Chapter 142: Obito Bows His Head
"Get away from me!"
After struggling for a while, Obito finally exploded, shoving Yasushi away. His eyes blood-red, he roared hoarsely:
"I will never harm Rin!"
"Oh my..." Yasushi tossed the knife aside carelessly, laughing mockingly. "What a noble declaration—'never harm Rin'!"
"Then let me ask—who created this massive hole in Rin's body right now?"
One sentence reduced Obito to silence. He lowered his head, clutching Rin while tears streamed down his face.
"Hmph! So you can't bear to kill her?"
Yasushi sneered coldly, bending down to bring his face close to Obito's, staring at him viciously as he spoke word by word:
"Then you want to save her?"
"Fine! Come beg me!"
"If your attitude when begging is sincere enough, maybe I'll show great compassion and save her miserable life."
"You know—I don't care whether she lives or dies. I only care about you, Obito!"
"Right now the choice is in your hands. Will you watch her die like this, or will you obediently lower your head and beg me?"
After speaking, Yasushi placed his hand on Rin's body again, extending her life once more.
This time he input more life force. Rin's condition improved slightly—just enough that she could speak.
"Obito..." Rin struggled to grab Obito's hand, shaking her head with difficulty. "Don't... don't... cough..."
Yasushi was cruel, providing only minimal healing. After forcing out a few words, Rin immediately had blood flowing back into her lungs, making her cough violently.
Seeing Rin's agonized state, Obito finally couldn't hold out any longer.
"Save her!"
"Yasushi, save her!"
"I'm begging you!"
"Please, I'm begging you!"
"Ahahaha..." Seeing Obito finally bow his head, Yasushi immediately burst into laughter, dancing a tap dance on the spot.
"Diri dala la, hehe..."
"Obito, oh Obito! Even you have such a day!"
Once the pleading words left his mouth, the dam in Obito's heart completely collapsed. Pride, dignity, the Moon's Eye Plan—none of it mattered anymore.
Only one thought filled his mind now—save Rin!
He prostrated himself before Yasushi, lowering his proud head and kowtowing repeatedly.
"Yasushi, I'm begging you, save Rin!"
"Hehe... Save her?" Yasushi laughed coldly, eyes icy as he relentlessly interrogated Obito's inner heart.
"Why aren't you talking about the world being false anymore?"
"Weren't you going to pursue the Moon's Eye Plan?"
"Then why save this woman?"
"After all, once the plan succeeds, you can naturally live happily ever after with her in your fantasy world!"
Facing Yasushi's sharp words, Obito just kept kowtowing, tears and snot flowing as he pleaded:
"Yasushi, you hate me. This has nothing to do with Rin."
"Take my life, I only beg you to save Rin. She shouldn't die here."
"Nothing to do with her? Shouldn't die?"
Yasushi grabbed Obito by the collar and yanked him up, eyes blazing with fierce light as he stared into Obito's eyes, roaring with rage:
"Without her, would you have conspired with that bastard Itachi to exterminate the clan?"
"She shouldn't die here—so my family members deserved to die there?"
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Obito cried like a child, without the slightest will to resist, only apologizing over and over.
"It's all my fault. I was foolish. I shouldn't have..."
"Just kill me and spare Rin..."
Obito's submissive expression made Yasushi extraordinarily displeased.
Revenge without resistance was utterly boring. He threw Obito to the ground and spat in his face.
"Ptah! Piece of trash!"
"I actually wasted so much time on you!"
"Look at yourself now—what's the difference between you and a dog?"
"I preferred your rebellious attitude from before. Why don't you recover that?"
Obito lay on the ground, struggling back up to continue kowtowing and begging.
Yasushi kicked him away, then formed hand seals and slapped the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation!"
Amid rumbling sounds, dozens of coffins rose from beneath the earth once again.
The coffin lids opened and a group of red-eyed patients charged out.
"Haha, another battle?"
"Who are we killing this time?"
"Huh, this doesn't look like a battlefield!"
"Alright." Yasushi clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention, then pointed at the nearby figure who looked like a beaten dog with a broken spine.
"Fellow clansmen, this is one of the masterminds behind the massacre night—Uchiha Obito!"
"This beast forgot the clan's kindness in raising him because of one woman. He forgot the playmates who grew up alongside him in the clan, forgot all the kind relatives and friends in the clan, and joined forces with that bastard Itachi to help Konoha Village exterminate our entire clan!"
"Today I've caught this beast's weakness, so I've summoned everyone here to make this bastard kowtow and apologize to every victim!"
"Obito, you want to save Rin? Then first pay the price for the wrongs you've committed!"
"Every person here is your victim. You must sincerely kowtow and apologize to each and every one!"
"What..." Yasushi's words caused an immediate uproar. Everyone's gazes toward Obito became extremely hostile.
Obito had long since become like a tamed dog. Hearing Yasushi's command, he immediately crawled on the ground, kowtowing to each person one by one while admitting his guilt.
"It's all my fault."
"I'm a beast."
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry to the clan."
"I shouldn't have conspired with Itachi and caused your deaths."
But facing his apologies, no one would accept them.
No one treats death lightly. The clan's extermination planted a massive powder keg in every Uchiha's heart, filled to the brim with hatred and rage.
Only because they were already dead had it not exploded. But that hatred hadn't diminished in the slightest.
They willingly crawled out from hell, fighting for Yasushi as the dead. Each time they went to battle they were filled with passion, never once proactively asking about revenge.
Because they trusted their new clan head. They believed Yasushi would definitely avenge them.
And that trust hadn't been betrayed. Now one of the chief culprits, Danzo, was already dead. Konoha Village had been destroyed once. And now even the hidden Uchiha Obito had been captured and brought to justice.
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