That Iwagakure Jonin disappeared again. There was only the faint smell of blood in the air, and the sound of Obito Uchiha's rapid breathing.
Kakashi Hatake stood on the branch with one eye closed and the other eye trying hard to capture everything around him.
But his balance was collapsing, his vision was shrinking, and it felt like someone was hitting his head with a hammer, once, again, and again.
He knew he couldn't hold on for long. He was bleeding too much, his vision was getting blurry, and he could hardly stand still.
But he can't fall. If he falls, Obito Uchiha will die. If Obito Uchiha dies, Lin won't survive.
The air moved again.
The line is here again, going around from the left, around to the front, around to--
Kakashi Hatake raised his knife, but he knew it was too late.
His reaction had slowed down, his body was no longer in control, and his remaining eye could no longer see clearly.
Then he saw a pair of eyes.
Obito Uchiha's eyes.
Those eyes have changed.
The originally black pupils turned red, and on the red bottom, two Tomoe were slowly rotating. Not one, but two.
Two black Tomoe, connected end to end, slowly rotated on the red irises, like two black pebbles sunk at the bottom of the water, pushed by the current, round and round.
Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
Obito Uchiha himself didn't know what happened. He only saw Kakashi Hatake's blood flowing down his face, he only saw Kakashi Hatake's body shaking, and he only saw that Kunai trying to stab him again.
Something exploded in his heart, like a door being knocked open. Behind the door was flood, fire, and a power he had never felt before.
Then he saw it.
He saw something vague and moving in the air.
A man in gray clothes holds Kunai in his hand and is stabbing Kakashi Hatake.
The blurry outline was clear in Obito Uchiha's field of vision, like Kakko in the dark, it was difficult to see it.
He moved.
His hands are faster than his brain, faster than his mouth, faster than everything else in the world.
He took out a Kunai from his ninja bag and threw it towards the blurry outline without aiming or hesitating.
Kunai cut through the air and let out a sharp whistle.
That Iwagakure Jonin heard the wind and wanted to hide, but his body was still in mid-air and had nowhere to use his strength.
He could only watch helplessly as the Kunai flew over and stabbed into his throat.
Blood spurted out and sprinkled on the branches, leaves, and Obito Uchiha's face.
The jounin's eyes were widened and his mouth was open, as if he wanted to say something, but only a gurgling sound came out of his throat.
His figure emerged from invisibility, becoming clearer bit by bit, like a painting soaked in water, slowly showing its original color.
Gray clothes, narrow eyes, and a Kunai stuck in his throat.
He fell from the branch and hit the ground with a dull sound.
No more movement.
Obito Uchiha stood on the branch, breathing heavily.
His eyes were still red, and the two Tomoe were still spinning, but he didn't notice them.
He just looked at his hand, looking at the hand that threw Kunai, his fingers were still trembling.
"Obito Uchiha." Kakashi Hatake's voice came from the side, very soft and hoarse.
Obito Uchiha turned his head.
Kakashi Hatake leaned against the tree trunk, covering his left eye with one hand. Blood seeped out from between his fingers and fell drop by drop.
His face was as white as paper, and his lips had no color at all, but the eye that was still open looked at Obito Uchiha, looked at Obito Uchiha's red eyes, and looked at the two slowly rotating Tomoe.
"Your eyes..." Kakashi Hatake's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing something.
Obito Uchiha was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched his eyes.
When his fingers touched the corners of his eyes, he realized that his eyes were hot.
It's not a fever-like heat, it's a deeper heat, as if something is burning inside.
Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
"I..." He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
"Sharingan." Kakashi Hatake said, the corner of his mouth moved, not sure whether he wanted to laugh or cry.
"Your eyes are open. Two Tomoe."
Obito Uchiha was stunned. He looked down at his hands, at the fingers that were still trembling slightly, and at the blood stains on the branches that had not yet dried.
He remembered that moment just now.
He saw the invisible Jonin, clearly, as clearly as looking at the sun in the daytime.
Is this the power of the Uchiha Clan?
Just two Tomoe have such power, so what kind of power does that traitor Mangekyō Sharingan have?
"Kakashi Hatake." His voice was a little hoarse, "Your eyes--"
"It's okay." Kakashi Hatake said, his voice was very calm, but Obito Uchiha could tell that Kakashi Hatake was in pain.
"It's just an eye. It won't die."
He supported the tree trunk and slowly stood up straight. He was bleeding too much, and his head was dizzy. The scenery in front of him was sometimes clear and sometimes blurry, but he gritted his teeth and did not let himself fall.
"Let's go." He said, his voice was so hoarse that he could hardly hear it. "Lin is still inside."
Obito Uchiha took out a roll of bandages from his pocket - it was given to him by Lin. He had always kept it in his pocket until it was wrinkled, but he had never used it.
He walked up to Kakashi Hatake and wrapped the bandage around his head and around his left eye.
His hands were shaking, and the bandage was twisted crookedly, but Kakashi Hatake didn't hide or speak, he just stood there and let him wrap it.
"Let's go." Kakashi Hatake said, his voice was very soft but firm.
Obito Uchiha nodded, turned around, and looked in the direction of the cave.
Those red eyes are still turning, and the two Tomoe are slowly rotating in the pupils, like two stars that will never stop.
He saw a person behind the bushes at the entrance of the cave. It was another Iwagakure Jonin, guarding Lin inside.
Obito Uchiha Take a deep breath.
"Let's go," he said.
The two people jumped down from the branches and walked towards the cave.
The two people walked into the cave. The light in the cave was very dark, with only an oil lamp burning in the depths. The flames swayed in the wind, making the shadows on the cave wall grow longer and shorter.
Lin was lying on the ground.
Her body was curled up, her hands were tied behind her back with ropes, her eyes were closed, and her brows were slightly furrowed.
A Iwagakure jounin squatted next to her, pressing a hand on her forehead, his palm glowing with a faint blue light.
It was the light of illusion, like thin threads, drilling out from the palm of his hand and entering Lin's mind, entangling her consciousness layer by layer.
He must get information from this ninja.
He heard footsteps, turned around, saw Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha walking in, and sighed.
"One or two, both are so useless."