[with card] Enemy of the World

27. Substitutes and fakes

After recovering his memory, Kushina's first feeling was pain.

His whole body seemed to be falling apart, every bone and muscle was screaming for pain, and there was still a burning sensation on the skin.Simple fighting obviously wouldn't have such a big impact on her body, there is no doubt that this is a side effect of tailed beast transformation.

That dead fox... wanted to raise its arm but was forced to moan by the severe pain, Kushina secretly cursed in his heart.

"Is this the attitude towards the savior?" The beast in his body growled displeasedly, and the red-haired Jinchuriki could almost imagine it lying on the floor of the Great Library Tower with its claws folded, bossing around. "If you have time to mutter here, why not hurry up and do what you should do!"

"Sister Jiuxinna, are you awake?" Her voice woke up Lin who was dozing on the bed.The female doctor endured a look of exhaustion, but she quickly cheered up and got up to check on the patient's condition.Kushina opened her eyes, looked at Lin whose vision gradually changed from blurred to clear, and forced a smile: "Fortunately, it's nothing serious. How long have I been asleep? How are the others? Haiyi and Sakumo Has your injury stabilized, sir?"

"You only slept for a few hours, and it's night now. Both Mr. Haiyi and Mr. Sakumo are not completely out of danger. At present, Master Tsunade is taking care of them with the medical staff supported by Wuyin Village." Lin's expression Dim for a moment, then quickly put on a comforting smile, "But with Master Tsunade around, everything will be fine!"

"Yeah." Kushina nodded, "Where's Obito? Is he okay?"

Lin was about to answer when a light knock on the door interrupted her unspoken words.Standing outside was the Uchiha they were talking about: "Lin? How is Kushina?"

"I'm awake," Kushina said, raising her voice.She stretched her arms and tried to sit up from the bed, but Lin hurried over to help. "come in!"

The door creaked open.A head came in from outside the door and looked into the room; then Obito limped into the room on a simple crutch. In order to prevent disturbing others, the bottom end of the crutch was specially wrapped in flannelette. .He looked at Jiu Xinna carefully, relieved: "It's great that you're fine. Uh..." He scratched his hair, "If it's convenient, can I talk to you?"

I was just about to talk to you too, Kushina thought to herself.So he nodded and said, "Of course."

"Then... Lin," Obito turned his gaze to Lin, with an unnatural tone, "You are also very tired, do you want to take a rest? I will take your shift."

Lin's eyebrows were raised high, and there was a very rare expression of displeasure on her face.For a moment she looked like she was about to object, but in the end she got up and left without saying anything.

The door closed dully behind Lin.Obito pursed his lips; there was a fleeting blush in his eyes, and Kushina felt a hallucination envelope the room.After confirming that the conversation between the two would not be eavesdropped, Obito dragged his legs and walked to the bed, sat down in Lin's position just now, lowered his head, and put his hands flat on his knees, stiffly He looks like a child who has done something wrong.

Seeing his struggle, Kushina decided to open the topic by herself. "I already know the real body of Tobi. Kyuubi told me."

Obito raised his head abruptly to look at her.His expression relaxed a little, as if he didn't have to say this unspeakable fact himself - but soon a look of guilt and frustration appeared on his face.He lowered his head again, crossed his fingers, stretching back and forth anxiously.

"I don't know what to say, this is just...too ironic..." He whispered, "He turned the ninja world upside down, committed so many heinous crimes, killed Kakashi, to be punished You and Zhishui started the fight, and now Mr. Shuo Mao and Mr. Haiyi are like this because of him... Fortunately, I said that I wanted to get rid of him, but in the end, all of this was... I I don’t know how to face everyone now—”

"Stop, Obito." Kushina leaned forward and tried to stretch his arms to hold Obito's hand, interrupting his speech. "He is him, you are you, you are two completely independent individuals. He is the one who did those things, why should you feel guilty about it?"

"But……"

"Don't rush but, you answer my question first. Do you think Lu Jing and Kakashi are the same person?"

Unexpectedly, Kushina would ask this suddenly, Obito looked up at her suspiciously, and replied hesitantly: "Yes...and no."

"Well, let me change the question. Do you love deer scares like you love Kakashi?"

