That's right. For some reason, you awakened our Uchiha clan's Mangekyō Sharingan. But why did your Mangekyō activate so naturally? Could it be that it had already awakened before?"

Senya planted another question in Kakashi's mind, waiting for him to deduce the answer that would shock him.

Kakashi immediately shook his head, denying Senya's claim.

"Impossible. When Obito entrusted the Sharingan to me, it only had two tomoe. Later, Rin... It was because of Rin's death that it became three tomoe."

The memories brought a pained expression to Kakashi's face.

However, Senya refuted Kakashi's denial.

"You're wrong, Kakashi. The Sharingan can only evolve when an Uchiha's emotions reach the depths of grief, causing the brain to secrete a special kind of Chakra. You don't have Uchiha blood, so your Sharingan should have remained at two tomoe forever. But there is another possibility..."

"What other possibility!?"

Kakashi made no effort to conceal the urgency in his voice. This was the will Obito had entrusted to him. Nothing could go wrong!

Senya looked at Kakashi with a meaningful expression, intending to push him step by step toward that final conclusion.

"Theoretically, if Uchiha Obito had been nearby at the time, and the two of you were simultaneously triggered by the same event and plunged into extreme grief, then when Obito awakened his Mangekyō, the Chakra he released could have formed a connection with your left eye. At the same time, because you shared the same grief, both your Chakra and emotions would have been in a state of extreme sorrow. With Obito's leaking Chakra acting as a seed inside your brain, your Sharingan, in its attempt to evolve into a Mangekyō, would drain all your Chakra. Then you and Obito would awaken the Mangekyō at the same time."

"If nothing unexpected happened, did you pass out immediately afterward?"

Kakashi stared in disbelief as a jumble of emotions—excitement, confusion, and more—surged into his heart.

Obito might still be alive! But if he was alive, why hadn't he returned to Konoha? What exactly had happened afterward?

Just as Kakashi was still lost in thought,

Senya suddenly sensed something. He shoved Kakashi away and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"

Clang!

A massive Fūma Shuriken shot out of the woods and embedded itself in Senya's Earth Wall.

A figure slowly emerged from the forest. Scarlet Sharingan appeared before Senya and Kakashi, along with an orange-red, tiger-striped, one-eyed mask.

"As expected of the Uchiha deputy clan head. You do have some skill."

The Masked Man's tone was cold, carrying a hint of mockery.

The stranger's sudden appearance interrupted Senya's plan, but this worked out perfectly. With the "Masked Man" appearing here, perhaps Senya could take the opportunity to get his hands on the man's "Hashirama Cells."

After all, Senya knew that the Masked Man in front of him, who was putting on this mysterious act, was none other than Obito. If he had come after Senya now, then either Senya and Kakashi were close to figuring out that Obito was alive, or Senya had interfered with his plan with Danzo and Itachi to massacre the clan, and he wanted to eliminate Senya.

But none of that mattered. While Senya's current strength still fell short of Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju at their prime, Obito was merely at the peak of Kage-level strength. With Senya's ocular power having been strengthened so many times, defeating Obito would be effortless. Not to mention that Senya's ocular techniques, Word Spirit and Illusionary Weapon, were simply too broken.

Combined with the flaw of Obito possessing only one Mangekyō, which meant he could only evade attacks by phasing through them and had a five-minute limit, Senya could take Obito down here if he wanted to. But that would consume too much ocular power, and there was no need for it. After all, the later "plot" still needed this guy to move it along.

Senya stepped forward. The "Seal" on his left wrist came undone, and Qianyue appeared in his hand.

On the night he awakened the Mangekyō, Senya had fused the spirit weapon Qianyue with that Chakra Miao Dao. Using Illusionary Weapon, he made it possible for Qianyue to transform freely into whatever form he needed.

He drew Qianyue with his right hand. Its blade was now completely dark, gleaming with a cold light.

"I don't know where you got that Sharingan, but you actually dared to attack me. Your courage is commendable."

Inside Senya's eye sockets, three thick black lines extended evenly from the center of his pupils to their edges, connected by a black circle.

He would go all out and defeat the enemy directly. Senya was not like those anime characters who dragged things out and wasted their strength. For ninja, swift battles were the name of the game.

"What?! You awakened the Mangekyō?!"

The Masked Man's voice was filled with shock.

He swiftly drew the ninja blade from his back, while the three tomoe in his eye spun at high speed and transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan.

At that moment, Obito began viciously cursing the White Zetsu he had killed not long ago. The Uchiha deputy clan head had awakened the Mangekyō! How had White Zetsu failed to gather such important intelligence? What had it even been doing? Its head was full of nothing but "shit" all day long. Although Obito had Hashirama Cells to restore his ocular power, he only had one ocular technique. Facing a complete pair of Mangekyō, there was no way he could take Senya down in a short time.

This meant that his plan to assassinate Senya was doomed to fail, and it would also put Senya on guard against him.

Most importantly, this guy before him, who looked so extraordinary, had already guessed that Obito might still be alive! Damn it! And he couldn't even kill Senya!

No, he had to leave quickly. If this dragged on and the Uchiha clan had other Mangekyō holders, then he would definitely be finished here today.

Space around the Masked Man's right eye began to distort, centered on his eye.

"Hmph. Let this go for now. The next time we meet will be the day you, Senya Uchiha, die!"

After delivering his threat, Obito prepared to flee.

"Wait! Why do you have Obito's eye?! What did you do to Obito?!"

The moment Kakashi noticed the Mangekyō in the Masked Man's eye socket, he realized that its pattern was identical to the Mangekyō pattern in his own left eye!

That meant Obito might be in this man's hands! Having had his last eye taken, he was probably in grave danger by now.

The Masked Man looked at Kakashi. His expression beneath the mask was somewhat complicated, but his words remained cold.

"Obito... That guy is already dead."

!!!

Kakashi charged straight at the Masked Man. He had lost all composure. The last hope in his heart had been extinguished. He knew nothing now; all he wanted was to kill the "Masked Man" before him and avenge Obito!

He lunged forward, blue lightning Chakra gathering in his right hand. A dense mass of Lightning Style Chakra condensed into a visible sphere, sounding like the cries of ten thousand birds!

"Chirp...!"

"You bastard! Pay for Obito's life!"

"Raikiri!"

The Masked Man snorted coldly.

"How foolish. It's useless."

Obito was currently in his phased state and preparing to leave. This attack could not possibly hurt him.

At that moment, Senya drew Qianyue at the side, pointing the blade at the Masked Man as he looked at him with amusement.

"Turn into shackles and bind him, Qianyue."

Word Spirit and Illusionary Weapon, his two great ocular techniques, activated at the same time!