Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 276 Kakashi: Who exactly are you?

Inside the annex of Konoha Village, specifically used to receive delegations from other villages.

boom!

An exquisite teacup was smashed to the ground, shattering into pieces instantly, spilling tea everywhere.

"This is outrageous! These bastards from Konoha are simply going too far!"

Enrui, the leader of the Cloud Village delegation, was ashen-faced, his chest heaving violently, and his eyes burning with uncontrollable rage.

As a peace negotiation delegation, they have been sent here for so long, from the capital of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to Konoha Village, but the people of Konoha have simply left them here, ignoring them and not even arranging a formal negotiation meeting!

This was an utter disgrace to the Hidden Cloud Village, which had always revered force and was known for its volatile temper.

But no matter how angry Enrui was, he could only swallow his anger.

The situation is better than people.

Originally, the Cloud Village's high command predicted that this standoff would last for at least a few years, ideally exhausting Konoha's logistics, and then taking the opportunity to carry out military blackmail.

But who could have imagined that Konoha would produce a Yamashiro Aoba!

Because of that man's intervention, Konoha gained an overwhelming military advantage.

In just one year, Yunyin was completely unable to withstand the pressure.

Their absolute military disadvantage leaves them with no confidence in negotiations, and they are now being left hanging!

"Captain, calm down. This is Konoha territory after all..."

A Cloud Village ninja standing nearby cautiously offered some advice.

"snort!"

Enrui walked to the window, looking at the bustling streets of Konoha outside with a cold gaze.

Although the Cloud Village delegation's activities were restricted, Enrui's sharp eyes were not idle.

After secretly observing Konoha's operations, the leader of the Cloud Village delegation was surprised to discover an unbelievable fact.

The village of Konoha is not as united as it appears to the outside world!

To put it bluntly, Konoha's management system is extremely chaotic.

In Kumogakure, the Raikage holds absolute authority; his orders are absolute, and anyone who dares to disobey will be slapped across the face.

There weren't even any rogue ninjas!

However, in Konoha, the Hokage's power was severely fragmented.

Aside from the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, those so-called Hokage advisors also had the authority to directly command the Anbu!

Today the Hokage issues an order, tomorrow the advisor can issue a completely opposite instruction, and the subordinates are actually used to it.

It's unbelievable that a village that wasn't very united internally could win several Shinobi World Wars.

This bizarre power structure was actually started by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, was known for his impulsive and unpredictable personality. He often made extremely risky decisions on a whim. To prevent his older brother from ruining the village, Tobirama established an advisory system.

The first Hokage advisor in Konoha was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who frequently used his position to reject some of the First Hokage's bizarre suggestions.

As a result, later generations followed suit.

The Third Hokage took this to a whole new level, calling together several advisors to discuss every matter, big or small.

This led to the bizarre situation of multiple command centers within Konoha's command system.

Even after Naruto became Hokage, his appointment of Kawaki as a Jonin School officer was criticized by the two old advisors.

This chaos allowed Enrui to keenly sense an opportunity.

He wasn't sure he'd gain anything from these negotiations, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent. Even so, he wanted to see if he could get anything out of it and take it back with him.

For example, the Byakugan, a bloodline limit that the Hidden Cloud Village has always coveted!

That night.

Under the cover of the rest of the Cloud Village delegation, Enrui changed into a Konoha Anbu disguise, wearing an animal mask, and silently infiltrated the outskirts of the Hyuga clan's territory.

He mimicked the signals of Konoha's ANBU and diverted a patrol team from their post.

"By order of the advisor, there has been an unusual chakra fluctuation on the east side of the village tonight. You are to immediately proceed to the east side to establish surveillance. The patrols around the Hyuga clan's territory will be taken over by our Anbu."

The patrol team leader frowned slightly upon hearing this, but did not ask any further questions.

They were already used to these sudden orders.

"Let's go, to the east!"

As the patrolmen left, Enrui's lips curled into a smug, cold smile beneath his mask.

Then, with a flash, he sneaked into the Hyuga clan's territory like a ghost.

His target was clear: Hinata, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga main family, who was said to be only one year old.

But during his infiltration, he unexpectedly discovered an even better target: a slightly older boy with rolled eyes, who should be around three or four years old.

Enrui's gaze fell on Neji's smooth forehead, and his eyes blazed with ecstatic joy.

"No signs of a caged bird! And it's a boy!"

Enrui knew all too well what this meant.

A boy who wasn't branded as a caged bird, brought back to Kumogakure to be raised, would be a perfect "stud"!

Furthermore, women are certainly far less efficient than men in reproducing.

If you pair him with dozens of women from Kumogakure, Kumogakure will be able to have its own Byakugan army in a dozen years!

With that thought in mind, Enrui no longer hesitated, stepped forward, picked up the unconscious Neji, and turned to leave.

However, just as he was about to step out of the gates of the Hyuga clan's territory...

A deep voice rang out.

"You dare to visit my Hyuga clan so late at night, and then try to leave without even a greeting? Isn't that incredibly disrespectful to the Hyuga clan?"

