Time rewinds to a moment before.
When Kakashi was rushing over, atop the Ten Tails, both Big and Young Obito merely watched silently, without stopping him.
Uchiha Madara knew that Kakashi was Obito's close friend, so it was normal for Obito not to block him.
He made no comment, simply crossing his arms to watch the show.
Very soon, Kakashi leapt to their side.
Old Obito looked at the anxious Kakashi and said, "Everything is already settled. What are you here for now?"
Kakashi only replied, "Now that you've already obtained all the power of the Tailed Beasts, is there any way to preserve Naruto's life?"
Old Obito said calmly, "If you want to extend Naruto's life, unless we divide some of the Nine Tails' chakra to him, but that is an impossible matter."
"Kakashi, go back. After the Infinite Tsukuyomi is activated, Naruto will return."
But Kakashi clenched his fists tightly, resolutely saying, "No. I can't just watch Naruto die in front of me. Even if there's only a tiny chance, I won't give up this hope!"
Old Obito was stunned, this look on Kakashi… evoked an indescribable feeling of familiarity.
These were the very words he would've said as a child, the very same actions he would've taken.
For some reason, Old Obito said, "Kakashi, you are no longer the Copy Ninja Kakashi, and I… am no longer the old me. Don't think of using this trick to get me to agree."
But Kakashi looked at Old Obito and said, "You think I'm copying you?"
"No, I've merely taken the beliefs of your past self as my code of life now!"
Old Obito looked at such a Kakashi and felt somewhat helpless. Fortunately, he had already obtained what he wanted. Saving Naruto was not out of the question.
He spoke a reminder, "Inside the Gold and Silver Brothers of the Hidden Cloud, there is Nine Tails chakra. Also in Namikaze Minato's body."
Saying that much, Old Obito didn't continue. Giving a hint, this was already his greatest mercy.
Kakashi instantly understood what Old Obito meant. If the Reanimation Jutsu hadn't been undone earlier, he could go to the Hidden Cloud to request the sealed Gold and Silver Brothers and extract the Nine Tails chakra within them to sustain Naruto's life.
But now, all the Edo Tensei bodies had shattered into fragments and dissipated into the world. How could he make such a request?
As for summoning people again with Edo Tensei. Orochimaru was already dead, and Kabuto's whereabouts were unknown. Where could he even begin to look?
Kakashi had already hit a dead end.
At that moment, Young Obito suddenly said, "Maybe… we can make a deal."
Kakashi froze and looked at Young Obito, "What do you mean?"
Young Obito said, "I'll send you and Naruto to a certain place to meet someone, he should already have been reanimated."
"He will definitely save Naruto. All I hope is that, aside from the part used to sustain Naruto's life, the remaining chakra can be shared with us."
"That is our condition for saving Naruto."
Kakashi still didn't quite get it, but Young Obito didn't want to waste any more words, "In short, this is a completely self-aware transaction. I'll deliver the goods first, whether he wants to pay or not is up to him."
After saying that, Young Obito came to Kakashi's side and placed a hand on him.
In the next moment, both their figures disappeared.
When they reappeared, they were already in the Allied Shinobi Forces' formation, right in front of Naruto and Sakura.
Sakura looked at this scene in confusion, but in order to maintain Naruto's vital signs, she didn't dare stop the artificial respiration or manual heart massage.
And so, Young Obito placed a hand on Sakura, and by leveraging the fact that Sakura was in direct contact with Naruto, they disappeared once more.
In the next moment, they had returned to Konoha.
More precisely, to an already-abandoned place in Konoha, Uchiha Clan's secret shrine beneath Naka Shrine.
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At this moment, the secret shrine was lively.
Among the living were Sasuke, Orochimaru, Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo, and Kabuto.
As for the dead, there were the reanimated previous Hokage of Konoha, and… Uchiha Izumi.
Because after Itachi's Edo Tensei was undone, he had already disappeared. Izumi had nowhere else to go, so she simply followed Itachi's younger brother, Sasuke.
At this moment, Sasuke was trying to listen to the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, tell stories.
The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, however, was growing impatient.
Especially after hearing that Sasuke wanted to destroy Konoha, his face turned cold, and an intense aura burst from his body, "Inherently evil Uchiha brat, I'll personally—"
However, before he could finish speaking, the space within the shrine rippled, and Young Obito appeared, bringing Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto with him.
Hashirama, who had been about to erupt with a stronger aura than Tobirama to stop his brother, froze mid-action.
Everyone turned to look at Young Obito and the others.
Tobirama's expression changed, "Such brilliant space-time ninjutsu, superior even to mine. Who are you people?"
Young Obito spread his hands, "It doesn't matter who we are. I have no intention of interrupting your chit-chat."
Then, he looked toward the Minato of this world and said, "Save him. Naruto doesn't have much time. If you still don't want him to die…"
In fact, even without Young Obito saying anything, while everyone's attention had been on Young Obito, Namikaze Minato had already noticed Naruto, gravely injured and on the brink of death, in Sakura's arms.
He immediately appeared in front of Naruto and asked, "What happened to Naruto?"
Everyone's gaze followed.
Sasuke was momentarily stunned.
Because Naruto's heartbeat couldn't stop, and his breathing couldn't cease, Sakura was still performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him.
For a moment, he didn't understand what was happening and subconsciously asked, "Sakura, this is… what's going on?"
Though satisfying Karin alone was already difficult, for the sake of the Uchiha's great prosperity plan, he constantly thought of Sakura.
Moreover, during the process of making babies with Karin, he discovered a huge advantage. If his body really couldn't keep up, he could just bite Karin and instantly be restored to full strength.
So, he could endure it. He didn't mind if the storm came even more violently.
But at this moment, his hopes were slightly shattered.
Sakura heard Sasuke's question but had no time to blush. With Naruto possibly dying at any moment, she couldn't stop to consider how explosive it was to kiss Naruto in front of Sasuke.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she continued her actions, using her gaze to tell Sasuke, "Naruto is dying."
Only then did Sasuke realize Naruto's condition. Even though he had made up his mind to sever his bond with Naruto, even prepared himself to kill him…
Seeing Naruto unconscious, his life force fading, and looking like he could die at any moment, his whole body trembled like he had been electrocuted.
He struggled to suppress his emotions and finally asked, "How do we save him?"
Young Obito spoke, "Naruto had the Nine Tails pulled out. A Jinchuriki who loses their tailed beast only has one fate, and that is death."
"The only way to save Naruto now is the Fourth Hokage. The Fourth still has half of the Nine Tails sealed inside him. As long as that power is injected, given Naruto's body, he should be able to pull through."
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