"Kakashi, I'm leaving Rin to you."
"Kakashi, you promised me, you absolutely must—"
"Kakashi, you must do everything you can to protect Rin."
"Rin..."
Kakashi softly murmured Rin Nohara's name, and a tear slid from the corner of his eye to the ground.
The sight left Might Guy somewhat stunned. The Kakashi who leaned beneath the shade of trees reading Make-Out Paradise, who stood before his comrades and formed Lightning Blade, now looked as though some invisible force had seized his heart.
His fingers twitched unconsciously, his knuckles stretched white. Beneath his mask, his breathing grew rapid, and an emotion Might Guy had never seen before appeared on his face—fear, despair...
"Rin? Rin..."
Guy lowered his head and thought for a moment. Soon, a familiar figure clearly surfaced in his mind.
If he remembered correctly, that girl named Rin Nohara had not only been a member of Minato Squad, but had also chosen to die beneath Kakashi's Lightning Blade in order to protect Konoha from destruction.
"That girl."
Uchiha Asuka lowered his eyelids slightly and continued, "Obito had not died back then. Instead, he witnessed Rin's death with his own eyes, ultimately awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and decided to carry out the Eye of the Moon plan."
Might Guy's eyes widened instantly as he said in shock, "Kakashi's Sharingan came from Uchiha Obito. When Obito awakened his eyes, did Kakashi also gain the Mangekyō Sharingan?"
Thinking of this, he abruptly turned and stared toward the top of the Ten-Tails.
The Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Slash repeatedly passed through Obito's body, yet it was never able to touch anything solid.
Uchiha Obito stood in place, continuously maintaining his intangibility, showing no sign of releasing it and no intention of clashing with the Second Hokage.
At that moment, their battle had