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At this moment, Lin finally turned herself completely upright.

Her right shoulder and right fingertips had been transformed into a beast-like shape, resembling the right claw of a spiky, diamond-shaped armored monster.

Distortion, hatred, resentment, longing, revenge, indignation, hatred, jealousy.

—Twisted, hateful, resentful, and yearning.

—Revenge, resentment, hatred, jealousy.

The negative forces that dwell deep within the tailed beasts.

Ultimately, it manifests as emotions.

The deepest and purest.

Murderous intent.

--Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill.

They were consumed by such murderous intent.

Kakashi was unable to move.

Obito's physical memories, however, made him involuntarily utter two words.

"──Three tails!"

Even though the memories of each world have been lost.

The cells lurking in Obito's body number in the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, hundreds of thousands, millions, billions, trillions, hundreds of billions, trillions ...

roar!

Without a second thought, how could one possibly hesitate when facing a tailed beast?

Everything I want to say, everything I want to vent.

It all boiled down to a single word.

"escape!"

Obito grabbed Kakashi by the back of his collar.

With a powerful swing, he followed up with his steps.

The two fled in panic.

"Bring it on!" Lin roared.

The cave is winding and twisting.

For ninjas, navigating such complex environments is a fundamental skill.

Rin, a jinchūriki controlled by the three-tailed beast, was like an armored vehicle with no obstacles in front of her.

Rampage.

The path leading to the cave was littered with falling rocks.

The rough approach bought Obito and Kakashi some time.

"Kakashi, Rin lost consciousness and went berserk because of the power of the Tailed Beasts... Those bastards from Kirigakure actually implanted the Three-Tails into Rin's body! They're making Rin a Jinchūriki!"

The two ran away side by side.

Kakashi looked at Obito, who usually... had a lazy calmness when dealing with things.

Now, Obito has lost his composure.

In order to correct the current state of Obito.

Kakashi made a decision after a moment's thought.

"Don't you know some kind of ripple energy gong?"

"Huh? It's Ripple, but not Kamehameha!"

Obito instinctively made a sarcastic remark.

"Icha Icha Paradise instead of Jump? -- Tsk, sorry, I just couldn't calm down."

"I can't calm down either. Those damned bastards, if I don't calm down it will get even worse. Rin has been attacked by a tailed beast..."

"That's Lin too..."

Echoes from the cave.

There was a loud bang from the impact, and even more so, Lin's roar.

I didn't listen carefully just now.

Even from a distance, it could be heard very clearly.

"With soil..."

That kind of roar.

It was calling out Obito's name.

At this moment, the cave exit was just a stone's throw away.

"Kakashi."

Obito suddenly stopped.

Kakashi, sensing something was amiss, stopped and looked at Obito.

"The girl I want to date is calling out so passionately..."

"Don't joke around! What stupid thing are you planning to do now! The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan should be able to suppress the tailed beasts. After we get out of the cave, we can use the terrain to help you suppress Rin."

"What? Kakashi, my eyes are only for Rin, not for dealing with her."

Obito's hands moved like lightning; when it comes to throwing techniques, the Uchiha clan is renowned throughout the world.

In an instant.

The kunai with steel wire attached was thrown by Obito and turned into a protective net.

The smell of kerosene from the steel wire rushed into Kakashi's nostrils.

And on top of the kunai.

The detonator... ignited a spark.

"Lin was still calling my name at this point... Men, if a girl keeps calling his name and chasing after him no matter what, she either loves him to death or hates him to death. You see, no matter how beautiful a tigress is, she's still a tigress. It's like a girlfriend who's a little grumpy when she wakes up; it's normal to get bitten a few times."

The steel wire was covered with live wire.

Inside the fire net, Obito's expression was no longer lazy.

It was a pampering smile.

He pounded his chest with his hand.

"I just can't bring myself to leave Lin here."

"Obito...you self-righteous bastard!"

"Kakashi, I'm leaving everything else to you—I'm sorry."

The last scene that came into Kakashi's eyes.

Obito turned around, his gaze falling on the fluttering clan crest coat.

Flames and sparks danced in the air, and the Uchiha fan swayed gently...

"Obito!"

Kakashi's shout was accompanied by the explosion of the detonation tag.

The cave exit collapsed at this point.

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"How unexpectedly romantic! This is a wonderful place to confess your love."

The explosive tag destroyed the cave exit.

This indirectly caused the collapse of the rock wall above, which coincidentally opened a skylight in the cave.

The light from above shone into this place.

Obito stood there where the sunlight streamed in, holding two boxes of strawberry milk in his hands.

"No candlelight dinner, only scorching sunlight; no red wine, only strawberry milk."

Upon arriving here, the erosion caused by the tailed beast transformation became even more severe.

Lin's face was covered in iron gray, and her voice was somewhat hoarse.

"It's actually quite romantic, don't you think, Lin?"

"With... soil..." Lin murmured, looking down.

"I'm here." With a smile, Obito opened his arms and stepped forward.

"Obito, Obito..." Rin's beast-like eyes welled up with tears.

"Rin, I would never lay a hand on you, no matter what. Look, I won't even activate my Sharingan."

"Obito—"

Obito and Rin, eye to eye, face to face.

In an instant.

The beast claws were not claws that Lin could control.

It pierced, inserted, and thrust into Obito's abdomen.

"If... only I can bring you back to your senses... then what I can say to you is..."

It possesses corrosive tailed beast chakra and extremely sharp beast claws.

It pierced through Obito's abdomen.

Such excruciating pain, such imminent death.