Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

He hadn't even had a chance to sleep when he heard the news that the boy Obito had become withdrawn.

“Senior Yue…” Kakashi and the others immediately stood up straight.

"What are you all standing here for? To act as door gods?" Yue glanced at them, her gaze settling on the tightly closed door. "Is he still inside, isolating himself?"

"Hmm..." Rin lowered her head: "Yue-senpai, Obito..."

"You guys go relax. You've just finished a mission and need to let loose. Leave things to me, have fun."

Light handed the coffee cup to Hikaru beside him, and then, without knocking, simply kicked open Obito's door with a loud "bang!"

The room was dark, with the lights off.

The black-haired boy who always wore goggles and shouted loudly was now lying on the bed with a blank look in his eyes.

Hearing the door being broken down, he simply raised his head blankly.

"Senior Moon..." Obito's voice was terribly hoarse, "Am I ridiculous?"

He clutched his hair in anguish, his body trembling slightly: "I kept saying I wanted to protect the world, that I was determined to defeat that masked man who would destroy it... but in the end, it was me who wanted to destroy the world!"

"It's laughable, yet not laughable at all."

Yue pulled up a chair and sat down: "In this cruel ninja world, no one knows where the future path will lead, and no one can truly see the end of fate. As for you, the one wearing the mask... Obito, do you think he's destroying the world? No, in his own mind, doesn't he also believe he's 'saving' the world?"

Obito suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes filled with astonishment.

"Obito, do you know why your future self turned into that monstrous appearance?"

“He was just like you. He also deeply loved Konoha, Rin, and his comrades. In fact… he was even more willing to give his life for his comrades than you are now.”

Obito was stunned: "Then why did he..."

"Words are always pale and powerless. Obito, since you are so afraid of this future, then I will let you experience it for yourself, and see what that 'you' really went through!"

"Shatter, [illusionary beauty]."

"Buzz—!!!"

In Obito's suddenly contracting pupils, the surrounding environment collapsed like shattered glass!

……

The boundary between reality and illusion was completely erased by the ultimate Yin Escape.

Obito found himself losing control of his body, as if he had become a "first-person" observer, forcibly stuffed into a body that belonged to "himself".

The first scene takes place in the cave at Kannabi Bridge.

He "witnessed" the huge rock crashing down on Kakashi, and he felt "himself" push it away without hesitation. Then, a sharp pain struck!

The pain of having half of his body crushed by a boulder was so real that Obito's soul trembled!

He "heard" his own faint voice, gave Kakashi the Sharingan in his left eye as a gift, and closed his eyes in the darkness.

"I...I died protecting Kakashi?" Obito murmured in shock in his mind.

But the video didn't stop.

He was rescued by Madara Uchiha, and in that dark underground cave, dragging half of his White Zetsu body, he underwent extremely painful rehabilitation day after day.

"I want to go back... I want to go back to Rin and Kakashi!" He was filled with hope.

Until that day, White Zetsu sent word that Rin and Kakashi had been surrounded by the Hidden Mist Anbu.

He smashed through the rock wall and charged into the battlefield like a madman!

"Hang in there! Rin! Kakashi! I'm coming right away!"

Obito's consciousness followed that "self," frantically traversing the stormy forest, his anxiety and anticipation reaching their peak.

However, the moment he finally pushed through the bushes and rushed out of the forest...

Obito's soul was completely torn apart in that instant.

The cold rain washed over the earth.

Directly in front of him, accompanied by the piercing chorus of thousands of birds.

Kakashi's hand, crackling with lightning, pierced through Nohara Rin's chest without any resistance!

"Pfft!"

Fresh blood dripped from the corner of Lin's mouth.

Rin harbored no resentment; instead, she gently called Kakashi's name before collapsing into a pool of cold blood, like a withered flower.

"No...no! Lin!!!"

The boy Obito in the consciousness space let out a heart-wrenching, shrill scream!

Even knowing it was an illusion, even knowing it was a memory from the "future," the despair of watching his beloved girl die at the hands of his best brother instantly shattered his reason!

That "future self" collapsed.

The two tomoe in each eye are directly connected, transforming into a kaleidoscope pattern.

Like a demon, he slaughtered all the Hidden Mist members present, then, holding Lin's gradually cooling body, stood amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, uttering that ultimate curse upon the world:

"I am in... hell."