"Of course not." This time Obito's response was much quicker.After blurting out, he seemed to have realized something, his eyes widened slightly.

"You understand it quite well." Kushina let go of her hand, leaned back on the cushion behind Lin's waist before leaning back, and breathed out comfortably. "You won't transfer your love for Kakashi to Lu Jing just because Lu Jing and Kakashi are the same person in different worlds, so why do you think we will pass on our hostility and hatred towards Kite What about you? If it is revealed that Tobi’s identity is not you from another world, but me, Minato, and Jiraiya-sensei, will you feel bad for us because of what he has done?”

After hearing her words, Obito's expression was relieved for a moment; but soon his face darkened again, and he said in a low voice: "But, not everyone may think so. And once this news spreads, it will definitely spread to other people. The country uses the excuse of attacking Konoha, if Minato-sensei protects me...he will also be involved in public opinion."

Kushina laughed: "As expected of the person who wants to be Hokage, I really think too far. However, since your teacher is still sitting in that position, let him worry about those things. Don't worry about Minato, even your own Students are not well protected, so what qualifications are there to be Hokage? If you ask him, he will definitely say so."

"Believe in us, and you must also believe in yourself. Obito Uchiha, a majestic man, can't give up on himself because of this little thing! Your performance will become the most powerful counterattack against doubters!"

Obito looked at Kushina.As the red-haired woman restrained her sonorous and forceful words, his eyes lit up little by little. Although he didn't seem to have fully recovered his previous self-confidence, at least he was freed from the previous feeling of bewilderment. out.He nodded heavily: "I remember. Thank you, Kushina."

"That's about the same." Kushina showed a satisfied expression. "Who else knows about this now?"

"Mr. Haiyi is still in a coma, and I don't know how many Yuan's memories he has seen. Besides the two of us, only... the deer was shocked."

"That's just right, you can also talk to him. He has a deeper relationship with you and Kite than I do, and he must be more enlightened than me..." Kushina was halfway through speaking, but noticed Obito's expression Something weird. "What's wrong?"

"The deer startled him... temporarily sealed by Teacher Jiraiya."

"Seal? Why?"

"Because Haiyi saw from Yuan's memory that he... killed Lin from another world."

This answer was unexpected by Kushina.She sat there, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.Recalling the brief contact with Lu Jing in the village before, the respect and courtesy of the silver-haired reincarnated man, his love for Naruto, and the detailed analysis of the spiral shuriken... How could this be possible? Woolen cloth?

But in this way, she understood why Obito wanted to dismiss Lin just now.

Obito moved on the chair.Kushina came back to her senses, blinked her eyes, and slowly asked, "Mr. Jiraiya... Did you ask him? How did he answer?"

"He said that what Mr. Haiyi saw was true, but he refused to disclose more details. He only said that when he returned to Konoha, he would explain everything to Mr. Minato."

Hearing this, Jiu Xinnai's mind calmed down a little.Although Lu Jing did not deny that Lin was killed by himself, at least he expressed his willingness to tell Minato the whole story instead of covering up the facts to everyone. This proves that he does not want to confront Konoha, and things still have a chance to turn around.Maybe the circumstances at that time were extremely special, maybe there was some compelling reason for Lu Jing, maybe he was manipulated by the enemy at that time, and he didn't attack Lin out of his own will... Everything is possible.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that the world that Lu Jing came from is more cruel than theirs, and the experience is more rough than theirs.

"Obito, what do you think about this?" she asked.

"I...I don't want to draw any conclusions without authorization." Obito said after a moment of silence, "I hope to believe that Lu Jing is not the one who will kill his companions, but he must also give a sufficiently convincing explanation. I I think, let’s wait until we get back to Konoha and he confesses to Minato-sensei.”

"That's the only way to go now." Kushina nodded, "Trust Minato...he will definitely make the right judgment."

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Kushina insisted that she was just too tired and needed to rest, and that she didn't need special care, and kicked him out on the grounds that Obito was still a wounded person.Leaving Kushina's room, Obito took a deep breath and let it out again long, facing the wet breeze blowing in from the open window.

