At the raised platform of Naka Shrine.
Kakashi knelt on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Obito.
It was Obito.
Uchiha Yao looked down at Kakashi from above.
"Now, do you believe it?"
Uchiha Yao's voice rang out.
"Since you already know the truth."
"Then there's no reason for this eye to remain in your socket."
Kakashi suddenly raised his head.
Take away... his eye?
"No..."
"This eye... Obito gave it to me!"
This was the last keepsake Obito had left him.
Uchiha Yao sneered disdainfully.
"Hatake Kakashi, you still haven't understood the situation."
"Uchiha Obito is a traitor to Konoha, a murderer who slaughtered its villagers, and a public enemy of the Uchiha Clan."
"His sins are too numerous to count."
"And yet you, Hatake Kakashi, possess the Sharingan he gave you."
"Do you think that's appropriate?"
"From the moment that eye was transplanted into you, it never belonged to you."
"It belongs to the Uchiha."
"Today, I merely came to reclaim what rightfully belongs to the Uchiha."
"Returning property to its rightful owner. Nothing more."
Kakashi's body shook violently.
Reason told him that Uchiha Yao was right.
But emotionally, he could not accept it.
He instinctively covered his left eye and shuffled backward, assuming a defensive stance.
"You can't do this!"
"This is my eye!"
"How ridiculous."
Uchiha Yao's gaze was filled with pity.
"Your eye?"
"Hatake Kakashi, haven't you felt it?"
"For all these years, this eye has been like an evil spirit parasitizing your body, devouring your Chakra every moment."
"It has left you chronically drained—no, it has kept your Chakra perpetually depleted."
"You call yourself the Copy Ninja and have copied over a thousand ninjutsu, but how many can you truly use as you please?"
"And in a proper battle, how long can you maintain