Only then did Uchiha Obito finally let out a sigh of relief.
But the searing pain that followed made him clutch the hollow of his eye socket again, letting out pained, guttural growls.
Pain!
It hurt too much!
Gouging out his own eye while still alive—such agony was simply unimaginable.
Blood trickled down through his fingers, mixed with fragments of the shattered translucent lens.
"Wait for me, Rin." Obito took several deep breaths, easing the pain slightly. Three tomoe emerged in his remaining right eye as he said resolutely, "I'll definitely save you. No matter what happens, I won't let anything happen to you!"
It had to be said.
At certain times, being lovestruck was not entirely useless.
"Damn puppet! Jigsaw, I'll remember this! Once I get Rin out of here, I'll make Brother Sōgetsu avenge me!" Hatred surged through Obito as he covered his missing eye and felt along the walls in the darkness, staggering out of the room step by step.
But... his Sharingan had only just awakened.
Filled with fury and hatred, Obito cautiously made his way through the pitch-black darkness with one hand against the wall.
After walking roughly a dozen meters, he suddenly stopped and pricked up his ears.
"Sounds like... there's something?" Obito held his breath and pressed his ear to the wall. Faintly, he heard what seemed to be a weak sobbing sound somewhere nearby.
Though he could not hear it clearly, he could tell that it was a woman's voice.
A woman?
Obito's expression changed slightly, and he immediately thought of Rin.
He could no longer remain calm. Following the direction of the sound from memory, he sprinted through the darkness. "Wait for me, Rin! I'm coming to save you!"
After turning a corner, he found a heavy iron door at the