Although my heart is still heavy, at least the previous feeling of weakness has disappeared.Kushina is right, the only one who can justify his name is himself, as long as he does his best in the cause of fighting against Tobi and Akatsuki, those doubts caused by Tobi will naturally be solved.No matter what kind of difficulties are waiting for him ahead, he has to cheer up to face it, which is also the responsibility entrusted to him by Kakashi... Obito raised his hand and touched his eyes.

He awkwardly put on his crutches, and was about to go back to the ward where he came back, when a person behind him suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

Hearing this voice, Obito's heart sank.He turned away.

It was none other than Lin who quietly appeared from the darkness.She completely abandoned her gentle and patient appearance in the past, walked up to him with a very serious expression, and asked straight to the point: "What are you guys hiding from me?"

"Hiding... hiding it from you?" Obito prevaricated with little confidence, "We have nothing to hide from you..."

"I'm not that easy to deceive." Lin took another step forward, her aura was a bit aggressive, "First, Mr. Jiraiya and then you, the most fundamental purpose of taking care of Kushina and resting is to make excuses for me Get out, don't you?"

"..." Obito didn't know what to say, only silence.Lin continued: "It's between me and Lu Jing, right? That's why Mr. Jiraiya sealed Lu Jing up? About my death in that world?"

Obito was stunned, and subconsciously asked: "How do you know—" It was only after half a sentence that he realized that something was wrong, and quickly stopped talking.

Lin shook her head sadly: "Do you think I really can't tell at all? He looked very strange when he saw me for the first time, and his reaction when he met Minato-sensei and Sakumo-senpai was not the same. Same. Just now on the battlefield, when we fell, he tried to help me, but you slapped his hand away. Why? He said he understood, what did he understand? You two seem to have no idea when suddenly There's a shared secret about me, and then Jiraiya-sensei knows it too, and all of you want to keep me out!"

Obito really panicked now - it's not that Lin has lost his temper with him before, but it was the first time he had seen her look so angry and sad.He stood there at a loss, opened his mouth and closed it again, and after repeating it several times, he murmured: "We... don't want to exclude you, it's just... It's so weird that even me and Jiraiya-sensei had a hard time accepting it for a while, we were worried...worrying that you would..."

His voice gradually became smaller as Lin approached again, and finally disappeared completely.The two were close at hand, Lin glared at him angrily, but there were tears in her eyes. "Obito Uchiha, do you still think of me as a jonin? Do you still think of me as your companion who has fought side by side with you for 20 years? You said that Kakashi left the burden and died without asking your wishes , Then every time you make a decision, have you ever asked me about my wishes? It was like this when you left me alone to find Orochimaru, and it’s also like this this time... Or do you think I should stay behind and be protected? Be well, wait for you to bleed and fight in front, finish everything, and then lightly throw me a sentence of 'it's all over'?"

"I..." Obito couldn't answer her question.Seeing Lin turning to leave, he quickly reached out and grabbed her sleeve. "I'm sorry, Lin, I..."

Lin sniffed and didn't look back.When she spoke again, there was no choking in her voice, replaced by unstoppable determination. "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. After returning to Konoha, I will ask Minato-sensei and Lu Jing himself. How did I die in another world? I am the person with the most right to know, and this matter I must also find out the truth!"

After finishing speaking, she shook off Obito's hand, and her figure quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

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Kakashi felt that the man's expression changed when he looked at him.

Before he was still alive, when he was locked up in Akatsuki's underground secret room to recuperate, although Tobi didn't come often, and didn't communicate with him every time, but as long as Kakashi looked away from him, he could always feel it. Kite is watching her back, her eyes are so intense that it cannot be ignored.Occasionally, he could catch the eye under the mask, and the emotion in the eye was surging violently, but it was obvious that although the wave was caused by him, it did not exist because of him.

Tobi has been looking at another person through Kakashi.

But now it is different.The expression he looked at Kakashi was still different from when he looked at Orochimaru, Yakushidou and others, but those turbulent emotions had settled down and turned into a more imperceptible undercurrent.He no longer sees others through Kakashi, and there seems to be only one reason for this change——

He has no need to continue doing this.

