'So, what exactly is the reason that changed this predetermined ending?'
Obito suddenly thought of a certain possibility, 'Could it be that the version of myself from that world has really crossed over through Roran?'
'This is truly a... huge problem.'
Beside him, Rin saw Obito's unclear expression and asked with some concern, "Obito, what are you thinking about again?"
Obito glanced at Konan. Some things were inconvenient to say in front of Sister Konan.
He could only vaguely hint, "Maybe... a troublesome guy really came over."
Rin's heart was startled, and her emotions began churning inside.
She had thought Obito was just joking, but now it seemed like... it wasn't that simple a joke.
If the Obito from another world had come over, how should she face him? Although he wasn't the Obito she was familiar with, in a certain sense, he reflected Obito's past.
For a moment, Rin's expression also became complicated.
Konan looked at the two of them confusedly. Not knowing the inside story, she could only ask, "Troublesome guy? Will he pose a threat to Akatsuki?"
Obito thought for a moment, then shook his head, "No, just personal reasons. Slightly troublesome, that's all."
Akatsuki now was stronger than ever before. Even if the version of him from that world came over, he might not be able to cause any harm.
Especially with Rin here, even that guy would have to behave himself.
Obito understood clearly, no matter what, Rin was his weakness. Maybe the only weakness he had back then.
Konan let out a breath of relief, "As long as it won't harm Akatsuki, that's fine. If it's for personal reasons, since you don't want to tell me, I won't ask."
"To welcome Minato-senpai today, I arranged for people to prepare a lot of delicious food. Obito, remember to come and eat later. Then I won't disturb your little couple world anymore."
"Bye-bye."
After finishing, Konan returned to her usual liveliness and left with a smile.
Obito looked at Rin and noticed that her gaze carried both unease and a hint of subtle expectation.
He smiled and said, "What, really want to meet him once?"
Rin nodded, "Obito, although you've told me a lot about what happened to you, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Even though you've shown me some scenes with your Sharingan, it still doesn't feel real enough."
"I really want to see it for myself, to understand personally."
Obito sighed, "The past me, sigh... Rin, if you want to see him, if he really came over, he'll definitely come find me. Just wait and see then…"
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[Naruto, Another World]
[Roran Ruins]
Two figures in Akatsuki robes appeared.
These were Obito and Sasuke, who had recovered after a period of rest.
Of course, only their bodies had recovered. The depletion of their dojutsu couldn't be replenished.
So, at this moment, both of them were relatively weaker compared to their peak state.
Sasuke wasn't completely blind yet. With his weak vision, he looked around briefly and said, "This should be the place. Let's go in and search."
"Speaking of which, why don't you learn from Danzo and replace your eyes with a pair that can see?"
Obito closed his eyes and said coldly, "Let's start searching. That has nothing to do with you."
Although he had a wall full of Sharingan to switch with, he didn't dare to change recklessly.
Even though he was currently blind, he was still using his own eyes and could still use the phasing ability.
If he switched to someone else's eyes, what if he couldn't even use Kamui anymore?
Then Sasuke would really seize the opportunity to make a move on him.
No matter how healthy a three-tomoe Sharingan was, it couldn't compare to a heavily depleted Mangekyo. After fighting Itachi, Sasuke should clearly understand that.
Sasuke snorted and didn't speak. Instead, he started searching along with Obito.
Not long after, they found the Dragon Vein that had been sealed by the Fourth Hokage.
Sasuke asked, "What do we do now? Break the seal?"
Obito answered without hesitation, "Break it."
Sasuke nodded and approached the Dragon Vein.
He had learned quite a bit of sealing jutsu knowledge from Orochimaru. Especially because he had planned to assassinate Orochimaru, and sealing jutsu occupied an important part of Orochimaru's skillset.
So he had put in real effort. Although his proficiency was far from top-tier, it was barely enough.
He walked up to the Flying Thunder God kunai used to seal the Dragon Vein, grabbed it, and chanted softly, "Release!"
Then, a burst of purple light flickered, and an enormous energy surged into the sky.
Feeling the chakra condensing and concentrating in front of him, Obito was rather amazed, 'Such enormous chakra, even above an average tailed beast. Maybe only the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails have more than this.'
'So this is the Dragon Vein?'
'How come I never knew before that the ninja world had a place with this much chakra?'
Obito fell into thought. Through Madara, he had learned part of the Sage of the Six Paths' story. The reason tailed beasts had such immense chakra was because they were split off from the Ten Tails.
'But this Dragon Vein, where did it come from? Could the ninja world really have a place that didn't rely on the Divine Tree or the Ten Tails, yet could still produce chakra of this level?'
Just as Obito was pondering, Sasuke couldn't hold back and asked, "Stop thinking. What do we do next? Let this chakra explode?"
Obito snapped back to reality and stepped in front of Sasuke, "Step aside."
Sasuke backed away, and Obito grabbed Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai, sensing the power of the Dragon Vein.
He possessed perhaps the highest-level space-time sensing talent in this world. So, if the Dragon Vein really had spatial-temporal capabilities, he would be able to sense it.
After a while, Obito furrowed his brow, "Something's not right. Although the Dragon Vein's power is immense, it doesn't inherently have space-time properties. How did it let people travel through time and space?"
"Wait…"
Just then, Obito suddenly sensed, beneath the chakra of the Dragon Vein, deep in its core, there was a place where time and space constantly interwove and tangled in chaos.
'What is this?'
Obito couldn't help but voice the question.
'Could there really be such a mysterious place in the ninja world?'
Beside him, Sasuke asked, "What, found the way?"
Obito replied, "Found it. Beneath the Dragon Vein, there really is a strange space-time force. As long as we trigger that force, it can take us through."
"But… there's a problem. That energy is extremely chaotic. I'm not sure where we'll end up, it might be earlier, it might be later, it might not even be the place I want to go."
Sasuke crossed his arms and said mockingly, "So, did we just make a wasted trip? Ready to give up?"
Obito's face turned resolute, "No. Even if the chance is slim, I still have to try."
After speaking, he suddenly triggered the space-time energy located deep underground.
In that moment, all concepts around them twisted, time, space, energy, everything seemed to lose meaning.
The Dragon Vein was also stimulated by this energy and erupted violently at that moment.
BOOM!
With a burst of intense purple light, the figures of Obito and Sasuke disappeared without a trace...
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