Faced with the scene before him, Obito Uchiha felt torn. On one side stood a ninja from his clan; on the other lay his duty as a member of the Konoha Military Police Force.
But Obito did not have to wrestle with that dilemma for long, because Makoto Uchiha turned around the moment he heard his voice.
Through the mask's eyeholes, a pair of spinning Mangekyō Sharingan radiated a sinister aura right before Obito's eyes.
"Mangekyō Sharingan!!!"
How could Obito fail to recognize those eyes? Yet it was precisely because he recognized them that his heart filled with shock.
As far as Obito knew, the only member of the Uchiha Clan who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan was their clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku.
But this masked ninja was clearly not Uchiha Fugaku. Whoever he was, Obito knew his top priority was to get out of there immediately!
The Uchiha Clan's bloodline imposed an inherent hierarchy. Three tomoe could never defeat the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito understood that much.
An ordinary jonin facing a top-tier fighter might still manage to exchange a few blows if he had an advantage in elemental affinity or fighting style.
But Uchiha ninja were different. Higher-level Sharingan possessed an innate advantage over lower-level Sharingan.
The two-tomoe Sharingan countered the one-tomoe Sharingan, and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan countered the two-tomoe Sharingan, let alone the ultimate eyes of clan legend.
Especially now, when Obito had personally witnessed this masked man murder an ANBU ninja.
Obito knew that if he did not run now, he might lose even the chance to escape.
But before Obito Uchiha could take more than a couple of steps, vines suddenly sprouted from the ground and wrapped around his ankles.
"Damn it, I'm caught in a genjutsu."
The vines around his ankles startled Obito. His