At this moment, Obito had already run back to the prison where Shikamaru and others were being held. He felt that as long as he held these few hostages in his hands, it meant that he had a layer of cards.
So Obito didn't leave these kids here, he wanted to take these kids and leave together.
Obito waved his hand casually.
The arm made of White Zetsu cells turned into flexible vines, binding all of Shikamaru and others who were unconscious.
Just as Obito was about to take these kids and flee from here, a sudden breaking sound made Obito's pupils shrink.
Obito instinctively dodged to the side, followed by several shurikens, almost brushing past his cheek.
Pupupupu——
Only to see one shuriken after another deeply inserted into the mountain wall next to the prison entrance, just a little bit short of hitting his vital parts of the body.
The expression on Obito's face was not good, he looked in the direction of the flying shuriken, and saw a figure rapidly approaching.
In less than two seconds, Obito saw the other's physical features. Although the guy's face was covered with a black mask, Obito still recognized him.
Seeing that man for a moment, Obito's ugly face became even uglier, and his fists were clenched.
"Hatake Kakashi!!!"
A name was squeezed out of Obito's mouth, it can be described as gnashing his teeth.
Kakashi jumped down from a big tree, landed steadily not far in front of Obito, the distance between the two was less than twenty meters.
The two just stared at each other across the air. Obito's mask only revealed one eye, and Kakashi's Sharingan was also covered by the forehead protector.
This resulted in the two of them being able to put together only one pair of eyes for the time being.
"Obito, we meet again."
The expression on Kakashi's face was extremely complex, seeing his former friend, now enemy, again, he didn't know what he really felt.
Kakashi only knew that he wanted Obito to turn back.
But he also knew better that everything Obito had done, no one had the right to forgive Obito on behalf of the victims.
Thinking of this, Kakashi slowly took a deep breath, his eyes flashed with a bit of determination: "Let them go, Obito! There is no need to involve these innocent children in the disputes between ninjas and pirates."
Obito, however, acted as if he hadn't heard this sentence, but instead questioned Kakashi with gritted teeth: "Kakashi! What exactly did you do to Rin? You bastard who desecrated the dead!"
This question made Kakashi stunned for a moment.
How did Obito know that he had met Rin?
Suppressing the doubt in his heart, Kakashi shook his head and responded: "I didn't do anything to Rin, it was Orochimaru who Edo Tensei her out, and I just talked to her."
"I talked about you, during my conversation with Rin."
Kakashi said with a complex expression: "Both I and Rin hope that you can return to your original self. Don't become the 'Uchiha Madara' that both of us find very strange."
He took a deep breath and continued: "Obito, if you turn back now, use your remaining life and your abilities to atone for your sins, I think it's still in time."
Upon hearing Kakashi's good words, Obito laughed.
He laughed very wildly, even a bit uncontrollably.
"Kakashi, how did you become so naive?" Obito, covering his mask, laughed wildly, one eye showing a bit of gloom: "You think I would believe your lies? I don't believe you haven't done anything to Rin! Do you think I would believe a guy who has a whole bookcase full of adult content at home?"
"Turn back? Atone? You're wrong, Kakashi! Everything I've done is for Rin! It's all for the Shinobi World! From beginning to end, I have lofty ideals. It's just that people like you always measure others by your own petty standards."
Obito spoke coldly, his voice rising a few levels: "I want to create a Shinobi World without war, without conflict, always maintaining peace! At the same time... I also want to create a world with Rin!"
"Anyone who stands in my way... no matter who it is, including you, Hatake Kakashi, I will kill them!"
Kakashi frowned, he said: "You've caused so many conflicts in the Shinobi World, but you say you want to create a peaceful Shinobi World, isn't that contradictory?"
"Also, Rin... although she has passed away. But she has always existed, she has never disappeared."
Kakashi took a deep breath, he felt that Obito was a bit delusional.
Seeing the four kids controlled by Obito, Kakashi's tone also cooled a few degrees: "You once saved me, I am very grateful to you. Precisely because of this, I must stop you even more. I don't want to see a former friend make one mistake after another."
"Also... the world you want to create is not a world where Rin is alive, you just want to create a world where Rin likes you!"
Kakashi's sharp criticism made Obito's laughing expression freeze on his face.
"Hmph,you are so sharp-tongued!"
Obito, with a cold face, controlled the four kids with one hand, and the other hand was forming a seal: "Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!!!"
He didn't hesitate to attack Kakashi in front of him, and a huge fireball spewed out of his mouth, with a diameter of more than ten meters.
When the fireball was about to engulf Kakashi completely, Obito, being rational, didn't linger, he turned around with the four kids and was about to leave this place.
But the next second, an unidentified object was thrown from a distance, falling from the sky and heavily hitting in front of Obito.
He was startled and hurriedly stopped.
Obito looked forward and found that it was a weapon.
It was one of the Seven Ninja Swords of Kirigakure Village, the great sword Samehada!
