The branches of the God Tree surged out again, sweeping in massive waves toward the Allied Shinobi Forces. This time at an unprecedented scale. Obito wanted to end everything in one go.
However, at that moment, five figures suddenly appeared in front of the Allied Shinobi Forces, it was the Five Kage who had been hiding before.
The Raikage roared, "Uchiha Obito, stop what you're doing! I think there's someone you desperately want to see."
As he spoke, the Raikage stepped aside. Behind him stood the person Obito had dreamed of day and night.
Before this person even said a word, Obito had already raised his hand immediately, halting the spread of the God Tree's roots.
The battlefield fell into a strange silence. The surrounding ninja could clearly hear the sound of the wind blowing past them.
Obito's expression completely changed. A surge of rage burst from him as he shouted at the Five Kage standing in front of the Allied Forces, "How dare you! Why would you disturb the rest of the dead?"
Not only Obito, but even Young Obito, who had been calmly watching the battle, was no longer calm. Looking at the girl standing quietly behind the Five Kage, her brown hair and the purple markings on her cheeks, Young Obito also shouted angrily, "HOW DARE THEY?"
Rin, wearing a white mask, was also stunned. Looking at the more mature version of herself standing next to the Five Kage, she was at a loss.
The Five Kage had actually used the Impure World Reincarnation on this world's version of her. The cracked, patchy markings of the Impure World on her face confirmed everything.
Although Rin also really wanted to meet this world's version of herself, to talk, to chat about Obito and Kakashi, now was not the time.
She could only stiffly turn her head to look at Young Obito and asked, "What do we do now?"
For the first time, Young Obito lost the feeling of being in control. He became a bit flustered and confused. He muttered, "I don't know either… Let's see what the Five Kage want to do."
At this time, the Raikage A, listening to Obito's accusations, replied proudly, "Disturbing the rest of the dead, weren't you the one who started that? What right do you have to criticize us?"
"Uchiha Obito, so you do have a moment of panic!"
Obito ignored the Raikage's words. His eyes were locked solely on the Rin who had been reincarnated. This Rin was different from the one in the other world, this was the Rin who had always watched him, who had died before his eyes. This was his Rin.
He asked urgently, "Rin, how are you now? What did they do to you?"
Rin simply looked at Obito calmly, even with a slight smile on her face, "Obito, I was just reincarnated by the Five Kages. If I hadn't been watching you this whole time and knew a few things, I wouldn't even be able to understand my current situation."
The Five Kage instantly cast doubtful glances at the Impure World Reincarnated Rin. Previously, Orochimaru had just been brought over by Tsunade and hadn't had time to say anything before the battlefield changed drastically.
Naruto and Sasuke seemed to have died, the flower bud on the God Tree was about to bloom, and Obito's plan appeared on the verge of success.
At such a time, the Five Kage couldn't care about anything else. They had no choice but to treat a dead horse like a living one, immediately taking the tissues of Rin's body given by Black Zetsu and having Orochimaru perform the Impure World Reincarnation.
Then, Orochimaru lived up to expectations and successfully reincarnated Rin. At that moment, Obito's attack had already begun, so the Five Kage had to rush Rin to the front lines.
And that was what led to the scene everyone was now witnessing.
The Five Kage were confused, shouldn't Rin, who was just reincarnated, not know anything? But judging by her tone, she seemed to understand far more than they had imagined.
Tsunade couldn't help but ask, "Rin, what exactly is going on?"
After speaking, Tsunade felt deeply guilty and added, "I'm sorry. We didn't ask for your permission before summoning you from the Pure Land. But the situation is urgent, I hope you can understand."
Rin looked at the female ninja she had admired most in the past and said gently, "Lady Tsunade, I've seen everything. I understand the village's situation and your determination."
Then, she explained, "Although I've been dead for many years, perhaps because my promise to Obito hadn't been fulfilled, I didn't fall into eternal sleep like other souls after entering the Pure Land. I retained my consciousness and remained near the entrance, watching everything that happened to Obito."
"Lady Tsunade, all of Obito's experiences these past years, I've seen them all. That's how I understand the situation now."
The Five Kage were stunned. A normal girl, relying on her own willpower, resisted the eternal slumber of the Pure Land, retained her full consciousness, and observed the state of the ninja world?
How was that possible?
At the very least, on the way here, Tsunade had asked her grandfather, also reincarnated, about the state of souls in the Pure Land.
He had said that entering the Pure Land led to irreversible eternal sleep. Only those with extremely strong obsessions could split off a small fragment of consciousness to linger around someone they cherished.
But even that would be a faint, uncontrollable fragment of awareness. Not like Rin, who had retained her complete consciousness.
In that case, Rin's obsession with Obito… was terrifyingly strong.
Raikage A became even more satisfied. The more Rin cared about Obito, the greater his hope of ending this war.
So, he spoke, "Since you understand the situation, you should know just how crazy Uchiha Obito's actions are now. Young lady, I hope you can stop him, talk to him, convince him to end this world-ending plan!"
Impure World Reincarnated Rin looked at Obito and then shook her head.
"Sorry, Lord Raikage. Obito may have taken many wrong turns, not every step do I approve of. But even if I don't approve, I won't persuade him to stop. I love the village. I love the entire ninja world. If it were me, I'd be willing to sacrifice myself to save the world. But I will not interfere with Obito's will."
"He has long since become the most important person in my life. No matter what he does, I am willing to stay with him, watch over him, until forever."
The most romantic thing in the world might just be this moment, on the verge of the Fourth Great Ninja War, in the middle of two opposing sides, in front of tens of thousands of shinobi, declaring her firm, unwavering love.
At the very least, Young Obito unconsciously grabbed Young Rin's hand, tightly.
Young Rin's eyes sparkled. Previously, she had felt a bit sorry for Old Obito who had lost his Rin. But now, watching this more mature, gentler version of herself say such romantic words, she was deeply moved.
Old Obito… was also loved by someone. And this kind of love was far more romantic than anything Young Obito had ever expressed to her.
To remain dependent on each other even to the brink of death, to never abandon one another, even at the end of time.
Perhaps this kind of moment… could only appear now, right before the ninja world was about to shatter.
Young Rin's hand also unconsciously squeezed Young Obito's. She said firmly, "Obito, don't let this world's me feel sorrow or pain again. She's already endured too much."
Young Obito's hand hurt from Rin's grip, she had accidentally used monster strength in her emotion.
But Young Obito didn't care about the pain now. He only nodded vigorously, "Don't worry. With me here, everything will be fine."
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