Chapter 161 Unwavering Will of Obito

The illusion receded like the tide.

In Loulan's room, the young Obito suddenly sprang up from the bed, his entire body completely soaked in cold sweat.

Two lines of bloody tears uncontrollably slid down his cheeks.

Within his dark eyes, three tomoe were spinning and stretching wildly, until finally…

"Click".

A faint, almost imperceptible, crackling sound.

A pair of Mangekyou Sharingan eyes, each with three acute angles, suddenly bloomed in Obito's eyes!

The grief and despair in the illusion led him to cross the threshold of that curse!

"Now, do you understand why he became like that?"

Uchiha Tsukuyomi stood quietly by the bed, looking at Obito whose face was covered in blood and tears, his voice still calm.

"Obito, if you were in that desperate situation, what would you choose? Would you, like him, deny the world, escape reality, and become a demon hiding behind a mask?"

"I……"

Obito was breathing heavily, the stinging pain from when Rin's chest was pierced still lingering in his mind.

But when he looked up, he saw Kakashi and Rin, who had been called over by Yue and were standing at the door. Behind them were Nagato, Yahiko, Konan, and Nawaki. None of them had obeyed Yue's instructions to play; instead, they stayed there to wait.

Upon seeing this, Obito recalled the moment when Yue-senpai rescued them from the Kannabi Bridge, and the scene of everyone eating barbecue together in Loulan and dreaming about changing the world.

He lost his companions, so he fell into hell.

But now, his companions are right beside him!

"Do not……"

Obito abruptly wiped away the blood and tears from the corners of his eyes, clenching his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked.

He raised his head, his eyes filled with determination.

"I will never run away!!!"

Obito roared, "That guy is a coward who only knows how to run away! But I'm not! I have people to protect, and comrades who believe in me!"

"If this world is hell, then I will smash it to pieces with my own hands!"

"very good."

Uchiha Yue finally revealed a satisfied smile.

He took a step back and looked into Obito's eyes at the Mangekyou Sharingan, a reflection of his soul.

Unlike Kamui, which represents "escape" and "hollowing out" in the original work, Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan is now emitting a completely different spatial fluctuation!

“Obito, feel your eyes.” Yue raised an eyebrow. “Let me see what kind of eye technique your intense obsession with ‘protection’ has given you.”

Obito closed his eyes and carefully sensed the chakra code that had just been generated in his mind.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and a confident smile spread across his face.

"My left eye is named [Kichida].

Obito pointed to his left eye and explained, "It can fold and peel away the space around friendly targets within its line of sight, forming an absolute spatial defense! Any attack will pass through the folded space they are in as if it were a phantom!"

"And my right eye is called [The Everlasting Stand of the Nation]."

Obito clenched his fist, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "It allows me to instantly swap my spatial coordinates with those of my comrades or objects within my line of sight!"

The left eye grants spatial blurring to the companion, while the right eye replaces the companion's spatial coordinates!

"Did he use all of Kamui's spatial distortion power to protect others?" Yue muttered to herself.

This completely abandons the dark, life-saving "self-illusion" and "alternate dimension infiltration" of the original work.

Only two words remain—【Guardian】!

Yue looked at the young man who had been given a new lease on life, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes.

Although it lacks the original Kamui's bizarre ability to absolutely protect itself and penetrate, this ultimate spatial assistance and rescue ability is simply an unbeatable divine skill in team battles!

In addition to the common eye techniques that Tsukuyomi usually taught him, as well as the chakra and eye power sharing of the Ming seal, as long as Obito has these companions of "Dawn", even under the hands of Kage-level powerhouses, he should have no problem surviving and dealing with them.

"Congratulations, Obito."

Yue stood up and straightened the collar of her trench coat slightly: "Now that you've resolved your inner conflict, hurry up and come out for dinner. They've been waiting for you outside for a long time."

Yue didn't say anything more. She ruffled Obito's messy hair, turned around, pushed open the door, and walked straight to the restaurant at the end of the corridor with Hikari.

In the dimly lit room, Obito stood quietly for a while.

He felt the immense and warm power in his eyes, then raised his hand, slapped his cheeks hard, took a deep breath, and stepped out of the room.

As soon as he stepped out of the shadows, the bright lights of the corridor shone on him.