Kakashi Speaks Out of Turn Again

Several days later!

The sky was clear, and the streets were bustling with people!

Obito's figure slowly emerged in a remote corner of Konoha.

"I never expected Konoha to change so much in less than two years."

Obito had never returned after Konoha's reconstruction. Though the intelligence reports had said Konoha had changed drastically, what lay before his eyes still exceeded his expectations.

Though he sighed inwardly, he had not forgotten why he had come today.

"Uchiha Chen, will you truly become an obstacle to the Infinite Tsukuyomi? Let me see through you with my Sharingan! But before that..."

Leaving those words behind, Obito's figure gradually vanished.

Konoha Cemetery!

Having finished an Anbu mission today, Kakashi came to pay his respects to Rin!

"Rin, I came to see you again!"

Kakashi carefully placed the white rose in his hand into the vase before Rin's grave, his face silent.

"I wonder if you and Obito are doing well over there. But with Obito by your side, you probably aren't lonely!"

"That guy always loved hovering around you. I bet Obito is right beside you right now, laughing like crazy at me!"

Kakashi imagined Obito and Rin sitting by the Memorial Stone—one laughing wildly at his incompetence, the other watching the two of them gently.

His eyes felt damp, but in the end, he forcibly held it back.

He felt that he did not deserve to show such weakness in front of them.

To ease the battered heart in his chest, Kakashi brought up something he had discovered recently.

"Rin, I recently found out something! Something utterly unbelievable!"

"Kushina-sensei... has come back to life!"

"Isn't that incredible?"

"I was thinking that if you knew, you would definitely be very happy!"

Kakashi thought of that familiar figure he had seen while carrying