Because Rin Nohara was right beside Shindai, she immediately began emergency first aid on Shindai.
Kakashi, who had taken down Daishi, ran to Rin Nohara's side and anxiously asked, "Rin, how is Shindai?"
Rin Nohara's expression was extremely grave: "The blade penetrated very deeply, and there's severe bleeding. Shindai's situation is critical and requires immediate treatment."
Suddenly, an explosion sounded. Obito used Fire Release to forcibly blast open the Sand Iron sphere, burning his right hand in the process.
However, Obito didn't care about that and frantically searched for Shindai.
Seeing Shindai covered in blood, with a blade still stuck in his right armpit, Obito's expression gradually turned horrified, and his Sharingan pupils dilated to their limit.
Rin Nohara called out to Obito, "Obito, don't just stand there, hurry and come help!"
However, Obito couldn't hear anything now; his vision seemed to be stained with a layer of blood-red.
Kakashi noticed Obito frozen in place and was about to speak when he discovered a large number of Stone Ninja appearing in the nearby forest.
This was the Stone Ninja unit coming to support Mozuru, Firelight, and Daishi.
"Obito! Prepare for battle!"
Kakashi concentrated his Chidori, and his right eye's monocular roughly estimated nearly twenty people.
"A Stone Ninja unit? This is troublesome. Wake up and fight!"
However, Obito was still in a daze, constantly replaying various moments he had experienced with Shindai in his mind.
Just as the Stone Ninja swarmed forward, Obito let out a mournful cry.
"Ah!"
Two lines of bloody tears streamed from the corners of Obito's eyes. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan directly evolved into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and those three tomoe spun continuously, forming a peculiar pattern.
Obito turned and charged towards the Stone Ninja, and a barrage of attacks assailed him.
"Obito! Dodge quickly!"
However, Obito showed no intention of dodging.
Kakashi's expression changed: "Is this idiot trying to get himself killed?"
Kakashi was some distance from Obito and couldn't provide immediate support.
A scene that Kakashi found unbelievable appeared: the Stone Ninja's attacks actually passed through Obito's body.
It wasn't just Kakashi who found it unbelievable; even Shindai was bewildered.
That's right, Shindai was completely fine.
He could imbue Obito's body with magnetism, so how could he not imbue his own body with magnetism?
When the blade Black Zetsu threw at Shindai was about to strike him, Shindai subtly adjusted the blade's direction using his body's magnetism.
The blade only pierced through Shindai's clothes under his armpit.
Although his skin was slightly grazed, at most it was just a minor superficial wound.
As for the blood he spat out, it was merely red paint water.
Shindai did this simply to prevent Uchiha Madara from targeting him.
After all, he had clearly disrupted Uchiha Madara's plan to take Obito, and Uchiha Madara might hold a grudge. Although Uchiha Madara was old, he still had the cunning Black Zetsu by his side.
Perhaps Uchiha Madara, in his anger, would have Black Zetsu find a way to kill him.
Therefore, when Rin Nohara was about to save him, Shindai told Rin Nohara to pretend he was severely injured.
Although Rin Nohara didn't know why, she still did as she was told.
After Kakashi arrived, Shindai winked at him, and Kakashi understood.
If there was one opponent Shindai was most unwilling to face, it was definitely Black Zetsu.
Because Black Zetsu was full of sinister schemes, Shindai felt that his'simple' self couldn't outwit Black Zetsu.
So Shindai thought of pretending to be severely injured, making Uchiha Madara think he was a small fry and wouldn't pay attention to him.
But what made Shindai feel a shiver down his spine was that when he fell earlier, he saw a black, slimy puddle of mud fall from Daishi's pant leg after Kakashi's Chidori pierced Daishi.
Shindai had originally thought that Daishi was Uchiha Madara's minion or was controlled by Uchiha Madara's Sharingan, but he never expected it to be Black Zetsu possessing him.
Shindai had always believed that Black Zetsu would only officially appear after Obito was tricked into becoming Uchiha Madara's successor. He never expected Black Zetsu to appear so early, and even possess a Stone Ninja.
This startled Shindai but also made him incredibly grateful. Fortunately, he had 'played dead' just now; otherwise, if he had messed with their plan so much, Black Zetsu would have surely been obsessed with killing him day and night.
It seems that not only Uchiha Madara values Obito, but Black Zetsu also values Obito so much, leading Black Zetsu, that cunning schemer, to personally take action.
He would have to be careful from now on, always guarding against Black Zetsu, that old schemer, from ambushing Obito again.
However... Shindai never expected that Obito would awaken his Mangekyo Sharingan because of him.
Since Shindai was faking it, Kakashi's earlier remark, 'Wake up and fight!', wasn't directed at Obito, but at Shindai.
Initially, Rin Nohara urging Obito to come help was also to tell Obito that Shindai was fine.
Shindai suddenly shivered.
Obito's first awakening of the Sharingan was because of him, and now the awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan was also because of him.
The condition for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan seemed to be that an Uchiha must experience immense negative emotions, such as witnessing the death of a beloved person, to generate a special Chakra and awaken it.
Beloved person... no way? Obito loves Rin Nohara, could it be him?!
"I'll make all of you pay with your lives for Shindai!"
"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!"
Obito combined the Mangekyo Sharingan's visual Ninjutsu with Fire Release, first using Kamui to distort the surrounding space and create a storm, then using Fire Release to spew rotating flames from his mouth.
The swirling storm combined with the rotating flames formed a massive, rapidly spinning inferno that swept towards the Stone Ninja over a large area.
Four Stone Ninja were directly consumed by the flames.
Shindai, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara watched, dumbfounded, as Obito wreaked havoc.
Rin Nohara pursed her lips and looked at Shindai, whose eyes were wide with shock, saying, "If Obito knew you were faking it... he'd be very angry, wouldn't he?"
Kakashi asserted, "Absolutely furious. I just saw Obito crying bloody tears from sadness."
Shindai stiffly turned his neck towards Kakashi and Rin Nohara: "Then, since the atmosphere's already like this... should I just die?"
Kakashi and Rin Nohara 'uh'd for a long time before finally managing, "If you don't die... it looks like it'll be hard to clean up."
Rin Nohara saw that Obito seemed to be losing momentum and quickly urged, "You two, hurry and help Obito fight! Obito seems to be struggling."
Shindai and Kakashi glanced at Obito.
Because Obito had just awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and wasn't proficient with it yet, it had now reverted to a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Shindai roared, "Obito! Don't be afraid! I'm here to help you! Who dares to harm Obito? I'll freaking kill them!"
Hearing Shindai's voice, Obito looked at Shindai in disbelief.
Alive? Not dead? How does he look... so full of life?
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