Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 178 You're just a self-deceiving coward.

boom! boom! boom! !

The rain poured down, and the deafening crashing sounds were like continuous rumbles of thunder!

The two blue Susanoo attacked each other relentlessly, their enormous blue fists, carrying violent air currents, slamming into each other's bodies and heads!
Each collision unleashed a visible shockwave, violently ripping the ground and surrounding trees away, and even distorting the air itself due to the raging blasts.

The rain was instantly shattered into white mist by the shockwave, and then dispersed by an even more violent force in the next moment!

The two half-giants moved with wide, sweeping motions, each movement brimming with pure power.

Their fighting styles were almost identical: the same sidestepping, the same parrying and counter-attacking, the same heavy punches—it was as if they were fighting in front of a giant mirror!

However, subtle differences gradually became apparent during the fierce battle.

The Susanoo controlled by the mirror image of Obito moved more steadily, precisely, and efficiently.

Every dodge is perfectly timed, every block is skillfully deflected, and every counterattack is aimed directly at the opponent's weak points or gaps in their movements!
His fighting style was like that of a precise machine, imbued with the composure and shrewdness of someone who had been through countless battles.

Although the attacks are equally powerful, they rarely waste a single ounce of energy, striving to maximize the impact of each attack!

Obito Uchiha's Susanoo appeared even more violent and ferocious, with a hint of barely perceptible impatience.

His attacks were powerful and fast, but there were slight delays or overexertions between his movements, indicating that he was not yet proficient in controlling the power of Susanoo.

When dodging, the movements are too exaggerated; when blocking, they mostly collide head-on; and when counterattacking, they often carry a kind of venting ferocity, which in turn exposes more weaknesses.

boom! !

Mirror image of Obito seized the brief moment of stiffness after his opponent's heavy punch missed, and Susanoo's huge left arm, like a battering ram, precisely struck the right shoulder joint of Obito's Susanoo!
Click!

A teeth-grinding cracking sound rang out, and the chakra covering the right shoulder of Obito Uchiha's Susanoo instantly shattered, causing the movement of his entire right arm to visibly falter.

"cough!"

Obito Uchiha grunted, his body swaying slightly inside Susanoo's chest cavity, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes.

He forcefully activated his pupil power and chakra, and the damaged joints were quickly repaired.

"How weak."

The voice of the mirror image Obito, transmitted through Susanoo, reached Uchiha Obito's ears with unparalleled clarity, carrying a condescending and mocking tone.

“A complete kaleidoscope is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, you can’t control it, just like you can’t control your own destiny,” he said.

"shut up!"

Obito Uchiha let out an angry roar. He controlled Susanoo and swung his fist violently. His left arm, with a sharp whistling sound as it tore through the air, slammed into the waist and abdomen of the Susanoo in front of him like a whip!
This strike was incredibly powerful and fast, but its trajectory was far too straightforward!
Bang! !

Obito's Susanoo raised its right arm like a shield to block the attack precisely. A dull thud accompanied the impact, and Obito's Susanoo was forced back a step, causing the ground beneath its feet to crack!
But the arm that was blocking was as steady as a rock, dissipating most of the force.

"Anger blinds you."

Mirror Obito's voice rang out again, with a hint of mockery as he laughed, "Let me guess, back then you must have watched Kakashi kill Rin, and you couldn't do anything about it."

"Then, after all the tragedies have happened, all the blame is placed on others, even on the world."

“And I…” His voice suddenly changed, “Although I was unable to stop Kakashi, I was not bewitched by Madara, nor did I succumb to darkness and fantasy.”

"Later, Kakashi and I searched the entire ninja world for a way to bring Rin back, and we finally found it in Sunagakure."

"Rin looks so beautiful in her white kimono! Minato-sensei and Kushina-sensei are here, and everyone in Konoha is here to congratulate us on our wedding. Kakashi was even secretly wiping away tears..."

"Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!"

Mirror Obito's words were like the most vicious knife, cutting into the deepest scar in Uchiha Obito's heart. His eyes were bloodshot and his body trembled violently.

He controlled Susanoo to pounce forward recklessly, his fists pounding down like a storm, his attack more ferocious but also more chaotic!
Obito's mirror image, controlling Susanoo, calmly responded, dodging and blocking, or using the opponent's force against them, just like a seasoned hunter walking in the jungle, maneuvering with ease amidst the attacks of wild beasts.

Every dodge caused Obito Uchiha's attack to miss, every block caused the opponent's force to hit empty air, and every use of force caused Obito's Susanoo to stagger and become unstable.

"Look at yourself now." Mirror Obito's voice had turned icy. "Blinded by hatred, blinded by power, you're nothing but trash!"

"What do you know?!" Obito Uchiha roared furiously, his Susanoo's attacks becoming even more frenzied. "You have everything! You haven't lost everything! You're the fake one!"

boom! !

The two Susanoo held hands tightly, their Mangekyou Sharingan eyes locked in a stare-in-the-eye.

