With two different roars, a compressed [[Wind Blade]] sliced through as the extending adamantine staff crashed in. The huge [[Wind Blade]] carved a trench several meters deep, cutting open the demon giant's flesh to the bone and briefly exposing the [[White]]-colored body within.
Boom.
The force strong enough to knock back the [[Nine-Tails]] struck the core directly and sent the crimson demon giant flying. "What are you standing around for, are you scared stiff?" "Do not let that ghost thing fool you. With all of us and [[Shisui]] together, can we not kill a dead [[Undead]]?"
[[Yunchuan Hyuga]]'s furious shout broke the fear gripping the people of [[Konoha]]. They steadied themselves and began forming seals. However, just as a spark of fighting spirit rose, weng, weng sounded.
Two equally vast and oppressive auras surged up without warning from the other side of [[Uchiha Clan Grounds]]. From their higher ground, the people of [[Konoha]] watched two more [[Susanoo]] appear. Both were blue [[Susanoo]], both in [[Stage One]].
Silence fell.
The sounds of killing, explosions, and screams vanished at once. The faces of the [[Konoha Ninja]] went blank. Mouths opened without sound, bodies frozen, even [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]] stood still.
Four? Four [[Susanoo]]? Four pairs of [[Mangekyo Sharingan]]? One [[Fugaku Uchiha]] was already this terrifying, and now two more unknown [[Susanoo]] appeared.
What was happening? Did [[Konoha]] still have any [[Wang]]?
As [[Zetsu]] and [[Wang]] were about to swallow everyone, something unexpected happened. The two identical [[Susanoo]] in the distance suddenly charged at each other like mortal enemies.
"[[Third Hokage]]." [[Yunchuan Hyuga]] suddenly realized something and looked at [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]] in shock. "It is [[Kakashi Hatake]] who was taken away by the masked man. This is that '[[jealousy ability]]'."
A glimmer of light appeared in [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]]'s numb eyes. At the same time, on the edge of [[Uchiha Clan Grounds]], the two blue [[Susanoo]] grappled. Both were skeleton-shaped [[Stage One]] forms, using only crude physical attacks.
Bang. Bang.
Dull impacts echoed through the rainy night. The two identical blue [[Susanoo]] swung huge fists at each other like a street brawl. Each collision came with the kacha sound of shattering bones and massive force, sending them sliding back and carving deep tracks in the mud.
This wild hammering, driven only by brute strength and without any skill, looked less like combat and more like venting. "Cough, cough." [[Kakashi Hatake]] covered his bleeding eye as warm liquid seeped through his fingers, sweat covering his forehead from the pain.
He knelt on one knee inside his [[Susanoo]] and slowly raised his head, staring toward the distant [[Susanoo]] that held [[Obito Uchiha (masked form)]] wearing the [[Uzumaki mask]]. Earlier, when the shock of learning the masked man was [[Obito Uchiha (masked form)]], [[Obito Uchiha (masked form)]] appeared instantly beside him using [[Kamui]].
He had no time to react. He only felt sharp pain in his left eye as his [[Mangekyo Sharingan]] was torn out. Regret filled him now, because if that eye had not been taken, he might have captured the real [[Obito Uchiha]] with the mirror version.
"Hey, hey, [[Kakashi Hatake]], are you okay?" A slightly teasing voice sounded. [[Kakashi Hatake]] looked over to see another "[[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]]". This mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] was completely different from the gloomy masked man, with clear curiosity in his [[Mangekyo Sharingan]].
"Tsk, that was harsh, that other me." The mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] smacked his lips at the bleeding socket, sounding helpless but not heavy. "Still, you are alive. Can you move?"
[[Kakashi Hatake]] nodded silently. Blood loss and pain left his face pale, but the situation disturbed him more. "Good, that is fine." The mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] grinned, showing white teeth, and looked toward the masked [[Obito Uchiha (masked form)]].
"This loud, carefree, slightly off-kilter "[[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]]" felt like the real one. What had the masked [[Obito Uchiha (masked form)]] gone through to become that monster? "Then I will go… oh right, one more thing."
The mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] stretched casually, then turned back with a hesitant look. In a low voice, he asked, "[[Kakashi Hatake]]! How is Rin in this world, she should be fine, right?" He paused, the smile fading. "You did not kill her too, did you?"
At the name "Rin", [[Kakashi Hatake]]'s body stiffened. His mouth opened, but no sound came. Only the pain and despair on his face answered.
[[Kakashi Hatake]] did not know why [[Obito Uchiha]] was alive, but he finally understood that the turning point of [[Obito Uchiha]]'s fate was Rin's death, caused by his own hand. Back then, on the battlefield between [[Konoha]] and [[Kirigakure]], two of the three died.
The survivor was not whole either. Both he and [[Obito Uchiha]] lost half of their souls. Seeing his expression, the mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] lost his smile and scratched his short black hair.
"Ah… I see." His voice dropped as he sighed. "No wonder he turned out like that." "Even knowing it is another world, hearing that my wife was killed by my best friend and could not be saved still feels wrong and makes me angry."
In the distance, the real [[Obito Uchiha]] trembled, nails digging into his palms until blood dripped onto the ground. He did not know why that "[[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]]" existed, but he felt the same aura. That was himself, another [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]].
One who nearly died at [[Kannabi Bridge]] but was never branded by [[Madara Uchiha]]. One who did not lose Rin, walked to the end with her, and fulfilled the dream of becoming [[Hokage]]. Yet beside the mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]], the real [[Obito Uchiha]] felt unbearably ugly.
"Why?" He stared at [[Kakashi Hatake]] and the other self, his whisper shaking. "Why do you get it?" He roared, "Why you, and not me?"
The mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] looked at him with mixed feelings and smiled. "Stop. You still have a chance." "Hahaha!" [[Obito Uchiha]] tore off his mask, grinning with hatred. "You who did not lose everything, what right do you have to lecture me?"
This broken world should be destroyed. In the world of [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]], he would regain everything he lost. "Then so be it." The mirror [[Obito Uchiha (mirror form)]] removed the [[Hokage Hat]] from his head and said firmly, "I will be the one to beat the crazy me awake."
Two identical [[Mangekyo Sharingan]] met, reflecting hatred and pity. In the next instant, flesh surged over the bones as both activated the second stage of [[Susanoo]] and smashed their fists toward each other. Boom.
At the border of [[Land of Hot Water]].
Cold rain beat down on the scorched ground and on the fragments of [[Kunai]] and [[Shuriken]] buried within it, producing a dull and irritating "[[pata]]" sound. The air was filled with a nauseating mix of blood, rot from corpses, and sharp smoke, a stench that even the rain could not wash away. What had once been a busy trade route in [[Land of Hot Water]] had become a slaughter ground piled high with bodies, layered across the mud.
Among the corpses were not only [[Ninja]] wearing the styles of [[Kumogakure]] and [[Konoha]], but also many dressed as civilians from [[Land of Hot Water]]. Their bodies lay twisted, some blown apart into unrecognizable pieces, others pierced by blades with eyes still open, and some drained of blood until they were pale and shriveled. Rain rinsed over dark red clots and gathered into winding streams that flowed into low ground, forming pools of blood that made the heart tighten.