Crushing the Will to Live

In an instant, the condition of the Kunai piercing Obito's chest became reality.

His heart had been pierced by Rin's Kunai.

The fishy-sweet blood surged into his throat and spilled uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, many ninjas arrived.

The Konoha Sannin surrounded them, while the other Konoha ninjas consciously guarded the area, preventing anyone else from approaching.

"Someone from the Uchiha?" Jiraiya asked in surprise as he gazed at the man before Minato's gravestone.

He had seen the other's red Sharingan.

Beside him lay a frail body collapsed amid the dust and debris. No one knew what had happened.

Obito ignored him, quietly waiting for his life to ebb away as his eyes gradually lost their color.

Tsunade crouched down, avoiding the blood on his body, and carefully examined his injuries, hoping to save him so she could question him for useful intelligence.

"How is he?" Jiraiya asked anxiously.

Tsunade stood up and sighed. "His heart has been pierced. There's no saving him!"

"If his vitality hadn't been unusually strong, he would have died already!"

Such a fatal injury was beyond the range of medical ninjutsu.

"There's no hope?"

Orochimaru was startled. He looked Obito over again and said, "I never expected you to die here for no apparent reason. How interesting!"

"You know him?" Jiraiya asked with a frown.

Orochimaru nodded and sighed. "He's the other leader of the Akatsuki, Obito Uchiha!"

At the same time, Kakashi, who had been guarding the area nearby, was startled when he heard the name.

"Obito?"

Without caring about anything else, he rushed over, helped the man on the ground up, and hurriedly asked, "Obito, are you really Obito? It's me, Kakashi!"

The three beside him, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, did not stop him.

They knew that