The War Ends, Blood and Tears Intertwine

As the swirling dust slowly settled, a tragic scene came into view.

Obito lay on the ground in a wretched state, half of his body pinned firmly beneath a massive boulder. Blood streamed down from his forehead, staining the ground a shocking, vivid red.

His breathing was rapid and shallow, each gasp seeming to exhaust his final reserves of strength.

"Kakashi..." Obito spoke with great difficulty, his voice hoarse and weak, yet laced with undeniable resolve. "No matter what the others in the village say, you are the best jonin. I've always acted like I was competing with you, but deep down, I've always acknowledged you."

He paused for a moment, struggling to lift his hand as if trying to grasp something.

"This is my gift to you..."

Obito's gaze slowly shifted toward his own eyes.

"Use it to protect Rin... Promise me, you must do it."

His eyes were filled with expectation and entrustment; at this moment, he had handed the heavy responsibility of guarding Rin entirely over to Kakashi.

Afterward, Obito turned his head to look at Rin, who was already sobbing uncontrollably beside him, and pleaded in a voice that was barely audible: "Rin... please, take one of my Sharingan and give it to Kakashi."

Rin covered her mouth, tears gushing out like a broken dam. Her hands trembled, but she hesitated, afraid to act.

Under Obito's repeated urging, Rin gritted her teeth, suppressing her grief, and followed his instructions to extract the Sharingan and implant it into Kakashi's wounded eye socket.

With the destruction of Kannabi Bridge, the Rock ninja could no longer cross the natural chasm to attack Konoha and were forced to announce a retreat. However, they still demanded that Konoha pay for the losses incurred during the assault, threatening to continue the war otherwise.

Under pressure, Hiruzen Sarutobi, for the sake of peace, painfully paid out a massive amount of resources in exchange for a ceasefire.

The Sand ninja were defeated on all fronts and, following the Battle of Kikyo Pass, were unable to recover. They were forced to sign an alliance treaty with Konoha and demanded a large amount of wealth and resources from Konoha to stabilize the alliance.

Out at sea, Uchiha Shisui watched the Kirigakure forces fleeing like a receding tide and sighed helplessly. His template progress had reached fifty percent, the Mangekyo Sharingan had just been unlocked, and he hadn't even used the full-body Susanoo before the enemies ran away.

It made it impossible for him to show off, and it left his current reputation less renowned than that of Namikaze Minato. However, it could not be ruled out that the Hokage faction was intentionally suppressing the achievements of the Uchiha clan.

Kumogakure would later send envoys to Konoha to negotiate reparations after the end of the war.

Upon returning to Konoha, despite the Uchiha clan having made glorious contributions on the Kirigakure battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not even mention their names, while Namikaze Minato was praised to the heavens.

Because the villagers and jonin were highly dissatisfied with Hiruzen Sarutobi paying reparations to the defeated side for the sake of peace, the Daimyo announced that Hiruzen Sarutobi would abdicate, and Namikaze Minato would become the Fourth Hokage.

Thus, at the end of the 50th year of Konoha, the Third Shinobi World War came to a complete end.

"Damn it! The war is clearly over, yet Kirigakure ninja are still inside the Land of Fire!"

Kakashi led Rin, dodging the pursuing Kirigakure ninja behind them as they moved toward Konoha.

"Damn, my chakra is almost exhausted. The drain from the Sharingan is much greater than before."

After killing two Kirigakure ninja who were closing in, Kakashi panted as he spoke.

Just then, Rin felt a jolt in her heart; she saw the behemoth sealed within her body.

"Kakashi, kill me!"

"Rin? What are you babbling about?"

As they spoke, dozens of Kirigakure ninja quickly surrounded them.

"There's no running! Chidori!"

Kakashi looked at the two who had surrounded them and exhausted his final bit of chakra to unleash the Chidori.

Rin Nohara's body was as weak as a withered leaf ready to fall at any moment. She leaned against Kakashi's ear with difficulty, her breath faint as she revealed the plan of Kirigakure.

As Kakashi listened, his pupils constricted, his face filled with unbelievable shock.

He never imagined that Kirigakure would be so insane as to seal a Tailed Beast inside Rin, hoping to use the opportunity of her return to Konoha to trigger a Tailed Beast rampage and take revenge on the village.

The cruelty and malice of this conspiracy far exceeded his imagination. For a moment, his mind went blank, his heart filled with a chaotic surge of shock and rage.

Just as Kakashi stood frozen, his thoughts in turmoil from the earth-shattering conspiracy, Rin suddenly moved.

She didn't know where she found the strength, but she quickly lifted Kakashi's hand, and her abdomen moved directly toward the chirping Chidori in his palm.

"Puchi!" The sound of the Chidori piercing flesh was dull and harsh. Blood instantly surged from Rin's abdomen, staining her clothes red.

A faint but relieved smile tugged at the corners of Rin's mouth, as if she had finally completed an incredibly important task.

Her eyes gradually lost focus, and her body could no longer support itself, falling limply backward.

"Rin!" Kakashi snapped out of his trance, letting out a heart-wrenching cry. "Why, why did you do this..."

The only response was Rin's fading body heat and a deathly silence.

As blood and tears intertwined, the curved Mangekyo Sharingan rotated in Kakashi's eyes. At that moment, his final chakra was exhausted, and he collapsed powerlessly.

The moment Rin's life faded and Kakashi fell due to pain and despair, Obito felt as if his heart had been gripped by an invisible giant hand.

His world collapsed instantly; everything before him became blurred, with only Rin's lifeless face circling in his mind.

"Ah!! Ah!" Obito roared at the sky, his voice filled with endless pain, rage, and despair. The cry sounded like a lament from the depths of hell, shaking the surrounding air.

Within his eyes, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly. A moment later, it slowly evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan, a blood-red light flickering and leaping within his pupils, emitting a chilling, soul-piercing aura.

As Obito lost control, a powerful and eerie force surged and erupted from within his body.

The earth trembled violently as countless sharp wooden spikes, like the fangs of demons erupting from hell, spread wildly in every direction with Obito at the center.

The Mist ninja had no time to react before they were instantly impaled by the sudden Wood Style: Cutting Sprigs.

For a time, cries and screams filled the air, and blood splattered across the surrounding ground, rendering the battlefield even more grim and terrifying.

As the dust settled, Obito walked slowly toward Rin's corpse. His footsteps were heavy and sluggish, each one feeling as if he were treading upon his own shattered heart.

He knelt down gently, his hands trembling as he lifted Rin's cold body, slowly sinking to his knees beneath the pale moon.

The moonlight bathed him and Rin; what should have been soft and tranquil now radiated an endless, desolate sorrow.

Obito lowered his head to gaze at Rin's face, tears and tears of blood spilling uncontrollably from his eyes, dripping one by one onto her face. His lips trembled slightly:

"This world is hell!"

At this moment, the moon reflected on the water's surface had somehow turned blood-red, as if stained through by this cruel slaughter and grief, fitting perfectly with the despair and fury in Obito's heart.