noveltune Chapter 325 Being fooled like a clown
Chapter 325 Being fooled like a clown
Hinata Mirror clapped his hands and stepped out from the shadows.
Applause echoed through the empty valley, one beat after another, unhurried and gentle, like watching a meticulously choreographed drama.
Obito Uchiha turned around, holding Rin's body.
He wore an orange mask, and his red eyes narrowed slightly the moment he saw Hinata Kagami.
He didn't expect Hyuga Kagami to be here.
No, he should say he didn't expect Hyuga Kagami to be here all along.
When did it start?
It started when Kakashi and Rin were being chased?
From the moment Lin's heart was pierced?
Or from even earlier, from the moment they stepped onto the southern front?
Hinata Kagami wore a smile.
It wasn't his usual gentle, fake smile with his eyes narrowed, but a genuine, heartfelt joy, like an audience member seeing a long-awaited climax.
Obito Uchiha's eyes widened again, and at that moment, time seemed to stand still.
He actually laughed! I never knew he could laugh from the bottom of his heart! I never knew he could laugh like that!
The friendships of the past were fake, the bonds of the past were fake, and the sharing of joys and sorrows and going through thick and thin together were all fake.
So what in this world is really real?
How ridiculous!
Obito didn't speak, nor did he question anyone, because at this moment, he had completely lost hope in this false ninja world.
Infinite Tsukuyomi was right after all; that's where I should be. Reality is just a cruel dream, and I should have woken up long ago.
That's right. I don't know when it started, but Obito has been dead. Maybe it was the moment his earth spear fell into the pool, maybe it was a certain day in July when he fell into darkness, maybe it was when his lightning release pierced Rin's chest, or maybe it was in that laughter just now.
"So this was the plan behind it all?" Hyuga Kagami tilted his head, his gaze falling on Uchiha Obito's empty eyes. "Was it to awaken these eyes for you?"
"What are you saying? I don't understand."
His voice came from behind the mask, low and hoarse, unlike his own: "I am not the person you know. My name is Uchiha Madara."
"Uchiha Madara?" Hyuga Kagami laughed out loud, pointing at him and saying, "Don't be ridiculous, it's Obito."
No sooner had he finished speaking than he unleashed a palm strike.
The palm strike, formed from chakra, aimed straight at Obito's face with such speed that it was almost unpredictable.
But the palm strike passed through Obito's body and hit the rock behind him, sending shards of rock flying.
They went through it.
Hyuga Kagami squinted and flipped over, unleashing a series of shuriken.
The shuriken also pierced through Obito's body and became embedded in a tree trunk in the distance.
Blur!
Hyuga Mirror stopped and did not continue the attack.
He was just testing the waters; he didn't expect to hit the target.
But the result of the test surprised him slightly. That ability was not a simple Body Flicker Technique, nor was it the Flying Thunder God Technique. Instead, it was a space-time ninjutsu that he had never seen before.
"I never expected that in just six months, your fundamentals would be trained to be so good by others."
Hyuga Kagami's smile faded, and his tone became serious. "With those eyes of yours, your strength has probably already surpassed mine."
"But have you ever considered that everything you've experienced was meticulously planned and orchestrated by someone else?"
"Shut up!" Obito's voice suddenly rose, and the eye beneath his mask glowed crimson.
He doesn't want to doubt Uchiha Madara yet, the old man who saved his life in a moment of crisis and taught him ninjutsu.
Even if he already had the answer in his heart, even if every word Hyuga Kagami said felt like a needle pricking his heart, he didn't want to listen.
Reality was already cruel enough; Infinite Tsukuyomi was his only hope, and he didn't want anyone else to shatter that last hope as well.
"What? The world feels unreal? What's this 'Eye of the Moon' project you were talking about? It's not like you're using illusion magic to create a fake world, is it?"
Obito's pupils contracted sharply: "You..."
"How do I know so much?" Hinata Kagami pointed at himself and laughed. "Read more manga. Sometimes, some stories aren't really stories."
"Comics? What does that mean?"
Hyuga Kagami didn't answer. He smiled with narrowed eyes, then turned to leave.
His mission has been accomplished.
Confirm Obito's abilities, verify certain speculations, reveal the truth of the story, sow discord, and then leave at the right time.
It's such a pity that those eyes were given to such an idiot; it's a complete waste.
But he currently lacks the means to take them down.
But before he could take two steps, Obito's figure reappeared in front of him.
The switching between intangibility and solidity was so fast that there was almost no gap, and Obito blocked his way.
"What do you mean? Explain yourself clearly. Tell me the whole story."
"Oh dear, this is too much trouble," Hinata Kagami said, shrugging. "There are some things you might not believe if I tell you. But if you investigate them yourself, you'll be convinced. Why bother me?"
Suddenly, he took a step back and looked up at the sky.
"And I have to leave immediately. If I don't leave soon, Minato Namikaze will probably arrive. I'm still very weak, and I don't want to face Konoha's Yellow Flash."
As the saying goes, what you say comes true; before the words were even finished, spatial fluctuations appeared in mid-air.
At this moment, Obito was most sensitive and immediately sensed that it was not the right time to meet with the people of Konoha. His body instantly became ethereal and disappeared from the spot.
The instant he disappeared, a golden figure flashed and appeared above the valley.
Minato Namikaze landed beside Kakashi, his gaze sweeping over the corpses and blood on the ground, finally settling on the unconscious Kakashi and the lifeless Rin.
He looked at Hinata Kagami, his eyes filled with deep apology: "I'm sorry, I'm late again."
"It's alright, Minato-senpai," Hyuga Kagami's voice came from afar, tinged with laughter. "But you'd better watch out from now on."
His body moved backward rapidly, creating distance between him and Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze then realized that Kagami Hyuga was retreating, leaving, and rapidly moving away from the battlefield using a taijutsu footwork style that did not belong to any particular school.
He's already arrived, why is he leaving?
No, this is defection.
Why?
Why defect at this time?
He instinctively wanted to give chase, but then he heard the voices of the Hidden Mist Village's Anbu behind him.
"Lord Suigetsu-yama Fugu-oni, there's movement over there!"
Minato Namikaze glanced back at Kakashi, then at Hyuga Kagami as he walked away.
He gritted his teeth, bent down and picked up Kakashi, while grabbing Rin's body with his other hand.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was activated, a flash of golden light appeared, and the three disappeared into the valley.
Hinata Kagami stopped and looked back at the empty valley, a slight smile playing on his lips.