Chapter 559: Obito's Master-Level Green Tea Manipulation
"..."
Seeing Kakashi rush over to comfort him, Obito helplessly closed his eyes.
Right now, what he wanted to do most was ruthlessly gouge out Kakashi's newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.
If he could do that, completing his remaining mission would become effortless.
But Obito didn't make a move, because he simply couldn't.
Back when he had first awakened the Mangekyō, even when he was crushed by the boulder, he hadn't activated Intangibility on purpose.
Let alone now, when he was badly injured and his limbs were powerless—even if he could move, there was no way he could recreate Danzō's stunt of ripping out Shisui's eye.
As for afterward...
That probably wouldn't be easy either, unless...
A thought suddenly came to Obito.
As the true owner of the Kamui Mangekyō... or rather, the true owner of one of those eyes, Obito currently understood this pair of eyes better than Kakashi did.
Especially Kamui's Intangibility.
Right after awakening the Mangekyō, while it was still out of control and its powers were running wild, Intangibility was a completely passive ability.
There was no need to activate it. Any incoming attack would automatically pass through him.
That was how he had phased through the boulder, and how he'd unconsciously phased through Kirigakure ninja attacks during his berserk state.
But after fully mastering it, Intangibility became both a toggleable state and an active ability.
Once activated, it essentially restored the passive intangibility from his berserk days.
At the same time, he could choose to materialize whenever he wanted.
That was precisely why Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God had been able to hit him.
So, while Obito couldn't take Kakashi's eyes right now, he'd have the opportunity later.
Of course, that opportunity wouldn't be easy to seize.
If he wanted to take them by force, he'd first have to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique himself—and master the Second Step of Flying Thunder God as well.
Otherwise...
Everyone knew Chidori was so fast that it required the Sharingan to use safely.
In other words, to the Sharingan's dynamic vision, Chidori wasn't fast at all. Its trajectory was easy to follow.
With Obito's current speed alone, without Flying Thunder God, stealing Kakashi's eyes was nothing but a dream.
But exceptions always existed.
Not every victory had to be won on the battlefield.
For example, why was "retreat immediately upon encountering the Yellow Flash" a rule unique to Namikaze Minato, but not to the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama?
Because once Minato left behind a Flying Thunder God mark, unless you amputated that part of your body, an ordinary ninja could never erase it.
You'd have to spend the rest of your life wondering if Minato might suddenly appear beside your bed in the middle of the night... and steal your girl.
Then why didn't Senju Tobirama, who also used Flying Thunder God, have the same reputation?
Because Tobirama had white hair.
Minato had blond hair.
And more importantly, his teacher was the world-famous, naturally gifted, frequent visitor of the red-light district—Jiraiya.
As the saying went, a great teacher produced a great student.
When the Yellow Flash first became famous, people only knew about his strength, not his personality.
So naturally, they judged him based on his teacher, Jiraiya.
That was victory achieved outside the battlefield.
And at this moment, Obito was thinking along the same lines.
As long as he and Kakashi became inseparable, so close that Kakashi completely let down his guard.
For example, sleeping together...
Then while Kakashi was asleep, he could ruthlessly take those eyes!
There was even another way...
Obito looked at the Kakashi before him.
In reality, this was himself wearing Kakashi's face.
And Obito himself was practically Kakashi's "Rin."
What Obito had to do was simple—whatever lengths he himself would go for Rin, he had to make Kakashi willing to go to the same lengths for him.
When that happened, maybe he wouldn't even need to sneak attack Kakashi.
Kakashi might willingly offer him those eyes.
Thinking that far, Obito coughed twice before tears streamed down his face.
"Obito... I thought you'd abandoned me..."
His green tea manipulation was completely off the charts.
Everyone watching outside immediately felt sick to their stomachs.
"No, Kakashi, I didn't! I'm sorry, I..."
"Then why were you late?"
"..."
"Tell me. It's my dying wish."
"No, Kakashi! You won't die! I won't let you die! I... I went to find Rin. I wanted her to come rescue you with me. I'm too weak, but she's the Three-Tails Jinchūriki. I thought she'd definitely come with me, but..."
"No matter what I said, she refused. She kept saying things like she had to think about everyone else in the village, that she couldn't come save you, that her life belonged to the village, and all that."
"So I wasted a lot of time."
"Damn it... I never should've gone to find Rin. If I'd come sooner... maybe none of this would've happened..."
Kakashi hugged Obito tightly as he cried.
Just as expected.
Obito laughed inwardly.
Thanks to his "kind-hearted guidance," Kakashi had named Nohara Rin as the culprit.
Now Obito could naturally fan the flames.
"Obito... I know you like Rin, but she's changed. Ever since she became a Jinchūriki, she's gradually lost her humanity."
"I don't blame her for not coming to save me."
"But I'm afraid that if she can use one excuse after another not to save me today, then tomorrow she'll use another excuse not to save other people in the village."
"She keeps saying her life belongs to the village, that she's protecting the village."
"But... aren't I also part of the village?"
"Is it because I'm only one person, while everyone else is a larger number?"
"Or is it not about quantity, but quality?"
"Everyone else in Uchiha Squad possesses Sharingan abilities."
"Only me... I don't have a single bloodline limit. I'm just worthless."
"If lives can really be weighed against each other, then one day, if the entire village stood on one side of the scales and the Hokage stood on the other..."
"She'd probably sacrifice the entire village just to save the Hokage."
Once again, Obito used his overwhelmingly manipulative words to subtly guide Kakashi's thoughts.
He wanted Kakashi to grow disgusted with Rin.
That way, he'd be one step closer to completing his final mission.
At the same time, he secretly slipped in some personal agenda.
He deliberately mentioned how he had no Sharingan, that he was worthless, and that was why he'd been abandoned.
He planted a seed inside Kakashi's heart.
"I can't take this anymore! Is this Uchiha Obito really acting? Why does it feel like being a manipulative green-tea bottom is just his true personality?"
"Someone from Konoha, tell me honestly—in the real world, is there actually something going on between this Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi?"
Pakura slapped a hand against the screen with a pained expression.
Influenced by the Gossip Trio, Pakura had gradually come to appreciate the joy of gossip and juicy drama.
But in every other aspect, she was still relatively conservative.
The part involving Obito and Ao had been implied rather than shown. The screen never displayed anything too explicit—everyone merely understood what had happened through implication.
So Pakura could still enjoy it from a safe distance.
But now that she was actually watching Obito and Kakashi become hopelessly entangled...
All she felt was nausea and disgust.
(End of this chapter)