area51novel Chapter 161 Minato confirms the masked man is 100% Obito!
Chapter 161 Minato confirms the masked man is 100% Obito!
Chapter 161 Minato confirms the masked man is 100% Obito! (Seeking monthly votes)
Fugaku Uchiha opened his Sharingan and observed the chakra within the masked man.
It's obvious that the masked man's chakra is converging towards his right eye; this is a sign of...
"Eye techniques?!"
Things have basically started to develop in the worst possible direction!
Only two clans in Konoha possess ocular jutsu: the Uchiha and the Hyuga.
However, given the precedent of Madara Uchiha controlling the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha, even the current head of the Uchiha clan would prioritize the Sharingan! Let alone the Konoha advisors who are wary of the Uchiha!
Fugaku Uchiha: "Who exactly are you?!"
Although the hawks within the clan had never stopped causing trouble, he managed the Uchiha clan relatively strictly. Fugaku Uchiha couldn't imagine who could control the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha without his knowledge!
Koharu Utatane: "Stop pretending! Fugaku Uchiha! Since you say it's a dojutsu, stop hiding your true intentions and motives!"
Minato Namikaze never believed that the attack was intentionally carried out by the Uchiha clan head.
However, he had only recently taken office and had little way to deal with those stubborn and experienced advisors.
The Third Hokage knew Koharu's temperament and raised his hand to stop her, "Minato, you should speak."
Fugaku Uchiha found it strange that the Third Hokage and the Anbu had surrounded the masked man but hadn't arrested him.
Minato Namikaze noticed Fugaku Uchiha's confusion. "He possesses a very special space-time ability. I think this may be related to his eye technique. No matter what kind of attack it is, it can be passed through by his intangible body."
However, unexpected attacks or Rasengans can hit him completely, meaning that he doesn't turn himself into a ghost, but hides his body in another space when the enemy's attack gets close to him.
Only by taking him by surprise, before his body can escape into that space, can it work.
Eye Technique!
Fugaku Uchiha's surprise was written all over his face.
Kaleidoscope Sharingan!
This extremely rare Sharingan was practically leaping off Fugaku's lips as he spoke of it!
However, as the head of the Uchiha clan, he had never heard of any of the younger generation in recent years obtaining this special Sharingan!
"Could it be a member of the Uchiha clan who has been living abroad—" Could it be a member of the Uchiha clan who has been living abroad?
As Fugaku was thinking this, he heard the Fourth Hokage say to him, "Please help me check on Kakashi's condition."
Having already had his identity exposed, Obito Uchiha, who still wanted to escape, flinched.
"Kakashi?" Fugaku Uchiha asked, puzzled.
Judging from the rise and fall of his chest, Kakashi was at most only slightly unconscious.
However, he still did as the Fourth Hokage said and used his Sharingan to check on Kakashi Hatake's condition.
It felt as if someone had drained his chakra, leaving him severely depleted.
The method of extraction.
Chakra was still gathering in his left eye at this moment.
Then, through Kakashi's left eye, a resonance occurs between the masked man's left eye!!
At the same time, Obito Uchiha also understood why his Kamui was faster than usual when he severed the Nine-Tails' arm earlier!
"The Sharingan can only be used to its fullest potential when you only have one pair."
Madara Uchiha once said this!
This is how I, as a child, responded to Madara: "Then Kakashi and I would be the best duo!"
As Obito Uchiha, who was originally 31 years old, he already knew all the abilities and methods of using the Sharingan!
It's because Kakashi was nearby!
In that critical moment, he simultaneously activated both of his Mangekyou Sharingan and used Kamui!
That's why Kakashi fainted!
Having spent several hours reading the comments in one go, Obito Uchiha inexplicably recalled the content of a few comments at this moment.
【Kakashi Uchiha truly lives up to his name.】13549 people found this very helpful. 【Kakashi is the Uchiha clan's go-to Sharingan user; everyone who's used him says he's amazing!】7461 people found this very helpful. 【Even on his deathbed, Obito Uchiha was thinking of giving Kakashi an early Hokage appointment gift! The double Kamui Susanoo is incredibly cool!】23749 people found this very helpful. Forcibly banishing all this random commentary from his head, Obito Uchiha maintained his silent demeanor.
This sudden situation left him completely bewildered. Moreover, facing Minato-sensei, Kushina, and the Fugaku clan leader, he, who had already committed patricide, clan extermination, and wreaking havoc on the ninja world, was truly speechless.
On the other side, Fugaku Uchiha saw Kakashi's chakra flow into his left eye and merge with the masked man's right eye!
After processing all the information in his mind, he finally uttered the name: "Uchiha Obito?!"
This is the second time!
The second time someone asked if the masked man was Uchiha Obito!
But the masked man didn't refute either time!
"Are you really Obito Uchiha?!" The Third Hokage exclaimed incredulously. "If you're still alive, why didn't you return to Konoha immediately?!"
Mitokado Homura: "So, you want to get your Sharingan back from Kakashi to continue your evil deeds?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several of his advisors and trusted ninjas jumped to Kakashi's side, making it clear that even if it meant destroying Kakashi, they would never let the masked man get that eye.
"No!" Minato reached out to stop the advisors and trusted ninjas, standing in front of Kakashi. At the same time, several Hokage's direct ANBU members arrived around him; these were Kakashi's colleagues.
