[with card] Enemy of the World

[-]. Those left behind

The communication frog took the news back to the Hokage Tower first.The moment the door of the office was knocked, the three people in the room tensed up.

Clenching the pen in his hand, Minato said, "Come in."

The door opened.The middle-aged man who walked in seemed to have traveled for a long time, and his silver hair and clothes were still covered with dust.But he seemed to be in a good mood, and apparently everything went well with the mission.Sakumo placed the scroll in Minato's desk. "The task is completed, Fourth Generation. The rebel army in Lanzhiguo has been eliminated, Ye Zhiguo daimyo agreed to reconcile, and will marry his sister to him as an envoy of friendship between the two countries."

"...Hmm. Thank you for your hard work."

"Speaking of which, I also found some rare loot from those rebels this time." Sakumo suddenly seemed to think of something, took out two small scrolls from the ninja bag behind him, and said with a smile. "Jiushinna, you've been at home recently, must you be bored? There are several rare sealing techniques recorded in these two scrolls, and even I can't fully understand them. The daimyo of the Land of Lan agreed with me to bring them back, You might feel...what's the matter with you?"

He seemed to have finally realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, his eyes swept over Kushina with red eyes and Itachi who bowed his head silently, and finally returned to Minato with a look of uneasiness on his face. "Did I... interrupt you to talk about something? What happened?"

"Actually..." Minato spoke with difficulty. "Two members of Akatsuki came to Konoha yesterday. Obito and Shisui discovered them first. After receiving Shisui's signal, Kakashi and Itachi also rushed to support. The two sides fought by the river in the southern suburbs, Then……"

Sakumo tensed up, "Is Kakashi injured? Is it serious? Is he in the hospital?"

"No. Kakashi... died in the line of duty."

The office was surprisingly quiet for a moment.Shuo Mao took two steps back; his eyes were wide open, his face was blank, as if he didn't know what expression to use to face the sudden bad news.

"...That's right." After a long time, he said slowly. "So... where is he now? The autopsy room? When can I... take him home?"

Itachi's head hangs lower.Kushina covered her mouth, turned her face away and sobbed softly.

"He..." Minato couldn't bear to look at the father's face.He stared at the paper on the table, his voice trembling slightly. "He was taken away by the kite. Sorry, Mr. Sakumo, we...arrived too late."

There was a dead silence.Then Shuo Mao opened his legs and walked towards the window with heavy steps.

Minato raised his head: "Mr. Sakumo..."

"Excuse me for being rude, Hokage-sama." Sakumo didn't look back, and interrupted him by raising a hand. "I just got back from a long-term mission and I'm pretty tired. Please give me a break for now... just a little while."

"Okay." Minato said quickly, "When you are ready, send your ninja dog here. I will let it bring you a detailed report of the incident."

"Excuse me." Shuo Mao jumped onto the windowsill.He opened the window and was about to leave, but his movements stopped again. "By the way, there is one more thing..."

When he turned his head, the three people in the room suddenly felt a chill running up their backs at the same time.The man's eyes were slightly red, but he did not shed tears. Although his expression was calm, his eyes were full of uncontrollable grief and violent killing intent.

What was in front of them at this time was no longer Mr. Sakumo, who had a gentle temper and no pretensions, and would kindly solve problems for the juniors, but the one who had participated in two ninja world wars and defeated the five major kingdoms with just a short knife. The frightened Konoha Baiya.

A wolf that has lost its beloved son will turn into a ferocious beast that chooses people and devours them.

"If you have Akatsuki's movements... please let me know as soon as possible."

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Coming out of Hokage Tower, Itachi went straight to Konoha Hospital.

Zhishui's ward is on the fourth floor, a quiet single room; when Itachi came, he saw several clansmen coming out of his room.Seeing Itachi, they exchanged a few glances, then left from the other direction of the corridor.

Itachi knocked on the door: "Shishui, it's me."

"……come in."

Itachi walked into the ward.Zhishui was sitting on the bed, his face was a little ugly, when he looked at him, his eyes had just returned from red to black.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asked, sitting down on the chair by the bed.

