Nohara Rin's body was pierced by Chidori.
Blood poured from her chest, dripping onto Kakashi's hand, the ground, and the lightning still crackling around them.
Kakashi knelt on one knee, frozen. His Sharingan stared at Rin, who was no longer breathing.
Time seemed to stop.
Obito's pupils contracted sharply.
"Rin?"
His voice was so hoarse it barely sounded like his own.
In the next instant, their two Sharingan resonated with each other.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Tears and blood welled from Kakashi's left eye and Obito's right.
Through the searing pain, the patterns of the Mangekyō Sharingan slowly took shape.
Kakashi held on for only an instant before his vision went black and he collapsed unconscious.
But Obito—
He stood rooted to the spot, his body trembling beyond his control.
First his shoulders, then his whole body.
A roar that nearly tore his throat apart burst from his chest:
"Aaaaaaah—!!!"
The sound echoed through the forest, startling a flock of birds into flight.
Obito's eyes were bloodshot. Tears and blood streamed down his face together.
He stared at the place where Rin had fallen, his voice twisted by grief and rage.
"No... I won't accept it... I'll never accept this!!!"
"How can Rin be dead?! How can she have died by Kakashi's hand?! This isn't real... It can't be real!"
Obito Uchiha approached one step at a time, trembling.
"This world... means nothing anymore..."
"Comrades, bonds, rules, missions... They're all lies! Lies that drive people to their deaths!"
"Rin... I said I'd protect you... I came back... Why... why did it still end like this..."
The Kirigakure pursuers finally emerged from the mist.
They had thought their mission was nearly over—the Three-Tails Jinchuriki was dead, and Konoha's Jinchuriki plan had failed.
But now someone covered in blood had appeared in the