A wasteland stretched beneath a blood-red sky—
rot, ash, and despair as far as the eye could see.
A pack of vagrants squatted among the ruins, their hunger turning them into monsters.
They boiled the flesh of infants, gnawing the bones like beasts.
When their bellies swelled, their hunger only grew.
Their eyes fell on a new captive—
a mute little girl, trembling, her beautiful face streaked with soot and tears.
She knew what awaited her.
She couldn't even scream.
From the shadows, Obito Uchiha watched.
Her eyes, that quiet terror—she looked just like Rin.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand.
The space rippled.
Every vagrant's neck snapped at once.
Obito pulled loaves of bread from his pocket dimension and placed them before the child.
Then, without a word, he vanished into Kamui space—
his next target: the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura.
[Ōnoki]: "You can tell—Obito's nature wasn't evil…"
[Kakashi]: "Obito… even so, must you go this far?"
[Obito]: "Look at them. Look at the filth and hunger. That's why I must build a new world."
[Hashirama]: "But… I divided the tailed beasts among the villages to prevent war!"
[Tobirama]: "Brother, you were naïve. They didn't stop for peace—they stopped because they feared you."
Hashirama fell silent, grief carving deep lines into his face.
He had dreamed of unity… and instead birthed more chaos.
[Sarada]: "We really live too comfortably in our age…"
[Wasabi]: "Yeah… how could people be that cruel?"
[Boruto]: "So Uncle Obito's plan—to make everyone equal and happy—was it really wrong?"
[Denki]: "If that happened, nobody would have to work again! Everyone could live off interest!"
[Hashirama]: "But that would be a dream, not life."
[Tobirama]: "Just watch. You'll understand soon enough."
Blood Mist
Yagura's will was shackled by genjutsu.
Under Obito's silent control, the Village Hidden in the Mist drowned in blood.
"Blood Mist," they called it.
[Itachi]: "So it was Obito behind that tragedy…"
[Obito]: "Necessary sacrifices for Infinite Tsukuyomi."
[Kakashi]: "Necessary… or excuses, Obito?"
The Night of the Uchiha
Obito returned to Konoha,
offering a deal to Itachi—a shadow pact that would stain them both forever.
He would slaughter the police force; Itachi would protect the village.
When Obito moved, his figure flickered like lightning—
each step a silent death.
Blood dripped like rain in the moonlight.
[Sasuke]: "Father, you told me to learn from Obito. Still think that's a good idea?"
[Fugaku]: "Cough… we'll talk about that later."
[Izuna]: "Unforgivable! You two aren't human!"
[Itachi]: "…"
[Obito]: "…"
[Madara]: "Easy, little brother!"
[Iron-Fire]: "Lord Madara, we waited at the back door that day—why did you walk out the front?"
[Madara]: "…"
Obito gathered the fallen clan's Sharingan—"revival tokens," he called them.
Then he and Itachi joined Akatsuki.
From that day on, the tiger-striped mask became the "whirlpool mask,"
and Obito Uchiha became Tobi—
the fool of the Akatsuki.
[Title Card Appears]:
"The Tiger Mask Walks Through Hell—The Whirlpool Mask Plays the Fool!"
[Chōjūrō]: "That title's kinda cool!"
[Kagura]: "So Grandpa was really controlled by him? That genjutsu must be insane!"
[Mei Terumi]: "And because of that control, the Mist collapsed… all thanks to Obito."
[Sasuke]: "I can't stand this! How could he kill his own clan!?"
[Karin]: "Sasuke-kun's sense of justice… it hurts my chest somehow."
[Danzō]: "A whole wall of Sharingan… Obito, why not hand them over to me?"
[Izuna]: "You idiot!—(profanities censored)"
[System]: "User Uchiha Izuna has been muted for one hour."
The Fool of the Akatsuki
Obito's act was perfect.
To the world, he was a bumbling clown;
to the Akatsuki, their unseen master.
Even Nagato, wielder of the Rinnegan, obeyed his orders.
And if Nagato dared defy him, Obito had a thousand eyes ready to replace him.
[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]: "Hello."
[Isshiki]: "You traitor!"
[Chōjūrō]: "Uh… these two don't sound like locals."
The Hunt for the Three-Tails
Obito and Deidara set out together.
One clown, one artist—
like a tragic comedy on the open sea.
Deidara's clay birds soared through sunset clouds,
his voice echoing:
"Art is an explosion!"
Behind him, Tobi laughed, tripped, and babbled nonsense—
the perfect fool.
The audience watching couldn't help but laugh too.
But when the fight was over,
Deidara dragged the massive corpse of the Three-Tails through the water,
still muttering about his art.
And Tobi—Obito—
lay quietly on the creature's shell, staring at the sunset.
Silent.
Still.
Deidara frowned.
"…What's with him? Heartbreak?"
[Deidara]: "I can't believe that idiot was Obito all along!"
[Hidan]: "That performance deserves an Oscar."
[Itachi]: "I'll admit it. His acting outshines mine."
[Obito]: "..."
[Boruto]: "Why isn't he talking anymore?"
[Sarada]: "He's thinking of Rin."
[Iwa-student]: "Even monsters have weaknesses, huh…"
And above them,
the sun sank into blood and water.
The fool laughed once more—
but his eyes, beneath the mask, were crying.
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