"Nothing." Zhishui said. "How are you doing?"

"Master IV told Sakumo-san about the captain's death."

"...Really." Zhishui said.He set his eyes on the railing at the end of the hospital bed, took a deep breath, and clenched his hands on the quilt into fists. "Itachi, I..."

"Enough." Itachi decisively stopped what he was going to say. "I know what you're thinking. Get rid of such stupid thoughts. The captain's death is not your fault. Neither you nor Obito should be responsible for it. The one who should be responsible is the kite. All of this is his hand." Caused. If there is anything we can do for the captain, it is to completely destroy Akatsuki, defeat the kite, and let them pay the due price."

"..."

"Shisui." Itachi clenched his fists with both hands, and slowed down his tone, "Don't be impatient. This time we underestimated Tobi's ability, and Lord IV is already working on recalling the masters who are performing missions outside, and please Jiraiya-sama went to look for Tsunade-sama, and the village has also entered a first-level alert state, and a similar incident will definitely not happen again next time. And I don't think Akatsuki will show up again so soon; you can take care of your wounds now It’s ok. Let’s talk about Obito... I’m afraid it will take a while.”

"...I see." Zhishui let out a breath, and finally let go of his fist.He held Itachi's hand back. "If you're free, go and see Obito for me, and... no. Forget it."

His hesitation made Itachi feel suspicious.But Itachi didn't ask anything, just nodded. "Then I won't be with you for now. The fourth generation asked me to act as the commander of Anbu temporarily. I still have some things to deal with. Maybe my father and mother will bring Sasuke to see you at night, and then I will talk to them again." Come together."

"Ah."

Finally shaking Shisui's hand, Itachi got up and left the ward.As soon as he closed the door, he heard someone calling his name. "Itachi!"

"What's the matter?" Itachi looked at the prestige, and the Uchihas just now left and returned.

The leader and his companions looked at each other. "Uh... We heard that Obito opened the Kaleidoscope Sharingan?"

So they came to Zhishui to ask about this just now?Itachi frowned. "So what?"

Hearing his personal confirmation, several Uchihas showed envious and jealous expressions.The leader took a step forward, with eagerness in his eyes. "Then do you know the ability of his kaleidoscope Sharingan? No matter what it is, it will definitely show its talents in the next battle with Akatsuki, right? Tsk tsk, I didn't expect the crane tail to be so lucky when I was young—— woo ah!"

Before he could finish his words, Itachi suddenly leaned in front of him, his black eyes were extremely gloomy.The man screamed in shock and took a few steps back.

"You guys go back and tell other clansmen who have the same idea, don't gossip in front of Obito." Itachi's tone was flat, but it was not difficult to hear a storm brewing faintly. "Otherwise, even if he is kind and careless," Sangouyu's eyes turned bright red in an instant, and Sangouyu spun dangerously, "I'm not so easy to talk to."

"I know... I know!" This deterrence was obviously effective, the man hurriedly responded, turned around in embarrassment, and left in a hurry.Others followed suit.

Itachi watched coldly as their figures disappeared around the corner of the corridor.At this time, a door behind him opened, and a tired voice sounded: "Thank you, Itachi-kun."

Itachi turned around.Lin was standing in front of an office door, looking at him.She was pale and haggard, looking like she hadn't rested for a long time.

Itachi shook his head: "No. I'm just doing what I can. But..." He paused, "Obito has to overcome this difficulty after all."

Fingers made a few folds on the cuffs of the white coat, Lin lowered her head, her temple hair fell on both sides of her cheeks, her shoulders trembled slightly.

"I still have something to do, so I'm leaving now, Senior Lin. I'm counting on Shishui." With a polite bow, Itachi made a seal, and his figure disappeared into a cloud of white smoke.

Leaning her body against the door frame, Lin sucked her nose hard.She raised her head, looked out through the window at the end of the corridor, and her eyes finally fell on the head of Fourth Hokage.

Minato class...

She blinked lightly, tears streaming down her cheeks.