The two advisors, Homura Mito and Koharu Utatane, criticized Minato for being too clueless as Hokage, failing to prioritize the overall situation at a crucial moment.
Obito Uchiha: It's the same old story. Even now, Obito Uchiha still hates this system to the core.
"I am..." Who I am doesn't matter.
Obito wanted to talk to them like this: even without the Nine-Tails' attack, even if he didn't intend to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan, he didn't want to return to Konoha like this.
But Kakashi was one step ahead of him, waking up from a nightmare.
"Lin!"
The name stunned Obito Uchiha, leaving him speechless.
He remembered those comments: it was because of Obito Uchiha that Rin Nohara had to die.
Kakashi's suffering, Minato's family's suffering, and Rin Nohara's suffering all ultimately stemmed from him, Obito Uchiha!
Kakashi woke up with a start and jumped up. He was unsteady on his feet and it took him a while to regain his balance.
"Minato-sensei—."
He looked around in surprise at the people, "The Third Hokage, and the Uchiha clan head."
And the water gate...
The initial guess that the masked man was Obito Uchiha was only 30%.
After Fugaku Uchiha arrived and confirmed the connection between him and Kakashi's Sharingan, the guess was only about 70% certain.
Until Kakashi called out that name!
The moment the masked man's muscles tensed—
Minato Namikaze is 100% certain!!!
The masked man—it's Uchiha Obito!!
Kushina Uzumaki, whose Nine-Tails had been extracted by the masked man, shared the same thoughts as Minato.
The Uzumaki clan's extraordinary sensitivity to chakra allowed her to clearly perceive the tension and fear emanating from the masked man's chakra when he saw Kakashi unconscious!
When Kakashi called out the name "Rin," the masked man's chakra surged like a stray puppy abandoned in a downpour, unable to find its way home, overwhelmed by immense sorrow and uncontrollable self-blame.
"Obito!"
Kushina cried out in a tearful, nasal voice, "It's Obito, right?!"
Why did the child she thought she had lost forever reappear in this way?!
Upon hearing Kushina's question, Obito Uchiha recalled those few comments from the live stream:
[Kushina's favorite person in Minato's team was Obito Uchiha] 5497 people liked this. [Kushina also said she hoped Naruto could grow into someone like Obito] 4546 people liked this. [Obito Uchiha had the same protagonist's script as Naruto, but ended up as a villainous boss] 9750 people liked this. Now, Obito Uchiha has finally uttered his first words after sealing the Nine-Tails.
This was also the first sentence he spoke in his original voice since the Nine-Tails' rampage timeline:
"It's better not to hope... that Naruto becomes someone like me—"
The sound has changed!
Minato and Kushina both noticed this. The masked man used a different voice earlier, and that voice and the aura it carried were completely different from the one they were using now!
The person who was even more surprised, to the point of feeling dizzy, was Kakashi, who heard Kushina call out "Obito" to the masked man!
His only visible eye looked so surprised! That hero who died saving him during the Kannabi Bridge mission, Obito...
Still alive?!
His voice became very hoarse, unlike Obito's original clear voice.
It could be due to vocal cord damage, or it could be related to puberty as one gets older.
"Obito! Is it really Obito?!"
Kakashi couldn't care less about anything else! He grabbed Obito's wrist with one hand! But Obito passed right through his hand like a ghost.
Kakashi was stunned.
That hand, that right hand, was the hand that killed Lin, a hand he could never wash clean!
Obito passed right through his hand, like a Hollowfied ghost.
Kakashi suddenly felt short of breath.
It's another timeline where Naruto Uzumaki also experienced hyperventilation!
This condition is usually triggered by anxiety, tension, or emotional excitement, leading to rapid breathing, decreased carbon dioxide concentration, and symptoms such as pseudo-hypoxia, dizziness, numbness in the hands and feet, or even convulsions.
While still in the Anbu, he didn't have nearly 20 years to heal his inner wounds, and there wasn't even a Team 7. At this time, Kakashi wasn't as strong as the Konoha Jonin Kakashi from the original timeline of 600 billion explosive tags.
Nine-Tailed Fox Timeline —
Kakashi suddenly started hyperventilating, but Obito was faster than Minato and Kushina in pressing down on Kakashi's mouth and nose, ordering him to calm down!
Kakashi gripped the mask around his neck, his only exposed eye rolling upwards.
The other ninjas realized what was happening!
They all assumed that Obito Uchiha wanted to steal Kakashi's Sharingan! They threw kunai and shuriken at Obito Uchiha!
Obito can't dodge this time! If he uses Hollowfication again, Kakashi will be the one hit by the kunai and shuriken!
"What are you doing?!" Kushina roared, using the Adamantine Lock to protect Obito.
But at the same time, those Konoha ninjas who were preparing to attack Obito were the ones who were truly protected!
"Peng!!"
The Wood Release technique that Obito Uchiha unleashed from behind! It struck the barrier formed by Kushina Uzumaki's Adamantine Sealing Technique!!
The speed and sheer terror of it sent a chill down the spine of the Konoha ninja who was about to attack him, their backs instantly drenched in cold sweat!
Kushina hadn't expected Obito to be so violent. The two of them acted at the same time, which saved the lives of those ninjas!
While Minato, Kushina, Fugaku, the Third Hokage, and the other ninjas were still shaken, what surprised them most was the Wood Release?!