Third Trade

October 10, midnight.

After disappearing from the room at midnight and reappearing, Yun now held a pile of small black metal rods.

These were the chakra conductors used by Pain's Five Paths, and they were the biggest thing the Clone had brought back from his trip to Amegakure.

Of course, it was still unclear whether they could serve as Nagato's medium. They weren't bodily tissue, after all—just conductors Nagato used to control the Six Paths of Pain.

Getting hold of some flesh and blood tissue was proving difficult. With someone as deep into his chuunibyou phase as Nagato, bringing it up would mean talking about God right off the bat.

What kind of gods even existed in this world?

[Information Exchange activated successfully]

[Rule Replication activated successfully]

[Medium failed to activate]

Well, it seemed the Clone had gone to all that trouble for nothing this time.

Still, at least he'd learned a few things about Obito's unusual abilities. That was some consolation.

As for the Rinnegan, it seemed that was out of reach this time.

Yun casually tossed the Black Receivers, now nothing more than scrap metal, into a Sealing Scroll. He'd send them over to the Clone once he was done here.

Then he opened the hidden compartment beneath the bed, unrolled one of the scrolls, and took out the quarter-arm he'd stored inside.

[Information Exchange activated successfully]

[Rule Replication activated successfully]

[Medium activated]

[Available targets: Hashirama Senju (Pure Land), Uchiha Obito]

Lock target: Uchiha Obito

[Locked onto S-rank ninja: Uchiha Obito]

[Time flow in the Exchange space has been altered]

[Activate Shadow Mode?]

Shadow Mode...

Activate!

After all, Uzumaki Sora had already crossed Obito twice. They had a deep-seated grudge, so using Shadow Mode might lessen some of the hatred, even if Obito guessed who he was.

The scenery shifted. This time, Yun didn't use the Kage Rock setting from his trade with Hashirama Senju.

Obito appeared in front of Konoha's Memorial Stone, and his heart lurched. The Mangekyō Sharingan in his eye spun rapidly.

But the Kamui Dimension, which had always worked without fail, now seemed useless. No matter what he did, he couldn't open it.

Yun, now a shadow, looked at Obito and spoke in a hoarse voice. "There's no point struggling. In this place, not even the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities will work."

The sudden voice startled Obito. He raised the new chain in his hand and leaped back, instantly putting ten meters between himself and Yun.

"You don't need to be so tense. The rules of this Trading Space should be etched into your mind. Think carefully."

At that, Obito paused for only a moment before lowering the chain.

He'd already tried to attack, but before he could act, he'd been unable to move.

"Who are you? This place..."

He stopped mid-sentence when he noticed the Memorial Stone in front of Yun. It was Rin's memorial, and there were still flowers on it that Kakashi had left.

He'd been busy these past few days and hadn't had time to clear the flowers away. What right did that bastard have to bring Rin flowers?

"This is only a scene manifested by the space, not the real Memorial Stone in Konoha. Perhaps the space thinks this place will make a successful trade more likely." Yun looked at Obito.

"Hah!"

Obito scoffed. "A place where you can't lie? And who are you? From the way you speak, it sounds like you know who I am."

Yun answered the three questions in an unhurried tone. "As the explanation in your mind says, this place has its own rules. For example, you can't attack me—not in any way the rules recognize as an attack."

"As for who I am... I'm just an information broker. Obito, you can trade any information you want about this world from me, as long as you have something to offer."

Obito gave him a mocking smile. "Everything about this world? You certainly think highly of yourself... This world is a living hell to me. What could I possibly want to know?"

Yun shook his head slightly and looked at the Memorial Stone in front of him. The name Nohara Rin was bathed in the evening light.

"Don't you want to know the truth behind Nohara Rin's death?"

Obito scoffed. "I thought you, the man who claims to know everything, might actually know something. Hah... The Kirigakure ninja put Isobu inside Rin, so she asked Kakashi to kill her, right?"

"You think that information matters to me? I know perfectly well that Rin asked Kakashi to kill her. But none of that matters. He broke his promise. He failed to protect Rin!"

Obito lifted his head slightly, the Mangekyō in his lone eye twisting into a savage shape. "You want to trade that information with me? You... want to die?!"

Yun didn't care in the slightest about Obito's rage.

No matter how hard the Mangekyō in Obito's eye tried, everything was futile in this space.

Yun shook his head slightly. "Someone else was behind Nohara Rin's death. What you know and what you saw isn't the whole story."

Someone else?

Obito whipped around. In the sky, the white clouds swirled like currents of air and rapidly formed a single character: [True].

That statement... was true?

Obito turned back and looked at the Memorial Stone.

Was it true? Then who had orchestrated Rin's death?

"So, have you made up your mind? For one bargaining chip, you can learn that person's name," Yun asked.

"Hah..."

Obito scoffed and shook his head. "I don't know if this space is really as miraculous as it claims, but I'll find out the truth myself. I don't need to trade with you."

Yun was taken aback. He'd chosen the Memorial Stone scene specifically to use Rin's memorial as an opening.

But it seemed the script wasn't going according to plan.

"It's been years since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. If you really had the means to find out the truth, you wouldn't have waited until now."

As he spoke, Yun looked at Obito. "Because of Kirigakure, you controlled Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, and made the Blood Mist Policy in Kirigakure worse than ever. Uchiha Obito, you're not someone who can keep his anger in check."

Masked Obito smiled. "Looks like you don't know everything after all..."

As he spoke, he raised a hand to cover the left eye hidden behind his mask. "For certain reasons, I can know a lot of things now. And you've just given me a single point. As it happens, I have the ability to extend a point into an entire scene."

So that was it?

Yun understood what Obito meant by his new ability, and his expression grew solemn.

That ability had never appeared in his memories before. And Obito had just covered the left eye hidden behind his mask.

Yun quickly pieced several things together. It seemed matters had gone beyond his expectations.

If Obito really had that ability, he would be even harder to deal with from now on.

"Then how much do you know about your own plan? A plan like the Eye of the Moon might not be what you think it is."

Yun looked at Obito. "You... can't even kill yourself, can you?"