This sudden change made both Madara and Hashirama stop fighting. On Hashirama's forehead, a drop of cold sweat emerged. He saw that all living people had fallen into illusions and were being grabbed one by one by the Divine Tree. He shouted, "Madara, they…"
However, Madara only shouted to Hashirama with a trace of excitement and melancholy, "They're not dead, just asleep, right? Let them stay peacefully in the genjutsu world and have a beautiful dream. The real world will naturally be guarded by Uchiha Obito!"
Hashirama, for a moment, was thrown into inner turmoil, 'What should I do now? Continue to fight Madara in this suddenly quiet world, or immediately go and stop Uchiha Obito?'
Madara, however, said discontentedly, "Let the living handle the matters of the living. My dream always shatters just as it's about to be realized. Hashirama, now I only want to fight with you to the end."
After speaking, Madara once again summoned his Complete Susanoo and slashed toward Hashirama. Hashirama, helplessly, had no choice but to resume their annihilating battle.
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On the other side, the Old Obito slowly descended with Rin in front of Minato. With a wave of his hand, the sleeping Kakashi, who was wrapped by the Divine Tree, was also sent over.
At this moment, under Kakashi's mask, the corners of his mouth slightly curled into a smile, as if he was having some kind of beautiful dream.
Seeing this, Minato sighed, "Obito, in the end, you still chose this step."
Old Obito said, "Minato-sensei, do you know what Kakashi is dreaming of right now? He's living carefree in Konoha with his father, with you, with me, and with Rin. Look, he's smiling."
"In his dream, I became the Hokage, and he became my assistant. I handed over a huge pile of paperwork to him, and he's so busy he can't catch a break."
"Minato-sensei, don't you think... this is nice?"
Minato was silent for a moment and said, "But it's still a dream, it's false, isn't it?"
Then, as if remembering something, Minato said, "Didn't you say the genjutsu would be handled by your companion, Uchiha Shisui? But it seems... that's not the case?"
'Shisui?'
Obito was a little confused, 'When did I and Uchiha Shisui become companions?'
But immediately, he realized, 'This was probably the work of Obito.'
He slowly spoke to the surroundings, "Come out, I know you can't possibly be in trouble."
The space around them suddenly distorted, and the figures of Young Obito and Young Rin appeared.
At this moment, both of them still wore white masks. Young Obito said discontentedly, "Couldn't you be a bit more careful when activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi? You almost got me and Rin caught in it."
Minato was stunned, 'Rin? Isn't Rin standing next to Obito?'
Suddenly, Minato realized something.
At this time, Young Obito looked at Minato and slowly removed his mask.
He remarked, "Minato-sensei, so in the end, you still didn't recognize me."
Minato was completely dumbfounded. Standing beside him were two people, 'One is Obito... and the other is also Obito?'
One old and one young, two Obitos had completely thrown him into confusion.
He couldn't help but say, "What exactly is going on here?"
Before Old Obito could explain, Edo Rin had already looked at white-mask Rin and smiled, "Didn't expect the younger version of me to be so lively."
White-mask Young Rin instantly became displeased, removed her mask, and said, "You're only a few years older than me!"
Looking at the two Rins, one big, one small, Minato's already chaotic mind became even messier.
At this point, he had only figured out one thing: just now, Young Obito had tricked him really badly.
He pointed at the four of them and said, "Aren't you all supposed to give me an explanation?"
The two Rins were just about to explain something when Young Obito's eyes changed. He said, "Explain later. It seems... things aren't over yet."
Old Obito also sensed two extraordinary chakra signatures rapidly approaching and murmured, "So this is what you meant by the Sage of Six Paths' contingency? This kind of power is simply..."
Before Old Obito could finish, two beams of light, one gold, one purple, rushed toward the group.
Minato looked at his son, who had returned to his original condition and was now surrounded by floating Truth-Seeking Orbs, and at Sasuke, whose eye had evolved into the Rinnegan. He was extremely surprised.
"You two…"
Before he could finish speaking, Naruto and Sasuke had already looked solemnly at Old Obito, and then glanced at Young Obito beside him.
Naruto said, "Father, we've met the Sage of Six Paths. The old man gave us his power to stop Obito from destroying the world."
Then, Naruto looked at both Obitos, full of confidence, "Even if the Infinite Tsukuyomi has already succeeded, I'll still defeat you both and rescue everyone!"
Old Obito, upon hearing this, slowly said, "Minato-sensei. Also, Old Rin, Young Rin, you all back off first."
The two Rins nodded and sensibly ran far away.
Minato, sensing the different aura coming from his son, suddenly understood, he could no longer intervene.
He could only nod and used Flying Thunder God to retreat.
At this point, the battlefield was left with only Naruto, Sasuke, and the two Obitos.
Young Obito looked at Old Obito and slowly said, "Two versus two. Very fair. I'll take on Uchiha Sasuke. Naruto is yours."
"Don't say I didn't warn you. Naruto, during my time, almost single-handedly defeated Kaguya. His achievements are even more exaggerated than the Sage of Six Paths."
"I even think that the title of Child of Prophecy isn't just the Sage of Six Paths' back-up plan, there's something even deeper hidden behind it."
Old Obito snorted coldly, "I know what I'm doing. No need for you to tell me."
Young Obito turned to look at Sasuke and saw in his eyes an irrepressible fighting spirit, "What? You really want to fight me that badly?"
Sasuke sneered and said, "Some grudges, it's time to settle them! This time, it's my turn to cut your body down!"
Young Obito couldn't help but shake his head, "Sasuke, you're still the same. Once your wounds heal, you forget the pain. A little bit of growth and you think you can take on the world."
"It's time to teach you another lesson."
Sasuke snorted coldly, "Is that so?"
As the words fell, Sasuke's figure suddenly appeared beside Young Obito.
A black Chidori slashed toward Young Obito's waist.
'He's obviously faster. Sigh!'
Young Obito sighed helplessly. What Sasuke gained from the Sage of Six Paths was definitely not just a single Rinnegan.
His speed had greatly increased. Movements that were once easily tracked were now difficult to keep up with.
'Sure enough, in the shinobi world, having a good dad really makes a difference.'
Thinking this, just as Chidori was about to strike, Young Obito shifted into intangible state.
Sasuke's hand passed right through his waist.
Young Obito still felt a lingering sense of fear. Just now, had Sasuke swapped places with the surrounding dust and launched an attack?
No denying it. Sasuke had very strong adaptability and high combat intelligence.
He spoke, "Sasuke, now you've truly become stronger. You're qualified to stand before me."
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