The moment the name "Obito Uchiha" left Shengu Xuan's mouth, a crack split across Obito's mask with a sharp snap!
The entire world seemed to freeze at that moment.
"O... Obito?"
Standing behind Shengu Xuan, Kakashi shuddered as though struck by lightning!
His one remaining dull eye widened as far as it could, fixed on the masked man. His body shook violently with utter shock and disbelief.
"No... impossible... Obito... he's dead! I saw it myself..."
"Saw him crushed to death by a boulder, right?"
Shengu Xuan interrupted Kakashi without looking back. His eyes, flickering with a dark purple glow, studied the Sharingan beneath the mask with interest. It had already turned scarlet.
"Kakashi, you're still so naive. In the world of shinobi, is what you see with your own eyes necessarily true?"
"You!!!"
Obito's body trembled violently.
The identity he had hidden for over a decade, the mask he had put on to abandon his past, the plan he had believed flawless-in that moment, Shengu Xuan tore them all to pieces in the cruelest, most direct way possible!
"Who... are you?! Why do you know all this?!"
Obito's voice was no longer the aged, hoarse imitation of Madara Uchiha's voice. It had returned to his original youthful voice, filled with endless fury and hatred!
"Who am I?"
Shengu Xuan laughed with utter arrogance and contempt.
"I am the absolute power that self-important schemers like you will never understand."
"Not only do I know you're Obito Uchi-
"-ha, I also know you did all this for that girl named Rin Nohara."
"I also know that the real Madara Uchiha saved you and staged a little performance, letting you watch Kakashi drive his Lightning Blade through Rin's heart."
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut your mouth!!!"
Obito went completely mad!
Shengu Xuan