"Ugh..."
In the Kamui Dimension, Obito, with half of his body blown apart let out a low groan of pain.
The damage from this attack felt eerily similar to that Rasengan from the night when he release the Nine Tails.
Obito's right half began to dissolve and slide off his body.
The difference was, after being hit by Minato's Rasengan, what dissolved and slid off was normal white goo.
But now? It was stained with a thick, brown color.
Obita's half-body now resembled a chocolate fountain at a buffet gone wrong!
"Did that bastard Kakashi treat my eye like a portable toilet?" Obito seethed, wiping some shit from his remaining eye.
He struggled to his feet.
He glanced around at the terrifying scene and the cheerful Guruguru, and decided it would be better to leave this place first.
He couldn't even breathe here!
...
In an unknown forest, space distorted.
The physically and mentally exhausted obito appeared half-kneeling on the grass as steam rose from his body.
He planned to contact other White Zetsu clones to replace his damaged half-body first.
However, the pungent smells emanating from him was... incredibly potent and somehow ..... it attracted a patrolling mountain bandit squad nearby.
"Bark! Bark!"
A large hunting dog led by the bandit captain barked loudly and charged toward Obito.
The smell made the dog think it was feeding time!
"Y-you... what kind of monster are you?!"
The bandit squad chased after the dog and reached the clearing.
They stopped dead, staring in horror at the terrifying humanoid figure clutching the dog's neck, covered in unknown brown substances.
"...I am Uchiha Madara."
Obito mercilessly twisted the neck of the dog in his hand and threw it to the ground.
Then he instinctively touched his face.
He froze.
His orange spiral mask had broken in half during the explosion and these bandits had seen his face.
Obito's killing intent immediately surged!
"Since you've seen my true face," he hissed, "you'll have to stay here forever."
Obito began forming hand signs.
The bandits were terrified.
But also confused.
'Wait? What do you mean true face?'
'Your face was smeared with a curry-like substance so thick we couldn't even see anything!'
'This was a false accusation! We didn't see anything! We just smell it!'
Just as Obito was about to launch his signature fire attack, he suddenly thought of a crucial problem.
The explosion Kakashi had transferred to the Kamui Dimension earlier was likely a methane explosion and the gas was still clinging to him.
If he used Katon: Bakufu Ranbu now... it could trigger a secondary explosion right in his face.
And if his body sustained more injuries now, he might actually die of stupidity.
Therefore, Obito forcibly terminated the Fire Release chakra.
Bakufu Ranbu is a technique that combines Kamui's spatial distortion with Fire Release to create a massive vortex of flames.
So, what happens if the Fire Release isn't used, but the Kamui vortex still activates?
A terrifying "shit" spiraled out from the masked man's Mangekyo Sharingan!
It was the contents of the Kamui Dimension being ejected at high velocity!
"Kamui: Brown Wave Wild Dance!"
The "attack" swept toward the bandit squad like a tsunami of filth.
"NOOOOOO!"
The bandits bore the unbearable weight of suffering. They let out agonizing screams similar to Obito's earlier cries.
They drowned in the shit.
Obito realized something useful.
By modifying the technique, he could simultaneously kill the witnesses and cleanse the Kamui Dimension.
He immediately stabilized the output and continued the assault.
Only after expelling all the filth from the dimension did Obito cease his attack. He panted heavily, finally clean (relatively speaking).
The bandit squad had all fallen, meeting gruesome, suffocating deaths.
Obito coldly turned to leave.
"Hmm?"
He suddenly halted.
He sensed that one bandit wasn't completely dead yet. There were faint Chakra fluctuations clinging to his last breath.
Using his final ounce of strength, the bandit dipped his trembling fingers in blood and the "shit."
He painstakingly wrote "Uchiha Madara" on the ground before exhaling his last breath.
"Hmph."
With the insight of his Sharingan, Obito clearly saw this dying message.
He paid it no mind and immediately depart.
...
Soon after, terrifying rumors spread through the criminal underworld.
