While everyone was talking, two figures moved swiftly past the Allied Shinobi Forces, rushing straight toward Naruto.
Naruto turned around, smiled, and said, "You're here at last!"
With two sharp whooshes, the two figures landed on the ground.
Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto.
Orochimaru stood up, his trademark smile playing on his lips. His gaze first landed on the slightly weakened Naruto, then lifted to the sky above where Uchiha Obito, now the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and pseudo Sage of Six Paths, hovered ominously. Orochimaru couldn't help but chuckle.
"It seems… a great deal has happened since I left."
Kabuto frowned as he looked up at Obito. "Lord Orochimaru, the one up there… that's Obito, isn't it? He appears to have transcended humanity."
Now enhanced by Sage Mode and possessing the DNA of powerful shinobi, Kabuto had a refined sensory perception. He could tell that Obito's chakra had become otherworldly.
Orochimaru turned his eyes to Naruto and said with a sly grin, "Judging by the atmosphere here, events have accelerated quite drastically."
Naruto nodded, his face grim. "Yeah. I brought them here for this."
Orochimaru chuckled. "Very well. I'll handle the preparations, Naruto-kun. Leave it to me."
As he spoke, Orochimaru clapped his hands once. Kabuto immediately understood the cue. He stepped forward and formed hand seals, activating Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei—Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation.
With a thunderous rumble, a coffin emerged from the ground before everyone's eyes. The entire battlefield fell silent in shock.
Second Hokage Tobirama Senju frowned, his expression alert. Who was Naruto bringing back this time?
Naruto stepped forward and walked slowly toward the coffin. He glanced up at Obito floating above and called out, "Obito… you say this world is false, that it's filled with hypocrisy. But tell me—can you truly abandon her?"
With that, Naruto placed his hands on the coffin and pushed the lid open, revealing a figure inside.
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
What…?!
Obito's expression twisted in shock and horror. Even Uchiha Madara, who had been watching with disinterest, narrowed his eyes at the sight. Naruto… had become far more dangerous than he had anticipated.
Lying in the coffin was none other than Nohara Rin, resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation.
Naruto had ordered Orochimaru and Kabuto to locate Rin's grave, steal her preserved body, extract enough biological material, and perform the forbidden jutsu to bring her back. The body had been maintained to ensure it could be used in the Impure World Reincarnation.
Obito clenched his fists so hard they shook.
If Rin could be resurrected like this… then it meant her body had been desecrated. Stolen.
"You've gone too far, Naruto!!"
Naruto stared directly at Obito, calm and resolute.
"Didn't you say this world is fake, filled with lies and pain? That it's better to erase everything? Then let Rin see what you've become—the same boy who once promised to protect her."
With that, Naruto signaled Orochimaru to proceed.
Orochimaru began the activation process. "Wake her," Naruto commanded.
Obito's eyes widened in horror. His breathing grew ragged.
"NO!!"
He let out a furious roar and rocketed toward Naruto, aiming to destroy the Edo Tensei corpse.
But Naruto was ready. With chakra restored by Kurama, and Sage Mode still activated, he was already brimming with power.
As Obito descended, Naruto shouted, "Uncle Snake, finish the reanimation! Sasuke, you're with me!"
Naruto immediately activated Kurama Mode. His body was cloaked in golden chakra. Sage Mode layered on top, and his perception heightened.
Sasuke clicked his tongue in annoyance but moved swiftly to follow Naruto, his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan spinning.
The two of them leaped up, intercepting Obito mid-air.
Tobirama, quick to catch on, realized that Naruto's plan involved psychological warfare. He used his teleportation technique to move beside Rin's body and protect her.
Obito screamed in rage, manifesting a Truth-Seeking Ball into a lance and thrusting it forward.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!!"
Naruto rubbed his hands together.
"Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan!"
A massive sphere of compressed chakra exploded from his palm, colliding with the Truth-Seeking Lance in mid-air. The force of the clash created shockwaves across the battlefield.
Obito roared, pushing the lance forward.
Sasuke activated Susanoo, drawing an ethereal bow.
"Flame Control: Blaze Arrow!"
The arrow, composed of Amaterasu flames, screamed through the air toward Obito.
Without flinching, Obito morphed the Truth-Seeking Ball into a black staff and struck the arrow mid-flight, dissipating it.
Clang! Crack! BOOM!
The Rasengan met the black staff again. The air cracked, and finally, the Rasengan exploded. Naruto and Obito were blasted backward.
But the moment had been bought.
Rin… had awoken.
Naruto landed roughly on the battlefield but smiled as he saw Rin standing amidst the other resurrected Hokage.
She blinked in confusion.
"Third Hokage… is that you?"
Hiruzen nodded gently. "Yes. You're Nohara Rin from Team Minato, right?"
With a golden flash, Minato Namikaze appeared beside her.
"Rin!"
"Sensei!" she cried in joy, then paused.
Her eyes scanned the battlefield, landing on Hashirama and Tobirama.
"Wait… the First and Second Hokage? But... weren't they long dead? What's going on?"
Just then, another figure emerged from the crowd of Allied Shinobi.
"Rin!"
It was Hatake Kakashi.
Rin blinked at the white-haired man with a puzzled look.
"You are…?"
Looking at his features, something clicked in her memory.
"Kakashi…? Is that you?"
Kakashi's voice cracked as he replied, "It's me, Rin."
Her eyes widened. "You've grown so much…!"
Then she looked down at herself, realizing her body was still that of a teenage girl.
"What… is happening to me?"
Orochimaru stepped forward and pressed a fūinjutsu-tagged kunai to her head.
"Time to synchronize your memories."
With a low hum, memories from the Shinobi World flooded into Rin's consciousness—her own death, Kakashi's suffering, Obito's descent into darkness, the Akatsuki, the Fourth Shinobi World War...
Rin staggered, gripping her head.
"Ugh... my head… Kakashi… Obito…!"
Obito heard her voice. His heart shuddered.
"STOP IT, YOU BASTARD!!"
Obito charged again, madness in his eyes.
Naruto and Sasuke intercepted him with force.
Meanwhile, Rin pieced everything together. She realized she was dead. She realized this world was at war. And the person behind it all… was the boy she once knew.
"Obito!"
Her voice cut through the battlefield.
Obito froze, slowly turning.
Rin walked toward him—passing Naruto and Sasuke—her steps small but steady. Her eyes locked onto his, just as she had done long ago.
When she reached him, she stood on tiptoe and gently raised her hand, placing it on his face.
She looked deeply into his war-worn eyes.
"Obito… you must be so tired."
Those words struck Obito like a hammer to the chest.
He had expected condemnation.
He had expected fury.
But all Rin offered… was understanding.
For a moment, Obito wanted to cry.
Truly, deeply, painfully cry.
But he held back.
"…Rin."
He dropped to his knees, hugging her tightly.
Tears streamed down his face, uncontrollably.
And for the first time… he felt human again.
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