Boruto-era classroom—everyone watched the sky-screen with mixed pity.
"Didn't Lord Seventh say Obito later becomes a savior?"
"Pfft. He threw the fight and prevented Madara's revival—ending the war early. That's your 'savior'?"
"So clownish!"
[Sarada: "So that's what Lord Seventh meant by 'savior'…"]
[Iwabe: "I was expecting… more."]
[Mitsuki: "In a way, throwing the fight did save the world."]
[Wasabi: "Still… the style points are zero."]
Grumbling filled the chat. Obito… dies like that? Too suffocating an end—even if it did help.
[Sasuke: "Seal the failed Madara and the war ends. Two paper tigers."]
[Fugaku: "Mind your tone with your ancestor."]
[Madara: "Little Sasuke from the clan, is it?"]
Minato stared at Obito's fallen body, voice low.
"The Flying Thunder God mark never disappears… I didn't tell you that, did I, Obito?
If you were alive—if you could have been Hokage… why…"
Sasuke sauntered up, smug. "Too easy. We just seal Madara and we're done."
Then—
Obito whispered from the ground: "Who said it ends, traitorous kinsman…?"
The earth heaved.
Sasuke and Minato froze—pupils tightening.
The Ten-Tails shrank, shedding the Torii Seal like dust.
Its entire mass spiraled toward Obito, wind howling into a devouring vortex.
Minato and Sasuke vaulted high—almost swallowed whole—
Naruto's arm stretched, snatching both.
"Gamaken!" Naruto yelled.
The toad vaulted, hauling the trio skyward.
All eyes cut to the battlefield.
A titan a thousand meters tall kept condensing.
"What's happening?!" Minato gasped.
Boruto-era students leaned in, eyes huge.
"Wait—did the Ten-Tails eat Obito?"
[Iwabe (shaking): "N-No… looks like Obito planned this from the start—to become its Jinchūriki!"]
Sarada went pale.
Boruto dropped his bottle—thunk.
"You're kidding—he's going Six Paths?!"
"WHAT?!"
Gasps tore through the class.
They'd braced for a pathetic 'martyr' ending—
Instead—hard pivot.
[Deidara: "Huh! So the plan was always Ten-Tails Jinchūriki?"]
[Itachi: "That tracks."]
[Kisame: "Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails… troublesome teeth to chew."]
[Mitsuki: "So he was acting?"]
[Boruto: "Oscars. Hand him two."]
[Inojin: "So this is what 'old-gen battles' mean…"]
"Another Ten-Tails form?" Sasuke squinted.
The kaiju compacted into a white sphere.
"No… he's shaken Madara's control," Naruto breathed.
The soundtrack pressed like a storm front.
Even the wind held its breath.
"His hand signs… they were for this from the start," someone realized.
Cracks webbed the white globe—
kr-kr-krack—
and it shattered like glass.
Inside—
Obito, eyes closed, peeling the shell from his face.
"Ten-Tails Jinchūriki."
The frame froze.
Minds did, too.
Black screen. Two lines blazed:
["Three Blossoms Crown the Head—Feathered Ascension!!"]
["Body and mind fused with heaven and earth—at this moment, he holds the strongest power in the shinobi world!"]
The chat went quiet—then:
"HOLY—!"
[Ōnoki: "He… ascended?"]
[Raikage A: "Six Paths level?!"]
[Mei: "The phrasing is gorgeous."]
[Rasa: "Sage lays a palm upon me—grant me long life!"]
[Itachi: "He truly reached Six Paths… astonishing."]
[Sasuke: "Looks mid."]
On Konoha's street, Sasuke eyed the sky, unimpressed.
He already had Eternal Mangekyō in that clip; why fear a mere "Six Paths Obito," a disposable pawn?
[Denki: "So this was real history…"]
[Sarada: "I thought textbooks were exaggerations."]
[Boruto: "Felt like a xianxia novel… turns out it's a documentary."]
Thump-thump.
Hearts pounded in the hush.
Smoke thinned; shards of "glass" drifted like slow comets.
Obito stood transfigured—a lone land-bound deity.
His gaze swept the world—cold, remote—divine contempt in human eyes.
Hashirama moved first.
"Myojin Gates!"
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM—
Red torii dropped from the heavens, slamming toward Obito.
The ground buckled. Sage-driven gates—enough to pin even the Ten-Tails—
kr-kr-KRACK—
The gates launched backwards, skidding tens of kilometers.
One casual strike sent them flying.
Silence.
[Tobirama: "…He broke Brother's seal clean?"]
[Hashirama: "Don't—don't scare me like that."]
[Obito (tagging): "@Uchiha Sasuke—little clanmate, cat got your tongue?"]
[Sasuke: "…"]
Madara watched, sour as a lemon grove.
So this brat got there first?
If the new god turned around to settle debts… Madara might pop like a soap bubble.
Behind Obito, five flames unfurled—
arms of light that reached for the barrier's edges.
Brows knit across the map.
[Sasuke: "Is he stupid? That barrier held the Ten-Tails; he won't—"]
[Hyūga Tokuma: "If he fails, he's a clown."]
[Sasuke: "He already is. If I feel like it—"]
[Hashirama: "He's stronger than me right now. He'll rip it like paper."]
[Tobirama: "Brother! Please stop destroying morale."]
The five flaming arms gripped the seal.
Muscles of light tensed.
The air sang.
To be continued…
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