The moment that familiar call reached him, Obito's entire body froze.
Even the Chakra Receiver made from Yin-Yang Release that he had been gripping in his left hand, ready to stab through Fū's limbs, stopped midway through its motion.
Because Obito had his back turned and was not facing Zero, he found that call from his memories especially familiar.
Scenes from the past surfaced one after another.
Every one of them was of a girl named Rin Nohara calling out the name of a boy named Obito.
Looking somewhat dazed, Obito slowly turned around and met those eyes he had not paid attention to before, but which now seemed incomparably familiar.
It could only be said that Zero's call had unearthed every memory Obito had buried in the deepest recesses of his heart all at once.
"What... did you just call me?"
Obito asked back in a trembling voice, disbelief thick in his tone.
Yet by now, the killing intent he had initially held toward Zero was long gone. Instead, he had become extremely cautious.
It truly was a complete reversal.
"Obito, please, don't keep going down the wrong path!"
This time, there was even a sob in Zero's voice.
And this time, Obito was certain he had not heard wrong!
Wasn't this the voice buried deepest in his memories?
The expression beneath his Spiral Pattern Mask was truly beyond words.
How should one put it?
Only one phrase could describe it: a tumult of emotions.
Obito's entire body was stiff.
Over and over, he told himself that it was impossible!
The figure in his memories had already died, and at the hands of his best friend, no less.
But the call before him, and those eyes, were so familiar that he could never forget them.
In truth, Obito had