Apart from his teammate Uchiha Itachi, no one else paid much attention to Haku's death.
Obito Uchiha had originally been no different. He had been on the outskirts of the battlefield, watching the fighting close at hand without any intention of intervening.
But as Obito watched, Uchiha Itachi suddenly covered his eyes, which were streaming bloody tears, and fell to his knees after killing Hōzuki Sakuya. He did not get up for a long time.
His swaying body even looked as though it might collapse at any moment.
The sight gave Obito quite a fright!
Uchiha Itachi could die, but not here, and not now!
So, upon realizing something was wrong, Obito immediately intervened and finished off all the remaining Mist Ninja before leaving with Uchiha Itachi, who had yet to recover.
Of course, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata, was taken along as well.
As for Haku's body, Obito did not bother with it at all.
In his view, there was nothing wrong with Haku, who came from Kirigakure, dying in the Land of Water anyway.
In truth, Obito could hardly be blamed for being heartless. He simply harbored too much hatred toward Kirigakure's ninja.
Although Madara Uchiha had orchestrated Rin Nohara's death from behind the scenes, Kirigakure's Anbu Ninja had indeed been involved.
Besides, Obito knew perfectly well why Haku had served the Akatsuki!
After Zabuza Momochi died, Haku had never intended to go on living, let alone work for the Akatsuki.
But at the time, Nagato and Konan both felt that Haku, with his Ice Release kekkei genkai, was more worth cultivating than Zabuza Momochi.
So, to recruit Haku and make him serve the Akatsuki more wholeheartedly, Nagato promised him that once the plan to collect the tailed beasts was complete, he would help resurrect Zabuza Momochi as Haku's