Meanwhile.
Inside Rin Nohara's tent.
"O... Obito, is this... really all right? Separating your body and... and soul like this, won't something happen to you?"
Rin Nohara sat nervously on her bed, her head lowered as she communicated mentally with an unseen figure.
"Nothing will happen. There's something inside my body that absolutely must not appear in your world. Once it appears, it'll immediately draw something's attention.
"So... for now, I can only leave my body in the Kamui Dimension. As for my soul... I'll have to trouble you, Rin. Don't worry, I'll pay rent."
A raspy voice sounded behind Rin Nohara. Though hoarse, it held an indescribable tenderness.
"Something that absolutely must not appear? What is it? Is it what made you like this?"
Rin Nohara found that a little strange. She turned to glance at Obito floating behind her, curiosity and a trace of heartache in her eyes.
To end up like this... Obito must have suffered so much.
"Yeah. You can think of it as me becoming a Tailed Beast Jinchūriki, like Uzumaki... like the boss lady. It's just that this Tailed Beast... is a little special, so I ended up like this. Pretty ugly, right...? Sorry I scared you."
The adult Obito Uchiha spoke in a low voice in his soul form. Given the choice, he would not have wanted to learn those things only after accepting this power, either. It was just... too late.
He could only blame his Kamui for being too low-level, taking so long to connect to the other Kamui Dimensions.
But... at least he had seen Rin again.
*"A Tailed Beast Jinchūriki? Then you must have become really strong, right, Obito? As for how you look now? I actually think you look pretty handsome. You just look so pale, paler than