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It was dusk when Lin came to the Uchiha settlement.

The sudden attack of Tobi and Kisame sounded the alarm for Konoha, and all departments were running at full speed, and the police force was of course the first to bear the brunt.Along the way, she saw many adult Uchiha people, regardless of gender, they were in a hurry, with serious and tense expressions.

Homes with soil are located on the edge of the settlement.The curtains were tightly covered, so you couldn't see what was going on in the room.Lin knocked on the door; there was no answer.

"Obito?" Feeling uneasy in her heart, Lin knocked on the door a few more times and raised her voice. "I'm Lin, are you here? Open the door!"

Still no answer.Lin became anxious and stretched out her hand to twist the doorknob, but she didn't expect the door to open all of a sudden.

...unlocked?

Lin rushed in.There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and because the curtains were drawn, the room was very dark, and all the furnishings could only be seen as a vague outline.Lin fumbled and pressed the switch at the entrance, and the light above her head flickered a few times before turning on.

The moment she saw the situation in the room clearly, Lin covered her mouth, tears pouring out. "Bring soil..."

The person she was looking for was sitting on the floor in the corridor not far away.Lin still remembers that after she and Kushina brought Obito back last night, he collapsed just after taking a few steps in the door, no matter how much they pulled him, he couldn't get up; in desperation, he confirmed that Obito had only a few scratches on his body Afterwards, the two ninjas had no choice but to leave, hoping to leave him some alone and quiet space.But looking at it now, Obito obviously hasn't moved since last night, and even he was wearing the clothes from yesterday's battle, and the blood on them had dried up.

The black-haired Uchiha curled his legs, hugged his knees, and buried his face between his arms.For so many years, Lin has only seen Obito like this once; that was when they were five years old, on the day of the death of Obito's parents, several children of the same age in the clan laughed at him because he had no adult guidance since he was a child, so he always It's a crane tail.Obito rushed over to wrestle with them, but was crushed at the bottom because he was outnumbered, and happened to be bumped into by Lin and Kakashi who came to look for him.The silver-haired little genius beat those people away with three punches and two kicks. Lin pulled Obito up from the ground, but Obito shook off her hand and ran away for the first time.

When she and Kakashi chased to Obito's house, they saw him sitting on the ground curled up like this.Lin tried her best to comfort them for a long time, but Obito refused to communicate with them. Finally, Kakashi lost his patience and forced the black-haired boy's head to make him look up.A red, tear-stained little face was exposed, and while sobbing, the mouth was still stiff: "Wait... When I open my eyes, I will definitely be better than them all!"

But now Kakashi has...

Staggering forward, Lin walked to Obito and knelt down in front of him.She was still covering her mouth with her hands, but she still couldn't suppress the choking in her voice when she opened her mouth. "Obito, don't be like this...we've already...lost Kakashi, we can't...everything will...will pass, you have to pull yourself together, we all...have to..."

She couldn't go on, threw herself on Obito, and burst into tears.

She couldn't even convince herself with these words, so how could she convince Obito?The three of them have known each other for 20 years, and they have long become unrelated family members, and they know each other as well as they know themselves.Even though the establishment of the water gate class has been disbanded long ago, their hearts are always closely connected together, like a closed and perfect ring, complete and complete, without regrets.

But now the circle is broken, a part is missing, and it can never be complete again.

Everything will pass - this is just self-deception.A long time may dilute the pain, but it will never truly heal the scars.

An arm wrapped around Lin's back and patted her shoulder reassuringly. "Don't cry, Lin." Obito's voice sounded above her head, it was hoarse but calm, and there was no sign of crying at all.

The crying stopped abruptly.Lin raised her head in a daze; Obito didn't look at her, but was staring at the opposite wall.

"I've been thinking about it here for a long time..." he said slowly, "I kept thinking about what happened yesterday. Then I understood."

"Understood... what?"

"What Kakashi said at that time. He said, 'If you have to die anyway, it's better to die for some value'. I thought he was referring to using Rachel to attack Tobi's vitals while being stabbed... ...but then I realized that he was more than that."

