Someone Was Cheating

Obito's scarlet pupils kept shifting. The chaos of the battlefield became crystal clear to him.

He could see every puppet's trajectory and every current of chakra flowing through them. Even his nearly depleted chakra surged back to full strength.

This was the Sharingan Obito had always dreamed of. It had awakened with two tomoe from the start, proof of talent surpassing anyone he had ever seen in his clan.

But he felt no joy. He would rather never have awakened this power at all.

Only one thought remained in Obito's mind: reach Rin and protect her from any further harm.

Obito shot forward, his eyes fixed on the unconscious Rin. He tried to break through the puppets blocking his path, but Sasori, who controlled the battlefield, had no intention of letting him near her.

"Your visual jutsu awakened?"

Sasori stood behind his puppets, a flicker of surprise crossing his brown eyes. He truly had not expected this Uchiha to awaken the Sharingan under these circumstances.

But that surprise vanished as quickly as it came. Even with his Kekkei Genkai awakened, Obito was still nothing in Sasori's eyes.

The Sharingan alone would change nothing!

Bzz!

The Chakra Threads on Sasori's ten fingers shuddered violently as he issued new commands to his five puppets.

The two main puppets at the front, Father and Mother, abruptly changed tactics. Abandoning their original attack routes, they lunged at Kakashi.

Metal blades flashed, and steel wires wove a dense net. One puppet attacked while the other defended, pinning Kakashi at the front of the battlefield so he could not break away to help.

The remaining three puppets turned together, closing in on the newly awakened Obito from three sides.

Poisoned needles and Explosive Tags stood ready overhead. Poisonous mist cut off his retreat, while a small