Just then—
As swirling space fluctuations stirred the air,
A masked man in an orange swirl-patterned mask—Uchiha Obito—stepped into view.
"Who goes there?!"
"Protect Lord Danzo!"
The Root ninjas hidden in the shadows instantly tensed, dashing in front of Shimura Danzo at high speed, forming a human barrier.
"Heh…"
Obito's tone was calm and unaffected as he looked at them.
"I'm not your enemy. I came to discuss cooperation—with your leader."
"…What?"
The Root agents exchanged glances, then looked toward Danzo, silently awaiting his command.
"Who are you?" Danzo squinted. "I don't believe we've met before."
"My identity isn't important," Obito replied coolly. "But I can help you bring down the Uchiha clan."
"Hmph… No chance."
Danzo scoffed without hesitation. "I don't deal with masked strangers. If you want my trust—take off the mask."
"What a shame…"
Obito's tone didn't falter. He chuckled lightly. "We could've made a great team. But I guess you've already earned your title."
"…Title?"
"No wonder Uchiha Yuta calls you a waste."
"Shut your mouth!"
Just the mention of Uchiha Yuta was enough to make Danzo lose composure. He snapped, "Fine. I'll cooperate with you on handling the Uchiha. But—if you dare endanger Konoha in any way, don't blame me for what happens next."
"…Then, happy cooperation."
Under the mask, Obito's lips curled ever so slightly. "Together, we'll erase the Uchiha from the face of the ninja world."
Danzo narrowed his eyes. "How? The Uchiha clan holds great sway within the village. Even the Hokage Council won't act rashly."
"Don't worry," Obito said, his voice dipped in sinister calm. "They'll soon face a crisis of trust. When that time comes… it's your stage."
Swirl—
With another spatial ripple, Obito vanished—leaving only silence and uncertainty behind.
"Incomprehensible…" Danzo muttered, frowning deeply. "What crisis could possibly strike the Uchiha now? The war is over…"
He waved his hand dismissively.
"Clean this mess up," he ordered his subordinates, then turned and walked toward Root's underground base.
Today's events left him unsettled—and curious.
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Atop Hokage Rock
Whoosh—
A spatial rift shimmered into existence as Obito reappeared atop the cliffs of Hokage Rock, staring down at the village he once called home.
Once… this had been a place of warmth.
Now—it was a graveyard of memories.
Since Nohara Rin's death, Obito had been consumed by hatred and despair.
If not for his warped ideals and the ghost of Madara's vision, he'd never have returned here.
"You really intend to wipe out the Uchiha?"
The voice rose from the earth—Black Zetsu emerging from the ground nearby, its tone laced with eerie curiosity.
"Erase them."
Obito's voice was cold. "I have no attachment to the Uchiha anymore—nor to Konoha. Soon, I'll summon the Nine-Tails and let Konoha feel what true pain means."
He didn't say the rest out loud.
Rin's death had turned his heart to ash—and the ninja world would pay the price.
"Keep monitoring the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki," he ordered Zetsu.
"It won't be long…"
Whoosh—
With another spatial distortion, Obito disappeared.
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After he left, a low chuckle echoed from Black Zetsu.
"Everything is going according to plan…"
A cruel smile crept along its face.
Even Uchiha Madara, for all his strength, had merely been a pawn.
Now, Uchiha Obito had become another.
"Foolish brother…"
Zetsu looked up at the moon above. "One day, I'll free our mother—Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."
With that, its body melted back into the earth.
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Moments later,
Another figure flashed into view atop Hokage Rock—
Uchiha Yuta.
"Obito, huh? The tail-end idiot who's now become Konoha's nightmare…"
After mastering his Observation Haki, no ripple in the village went unnoticed.
And spatial fluctuations like Obito's? As loud as fireworks to Yuta's perception.
"So… it begins."
The Nine-Tails attack was coming—and with it, opportunity.
Yuta folded his arms, his gaze piercing the skyline.
Let the enemy come.
The storm ahead was only another test—
And he was ready.
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