The moment that voice rang out, everything seemed to have been paused.
The raindrops all around stopped falling, and the wounds that had still been bleeding no longer bled.
At the sound of that voice, Obito Uchiha's eyes twitched sharply.
The voice was rather familiar, yet it felt as though he had not heard it in a very long time.
He slowly turned his head, and a very familiar face came into view.
"Sō... Sō... Sōkū?" Obito Uchiha stared fixedly at Sōkyū Hatake as though he had seen a ghost.
Yes, standing before Obito Uchiha was none other than Sōkyū Hatake!
But he had not seen Sōkyū Hatake in a year and a half, and had even heard long ago that Sōkyū Hatake was dead. This sudden encounter left Obito Uchiha struggling to process it.
Had I... already reached the world after death?
So... this was heaven?
No!
Looking at Rin Nohara in his arms, Obito Uchiha immediately rejected that thought.
If this place really was heaven, why was Rin Nohara still a cold corpse in my arms?!
This world!
Was not real!
"Were you watching from the sidelines this whole time?" Obito Uchiha asked haltingly.
"Of course. I was already here before you arrived." Sōkyū Hatake nodded in agreement.
"Then... then why didn't you save... save Rin?" Obito Uchiha stammered. This was what he wanted to ask.
Because he knew that with Sōkyū Hatake's strength, he could certainly have saved Rin Nohara immediately.
But Sōkyū Hatake had not. He had even watched intently as Rin Nohara ran in front of Kakashi Hatake's Lightning Blade herself.
At the thought of this, the anger in Obito Uchiha's heart began to rise. He gently laid Rin Nohara down, then walked toward Sōkyū Hatake step by step, his eyes filled with anger.
"Why