"Are you Uchiha Madara, or Shimura Danzō?"
The instant they returned to reality, Uchiha Itachi's first words were Earth-Shattering...
"What?!"
Nagato could hardly believe it, and even Black Zetsu looked surprised...
Danzo?
How had Danzo suddenly come into this...
Uchiha Itachi explained coldly:
"In the Tsukuyomi space just now, Danzo's chakra appeared."
Obito froze, then let out a cold laugh. "Heh, what a boring fabrication. My Mangekyo had already reflected your genjutsu..."
Calling him Shimura Danzō?
That sewer rat?
To actually put him on the same level as that man.
Obito shot Uchiha Itachi a disgusted glance...
This brat really had plenty of dirty tricks, even slandering him as Danzo...
Would anyone actually believe such nonsense?
Black Zetsu, standing nearby, was thoroughly alarmed...
Everything was in chaos...
Although he did not understand how Obito had become entangled with Danzo, Obito's current state truly was one of madness...
Obito tightly clenched Uchiha Yuan's eye in his hand, his gaze gradually turning fierce.
He did not want to keep tangling with Itachi and the others...
Only by continuing the plan to destroy the Shinobi World and creating a pure world where only Rin existed could he fulfill his sole obsession and find his final refuge.
The next moment, his figure rapidly phased away before everyone's eyes.
Nagato stared gravely in the direction where Obito had vanished and murmured, "What exactly happened?"
"Could Uchiha Yuan's ability be more than mere genjutsu? Does it also possess the power to control other Sharingan?"
After pondering briefly, Uchiha Itachi said, "Yes. This Uchiha Madara may have become a puppet controlled by Uchiha Yuan..."
But what was the matter with Danzo's chakra appearing?
Could it be connected to Shisui's Sharingan as well?
Upon hearing that... even the poker-faced Deva Path Pain showed a trace of astonishment.
"Even the legendary Uchiha Madara can be so easily controlled by someone?"
Black Zetsu: I'm tired. He isn't Uchiha Madara...
Itachi remained silent, but his expression grew even graver.
He had long vaguely suspected that the Masked Man might not be Madara.
The real Madara could never have fallen under another's control so easily.
This impostor had clearly inherited only part of Madara's power and will, but he was not Madara himself.
Black Zetsu stood in the shadows, his mood utterly miserable...
The chessboard he had painstakingly arranged for years had been disrupted without warning by this strange Uchiha Yuan...
It was all Obito and Uchiha Itachi's fault...
Why did they have to wipe out the Uchiha Clan for no reason?!
Despair and fury tangled within Black Zetsu's heart.
The current situation had completely exceeded his control and could no longer return to its original course.
At that moment, the scene was utterly silent.
Within the forest, the night was deep.
Obito constantly darted between the trees in his phased state, his figure flickering in and out of sight.
His mind raced as he considered the actions he had to take next.
In the future, Akatsuki and the Five Great Shinobi Villages were destined to form a temporary alliance against the world-ending disaster.
Yet he had fallen into a strange and inexplicable predicament.
He had to stop all of this immediately, or the plan would completely collapse.
A faint restlessness rose in his heart. His Kamui was still incomplete...
His left eye was still in Kakashi's possession.
"I have to reclaim my other eye."
Obito knew full well that he could not delay any longer...
His body began to phase...
Using his perception of the Sharingan in Kakashi's eye, he locked onto Kakashi...
On the outskirts beneath the night sky, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were slowly making their way toward Konoha.
"Kakashi... have you been reading my novels lately..."
As Jiraiya spoke with a grin, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong...
Before he could warn the others, a shadowy figure appeared silently behind Kakashi like a ghost.
Obito emerged from the darkness, his mask casting a sinister shadow beneath the faint moonlight.
Then, powerful ripples spread from his right eye...
A vortex into the Kamui space opened in an instant, and an irresistible force swept madly toward Kakashi.
"...?!"
Kakashi reacted instantly and tried to resist, but it was already too late.
"Kakashi!"
Tsunade reacted first. She took a fierce step forward, cracking the ground beneath her feet as a vast surge of chakra erupted violently from her body. Jiraiya immediately entered a battle stance as well.
Unfortunately...
The spatial distortion moved far too quickly, taking only an instant.
Kakashi's Sharingan suddenly began to lose control.
Within that scarlet eye, the pupil spun rapidly, as if drawn by an immense force and responding to Obito's eye.
"Damn it!"
Kakashi was horrified. His body was being pulled uncontrollably into the Kamui space.
After entering the Kamui space, Kakashi forced himself to calm down. At that moment, Obito appeared in a bizarre manner.
The space fell silent.
Kakashi raised his head and looked at the Masked Man opposite him. For some reason, a flash of insight struck his mind...
"Is it Obito?"
What?
How did Kakashi recognize me?
Obito lowered his head slightly, the mask concealing his complicated expression...
"Kakashi, this time, I have to take back what belongs to me."
Kakashi quietly watched Obito. There was no anger or panic in his eyes, only a tranquil calm that seemed like acceptance.
Emotionally, he was exceptionally calm—so calm that it felt unnatural. He was even considering how to keep his Sharingan from being taken...
Considering that Obito was not very bright, Kakashi decided to stall him by talking first...
"Are you here to take back your Sharingan?"
"...Yes."
Obito's voice trembled faintly.
Upon hearing this, Kakashi slowly smiled. There was a faint sorrow in that smile, but even more relief and gentleness.
"If that's the case, then take it."
In that instant, Kakashi seemed to cross the barriers of time and return to that dark, damp cave.
Once again, he clearly saw the young Obito...
The boy who had resolutely entrusted his only Sharingan to him.
In an instant, Kakashi was drawn into the vortex of memory.
This time, he experienced all the pain of those years anew from Obito's perspective.
Fragments of memory surged toward him. He saw Rin, that gentle and kind girl, willingly charge into his Chidori and place her life in his hands.
"So... that's how it was, Obito..."
"Kakashi, you..."
Obito stared at him blankly, never expecting Kakashi to give up resisting so easily, or even voluntarily return his eye.
I have to stabilize Obito first...
With that thought, Kakashi spoke...
"Because I finally understand you, Obito."
"Rin was the most precious person to you. All you ever wanted was to create a world that belonged to her."
"And I believe... only you can create a world where only Rin exists... After all, we both once wanted to become Hokage..."
As soon as those words fell, Obito looked at Kakashi in disbelief...
"Kakashi, you..."
"I understand you, Obito... because our blood is connected. We use the same pair of Sharingan to see this world and feel its pain..."
After saying all that, even Kakashi found himself surprised. It seemed like he had not said anything wrong...
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