After all, Aomi is his best friend, the kind that gives you warmth when you're cold, who has gone through misunderstandings but still opens his heart to you. It's an unbreakable bond and friendship!
But when he thought of Rin, Uchiha Rin, whose life and death were unknown, Uchiha Obito felt an emptiness in his heart.
If Rin were dead, Uchiha Obito would feel pain in his eyes, as if his heart would tear apart, igniting a desire to destroy everything!
"But Rin is probably not dead, yes, definitely not!" Uchiha Obito comforted himself in his heart.
As long as Uchiha Rin is not dead, Uchiha Obito has no interest in being a Savior; he just wants to lie on the couch with her, talking and joking, almost forgetting about everything else.
"If it's about being the Savior, I'm willing..." Uchiha Obito nodded against his own will.
Uchiha Madara sneered, seeing through the thoughts of this junior at a glance.
Whether he had truly believed in the Eye of the Moon Plan or was just humoring him, the Ninja World Asura could still see through this.
"First, regain the qualification to be a ninja..."
Uchiha Madara shook his head:
"You think the things you cherish will be shattered by this cruel Ninja World, eventually driving everyone mad."
"The longer I live, the more I feel that reality is filled only with bitterness, pain, and loneliness."
"Listen, everything in this world is the same. Where there is light, there will be darkness; where there is a winner, a loser will appear; where there is protective love, hatred will inevitably arise."
"When you kill an enemy in the name of peace, your love generates hatred, spreading and multiplying in mutual revenge, and when this hatred you created takes away what you protect, a stronger hate is born."
"This is inescapable. You have someone important in your heart, right?" Uchiha Madara asked Uchiha Obito.
"I... I have."
Uchiha Obito listened to Uchiha Madara's words, feeling a bit dizzy, somehow sensing there was some truth to it.
But remembering Rin's smile, Uchiha Obito quickly discarded these words.
Even if it makes sense, so what?
Why must it be him to become the Savior, with so many others it could be!
Unless Rin hopes for him to be that Savior, Uchiha Obito would naturally consider it...
"If someone killed your important person, would you choose to forgive them?"
Uchiha Madara coldly said: "You would find every way to kill them, to cruelly avenge, right?"
Uchiha Obito couldn't help but think about that scenario...
If Rin were killed by someone, even if Aomi tried to stop him, he would kill that bastard without hesitation!
Uchiha Obito instinctively nodded his head.
"Others are the same; don't underestimate the amount of love in everyone's heart..."
Uchiha Madara remarked with emotion:
"All Hidden Villages teach killing techniques in Ninja School, judging geniuses by their precision and magnitude of slaughtering as a standard of praise. What future can this Ninja World have?"
"Just like you, a praised Uchiha genius, besides killing, can you do anything else? Your only value is to kill, which is to supposedly generate hatred, stripping this world of love."
"This is the reality of the Ninja World..."
Uchiha Obito's heart instinctively fluttered, knowing Uchiha Madara's words were problematic, yet unsure how to refute them...
It seems to be the truth?
"If Aomi were here, he could surely refute this damned old man!" Uchiha Obito thought regretfully but still tried to refute:
"No, as long as I'm strong enough, at least I can protect who I love!"
"Then, answer me, have you protected them?"
Uchiha Madara stood up, slowly walked to stand beside Uchiha Obito, looking down at him:
"Hashirama and I are already the strongest ninjas in this Ninja World, yet neither of us could protect those we should have protected. What about others?"
"Uchiha Obito, do you think you can be stronger than Hashirama and me, or that you'll be luckier?"
Uchiha Obito instinctively avoided this question.
Though he hasn't seen Uchiha Madara in his prime, the oppressive feeling he emanates now is suffocating him...
The scariest part is, under Uchiha Madara's words, Uchiha Obito feels as though Rin might really have encountered trouble!
"You guys, help him become a complete person, at least able to train and fight."
Uchiha Madara summoned several Zetsu, one with a swirl-patterned head, coldly instructed: "I'll give you time, Uchiha Obito..."
"Once you've recovered, you can see what the world is like after this war yourself, journey across the Ninja World seeking the light and opportunities for peace with your own eyes."
"You, who find nothing, will come back by yourself." Uchiha Madara finished speaking and turned to leave.
Several Zetsu came in laughing, wanting to befriend Uchiha Obito.
"What does it feel like to poop?"
Swirl-Head Zetsu looked excitedly at the new resident, shouting: "It must be interesting right!"
Uchiha Obito's face twitched, just now they were discussing high-end topics like Ninja World peace, how did it suddenly fall to such lowly things!
At this moment, lurking beneath the earth, Black Zetsu slowly nodded.
Uchiha Madara's rhetoric was much better than it had imagined...
At least, logically it was flawless, and once it dies, Uchiha Obito would be swept into Madara's logic amidst the intensifying emotions.
Then, it could support Obito from another identity, becoming his external brain.
Black Zetsu is very familiar with Uchiha Obito, confident in its ability to control him.
"Such a pity that if the Ninja World warfare wasn't made so complex by Uchiha Aomi, perhaps I could try to say a few last words to Uchiha Obito, and take some keepsakes, to inspire him to become the so-called Savior..."
"Given the current intensity of war, it's better to wrap up my death neatly to avoid any mishaps."
Black Zetsu swiftly traversed underground, heading back to the battlefield.
After all, Uchiha Rin couldn't die yet...
Creating a body like this required Uchiha Madara's aid, and unless necessary, Black Zetsu would rather not converse with that old bloke.
And when it returned to Uchiha Rin's body, cautiously opening her eyes, about to scout the surroundings for enemies, planning to hide via Mayfly Jutsu and rejoin the Konoha forces...
It found a warm palm patting her back.
"Rin, you woke up?" Aomi seemed to step out from the void, smiling and gently asked.
Black Zetsu was startled; it hadn't detected Aomi's presence at all underground with the Mayfly Jutsu!
Moreover, why would Uchiha Aomi appear at the Hidden Rock Battlefield?
According to Zetsu's intel, Aomi should have been at the Hidden Mist Battlefield, busy marching into the Land of Water, stationed at The Hidden Mist Village, bustling with activity!
Following Onoki's disruption of its plans, Black Zetsu again felt a loss of control...