Immortality begins with the ninjas of Konoha

Chapter 118 The Real World Called Hell

On the afternoon of January 7th, Tsunade, who remained in the village, had no choice but to activate the village's ninjas.

The battle that broke out on the front lines of the Land of Grass was led by Jiraiya, while Orochimaru defended the Land of Hot Springs against the Hidden Cloud Ninja.

Under these circumstances, the eastern part of the Land of Fire was suddenly attacked. After the advisors confirmed that it was Kirigakure, they worried about their old friend while cooperating with Tsunade to deploy ninja forces.

The Hyuga and Uchiha clans took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility at this time, and young Chunin were also dispatched to support the front line. For a time, the angry Konoha ninjas clamored to march on the Land of Water.

Kakashi was also drafted. After arriving at the camp, he looked at the girl beside him and continued to persuade her with a troubled expression:

"Lin, you don't need to force yourself."

"Staying in the hospital is the same. It's said that Cloud Village ninjas were also involved in this attack. The talks are probably a trap."

Rin Nohara, already carrying her medical kit, saw Kakashi's troubled expression and responded energetically:

"I'm a Konoha ninja too! Don't worry, Kakashi, I only work in the camp."

"Many members of the medical team have gone to the front lines. This may be the last war, and I want to help everyone."

Kakashi thought about the working environment of the medical team and finally nodded. They were just doing some first aid work, and as long as there were no problems on the front line, there would indeed be no danger.

"Go ahead, Kakashi! Don't worry about me, I won't cause any trouble for anyone!"

Rin Nohara shyly grabbed Kakashi's hand and whispered something in his ear, then jumped away, waved, and quickly ran towards the medical team.

Kakashi watched the girl's retreating figure, a sense of fear inexplicably rising within him. He shook his head violently, trying to banish these thoughts from his mind; the battlefield demanded his full attention.

As evening fell, Kakashi returned to the camp and suddenly sensed a tense atmosphere. His fear deepened, and upon seeing Shizune, he asked:

"Jingyin, where is Lin? I haven't seen her since I got back."

Shizune's face also showed anxiety. Hearing Kakashi's question, she hurriedly replied:

"Didn't you see Lin either?"

“It’s been an hour. Lin gave the wounded a quick stop to stop the bleeding and then disappeared. I asked a lot of people, and everyone said they hadn’t seen her.”

Kakashi's emotions suddenly surged wildly, as if Obito's dying words were echoing in his ears. He took a step back in fear and then shouted:

"Nothing will happen!"

"I'm going to find her. Lin will definitely be alright..."

"Kakashi!"

Shizune tried to call Kakashi to stop, but he ran off at lightning speed, ignoring all commands. After summoning his ninja dog Pakkun, he immediately sped away.

"This looks like a trap, Kakashi! You seem to have lost your composure!"

Pakkun, who was leading the way, turned to remind him, but Kakashi ignored him and just shouted loudly to speed up; he had to find the girl.

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In the dark, enormous stone cave, Madara Uchiha lay motionless against a stone chair, seemingly dead.

Obito Uchiha was unaware of what was happening outside; he was simply confused, as the old man seemed rather listless today.

"Is he going to die? That's fine, let's take him back to the clan, after all, he's a member of the Uchiha clan..."

While Obito was doing crunches on the ground, he secretly made a plan. Just as he was about to get up to check if the old man was still breathing, a white Zetsu suddenly appeared on the stone wall.

"Obito, I just saw Rin and that idiot Kakashi you mentioned!"

"They were surrounded and attacked by Hidden Mist ninja near the coastline; they're probably dying soon..."

When Obito heard the news, his mind went blank. After being "brainwashed" in the dark for a long time, he only cared about these two friends.

"Ah! How could this be?"

"Didn't you say it was a Five Kage Summit? How come there's fighting again? Don't try to fool me."

White Zetsu saw Obito roaring loudly below the rock wall, but still maintained his comical tone, responding simply:

"It seems the Mizukage ambushed the Hokage; even the Cloud Village ninjas are involved in this operation."

"Konoha can only mobilize the ninjas who were left behind to fight."

Today is the 7th, and Obito, who already has a bad memory of the time, believed it completely when he heard this.

But when he unleashed his chakra and punched the stone wall, his newly grown right arm shattered instantly.

"Damn it! I want to get out!"

"I have to go save Rin and Kakashi, I must save them!"

Obito, clutching his severed arm, screamed in pain. Just then, an ancient white zeolite suddenly appeared before him, completely enveloping him and laughing as it responded:

"Borrow my power! I'll help you out since you've been talking to me about poop!"

"Thanks, weirdo!"

Obito didn't think much of it. When the power surged from his body, he didn't even notice that the chakra being transported through the tubes by the Gedo Mazo was flowing through his body.

"Get out of my way!"

"boom!"

After a deafening roar, Obito, too shocked to even rejoice at the sight of the massive, shattered stone wall before him, hurriedly grabbed a large overcoat and threw it on. He then turned to the old man and said:

"I'm sorry, sir, I really have to leave!"

"When I return, I will definitely bury you in a suitable place..."

Obito, who was speeding out of the cave, didn't see Madara Uchiha suddenly look up, a look of expectation appearing in his crimson left eye. Remembering the dead Third Mizukage, he muttered hatefully in his heart:

"No matter how strong you are, you are destined to die a painful death in the face of the combination of the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Rinnegan!"

"Don't let me down, my people."

Without Black Zetsu's help, Madara Uchiha couldn't even speak. His body died that night, and he's left with this last breath so that the Proxy Plan can be successfully completed.

Having left the cave, Obito had no time to appreciate the starry sky. After running across the sea for a while, he approached the coastline and anxiously asked:

"Where are Rin and Kakashi, the white-clad guy?"

