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  In Konohagakure, on a moonless and windy night.

  Having offended Gojo Kaigetsu and beeed from the First Patrol Unit to guard the vilge gate, Hyuga Kō suddenly halted his steps.

  A fellow guard ninja asked curiously, "Kō-kun, what's wrong?"

  "…Nothing, perhaps my perception was off."

  "I just felt like someone crossed the barrier into the vilge."

  "Haha, maybe you're uoo much stress, Kō-kun."

  "I was watg just now; no one passed through the gate."

  "So, I must have sensed incorrectly."

  Hyuga Kō withdrew his gaze.

  Being reassigned from the First Patrol Unit to the vilge gate was a cushy job for most ninjas, but for someone like him who craved growth... there weren't many opportuo gain experience.

  Because of this, he'd been under a lot of mental stress tely.

  He couldn't shake the feeling that there had been a spatial disturba the vilge gate just now.

  But...

  There shouldn't be an enemy in the ninja world who could bypass the Byakugan's dete. If there were, that would be scary.

  Shaking his head, Hyuga Kō tio follow the patrol team, pleting his night watch duties.

  His panion teased, "Kō-kun, what if someone really did slip past the Byakugan's defeo the vilge? What would happen to us?"

  "What else? We'd be dismissed. As for me, I'd probably have to return to the Hyuga as a guard."

  ...

  ...

  "Konoha... I'm back again."

  Uchiha Obito's expression was plex as he looked at the newly transformed Konoha through his e mask, his single eye revealing mixed emotions.

  It had only been about two years, yet Konoha had ged so much that he could barely reize it.

  The street where he used to help old dies cross had now been transformed into a bustling super ercial district filled with the liveliness of the ninja world.

  Brightly lit, travelers from various tries tio spend even at nine o'clock at night, tributing their part to Konoha's development.

  Obito took all this in, his fists g tightly.

  The more prosperous Konoha became, the deeper the darkness grew in Obito's heart.

  The tears he couldn't shed even with Kamui; everywhere he looked, he saw Rin.

  Ever sinessing Kakashi kill Rin with his own eyes, Obito's heart had plunged into hell. This Konoha was supposed to be the pce where Rin lived.

  Since she couldn't enjoy it, he would destroy it all...

  "The time is almost up."

  "In the half-year, I will personally destroy everything in Konoha."

  After entering Konoha, Obito didn't head straight to Gojo Kaigetsu's resideo kill him. Instead, he strolled leisurely dowreets, as if taking o look at his hometown for the sake of his lost love.

  He walked up to a small stall selling dango and spoke in a hoarse voice through his mask:

  "Give me... two sticks."

  Ninja attire varied greatly. Therefore, someone like Obito, wearing a mask and cloak, didn't draw any strange looks from the vendor on the ercial street.

  The transa was pleted naturally.

  Obito handed over a rge-denomination bill-ten thousand ryō.

  The vendor accepted the bill and, with sharp eyes, immediately noticed the "Land of Rain" mark on it.

  While currency from any try was generally accepted, cash from the Land of Rain was quite rare. At least... he hadn't seen any in almost ten years.

  The vendor looked down and rummaged through his ge box. Finally gathering the correct ge, he looked up: "Sir, here's your-"

  "Eh? Where did he go?"

  The vendor stuck his head out from the stall, si and right, but the er who had just bought the dango was o be seen.

  "Really... Are all ninjas this wealthy? And they sure run fast."

  Obito pced his hand on his mask, revealing a small gap just enough to eat through, and brought the dango to his mouth.

  It wasn't that he wao eat; he mainly wao reminisce about the days when he and Riogether.

  Walking aing.

  Obito recalled past memories, following the routes in his mind until he arrived in front of a standalone vil bearing the e "Gojo."

  This pce hadn't ged at all.

  Gojo Kaigetsu...

  Underh Obito's mask, his right eye revealed a hint of recolle. His impression of Gojo Kaigetsu remained fresh even after two years.

  Minato Namikaze had been his teacher, so Gojo Kaigetsu was his senior...

  But this senior had always treated him somewhat strangely.

  It seemed he never really liked Obito but secretly helped him in many ways.

  He remembered when he had just graduated from the ninja academy; Gojo Kaigetsu wao bee the instructor for him, Rin, and Kakashi. However, because he was only a in, the then-Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi had vetoed it.

