[Naruto, Anime Timeline.]
In a dense forest, cooking smoke curled upward.
Old Obito leaned against a tree, quietly watching Young Obito and Rin roasting a wild boar.
Hard to believe these two still had the mood for a picnic at a time like this.
Just then, suddenly, a strong tremor came from the ground.
Young Obito and Rin immediately raised their heads, looking in the direction of the shaking.
The epicenter… was actually quite far from them, but the commotion was extremely intense.
Rin couldn't help but ask, "This… what is it?"
Young Obito said, "If nothing unexpected has happened, it should be that Madara has been awakened by Kabuto and is fighting the Ninja Allied Forces."
"That move is the Rinnegan's gravitational response, summoning a huge meteor from the sky to smash into the ground."
"Named— Tengai Shinsei!"
Although after being with Obito for so long, Rin had seen all kinds of jutsu, she was still amazed.
"Such power, it's practically heavenly might."
Then, Rin turned to look at Old Obito, "Obito, now that you also have the Rinnegan, can you do something like this?"
Old Obito thought for a moment and replied, "I can, but it would consume a huge amount of chakra, and summoning a meteor attacks everything around indiscriminately. For us, it's not worth the loss."
Rin nodded. At this moment, she gained a deeper understanding of the Fourth Ninja World War.
Compared to the Third Ninja War, where ninjas still fought close combat with ninja tools, the Fourth Ninja World War had already begun to show destructive power that defied traditional ninja norms.
It was practically world-ending.
Young Obito said flatly to Old Obito, "Since Madara has been summoned, according to the experience of our past life, Naruto and Killer Bee should be arriving soon. Get ready for battle."
"In this life, since you didn't choose to detour and retrieve the Six Paths ninja tools of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, there's only one way to revive the Ten-Tails: extract the tailed beasts from Naruto and Killer Bee to awaken the Ten-Tails in its most complete form."
Old Obito stood up and said, "No need for the reminder, I know what to do."
Rin's expression darkened slightly, "Naruto, is he fated to die once?"
Young Obito's eyes flickered, "Not necessarily. After all, the Sage of Six Paths could revive him at any time. We need to be ready to face Six Paths Mode Naruto."
At this, Old Obito's eyes became serious, "Six Paths level? Just what kind of power is that? I'd really like to know…"
———
At this time, on the other side—
Sasuke, who was searching for Kabuto to revive Orochimaru, ran into Itachi, who was planning to go deal with Edo Tensei alone.
The moment Sasuke saw Itachi, his expression changed, and he became agitated. He followed behind Itachi, shouting, "Hey, you stop right there!"
However, Itachi ignored him and continued walking toward his destination.
Karin, seeing this, had no choice but to follow behind Sasuke, watching the two brothers run and fight along the way.
Finally, under Sasuke's relentless pestering, Itachi had no choice but to reveal his goal, finding Kabuto to undo the Edo Tensei technique.
Sasuke said coldly, "Perfect, I also need to find Kabuto, to revive Orochimaru. We're headed the same way. Besides that, I have a lot of questions to ask you."
Itachi froze, stopping in his tracks, "Sasuke, why would you revive Orochimaru?"
Sasuke said flatly, "You don't understand Uchiha Obito's abilities. If we want to defeat him, simply competing in raw power is meaningless. I need Orochimaru to Edo Tensei the Second and Fourth Hokage, both of whom mastered space-time abilities. Only then do we stand a chance."
Itachi gave a rare smile of relief, "Sasuke, have you finally come around? Are you going to help the village now?"
However, Sasuke turned his head away with a snort, "I have no such intention. It's just that I've already found a way to revive the Uchiha clan, and I don't want it to be disrupted by Uchiha Obito's actions."
At this, Itachi became interested and asked, "Sasuke, how do you plan to revive the Uchiha clan?"
Sasuke proudly lifted his chin, "Itachi, sheer power can't solve everything. With someone else's reminder, I finally realized, the most important thing to determine the fate of a clan is population."
"As long as there are people, the Uchiha bloodline can continue. That way, even if I don't do anything special, the Uchiha may rise to greatness again."
Itachi froze. That was a perspective he had never thought about before. But thinking about it carefully, Sasuke was right.
At the same time, Itachi was full of confusion.
"Sasuke, I'm sorry, but there are very few Uchihas left. Other than you, the other Uchiha wants to destroy the world."
"In this situation, how do you increase the Uchiha population?"
Uchiha Sasuke finally found something he understood that his older brother didn't, and he became even more proud.
"Simple, since there's no one, then I'll just produce them myself."
"Though having children is a tough thing, I'm willing to endure everything for it."
Off to the side, Karin's face turned red, 'Is it really that tough?'
Itachi: "…"
Itachi didn't expect to hear such bizarre words from Sasuke's mouth, 'Is this really the Sasuke I know?'
But thinking about it, Sasuke's actions were strangely reasonable. The root of a clan's continuation was indeed population.
Was this what Uchiha Obito's mysterious companion meant when he said "Uchiha Sasuke has achieved a new understanding"?
Itachi really couldn't find a proper adjective to describe this situation.
To praise him felt weird. Not to praise him, well, Sasuke's method, though simple, was effective.
In the end, Itachi just looked at Karin beside Sasuke and asked, "Is it this girl?"
Sasuke gave a small "mm."
Itachi gave Karin a big smile filled with apology, "I'm really causing you trouble. Being with him like this all the time, it must be hard for you, right?"
Karin's face turned red, 'How can these two brothers talk about this kind of topic so seriously?'
She immediately waved her hand, "Not troublesome, not at all."
She secretly glanced at Sasuke, "If anyone's got it hard, it's probably Sasuke more than me."
Itachi froze, looked at Sasuke, "Is that so?"
Sasuke would never admit something like that. He only snorted and said tsundere-like, "How could I possibly be inferior to a woman? Itachi, you don't understand these things, so don't make wild guesses."
Itachi: "…"
'Fair. I really don't understand.'
Since they had already wasted a lot of time, Itachi quickly said, "Sasuke, I must immediately go deal with the Edo Tensei problem. I can't chat with you any longer."
After speaking, Itachi started moving again.
Seeing this, Sasuke followed closely and asked, "Why do you always think you can solve everything alone?"
While speeding forward, Itachi said, "I have a trump card, Kabuto probably can't break it."
Sasuke suddenly remembered his battle with Itachi.
Say what you want, Itachi's trump cards really were endless. No one ever knew what else he could pull out next.
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