If Kakashi had still been trying to dodge before, then after Obito finished that sentence, he froze completely.
At that moment, Kakashi recalled what Obito had said to him before his death.
Protect Rin Nohara!
That was what Obito had asked Kakashi to promise before he was swallowed by the Rock Hidden Ninja's Earth Style Ninjutsu.
All these years, Kakashi had actually felt guilty over this matter.
But what could Kakashi have done back then?
After all, it had been Madara Uchiha's scheme!
For failing to uphold his promise to Obito, Kakashi had buried the matter deep within his heart all these years.
Now that it had been brought up again, Kakashi instantly lost focus.
Not to mention that just moments ago, he had seen that mysterious masked man calling himself Madara Uchiha possess the exact same Mangekyō Sharingan as his own.
Kakashi knew better than anyone what that meant.
After all, Kakashi was not only strong himself, but highly intelligent as well.
How could he fail to understand something so obvious?
No matter how much he wanted to deceive himself, he could not deny the truth in his heart.
If Kakashi had initially wanted to kill the mysterious masked man claiming to be Madara Uchiha and eliminate a threat to the village—
Then now, forget finding the resolve to kill him; Kakashi even wished he could simply die by the other man's hand.
That was the main reason Kakashi had suddenly stopped trying to evade him.
As thoughts churned through Kakashi's mind, a sudden pain from his left eye snapped him back to his senses.
"Drip, drip~"
Kakashi covered his left eye as blood flowed drop by drop through the gaps between his fingers, splashing into blossoms of blood upon the ground.
Beneath Kakashi's covering hand was an empty,