Enrui immediately tensed up and stopped abruptly.

Before the gate stood a man dressed in a loose kimono.

Hiashi Hyuga, the head of the Hyuga clan!

The veins around Rizu's pure white eyes bulged, his Byakugan activated to its fullest extent, staring intently at Enrui.

"Damn it! We've been discovered!"

Enrui was terrified, but as an elite of Kumogakure, he reacted quickly. Holding Neji in one arm, he instantly drew his ninja sword with the other and slashed fiercely at Hiashi.

"Get out of here!"

Faced with Enrui's attack, Hiashi Hyuga remained calm and advanced instead of retreating.

"Gentle Fist Technique - Bagua Empty Palm!"

Hiashi suddenly unleashed a palm strike, compressing powerful chakra into a visible air cannon that hurtled towards Enrui with overwhelming force.

boom!

Enrui's ninja sword was instantly knocked away, and a violent palm strike slammed into his chest.

"puff!"

Enrui coughed up a mouthful of blood, his sternum shattered instantly, and he flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the wall and dying on the spot!

Hiashi flashed forward and caught Neji as he fell from mid-air.

Looking at his nephew who was still fast asleep in his arms, Hiashi's expression turned solemn. He stepped forward and removed Enrui's mask, his pupils instantly shrinking.

"People from Kumogakure?!"

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Divine Power Space.

Beneath the gloomy, empty sky, rows of enormous gray stone pillars stood silently, like ancient, unchanging tombstones.

Obito Uchiha lay quietly on a huge gray stone pillar, his eyes gazing blankly at the gloomy sky.

He's been lying here for several days now.

Ever since he was "killed" again by Yamashiro Aoba in Kirigakure, he has been hiding here and hasn't gone anywhere.

The wound on his right arm has healed. The price of Izanagi was permanent blindness in his left eye. Now, he only has one Sharingan left, his right eye.

His scarred face was filled with despair and confusion.

His true identity, hidden behind the mask, was seen through by Aoba.

Even his prized Kamui mechanism was cracked by Aoba.

"Can I... still win?"

Obito muttered to himself, his voice filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

Facing the monster Yamashiro Aoba, he realized for the first time how far he was from the ultimate goal of "Infinite Tsukuyomi".

That man was not only incredibly powerful, but he also seemed to be able to see through everything. Every plan and every trump card he had was easily cracked by the other party.

Can someone like him really create a world with Rin?

"The Mangekyou Sharingan can only unleash its true full power when both are gathered!"

Black Zetsu's voice echoed in Obito's mind, "Once you gather both eyes, even Yamashiro Aoba will be unable to stop you!"

His hand instinctively reached for his left eye, which had turned white.

Should we get that eye back...?

In fact, with Obito's current strength, taking back Kakashi's Sharingan would be a piece of cake.

But he never did.

Why?

Because in Obito's subconscious, he harbored a truth that even he himself was unwilling to admit.

He needs Kakashi to live in his place.

Back then, he gave his left eye to Kakashi as a gift to advance to Jonin. It was not a simple gift, but a heavy entrustment.

By keeping his eyes on Kakashi, he essentially nailed a part of his soul to the real world.

As long as that eye is still in Kakashi's body, he still has a reason to look at this world, to look at Konoha, and to look at their past bond.

If he gets his eyes back, then to him, Kakashi will truly just be the murderer who killed Rin.

And Obito Uchiha will completely sever all ties with this world, becoming a lonely ghost with nothing.

Although Obito kept saying he didn't care, and even claimed that the world was fake.

But he knew very well that as long as his eyes were still on Kakashi, he still had a reason to look at the world.

That eye is not just the Sharingan, but also his only anchor in the real world!

But now...

Obito slowly closed his eyes, and the image of Yamashiro Aoba's mocking smile and those words that pierced his soul appeared in his mind.

"A coward who only hides behind a mask and escapes reality."

Obito suddenly opened his eyes, and in his only remaining right eye, the kaleidoscope pattern began to spin wildly, emitting a chilling crimson light.

"I don't need any anchor points anymore."

"In order to create that world with Rin, I must obtain power!"

"Kakashi... it's time to take back what I lent you."

Konoha Village, in front of the memorial monument.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting its glow on the cold stone monument.

Kakashi stood quietly before the grave, gently placing a bouquet of pure white lilies beneath Rin's name.

He reached out and carefully wiped the dust off the tombstone.

"Lin, I've come to see you again."

Kakashi's voice was somewhat hoarse, filled with deep weariness and sorrow.

He always liked to stand in front of the grave and mutter to himself like this.

Sometimes, I can stay here all day.

"A lot has happened in the village recently..."

"The war on the front lines is almost over. The people from Kumogakure have come to the village to negotiate. Although the process has been somewhat complicated, everyone will finally no longer have to go to the battlefield."

"By the way, Minato-sensei's child is growing up very fast. He has blond hair, is very cute, and also very mischievous. He looks exactly like his teacher..."