Samehada opened its big mouth and vomited Kisame's body out from inside.
Kisame slowly stood up, one hand holding the hilt of Samehada.
After hoisting Samehada up, he looked at Obito with a sneer on his face: "Long time no see, Uchiha Obito! Back then, you controlled the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, making the blood mist policy of Kirigakure Village more and more intense, what a good method!"
The next moment, a young and cold voice came from one side: "It was you who teamed up with that man and almost annihilated the Uchiha clan, right?"
Sasuke blocked Obito's left side.
"Shikamaru! Chouji! Lee! And... and..." Naruto's anxious voice sounded, but for a while, he couldn't remember Haruno Sakura's name.
After discovering that the four people had fainted, Naruto didn't bother to think too much, his eyes filled with anger: "You bastard! What did you do to them?"
Sasuke reminded from the side: "There's also one called Haruno Sakura, the girl with pink hair and a wide forehead, she's also our classmate."
"Uchiha Obito! You, who are also from the Uchiha clan, have teamed up with Uchiha Itachi to do such despicable things!" Uchiha Izumi also arrived.
She blocked Obito's right side, her crimson and eerie Three Tomoe Sharingan had already been activated.
Shisui also stood next to Uchiha Izumi, he sighed lightly: "What led the Uchiha to almost be destroyed was not others, but the Uchiha's own clan members... What's wrong with this ninja world?"
Obito, who was surrounded by the Whitebeard Pirates, inevitably felt a little flustered.
Because he was worried if Whitebeard, that man, would also be nearby?
The more critical point is... his Mangekyou Sharingan's weakness, the people of the Whitebeard Pirates actually knew about it.
This means that in battle... his abilities were at a disadvantage in terms of intelligence.
Of course, Obito was mainly worried about Whitebeard being here.
After all, Kamui's ability was too overpowered, so what if people knew his weakness?
Five minutes was enough for him to leave.
Obito stood still, his gaze swept over the people around him, and he snorted coldly: "It seems you really came for me, how did you know I was here?"
Kisame grinned, his sharp teeth showing a grimace: "Of course it's because you're unpopular, making your companions give up on you."
This sentence made Obito stunned.
His companions gave up on him?
What's going on?
What does it mean?
Could they be referring to Tobi?
Did Tobi betray him?
How is that possible!
Suddenly, Obito heard what seemed to be the sound of wings stirring the air.
He didn't care about the raindrops falling into his eyes, and looked up.
At this moment, Obito's pupils contracted.
He was completely unsettled.
"It's you!!!"
Konan created a pair of white wings with "Dance of the Shikigami", she gently flapped her wings, hovering directly above Obito.
The rain wetted Konan's hair, there was no change in her facial expression, only coldness.
Obito felt a sense of betrayal, his teeth almost shattered: "What do you mean? Have you forgotten our partnership?"
Until now, Obito was still speaking in a hoarse voice, imitating Uchiha Madara.
Because he thought, the Whitebeard Pirates knew his true identity, maybe this woman didn't know?
But Konan's words shattered Obito's hopes: "It was you who deceived us from the beginning, I'm just returning the favor."
Konan looked down at Obito, her face expressionless: "You're not Uchiha Madara, you're just a person called Uchiha Obito."
Obito clenched his fists, wishing he could kill Konan right now.
Wait!
He thought of a very bad possibility - if the Akatsuki betrayed him, does that mean the Akatsuki and the Whitebeard Pirates are going to join forces to kill him?
Now he was surrounded by the Whitebeard Pirates and a Konan.
But in a while, wouldn't the people from the Akatsuki also come?
Thinking of this possibility, Obito's annoyed expression became extremely wonderful.
He felt as if the whole world had betrayed him.
"Obito, you have nowhere left to retreat. The world of the shinobi no longer has a place for you," Kakashi said solemnly. "You've been manipulating the conflicts in the shinobi world for so long, it's time to stop."
The Great Fireball Jutsu that Obito just used naturally couldn't hurt Kakashi.
"If I can't persuade you, perhaps Rin can."
Kakashi was still bound by the friendship of the past.
He wanted to use some gentle means to persuade Obito.
"I learned this technique from Orochimaru," Kakashi took a deep breath, his hands quickly forming seals, until he slammed one palm heavily on the ground: "Ninja Art: Edo Tensei Technique!!!"
The so-called learning was to let Orochimaru perform this technique.
With Kakashi's Three Tomoe Sharingan, he could replicate it with just one look.
The next second.
An object shaped like a coffin rose from the ground. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the coffin lid fell with a bang. A girl's figure slowly appeared inside the coffin.
This scene.
Made Obito tremble all over.
Because...
The face of the girl in the coffin was incredibly familiar to Obito, his trembling voice almost blurted out: "...Rin?!"
The girl slowly opened her eyes, they were a pair of eyes completely different from a living person, and the surface of her skin also faintly had the unique cracks of Edo Tensei, she was Nohara Rin!
The moment Nohara Rin opened her eyes, she saw Obito wearing a mask.
