He still wore his Anbu mask, but the expression beneath it no longer held its usual composure.
Senior Kakashi...
Just then.
The space ahead suddenly rippled.
Uchiha Itachi's pupils abruptly contracted. Almost instinctively, he drew a kunai and hurled it toward the center of the vortex.
But the kunai passed through empty air.
A figure slowly emerged from the vortex.
An orange spiral mask, a pitch-black robe, and a single eye devoid of any emotion.
The S-rank missing-nin, the Mysterious Masked Man!
Although the mask was different.
Uchiha Itachi still recognized him at a glance through that mysterious Space-Time Ninjutsu.
"We meet again."
Obito Uchiha maintained his previous aged voice and immediately spoke the name of the younger member of his clan standing opposite him.
"Uchiha Itachi."
It was indeed a meeting "again."
Uchiha Itachi drew another kunai and gripped it tightly, his [Three-Tomoe Sharingan] fixed on the man, not daring to let his guard slip in the slightest.
Compared with the others in the clan.
Uchiha Itachi might have encountered the "Mysterious Masked Man" even earlier.
It had happened two or three years ago.
That year, Uchiha Itachi had graduated from the Ninja Academy and left the village on a mission with his companions, only to unexpectedly encounter the Mysterious Masked Man.
The man had killed all his teammates, sparing only him.
It was only after that battle that the eight-year-old Uchiha Itachi awakened his [Sharingan].
"No need to be so nervous."
There was a hint of mockery in Obito Uchiha's voice.
"If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead."
Uchiha Itachi's pupils contracted slightly as he stared intently at him.
"Who... exactly are you?"
"Who I am doesn't matter."
Obito Uchiha began walking slowly toward Uchiha Itachi.
"What matters is who you are."
Uchiha Itachi