Chapter 745: Kakashi: Kamui Can't Hide Tears

"We made it back safely. What a thrilling and intense journey."

After a brief daze, Obito sighed as he looked at the familiar Loulan architecture around him.

It had only been seven days, but because so many things had happened, it gave him the feeling of having spent months in a parallel world.

"So youthful!"

Might Guy gave Shisui a thumbs-up.

This time he had really enjoyed the fight, opening the Eight Gates all the way to the last one.

"I hope their alliance goes smoothly—then there shouldn't be any war for a while."

Rin Nohara recalled the week's experiences and clasped her hands together in prayer for the parallel world's shinobi world.

Compared to their own world, that world was pretty miserable.

For a moment, all the members of the parallel world team let out their own sighs.

"I'd call him the dumbest Uchiha Madara."

Just as the discussion was dying down, Kakashi suddenly said.

The others looked at him with confusion, not understanding why he would suddenly insult Uchiha Madara.

"Uchiha Madara deserves to die."

Kakashi, putting on a face of righteous indignation, mimicked Obito's tone and said.

Obito: …

Shisui and the others couldn't help but show subtle expressions—so it was "Uchiha Madara" and not Uchiha Madara.

Then Kakashi's expression turned wistful, still imitating Obito's tone, and he said:

"Kamui can't hide the tears."

Obito completely lost it, flashing forward and covering Kakashi's mouth.

At the time, he had seen too many memories of Six Paths Obito and hadn't recovered yet, which was why he said that line.

Later, Obito realized just how hard it was to keep a straight face with that line—it was way too chuunibyou.

"Loser uncle with a crappy life!"

Obito couldn't help firing back.

"Kamui can't hide the tears."

Kakashi broke free from Obito's grasp and repeated.

"Perverted uncle who likes lewd stuff!"

Although adult Kakashi tried to maintain his image, you can't always avoid getting your feet wet, and eventually it came out that he read Make-Out Paradise every day.

"Kamui can't hide the tears."

Kakashi's expression unchanged, he continued.

"Is that the only thing you can say!"

Obito was a bit broken.

"Forgot the beginning, forgot the end, anyway it's Kamui can't hide the tears."

Kakashi said with a faint smile.

Repeating or not repeating didn't matter—as long as the damage was strong enough.

Pfft.

Rin Nohara couldn't help letting out a little laugh.

"Rin, you too…"

Obito looked at Rin with a resentful expression, as if asking why she was helping Kakashi.

"How should I put it… it just feels good like this, so I laughed."

Nohara Rin covered her mouth and explained.

She genuinely hoped that Obito and the others could continue like this forever, everyone living happily, unlike the parallel world.

Just as Muyue and his group were about to leave Loulan, an Anbu ninja who had spotted them returning came to report information to Muyue.

"Urashiki Ōtsutsuki launched a surprise attack on Konoha. In addition, the Fifth Hokage has a very important piece of information that she wishes to discuss with you in person."

"Ōtsutsuki?!"

The squad ninjas all showed expressions of surprise.

They had already confirmed the time—while they were away, not much time had passed here either. Compared to the other world, it was only a few days longer.

How could their home be attacked by an Ōtsutsuki less than half a month after they left?

"Is Konoha okay? Were the losses heavy?"

Obito asked with a worried look.

After the trip to the parallel world, he now understood what Ōtsutsuki divine power was.

Even if he and Six Paths Obito merged into Super Obito, gaining strength far beyond his current self, there was still a considerable gap between him and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

"I don't know the details. It should be within acceptable limits."

The Anbu ninja shook his head.

"Nagato, you all go back to Rikudō City first. I'll head to Konoha to handle this matter."

Muyue said to Nagato and the others.

He had originally planned to return to Rikudō City with Nagato, but with such a major incident in Konoha, he had to go there himself.

Nagato nodded, then walked off toward Rikudō City together with Sasori and Kakuzu.

After the Fourth Shinobi World War, he realized that his own strength was still too lacking.

The basic abilities of the Rinnegan could still handle Kage-level opponents, but they were useless against the Impure World Reincarnation Uchiha Madara, and even more so against the higher-tier Six Paths level enemies.

That was why Nagato chose not to accompany Muyue to Konoha to deal with the Ōtsutsuki matter—he knew that with his current power, even if he went, he wouldn't be of much help.

