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Are...

Are you...

...saying I've got regrets...?!

You once told me...that you're nobody,...that you don't wanna be anybody.

But the truth is you wanted...to be Hokage, just like me.

You can hide behind a mask, but it's pointless.

You were Kakashi Sensei's friend,...my dad's subordinate,...an Uchiha like Sasuke,...

...my senior,...and a Leaf shinobi, who shared the same dream as me.

You used to have the same dream as me.

Now, you're the opposite of a Hokage!

It's 'cause you're just like me that-

No, it's...

...because of that.

That's why I wanted to see you despair about this world.

Or I suppose I wanted to feel again for myself...

...that the path which I've chosen is indeed not a mistake.

There's no need to voluntarily walk a rugged path, whose destination isn't even clear.

And step over comrades' corpses.

So, any person who's sensible would choose a shortcut with a fixed outcome.

That's right...

The goal a Hokage should seek is to create world peace.

You don't know what you're talking about.

What I want to know isn't the shortcut or the easy path...

...but how to navigate the rugged one!

But,...in the beginning, how can you tell which one is the rugged path?

I mean,...you never really know until someone starts walking down it!

A Hokage is the one who walks ahead of everyone else, enduring their own pain. So, that's why...

...a Hokage never walks over his comrades' corpses.

There's no shortcut to becoming Hokage! And no way out for the one who becomes Hokage!

Correct?

I just messed up a little bit,...got some dust in my eyes and, uh...

Ouch!

I bet I know what this Rin person would say if she were still alive...

Don't act tough and hide your wounds. You know that I am always watching.

You told me that saving you was the same as saving the whole world, remember?

Well then, since I'm keeping an eye on you...

...you can't hide anything from me anymore.

Uh-huh.

Go for it, Obito!

Become Hokage and show me just how you're gonna save the whole world.

And that's another promise for you to keep!

Rin was my...

...sole light and hope in all this dark world.

After I lost Rin...

The whole world as I saw it changed...

It became a black hell.

This world holds no hope.

I took Madara's identity and walked the world, but all that did was further confirm my belief.

Even possessing this Sharingan didn't reveal anything to me... 'Cause there was nothing to see.

I'm sure you could've seen it, too, if you tried.

After all, you and I have the same eyes.

If comrades you trust gather around you, hope can take physical form and become visible.

That's what I believe,...

...Obito.

Naruto's path, huh...?

"Madara Uchiha Rises"

Sage Art: Gracious Deity Gates!

[thuds]

Naruto's jutsu didn't take him down,...but I've been able to completely immobilize him now.

All that's left...is to wait for the Sealing Shinobi.

[heavy breathing]

[retching cough]

[gasp]

That Tailed Beasts were extracted from him...That means he'll...

The Ten Tails' Jinchuriki isn't like all of the others.

They won't die if the Tailed Beast is extracted.

It's because the Ten Tails' husk, the Gedo Statue, remains.

It contains a lot of life force.

Is that true? How do you know such a thing?

Hey, now. Who do you think scattered us across the world after splitting Ten Tails' Chakra into nine pieces?

[inhale]

The Sage of Six Paths...

But with nine bodies pulled out at once, he'll be so weak it's like he is dead.

He won't be able to budge for months.

Like it was for the old man, long ago.

So that's how it goes, huh?

Kakashi....

The Nine Tails inside me just explained it...

[deep breathing]

That's right. Rin wouldn't even give the time of day to the current you.

Rin wanted to watch over...

...Obito Uchiha.

So,...there's no need to worry.

Then,...his life is...

I was hoping he could atone for all his past misdeeds,...but...

If he can't move, it can't be helped. You just lie there, okay?

Sensei,...please keep an eye on Obito.

All right.

[gasps]

What are you doing?!

[gasp]

The same...

...as the man I'd once tried to use...

...did as a way to betray me.

No way...

Although I never imagined that I...

...would end up doing the same thing...

I'll use...

The Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth.

But that jutsu...

...it will result in your...

It seems to be a jutsu that trades life for life.

I feel as though now...

...I can finally understand why...

...Nagato betrayed me back then.

A string of hearts...llnked together like prayer beads...

That can be a strong power as well...

Both Nagato and Naruto were Jiraiya's students.

So,...it could be said that Jiraiya defeated me.

Sensei...He was also your teacher,...and the one who groomed you to become Hokage.

And then, I...

...was your...

...student.

A shinobi who gave up on becoming Hokage...And cut all his ties.