"Aren't there any Konoha ninja? They're just Chunin, how come they're being hunted down by the Hidden Mist Anbu?"

Seemingly pleased with Obito's mood, the possessed White Zetsu responded with a grin:

"There are no Konoha ninjas! Only Kakashi is there to meet Rin. It seems that the girl has been captured."

"The Hidden Mist ninja have other plans, and Konoha probably doesn't care about the life or death of a girl."

"You know which is more important, the village or ordinary Chunin, right?"

Obito did not respond immediately, but instead accelerated his pace through the trees. He had never been to the eastern part of the Land of Fire before, and had no idea what the defenses of Konoha's camps were like.

"Wait for me, Lin!"

On the other side, Kakashi, carrying Rin, sped away towards the direction of the Konoha ninjas. He had no time to think about why he was able to rescue the girl so easily.

At this moment, Rin, who was on his back, was everything to him. His amplified emotions made Kakashi act on instinct. When the sound of something cutting through the air came, he hurriedly dodged, but his shoulder was still cut by a kunai.

"Put me down, Kakashi."

"They sealed a monster inside my body. When we reach the camp, the monster will take over my body, and everyone will die."

Nohara Rin whispered weakly, filled with regret that she shouldn't have left the village.

The girl didn't think about why the monster had kidnapped her, nor did she have the energy to consider why the Hidden Mist Ninja was able to complete the seal in just a few hours.

"Don't speak, Lin!"

"It's just a sealing technique. Minato-sensei and Shu are both very skilled at it. They can handle this problem."

"Damn it, it's all my fault, I can't do anything..."

Kakashi sped up, his frustration surging wildly. Danger was drawing ever closer, and he had lost his mind.

Leaving the village and approaching the coastline along a secret route, Mei Terumi, wearing a mask and covered in wounds, wearily complained to Osamu Furukawa's spirit:

"That's the village's precious tailed beast. Have the higher-ups gone mad? This is a suicide mission."

"And what exactly do you want me to do by leaving two secret agents behind?"

"I've already broken the rules. I don't want to kill my own people anymore. You'd better stop now!"

Although Furukawa Osamu's spirit body was strengthened, its sensory range was not as large as that of his physical body, and he could not sense the chakra fluctuations of White Zetsu and Obito at this moment.

"Of course, it's to save people, and also to test a ninjutsu."

"You'd better hurry up, and try to catch up with those secret agents."

Just as Mei Terumi landed on the coastline, in another direction, Kakashi was already surrounded by Kirigakure ninjas, and his wounds were multiplying. Rin Nohara, lying on the ground, had tears in her eyes.

Seeing Kakashi still desperately trying to stop her, Nohara Rin suddenly realized she could move again. The girl used all her strength to use the Body Flicker Technique and appeared in front of the Hidden Mist ninja.

Kakashi desperately tried to control his chakra, but the azure blade of light still pierced through the girl's chest.

"Kakashi..."

"asshole!"

Seeing Kakashi standing there in a daze, the Hidden Mist ninja immediately charged forward and swung his sword at Kakashi.

Just as Kakashi was spurting blood from his chest, the neck of the Hidden Mist ninja at the front suddenly twisted, and then flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"what!!"

Obito Uchiha, who witnessed everything, screamed wildly, while the White Zetsu on his body was overjoyed, feeling the blade piercing through his body, and thought to himself with ecstasy:

"Amazing! No wonder Lord Madara insisted on carrying out the Proxy Project!"

Chapter 119 A Blessing That Transcends Life and Death

What does death feel like?

Kakashi had imagined it many times, but until the moment of his actual death, all he felt was endless emptiness.

Memories kept replaying in his mind, and Kakashi felt like he was drowning, gradually being submerged in darkness. Recalling his last moments, he subconsciously murmured:

"Lin, I can't believe it..."

Just as Kakashi was about to continue blaming himself, he suddenly saw a light in the darkness. His body instinctively moved towards the light, and when he saw that familiar figure, the boy burst into tears:

"Father, so you've been watching me all along?"

"Kakashi, I'm so sorry to have made you come here so early."

"To be honest, it's all my fault. Your mother will definitely blame me when she sees you."

Sakumo Hatake, standing by the campfire, looked remorseful. Young Kakashi rushed into his father's arms. He had imagined this scene countless times, but he never expected it to appear "after death."

"So it really was influenced by me? Xiu warned me about it back then."

"I am truly ashamed that I am not even as good as a child. My willpower is nothing more than this."

"Kakashi, tell me about your experiences over the past few years."

Sakumo Hatake held his son with a sad expression. It seemed that the words that Osamu Furukawa had warned him back then were coming true one by one. Children who lack fatherly love and have experienced killing are prone to extreme emotions. It was he who dragged Kakashi down with him.

Death seems to have stopped time from flowing, as Kakashi recounts his experiences over the years.

The principle of abandoning companions for the sake of the mission, and abandoning the mission for the sake of companions.

Kakashi reminisces about his years as a ninja, recounting the growth of Osamu Furukawa and Might Guy's strength. When discussing being saved by Obito and Rin's death, the boy sheds tears again.

Can you still cry after you die?

Kakashi was a little confused, but seeing his father's smile, he put the thought aside.

"Even ninjas make mistakes, but fortunately you always have companions who believe in you."

After a sigh, Hatake Sakumo looked at his son again and said with remorse:

"I know the doubts in your heart. Choosing suicide is a way of escaping, but also an invisible form of resistance."

"Ninjas are not tools, at least not Konoha ninjas."

"I lack a firm will, and I lack the courage to change the ninja world. Living by the tide will only make you bear this shackle from a young age."

Kakashi has come to understand his father's choice. After observing for so many years, he has realized that the so-called Will of Fire has long since fractured, and ninjas have become mere tools, something no one can change.