[Denki Kaminarimon]: "The old-timers' battles are insane…"
[Uchiha Hikaru]: "Wonder if the next video will feature me?"
[Kurotsuchi]: "Kakashi looks like he's starting to suspect Obito's identity!"
[Darui]: "Yeah, but he can't bring himself to believe it yet."
[Gaara]: "That's normal… they were like brothers once."
The flaming barrier roared before them.
If they wanted to destroy it, they'd have to defeat its caster first.
Kakashi narrowed his eye toward Obito, thoughts racing.
"I have a theory," he said gravely. "Guy, Naruto, Bee—I'll need your help."
The trio nodded. Behind them, Obito's lone Sharingan glinted—utterly unimpressed.
Killer B swung his tentacles and launched the three like projectiles across the field.
They cut through the wind—Kakashi calm, Naruto blazing, and Guy already spinning midair with his nunchaku drawn.
"Dynamic Entry… double-style!"
The twin rods smashed through boulders, sending a storm of rock fragments toward Obito.
He merely flickered and went intangible—the stones phasing through him harmlessly.
"Good strength," he said mildly—then froze.
Guy was already behind him.
"Too slow to absorb this, huh?!"
Obito turned, the Gunbai ready—
and Guy's nunchaku passed right through his chest.
Before Guy could react, Obito caught both ends of the weapon in one hand.
"Never underestimate the Sharingan. I saw that coming a mile away."
The spectators exploded.
[Suigetsu Hōzuki]: "Even without Sharingan, that reflex—dude's taijutsu is Kage-tier!"
[Mei Terumi]: "He's got everything—genjutsu, ninjutsu, taijutsu—this man's a full-package nightmare!"
[Kurotsuchi]: "A loyal, powerful guy like that? Where do you find one?"
[Ōnoki]: "Enough, Kurotsuchi! I told you, stop swooning over evil Uchihas!"
[Tobirama]: "Brother, did you hear that? Stop hanging around with that Uchiha, too!"
[Hashirama]: "Aw, come on, little bro, don't be mean~!"
[Itachi]: "At this point… I doubt I'd last three rounds against Obito."
[Jiraiya]: "You're underestimating yourself. In your prime, he might not match you."
[Itachi]: "No, Lord Jiraiya—his combat experience dwarfs mine."
[Sasuke]: "Tch. My three-tomoe eyes can read his moves just fine."
Sasuke puffed up proudly.
The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and the Second Pillar felt invincible again.
[Fugaku]: "Sasuke, modesty."
[Sasuke]: "Understood, Father!"
[Boruto]: "Master Sasuke could solo Masked Obito at twelve—that's pure talent!"
Obito moved to absorb Guy's nunchaku with Kamui—
but Guy's grin said he'd been waiting for that.
He ducked low.
Naruto came flying in, Rasengan spinning.
Obito barely raised an eyebrow. "Predictable."
He let the Rasengan phase through him and reached for Naruto's face—
when Kakashi's eye flared.
Inside Kamui's space, the same Rasengan materialized—
and detonated against Obito's back.
A golden explosion hurled him across the field.
He skidded, spun, and caught himself by the Gunbai's chain, boots sliding deep furrows into the soil.
Naruto blinked. "He actually got hit!"
Obito exhaled, smoke curling from his shoulder.
So that's it… Naruto didn't cancel the Rasengan—Kakashi transferred it.
Kakashi's mind churned.
This ability… this chakra signature… this timing…
Could it be—? No. Impossible.
Maybe he's a Stone-ninja who stole Obito's eye. Yeah, that must be it…
[Boruto]: "C'mon, how's he not realizing it's actually Uncle Obito?!"
[Sarada]: "Maybe he just can't accept it…"
[Mitsuki]: "If your closest friend turned traitor, could you?"
[Boruto]: "If you defected, Mitsuki?"
[Mitsuki]: "Then I'd defect with you."
[Kurotsuchi]: "That's… concerning."
[Ōnoki]: "Perfectly normal! Classic Konoha friendship."
[Fourth Raikage A]: "I told you—never trust Konoha's 'bonds'!"
[Naruto (young adult)]: "Boruto… you and Mitsuki—uh…"
(Naruto wipes sweat from his brow.)
[Shikamaru]: "Relax, Lord Seventh. It's fine. Remember how you and Sasuke… kissed?"
[Naruto]: "That was an accident!"
[Sarada]: "Wait—Mom's first kiss was with Dad, right?"
[Sakura (Hokage era)]: "Sigh… no, dear. It was actually the Seventh Hokage."
[Sarada]: "WHAT?!"
The entire new generation collectively short-circuited.
Back on the field—
"You. That eye of yours—where did you get it?" Kakashi demanded.
Obito stood, brushing dust off his cloak, voice dripping disdain.
"If you must know… from the Kannabi Bridge."
Kakashi's breath hitched. "You—!"
"Enough," Obito snapped. "You've become a man of empty talk.
Regret won't rewind time. The world moves forward—cruel, inevitable."
His lone eye burned brighter.
"I've seen too much despair, Kakashi. That's why I'll end it all—
through Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
Kakashi's hand trembled.
In his heart, he already knew.
But until that mask came off, a tiny part of him still prayed—
Maybe it isn't him. Maybe it's someone else.
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