Of course, Kakashi had no way of knowing the details of Orochimaru's secret conversation with Kite.The negotiation was successful, and the two parties reached a cooperation intention. When they left the underground research institute, Kakashi's control contract had been handed over to Kite.Kite did not directly use the power to send the two back to the Akatsuki base. After several hours of walking, the two arrived at the border of Tianzhi Kingdom, where Didara sitting on the big bird was waiting for them; the blond artist looked at Kakashi curiously. Cassie took a few glances and gave them a big bird, which spread its wings and flew towards the Land of Rain.

At dawn the next day, the three arrived in the Land of Rain and landed on the top of the Western Tower.Tobi sent Didara to rest, and she took Kakashi into the secret room where the other party was imprisoned through Kamui.

"You will stay here for the next few days," he said succinctly. "In about half a month, you will be able to reunite with your companions."

"You have made so much preparation and wanted to exchange him with me, but have you ever thought about the possibility of Konoha refusing the deal?" Seeing that Kite was about to leave, Kakashi asked suddenly.

The opened space rift is closed.Kite tilted her head slightly back. "reject?"

"I don't have the necessary combat power to defeat you. But the other me has the Kaleidoscope Sharingan. He and Obito join hands to form an effective restraint on you. If we are exchanged, it will only make the strength of each other fade away." , this is not a wise decision.”

Tobi was silent, and turned around after a while, facing Kakashi.

"Placing human life and interests at the two ends of the balance is exactly why I hate villages like Konoha." His tone was exactly as he said.

"I'm dead." Kakashi said calmly, "And I also support Konoha's refusal of this deal."

"Even if I will force you to fight them like manipulating your corpse?" Kite narrowed her eyes.

Hearing this, Kakashi's expression wavered for a moment, but he soon became firm again: "Yes."

"No." After another moment of silence, Kite said decisively, "The trade will be successful... because that fake will definitely come to me."

Kakashi raised his eyebrows: "Why are you so sure?"

Kite let out a hoarse sneer.

"Because he is such a fool. As long as he believes that it is right and beneficial to Konoha, he will do it without hesitation, whether in life or after death." He replied, "It's a pity that he is also a waste ;Speaking all kinds of beautiful words, but in the end it always achieves nothing, and the promised things are never fulfilled. "

"According to what you say, then he is indeed a waste." Kakashi actually nodded, agreeing with Tobi's statement, "I can't imagine that I in another world would grow into such a disgusting appearance."

Kite immediately looked at him displeased.Kakashi didn't realize it, and continued: "Although I don't know what he did that caused you to have such a low opinion of him, since your resentment is so heavy, it must be that he has done something to you. A promise, but failed to do what was promised. Could this have something to do with why you are what you are now? If so, then not only you, but he is also guilty of bringing disaster to the world here and there -"

"shut up!"

Kite's angry shout echoed in the small room.There was a dead silence, and then the man raised his hand and took off his mask.

Even though he was already a filthy body, when he saw this Obito-like but so different face again, Kakashi still held his breath involuntarily.He tried not to look at other places, and focused all his eyes on the pair of heterochromatic pupils - this is the biggest difference between the other party and his Obito.

"Your arrogant tone is exactly the same as that young me." Yuan stared at the reincarnated person coldly.He seemed to choose to suppress his anger instead of venting it out. "You who have not experienced everything we have experienced, and have not experienced the same despair, what qualifications do you have to judge us?"

Hearing him suddenly protect another self, Kakashi did not show any surprise expression.When he spoke again, he suddenly changed the subject: "Are you so obsessed with getting him, is it because his eyes will hinder you, or is it because of some other reason? You call him a fake, so for you, I Is it a substitute for a fake?"

"In your eyes, what should the real Hatake Kakashi look like?"

Unexpectedly facing such a question, Kite couldn't help being stunned.When he came back to his senses, he turned his head away to avoid meeting Kakashi's gaze.

"This has nothing to do with you." He whispered, ending the conversation simply and rudely. "Stay here obediently, and don't make small moves on your own initiative... If you don't want me to completely control you with a spell."

After all, this time he didn't give Kakashi another chance to leave him, and left through Kamui.

The space vortex closed again, and soon disappeared without a trace.Kakashi stood there for a while, then walked to the bed and sat down.His body relaxed slightly and he sighed.

