Just as Kakashi thought Obito had died by his hand, he saw that the place pierced by his Lightning Blade was hollow. Not even blood flowed out.
Facing the stunned Kakashi, Obito said calmly, "My heart is long gone. But you were right about one thing. Since Rin is still alive, there really is no need for me to destroy this world. There are things I want to do, too."
Kakashi asked instinctively, "What do you want to do?"
"Make up for my mistakes." Obito's gaze was frightening as he asked, "Kakashi, do you remember what I said when I gave you my Sharingan?"
"I do. Protect Rin."
"But you failed. This time, don't break your promise again. Otherwise, even in death, I won't forgive you."
With those final words, Obito turned intangible and left the Kamui Dimension.
Outside, large numbers of the Allied Shinobi Forces entered the Four Red Yang Formation to fight the Ten-Tails at close quarters. Unfortunately, they achieved very little, and quite a few even fell in pools of blood.
Even Naruto's Wind Release combined with Sasuke's Amaterasu failed to inflict much damage on the Ten-Tails.
Kikyo, who had been watching the battle all along, could clearly sense the Ten-Tails' condition. Faced with the Allied Forces' attacks, it was merely responding on instinct and had not gotten serious at all. As time passed, the power within it only grew stronger. Continuing like this would accomplish nothing.
"It looks like we'll have to wait for Dad to break free before we can deal with this thing." Kikyo had an inexplicable confidence in Anyo.
Obito sat atop the Ten-Tails' head and formed hand seals, and a connection began to form between him and the Ten-Tails.
"This is bad." Hashirama was the first to notice something wrong and called