"Losing everything?"

The mirror image of Obito's voice was even colder: "What I possess is everything I earned with my own hands! Including the Hokage position, including my comrades who trusted me, including Rin! And you..."

Mirror Obito controlled Susanoo to suddenly pull back and turn sideways, avoiding the opponent's powerful but straightforward punch, and then slammed a backhand punch into the opponent's exposed ribs where the attack had missed!

Bang! Click!

Susanoo shattered again, and Obito Uchiha spat out a mouthful of blood.

“And you!” Mirror Obito said coldly, “Do you dare say you had no chance to change everything? But you’ve only created more tragedies for ‘Rin’!”

"You're just wearing that pathetic mask, hiding like a rat in a gutter, even abandoning the identity of 'Uchiha Obito'!"

"Rin is dead, and you're alive, yet you blame everything on Kakashi. You're like a walking corpse; you're more pathetic than the dead Rin!"

"You are nothing but a coward who is addicted to self-deception!"

The "Rin" he kept mentioning was like the last spark that ignited a powder keg, and those words completely tore away Obito Uchiha's last fig leaf!
"Ahhhhh!!"

Obito Uchiha went completely mad. His Mangekyou Sharingan spun wildly, and he raised both arms high at the same time, gathering a frenzy of chakra.

He no longer cared about defense or the cost; all he wanted was to utterly tear apart this "self" with his perfect life, along with his nauseating "happiness"!
"Go to hell!!"

Two enormous blue arms, carrying terrifying power, slammed down fiercely towards Obito's mirror image Susanoo!
This strike embodied all his anger, jealousy, and destructive desires!

Faced with this attack that seemed to be a mutually destructive one, Obito's mirror image remained calm, his Mangekyou Sharingan also spinning in his eyes.

He manipulated Susanoo to cross its arms, forming a solid defensive barrier in front of it.

But as he used chakra to strengthen Susanoo even more, Kakashi, who was desperately drawing chakra from afar, suddenly trembled!
Kakashi could clearly feel the chakra that had been stored up in his body being frantically drawn out like a floodgate being opened, and his face immediately became even paler!

The existence of Mirror Obito is entirely due to his chakra.

Otherwise, with the mirror image of Obito's richer combat experience, he would have already defeated the real Obito with his full strength. There would be no need to provoke him with words to expose his fatal flaw.

Boom! !
Obito Uchiha controlled Susanoo to smash down the two arms, which slammed down hard on the two arms.

The deafening explosion seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart, and the violent shockwave swept out like a tsunami, instantly evaporating the rain into a huge vacuum.

The ground trembled violently, undulated, and cracked.

The mirror image of Obito's Susanoo was slammed deep into the ground by this terrifying force, and the arm that had withstood the blow made a "crack" sound as it could no longer bear the strain.

Its enormous body swayed as if it would collapse at any moment!
"puff!"

Hiding in the distance, Kakashi was hit by the shockwave and coughed up blood as if struck by a heavy hammer, which also interrupted his progress in refining chakra.

He felt his chakra being almost instantly drained, and the power that maintained the existence of the mirror image was also rapidly dissipating!
However, after enduring this terrifying blow, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of the mirror Obito.

This is the opportunity he has been waiting for!
Just as Obito Uchiha's attack landed, in the instant when his old power was exhausted and new power had not yet been generated.

Obito's mirror image Susanoo raised its right arm, a fingertip wrapped in black light, the space itself was distorted by that black light, and it was instantly stabbed out like a venomous snake.

Susanoo - Kamui Piercing Hand! The target is the chest and abdomen of Obito Uchiha's Susanoo, which is completely undefended due to the all-out attack.

呲! !

Obito Uchiha's Susanoo was easily pierced by Kamui, like a hot knife through butter, and went straight for Obito's location.

"what?!"

Obito Uchiha's pupils suddenly contracted, and the sense of impending death instantly gripped him!
He subconsciously tried to activate his "hollowfication" ability, but at the moment the space distorted, Mirror Obito interrupted him with Kamui as well.

“It’s over.” Mirror Obito’s tone carried a hint of pity. “Die, nameless monster.”

Obito Uchiha could only watch as the deadly black light rapidly enlarged and pierced towards him...

puff!

Obito Uchiha's body was pierced by that finger, his waist and abdomen were completely obliterated by the power of Kamui, his upper and lower body were directly separated, and Susanoo was also smashed backward by this attack.

Bang! !

Gravel flew everywhere and smoke filled the air!
Meanwhile, knowing his own stubbornness, Mirror Obito was about to control Susanoo to deliver a punch.

But the next moment, his figure, along with his Susanoo, suddenly became blurry and illusory, flickering like a poorly receiving image.

"..."

Obito glanced at his own body, then turned to look at Kakashi in the distance, and sighed helplessly, "Kakashi, why is your chakra still so low..."

With that, Susanoo dissipated, leaving only the figure dressed in a white divine robe.

