Catalyst

Barrier Division.

Karin was connected to a machine. Its screen lit up, displaying an interface resembling a radar.

The interface was simple, clearly showing a basic map.

Kakashi and Rin's location was precisely marked at the seventeenth passage.

Whenever she used Mind's Eye of the Kagura, corresponding Chakra signals appeared on it.

Originally, only their two Chakra signatures existed in this area, making it unusually quiet.

However, a sudden Chakra point shattered that calm.

That Chakra point was steadily closing in on Kakashi and Rin.

At the same time, Minato was concentrating fully as he sensed the area.

He noticed something unusual—only in this spot, a fleeting Flying Thunder God Mark had flashed by.

Minato immediately made his judgment: the person quietly approaching from underground, bearing a Flying Thunder God Mark, was Obito!

"Push Kakashi away and run immediately. Obito is here!"

As a well-trained ninja, Rin did not hesitate in the slightest upon receiving the order. She moved at once, using all her strength to shove Kakashi aside.

Kakashi had been working up his emotions and had not expected this sudden turn of events at all. Caught completely off guard, he was pushed to the ground by Rin.

After shoving Kakashi away, Rin turned without hesitation and sprinted forward.

For an instant after hitting the ground, Kakashi was briefly dazed, his mind completely blank.

But just one second later, his eyes widened in shock as a figure more familiar than anyone appeared before him.

Obito!

Obito burst from the ground like a phantom, gripping a pitch-black rod as he viciously thrust it toward Rin's back with lightning speed.

"Rin!"

With a furious roar, Kakashi's eyes widened to their limit, as though his eyeballs might burst. Scarlet veins filled his eyes, and he looked like an enraged beast.

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