[Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki]: Now I'm curious. With Obito's will this firm, how does he eventually lose?
[Obito Uchiha]: …
[Kakashi Hatake]: Obito… please. Come back. It's all my fault…
Kakashi stared at the chat window, guilt knotted tight in his chest.
Rin. If only he had protected Rin—
(What he didn't know: even if Rin had lived that day, some tragedies still would've found another road.)
[Madara Uchiha]: Ahem… this video's getting interesting.
Naruto's silhouette filled Kakashi's eyes. Resolve clicked into place.
"Let's go, Guy!"
"Now that's the rival I know!" Might Guy crackled his knuckles, grinning.
Both vanished in a blur, charging Obito.
"Borrowed power, limited time. Nothing to fear." Obito vaulted skyward—his eye flashed—
And a rain of black receivers speared downward, pinning Killer B and suppressing Gyūki's chakra.
"Not good—these rods bind tailed beasts!" B grimaced.
Naruto whipped behind B, split into a shadow clone, and—
Clone Naruto rocketed up with a Rasengan, while the real Naruto molded a Tailed Beast Rasengan below.
K-K-KRAK!
More receivers screamed down like a storm of nails.
Kakashi's left eye whirred—Kamui swallowed them from the air.
Obito scoffed. "Same trick again? As long as I stop Naruto from breaking through—"
A black rod hammered down.
Naruto burst into smoke—a clone!
Kakashi, having warped a moment too long, collapsed to a knee, breath ragged.
[Hashirama]: Kakashi, you're exhausted already? A few Kamui casts and you're winded?
[Tobirama]: Brother, manners. Not everyone's you.
[Kakashi]: I… don't have Uchiha blood. I can't close this eye. It's always draining me…
[Obito]: Pathetic, Kakashi. Must be all that time with your little "orange books." No wonder you're spent.
[Kakashi]: …
Cue the chorus of curious rookies:
[Sarada]: Um, Sixth… what exactly are you reading?
[Mitsuki]: Must be a profound philosophical text.
[Boruto]: Now I'm curious too.
[Iwabe]: Tried to buy one. The shopkeeper scolded me—said I was too young!
[Naruto (adult)]:Cough You're not old enough. Seriously.
[Sarada]: Why not, Seventh?
(Naruto's gaze slides to Sasuke. Sasuke's face darkens like a thundercloud.)
(Sasuke's inner monologue): That no-good Kakashi—teaching my daughter about Icha Icha Paradise?! Where's a river—I mean trash can—when you need one?
Back to the fight.
Obito flicked his wrist. "You failed to warp the Rasengan. Wasted Kamui."
"Not over yet—Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Naruto slapped the sphere forward like a volleyball spiked by destiny.
"Too slow." Obito slipped into Kamui space—the bomb detonated where he'd stood.
He landed inside the dimension—
—and froze.
Because the earlier Naruto clone—the one Kakashi had secretly warped—
was already there, Rasengan screaming to life.
Every viewer's eyes went wide.
They hadn't warped the orb.
They'd warped the clone.
[Iwabe]: Sixth is a genius! From today, I have two idols—Seventh and Sixth!
[Wasabi]: I thought the Seventh was your only idol?
[Iwabe]: Both! My heart is big!
[Sarada]: But… what is "Icha Icha Paradise," really?
[Kushina]: Jiraiya! You wrote that instead of training?!
[Jiraiya]: Art comes in many forms, Kushina!
[Kushina]: I'll "art" your face!
"—I told you…"
Rasengan blazed like a sun in Naruto's palm.
"…I'll tear that mask off!"
Light burst. Plastic and ceramic screamed.
Crack.
Obito's form staggered, hand at his chest, sweat beading.
"Damn… Madara planted a seal on my heart. If I want the Six Paths' power, I'll have to remove it first…"
The mask split like an eggshell.
Memories flooded the screen—
Ninja Academy sunlight.
Obito laughing.
Rin's smile like spring rain.
[Mei Terumi]: These CPs are too sweet… it hurts.
[Kurotsuchi]: They were so happy back then. Different paths turned them into enemies…
A last gust scattered the pieces.
The mask fell away.
And Obito's face—handsome, blood at his lip, eyes hollowed by years of loss—
stole the breath from the world.
[Kakashi]: …Obito.
[Obito]: Useless Kakashi. I'll never forgive you—never.
[Rin]: Stop! Please—both of you, stop!
A cold drizzle began to fall.
[Itachi]: …Huh? Why is it suddenly raining?
(Somewhere, a thousand readers say: "Because our eyes are.")
Kakashi's voice trembled. "Obito… you're… alive…"
The screen froze on that face—
then burned new words into the sky:
"The Truth Beneath the Mask—Obito Uchiha, Fanatical Savior!"
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