"Obito, what were you thinking just now!"
Minato Namikaze looked sternly at Uchiha Obito.
Kakashi was almost a whisker away from having his throat pierced.
If it weren't for Minato's speed, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Kakashi, are you alright!"
Rin hurried to Kakashi's side to check his wound.
Left out in the cold, Obito stood foolishly in place.
"I... I was just..."
Obito looked at his trembling hands.
It was because of the memories from before, and the memories of Kakashi in the Kamui dimension.
This had resonated with him, causing him to almost lose control and kill Kakashi.
"I... I'm sorry, Kakashi."
Obito looked at Kakashi with deep apology.
"This is what real combat should be like, otherwise you'll still think it's just a game of make-believe."
Kakashi shook off Rin's hand and walked up to Obito: "Let's go again."
For some reason, Obito suddenly froze.
In Kakashi, he seemed to see the most tragic side.
Perhaps no one knew that Kakashi was the one who had suffered the most.
His father was forced to death by Konoha, yet he had to stay in the village and endure everyone's mockery.
"Mhm..."
"I'll be careful this time..."
Obito picked up his kunai and said solemnly.
"Tch, I was careless last time, but not necessarily this time!"
Time flew by.
Obito quickly obtained the title of Jonin.
As did Kakashi.
In their three-person team, only Rin remained a Chunin.
The day of the Kannabi Bridge battle finally arrived.
Obito looked resolutely at the kunai in his hand: "This time, I won't lose you two again."
But fate is often ironic.
When they faced off against the four ninjas from Iwagakure – Mazui, Hono, Dai’ishi, and Sumashi –
They happened to encounter reinforcements from their village, led by Higashi’s dead.
The three were pushed to the brink of desperation.
At the critical moment, that giant rock still came crashing down.
However, this time, it was Kakashi who pushed Obito away.
Boom!
The rolling stone fell, kicking up layers of dust.
Obito instantly broke down in tears: "Kakashi!!!"
This scene deeply stimulated his mind.
At this moment, a hint of scarlet flashed in his eyes.
The Sharingan with two tomoe slowly appeared.
"If I could do it all over again, I would still choose to push you away..."
"Obito, perhaps I was always meant to die..."
"Because my father's death had a profound impact on me..."
"I am not a cold-blooded person... I am just... just too lonely..."
The cave collapsed.
Debris completely buried Kakashi.
Obito, in despair, pulled Rin and leaped out.
From then on, upon returning to Konoha, Obito lost his former smile.
On that rainy night, he and Rin fell into an enemy ambush at the same time.
Obito fought desperately with a kunai in his hand, but the enemy numbers only grew.
Rin, watching from behind, looked painfully at the battle-scarred Obito, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Rin, I will absolutely not let you get hurt!"
Obito shielded Rin and was repeatedly pierced in the chest by enemy kunai.
The rain poured down on him, blood dripping into the earth and staining the surrounding roses red.
"Please don't continue... I beg you... Obito..."
Rin knelt on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably.
She knew that with Obito's abilities, escaping alone would be easy.
Yet, solely for her protection, he was now so grievously wounded.
Thump.
Obito half-knelt on the ground, gasping for air.
Rin came to his side and slowly squatted down: "It's no use..."
"I can't escape anymore, you leave alone."
Obito, enduring the pain, slightly raised his right hand to touch Rin's cheek: "Giving up on you is like giving up on myself."
Rin was already sobbing uncontrollably and suddenly threw herself into Obito's arms, weeping.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, Obito felt Rin in his arms go limp.
He trembled as he looked at Rin's chest.
A kunai had pierced her heart, the very one he held in his hand.
At this moment, the world seemed to stand still, his vision filled only with a crimson hue.
"Rin!!!"
He hugged Rin's body and shook her violently, tears and snot streaming down his face.
Then, he threw his head back and wailed in despair.
"Why!"
"Why, even if I start over, does it end like this!"
"Why!"
Suddenly, everything around him disappeared once more.
Sūmù appeared before Obito.
Seeing Sūmù, Obito tearfully hugged Sūmù's ankle: "Please, let me try again! Just once!"
"I beg you! Mr. Sūmù! Please!"
Sūmù sighed and helped Obito up: "No matter how many times you start over, the outcome will be the same."
"Your eyes have not seen the truth of things, and you are enduring double the pain."
"However."
Saying this, Sūmù lightly waved his folding fan.
Instantly, a scene appeared before Obito.
It was the meticulously orchestrated plan by Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
They had captured Rin, implanted the Three-Tails into her body,
And placed a cursed seal on Rin's heart. The principle of the seal was that Rin could not harm herself.
To protect Konoha from destruction, she had willingly chosen to die by Kakashi's Chidori.
This was the true reason for Rin's death.
Obito shook his head in disbelief: "No... it can't be..."
Sūmù waved his folding fan again: "The choice is yours now, Obito."
"If you choose to save Rin now, you will have to face Uchiha Madara directly."
"With your abilities at that time, you had no chance of winning."
"But you can wear this."
As he spoke, Sūmù produced a Zetsu mask from his sleeve.
"If you wear this, you will gain the power to defeat Uchiha Madara, but after Rin is saved, she will forget you."
"Not only Rin, but the entire Konoha village, the ninja world, everyone will forget your existence."
"And you will wander forever in the hidden corners of the ninja world."
Obito looked at the Zetsu mask in Sūmù's hand and took a deep breath.
He could save Rin, but everyone would forget him.
For anyone, this was undoubtedly the most agonizing choice.
But Obito suddenly laughed.
The scenes from the story "A Chinese Odyssey" kept replaying in his mind.
When the Great Sage wore the golden fillet.
When he himself put on the mask.
"Then let them forget, anyway, I was never that important to them..."
Obito slowly put on the tiger mask.
At this moment, his body regained immense power.
He walked towards Rin step by step. Every ten steps he took, his mask changed, evolving into new forms.
The Zetsu mask, the tiger mask, the Uzumaki mask.
By the time he reached Rin, his body had undergone a complete transformation.
His former power had returned, and the three-tomoe white mask appeared on his face.
With a wave of his hand, all the ninjas around were instantly annihilated.
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