After a moment's hesitation, Mirror Obito took a step, but instead of walking towards "himself," he flashed and instantly appeared in front of Kakashi.

Before Kakashi Hatake could react, Obito's mirror image smiled and reached out to pull Kakashi up.

"Listen, Kakashi."

Looking at the dazed Kakashi before him, Obito's mirror image calmly smiled and said, "Although I just mocked that guy and berated him mercilessly, but..."

I'm also very unhappy with you!

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly bent down, clenched his right fist, and without any fancy movements, with pure anger, slammed his fist hard into Kakashi's abdomen!

boom!
A dull thud of flesh colliding rang out, causing Kakashi Hatake to arch his back abruptly.

"cough!!"

Kakashi couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, slowly raising his head with difficulty. Rain streamed down his incredulous face, his eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.

“This punch…” Mirror Obito said coldly, “was delivered on behalf of Rin.”

"No matter which world you're in, you promised me you'd protect her, that you'd protect her with your life, but you didn't. This punch is what you owe me, it's what you deserve!"

Kakashi's body trembled violently, his right eye filled with pain and guilt.

The mirror image of Obito's words was like the sharpest knife, tearing open the wound in his heart that had never healed. The pain in his abdomen was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

He could neither refute nor defend himself.

"Hmph!" Mirror Obito said irritably, "Look at your dejected appearance. If that Obito was a piece of trash, then you're a piece of trash too!"

"Besides Lin, are all the people you should be protecting dead? If you really feel guilty, then you should live well and use the rest of your life to atone for your sins, instead of getting stuck in guilt and repeating the same mistakes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the image of Obito completely transformed into specks of blue light, like fireflies shattered by rain, silently disappearing into the cold rainy night.

All that remained were those words, whether cold or hot, and the excruciating pain in his abdomen, etched deep into Kakashi Hatake's heart like a brand.

Just then, an extremely faint and almost imperceptible strange fluctuation suddenly spread from afar!
hum! !

Kakashi Hatake suddenly looked up, his remaining right pupil contracting.

In the distance, amidst the dissipating dust, the space around Obito Uchiha's "corpse" that had been cut in half at the waist began to distort in an extremely eerie way!

Like a reflection in water being rippled by a stone thrown in, the "corpse" seemed to be erased by an eraser, becoming blurry, and finally disappeared completely before Kakashi's eyes!
A figure slowly emerged.

It was Uchiha Obito.

"Cough! Cough!!"

He knelt on one knee, coughing violently. His left Mangekyou Sharingan had completely dimmed, losing all its luster and turning into a deathly gray-white!

A crimson tear of blood slowly slid down from the blind eye socket, mingling with the raindrops as it fell to the ground.

He survived once again, or rather, for some reason, the mirror image of Obito spared his life.

The price he paid was Izanagi, and one Mangekyou Sharingan!
That's the Mangekyou Sharingan!!

He slowly raised his head, his last remaining Mangekyou Sharingan burning with boundless rage and deep-seated hatred, locking onto Kakashi not far away!
"Kakashi!!"

Obito's voice was hoarse and cold as he stood up unsteadily, his body hunched over in pain, but his eyes burned with murderous intent.

He ignored the loss of vision in his blind left eye and his physical weakness, and staggered step by step toward Kakashi with unwavering determination.

Each step made a "plop" sound in the mud, like the footsteps of death.

However, Obito was only a few steps away from Kakashi.

Swish!
A figure emerged from the mud in front of Obito without warning!
Absolutely amazing!
"Lord Madara, we must leave here immediately."

Black Zetsu's hoarse, gloomy voice carried an undeniable urgency: "I've already confirmed it. Those black monsters are strange; they're not products of the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

It had always thought that Fugaku Uchiha became like that because of some special eye technique after awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan.

However, when the mirror image of Obito appeared, to prevent Obito from revealing his identity, it knocked Itachi unconscious and took him away from the place without hesitation.

I glanced at the battlefield over there by the way, but only then did I realize the true nature of those "hollows".

However, at this moment, Obito only had Kakashi in his eyes. His overwhelming hatred had completely consumed his reason, as if he had not heard Black Zetsu's warning, or rather, he simply did not care.

Until Black Zetsu coldly called out Obito's real name.

"Obito Uchiha!" it said coldly, "Don't forget what you're supposed to do!"

"Those black ghostly things are creations of Yin-Yang Escape. You should understand what that means."

what does this mean?
The last time I encountered a creation that could use Yin-Yang Escape...

Is it that "shadow"?!

It's that again?!

Obito stopped abruptly and stood there in silence for a long time.

"Ahhhhh!!"

He looked up to the sky and let out a heart-wrenching roar filled with endless resentment and madness. The sound pierced through the rain and resounded throughout the night sky!

However, his figure vanished from the spot, leaving behind only a chilling statement.

"Kakashi! I'll make you live in fear, and I'll come back to take your life!"

(End of this chapter)