Shinji raised an eyebrow. "Is it time?"
On the ground, relief and gratitude filled Black Zetsu's eyes. "Obito! Pull yourself together! Rin is watching you!"
BOOM—
A wave of Chakra erupted. Obito Uchiha slowly straightened, his earlier hesitation gone. His face turned ice-cold.
"That's right..."
"Rin is still watching me. I can't let her down... I can't! This broken world deserves to pay for its mistakes! All I'm doing is setting things right. Rin will understand!"
"Everyone has the right to Eternal Peace."
"And I..."
"Will make it happen myself!!!"
Clap!
In the sky, Obito Uchiha pressed his palms together again, his expression solemn. "Divine Forest World Emergence!!!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble—
In an instant, the trembling earth split into chasms. Thick branches of the God Tree spread like writhing dragons, the Ten-Tails' roar shook the clouds, and its scarlet Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan mirrored the crimson moon.
Obito Uchiha stood high in the sky, looking down at Shinji Uchiha, who still sat cross-legged in midair.
"You... will pay for your arrogance!"
"..."
Shinji neither agreed nor disagreed. He merely touched the rim of his eye socket, an inscrutable smile tugging at his lips. "Maybe. But... it's time. In every sense, I've prepared everything..."
Somewhere in the Land of Fire.
"Huh? Why... why am I suddenly here?"
"What happened..."
"I was just in the village!"
On the vast plains of the Land of Fire, the packed crowd made enough noise to raise the roof.
Everyone wondered what had happened.
None of them knew why they had suddenly appeared somewhere unfamiliar.
Among the crowd,
Uchiha Mikoto held Sasuke's hand and looked around, bewildered. "Huh? Where are we?"
Sasuke, however, looked thoughtful. "That Chakra just now felt like Big Brother Shinji's..."
"But where is Big Brother Shinji?"
"Mom..."
Uchiha Itachi pushed through the crowd.