The Land of Grass is neither big nor small.
Kakashi, dragging his exhausted body, walked all day but didn't even see a single hair of Obito.
Late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
Kakashi sat on the ground, gnawing on a flatbread, and threw a piece to Pakkun.
Pakkun said, "Kakashi, let's still meet up with Guy. Even if you encounter Obito now, you won't be able to do anything to him."
Kakashi hesitated for a moment. "Let's keep looking. It will be more efficient this way."
"I can't do anything with you."
Pakkun was about to complain when his nose suddenly twitched.
"Kakashi, he's here!"
Before he finished speaking, a swirling distortion appeared, and Obito emerged from it.
"Useless Kakashi, we meet again."
"Obito!"
Kakashi's chest heaved violently, his right eye fixed on the familiar yet strange figure in front of him.
His response was a fierce kick, imbued with powerful force.
Obito's movements were incredibly swift, his heavy kick landing on Kakashi's crossed, blocking arms.
Bang!
Kakashi flew backward, crashing heavily into a jagged boulder, sending pebbles clattering down. He tasted sweetness in his throat, and his vision flickered to black.
Obito stood still, looking down at him from above. In his only exposed crimson Sharingan, it was as if he was looking at a piece of useless trash.
"You were looking for me?"
"Haa... Haa..." Kakashi gasped violently.
His trembling hands pushed hard against the ground, and he stood up.
The piercing sound of Chidori in his right hand grew stronger and stronger, and the violent blue-white lightning once again condensed in his palm.
"I told you." Kakashi's voice was hoarse, every word squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Even if I have to break your limbs, I will bring you back."
Obito seemed to freeze for a moment, then a burst of mocking laughter erupted, echoing across the desolate battlefield. "Hahahaha! Useless Kakashi, you can't do anything."
"You couldn't save Rin back then. You can't defeat me today either. You'll always be that late-for-everything good-for-nothing."
Black Zetsu's voice slowly sounded. "Obito, stop wasting time."
His yellow eye glanced at the tottering Kakashi. "Quickly retrieve your eye. You should know their value better than anyone."
Obito was silent for a moment, the expression beneath his mask unclear.
"I don't think it's that urgent."
"Don't forget our grand plan!" Black Zetsu's voice suddenly became sharp.
"The Eye of the Moon Plan! The dream of creating a perfect world! Have you forgotten Rin?"
Rin...
That name struck through all of Obito's hesitation like an electric current.
The Sharingan beneath his mask instantly became incredibly deep, as if it had swallowed all light.
"I understand."
The moment Obito's words fell—
"Chidori!"
Kakashi roared, his body transforming into a resolute blue lightning bolt, rushing towards Obito at a speed beyond his limits.
However, the lightning, powerful enough to pierce through rocks, predictably passed through Obito's body, exploding into a charred, deep pit on the ground behind him.
Pfft!
A sickening sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out.
A cold, gleaming kunai, at some unknown moment, had stabbed out from the distorted spatial vortex behind Kakashi, instantly piercing the lower part of his unguarded left chest.
Excruciating pain instantly stripped Kakashi of all his strength. The condensed lightning suddenly extinguished, and the light in his eyes rapidly dimmed.
Kakashi crumpled forward, falling heavily into the cold dust. Blood quickly spread beneath him, staining the withered grass.
Obito slowly stepped forward, his footsteps unusually clear in the dead silence. He stopped beside Kakashi, without a trace of pity in his eye. His black-gloved hand fiercely plunged towards Kakashi's Sharingan.
"Ugh!"
A heart-wrenching scream uncontrollably burst from Kakashi's throat.
That Sharingan, which had witnessed their youthful friendship and carried countless promises and regrets, was brutally gouged out by Obito.
Obito flicked off the blood beads from his fingertips. He gazed at the blood-stained Sharingan in his palm, and without hesitation, he pressed it into his own empty eye socket.
Buzz!
An indescribably powerful ocular power fluctuation erupted with Obito at its center.
When he opened his eyes again, both eyes simultaneously glowed with an eerie light.
Dual Kamui!
"Obito, come back."
Kakashi curled up in pain, his remaining right eye struggling to look at Obito. "It's still not too late."
"Shut up, good-for-nothing!"
Obito lifted his foot and, like kicking an annoying stone, delivered a fierce kick to Kakashi's ribs.
"Cough!"
Kakashi was sent tumbling, crashing into a pile of rubble, and lost consciousness.
"You don't understand anything! You'll never be able to do anything!"
"Let's go."
Black Zetsu quickly followed, whispering persuasively, "Obito, aren't you going to take this opportunity to get rid of him? Although this good-for-nothing is useless, keeping him might cause trouble later."
Obito didn't stop, not even turning his head. "He doesn't even deserve to die by my hand."
"But..."
"No buts!" Obito glared fiercely at Black Zetsu. "If you dare to say one more word, I'll kill you."
Black Zetsu was furious but dared not speak. He cursed a million times in his heart.
Satosh wants to kill me. Madara, that big idiot, was fooled by Satoshi and also wants to kill me. Obito, this big idiot, also wants to kill me because I suggested killing Kakashi.
I'm really puzzled. All I want to do is revive my mother, but in the end, all of you want to kill me.
Maybe in a few days, Kabuto, that big idiot, will also try to kill me?
Can you please show some respect to an old guy who has lived for over a thousand years?
"I need some time to adapt to thess eyes." Obito clenched his fists. "Be obedient, don't do anything."
Black Zetsu said, "Madara is searching for your whereabouts all over the world."
"I know."
Black Zetsu pressed on, "When are we going to capture those two Tailed Beasts and reclaim the Rinnegan?"
"Soon."
With that, Obito merged into the vortex.
After glancing at Kakashi and calling him a good-for-nothing, Black Zetsu also slowly submerged into the ground.
When Kakashi woke up, he found himself lying on a pile of straw. Beside him were Guy, who was bandaging him, and Naruto and Sasuke.
Guy asked, "Kakashi, what happened to your eye?"
Kakashi propped himself up. "I met Obito. He took my Sharingan. No, it was originally his. He could have killed me, but he didn't. He just kept calling me useless."
Kakashi sighed. "I really am useless. I can't do anything."
In the silence, Guy suddenly stood up. "What you can't do, let Konoha's Green Beast and two excellent young people accomplish!"
"Right, Naruto, Sasuke!"
"Of course!"
Guy gave a thumbs-up, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.
"Completing every mission given by the village, this is youth!"