What I Hate Most Is Apologies After the Fact

Watching Obito lose his mind, Kakashi was dumbfounded.

He remembered Uchiha Fugaku, red-eyed last night, wildly whipping his subordinates in the mud and crushing a teacup barehanded in a crazed fit.

Kakashi shuddered all over and instantly understood.

Another Uchiha had gone insane!

And this one had fallen completely into extreme delusions. His condition was clearly even worse than those two from last night!

There was no point reasoning with a crazed Uchiha who had awakened the Two-Tomoe.

Kakashi took a deep breath and decisively chose to back down.

He slowly spread his hands at his sides, lowering his posture as much as possible. He deliberately softened his voice, adopting a soothing manner.

"Obito, I don't know what happened, but I'll apologize first. Calm down."

To a normal person, this humble apology would have been full of goodwill. But in Obito's world, it did not put out the fire.

Instead, it drove him completely mad.

What was this supposed to mean?!

This was practically an admission of guilt!

It meant Kakashi had a guilty conscience and did not dare deny it!

This was the condescending charity and perfunctory attitude of a traitor who had achieved total victory!

Obito let out a hysterical roar that tore through the entire hallway.

"What I hate most is apologies after the fact!!!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

As soon as the words fell, the power of his Two-Tomoe suddenly erupted.

Chakra became an invisible wave of mental pressure, piercing through three meters of space and stabbing straight into Kakashi's brain without warning.

Kakashi had never expected Obito to open with genjutsu.

His brain exploded under the sudden mental control. His vision twisted violently, intense dizziness struck, and his body stiffened for a second.

Obito lunged forward, spreading his arms. Like a cannonball, he slammed into Kakashi's