In the next instant, she was already pierced through the body by the bone spike she herself had fired.
And the Young Obito that she had protected behind her was completely unharmed.
Young Obito's gaze shifted from momentary confusion to terror.
He shouted loudly, "RIN!"
He reached out, wanting to touch the girl in front of him. But her body looked like a statue that had been placed there for a long time, with cracks spreading across its surface.
Young Obito's hand froze in midair, as if he already knew what kind of consequence would come from touching her now.
"Rin" went mad, "That bitch… she actually controlled me and blocked the strike for you?"
"Damn it!"
"I'm so unwilling!"
"Why did things turn out like this?!"
After "Rin" raged for a while, her whole body suddenly shuddered, and the expression on her face returned to gentle calm.
She said in a very peaceful tone, "You said you cannot be killed, then what about being killed by your own attack?"
"You said that you represent your Mother's very existence, and that as long as you don't die, your Mother will revive."
"So what about the other way around? Surely you can't just take advantage of everything one-sidedly?"
"Does it mean that if you die, your Mother will die as well?"
"Rin's" face became twisted and crazed again, "It's you, you were never under my control, it was you, you bitch! You set this up!"
"You deserve to die! You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"
While "Rin" kept screaming "deserve to die" with a resentful expression, her face suddenly softened again.
"So… I guessed right, didn't I?"
"Rin" became resentful again, "If I die, you will die too, aren't you afraid?"
A tear rolled down from "Rin's" eye, "I'm not afraid."
After that, she looked at Obito, "I'm sorry, Obito. I can't walk together with you anymore… Please, make sure to realize your dream and make this world a better place."
At that moment, Young Obito completely understood. Rin had not been completely eroded by Otsutsuki Kaguya. At the final moment, she had dragged Kaguya down to hell with her.
He didn't want to accept this reality. He shouted, "Rin, tell me this isn't real! Otsutsuki Kaguya is immortal, she modified your body, so it must still be fine, right?"
But Rin shook her head, "Obito… if she truly were immortal, then why did she just now go so crazy? I could feel her fear. This time… she's done for."
At this moment, "Rin's" expression suddenly changed again.
"No, I can't die! If I die Mother will die too! The Ash Bone reached the origin, but as long as the same origin exists, I can still recover!"
Then as if she suddenly thought of something, she shouted, "Brother! Save me! You don't want to see Mother die like this either!"
Just then, suddenly, at Rin's feet, two pitch-black things popped up from the ground.
One on the left and one on the right, they stuck to "Rin's" body at the same time.
Third-War Black Zetsu, "Little sister, I have Mother's origin in my body, you have to hold on!"
Fourth-War Black Zetsu, "Hurry, absorb me! Mother must not be harmed!"
However, in the very moment both Black Zetsu touched "Rin," they felt something was wrong.
From what they had observed, "Rin" looked exactly like Mother, emitted Mother's aura, used Mother's techniques, everything looked so similar to Mother.
But all of it was just superficial appearance. As soon as they made contact, they realized. It was just a pretty decorative pillow. Rin was never Mother at all.
They knew this from the start, so why… did they still fall for it?
"No! You lied to me!"
"You're not Mother!"
The two Black Zetsu shouted together. Realizing they had been tricked, they tried to run away.
However, the Young Obito who had been looking panicked and shaken all this time had unknowingly approached Young Rin and reached out, instantly grabbing both Black Zetsu.
He said calmly, "I didn't expect you'd fall for such a childish plan. Black Zetsu… I've finally caught you."
The two Black Zetsu knew things were over, and both revealed expressions of regret.
Fourth-War Black Zetsu yelled at Third-War Black Zetsu, "You clearly knew it was fake, why didn't you stop me when I ran out?"
Third-War Black Zetsu replied, "What are you yelling for? I wanted to ask you, why didn't you stop me?"
"You idiot!"
"You moron!"
"You braindead fool!"
"You useless trash!"
And just like that, the two Black Zetsu started arguing again.
Young Obito, a bit annoyed, said calmly, "Shut up."
Then he activated Kamui and transferred the two Black Zetsu into his Kamui space. The place he had specially prepared to imprison them.
After that, Young Obito looked toward Young Rin and suddenly showed a lingering expression of fear, "Rin… thank goodness it wasn't real. Otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."
At this moment, Old Obito and Edo-Tensei Rin, who had been frozen in place with Rin's hand stuck through Obito's chest, also regained their mobility.
Old Obito still looked like he couldn't believe it, "So just like that… we really captured Black Zetsu? What happened to its legendary intelligence? What happened to its usual cunning?"
"Even I thought our acting was way too fake, and yet they still fell for it that easily."
Young Rin's body twisted, and her appearance returned from that of Kaguya to her usual look.
She smiled with her eyes curved, "Did I play the part well?"
Young Obito recalled Young Rin's evil performance just now and shivered all over, "Yeah. Just… don't ever act like that again. I was really scared."
Young Rin said, "Actually, it was mostly thanks to you, Obito. Your 'Power of Imagination' is way too strong. For real, it can simulate anything."
"And also, thank you both. One of you lent me your double Kamui, and the other lent me Six Paths power. Without those, I couldn't have mimicked it so realistically."
That's right, for the sake of fooling Black Zetsu, Young Obito had lent Young Rin both his Kamui eyes, and Old Obito had injected her with Six Paths power.
Young Obito was still a bit confused, "Even though after injecting Six Paths chakra, the Power of Imagination became incredibly strong, and could even simulate the aura and techniques of Otsutsuki Kaguya…"
"…we all knew it was just a facade. As soon as Black Zetsu made real contact, the whole thing would fall apart. If they hadn't shown up, our play would've fallen apart immediately."
"Rin, how did you know for sure that Black Zetsu would take the bait?"
Rin smiled and shook her head, "Actually, it was something that you told me, Obito."
Young Obito was stunned, "I told you?"
Rin blinked, "Did you forget how we caught White Zetsu?"
"You made up a completely ridiculous plan, I thought the plan was totally unserious, but in the end, White Zetsu fell for it."
"Do you remember what you said to me back then?"
"You said, if it were you, and you learned something about me, even if you knew it was a trap ahead, you'd still step into it without hesitation."
Young Obito murmured in understanding, "Black Zetsu always cares about its Mother. When one cares, one becomes irrational. The moment it heard Mother might die, even if it knew it was fake, it still got tricked."
Young Rin nodded, "That's right. It looks like a scheme, but in fact it's an open strategy."
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