"You are..."
Kakashi Hatake's gaze trembled slightly.
Kakashi Hatake believed he hadn't met the mysterious masked man, yet felt an inexplicable familiarity, his brain freezing in an instant like it was hit by lightning, lingering on the impression of someone!
This intruder...
Looked too much like his childhood companion.
"Obito..."
Kakashi Hatake subconsciously murmured a sentence.
Painful memories that Kakashi Hatake once dared not recall burst forth like bamboo shoots after a rain, piercing through, from when he first met Uchiha Obito, to when they formed a team, until Uchiha Obito finally sacrificed himself and was buried by Kakashi's hands...
These past memories continually impacted his brain, stimulating his nerves, and the Uchiha boy who always wore a smile slowly froze in reality.
A young man around twenty years old.
Short, disheveled hair, a scar on his right cheek, a peculiar Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye; the left side of his face was intact, yet his left eye was an ordinary Sharingan.
Kakashi Hatake couldn't believe the person in front of him was his former comrade, because the person had two intact eyes, although they weren't quite symmetrical;
Yet, Kakashi Hatake dared not easily deny, because the appearance and profile of the person really resembled the young Uchiha Obito. If Uchiha Obito were still alive, he'd probably look just like this person at twenty...
"Damn brat..."
The mysterious masked man was still angry about his mask being removed!
He never thought that a kid could use a simple Wood Clone to directly crack the dojutsu of his revered Mangekyo Sharingan!
The mysterious masked man used the mask to disguise himself as a figure of great importance in the Ninja World, recruiting under that name...
After all...
The mysterious masked man's true identity...
Is just an insignificant nobody...
The Moon Eye Plan hadn't formally begun yet. Once his real identity is exposed, it'll severely impact his prestige, and even if he could use the power of Mangekyo Sharingan to resolve it, it would still stir up a lot of trouble...
While the mysterious masked man was greatly frustrated internally...
He again saw the utterly shocked face of Kakashi Hatake in front of him!
"Kakashi!"
The mysterious masked man looked at Kakashi Hatake, anger overtaking his expression, as he rose and kicked Kakashi Hatake in the chest, sending him flying!
A vine caught Kakashi Hatake!
Akihara Kagura seemed unaware, asking, "Captain Kakashi, do you know him? This person is from the Uchiha Clan, and every time I mentioned you, he would curse that you're useless. Is there some grudge between you two?"
"..."
Kakashi Hatake's hand was still trembling.
If Kakashi Hatake had some suspicions before, now he was almost certain. There's only one Uchiha entangled with his life.
"Should be, possibly..."
"A person I know..."
A drop of cold sweat slowly formed on Kakashi Hatake's forehead as he fixed his gaze on the face the mysterious masked man revealed, "Obito, it's you, isn't it?"
"Hmph..."
The mysterious masked man coldly snorted.
This figure known as Uchiha Obito had no choice but to accept the reality of his mask being unmasked, yet the fury in his heart grew even stronger!
"Recognized me, huh?"
"Kakashi..."
"If you still want to call me by that name, it doesn't matter..."
Uchiha Obito straightforwardly admitted his true identity, coldly continuing, "Anyway, to me, the story of that name is already in the past..."
"You're still alive..."
Kakashi Hatake stammered as he looked at the other person.
During the Third Ninja World War, Kakashi Hatake took Uchiha Obito and another comrade to carry out a mission, resulting in significant losses for their team...
Kakashi Hatake's eye was blinded by an enemy, and Uchiha Obito was buried under rocks, facing death. Before his end, Uchiha Obito gave one of his Sharingans to Kakashi Hatake, entrusting him to take care of their other comrade...
Clearly, back then at the Shinobi Bridge battlefield, Kakashi himself had buried Uchiha Obito. How is it he's now alive again?
Why wear a mask?
Where has he been all these years?
What has life been like for him during these years?
"Why..."
Kakashi Hatake's mind raced with many explanations, trembling as he asked, "Why didn't you return to the village since you survived..."
"Whether I lived or not is unimportant."
Uchiha Obito spread his hands, speaking indifferently, "But yes, you probably care most about such things, and if you must ask why..."
Uchiha Obito raised his arm, pointing at Kakashi Hatake, "Because you let Rin die!"
"..."
More cold sweat trickled down Kakashi Hatake's forehead.
Rin.
Nohara Rin.
Their other companion.
Kakashi Hatake found it hard to breathe.
At this moment, Kakashi Hatake finally understood why whenever Akihara Kagura mentioned him, Uchiha Obito would curse him as useless...
Uchiha Obito had entrusted him, on his deathbed, to take care of their other companion, Rin, yet Kakashi Hatake failed to care for her, neither leaving her to die...
Instead...
He had killed Rin with his own hands.
Kakashi Hatake recalled the haunted nightmare he awakened from at midnight, and the hand he could never wash clean...
Because that hand...
Had pierced through Rin's chest.
"Who is Rin?"
Akihara Kagura suddenly asked this question, looking between the two, seemingly clueless about the past, "So, Captain Kakashi didn't save the person named Rin, Uchiha Obito, why didn't you save Rin either since you survived?"
"Konoha ninjas are always late..."
Pain flashed in Uchiha Obito's eyes.
Konoha ninjas were always late, even the once fastest ninja in the world, Golden Flash Namikaze Minato...
Once a Konoha ninja, Uchiha Obito...
That day...
Was also late.
On the day he should never have been late in his life.
"It's my fault..."
Kakashi Hatake's voice was hoarse, trembling as he spoke, trying desperately to recount the truth.
"Rin, I..."
"You killed her."
Uchiha Obito coolly said what Kakashi Hatake struggled to speak.
Uchiha Obito caressed his eye socket, coldly continuing, "I saw it, you personally killed Rin..."
"At that time..."
"I thought I was in hell."
When Uchiha Obito arrived, he personally saw Kakashi kill Rin, seeing with his own eyes his most trusted friend kill the person he loved most!
"..."
Kakashi Hatake's heart sunk further, his lips trembling as he attempted to add something more, "At that time, Rin..."
"There's no need to explain, nor worry, I won't blame you anymore."
Maybe his anger subsided, Uchiha Obito's expression gradually calmed as he spoke, "If it had to be said, it's the world's fault..."
"Village, ninja, wars, dead Rin, you who killed Rin, and I, who survived, everything in this false world is a mistake!"