Come over...
At a time like this, telling us to come over... No, this was forcing us to go over!
This...
Under these circumstances, telling us to come over... Was this a challenge to a fight?
Looking at Chiba's original body as he heavily uttered the words "come over," he was filled with shock and suspicion.
Rather than hurrying to the village, Obito was challenging him to a fight. It was simply inconceivable.
If Obito were still that dimwitted kid from before he fell into darkness, then it might make sense. Fighting over a momentary fit of anger was exactly the sort of thing that sunny young Obito would have done.
But now, Obito was no longer that sunny young man. He was even the fully unleashed, darkened Obito trained by Madara Uchiha—a top-tier figure capable of setting off the Fourth Great Ninja War. How could he possibly set aside the purpose of this trip and challenge him at any cost just to regain face after suffering a loss at his hands?
That was absolutely impossible.
Even if he had changed the entire course of the Night of the Nine-Tails, and the uncertainty of fate—or the so-called butterfly effect—had caused certain events and people to differ from the original story, such as Obito mastering swordsmanship that had never been shown in the original work, or even a sword technique never mentioned there at all—Sparrow Flash.
That did not mean Obito's personality had changed as well.
Ever since Chiba had transmigrated here, the personalities of every original character had matched the original account. Any changes in personality came from one's surroundings and experiences, yet Obito's experiences were fundamentally no different from the original, and neither was his environment. A change in personality was even more impossible.
Besides, even if his personality