Kakashi kept talking, as if Rin were standing right in front of him, listening quietly.

"If only you and Obito were still here..."

However, he did not realize it.

In the shadows of the woods not far behind him.

A figure wearing a single-eyed vortex mask was silently watching him.

Obito watched Kakashi's lonely figure, watching him mutter to himself at Rin's grave, his eyes behind the mask filled with complex emotions.

There was anger, there was sorrow, and there was also a barely perceptible struggle.

But in the end, all of that was replaced by absolute coldness.

"Kakashi, you're still so weak."

Just as Obito's hand was about to touch Kakashi's shoulder!

Kakashi's instincts as an elite Jonin of Konoha made the hairs on his body stand on end!

"Who?!"

Kakashi was startled to realize someone was behind him. Without thinking, he delivered a sharp elbow strike while simultaneously turning his body around.

Snapped!

Obito grabbed Kakashi's wrist.

At the same time, Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan in his right eye was activated instantly!

hum!

Space began to distort violently, and a vortex rapidly formed centered on Obito's right eye.

A powerful suction force instantly enveloped the two of them.

Kakashi felt a blur before his eyes, and the surrounding scenery instantly spun around him.

Swish!

The two figures disappeared simultaneously in front of the memorial stone.

Inside the Divine Might Space.

boom!

Kakashi quickly adjusted his body in mid-air and landed steadily on the gray stone pillar.

Perhaps Obito wanted to have a proper ending with Kakashi, or perhaps there was some other reason.

This time, it was Obito who brought Kakashi into the Kamui dimension.

Therefore, Kakashi did not fall into a coma like the others.

As soon as he landed, Kakashi immediately raised his head warily and looked at the mysterious person who had pulled him in.

A black hooded robe, a single-eyed swirl mask...

The moment Kakashi saw the other person's attire, his pupils constricted sharply.

"It's you!"

Kakashi immediately recognized the person in front of him.

It was the masked man who caused the Nine-Tails' chaos back then, leading to the sacrifice of Minato and Kushina!

Kakashi instantly entered the highest level of battle mode, immediately ripping off the headband covering his left eye.

The crimson three-tomoe Sharingan instantly appeared, staring intently at the masked man opposite him.

As the masked man opposite slowly raised his head, he revealed a scarlet eye through the hole in his mask.

Kakashi's heart skipped a beat.

Sharingan?!

The culprit who instigated the Nine-Tails' rampage actually possesses the Sharingan?!

Could he really be a member of the Uchiha clan?

Obito looked at Kakashi's shocked expression and remained silent for a moment.

The two stood facing each other in the dim space.

Kakashi tried to calm himself down, his Sharingan rapidly scanning his surroundings in a short time, attempting to observe the environment and find a way to send the message out.

Why is this masked man trying to capture me?

What exactly is his purpose? Is he planning something big to do with the village again?

However, after Kakashi had thoroughly observed the surrounding area, his heart grew heavier.

This place is filled with huge gray stone pillars, and the sky is a deathly gray.

This doesn't feel like the ninja world at all!

Instead, it felt like a completely enclosed alternate dimension!

"Don't waste your energy, Kakashi."

Obito noticed Kakashi's appraising gaze and suddenly chuckled.

The laughter carried a hint of mockery, as well as a subtle, almost imperceptible sadness.

"You can't escape from here."

"Never mind, it doesn't matter."

Without another word, Obito suddenly moved and charged straight at Kakashi!

During his sprint, Obito swung his right hand back, and a black rod appeared in his hand.

"So fast!"

Kakashi cleared his mind of all distractions, quickly pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch, and charged forward.

clang!

The kunai and the black stick collided violently, sending sparks flying.

Obito's power was immense, causing Kakashi's hands to go numb.

Immediately afterwards, Obito launched a barrage of punches and kicks like a storm, his moves exceptionally sharp and decisive.

boom! boom! boom!

The dull sounds of hand-to-hand combat echoed continuously in the vast, divinely powerful space.

Kakashi's Sharingan spun rapidly, precisely capturing the trajectory of his opponent's every attack.

However, his opponent was much stronger and faster than him.

Kakashi could only rely on his rich combat experience and the insight of his Sharingan to passively parry and retreat.

However, as the fighting continued...

The shock in Kakashi's eyes grew stronger and stronger!

Because under the Sharingan's gaze, every move, every stance, and even the slightest power exertion habits of the masked man opposite him...

In his eyes, it was becoming more and more familiar!

The angle of that side kick, the movement when throwing the punch...

So familiar!

All of this is so familiar!

It felt as if he had faced these moves countless times in countless sparring sessions long, long ago!

A name that shouldn't have appeared surged uncontrollably from the depths of Kakashi's mind.

"impossible……"

As Kakashi struggled to fend off Obito's attacks, he stared intently at the vortex mask, his breathing becoming rapid.

"Absolutely impossible!!!"

Kakashi roared inwardly.

That person is dead!

How could it be him?!

But those familiar physical techniques, and that familiar fighting style...

"Who are you?!"

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