"Obito..."
The two were far apart.
Obito Uchiha could not hear Kakashi Hatake's words.
But Mei Terumi, standing beside him, heard them clearly. Her gaze shifted back and forth between Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha.
The Fifth Mizukage looked calm, but her heart was already in her throat.
Uchiha Minamoto said Kakashi Hatake could hold Obito Uchiha off!
Is that really true?!
I'm going to die, I'm going to die!
Uchiha Minamoto, hurry up and get here!
Just then.
Obito Uchiha suddenly deactivated his Susanoo, and his body landed back on the ground.
Seeing this, Kakashi Hatake stepped forward without hesitation.
In the end, less than five meters separated them.
For ninja, that practically counted as being face-to-face!
"That's right..."
Kakashi Hatake looked at the scarred face opposite him, his eyes full of mixed feelings.
"It really is you, Obito."
"Hmph... still calling me by that name?"
Obito Uchiha looked coldly at the white-haired man opposite him.
"Suit yourself. It means nothing to me anyway."
Scenes from the Battle of Kannabi Bridge flashed through Kakashi Hatake's mind, and a thousand thoughts swirled through his head.
"You're still alive..."
"Back then, you..."
"Why did you..."
Kakashi Hatake spoke in disjointed fragments, with neither beginning nor end.
At that moment, there was not a trace of the bearing an elite jonin should have.
"Whether I'm still alive doesn't matter at all."
Obito Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan slowly turned.
"But if you insist on an answer-
"Then it's...
"You stood by and let Rin die."
Rin...
Rin Nohara...
The instant he heard that name, Kakashi Hatake's pupils contracted sharply, and his body swayed involuntarily several times.
"Obito... I..."
"Heh, heh."
Obito Uchiha suddenly chuckled twice, the twisted scars on his face becoming even more hideous with that smile.
"Kakashi, don't make that face."
"...Obito."