How Did You Survive?

Lin was taken hostage by Uchiha Itachi, who was dressed in Anbu uniform.

Uchiha Obito had actually been keeping part of his attention on Lin, but the other party's elusive methods still gave him no time to react.

Uchiha Itachi, dressed in an Akatsuki uniform, did not react either. He watched helplessly as Lin was taken hostage, watched Obito's anxious expression.

He still did not stop his movements. His sharp short blade stabbed toward the other him, who was using Lin as a shield.

"Are you crazy?!" Uchiha Obito wanted to pull him back, but it was already too late.

The blade tip touched Lin's body first, then plunged into the body of the Uchiha Itachi wearing Anbu uniform. He let out a pained grunt, yet still did not release his grip on Lin, nor did he lower the kunai pressed to her neck.

"If she dies here, you'll never see the girl you love again, Uchiha Obito." He muttered softly, the kunai resting against Lin's throat.

Although the short blade that had pierced him had nearly struck a vital point, he could still grit his teeth, stand steadily, and even speak.

Uchiha Itachi raised his short blade again, seemingly intending to pierce both Lin and his other self once more. Obito finally reacted and rushed two steps forward, trying to grab Uchiha Itachi.

But he was not fast enough, managing only to seize Uchiha Itachi by the back.

Back then, I killed Uchiha Jie outright and melted myself completely with the Great Fireball Technique. Even Anbu and Root could have extracted even the slightest genetic information from the corpse to use Impure World Reincarnation. I was the Uchiha who truly found peace...

"You were one of us from the beginning, Obito. Hasn't he always realized that?"

"You should have