The strike was brutal and fast, but its path was too straight and White. Mirror Obito raised his right arm like a shield and blocked with perfect timing. The dull explosion forced him back a step as the ground beneath cracked, yet the blocking arm stood firm and shed most of the force.
"Anger blinds you," Mirror Obito said lightly. "Let me guess. Back then, you watched Kakashi Hatake kill Rin and could do nothing."
"After everything, you blamed others, even blamed the world. As for me," his tone shifted, "I did not stop Kakashi Hatake, but I was not fooled by Madara, nor did I sink into darkness and fantasy."
"Later, Kakashi Hatake and I searched the entire Ninja World to bring Rin back, and we finally found a way in Sunagakure. She looked so beautiful in her White purity. Teacher Minato and Kushina were there, everyone in Konoha celebrated our wedding, and Kakashi Hatake even wiped away tears in secret."
"Shut up! Shut up shut up shut up!" Obito Uchiha screamed.
Those words cut like knives into the deepest scar in Obito Uchiha's heart. His eyes filled with blood as his body trembled violently. He drove his Susanoo forward without restraint, fists falling like a storm, fiercer but far more chaotic.
Mirror Obito responded with steady control, dodging, blocking, and redirecting force like a veteran hunter circling a beast. Every dodge made attacks miss, every block sent strength into empty space, and every borrowed force left the opposing Susanoo stumbling. "Look at yourself now," Mirror Obito said coldly. "Blinded by hatred and drunk on power, you are trash."
"What do you know?!" Obito Uchiha howled. "You have everything! You lost nothing! You are the fake!"
Boom!
The two Susanoo locked hands, and the Mangekyo Sharingan of two Obito Uchiha stared at each other. "Lost everything?" Mirror Obito replied with icy calm. "What I have, I earned with my own hands. The position of Hokage, trusted comrades, and Rin. And you…"
He suddenly pulled back and sidestepped, avoiding a straight heavy punch. His counter smashed into the exposed ribs with brutal force.
Bang! kacha!
Another Sui Lie rang out as Obito Uchiha spat blood. "And you," Mirror Obito continued, "dare you say you never had a chance to change anything? You only created more tragedies like Rin's."
"You hide like a rat in a gutter behind a pathetic mask, even abandoning the name 'Obito Uchiha'. Rin died and you lived, yet you blamed everything on Kakashi Hatake. You are a walking corpse, more pitiful than Rin who died."
"You were just a coward obsessed with self-deception in Root."
Rin's name was the final spark. Obito Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan spun wildly as both arms rose high, violent Chakra surging without restraint. He abandoned defense and conservation, driven only to tear apart this version of himself and that unbearable "happiness."
"Die for me!"
Two massive blue arms crashed down with terrifying force, carrying all his rage, jealousy, and desire for destruction against Wang. Mirror Obito remained calm, his Mangekyo Sharingan turning as he crossed his arms to form a solid defense.
As he reinforced Susanoo with more Chakra, far away Kakashi Hatake suddenly shuddered. He felt the Chakra he had gathered drain like a flood, his face turning even more White. Mirror Obito existed only through his Chakra, otherwise the real Obito Uchiha would have been crushed long ago.
Boom!
The twin arms smashed down, and the explosion seemed to tear the world apart. Shockwaves surged outward like a tidal wave, rain instantly evaporating into a vast empty zone. The ground shook, buckled, and shattered.
Mirror Obito's Susanoo was driven deep into the earth, its arms groaning with a strained "kacha" as the huge body wavered on the brink of collapse. Kakashi Hatake, struck by the shockwave, spat blood and lost control of his Chakra refinement.
Yet Mirror Obito's eyes flashed. He had been waiting for this moment.
As Obito Uchiha's old force faded and new force had not yet risen, Mirror Obito raised his right arm. Black light coiled around a finger, warping space itself as it shot forward like a venomous snake.
Susanoo·Kamui Piercing Hand!
The target was the exposed chest of Obito Uchiha's Susanoo. With a sharp hiss, the Susanoo was pierced as easily as butter, the strike driving straight toward Obito Uchiha.
"What?!" Death seized him as he tried to activate Xu transformation, only to be interrupted by another Kamui. "It's over," Mirror Obito said with faint pity. "Die, nameless monster."
The black light pierced through him. Obito Uchiha's body was run through, his waist erased by Kamui, upper and lower halves separating as the Susanoo collapsed backward. Gravel flew as smoke and dust spread.
Mirror Obito prepared another strike, but his body and Susanoo blurred and flickered like a broken image. He glanced at himself, then at Kakashi Hatake in the distance, sighing. "Kakashi Hatake, your Chakra is still so little."
The Susanoo was removed, leaving only the figure in a White Hokage Robe. He appeared before Kakashi Hatake in an instant and pulled him up before Kakashi Hatake could react.
"Listen, Kakashi Hatake." He smiled calmly. "I mocked that guy just now, but I am also very unhappy with you."
Without warning, he bent forward and punched Kakashi Hatake hard in the stomach. The dull impact forced Kakashi Hatake to hunch over. Kakashi Hatake groaned, lifting his head in shock and confusion as rain slid down his face.
"This punch," Mirror Obito said coldly, "is for Rin. In every world, you promised to protect her with your life, but you failed. This is what you owe me."
Kakashi Hatake trembled, pain and guilt filling his right eye. He could not refute or explain. "Hmph," Mirror Obito snorted. "If that Obito Uchiha is trash, then so are you."
"Besides Rin, are there no others you should protect? If you feel guilty, then live well and spend your life atoning, instead of drowning in regret and repeating mistakes."
With that, Mirror Obito dissolved into blue particles like fireflies struck by rain, vanishing into the cold night. Only the pain and those words burned into Kakashi Hatake's heart.
A faint, strange ripple spread from afar. Kakashi Hatake looked up sharply as space twisted around the severed "corpse" of Obito Uchiha. Like an erased reflection, it blurred and vanished before his eyes.
A figure slowly appeared. It was Obito Uchiha.
He knelt on one knee, coughing violently. His left Mangekyo Sharingan was dull and dead gray White, a bloody tear sliding down with the rain. He had survived again, at the cost of Izanagi and one Mangekyo Sharingan.
His remaining Mangekyo Sharingan burned with hatred as it locked onto Kakashi Hatake. "Kakashi Hatake!" Obito Uchiha rasped, staggering forward despite the pain, killing intent boiling in his eyes.
Each step sank into the mud with a "pata" sound, like the footsteps of Shinigami. Before he could reach Kakashi Hatake, a figure burst from the mud.
It was Zetsu. "Madara Uchiha, we must leave now," Black Zetsu said urgently. "Those black monsters are not products of Mangekyo Sharingan. They are creations of Yin-Yang Release."
The warning finally reached him. Memories of that power surfaced, and Obito Uchiha stopped, standing in silence. He threw his head back and screamed in hatred and madness, the cry tearing through the rain.
Then he vanished, leaving only cold words behind. "Kakashi Hatake! Live in fear. I will come to take your life."