Rin was stunned.
She turned her head and found that it was Kakashi who had resurrected her.
She also saw a circle of people around her.
If she remembered correctly, these people were all the adopted sons and daughters of Mr. Whitebeard, right?
Because the memory of the last Edo Tensei still remained in Nohara Rin's consciousness, so Nohara Rin recognized Kisame and others.
"Kakashi, what's going on?" Nohara Rin asked curiously.
Kakashi took two steps forward and stood next to Rin.
He calmed his thoughts, then said to Rin: "Rin, that man who is wearing a mask... is Obito."
Nohara Rin: "!!!"
She looked at Obito in front of her with an incredulous gaze, Rin's tone was somewhat astonished: "Obito? Is it really you? How... why are you wearing a mask?"
Obito was silent.
He slowly reached out to hold his mask and took off the mask on his face.
Since everyone knew his identity, there was no need for the mask under this circumstance.
Half of Obito's face was incredibly familiar in Rin's memory.
But the other half of Obito's face was somewhat unfamiliar.
Rin's eyes widened a bit: "It's really you! Obito! Kakashi didn't lie to me, you're really still alive!"
Obito casually threw the mask away, he ignored the people of the Whitebeard Pirates, and wanted to say to Rin: "Rin, I..."
Before Obito could finish his words, he was questioned by Rin's soul: "Obito, Kakashi told me everything about you. Did you really do those things? Have you really changed so thoroughly?"
Obito opened his mouth, the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them at all.
His silence was actually a kind of default.
Nohara Rin's expression dimmed, she said: "Obito... you shouldn't be like this. Maybe... maybe it's my fault, I didn't lead you on the right path."
"Rin, it has nothing to do with you, don't say it's your fault!" Obito finally spoke.
Obito gritted his teeth and said: "It's the world's fault! It's Kakashi's fault! If it wasn't for the war back then, if it wasn't for Kakashi killing you..."
"Obito! Kakashi didn't kill me!" Nohara Rin immediately corrected: "I chose to die by Kakashi's hand! Because only in this way, the Three Tails inside me wouldn't lose control. Only in this way, the Tailed Beast inside me wouldn't destroy the village."
"Obito, I know that the words of a dead person like me are of no use..."
Nohara Rin tried to persuade Obito, "But I still hope that you can return to your original self. That version of you... is the Uchiha Obito I know!"
"Heh... haha! Rin, I'm sorry. I can't go back, and I can't turn back." Obito chose to laugh and shake his head resolutely under Rin's astonished gaze.
Obito said, "I want to create a peaceful world, I want to create a shinobi world where you are still alive, this is my lifelong pursuit. Even if you try to stop me, I won't turn back."
Rin didn't know what to say.
The Obito in front of her really made her feel very strange.
That selfishness, that obsession, that posture of being the only sober one among the drunk, could not be equated with the Obito in her memory.
Seeing such an Obito, Nohara Rin had to admit at this moment that people might really become another person over time and with some experiences.
Rin couldn't help but purse her lips, she looked straight into Obito's eyes, "Obito, I want to ask you a few questions, can you answer me?"
Obito nodded.
"Kakashi said... Minato-sensei and Kushina-sensei, died in a chaos called 'Nine-Tails Chaos', many people died in the village at that time. And, Kakashi also said, this chaos was probably caused by you."
Nohara Rin asked with a complex expression, "Can you tell me this is not true? Can you tell me this is false?"
Obito was silent for a few seconds, he said, "It's true."
If the person questioning him was Kakashi, Obito would lie without blinking an eye.
But facing Rin at that moment, Obito found that he couldn't tell a lie.
Even though they were already mentally prepared, but the moment they learned the truth from Obito's mouth, Nohara Rin and Kakashi... were still struck by lightning.
"It seems that the big fox didn't lie to me, it really is you." Naruto clenched his fist.
The one who made him isolated and bullied by the entire village, the one who made him an orphan.
In addition to the Third Hokage, there is also this Uchiha Obito.
"Obito..." Nohara Rin's voice was a bit choked and trembling, "Minato-sensei, is your teacher! Kushina-sensei, also took care of you in many ways!"
"What have you done? Why did you do this?"
Obito was silent again for a few seconds, "Because of hatred, because of revenge. I hate Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina, Hatake Kakashi, and I also hate the village. Because, they didn't protect you."
"It's to weaken the power of Konohagakure village, to intensify the conflict between Konohagakure and Uchiha, and to use this to firm my determination to embark on this road of no return..."
Just as Obito was still speaking, he found that Rin was walking towards him.
Slap!!!
A sudden crisp slap made Obito stand still on the spot, his head even turned to one side.
He looked at Rin, who was two heads shorter than him, with disbelief in his one eye.
"I'm sorry, I did something extra. I don't want to... see your face anymore!"
Rin bit her lower lip, the body of Edo Tensei made her unable to shed a tear.
She was completely disappointed in Obito.
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