Young Obito recalled the night of the Uchiha massacre. He, alongside Itachi, acting as the executioner, slaughtered the entire clan, from the old to the young, top to bottom, wiped out completely.
It was unreasonable, inhuman, a total erasure.
Perhaps, when two planets faced off, the defeated would end up in the very same state.
Thinking of that kind of outcome, Young Obito felt that humanity endlessly fighting civil wars, constantly consuming itself, was an act of sheer stupidity.
Like Konoha Village, it had never lacked geniuses. Yet those geniuses, for all sorts of reasons, were driven to suicide, persecuted, killed, defected, or simply left.
If none of that had happened, Konoha now would undoubtedly have been the unchallenged overlord of the shinobi world.
Therefore, faced with Toneri, this high-purity Otsutsuki, Young Obito still wanted to win him over.
Even though his strength right now didn't seem to have reached that level yet, no one knew how far he might grow in the future. If his heart leaned toward the shinobi world, then one day, perhaps, he could become one of Earth's trump cards.
With that thought, Young Obito gave Old Obito a "work with me" glance, his tone softening a little.
"Of course, I believe all of this is the problem left behind by your ancestors, and has nothing to do with you."
"Now that the shinobi world has already been destroyed by us, what do you plan to do afterwards?"
Toneri was suddenly at a loss.
Indeed, he had never considered it. If the world created by the Sage of Six Paths no longer existed, what other mission did he have?
It seemed… none at all. He had become like rootless duckweed, not knowing what he should do next.
Young Obito lowered his head in thought, a faint smile at the corner of his lips, "If you haven't decided, why not join us? Guard the future of the shinobi world together with us. Or as you call it, the future of Earth."
"I think, for you, that would be something very meaningful."
Toneri snapped back to his senses. A doubt suddenly arose within him, "Didn't you trap everyone in genjutsu, and destroy the shinobi world? Since the world is destroyed, why bother guarding it anymore?"
Old Obito had already understood Young Obito's intent from his earlier glance.
And, from the previous conversation, he had more or less figured out Toneri's personality.
It was very similar to his own.
So, he said calmly, "The world created by the Sage of Six Paths was indeed beyond saving…"
"But humanity is not only greed and desire, it also has love. And love is something that cannot be ignored."
"We seemed to have destroyed the world, but in truth, it was only in the name of great love that we ended it. The purpose of ending it was not destruction, but to restart."
Obito looked at Toneri, "I can see that you too are a child filled with love. If you weren't filled with love for the world, you wouldn't have wanted to destroy it out of disappointment again and again, right?"
"You want to destroy the world created by the Sage of Six Paths, but in truth, just like us, what you really want is to restart it, isn't that so?"
Toneri trembled all over.
Yes, their clan too, had only sought to erase the world because they were following the will of their ancestor.
And their ancestor himself had been filled with love for the world. So were they.
For a moment, Toneri's heart wavered. After thinking for a while, he said, "Perhaps that's true."
At the side, the two Rins were somewhat dumbfounded.
To end the world in the name of great love, wasn't that line from Obito's mouth a bit too embarrassing?
Young Rin couldn't help but stick out her little tongue.
'So, was Obito defeating chuuni with chuuni? Because Obito's chunnibyou is above Toneri's, Toneri isn't his match either?'
'That makes sense, when it comes to levels of chunnibyou, throughout the entire shinobi world, Obito, alone is the most chunnibyou one?'
Thinking of this, Young Rin's cheeks flushed red, especially since part of Obito's chunnibyou was actually related to her.
At this time, Obito struck while the iron was hot, "Since our ideals are the same, why not cast aside our prejudices and work together toward one goal? You might even find the meaning of life in it."
"The meaning of life?", Otsutsuki Toneri murmured.
As if remembering something, he said, "I do indeed have a wish yet unfulfilled. I intend to marry the Byakugan Princess of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Hinata, and spend the rest of my life with her."
"Marry Hinata?", Young Obito was somewhat dumbfounded.
"You do know Hinata's heart is already filled with one person, with no room for anyone else, right?"
Toneri said, "I saw it through the Tenseigan."
"You're talking about Uzumaki Naruto, aren't you? As the reincarnation of Asura, it's normal that Hinata would love him."
"But in terms of bloodline purity, Naruto is far inferior to me. As long as I appear before Hinata, she will know that becoming my wife is her best choice."
Young Obito was speechless.
How could the Otsutsuki on the moon be even more conservative and traditional than the Hyuga clan, basing everything on bloodline?
By that logic, Rin's bloodline wasn't as pure as Hinata's, so should he switch to liking Hinata instead?
He coughed lightly and said, "Love transcends all material things. It can't simply be measured by bloodline."
"From my experience, Hinata is a stubborn one. It's very unlikely she'd ever love anyone besides Naruto. You can try, of course, but honestly, the chances are slim."
Toneri, however, didn't care, "At worst, I'll marry Hinata first, then grow our feelings afterward…"
Young Obito coughed again, "I advise you not to mess around. Leaving aside the fact that we would certainly stop you, Hinata has already awakened the Tenseigan, and her strength is very high. Add Naruto into the mix, and the two of them together as husband and wife would crush you in a tag-team fight, you'd have no chance of winning."
But Toneri showed a trace of disdain, "Mere Asura, if I awaken the Tenseigan…"
Yet once again, his words were cut off by Young Obito, "Naruto is not just Asura. You can't judge him by common sense. Even if it were Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra herself, Naruto could still break one of her arms off…"
Toneri looked doubtful, "But Naruto… clearly lost to you all."
Young Obito replied, "Our victory over him wasn't by sheer strength, but by laying out facts, speaking reason, and striking at his heart. Otherwise, the outcome truly wouldn't have been so certain."
Toneri was left speechless.
If such words had come from some random earthling, he would never have believed them.
But the one before him was someone who could destroy the world in the name of great love, someone not beneath him in standing.
He felt Young Obito had no need to deceive him.
So he said, "Then I will pursue Hinata openly and honorably. Either way, I won't lose."
Young Obito silently gave Toneri a thumbs-up in his heart for his courage.
A brilliant smile spread across his face, "Then, do your best. I'm rooting for you."
Toneri didn't think Young Obito's words were mere consolation. Instead, he began pondering.
To pursue Hinata, at the very least, he had to stand on the same level as her.
So, he asked, "I need a pair of Byakugan of extremely high purity to awaken the Tenseigan. Can you help me with this?"
Young Obito, half-smiling, asked, "You already have someone in mind?"
Toneri nodded, "Hinata's younger sister, Hyuga Hanabi. Aside from Hinata, she has the purest Byakugan of the Hyuga."
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