"Aaaaaah! Aaaaaah! Why?!"
Uchiha Obito clutched his head, feeling as if his entire being was about to split apart. One moment, he saw the blood-soaked scene of Kakashi Hatake driving his hand through Rin Nohara's chest; the next, he was sitting with Rin Nohara on the Hokage Rock, looking down at a peaceful Konoha Village under the bright, soft, and tranquil moonlight.
Swaying and on the verge of collapsing, Uchiha Obito suddenly shuddered as he saw the scene before him shatter completely, transforming into his own courtyard. At the same time, a flood of memories awakened in his mind.
"What's going on... My head feels so dizzy... Where are Rin Nohara and Kakashi Hatake?"
After muttering this in a daze, Uchiha Obito heard a familiar, cold voice:
"Are you an idiot? Or has the illusion had such a great impact on you that the intense mental stimulation has driven you insane?"
Turning his head, Uchiha Obito immediately saw the mysterious person wearing a black cloak with red clouds and a swirl-patterned mask. Stimulated by the sight of this familiar figure, he instantly sobered up, and at the same time, his memories returned in full.
He hadn't been injured, he hadn't awakened his eyes, and Rin Nohara was still alive...
The Third Ninja World War had long since ended...
He was already a Special Jōnin...
The Masked Man was the mysterious old man who taught him...
He was preparing to report to Minato-sensei that something important was going to happen today...
The bright, unusually intense moonlight outside...
"What on earth is going on?! Masked Senior, why did you use a genjutsu on me?!"
Recalling everything, Uchiha Obito immediately demanded of the Masked Man, his tone aggressive.
The Masked Man looked at Uchiha Obito carefully, his voice tinged with regret:
"Still haven't awakened the Mangekyo... It's only a Three-Tomoed Sharingan."
"Huh!? Sharingan!?" After hearing the Masked Man's words, Uchiha Obito touched his face in surprise, took off his goggles, and inspected himself carefully.
The reflection in the goggles wasn't very clear, but the changes to his Sharingan were obvious. Uchiha Obito immediately noticed the transformation in his eyes.
In his red pupils, three tiny tomoe were slowly rotating; that was the mark of the Three-Tomoed Sharingan!
Once Uchiha Obito fully realized what happened and focused his attention, he felt as if everything in the world had slowed down significantly. At the same time, his observation skills skyrocketed; he could almost clearly see the flapping wings of mosquitoes flying at night and every single fine hair on the moths.
Additionally, he discovered that the Chakra within him had grown significantly stronger and now emitted a cold aura. This was the sensation brought about by a massive improvement in the nature transformation of his Yin Release Chakra.
"I've awakened the Sharingan!! And it's a Three-Tomoed one at that!!"
A hint of excitement appeared on Uchiha Obito's face, but as he thought about the moment he awakened the Sharingan, he seemed to recall the giant boulder falling from the sky and Kakashi Hatake's hand piercing through Rin Nohara's chest...
Instantly, Uchiha Obito's excitement was greatly dampened, and he even felt a sense of disgust toward his own eyes.
"So that's it. This is the price of the Sharingan..."
With a slightly downcast expression, Uchiha Obito finally understood why the members of the Uchiha Clan who had truly awakened their eyes rarely boasted about it and were unwilling to talk much about the experience of awakening them.
Pulling himself together, Uchiha Obito looked up at the mysterious Masked Man and asked:
"So, Masked Senior, did you use genjutsu on me because you wanted me to awaken the Sharingan?"
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