Heartache × [Yin Release] LV4

"Who?"

"Lin?"

Obito, which he had just raised, froze on the spot. He looked at Roy, his eyes behind his sunglasses suddenly trembling, and he blurted out without hesitation, "No, Rin won't die."

She's so kind... "With me, Kakashi, and the teacher protecting her, how could she die?"

However... everyone dies... whether killed, committed suicide, or succumb to illness, life will always come to an end, and that day can come quickly, or even... very suddenly. Roy remained silent, simply watching Obito, a hint of bloodlust slowly creeping into his eyes. "Gah~"

A crow cawed...

Crimson light coalesced into three jet-black tomoe, slowly rotating to transform into the eye of a raven, its reflection shimmering in Obito's pupils. With a flap of its wings, it cast a black feather...

The Sun-Earring Boy was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, the world had changed. He was no longer sitting on a futon, and there was no longer a tatami mat in front of him. In front of him was only a forest, and a chilling aura permeated the air. Clearly... this was a battlefield!

The battlefield... Where's Rin... Where's Kakashi... Where's the teacher...? Driven by his fighting instincts, Obito immediately reached for his waist, trying to draw his Kunai... But a sharp pain shot through him, causing him to let out a muffled groan. When he came to his senses, he realized he was pinned under a large rock, half of his body numb...

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. He was weak and powerless, unable to move. Finally, in his dying moments, he saw his best friend Kakashi, who was looking at him with a sorrowful expression... So this aloof and arrogant guy could also feel sadness and shed tears...

Obito was somewhat surprised, yet also relieved. Just as he had instructed Kakashi in the original story, he was determined to protect Rin. He then gave Kakashi his last remaining Sharingan before losing consciousness. In his dazed state, he felt his body become incredibly heavy, as if he had accidentally fallen into water...

He kept falling... falling... until the scene changed, and he finally stepped onto solid ground, then opened his eyes...

He finally saw his beloved Lin; she was still the same gentle and smiling woman.

However... this time, a blinding bolt of lightning pierced her heart!

"No!" Obito screamed in anguish, crawling towards Rin on all fours... Closer... He finally reached Rin's side, and at the same time, he saw the murderer who killed her... The man had flowing white hair and turned to look at him coldly—it was... his teammate, best friend, trusted lover, and rival in love... Hatake Kakashi!

"Boom!" Obito exploded!

Intense Negative Emotions erupted from him...

Even a Heart Bug attached to his body was almost blown away.

The living room of the Fugaku.

Roy cast Illusion Jutsu and simultaneously summoned [En], splitting off Heart Bug that invaded Obito's heart along the Thread of Causality. Facing this overwhelming Negative Emotions, he twitched his ears and, unsurprisingly, heard the familiar panel notification sound.

[Enhancement: Detects strong Negative Emotions, source... Uchiha Obito...]

[Current: "Negative Emotions Accumulation": 10%...20]

%...30%...100%...200%...500%...]

It broke the 1000 mark in the blink of an eye!

This is more Negative Emotions than Roy collected at the Nanga Shrine gathering!

Roy fell silent. At that moment, he understood just how weighty Obito's words in the original work, "I want to create a world where only Rin exists," truly were!

1000%...1100%...1500%... Negative Emotions were still escalating, finally stopping abruptly at 2000%.

At the same time, the panel displayed: [Yin Release: lv3(142/10000)→lv4(7445/100,000)]

[Note: Iv5... automatically activates Mangekyō Sharingan]

Roy:

Once again, I have gained a profound understanding of the "innately evil Uchiha." The so-called "yin" becomes stronger the more one hates, the more twisted, and the more extreme one becomes, just like Itachi's last words to Sasuke after killing his entire clan. "Hate me."

Roy picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then looked up to see Obito, already driven to madness. His face was contorted in agony, his body trembling violently, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, drawing blood...

The Sun-Earring Boy said softly, "Open."

But then I heard a "pop" sound.

The Illusion Jutsu shattered like a water mirror. As his consciousness returned, Obito slumped backward and collapsed onto the futon.

"Huff... huff..." That was his heavy breathing.

"Clamm... clam..." That was the cold sweat seeping from his back.

He seemed still trapped in the illusion, and roared wildly, "Kakashi, I'm going to kill you!"

As he sat up abruptly, he saw a pair of calm eyes watching him from across the room. Obito abruptly stopped what he was doing, glanced around, and his knees buckled, causing him to slump back onto the prayer mat.

"Is it Illusion Jutsu?" His heart was still pounding, the anger hadn't subsided, but a sliver of reason returned... Obito, his voice hoarse, looked at Roy with a complicated expression and asked, "Is what's inside... real or fake?"

"What do you think, Obito-kun?" Roy poured a cup of tea and Obito it to the Sun-Earring Boy, saying casually, "If you think it's true, then it's true; if you think it's false, then it's false."

When falsehood is taken for truth, even truth becomes falsehood; when nothingness is taken for existence, even existence becomes nothingness.

"Congratulations on Obito Ge (a character/teammate) with you."

What's there to congratulate me on? I'm dead too, and Lin is dead... Are you kidding me?!

Obito was furious. He took the teacup from Roy, wanting to splash it on his head, but when he looked down and saw the ripples in the tea reflecting a pair of scarlet eyes, Obito. He instinctively brought his face closer to the teacup and looked inside. Finally, he used his other hand to gently touch the eye socket, confirming that it was... the Sharingan without a doubt!

Obito looked up at Roy again, Sun-Earring Boy smiled slightly, as dazzling as the red sun leaping out of the sky outside the window.

"You...

"I...

His throat bobbed, but he couldn't utter a word. Obito gripped his teacup and awkwardly lowered his head.

Just then, in the kitchen, the kitchen curtain was lifted, revealing Itachi's slightly chubby face, who said, "Nii-san, breakfast is ready."

Roy nodded gently and said softly to Obito, "You brought some snacks, try my mother's cooking too."

Obito put down his teacup, scratched the back of his head sheepishly, and thought, "What's done is done."

"Let's eat first then."

The Sun-Earring Boy's emotions came and went quickly... but Roy knew that those 2000% Negative Emotions would turn into a hideous wound, etched across Obito's heart, and wouldn't be easily erased in the short term... As for...

Obito would cause trouble for Kakashi afterward was not Roy's concern.

The Sun-Earring Boy glanced at the [Yin Release] which had suddenly been raised to LV4, and with a thought, he recalled the Heart Bug that had invaded Obito's heart.

The Heart Bug, having eaten greasy noodles, struggled to crawl out, rolled on the spot, let out a burp, and then Roy Roy's heart field, where he immediately tossed it into his "Unconscious Realm" and sealed it away for future use.

"Dinner's here!"