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

Chapter 361 Lin

Back then, Hyuga Kumokawa infiltrated the gap between the Pure Land and the Ninja World and found Hatake Sakumo, who was wandering alone, refusing to go to the Pure Land while waiting for Kakashi.

According to the original story, Nohara Rin probably did not go to the Pure Land.

However, during the "gap," Hinata Kumokawa did not sense any trace of Nohara Rin's soul.

Moreover, Nohara Rin did not possess the same strong willpower as Hatake Sakumo to endure decades of solitude, and it is unlikely that she would voluntarily remain in the "gap" for decades.

Therefore, Hinata Kumokawa had a bold conjecture in his heart.

The Mangekyou Sharingan is hailed as the "eye that reflects the soul," and its awakened eye techniques are closely linked to the deepest desires and traumas of the person who awakens it.

Uchiha Shisui found himself at a critical moment when the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the Konoha leadership was escalating and a coup was imminent.

He is a staunch inheritor of the Will of Fire, deeply in love with the village, but also with his family.

He didn't want any bloodshed or sacrifice on either side. He desperately wanted to change the radical ideas of his people, avoid civil war, maintain the family's heritage and the village's peace, and prevent conflict.

Therefore, after Shisui awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, his awakened eye technique "Kotoamatsukami" perfectly reflected his inner self.

As for Itachi Uchiha's "Tsukuyomi", in the original work it was because he witnessed Shisui's death, but now it is because he killed his own parents with his own hands.

On the one hand, it represents the pain and self-examination he endures, and on the other hand, it represents his underlying nature of forcibly "correcting" and "judging" others according to his own will.

Sasuke Uchiha's "Amaterasu" represents the continuation of Itachi Uchiha's ideals in Sasuke.

The ability to control Amaterasu's fire, "Kagoto-no-Mikoto," represents Sasuke's intention to "reshape" the world according to his own will.

So, what about Obito Uchiha?
The moment he awakened his Kaleidoscope Sharingan was the instant he struggled to crawl out of death and witnessed Kakashi pierce Rin's heart.

At that moment, Obito's ideal of "becoming Hokage and protecting his comrades" completely collapsed and shattered.

For him, reality became an unbearable and extremely cruel hell.

Under this self-protection mechanism, his subconscious mind generated two extremely contradictory impulses.

—Escape and isolation, hatred and distortion.

Unable to face the cruel reality before him, unwilling to accept the "hellish" reality, he subconsciously wanted to escape the pain of reality.

Thus, he awakened the ethereal power of "Kamui," separating his inner self from the world and creating an absolutely safe "world" that no one could touch.

At the same time, he and Kakashi wanted to deny everything in front of them.

They couldn't accept the reality they were seeing and desperately wanted to change it.

Thus, the other Mangekyou Sharingan placed on Kakashi awakened the ability to distort space and forcibly suck external objects into the spacetime.

Obito Uchiha wanted to escape the painful reality, yet he also desperately longed to distort or even destroy this damned world.

"Divine Might" is the eye technique born from the combined influence of these two mindsets.

Therefore, if Rin Nohara's soul did not return to the Pure Land, nor did it linger in the "gap" between the Pure Land and reality, and she claims to have been watching Obito all along...

It's important to understand that the souls of the Pure Land cannot see the Ninja World, nor can they create "gaps." Only Minato and Kushina, who left a portion of their spiritual energy within Naruto's body, could.

So, where is Nohara Rin most likely watching Obito?

The answer is already obvious.

Swish!
A streamlined white figure leaped out from the depths of the vortex before Obito's eyes.

It gracefully spread out in mid-air, its purple wings unfurling behind it. Its toes barely touched the ground as it hovered in the air, and a few feathers drifted down from its wings, dissipating into specks of light in the air.

Inside the underground palace, everyone who witnessed this scene had their pupils contract violently.

Reflected in everyone's pupils, it was a white figure with a sleek silhouette and a distinctly female outline.

Her entire body was covered by a smooth, pale armor, with a cold, jade-like texture. Her eyes were closed, and her face below her eyes was covered by a bone mask.

Most strikingly, there was a bowl-sized, smooth-edged hole in the location of her heart, running from front to back, as if something had been forcibly ripped out. "Wh...what..." Crimson tears of blood seeped from between Obito Uchiha's fingers as he tightly covered his Mangekyou Sharingan.

He forced his eyes open, which were throbbing with pain, and saw the white figure reflected in his pupils.

Especially that hollow hole that runs through the heart.

That hole...

That location...

No, how could this be...

In an instant, countless memories stained with blood flooded his mind like a burst dam.

Boulder, cries, a thunderbolt piercing through the body, bloodstained hands, and that unfillable void...

That is……

"Lin..."

A broken, almost unrecognizable syllable escaped from Obito Uchiha's trembling mouth, as soft as a murmur.

Almost simultaneously, a chill originating from the depths of his soul instantly swept over Kakashi's entire body.

Are you kidding me?
Lin?
The "Great Hollow" born from devouring those souls, is it Rin?

“It seems you’ve recognized your old friend,” said the 'Shadow' standing atop the statue.

"No! Impossible!" Kakashi Hatake shook his head. "Rin is already dead, killed by me. How could this be..."

“Yes.” 'Kage' tilted his head slightly, looked at Obito who was trembling all over, and asked, “How could that be?”

"How could her soul be in your 'Divine Might' space?"

Obito Uchiha's body trembled violently. Without needing any further prompting from the 'Kage,' a chilling truth had already spread rapidly and clearly in his mind.

In that hellish moment, the instant he witnessed Rin being killed by Kakashi, when his Mangekyou Sharingan first opened and became uncontrollable...

The soul of Lin, who was closest to him, most deeply connected to him, and the source of all his pain.

Unconsciously, he became the first being sucked into his space-time continuum.

it's me……

Was it me who imprisoned Lin in the world I created to escape this cruel reality for more than a decade?

"No, no..." Obito opened his mouth but couldn't utter any words, only making meaningless gasps, his fingers digging into his chest, breathing extremely heavily.

"Shadow!" Kakashi roared furiously at the figure atop the stone statue, his eyes bloodshot. "What did you do to Rin?!"

“Heh…” 'Shadow' let out a soft laugh, “I find that you people are really… incomprehensible.”

"This was true when the Uchiha clan was massacred, and it is true now."

"Weren't those Uchiha clansmen killed by you? And that girl, wasn't she killed by you too?"

"Isn't all the suffering they've endured because of you?"

"Why are you blaming me now?"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's face turned pale, and Obito even coughed up blood.

Obito slowly raised his head, his crimson eyes fixed on the dark figure. His voice, forced out through clenched teeth, was a hoarse growl: "Kage!!"

As the surging negative spiritual energy was absorbed by the Hōgyoku, a smile appeared on 'Kage's' face, which was shrouded in shadow.

This is what it means to kill someone by destroying their spirit.

(End of this chapter)