Chapter 5: Where Is My Sharingan!
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This guy!
This guy!
Where is my Sharingan!
Where did my Sharingan go!
Beneath the mask, Obito Uchiha's expression stiffened as he stared at the familiar white-haired boy just a short distance away.
This was immediately followed by an unparalleled rage!
This bastard! Not only could he not protect Rin, but he couldn't even protect his eye!
A waste is a waste!
This guy is a good-for-nothing piece of trash!
A series of prompts appeared in Kakashi's mind. This time, Kakashi could clearly feel his chakra increasing at a visible rate.
It stopped after a 20% increase, but even then, a new prompt would still pop up from time to time.
As I thought... I was right to come back.
Kakashi's face remained impassive as he watched the silent Obito Uchiha.
Returning to the cemetery was a calculated decision.
He knew the fact that he'd lost his Sharingan could never be hidden from Obito.
The intelligence network formed by the White Zetsu... even Konoha, the top military organization in the shinobi world, would have to concede defeat on that front.
Rather than letting Zetsu gather the intel that he had lost his Sharingan, it was better to be proactive and maximize his own gains.
He thought he was just trying his luck, but he never expected to be this lucky and actually run into him.
Come to think of it, after this, he should find Shizune and ask her to temporarily keep the information about whose eye he had transplanted a secret.
Running into Obito now, besides harvesting a wave of his emotional value, served another purpose.
If he could get the other party to admit he was "Uchiha Madara" or that he was the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails incident, he could use that as a reason to shift or weaken the village's rumors against the Uchiha clan.
Then, when he requested the Ninja Cat clan's help in reforging the White Fang, it would be much less trouble on the Uchiha's end.
Getting the Ninja Cats to help forge a weapon was extremely difficult.
They were the Uchiha's exclusive summons and almost only recognized Uchiha clan members.
Also, when he first received the Sharingan transplant, the Uchiha clan had only tolerated it because of Minato Namikaze's status. After all, an outsider bearing their clan's kekkei genkai was a direct violation of a bloodline family's taboo.
If not for Minato-sensei, they probably would have demanded the eye back not long after the transplant.
In Kakashi's current situation, it was almost impossible to bypass the Uchiha clan and get the Ninja Cats to forge his sword.
In other words, as long as Obito admitted he was "Uchiha Madara" or the true culprit of the Nine-Tails attack, making the Uchiha owe him a favor, Kakashi could get the "offering" he needed to have the White Fang reforged.
It was a two-pronged attack. If the second objective succeeded, it would be killing two birds with one stone.
I hope this guy gives me what I want.
"I am... Uchiha Madara."
The air fell silent.
Obito Uchiha's face was dark as he stared at Kakashi. He suppressed his rage and spoke, one word at a time.
This...
Kakashi had thought he might have to waste a lot of words to trick the information out of him.
He never expected it to be so easy.
He had only asked, "Who are you?" and Obito had directly revealed his "Uchiha Madara" alias.
This guy really is...
"Now, you tell me. Where is your Sharingan?"
Looking at the silent Kakashi, Obito Uchiha stared him down.
"...Why should I tell you?"
Faced with Obito's question, Kakashi tilted his head and asked back, looking puzzled.
???
Beneath the mask, Obito Uchiha was full of question marks.
This guy! I answered your question, shouldn't you answer mine?!
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At this moment, Kakashi's expressionless face looked so disgusting and hateful to Obito.
"Hmph. Just a smart mouth."
There's no one around. I can't let this guy leave.
I even killed Minato Namikaze, am I afraid of one Kakashi?
The eye under Obito's mask instantly turned scarlet. He was going to attack!
"Uchiha Madara? How can you still be alive?"
"If it's you, were you responsible for the Nine-Tails attack half a month ago?"
Facing the aggressive Obito, Kakashi spoke with a grave expression.
"Hmph. That's right, I did it."
"Even the Yondaime Hokage couldn't stop me."
"Now, prepare your last..."
Before he could finish, a red signal flare exploded in the sky not far behind Kakashi.
Kakashi doesn't fight unprepared.
Before coming, he had intentionally extended the fuse of a signal flare and lit it, precisely to prevent Obito from attacking.
Although Obito had been beaten by Minato-sensei in three rounds, the current Kakashi was no match for this lunatic.
Now, all his objectives were achieved.
Because of the recent Nine-Tails attack, the shinobi in the village were on high alert, and support would be swift.
But even so, at a shinobi's pace, it would still take a little time for support to reach the cemetery's location.
Hold him off for two minutes.
Or one minute.
No.
Maybe I don't have to wait...
Just as Kakashi was preparing to engage, he heard a familiar voice approaching from a distance.
And the owner of that voice was...
"Konoha's Noble Blue Beast!"
"Is here!"
As a roar full of hot blood and youth rang out, Kakashi's heart relaxed considerably.
Guy! Nice one!
Kakashi had never imagined that the first person to provide support after the flare went off would be Might Guy!
They had just parted ways a short while ago.
If it's Guy...
Kakashi gripped his broken sword, his body tensing, on full alert against Obito.
"Oh!"
"I didn't expect it to be you who fired the flare, Kakashi! Is this guy the enemy!"
"The Noble Blue Beast will not lose!"
Amidst the cloud of dust kicked up by Guy's charge, a green figure came to a stop beside Kakashi.
In this moment, Might Guy, in his green jumpsuit, looked so reliable to Kakashi.
Konoha's Blue Beast is here!
"You two..."
Obito's face was grim as he looked at the one white and one green figure in front of him—two figures he couldn't be more familiar with.
He vaguely remembered a time... when the one standing by Kakashi's side... was him.