At this point, Obito Uchiha was ultimately just a teenage boy.
Even with his obsession with protecting Rin Nohara, he still seemed somewhat feeble before the Ten-Tails' almost limitless malice.
And so.
Every time Obito Uchiha's consciousness verged on sinking into oblivion, Six Paths Obito's genjutsu forcibly pulled him into an illusion constructed with [Tsukuyomi].
Those were fragments of his memories as a boy.
The three members of Team Minato: Kakashi, Rin, and himself, the boy determined to become Hokage.
Though those memories did not bring him much strength, they preserved the foundation of Obito Uchiha's sense of self.
"I'll protect Rin... This is... this is a pact I made with myself!"
Obito Uchiha gritted his teeth and, within his mental world, faced the Ten-Tails' ancient, savage consciousness with his own will.
His body endured the agony of being torn apart inch by inch, while his mind struggled back and forth on the brink of destruction.
With the help of Six Paths Obito and his own will, Obito Uchiha was not devoured by the Ten-Tails. Instead, he gradually suppressed and tamed the power coming from it.
Obito Uchiha's figure slowly rose from the shattered black sphere.
Though he had not yet fully mastered the Ten-Tails' power, even a fraction of it caused some changes in Obito Uchiha's body.
His skin took on a pallid gray-white hue, his short black hair flew wildly, and five jet-black scales grew from his back. Black tomoe appeared here and there across his body, while only incomplete fragments of the Six Paths robe manifested. Several black Truth-Seeking Orbs floated haphazardly behind him, not yet forming an orderly ring.
The Ten-Tails' will still roared and tore at him from within. Obito's consciousness swayed repeatedly between himself and the Ten-Tails, his eyes sometimes clear, sometimes filled with