It was better to return to Rikudō City early and train to increase his strength. If the Ōtsutsuki had designs on Rikudō City, he could at least contribute and hold out until Muyue arrived to support.

Then Muyue led Obito and the others at full speed, rushing back to Konoha as quickly as possible.

"Hey, it doesn't look like anything happened."

Obito looked at Konoha, still as bustling as ever, and couldn't help voicing his confusion.

He had thought he would see a ruined Konoha.

"If there had been a major problem, the messenger ninja wouldn't have been unaware of the details."

Kakashi said.

Although he wasn't sure exactly what had happened, Konoha had not suffered too much damage this time.

"Either way, it's a good thing."

Shisui glanced toward the direction of the Uchiha clan compound—it was just as usual, with nothing unusual.

The group didn't linger long and soon made their way to the Hokage Building, entering the Hokage's office.

"Muyue!"

Seeing the ninja entering the door, Minato Namikaze stood up excitedly and walked over.

He had just been thinking: if Urashiki Ōtsutsuki had some means of quickly recovering from injuries and attacked again before Sasuke's chakra recovered, how should they respond?

Since Urashiki Ōtsutsuki could steal ninjas' chakra with his fishing rod, having too many ninjas was meaningless against him.

One could say that apart from Sasuke, only Minato Namikaze could be of some use in battle against Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi was expendable and couldn't play a major role.

"You came back just in time. I was almost at a loss as to what to do."

Minato Namikaze sighed.

"Minato-sensei, what exactly is the story with that Urashiki Ōtsutsuki? How did a new Ōtsutsuki suddenly pop up?"

Obito, who was following behind Mu Yue, asked impatiently.

"Urashiki Ōtsutsuki is not an Ōtsutsuki from our world; he came from a parallel world."

Minato Namikaze explained.

"An Ōtsutsuki from a parallel world!"

Obito was stunned. Was world-hopping so popular these days that even Ōtsutsuki were doing it?

"Coincidentally, a few days after you left, two ninjas from another parallel world entered ours."

Minato Namikaze continued.

"Urashiki Ōtsutsuki followed them through the crossing."

"Those two parallel-world travelers are Boruto Uzumaki, child of the parallel-world Naruto, and Sasuke Uchiha from the parallel world."

Before Mu Yue and the others could ask, Minato Namikaze clearly introduced the identities of the parallel-world ninjas.

"Huh? Boruto Uzumaki? Could this be the future ninja from Naruto's world crossing over to ours?"

Obito was utterly shocked, his imagination running wild.

A parallel world's future also encountered an Ōtsutsuki crisis, so they crossed over to their world to ask for reinforcements.

But something went wrong along the way, causing them to arrive at the wrong time.

"No, I've tested it. This should be a new parallel world. For now, I've named it Parallel World No. 2."

Minato Namikaze shook his head and said.

"Because of the time difference between Parallel World No. 2 and our world, I've obtained some important intel from their side."

"Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had another child named Black Zetsu, who has been lurking in the shadows!"

Minato Namikaze spoke gravely, but found that everyone else looked calm.

"Minato-sensei, we already know that. We encountered Black Zetsu in the parallel world and eliminated him."

Kakashi answered for Minato Namikaze.

The combined Kamui Rasengan of Super Obito and Naruto directly shattered Black Zetsu.

"Not only did we eliminate Black Zetsu, we also helped them defeat the resurrected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki."

Obito added.

Now it was Minato Namikaze's turn to be shocked.

"How did you defeat her? Did the Sage of Six Paths grant Naruto and Sasuke from the parallel world the Yin-Yang powers?"

Minato Namikaze thought and asked.

Parallel World No. 2 also had a Naruto Uzumaki, with many similarities to Parallel World No. 1. Maybe the method to defeat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was the same.

"No, Mu Yue-sensei forced Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to her knees all by himself and captured her."

Obito answered honestly.

Minato Namikaze looked at Mu Yue in bewilderment. Wasn't it said that Mu Yue couldn't match the Sage of Six Paths and couldn't beat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki?

"I used a trick. In terms of raw strength, I'm still no match for Kaguya Ōtsutsuki."

Mu Yue said.

He really wasn't being modest; in terms of stats, the gap between Mu Yue and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was considerable.

The main problem was that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's combat skill was too poor. If she'd had even the combat level of a Konoha chūnin, it wouldn't have turned out this way.

"With you here, Mu Yue, it's truly reassuring."

Minato Namikaze let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

No matter how Mu Yue won, as long as he beat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, that counted as victory.