  During the mission at Kannabi Bridge, Gojo Kaigetsu had strongly advised Minato against leading the team into battle.

  It was as if... he really knew something.

  In any case, he was a very mysterious figure.

  If possible, Obito didn't want to kill Gojo Kaigetsu at this time. After all, when he begaing his pn to destroy Konoha, a mere in would die without any intervention.

  But Gojo Kaigetsu should never have filmed that movie and attempted to distribute it throughout the entire ninja world.

  Anyone who glorified Kakashi or the people of the Land of Water... deserved to die!

  Paranoid hatred stimuted Obito's brain.

  Swallowing the st piece of dango, the tomoe in his right eye began to spin rapidly-

  "Activate Mangekyō!"

  A surge of immense ocur power burst forth instantly, and a slight smirk appeared at the er of Obito's mouth. An inexplicable arrogance welled up within him.

  This was the power he had once loo surpass Kakashi. Now, with this eye, he had far exceeded Kakashi.

  No... tinuing to pare himself to Kakashi was demeaning.

  Now, even among living ninjas, he was fident he could kill anyone-even the Hokage!

  This was the fidence Kamui gave him!

  The Sharingan allowed Uchiha members to be nearly invincible in one-on-one duels against ninjas of the same level.

  And after the Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, one's strength would leap scaryly.

  With dual Mangekyō abilities plus Susanoo, they could basically treat anyone below Kage level the same, killing them as easily as sying Genin.

  Even Kage-level ninjas-if they were on the weaker side-wouldn't be a match for the Mangekyō Sharingan.

  Obitht eye could absorb enemies into the Kamui dimension upon toug or approag them. Uhe oppo also possessed space-time ninjutsu, they could be trapped there and starve to death.

  He could also transfer parts of his body into the Kamui dimension to achieve intangibility, avoiding enemy attacks.

  In the Kamui dimension, he could prepare kunai, shuriken, explosive tags... killing oppos in an instant before they could react.

  Perhaps in terms of frontal battlefield impaagato's Rinnegan had more destructive power than his. But when it came to one-otles or assassination missions, there was no ninja strohan him.

  The most disgusting part was that even if he couldn't beat his oppo, he could escape by transferring himself into the Kamui dimension.

  He could fight and flee... Obito sidered his ability the stro!

  With such power, he was invincible!

  Obito's gaze coldly locked onto the gate of the Gojo residence. With murderous steps, he approached step by step...

  His body began to swirl, gradually vanishing into a different dimension.

  ...

  ...

  "Enough is enough! At least today... today, I need a break!"

  "Go find Gojo Ai!"

  Pakura crossed her arms, her face flushed with embarrassment and anger.

  In that moment of shame and fury, she broke free from the straints of her colr, momentarily fetting her role as a "pet dog," daring to shout angrily at Gojo Kaigetsu.

  "What do you mean you e to me only when she 't satisfy you? Am I inferior to her?"

  Samui felt indignant, secretly rolling her eyes, crossing her arms and sulking silently on the side.

  "Ah, don't argue. You're both my wings," Gojo Kaigetsu shamelessly said, pletely oblivious to the cause of their quarrel.

  He waoo much.

  Pakura... was swollen and couldn't give anymore.

  As for where she was swollen... Gojo Kaigetsu thought it might be tonsillitis, but who knows-it could be elsewhere.

  Practig the "Bck Elbow" teique too much could lead to this; he often couldn't trol his strength.

  "Tonight will be the st time. How about... the two of you together? Tomorrow I'll go find Terumi Mei," Gojo Kaigetsu tentatively suggested.

  Iurn, Samui openly rolled her eyes at him.

  This girl dared to give Gojo-sama an eye-roll without even signing a Three Stripes Agreement.

  Gojo Kaigetsu prepared to give her a lesson: "Ai, I think tonight you should..."

  Before he could finish his sentence.

  Gojo Kaigetsu's expression ged. He instinctively raised his head to look toward his front door.

  It was chakra! A familiar yet strange chakra! A chakra that both beloo Konoha and didn't... It was somewhat simir to Fugaku's Mangekyō chakra.

  Through his Six Eyes, Gojo Kaigetsu had already detected someone approag outside the gate. The aura was extremely cealed. Without the Six Eyes, he might have faced a life-threatening situation.

