But... the Rin of this world had already died.
Obito's smile disappeared, and his originally empty and numb heart began to ache faintly again.
He even felt a little envious of the Obito from that timeline, who could always have Rin by his side.
However, he immediately thought of something.
Although the Rin of that timeline somehow knew many things about the future....
But after all, they were not in the same timeline, so she couldn't always be watching him, right?
So, what did that sentence mean?
Was it reminding him that the Rin of this timeline was also always watching him?
Obito faintly had a kind of premonition.
He raised his head and looked toward the sky.
It was a mysterious and profound feeling.
He felt as if he could see a place that did not exist in the entire ninja world.
Suddenly, he gained a realization.
'That place is the legendary... Pure Land!'
'Is Rin watching me from the Pure Land?'
'If so, I also want to see Rin just once.'
His eyes instantly turned red like blood, and within his blood-red eye sockets, two large pinwheel patterns spun continuously, spinning faster than ever before.
Accompanied by an immense consumption of dojutsu power, before Obito's eyes, the path to the Pure Land became clearer and clearer.
Then, he saw, at the entrance of the Pure Land, the only figure waiting there, appearing somewhat lonely.
'That is... Rin!'
Rin stood there, looking at him.
Time had left no marks on Rin, she was still just as before, just like she had been twenty years ago.
At this moment, Rin's gaze carried a trace of astonishment, as if she hadn't expected that Obito could actually break through the boundary between life and death and see her.
But soon, she became gentle, unconsciously raising her hand, wanting to touch the face of Obito who had instantly appeared before her.
"Obito, you took quite a detour."
In an instant, Obito was wrapped in a powerful emotion, he just wanted to say something to Rin, to greet her.
Yet, the next moment, Rin touched nothing but air.
Was it an illusion? Of course not.
It was because Obito's figure had already completely disappeared from the Pure Land.
In the real world, blood tears gushed out from Obito's eyes. He clutched his eyes, suddenly dropping to his knees, as if all strength had been drained from his body.
Just from that brief moment of forcibly holding on, he had already felt his chakra, including his dojutsu power, being consumed at an astonishing rate.
And it was instantly depleted, beginning to draw from his core life force and spiritual energy.
Such terrifying consumption was something he had never experienced, even after transplanting Hashirama cells. He wanted to hold on, wanted to continue... wanted to see Rin for just a bit longer.
Yet, the body's self-protection mechanism had already been triggered, and he fell from that state.
Kakashi immediately noticed the anomaly. Putting aside the surge of complex emotions after hearing Naruto's miraculous experience, he instantly flash-stepped to Obito's side, supporting his body.
"Obito, what's wrong?"
Obito kept his eyes closed, blood tears continuously flowing from them. At this moment, he couldn't care about anything else, only gasping heavily as he said, "Kakashi, I saw Rin... in the Pure Land."
Kakashi's remaining right eye pupil contracted violently.
He asked, "Obito, what do you mean by that?"
Obito's face suddenly appeared much older, this was the manifestation of having his life force drained.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "My Mangekyō... after both eyes were gathered, seems to have undergone an unbelievable transformation. In that instant, I confirmed that these eyes of mine... crossed life and death."
"I saw the Pure Land... and I saw Rin."
"I saw Rin waiting for me on the road to the entrance of the Pure Land. She was already there, waiting for me for so long… so long..."
Kakashi immediately fell silent.
This matter was just as unbelievable as what Naruto had said earlier about traveling back in time to ten years ago.
But Naruto wouldn't lie to him.
And when it came to Rin, Obito wouldn't lie to him either.
So, he believed it.
He murmured, "So... Rin really has been watching over you."
Obito said self-deprecatingly, "Yeah, I confirmed this matter. I wanted to look at Rin one more time, but unfortunately, now I can't do it anymore."
Kakashi frowned and said, "Why?"
Suddenly, Kakashi realized something, "Don't tell me..."
He looked toward Obito's tightly shut eyes, his expression becoming serious.
"Obito, be honest with me. Just now, in order to see Rin one more time, how much has your eyesight declined?"
Obito kept his eyes closed, but still replied honestly, "Kakashi, I can't see anything anymore."
"My dojutsu power has been completely used up. I should be completely blind now."
For some reason, even though Obito was now standing on the opposite side of Kakashi, Kakashi still felt a surge of immense heartache.
He asked, "Doing this... was it worth it?"
Obito closed his eyes and said, "It was worth it."
After speaking, Obito suddenly broke free of Kakashi's support and jumped to Sasuke's side.
Though his body was shaky and unstable, the opposite of that was his will, unshakable like steel.
So, to cross life and death just to see Rin once more, even with Hashirama cells transplanted into him, he still had to pay the price of losing sight.
His dōjutsu power was still far from enough.
But, what if he collected all nine tailed beasts, combined them into the Ten Tails, then became the Jinchūriki of the Ten Tails, becoming a being nearly equal to the Sage of Six Paths?
Would that be enough?
Rin had already been waiting in the Pure Land for too long, waiting all alone.
How could he bear to let Rin keep waiting like this?
He needed to activate his plan as soon as possible, to make everything perfect. He needed to create a world with Rin in it as quickly as possible.
He still wanted... to see Rin one more time.
Thinking of this, Obito lifted his head and said loudly to everyone, "I will implement my plan as soon as possible. Kakashi, just watch carefully. And Naruto, next time we meet, will be when I've obtained the Nine Tails."
After speaking, Obito said to Sasuke beside him, "Right now I'm abnormally weak. Take me away."
Sasuke looked at the extremely weak Obito, and a trace of mockery appeared on his face.
"Why should I help you?"
He even faintly had a dangerous thought, 'This version of Madara is abnormally weak, and if I act now...'
However, before this plan could take shape, Obito had already said, "Sasuke, don't forget, Itachi's eyes are still with me."
After speaking, he added, "If you don't deal with Naruto, your dream of revenge against Konoha is nothing but a fool's dream. But now, do you still have the power to defeat Naruto?"
"He was the one who directly defeated the leader of Akatsuki, someone whose strength surpasses even that of the Five Kage... Pain."
Sasuke fell silent for a moment. He looked at Naruto and suddenly recalled Naruto's words just now.
("If we fight, we'll end up dying at each other's hands.")
He clenched his fists tightly, as if making a certain decision.
In the next moment, Sasuke supported Obito and prepared to leave.
But Kakashi sensed something unusual and immediately shouted, "Naruto, they're going to escape, STOP THEM!"
As he shouted, Kakashi rushed forward.
Now was not the time for personal emotions. Obito was extremely weak. After losing his eyesight, he might already be incapable of activating Kamui.
It must be said, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.