Zhou Cheng shook his head helplessly. How naive.
"Do you know a place called the Land of Waves?"
Obito froze for a moment. Where was that?
He shook his head.
"It's just a small island nation!"
"It's a place even shinobi don't want to visit."
"Everyone there is an ordinary person!"
"Do you think that makes things fair? That it means there won't be any war?"
"The people there suffer oppression year after year."
"The person oppressing them is an ordinary person too. He simply has an enormous amount of money!"
"All those bandits and thugs gather under him and work for him!"
"Is that the kind of country you want?"
"If we were all ordinary people and suffered oppression, what would we have to fight back with?"
Obito froze. He had never considered that question.
Just as Zhou Cheng said, if everyone were ordinary people, what would they do when faced with oppression?
Seeing Obito's expression soften, Zhou Cheng struck while the iron was hot.
"The strong prey on the weak. That's the rule of this world!"
"No one can escape that rule!"
"The world of Tsukuyomi is an illusion to begin with. Every dream has to end someday!"
"Your Mangekyo Sharingan's dōjutsu is Kamui. That shows you want to escape rather than face reality!"
"That's what led to everything that happened afterward."
"Wake up! You're a man who wanted to become Hokage!"
Those words struck Obito like a bolt of lightning!
His original dream!
Hokage!
Had I forgotten?
What am I doing?
Obito became as still as a wooden statue.
He stood rooted to the spot, making no other move.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
A figure appeared beside Obito and drove a hand straight through his chest.
Then the figure retreated swiftly. Vast amounts of chakra poured