What Happens to Nohara Rin? You Should Be Able to Guess.

Outside Konoha, Shimura Danzō, who had only one left hand, stood in the shadows, seeming to have waited for a long time.

At last, a distortion in space-time appeared, and Obito Uchiha, wearing a mask, emerged before Shimura Danzō.

"Danzo, what do you want with me?"

Obito Uchiha's voice was hoarse. It was not a disguise, but the result of his throat having been injured years ago during the Nine-Tails' Attack.

That time, he had nearly died.

"Obito Uchiha... Was the Nine-Tails released by you?"

Rather than getting to the point, Shimura Danzō questioned Obito Uchiha.

Though Obito Uchiha still looked the same, the name struck his heart once more.

The moment Rin died, the name Obito Uchiha had died with her.

Yet for some reason, his information had abruptly leaked. It was as though everyone knew who he was.

"Now... I am Madara Uchiha's spokesman. You may call me Madara Uchiha."

Obito Uchiha denied his identity, as if doing so could deny everything he had done.

Although Obito Uchiha gave no direct answer, Shimura Danzō had already gotten the answer he wanted.

"Hmph! Madara Uchiha? You think you deserve that name?"

Shimura Danzō muttered disdainfully, then spoke in an icy tone. "Bring me Uchiha Ensei's corpse. It would be even better if you can capture him alive."

"If you can do that, I will return Nohara Rin's corpse to you."

"And if you cannot..."

"Konoha possesses a forbidden jutsu called Impure World Reincarnation. As long as one has a corpse, the dead can be summoned from the Pure Land..."

"When that time comes... you should be able to guess what will happen to Nohara Rin."

Shimura Danzō was extremely pleased with himself. Ever since learning that the Nine-Tails' Attack was connected to Obito Uchiha, he had secretly investigated Obito Uchiha's life.

Afterward, he dug up Nohara Rin's grave and stole her corpse.

Furthermore, he had obtained detailed information on the forbidden jutsu Impure World Reincarnation from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Though Shimura Danzō himself had failed to master it, someone among his Root subordinates had successfully learned the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

That was how he had come to threaten Obito Uchiha like this.

"You... what are you talking about...?"

Upon hearing Shimura Danzō's words, Obito Uchiha seemed dazed, as though he had involuntarily returned to the day Rin died.

That day, after Obito Uchiha had eliminated every enemy, he touched Rin's corpse with his hand. When his hand passed through it, he completely understood that everything in this world was false.

So he returned alone to seek out Madara Uchiha.

In his own words when answering Madara Uchiha, I no longer care about anything in this world.

Nohara Rin's corpse was later recovered by the Konoha ninja who arrived afterward and buried within Konoha.

That was why Obito Uchiha often returned to Konoha and occasionally ran into Kakashi standing before Nohara Rin's gravestone.

Obito Uchiha had originally believed that ever since Rin's death, he no longer cared about anything in this world.

But now, Shimura Danzō was telling him that there were still people in this world capable of disgusting him—and insulting the dead Rin in the process.

"You... what the hell are you talking about?!"

Obito Uchiha completely lost control. A tear of blood silently slid from his scarlet Sharingan...

The next moment, Obito Uchiha's right hand viciously seized Shimura Danzō by the throat.

That immense force should have crushed Shimura Danzō's neck, but it was interrupted by Cursed Seals spreading toward Obito Uchiha's arm.

Danzo had become extremely proficient in this method of planting Cursed Seals within someone's body.

One of his goals this time had been to seize Obito Uchiha's eye.

If he possessed the Space-Time Dojutsu, then he would surely...

Crack!

Without hesitation, Obito Uchiha tore off his own White Zetsu arm. He showed not the slightest regret; his eyes held nothing but killing intent.

The Cursed Seals continued spreading across that White Zetsu arm until they completely devoured it. It gradually collapsed into inexplicable black matter and scattered across the ground.

"Looks like I guessed correctly."

"So-called wars between ninja are battles of intelligence."

"You leaked your own information. You're far too easy to understand."

Shimura Danzō was still smug, believing he had his opponent cornered.

But the next instant, Obito Uchiha's figure quietly vanished into thin air. Almost at the same moment he disappeared, the Root ninja standing beside Shimura Danzō was sucked away by an invisible force.

In just a few seconds, seven or eight corpses were thrown before Shimura Danzō.

"Return Rin's body to me, or I will kill every person in Konoha."

"Remember, every single one! Everyone you know—not one will be spared!"

"You have one day. If I do not see Rin's body by this time tomorrow, I will start killing the Root ninja..."

Obito Uchiha's emotionless voice rang out again. Not a trace of anger could be heard in his tone.

Yet Shimura Danzō could clearly feel a towering fury at that moment.

Only then did Shimura Danzō realize that he had made a tremendous mistake, one that might force him to pay a heavy price.

At that moment, he truly wanted to retreat like Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But he could not. He knew perfectly well that even if he retreated, Obito Uchiha would not spare him.

"Are you sure you want to gamble with me? You know very well that Nohara Rin's corpse is not in my hands now. Even if you kill me, you will not find her body, nor will you be able to stop us from doing things to the resurrected Nohara Rin."

Though Shimura Danzō realized his mistake, he could only choose to risk everything and continue threatening him.

At that moment, the White Zetsu attached to Obito Uchiha quietly spoke, telling him to stall for time. He would order every White Zetsu to investigate all information related to Nohara Rin.

Obito Uchiha naturally trusted White Zetsu's investigative abilities.

But he would never allow Rin to face any threat, including one from himself.

"Negotiations have failed. I will begin with Root..."

Obito Uchiha spoke slowly, his entire body gradually vanishing before Shimura Danzō.

Watching Obito Uchiha disappear, Shimura Danzō froze, then suddenly realized something and desperately rushed toward Root's base.

Even though Shimura Danzō pushed his speed to its absolute limit, when he reached Root's entrance, the first thing he smelled was an overwhelmingly thick scent of blood.