Kushina Uzumaki: “Enough about that for now.”]
[Kushina Uzumaki: “Uzumaki Naruto, little guy, how have you been?”]
[Uzumaki Naruto: “Yeah!
I’ve been doing great!
Old Man Hokage even gives me spending money every month!
“]
[Kushina Uzumaki: “That’s good to hear!”]
The Pure Land
Kushina Uzumaki stared at Naruto’s message, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
It seemed the Third Hokage had truly been taking good care of Naruto…
…
The video continued.
“I found them.”
Standing atop a tree branch, Obito looked down at a cave below and quietly relaxed.
But—
At that very instant, a chill ran down his spine.
Obito’s pupils contracted.
Slash!
A gleaming blade swept past his back.
Kakashi had intercepted the shinobi attempting to ambush Obito.
The enemy inhaled sharply after taking the hit, retreated several steps, and landed on a distant tree branch.
“Kakashi…
you…”
Obito stared at him, momentarily speechless.
“Silver hair…
and that white chakra blade…”
The Iwagakure shinobi’s eyes widened.
“Could you be…
Konoha’s White Fang?”
“This sword belonged to my father.”
Kakashi gripped the blade tightly, his voice icy.
“I see.
So you’re the White Fang’s son.”
“Then you have nothing on him.”
The Iwagakure shinobi formed a hand seal.
In the next instant, he vanished from sight.
“Where is he…?”
Obito swallowed nervously.
“Obito!
Watch your back!”
Realizing the enemy’s intention, Kakashi rushed forward with his sword.
To protect Obito, he took the attack himself.
Slash!
The enemy’s blade carved across Kakashi’s left eye.
Blood sprayed through the air.
“My eye…”
Kakashi clutched the wound and collapsed to one knee.
“Kakashi!”
Obito hurried over, helping him up, his eyes already reddening.
“If you’re a shinobi…
don’t cry.”
“I’m not dead yet.”
Kakashi lowered his hand, revealing a palm soaked in blood.
“Don’t let your guard down,” he warned sternly.
“I’m always all talk…
I’m always the one who has to be saved…
But…”
Obito wiped away the tears gathering in his eyes.
His mind replayed the words he’d declared to Kakashi before setting out.
“Those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum!”
“I won’t let those words become empty rhetoric.”
Obito slowly stood.
His icy gaze swept across the surrounding forest.
A cold wind suddenly rushed in from behind.
The invisible shinobi emerged with a kunai aimed straight at Obito’s head.
“Die!”
At that critical moment—
Clang!
Obito instantly drew his own kunai and blocked the strike.
At that same instant—
His eyes began spinning.
The single tomoe evolved.
His Sharingan awakened—
Two Tomoe Sharingan!
Everyone watching the video was stunned.
[Uchiha Tajima: “What the—?!
Am I seeing things?
His Sharingan awakened with two tomoe right from the start?!”]
[Uchiha Inabi: “Holy—!
This kid’s unbelievable!
“]
[Uchiha Izuna: “Two tomoe the moment his Sharingan awakened…
His talent is incredible!”]
[Kirigakure ANBU: “Excuse me…
Is awakening the Sharingan with two tomoe considered genius-level?”]
[Uchiha Setsuna: “Genius?
That’s a monster!!!”]
[Nohara Rin: “I never knew Obito was this amazing…”]
[Hatake Kakashi: “Obito…”]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “Um…
My Sharingan only awakened with one tomoe.
Does that still make me a genius?”]
[Indra Ōtsutsuki: “The initial awakening isn’t what matters.
What matters is how far you develop it later.
How old are you?”]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “Twelve.”]
[Indra Ōtsutsuki: “…”]
[Asura Ōtsutsuki: “You’ve still got plenty of room to improve.
“]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “???”]
[Uchiha Shisui: “That’s not so bad.
I think I already had the Mangekyō Sharingan by the time I was twelve…”]
[Madara Uchiha: “Sasuke Uchiha, don’t worry.
Just keep working hard.
What’s your current level?”]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “Thank you, Lord Madara.
I guess I’m around Chūnin level now.”]
[Madara Uchiha: “Chūnin…
at twelve?”]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “Yeah.
It’s decent, I guess…”]
[Madara Uchiha: “What a disgrace!!!!!
You’re already that old and only at Chūnin level?!”]
[Sasuke Uchiha: “???”]
[Uchiha Hikari: “Hmph.
I never expected the Uchiha Clan would produce an idiot like this…”]
The video continued.
“How…?”
The wounded Iwagakure shinobi stared at Obito in disbelief.
“You shouldn’t have been able to see me…”
As he spoke, his concealed body gradually became visible.
“Obito…?”
Kakashi’s pupils shrank.
Standing before him, Obito held his kunai firmly.
The blade had pierced straight through the enemy’s abdomen.
“Your eyes…”
“What are they…?”
Cold sweat poured down the Iwagakure shinobi’s forehead.
With those final words, he collapsed lifelessly to the ground.
Obito’s crimson eyes remained fixed on the fallen enemy.
Panting heavily, he stared at the corpse.
“Obito…
your eyes?”
Kakashi looked at him in astonishment.
“Yeah…”
“I think this is the Sharingan.”
“It lets me see the flow of chakra…
and even detect movement.”
Obito looked down at his own hands, unable to believe it.
Suddenly, Kakashi groaned and pressed a hand over his injured eye.
“Kakashi!
Are you okay?”
Obito quickly supported him.
“I’m fine.”
“But…
I don’t think my left eye can be saved.”
Kakashi shook his head before pulling a roll of bandages from his backpack.
“Rin gave me these.”
“I can treat it for now.”
“Let’s go save Rin.”
“Right!”
The two quickly bandaged Kakashi’s wound.
The forest echoed with distant birdsong.
The air had grown unnaturally cold.
The scene shifted.
Inside the cave—
An enemy shinobi gripped Rin tightly by the hair.
“Tougher than I expected…”
Just then—
Footsteps echoed from the cave entrance.
The enemy looked up as two boys stepped inside.
The Iwagakure jōnin frowned.
“Just a couple of brats…”
Obito fixed his gaze on Rin and spoke cautiously.
“Rin’s chakra flow is completely different from ours.”
“It’s chaotic.”
“She’s probably under a genjutsu.”
“They’re trying to force information out of her.”
Kakashi calmly analyzed the situation from beside him.
“So…”
“You’re not ordinary children after all.”
“I’ve already fought him once.”
“He’s incredibly fast.”
“Be careful,” Kakashi warned again.
“Got it!”
The enemy shinobi vanished without warning.
Both boys drew their blades and charged forward simultaneously.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
All three figures disappeared in an instant.
[Third Kazekage: “I’m curious…
Can these two boys really defeat a jōnin?”]