Chapter 612: Naruto Meets Obito
"What does this mean?"
Obito was confused.
Suddenly, Obito slapped his palm.
He understood.
Could this be a beginner's gift package the system had given him after restarting?
After all, the Obito of this world had also had half his body crushed by a boulder, just like in the real shinobi world, and had lost an important function.
And this second world was obviously far easier than the first.
That meant the first world was specifically designed to target and restrict him.
The second world was already starting to get better.
He even had an enhanced version of Kamui now, so getting a beginner's gift package would make perfect sense.
Thinking of this, Obito reached out, preparing to install it on himself.
Although the installation was only fake within this illusionary world, at least it could fill the emptiness in his heart and give him some confidence.
However...
"Why can't I take it off? Did I misunderstand?"
Obito fell into confusion once again.
Because the difference between the two worlds was so great, Obito couldn't figure out what was happening for a while. Thus, he temporarily transformed into a little girl picking mushrooms.
Meanwhile.
Naruto, who was preparing to head home, suddenly stumbled.
Naruto was confused too.
What was going on?
Hadn't he received a punishment?
He had already prepared himself for the possibility that he would never be able to use Sage Mode again.
But what was happening now?
Had the sensation from when he touched it earlier simply been delayed?
Or could it be...
Naruto suddenly thought of something and raised his hand, creating two Shadow Clones.
He discovered that the system's punishment he had received could not be circumvented.
Even the "Stick" belonging to his Shadow Clones had become permanently intangible.
But strangely, one of the Shadow Clones suddenly regained its sense of touch.
Even stranger, only his main body and that one Shadow Clone could feel it. The other Shadow Clone couldn't feel anything.
What kind of principle was this?
Naruto pondered for a long time before his eyes suddenly lit up.
It wasn't because he had figured out the reason.
It was because he had entered Sage Mode!
He suddenly realized that the Naruto of this world did not possess the Uzumaki clan's bloodline, so the physical strength of his human body was no different from that of an ordinary person.
On top of that, he had often been bullied as a child, had been subjected to aluba(having his crotch rubbed against poles), and had been flicked and poked by others, so he entered Sage Mode very quickly. Unlike in the real world, he didn't need to use Shadow Clones to stack his sensory perception first.
"So that's how it is. It's that masked man, Kakashi-Sensei's best buddy, Uchiha Obito!"
After entering Sage Mode, Naruto used his chakra to sense Obito's location.
It was just like in the original story, when Naruto sensed Nagato through the chakra of Pain's black receiver rod.
Naruto had lost track of the masked man earlier, but he unexpectedly had another chance to find him now.
He absolutely couldn't waste this opportunity.
Naruto immediately set off, speeding in the direction indicated by his sensory perception.
Along the way, in order to throw the masked man off guard, Naruto directly used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and created two thousand Shadow Clones.
At the same time, inside the Kamui dimension, Obito witnessed a horrifying sight.
As for exactly what kind of sight it was, use your imagination.
In any case, Obito became certain that this was definitely not some kind of beginner's gift package.
It might even be a curse.
Obito felt as though he were staring directly at an eldritch god.
Eldritch gods usually had many mouths, or many tentacles, or many eyes.
This eldritch god, well... it was the same.
It had a lot of "Stick".
"Not good!"
Naruto, who was rushing toward Obito's location, suddenly changed expression.
He received the memories transmitted by his Shadow Clones and learned that Obito had already recovered inside the Kamui dimension.
After recovering, Obito believed that some unknown evil god had invaded his Kamui dimension and had already begun drawing his sword to clean it out.
It was one thing if the Shadow Clones were eliminated.
But what if Obito accidentally cleaned out his main body too?
Wouldn't that mean he would...
Naruto knew there was no time.
He had to think of another way.
Naruto, who had just left the village, immediately changed direction and ran back toward Konoha.
He sprinted all the way to Kakashi's house, kicked the door open, and startled Kakashi and Yamato inside.
"Kakashi-Sensei, quickly, use your Mangekyō ability on me! There's no time! Hurry!"
Naruto shouted anxiously at Kakashi.
Kakashi was quite loyal.
Even though he had already exhausted a huge amount of chakra from all the intense physical activity, and the Kakashi of this world had never had some kind-hearted person feed him Hashirama cells, he still chose to decisively use Kamui to repay Naruto.
"All right, Naruto. Stand a little closer. I can't see you clearly."
After Naruto moved closer, Kakashi used Kamui without hesitation.
Then, because he had expended a huge amount of ocular power and chakra, he passed out.
And this was despite the Nine-Tails chakra Naruto had given him.
The amount of Nine-Tails chakra Naruto had originally given him wasn't much to begin with. After all, it wasn't meant for combat. It was merely to put a layer of Nine-Tails buff on Kakashi so that Yamato would become obsessed with him.
After Kakashi used Kamui, this layer of Nine-Tails chakra was instantly exhausted as well.
Yamato regained consciousness and looked around in confusion.
Seeing Kakashi unconscious, Yamato sighed.
Since he had already come all the way here, he couldn't possibly let himself have been tormented by Kakashi for nothing, right?
Inside the Kamui dimension.
Obito was swinging his sword, cutting through the tangled threads of affection, when Naruto suddenly appeared.
The moment Naruto appeared, he dispelled all his other Shadow Clones.
So Obito immediately noticed him.
Obito was startled, thinking that "Stick" had somehow gained sentience and transformed into a human.
But after taking a closer look, he realized it was Naruto.
Obito remembered that Kakashi had mentioned many times that Naruto was very similar to him.
—Meaning that Naruto talked to himself in front of gravestones.
Itachi had spent several years undercover without sending a single piece of intelligence back to Konoha.
Kakashi, on the other hand, was loyal to Konoha, yet all of Konoha's intelligence had been revealed by Kakashi talking to himself in front of Obito's gravestone.
Whenever Obito wanted to know something, he only needed to wait by his own gravestone on the anniversary of his death for Kakashi to come and talk.
"Uzumaki Naruto, I never thought you would actually throw yourself into..."
Obito was just about to say that Naruto, as the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, had delivered himself right into his hands, but he quickly remembered that this world was different from the real shinobi world.
In this world, Naruto wasn't the only Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
Kushina and Minato were both still alive, and both were Jinchūriki as well.
Moreover, being extracted from a Tailed Beast would not kill a Jinchūriki in this world. Instead, they would gain an extra resurrection-armor buff.
On top of that, after speaking with Tsunade earlier, he had discovered that Naruto of this world was very likely an ally—a source of assistance.
So Obito immediately changed his words.
"I never thought you could enter my Kamui dimension by yourself. As expected, the younger generation is formidable. You really are a genius."
"Wait, what did you call me?"
Naruto had been preparing to question Obito about why he had tried to chop him up with a sword, but the moment he heard Obito call him a genius, he immediately perked up.
"A genius. You're one of the few truly rare geniuses I've ever seen."
Obito was extremely speechless inwardly.
Kakashi had said that Naruto was very similar to him.
So all he had to do was deal with Naruto the same way he dealt with himself.
And sure enough, the moment he praised Naruto as a genius, Naruto's favorability toward him immediately started rising.
(End of this chapter)