"The Ghost of the Uchiha, Uchiha Madara has returned to the world! But he doesn't use fire... he harvests lives with shit!"
Unfortunately, aside from those who discovered the crime scene, no one believed such an absurd claim.
...
Konoha Village.
After Kakashi lost consciousness from exhaustion, he was found by an ANBU ninja conducting search and rescue operations.
"Kakashi-senpai?"
The masked ANBU seemed well-acquainted with Kakashi. He grew anxious upon seeing his former captain unconscious.
After checking and confirming no life-threatening injuries, he lifted Kakashi onto his back preparing to take him to the Medical Department.
Carrying Kakashi, the ANBU slowed his pace, wary of aggravating any hidden injuries.
Passing by Makoto's group (Jiraiya, Makoto, Tsunade and the Sand Siblings), the ANBU stopped out of respect.
"J-Jiraiya-sama?"
"Oh, is that Kakashi?" Jiraiya nodded in acknowledgment. "Is he injured?"
"Yes," The ANBU reported briefly. "Kakashi-senpai collapsed near the ruins for some reason. I checked but found no external wounds. I'm unsure of the situation."
From a distance, 'young' Tsunade observed roughly.
She deduced that Kakashi had overused his Sharingan, depleting his Chakra and mental energy, So he wasn't in danger.
She didn't linger and slipped away into the crowd to find the refugee camp.
"Kakashi overused his Mangekyo Sharingan, didn't he?" Makoto spoke up suddenly.
"Mangekyo... Sharingan?" The ANBU froze. "Overused? What would that lead to?"
The Anbu was taken aback and urgently sought Makoto's explanation
"The Mangekyo Sharingan," Makoto explained, looking at The Anbu's cat mask. "Once used for the first time, it's easy to become unconsciously reliant on it. The power is addictive."
"Kakashi has decent self-control; he must have been forced to use it this time."
"But here's the catch: With continuous use of the Mangekyo, the eyes gradually lose their light. The user goes blind."
"One Uchiha even managed to go completely blind in just fifteen days from overuse. It's a cursed power."
"To prevent that," Makoto paused dramatically, "unless..."
He seemed to have guessed who this ANBU member before him was.
"Unless what?" The ANBU pressed anxiously.
"Unless he can obtain Hashirama Cells. Hashirama Cells can significantly delay, or even eliminate, the negative effects of using the Mangekyo Sharingan, preventing the loss of eyesight from its usage."
After speaking, Makoto left with Jiraiya, leaving the ANBU standing alone in the street.
"Hashirama Cells?" The Anbu stood there, processing this information.
"So only I..."
"Kakashi-senpai and I would actually have this kind of connection and fate. It seems Kakashi-senpai won't be able to live without me in the future."
The Anbu muttered to himself with a strange mix of concern and devotion in his voice.
....
After delivering Kakashi to the Medical Department and ensuring he was tucked in, The Anbu stroked his chin through his mask.
If Hashirama Cells could eliminate the side effects... how could he give them to Kakashi?
Transplantation was definitely not an option.
Not only had the Hashirama Cell transplantation experiments been halted by the Third Hokage long ago, but even if they hadn't been, the success rate was abysmal.
The Anbu was the only surviving test subject out of dozens.
'Should i give Kakashi-senpai.... my flesh to eat?' The Anbu touched his arm and gasped sharply.
That would be too painful!
Moreover, given Kakashi's personality, he would never agree to something like eating a comrade's flesh.
Knowing Kakashi's deep-seated trauma about killing teammates, the ANBU immediately dismissed this cannibalistic idea.
"Forget it," The Anbu sighed. "I should report this matter to the Third Hokage."
"As the 'Professor' of the Shinobi, the Third Hokage will surely be able to provide a solution. Maybe he knows a safer method."
The Anbu stopped overthinking it and decided to seek out Sarutobi Hiruzen.
But not now , since the Hokage Building was currently discussing post-war matters.
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