Lin's eyes widened. "Could it be..."

Obito didn't answer right away.He gently pushed her away, stood up against the wall, walked to his bedroom, untied the jnin vest halfway, and threw it on the ground.

Lin also got up and followed behind him, her face pale. "You mean, Kakashi is for..."

While talking, Obito had already taken off his uniform jacket, he stopped when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Lin.His red eyes shone with a bewitching light in the extremely dark room, and the Sangouyu transformed into a new shape under Lin's gaze.

"Yeah," he said, "for the eyes. If Kakashi hadn't rushed up, the four of us would have been killed sooner or later, and even the reinforcements who came later might not be able to escape Kite's poisonous hands; but this For one thing, even if his plan to perish with Kite fails, at least he can be seriously injured, and if I can open the kaleidoscope Sharingan, I will have the power to fight against Kite, at least I can save myself and Kite. Shisui and Itachi's lives. Sure enough, Tobi hurriedly retreated afterwards."

"Look, this idiot has such a clear idea of ​​what happens after his own death. That's really his style, isn't it?"

Lin's sobs answered him.The brown-haired ninja stepped back, leaning against the wall weakly, biting her lips tightly, tears rolling down her cheeks one after another.

Obito's eyes had returned to black.He went to open the closet. "From the moment I figured it out, I understood it. Kakashi chose me, he pinned his future on me, and he believed that I could do what he expected. If anyone If I can defeat the kite, that person will be me, and it can only be me."

"And I absolutely cannot live up to his expectations."

No one spoke for a while, and the only sound in the room was the rustling of cloth rubbing against each other.Hearing a soft click, Rin raised her head; through her teary eyes, she saw Obito put the forehead protector on the table.He changed into casual clothes and was putting on the cloak he had gone out with.

"It's so late... where are you going?" she asked tremblingly.

"What I said just now is Kakashi's plan, and what follows is my plan." Obito said, "Kakashi wants to leave the burden behind and walk away. I killed it with my own hands, so what's the point of this revenge?"

His tone was understated, but the strong paranoia revealed in it made Lin feel terrified. "You... do you want to go to Akatsuki's lair alone and take Kakashi's body back?"

Obito was opening the window when he heard her words pause, but he didn't say anything.

"Stop messing around!" His silence was regarded by Lin as an acknowledgment, and her heart suddenly lifted, "Xiao is not alone in Yuan, even if you have the Kaleidoscope Sharingan, it is absolutely impossible to deal with them all! Besides you I don’t even know where they are—Obitu, come back!”

Seeing Obito jumping onto the window sill, Lin hurried over, trying to stop him; but at this moment Obito suddenly turned around and met her eyes.Sangouyu slowly rotated, and in an instant the hypnotic pupil technique had been activated.

"You...don't...go..." Her mind immediately became dizzy, and Lin fell weakly.She felt Obito grab her body, pick her up, and lay her gently on the bed.

Before losing consciousness, she heard "I'm sorry" in her ear.

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At the same moment, inside the Shenwei space.

The huge and complex spell formation covered the entire square platform.In the center of the platform, Kakashi was lying there with his shirt off, and the runes on the ground spread to his body and finally gathered on his chest.

The blood hole pierced by the black rod is filled with white matter, which is slowly undulating and surging like life.

Kite and his three shadow clones were sitting cross-legged at the four corners of the curse circle, palms together.There is no difference between hot and cold in the Shenwei space, but the four of them are all pale, sweating profusely, and soaked, as if they have just been fished out of the water.

Being in a state of high concentration throughout the day and night, and exporting a large amount of chakra, even with Uchiha's bloodline and the addition of Hashirama cells, all of this will cause a great burden on Kite's body.But there was no hesitation on the man's face, he just stared at the silver-haired Anbu in the center of the curse circle with all his attention, refusing to relax in the slightest.

Finally, Bai Juedi's turmoil gradually calmed down.Kakashi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly moved his body weakly, and let out a painful hum in a coma——

To Kite, it was the sound of the flower of life blooming again.