I guess...I won't have much to say to Rin...on the other side.

Are you really sure about this? You could live and atone for your sins, you know...

No...That path would be...the easy way out.

[boom]

[thwap]

[gasps]

[crunch]

This time...I'll be helping yoou out!

Time to switch places!

Now it will be my turn to attack!

Cut the tough act!

This war is over, right now!

Sai!

I know!

Sealing Jutsu!

Crouched Tiger Bullet!

[roar]

Naruto...

I owe you a debt of gratitude.

You even extracted the Tailed Beasts from Obito for me...

...saving me the trouble of having to weaken him.

Sorry, Obito...But this was the whole reason I was stuck onto you in the first place.

Black Zetsu!

[gasp]

[growl and chomp]

Okay! Almost done!

Art of Rinne Rebirth!

[sizzling]

Finally, I'll be able to fight for real!

[boom]

[gagging]

This is the form...This is the body I've been needing!

It's just...

...not a battle without raging blood...

...and a pounding heart!

[gasps]

Ancient relics of the past...

...should butt out!

You are only a brat nowhere near my level.

And you stole my line, foolish child.

Why'd he shut his eyes...?

Wait, Sasuke!

It's pointless to just lob attacks at this guy.

He has the ability to absorb ninjutsu!

[gasp]

It's these opposites operating together that give rise to all things in this universe...

Hashirama,...

Do you remember me saying that long ago, standing in front of the Uchiha Stone Tablet?

You said it means that true happiness can be found...

...when two opposites - two contrary powers - cooperate.

But I told you that it could also be interpreted differently.

[gasp]

What's that?!

That the person who obtains...

...the power of both the Uchiha and the Senju will be able to attain true happiness.

Don't you think it would be interpreted that way as well...?

...Hashirama?

It appears to me that...

...you've been doing a lot of plotting since leaving the village.

No...

It's something my subordinate's comrade came up with simply by chance.

Apparently there was another fellow who thought quite a lot like me.

However...

My coming back to life, as I've now done, has gone exactly according to plan!

[gasps]

Damn it! I can't move!

[grunts]

[whack]

[gasp]

[thwack]

[groaning]

Of course, things happened a bit out of order. But, oh well.

So this is Sage Art Chakra...

That's it, huh? That's really all there is to it?

This'll be easy enough to control.

Now that you're flesh and blood again, this will give us the perfect chance...

...to kill you for good...

...and send you back to the afterlife!

You'll regret that you're still not a reanimation...

...as you go to your death!

I can sense it...

Your Mangekyo are...Choku Tomoe.

They're a straight pattern.

No wonder you have good moves. It might not be a bad idea for me to take your eyes until I get my Rinnegan back.

Obito...I'm afraid you've finished being useful.

[gasping]

What did you do?!

Madara has...

...now come back to life completely...

[gasps]

Since you performed the Rinne Rebirth, you will die.

All that remains is to take back that left eye.

[gasps]

He'll likely hang on a little longer while I'm attached to him. Well, occupying his body, really.

What exactly are you? You aren't human.

I am Madara's will, incarnate. And I will eliminate anyone who gets in Madara's way.

Black Zetsu...

I thought that you'd been captured!

All of you, Obito included, have perpetually and greatly underestimated Madara's plan.

And...you've underestimated me as well.

[yelling]

I...can't move...! I had no idea ... that he could transform the shape of his blade so fast...!

That's not a problem at all. You go to where Obito is and bide your time until I give the signal.

I'll head over after I play here a little longer.

I want to gauge the current Kage's strength.

Okay, gotcha.

He's a good-for-nothing traitor who went against Madara's plan.

Now,...until Obito dies,...I'm going to use his body to fight you.

It's only fair that he be useful at the end.

Although, with an eye like that, killing you would be sich a waste.

How about...

...putting your blade down and joining up with me, as a fellow surviving Uchiha.

Oh, please. Make no mistake...In my mind, you're nothing but a dead man.

Very well, then...But either way,...you don't have a whole lot of time left.

Fire Style! Hiding in Ash Jutsu!

[boom]

[gasps]

Madara is regaining his past strength.

This is bad...And his next target will be...

[boom, yelling]

[thud]

And up next...

I'll be taking possession of every one of you...

...filthy beasts.

This taste of blood, this pain! It's my body, all right!

Finally, I can fully experience battle again.

He's bleeding and bearing wounds...So he isn't a Reanimation anymore.

How did he come back to life?

No way...

Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Hidden Heart."

No way! He used Obito-