  "You're really uimating me, sneaking into Konoha to py assassin politics."

  "This chakra is..."

  Gojo Kaigetsu searched his memory and, sidering the current timeline, aside from Fugaku, the only one who had awakehe Mangekyō was...

  "Obito, huh~"

  "Pakura! Put your clothes on!"

  "Eh? Why so serious all of a sudden?"

  Pakura was startled, but upon seeing Gojo Kaigetsu's serious expression, her heart, which had been nearly tamed, chose to ply.

  She pulled up the shoulder strap she had just lowered.

  No more unintended exposure.

  "What happened?"

  "Someone's looking for trouble with me," Gojo Kaigetsu said calmly.

  In just a few seds, he had figured out the cause and effect.

  If there had to be a reason for Obito to jump ahead of the timelio e to Konoha seeking trouble, it could only be because of the release of [Konoha War Ninja].

  Was it just because he made a mainstream movie promoting the Will of Fire with Kakashi as the protagonist?

  He was enraged enough to e kill him?

  really an innately evil Uchiha brat.

  "Looking for trouble... an enemy?!"

  Pakura and Samui spoke in unison.

  Needless to say about Samui. She had ied so mu Gojo Kaigetsu; no way could she let him be taken out by an enemy! Otherwise, all her previous hard work would be for nothing.

  If Gojo Kaigetsu died, with the other three advisors either stationed in other vilges or being old hags, where would she go to gather intelligence?

  Samui subsciously g Pakura, finding that the other woman had a simir rea.

  That was enough. As a hero of Sunagakure, Pakura... uhe enemy was a Kage-level powerhouse infiltrating Konoha, at the very least, she could hold off the enemy until Konoha's reinforts arrived.

  'Wait...'

  "Seems like I fot something."

  'How did Gojo Kaigetsu know there was an enemy outside? Did he set up an arm system I didn't detect?'

  Pakura grew anxious.

  Regardless of whether their bond was legitimate-whether it sychological or physical-after leaving Sunagakure, she had found a "home."

  If Gojo Kaigetsu died, she would bee a ghost wandering the ninja world, living aimlessly until she found a pce where no one could find her and end her life.

  In any case... she wouldn't let anyone harm Gojo Kaigetsu in her presence.

  Pakura's expression became serious. "Is the enemy... strong?"

  Gojo Kaigetsu said calmly, "Not to, but not weak either. In a one-ouation... you're not his match."

  "If you entered him in Konoha's forests or alleyways, it would be quite dangerous."

  "But, well, this is Konoha."

  "This is my home turf."

  Pakura was stunned. "I'll hold off the enemy here while you go for help?"

  "No."

  Gojo Kaigetsu shook his head. "In that case, you might die. In terms of speed, I might be killed before I send out a distress signal."

  "This is my home turf; why should I run?"

  As he finished speaking.

  Gojo Kaigetsu cpped his hands, summonily what he wanted:

  "Ninja Art: Summoning Reinforts Teique!"

  Boom-!

  Gojo Kaigetsu's hands touched the ground. plex patterns emerged on the floor, carrying his will to summon reinforts, transmitting it afar.

  "They're here~"

  Pakura's heart tightened. She instinctively drew a kunai from the ninja pouder the table, assuming a bat stance, her eyes fixed on the doorway.

  Space began to distort bizarrely.

  Someone bypassed the Gojo family's gate and appeared at the entrance hall.

  A mysterious ninja wearing a mask made a grarance!

  An e mask, a chilling chakra-everything about him exuded an indescribable eeriness.

  Pakura tightened her grip on her short bde. Although they hadn't yet engaged, judging from the aura emanating from the mysterious ninja and Gojo Kaigetsu's warning...

  This guy was definitely not some minor character they could easily deal with.

  "Hmm? You even have bodyguards." Obito's voice came through the mask to the three people. "Hmm, a Jonin-level guard, a in, and an ordinary woman with no chakra."

  "Although it's a bit troublesome... it doesn't matter."

  Obito feigned disappoi and shook his head. His rapidly swelling power made him utterly dismissive of a mere Jonin.

  Bearing the name of Kamui, he was invincible.

  "Who are you?" Pakura asked warily.

  "My name is Uchiha Madara, the one who will bring down Konoha."

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