[Shikadai]: "So… the Infinite Tsukuyomi is real? Not just some old bedtime story?"
[Madara]: "Watch your tone, brat."
[Shikadai]: "C'mon, doesn't it sound a bit too convenient? Like someone made it up just to make you feel important."
Madara's brow twitched.
For the first time, even he hesitated.
Because deep down, that voice of doubt was whispering the same thing.
Had he… been played?
He remembered the shadow—Black Zetsu, the one who always spoke softly about Kaguya.
Was it possible he'd been nothing but a pawn since the start?
[Hashirama]: "Madara, stop this madness! The Infinite Tsukuyomi is just a dream—an illusion!"
[Tobirama]: "Big Brother, logic doesn't work on him. He's allergic to reason."
[Hashirama]: "Enough, Tobirama! And that bet we made? It doesn't count anymore."
[Tobirama]: "Hah. No wonder Tsunade inherited your gambling problem."
[Tsunade]: "Excuse me?!"
[Tenten]: "Wait—Lady Tsunade gambles?"
[Shizune]: "Ahaha… let's, uh, keep watching the video, shall we?"
Shizune broke into a nervous sweat.
If the new gen ever learned how deep Tsunade's debt ran… they might start calling her The Broke Fifth.
The World Through Obito's Eyes
Obito wandered the war-torn nations.
He saw starvation. Despair. Mothers selling their children for bread.
He tried to help—handing out food from his own stores—
but greed devoured everything.
Children robbed, men killed, villages burned.
Even when he gave more, it was never enough.
Peace, he realized, couldn't exist in this world.
The Moon's Eye Plan…
It wasn't just a dream anymore.
It was the only way left.
[Boruto]: "Wait—people ate each other?!"
[Sarada]: "That's horrible… the village leaders just ignored them?"
[Shikadai]: "In a world like that, I can kinda see why he snapped."
[Naruto]: "But hurting people won't fix anything!"
[Zabuza]: "Kid, that's what everyone says before the world eats them too."
The Mask Returns to Konoha
Years later, Obito donned his tiger-striped mask.
Through Kamui, he slipped past Konoha's barrier with ease.
Sometimes, he watched Kakashi visiting the memorial stone—
leaving flowers.
Muttering apologies.
When Kakashi left, Obito crushed the bouquet in his fist.
"If I can't protect the one I love… then what's the point of this power?"
But that day, he learned something else.
Kushina Uzumaki—the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki—
was about to give birth.
The pieces of fate fell into place.
Obito's eye glinted red beneath the mask.
[Ōnoki]: "So… you murdered your teacher and his wife?"
[A]: "What kind of student does that?!"
[Minato]: "Obito… why?"
[Kakashi]: "Yeah, tell us! Why go that far?!"
[Obito]: "Hmph. You didn't even recognize your own student, sensei. You're no better."
[Tobirama]: "You were wrapped up like a rice dumpling, kid. Even Byakugan wouldn't've helped."
[Hashirama]: "This Obito's completely lost it…"
The Night of the Nine-Tails
The cries of a newborn echoed through the secret chamber.
"Congratulations, it's a healthy baby boy!"
Biwa, the midwife, smiled warmly.
Kushina, weak but glowing, reached out.
"Little Naruto… my son…"
Minato beamed, nervous and proud.
Until Biwa glared at him.
"Let the mother hold him first!"
He froze. "Ah—yes ma'am."
The room filled with laughter.
For a moment, everything was perfect.
Then—
the walls rippled.
A shadow stepped through the stone like mist.
Before anyone could scream, the masked man's kunai flashed—
Biwa and her assistant fell in silence.
Blood soaked the delivery floor.
[Hiruzen]: "Biwa…"
[Biwa]: "Sorry, Lord Third. Guess I clocked out early."
[Minato]: "Obito—you've gone too far!"
[Obito]: "..."
Sweat dripped beneath the mask.
There was no turning back now.
If he could create a world of peace—even a false one—
then this cruelty was only a necessary step.
He lifted the newborn gently…
and fastened explosive tags around the swaddling cloth.
[Naruto]: "Wait. WHAT?! He put BOMBS on me?!"
[Neji]: "And you wondered why he felt warm?"
[Boruto]: "Uncle Neji, please tell me you didn't just—"
[Neji]: "Relax. My Byakugan would've seen that coming."
[Boruto]: "Sure, right up until it didn't."
Obito's voice dropped to a chilling calm.
"Fourth Hokage… step away from the jinchūriki.
Or your son's life ends here."
Minato froze.
"Please. Put the child down—"
"Don't bother." Obito's tone didn't waver.
"I'm perfectly calm."
He tossed the infant upward, kunai flashing—
but Minato moved like lightning.
He caught Naruto in mid-air—
—and then his eyes widened.
The blanket glowed white.
BOOM!
[Itachi]: "Can the Fourth react in time?!"
To be continued...
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