Interrogating or obtaining information through verbal means is considered his relative shortcoming - when he was in Anbu, this kind of work was mostly handed over to Itachi.Although the provocative method worked, the effect was extremely limited, and there was no unexpected gain other than confirming the previous speculation.Maybe he was a little too hasty, with Kite's sharp mind and deep vigilance, after a little thought, one can find that Kakashi is deliberately belittling himself in another world to observe his reaction; in the next few days, Kakashi Cassie may not be able to pry any information out of the other party's mouth.

Things are getting trickier, Kakashi thought to himself.Kite is determined to win this deal, and if the other self has the same wish, then an exchange between the two parties is inevitable.Konoha suffered a loss from this move. If Tobi finds Orochimaru and manages to bring the other him under the control of the contract, then when we meet on the battlefield in the future, the person targeted by the two Kamuy holders will no longer be Kites, but with soil.Unless those unknown entanglements between these two people can really change the situation unexpectedly...

As he thought this way, his thoughts gradually deviated from the right track.If we really go back to Konoha, we can see Obito, father, Lin and teacher again, right?The separation was too sudden at the beginning, let alone the words of farewell, except for Obito, he didn't even have time to see the others for the last time.And with soil...

The image of the black-haired youth holding him and weeping once again appeared in Kakashi's mind.Those peaceful days in the past have truly become "a lifetime away" and can no longer be traced back.Even if they defeat Tobi in the end and put the world back on track, he and Obito are destined to part again...

The reincarnated dead man bent his shoulders and buried his face in his hands.

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Seven days later, Konoha, Hokage Office.

Minato sat behind the desk with a long mission report in front of him.There is another scroll on his left hand side, which is carefully bound neatly with three straps, and a large "seal" is written on the outer cover.

On the other side, Jiraiya who delivered the report did not leave immediately, but stood by the window with his arms folded, silently watching the students' backs.

Minato finally saw the end of the report.He rewound the scroll and put it aside; after a moment of pondering, he said, "Teacher, what's your opinion on this matter?"

Zilai also opened his mouth and closed it again. "I don't want my opinion to affect your judgment." He raised his chin in the direction of the sealed scroll, "The person involved is here, you should ask him yourself."

Minato moved his gaze to the scroll.He looked at it with a complicated expression for a while, then stretched out his hand, and carefully untied the three ribbons one by one.Then he spread the scroll on the table, and after forming a series of handprints, he slapped the curse circle in the scroll with his palm: "Untie!"

There was a dense swishing sound, just like when the seal was carried out, a large number of cloth strips filled with runes jumped out of the seal and rushed to the open space in front of the desk.The strips of cloth spun rapidly, gradually forming a human shape, and then there was a "bang" and the smoke rose, and when it cleared, the silver-haired visitor from another world appeared in front of the two of them.

The deer stood there in shock, without moving for a long time, his eyes staring blankly ahead; for a moment he looked like a statue, and the soul bound by the forbidden art had already returned to the pure land.Minato and Jiraiya also exchanged a worried look - no one knows what it's like to be a reincarnator during this time of being sealed, and no one has ever tried to free a sealed reincarnated person again.Minato tentatively called out: "...Kakashi?"

One second, two seconds, three seconds.In the fifth second, Lu Jing finally responded.He blinked his eyes very slowly, and his eyes gradually shifted to the blond Hokage: "Teacher..."

Hearing that confused voice, Minato couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

But at this time, Lu Jing had recovered from the state where the seal had just been released.As soon as he regained his sanity, he immediately took a step back and knelt down on one knee, lowering his head: "...I'm sorry, Mr. Fourth."

An unspeakable silence.

"Lu Jing, now we have returned to Konoha." Jiraiya cleared his throat and broke the silence. "Before at the outpost of the country of water, you said that you would tell the whole thing to Minato. Now that he is here, shouldn't it be time for you to fulfill your promise?"

"Of course." Lu Jing replied, "I'm very sorry, Lord Fourth. The resume report I gave you back then was not completely true. For some reason, I concealed some details and facts. But now... it seems that it is no longer suitable. Keep it a secret."

As if he had made up his mind, he raised his head and met Minato's eyes.

"Please find a trustworthy mountain tribe, I am willing to open up all my memories to you."

(TBC)

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Hatake Kakashi Inherent Attribute: Mouth Escape Negative Points (bushi)