Whoosh--!
At the Konoha graveyard, Kakashi and Rin Nohara stood before a tombstone, holding white chrysanthemums in their hands. Fallen leaves drifted by, and the figure of Goenji appeared beside them.
"I heard Obito is dead?"
Goenji looked at the tombstone, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he asked Kakashi and the others.
The moment they returned, Goenji received the news that the two of them had come to pay their respects that day, so he came along as well. After all, he was also Obito's clan, so there was no problem for him to come here.
Mainly, he was very curious.
Why did something happen to Kakashi and Obito so early? And how did this happen?
Was his influence on Madara Uchiha really that significant?
Kakashi nodded, his eyes showing no emotion, and placed the white chrysanthemum in front of the tombstone. Only one of his eyes had turned into Sharingan, just like the deceased Obito, who was no longer his comrade.
Goenji frowned when he saw the Sharingan in his eyes.
The Sharingan, it seems, ended up in Kakashi's hands after all. Is this fate?
According to his understanding, and based on the process by which Kakashi obtained the Sharingan in the original work, if any changes were made, the possibility of Kakashi obtaining the Sharingan would be infinitely close to zero.
After all, the probability of Obito's eyes being able to be used to pin down one of Kakashi's eyes is extremely small.
That thing wasn't designed by Madara after all; only Obito's death was designed, so there's still a high possibility that this was.
"Brother Goenji, don't misunderstand. The Sharingan was given to Kakashi by Obito before he died." Rin Nohara saw his gaze, looked at Kakashi's Sharingan, and explained to Goenji with sadness in her eyes.
She knew that the Sharingan, this Kekkei Genkai, was extremely important to the Uchiha; they couldn't possibly be indifferent to the outflow of the Sharingan.
The Uchiha clan is very proud and would not allow the Sharingan to be placed on Kakashi.
Goenji was a member of the Uchiha Clan.
Goenji glanced at her and knew what she was thinking, "Don't worry, I will respect Obito's decision. However, you should be prepared that the Uchiha Clan may not just ignore this."
He has his own eyes and doesn't want to piece things together; it's pointless.
Kamui is useful, but only relatively speaking.
Ninjas always rely on their own brains, at least that's what Goenji believes.
He never denies himself.
It's just a simple Ninjutsu; he'll develop even more powerful Ninjutsu in the future.
"Can you tell me how Obito died?" Goenji asked.
That's the question he's really curious about.
As for the Sharingan, it's neither relevant to him nor entirely irrelevant. Since it's Obito's will, he will naturally try to persuade the clan's higher-ups not to take back the Sharingan.
Perhaps it would be better for the Uchiha to treat Kakashi better.
"He was killed by an enemy's Ninjutsu during a battle, and even in his final moments, he was thinking about finishing off the enemy so that Kakashi could seize the opportunity to eliminate him."
Tears streamed down Rin Nohara's face as she recounted their ordeal.
The more Goenji listened, the more uneasy he felt. Their battle was too targeted, as if it had been specially arranged to awaken Obito.
It's not just that it seems... it's exactly like that.
Madara Uchiha did indeed intervene, and he did so ahead of schedule.
I wonder if he will also make other preparations ahead of schedule for his other plans.
I need to improve myself as quickly as possible, otherwise, if I don't have the strength to defeat all the enemies when Madara Uchiha strikes, it will be quite troublesome.
"Wait... Obito's death... without the Sharingan's abilities, will it be different from the original story?"
Goenji suddenly thought of a question.
The awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities is based on the host's needs. The circumstances at the time were definitely different from Kamui's awakening, meaning that the abilities of this Sharingan will likely be different.
He was dumbfounded when he realized this.
If it were Kamui, to be honest, with his current abilities, he has more than a dozen ways to deal with it. After all, if Kamui wanted to attack or even make contact with someone, as long as there was information, he would basically not be a threat.
He happens to have it.
The situation has changed, and it might really change; the Mangekyō Sharingan has become an unknown ability that could potentially threaten him.
After all, the Sharingan is known as the eye that reflects the mind, and some of its abilities are indeed abnormal, as outrageous as the rules themselves, so it poses a significant threat to him.
In the original work, all the Mangekyō Sharingan abilities are extremely powerful, except for Sasuke's pair.
Nohara Lin looked at his eyes and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, it's nothing. It's just that Obito's abilities were a bit lacking, and he died on the battlefield. It seems my efforts weren't enough. Otherwise, I could have resolved the war directly, and there wouldn't have been so much trouble," Goenji said casually.
This is also what he truly felt.
Obito's abilities are indeed somewhat lacking.
This was also a warning to himself: when one's strength is insufficient, one must be extra careful.
Now he needs to be careful of Obito's abilities.
Hopefully, it's not the awakening of a new ability.
Goenji would rather face Kamui than have Obito awaken a new ability.
The unknown is the most terrifying thing.
Given the information, ninjas have many ways to solve the problem.
Without intelligence, further probing may be necessary.
This test could very well involve corpses and lives.
Possibly including him, Goenji himself.
Kakashi and Rin Nohara both looked shocked when they heard his words.
What kind of talk is this? To blame the deaths of your people on your own inability to change the world on your own? That's incredibly arrogant.
Even the Hokage can't do that, what are you thinking?
However, they were all excited because what Goenji said was indeed a problem; Goenji had mentioned it before when they had a barbecue gathering.
His friend also died on the battlefield, so he wanted to become stronger so that his friend wouldn't die on the battlefield because of his own inadequacy.
"Yes, we must become stronger, so that our comrades will not die in front of us again." Kakashi clenched his fists, a hint of resentment on his face.
It also made her realize that she wasn't as cold-blooded as she thought.
He needs to work even harder to become stronger, even stronger than the Lord Hokage, and achieve what Goenji said: to become someone who can resolve wars single-handedly.
If it can be done.
His gaze gradually hardened.
Rin Nohara felt the same way. Listening to Kakashi's words, she thought that she must become stronger so that she could no longer let her comrades die in front of her.