After the Land of Earth suffered a defeat at the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Ōnoki reluctantly withdrew his troops, but he had no choice but to swallow his pride and bear the consequences.
However, before returning to the Land of Earth, they ran into a team from the Kumogakure, led by the Third Raikage, A.
The two old men exchanged glances, both wanting to kill each other for a long time. Seeing that the Raikage had only brought an elite squad, how could Ōnoki possibly miss this opportunity?
In a close contest, the brave prevail, Ōnoki ordered an attack without hesitation.
"I could take on ten thousand ninjas like you!"
The Third Raikage fought valiantly, never retreating. Raikage single-handedly confronted an enemy army from the Land of Earth consisting of as many as 10,000 ninja.
Unexpectedly, Ōnoki was old and still alive, turned out to be a thief, and sent out 10,001 ninjas to attack him.
As expected of the strongest Raikage in history, known as the Strongest Spear and the Strongest Shield, he was an unstoppable force.
He fought alone, drawing away the enemy, and fought for three days and three nights to buy time for his comrades to escape before dying from exhaustion.
When the news reached the Land of Lightning, the entire nation mourned. The son of the Third Raikage took over the position of Raikage, and he also harbored deep hatred for Ōnoki.
After venting his anger over the defeat Ōnoki obediently returned to Iwagakure and, with no other choice, sent an envoy to Konoha for peace talks.
After suffering heavy losses, the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning withdrew their troops. The Land of Wind, without the Third Kazekage in charge, also ceased its attacks on Konoha.
But the Land of Water, still harboring treacherous intentions, was not so easily persuaded. Four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were killed, and three defected. It could be said that their mainstay fighting force was almost completely wiped out.
Hatred drove them to plan a major attack. Kirigakure dispatched several Anbu to launch an attack using the Three-Tails, aiming to destroy Konoha.
They successfully sealed the Three-Tails Isobu into the body of the captured Konoha Ninja Rin Nohara, and when she woke up, she was already on Kakashi's back.
Behind them, forty or fifty Kirigakure Anbu Ninja were leisurely pursuing them.
The main objective of Kirigakure's trip was to force Rin to Konoha, and they didn't push the two too hard to escape.
However, Lin noticed something was wrong with her body along the way, and after a little thought, she realized that this was a conspiracy by the Mist Ninja against Konoha.
"Kakashi, I can't go back with you!"
Kakashi was stunned when he heard this. Had he misheard, or had Rin lost her mind?
The two of them barely managed to break through the encirclement, and now you're telling me you're not leaving and want to stay and die?
However, before he could speak, Lin's next words made him pause slightly, and he almost stumbled and fell.
"The Tailed Beasts, Three-Tails Isobu, is sealed inside me. If I return to the village, they will control the Tailed Beasts to attack Konoha!"
At that moment, Lin seemed to recall the scene of the Tailed Beasts attacking the Konoha, where his relatives, his companions, and countless innocent civilians were.
If she really gets to Konoha, things will be beyond repair, and she absolutely cannot let that happen. She also knows her destiny: whether to kill a group of people in Konoha or to end her own life here doesn't require much thought.
Obito has already sacrificed himself for her; she can't be so selfish as to kill more people!
With the resolve to sacrifice herself, Rin struggled to get off Kakashi's back, but she didn't stop walking. She figured that if she fell into the hands of the Mist Ninja, they wouldn't let her die so easily.
She figured it would also drag her into the attack on Konoha, so she continued running forward with Kakashi.
She tried it, but quickly realized she couldn't end it herself, and then looked at Kakashi, who was staring blankly.
"I can't hurt myself, Kakashi, I want... for you to kill me!"
When Kakashi heard that the Three-Tails Isobu was inside Rin, his mind went blank. Now, he was being asked to kill her. No one could accept that.
Having just lost Obito, is she now going to have to kill off another comrade herself? She promised Obito she would take good care of Rin!
"Go back to Minato-sensei, he'll definitely have a solution!"
In their moment of despair, the only person they could think of was their teacher, Minato Namikaze —their last lifeline.
"It's too late, Kakashi! Kill me now!"
As she spoke, Lin stopped in her tracks, neither dodging nor avoiding the explosions that were raining down around her, as if she had made up her mind and her eyes clearly showed a death wish.
Upon noticing Rin had stopped, Kakashi also halted. Seeing Rin's suicidal state, Kakashi felt a mix of emotions.
Through years of experience and the trials of war, he was no longer the naive young man he once was, and he had come to realize the seriousness of the problem.
The Tailed Beasts are already difficult for Konoha to deal with, and there are also forty or fifty Kirigakure Anbu Ninja. If not handled properly, Konoha could suffer a devastating blow.
How could he possibly kill his own comrade? How could he possibly do it?
"You're amazing, Kakashi! I don't blame you. Even Obito would understand if he knew!"
Seeing Kakashi's trembling body, Rin gave him a sweet smile, a sight that made Kakashi's mind go blank.
As the two stopped, the Mist Ninja surrounded them, their eyes filled with undisguised malice.
Kakashi shakily raised his hand, and a bolt of lightning slowly gathered in his palm—his signature ninjutsu, Chidori.
Feeling the raging lightning in his palm, Kakashi looked at Rin's resolute face, then at the gradually shrinking encirclement around him.
Kakashi hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and stabbed towards Rin's heart.
At the same time, a figure dressed in a black robe, with half of his face wrinkled and disfigured, also arrived at the edge of the battlefield!
Blood splattered everywhere, but the famous heart-ripping scene didn't happen; a powerful hand caught Kakashi's attack.
Kakashi's Chidori gradually disappeared the moment it touched that large hand, Rin Nohara's shoulder was also pressed down by a hand.
"Isn't it bad to open up your heart over a disagreement? Since we're all going to die anyway, it's even worse to die at the hands of our own comrades!"
A mocking voice rang in their ears, and when they looked up, a person wearing a Death God mask appeared between them.
The sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard on the battlefield. Kakashi was already sweating profusely, his nerves stretched to the limit.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, his body collapsing weakly to his knees. Obito, who was standing on the edge of the battlefield, was in the same boat, his heart pounding in his chest.
"Let me be frank with you, let me do the killing of your comrades for you!"
As he spoke, the masked man formed a hand seal, and before Lin could react, a hand suddenly pressed down on her abdomen.
The next moment, a giant beast, tens of meters tall and dozens of meters long and wide, appeared before everyone's eyes; it was none other than the Three-Tails Isobu.
As soon as the Three-Tails appeared, it roared furiously into the sky, instantly causing the surrounding Mist Ninja to scatter.
Lin had already lost consciousness, and most of her body was embedded in the head of the Three-Tails.
"Little guy, I heard your turtle shell is very hard!"