This Uchiha Refuses to Be a Caged Bird
Chapter 48

Obito Offers Nohara Rin

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In Free Fighting, experienced boxers often choose to take a punch head-on.

It's not because they're careless, but to gauge the opponent's true strength. Only by taking a punch can they judge the opponent's rhythm and speed.

Uchiha Rei was just like that. In his previous encounter with Uchiha Obito, he had deliberately entered the Kamui Space.

None of this was accidental; it was premeditated.

After Rei entered the Kamui Space, he obtained two extremely crucial pieces of information.

The first piece of information.

When he himself was sucked into the Kamui Space, he could use the Yellow Springs Space as a springboard to return to the real world.

More importantly, the Chakra consumption for spatial movement between the Yellow Springs and Kamui was extremely low.

Uchiha Obito could also break through Kaguya's space, but it consumed a lot of Chakra.

This indicated that Kaguya's Yomotsu Hirasaka was a full dimension higher than Kamui.

And the Yellow Springs Space and Kamui Space were on equal footing in terms of rank.

This also meant that if Uchiha Rei could freely enter and exit the Kamui Space, then Uchiha Obito could also do the reverse and escape from the Yellow Springs Space.

If Obito were rashly confined to the Yellow Springs Space, it would be a futile effort.

After entering the Kamui Space, Uchiha Rei's confidence in his subsequent tactics grew.

However, unlike Rei, Uchiha Obito felt shaken.

He stared blankly as the Masked Man disappeared into the Kamui Space and reappeared before him in an instant. In that moment, a certain confidence he had in "Dominate Space" was completely shattered.

Kamui did not belong to him alone.

All his past tactics were designed with the end goal of "sucking opponents into Kamui Space." That was his Divine Realm, his absolute space where he controlled everything.

No matter how troublesome the opponent, as long as they were sent in, he would win without a fight, in at most two months, or at least three days.

But this time was different.

The Masked Man, who called himself "Uchiha Obito," walked out of Kamui in an instant, without any hesitation.

His posture was not one of escape, but more like an inspection.

He stood before Obito, like a god.

"This guy..." An inexplicable unease surged within Obito.

He stared at the other's mask, his gaze falling on the exposed left eye, and trembled.

"Could it be... his eye is the one I gave Kakashi back then?"

Obito's fists clenched silently.

This possibility might be real.

The person before him had one eye covered and one exposed.

Perhaps the other's Sharingan came from Kakashi Hatake, a gift he had personally given his friend.

"Kakashi... that trash. Couldn't even protect his friend's eye."

Obito gritted his teeth, his heart seemingly transported back to that day.

The moment Rin died.

Kakashi couldn't protect Rin, nor could he protect this "Eye of Promise."

"If... if his eye really is that one..."

Who was this person?

He couldn't be sure, but he knew the only way to verify it.

He had to see the shape of the other's Mangekyo Sharingan.

Every Mangekyo had a unique shape. And his Mangekyo pattern was known by very few; it was his greatest secret.

"As long as I can force him to activate his Mangekyo, I'll know who he is..."

But this person was extremely cautious. Despite several life-or-death battles, he had never revealed his Mangekyo form.

"I must... find a way to enter the Kamui Space with him."

As soon as the other person escaped Kamui again, he would definitely use his Mangekyo.

"But how can I pull him in again?"

What method could make the other person re-enter the Kamui Space? If the first success relied on the teacher's help, then next, he had to find a completely new method.

If the other person was indeed Uchiha Obito, he would surely have the same flaws as himself.

By forcing him to expose these weaknesses, it might be possible to make him step into Kamui again.

He had to make him return there. He had to make him fall into Kamui again!

"You are not Uchiha Obito."

The moment Obito's voice fell, his body flickered and he instantly teleported in front of Uchiha Rei, moving like a beast released from its cage, slashing down with a swift blade!

However, that strike was effortlessly dodged by Uchiha Rei. Obito's attack was at full power, even cleaving a several-meter-deep gash in the ground behind him, dust flying, revealing his ferocity and anger.

Rei, however, seemed to have foreseen the trajectory, remaining completely unharmed.

"Bang!" Obito drew his sword and swept it horizontally, his momentum like a rainbow, unleashing nine consecutive sword energies towards Uchiha Rei.

But as those nine sword energies approached Rei's body, they seemed to pass through the air itself, piercing directly through him without any substance.

"What a disgusting ability," Uchiha Obito thought to himself, the corner of his eye twitching slightly.

He couldn't remember the last time he had felt such powerlessness in a battle. The opponent's ability was unimaginably bizarre, even more troublesome than his teacher, Minato Namikaze!

This time, Obito did not use Wood Style. He quickly formed hand seals, his breath like a dragon, brewing scorching hot Chakra in his throat, and then unleashed it with a roar!

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

The Flames transformed into a massive sphere, trailing fire, descending like a meteor, whistling towards Uchiha Rei. The fire surged, as if to devour everything.

Unfortunately, facing such an attack, Uchiha Rei casually slashed back with his blade, splitting the Great Fireball into scattered flames. The blazing fire turned into sparks that filled the sky, like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, illuminating the surrounding space.

It was precisely within this interweaving of flames that a blurry figure slowly materialized.

Her short brown hair fluttered in the wind, a few strands brushing across her forehead, her deep brown eyes clear and gentle, as if holding all the tenderness in the world.

The two light purple markings on her cheeks relaxed slightly with her smile, like petals of wisteria quietly blooming. Like bluebells after the rain, swaying softly in the firelight.

Nohara Rin.

She had appeared.

In the firelight, dreamlike and ethereal.

"Please, stop fighting..." Her voice was so soft it seemed capable of piercing steel and striking the heart.

At that moment, it was as if time had reversed, and everything returned to the past. The purest desire of Obito's youth, the warmest bond, was being forced to resurface.

This was no simple illusion; it was a high-level Genjutsu that merged memory and reality. Her voice, demeanor, tone, details, and even emotional fluctuations were reproduced with extreme accuracy—convincing enough to be mistaken for reality.

Uchiha Rei inwardly sneered, "Trying to use Genjutsu on me? Even Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi couldn't shake me."

But he didn't reveal any weakness. Instead, he feigned mental turmoil, his brow furrowed, his eyes distant, as if he had already fallen into Rin's illusion.

The rage in Obito's eyes intensified. He didn't want the illusion to actually affect the other party. Because that would mean the Masked Man before him truly cared about Rin, even more than he did.

Clearly... Rin should have belonged only to him!

"Since you're also wavering, you'll be pulled into my space by her."

Uchiha Obito's eyes flashed with cold sharpness. Rin smiled as she approached Uchiha Rei, her gaze soft as water, her footsteps silent. The next moment, she suddenly reached out her right hand and tightly gripped Uchiha Rei's arm!

"Now!"

The next second, Kamui was activated.

A spatial vortex suddenly appeared, like an invisible abyss, instantly swallowing the two of them.

Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Rei entered Kamui Space together.

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