The apocalyptic crisis facing the ninja world could also have the word 'apocalyptic' removed.

"I'll have someone call Sasuke and the others over so you can meet them. Against Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, Sasuke will be a great help."

Sasuke's Amenotejikara is very strong.

During the battle with Urashiki Ōtsutsuki, if not for Sasuke's Amenotejikara, even with the Six Paths Sage Technique scroll left by Muyue, Minato Namikaze would have had great difficulty hitting Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.

Meanwhile, Sasuke, having been notified by Minato Namikaze, hurried to the Hokage's office with Boruto.

As soon as he entered the Hokage's office, Sasuke's first impression was that there were an extraordinary number of people.

Among the time-travel team, aside from Nagato's group of three who went to Six Paths City, only Jiraiya left after hearing about Urashiki Ōtsutsuki; the rest stayed in the Hokage's office, waiting for Sasuke and Boruto's arrival.

Obito was curious about what Naruto's son would look like and what personality he would have.

Shisui wanted to get to know the middle-aged Sasuke and ask about the Uchiha in their world.

Kakashi wasn't particularly interested in either Sasuke or Boruto, but since he had nothing better to do, meeting them wouldn't take much time.

Orochimaru wasn't very interested in Sasuke or Boruto, but he was very interested in Parallel World No. 2 and wanted to know its history.

"Shisui, Obito, Kakashi, Orochimaru…"

Not only were there many people in this office, but Sasuke also noticed that most of them were acquaintances he knew well enough to fight with kunai.

"Wow, they really look alike. It feels like there are two grandfathers."

Boruto entered the Hokage's office, glanced at Muyue, then at Minato Namikaze, and felt that mistaking their appearances was all too normal.

Even when looking at the real people, he had to rely on their clothes to tell them apart, let alone their appearances.

"Little bro, are you Uzumaki Boruto?"

Obito fixed his gaze on Boruto's face and felt that there was indeed some resemblance.

"Who are you?"

Boruto said somewhat annoyed, "Who calls someone 'little bro' the first time they meet?"

"Ahem, ahem."

Obito coughed twice, struck a pose, gathered chakra in his eyes, activated the Sharingan, and introduced himself:

"I am Naruto's big brother, the future Hokage of Konoha, the little sage Obito."

"That's so long, and I've never even heard of that name."

Boruto complained.

"Mangekyō Sharingan!"

Sasuke remained expressionless on the surface, but internally he raised Obito's threat level.

Any Uchiha who awakens the Mangekyō Sharingan has experienced something heartbreaking.

This Obito might really be playing dumb, just like during his Tobi days.

"How could you not have heard of it? Don't you recognize the name Uchiha Obito?"

Obito was puzzled. Could it be that he didn't exist in Parallel World No. 2?

"No."

"Then do you know him?"

Obito pointed at Kakashi and asked.

"Isn't this Uncle Kakashi, the Sixth Hokage? I didn't expect you to be so spirited when you were young."

Boruto looked at the young, energetic version of Kakashi and showed a surprised expression.

In his memory, Kakashi always wore a mask, had a pair of dead fish eyes, and looked lacking in energy.

"Sixth Hokage? Kakashi? No way."

Obito stared at Boruto in shock, suspecting that Boruto was lying to annoy him.

When he asked about him, there was no such person; when he asked about Kakashi, he was the Sixth Hokage. How was that fair?

"Why would I lie to you? Mr. Sasuke, am I right?"

Boruto looked at Sasuke and said.

Although he was a bit annoyed with Obito, he wouldn't go so far as to lie to him.

"In our world, Kakashi is indeed the Sixth Hokage."

Sasuke said calmly.

"Isn't that only natural? After all, it's 'me'."

Kakashi said with a calm expression.

It wasn't bragging—he really was a genius, and the same went for his alternate self Kakashi.

When he taught adult Kakashi Purple Lightning and Thunder Breathing, it was so effortless—he didn't need to waste a single word.

Obito really wanted to retort, but he said nothing.

Because the facts were right in front of him; retorting now would only make him seem stubborn.

"Maybe there is no 'me' in Parallel World No. 2."

Obito comforted himself inwardly.

It couldn't be that the reason Naruto Uzumaki in Parallel World No. 2 had the surname Uzumaki was still because of "Obito."

"Have you come into contact with other Otsutsuki before?"

Muyue looked at Boruto and asked.