Rin stared at Obito in disbelief. She knew he had changed a great deal after her death, but she had never imagined he would become so unhinged that he would cause the deaths of his own teacher and his teacher's wife. It was unforgivable. How could Obito have done something so utterly monstrous? Suddenly, the man before her felt like a stranger. She could no longer find even a trace of the Obito she had known.
Seeing Rin's expression felt like something had stabbed Obito straight through the heart, leaving him struggling to breathe. At that moment, he almost wished Minato were standing before him, ready to end his life with that incomparable speed.
The sight of Obito like this stirred Rin's compassion again. Suddenly, as though something had occurred to her, she said, "No, Obito, you're lying to me. You couldn't have killed Minato-sensei. With his strength, you were no match for him. How could you possibly have killed him? Even if you're stronger than him now, you still couldn't kill him, let alone more than ten years ago. You weren't his match back then, so how could you have killed him? You're lying to me, aren't you?"
Seeing the hope in Rin's eyes as she kept making excuses for him, Obito's heart broke completely. He answered in anguish, "No, I caused their deaths. I really was no match for him. Back then, I thought I could kill him, but I lost. Even though I lost, I released the Nine-Tails. Once the Nine-Tails was released, Kushina was certain to die. Minato-sensei used the Reaper Death Seal to seal the Nine-Tails. That Sealing Jutsu costs the user their own soul. So you could say I caused their deaths, because I was the one who released the Nine-Tails."
This time, Rin