Kamui? What a Coincidence, I Know It Too

"Obito, is that you?" The cry seemed to pierce through time and space, striking deep into the core of Obito's heart.

The masked man's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Minato, Kushina, and Rin standing before him; his mind went blank, wondering if he had fallen into a genjutsu.

His gaze swept rapidly across his surroundings before finally locking onto Shi Xiu, who stood to the side.

The masked man's eyes blazed with fury, convinced that this was the one pulling the strings.

A nameless fire surged in his heart, burning fiercely. He would never allow anyone to make a mockery of Rin, nor could he tolerate such a provocation!

Without a second thought, the masked man yanked the long blade from his waist and slashed viciously at Shi Xiu with lightning speed.

However, at that critical moment, Minato suddenly intervened. With agile movements, he pulled a kunai from his robes and precisely parried the masked man's fierce strike.

Immediately following, Minato condensed a powerful Rasengan in his palm and struck out at the masked man without a moment's hesitation.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, the masked man had never expected that the Minato before him could actually be real.

A momentary lapse in focus prevented him from activating his intangibility in time, leaving him to watch helplessly as the Rasengan slammed heavily into his body.

With a dull thud, the masked man was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing hard against the ground.

Rin had been watching everything unfold. When she saw the masked man, despite having no concrete proof, a powerful intuition stirred in her heart—this person was Obito!

By now, the masked man had finally noticed the abnormalities in Minato and the others.

The whites of their eyes were a strange, eerie black, and their faces and bodies were covered in irregular cracks, much like shattered porcelain.

Minato stared solemnly at the masked man on the ground, his thoughts drifting back to the moments when they had clashed fiercely in the past.

Back then, even though the masked man had displayed powerful and mysterious strength, Minato had never connected him to Obito.

Yet now, as he gazed at the fallen man again, he truly caught a glimpse of Obito's shadow.

At that moment, the masked man struggled to his feet, using his long blade as a crutch.

His trembling arm revealed the immense damage caused by that previous strike.

Slowly but firmly, he raised his other hand toward the mask on his face.

As the mask was peeled away inch by inch, the breathing of Minato, Kushina, and Rin grew ragged. When the face hidden behind the mask was fully revealed, all three of them gasped in unison.

Presented before them was the face that should have been full of youthful vitality.

Only now, the right half of his face was covered in irregular, withered creases.

Those eyes, once bright as stars, no longer held their former sunshine and optimism, replaced instead by a chilling, numbing indifference.

Rin looked at this Obito, who was both familiar and strange, and tears spilled from her eyes uncontrollably.

Her lips trembled, and with a choked voice, she asked softly, "Obito... why?"

Hearing Rin's question, a flicker of something imperceptible finally stirred in Obito's eyes.

Suddenly, as if he had lost his sanity, he threw his head back and laughed uncontrollably.

The laughter echoed in the air, filled with endless paranoia and madness, yet laced with an indescribable sorrow.

As the laughter gradually faded, Obito abruptly stopped, pointed an angry finger at Minato, and roared, "Why? Minato-sensei, you tell me why!"

Faced with Obito's accusation, Minato seemed to understand something; he slowly lowered his head, his face etched with deep guilt.

"What kind of garbage is this 'fastest in the ninja world'? It's nothing but a joke! When your own student is in mortal danger, you're nowhere to be found, and you couldn't even arrive in time after your student had already died!"

Obito roared with uncontrollable rage, his voice filled with anger and disappointment, as if it would shatter the very air around them.

"You couldn't even recognize the student you taught with your own hands—I truly feel a deep sorrow for you!"

Obito continued to scream, his eyes burning with fury as he glared at the silent Minato.

Minato simply stood there, silently enduring Obito's rebuke.

With his head bowed, it was impossible to see the expression on his face or guess what he was thinking.

Perhaps it was guilt over Obito's accusations, or perhaps he was recalling every little detail of the time he spent with his students.

Just as the tension reached its breaking point, Shi Xiu, standing to the side, could no longer suppress his impulses.

Unwilling to waste any more breath on Obito, Shi Xiu flashed forward like an arrow released from a bow, charging straight at him.

He threw a fierce right hook, the strike carrying a sharp, howling wind as it slammed toward Obito.

Witnessing this, Minato was frantic and cried out, "Lord Shi Xiu! Please... show mercy!"

At the same time, Obito's mask-patterned face rushed toward Shi Xiu, his eyes flashing with contempt and disdain.

With a slight flick of his wrist, Obito thrust his sharp long blade toward his own back with lightning speed.

It all happened in a flash; Shi Xiu's fist struck out at Obito without hesitation, yet it passed straight through his body.

Just as Shi Xiu was about to pass entirely through Obito and collide with the blade thrust backward, something unexpected happened.

Obito seemed to be struck by a heavy blow, as if hit by a cannonball, and was sent flying backward.

His body traced an arc through the air before crashing heavily into the ground in the distance, kicking up a cloud of dust.

This sudden turn of events left Minato and the others stunned and speechless, their faces filled with confusion and bewilderment, having no idea what had just occurred.

Obito, meanwhile, stared at Shi Xiu in utter shock, his heart filled with both fear and rage as he gritted his teeth and roared, "How is this possible... what did you do to Kakashi?"

Just a moment ago, in order to evade Shi Xiu's attack, Obito had made a split-second decision to activate Kamui, instantly drawing his upper body into the Kamui dimension.

However, what he never could have expected was that after Shi Xiu followed him right into this Kamui dimension, he would see the other man appear here as well.

Shi Xiu offered Obito a faint smile, one that revealed a hint of mockery, before speaking in a measured tone: "Surprise!"

Before the words had even faded, he swung his fist, raining blows down upon Obito's face like a violent storm. Immediately following that was the shocking scene witnessed moments before.

Hearing Obito mention Kakashi, Minato realized that Obito's so-called intangibility ability was related to the Sharingan.

Obito stared at Shi Xiu's Sharingan, his eyes filled with shock, confusion, and disbelief.

"Where did you get that Sharingan!"

Shi Xiu smiled faintly: "Kamui? What a coincidence, I can use that too."