Building the Martial Arts Tournament Arena, Obito's Furious Awakening of the Two-Tomoe Sharingan!

Konoha Central District.

A group of Konoha Shinobi were directing Konoha's villagers in an emergency evacuation.

"Quickly, everyone, evacuate this area immediately."

Kakashi, a Konoha jonin, frowned as he watched Obito Uchiha ahead of him carrying bags and bundles, helping Konoha's villagers move their belongings.

"Idiot!" Kakashi's expression turned cold.

With a flick of his wrist, he sent a kunai flying. It grazed Obito Uchiha's cheek before pinning a villager's bundle to the ground.

"If you don't want to die, give up those worthless possessions!" Yet few paid any attention to Kakashi's warning.

The villagers of Konoha continued running back and forth, moving their belongings.

Kakashi's expression grew increasingly icy. He glanced at the sky, then formed hand seals with both hands.

"Genjutsu: Temple of Nirvana Technique."

A dense shower of feathers immediately drifted down from the sky. The instant they saw them, large numbers of Konoha villagers collapsed to the ground and fell asleep.

"Kakashi, what are you doing?" Obito Uchiha, who had been running himself ragged, froze when he saw all the villagers around him fall. Then he turned and demanded an answer from Kakashi.

"Idiot, hurry up and get these people out of here." Kakashi ignored Obito Uchiha. Instead, he created several Shadow Clones and began carrying the villagers away.

Obito Uchiha lowered his head to look at what he was carrying. After a brief silence, he finally followed Kakashi's orders, tossed it to the ground, and began moving villagers alongside him.

"Kurenai, Guy, come help too." Kakashi carried one person in each hand and had another two slung over his shoulders, yet his brow remained furrowed. He turned to Kurenai Yuhi and Might Guy, who were passing nearby.

"Huh? Kakashi, what are you doing?" Kurenai Yuhi looked at the scene before her in confusion, having no idea what was happening.

"Yo, Kakashi!" Might Guy greeted Kakashi with a flash of his white teeth.

"There's no time to explain. Come help!" Kakashi's expression was grave as he repeatedly looked up at the sky, his tone turning stern.

"Okay." ×2.

Though they did not know what was happening, Kurenai Yuhi and Might Guy joined in the evacuation out of trust in Kakashi.

As Ninja, the four moved swiftly.

All the villagers who had fallen asleep under the genjutsu were moved out.

"Whew!"

After placing the last sleeping villager in the shelter, Kakashi let out a heavy breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

To move the villagers as quickly as possible, he had even summoned his ninja hounds.

"Kakashi, what happened?" Kurenai Yuhi set down the villager in her arms, her crimson eyes narrowed in a frown.

"Lord Ato is going to build a Martial Arts Tournament arena in Konoha Central District." Kakashi tugged at his mask, his voice heavy.

"So that's what it is." Might Guy wore a look of realization.

But Kurenai Yuhi was completely bewildered.

"Lord Ato? Martial Arts Tournament?" As a Konoha genin, Kurenai Yuhi had no idea Ato even existed, much less knew anything about the Martial Arts Tournament.

"Hurry! Kakashi Squad, once you're done there, come over here! There are still many villagers who haven't evacuated!"

Before Kakashi could explain, a Konoha jonin in the distance urged them toward another area.

"Okay..." Kakashi and Obito Uchiha exchanged a glance, then prepared to continue the evacuation.

However, before either of them could move—

A Konoha Shinobi suddenly looked up in terror and stammered, "Lord Ato... Lord Ato is here!"

All the Konoha Shinobi looked up at the sky.

In the previously empty sky above Konoha, a four-year-old figure stood with his arms folded, looking coldly down at the village below. Behind him, a fluffy tail swayed freely.

The one appearing over Konoha Central District was none other than Ato...'s Shadow Clone!

While Ato was undergoing mental training, he had created a Research Shadow Clone and a Wood Clone.

The Research Shadow Clone focused on research.

The Wood Clone focused on training combat techniques and energy control.

And the one currently hovering above the central district was Ato's Wood Clone.

Right now, Ato's Wood Clone was in a foul mood.

"Is Krillin's Destructo Disc really that hard to learn?"

The Wood Clone's face was icy. Recently, he had been figuring out how to learn Krillin's Destructo Disc.

Logically, after learning the Rasengan, he should already have been able to control the rapid rotation of chakra at will.

Learning the Destructo Disc should have taken half the effort for twice the result.

Yet even now, he had not grasped the essence of the Destructo Disc.

Although he could form Energy Blasts in the shape of a Destructo Disc, their power was far too lacking compared to the Destructo Disc, said to cut through anything.

His Destructo Disc training had reached a bottleneck.

So, the Wood Clone decided to take a break and build the Martial Arts Tournament arena for the original body.

For the sake of Konoha's many delicious foods, the Wood Clone gave Konoha one minute to evacuate.

And now, time was up.

"Let's start building the Martial Arts Tournament arena."

Looking down from above, the Wood Clone raised his right index finger. A mass of energy gathered at its tip.

Boom!

A not particularly large pillar of energy crashed down.

As a blinding flash erupted amid a thunderous explosion, Konoha Central District, spanning several kilometers in diameter, was instantly erased.

The buildings, Konoha villagers, and even some Konoha Shinobi who had yet to evacuate were all vaporized in an instant.

The earth also collapsed and shattered at once, forming an enormous crater.

"Th-this... is this the power of a god?"

Kurenai Yuhi, who had never witnessed such a horrifying sight, was so shocked that her jaw nearly dropped.

"This is power even greater than that of a god!"

Kakashi answered Kurenai Yuhi's question with a serious expression.

He gazed at the enormous crater that had once been the prosperous central district, his eyes flickering constantly.

"Damn it, he so easily... so easily killed so many villagers..."

Unlike Kakashi's calmness, Obito Uchiha clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with indescribable fury.

He had personally watched the villagers and Konoha Shinobi who had not yet evacuated be vaporized in an instant by Ato's Wood Clone. It filled Obito Uchiha with uncontrollable rage.

"He treats lives...

What does he take lives for?!"

Obito Uchiha roared in fury. Under the intense surge of emotion, his Sharingan activated instantly, turning into scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan!

Boom!

A surge of ocular power burst from his eyes!

Obito Uchiha's strength leaped from genin to special jonin.

"Calm down, Obito!"

"The fact that we can still be alive, that the Ninja World can still continue to exist...

That is already Lord Ato's greatest mercy!"

Just as Obito Uchiha was about to rush out regardless of everything, an arm stopped him by the shoulder.

Kakashi's cold yet incomparably solemn voice exploded beside Obito Uchiha's ear.

It made Obito Uchiha deflate like a punctured ball, all the rage and unwillingness in his heart vanishing completely.

He knew Kakashi was right.

Just as Kakashi had said, they were still alive, and the Ninja World could still exist.

That was already an immense gift from Ato.

What did it matter if he had only destroyed a few villagers and Ninja?

"If you truly can't accept it, then become stronger and enter the Martial Arts Tournament!

As long as you can defeat Lord Ato, you will become the savior of the Ninja World!"

Kakashi released Obito Uchiha, then looked up at that godlike figure in the sky and spoke earnestly.

"Become... the savior of the Ninja World?!" Obito Uchiha's pupils contracted. Then he looked toward Rin Nohara in the distance, his gaze becoming resolute.

He, Obito Uchiha, would become the savior who saved the Ninja World!