Rin's Despair

As he pondered, Tobi spoke again:

"Kirigakure has achieved remarkable results. I heard that a few days ago, they even captured a Konoha medical ninja named Rin Nohara alive. It drew out the Yellow Flash himself to pursue them, but he still failed to rescue her."

"What?!"

Long Ye's expression changed dramatically once more.

At that instant, it was as though a pane of glass had shattered in his mind. He suddenly understood the entire chain of events.

He recalled that in history, Kirigakure had indeed taken advantage of Konoha's lapse in vigilance and launched a surprise attack shortly after the Third Shinobi World War ended.

But just as before, he could not understand why Kirigakure had started another war. In that historical event, Kirigakure had not intended to launch a war at all—it had been because Madara Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.

And Madara Uchiha's purpose in doing so had been to abduct Rin, then use a series of interconnected schemes to make Obito witness her tragic death and plunge into darkness.

The only difference was that the original Obito had become him.

"Could it be that Madara Uchiha designed this conspiracy, which was originally meant for Obito, to make me wholeheartedly accept the Eye of the Moon Plan, both emotionally and mentally?"

"If that's true, then now..."

Terror appeared in Long Ye's eyes.

If everything he had guessed was true, then after Rin was taken by Kirigakure, the Three-Tails would definitely be sealed inside her body. And to prevent Konoha from suffering disaster, she would next choose to die by the hand of her comrade, Kakashi.

At some point, his forehead had become covered in cold sweat.

"It seems you know this girl named Rin?" Tobi asked, despite already knowing the answer.

Since they had