Itachi Uchiha Appears!

[A counterfeit too ashamed to show his face.]

Danzo's words were like an invisible dagger plunging viciously into Obito's chest.

He had heard similar words on that night seven years ago, spoken by that little bastard he wanted to tear apart day and night!!

Yet who would have thought that Shimura Danzō and Arata Uchiha, two people destined to stand on opposing sides, would mock his assumed identity for the very same reason.

For a moment, Obito's thoughts were in turmoil.

Watching the old bastard hobble away through his field of vision, the crimson in his eyes began to surge, and the space around him gradually became strange and distorted.

But just as the counterfeit was about to do something,

Zetsu appeared in his view without leaving a trace. As he conveniently blocked Danzo's retreating figure, his opening and closing mouth silently formed words.

[He's still useful.]

Obito understood the meaning of this self-proclaimed product of Madara's will, but the murderous intent dwelling in his narrowed eyes still could not be completely dispelled.

[Think about the Eye of the Moon Plan. Think about Rin.]

Yet that murderous intent, which had been impossible to banish, was forcibly halted the instant that name appeared.

[Rin.]

She was the sole conviction and meaning behind his continued survival in this battered, broken body.

The brief standoff allowed the old man, walking alone with his cane, to completely disappear from sight.

Only then did Obito fully withdraw his icy gaze. Looking at the half-human, half-ghost creature before him, killing intent also materialized in his crimson eyes.

"If you casually use her name again, I won't spare even you."

A frenzied will surged forth alongside those cold words.

The eruption of that will made Zetsu's body tremble faintly, while also causing a sudden thought in his