Chapter 327 What is Hokage? You should come to my side!!

"Uchiha Obito? At this point, this name...what does this person mean?!"

"Now that I have merged with the Ten-Tails, I have reached the state of enlightenment as a Transcendent."

“That is to say, I am no longer a human being, but a leader who guides people to the next stage.”

"He has the same will and body as the Sage of Six Paths..."

"The second Sage of Six Paths!"

However, Naruto flatly rejected Obito's statement.

"Wrong! You are Uchiha Obito!"

"Just now our chakras were connected, and I saw your past."

"You and I have similar pasts, and we both have someone we like, and that person has always believed that you can realize your dream of becoming Hokage."

"We both have the same goal of becoming Hokage! We really are alike!"

"We all don't know who our parents are, and we have all lost the people who are most important to us."

"So you threatened me and said [What you fear most is loneliness!] You were the same at the beginning, hoping to get recognition and praise from others."

"Because you want to get these, you set the goal of becoming Hokage!"

"Since you are like me..."

"Look at you now! You are the enemy of all ninjas, and you are shouting about something wrong for the sake of the world."

"You are doing whatever you want! No one... not even the person you care about the most will approve of your dream now!"

Obito was stunned, gritted his teeth and looked at Naruto, but Naruto continued to speak;

"You, who once had the same dream as me, have completely gone against the grain of the Hokage!"

"You were once so similar to me..."

But at this moment, Naruto was interrupted.

"No, it's precisely because we are so similar that I want to tell you."

"I lost my only one, but your favorite one is not dead!"

Naruto was stunned. He stared at Obito without saying a word. It was true, Kanon was not dead, but Rin had left this world.

"So we have similarities, but also some differences. What would you do if Kanon, the person you care about the most, died in front of you?!"

After hearing this, Naruto was stunned. Yes, what would he do?

Kanon has already given up hope on the ninja world. She has done such a thing. If she is brought back to Konoha, to the ninja world, then execution will be the final result.

Seeing Naruto looking a little dazed at this moment, Obito raised the corner of his mouth slightly;

"See, that's why I said that I'm a lot like you, and that's why I want to see you despairing of this world."

"No, I want to experience it again. I am not on the wrong path."

"The cooperation with Hanane reminded me of the feeling of fighting side by side with Lin. She understands me very well and will help me find and fill in the gaps."

"The battle with you also reminded me of my past self, so I wanted to test you."

"You are similar to me. When will you become desperate and abandon all the memories of the past?"

"It's because you and I are so similar that I got so angry!"

"You! Now you are just abandoning everything and choosing to escape!"

Listening to what Naruto said, Obito smiled.

"Aren't you running away too?"

Obito asked a rhetorical question, which surprised Naruto.

"You have been pursuing her with your so-called bond and friendship, but you have not tried to understand her at all. Although I also understand that Kakashi will not tell you about her past."

"But you chose to ignore it, because you are also avoiding it in your heart. The truth that makes you want to die will be revealed. You are afraid that when the time comes, you will no longer be yourself, and you will no longer be the same as you are now."

"So, you don't want to know what she's been through, and you just want to persuade her to come back and stop doing that kind of thing. But, it's impossible to go back to the way it was before!"

"Also, let me tell you, Kanon is not as simple as you think. She is different from me. I did not add fuel to the flames. It is the entire ninja world and your Konoha that caused her to be like this now."

"What..." Naruto looked at Obito with a dull expression.

"Also, what I do is the same as the Hokage, maybe even better, because peace can truly be achieved."

Naruto was stunned. He said in surprise, "Are you serious about what you said?"

"Is that really what you think?"

Obito turned around and looked at Naruto, his expression becoming a little lonely.

In his mind, the image of Lin taping the wound on his face was still vivid.

"Lin saved me, which means that this is equivalent to saving the whole world."

"Eh?!" Lin looked at Obito with some confusion.

"Because you think about it, I want to become Hokage and end this war in the future."

"For this, I have to live well in this world!"

"Do you understand?" Obito asked.

Lin turned to look at the Hokage's Kage Rock and Obito's face, she chuckled and said, "Yeah, it's hard to understand though."

"And...how should I put it?" Obito blushed a little.

"Without you watching over me...that is to say..."

But the next moment, Obito's face flushed. He looked at Rin's face which was very close to him and just stared at him, and he suddenly wilted.

“Wow! Who told you to come so close all of a sudden? You scared me.”

"Don't you want me to watch over you?"

Obito nodded, pointed at the Hokage rock, turned around, and showed Lin the Uchiha crest on his back.

"I will definitely become Hokage while bearing the Uchiha emblem!"

Lin said with a smile.

Back to the present, Obito turned around, glared at Naruto and said calmly: "Yes, I think so!"

“No one would deliberately embark on a rough and difficult road when they cannot see the way forward clearly.”

"It's just stepping over the dead bodies of my companions. If there is a shortcut with a bright future, anyone would choose it."

"Yes, the Hokage's goal should be world peace."

Naruto clenched his fists and stared at Obito: "What are you talking about! What I want to know is not the easy way!"

“But how to walk on the bumpy road!”

"As Kanon once told me, there are no shortcuts to becoming Hokage."

Obito looked at Naruto and said calmly:

“Even if these two roads lead to the same destination.”

"Do you think so too?"

Naruto, however, said with an angry expression: "Who told you in the beginning that the first road is a bumpy one?"

"Won't someone else know about it after they pass by?"

"The so-called Hokage is someone who has to endure the pain and walk in front of everyone else!"

"So a Hokage will never step over the dead bodies of his companions. There is no shortcut for those who want to become Hokage."

"And once you become Hokage, there is no way back. What do you think?"

Naruto began to circle around Obito and began to observe his expression. Indeed, at this moment Obito seemed to be lost in a feeling of reminiscence.

"Just now, you told Kakashi-sensei that you should throw away all your thoughts and memories of your companions. Just when you became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and were almost devoured by it..."

"You are trying so hard to suppress the memories of your companions because you don't want to abandon them, right?"

"The reason you were able to defeat the Ten-Tails and control it according to your will is because you were determined not to abandon the past."

"You've retained your own will, haven't you?"

"You still can't let go of your father, Kakashi-sensei."

"And the memory of Lin."

"So, you became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but you are still Obito."

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"But your attempt to drag everyone down your path will never be tolerated."

"You should come to our side, as Uchiha Obito."

"As a Konoha ninja, you should pay for the mistakes you made. You shouldn't get away with this."

"If that girl named Lin were still alive, she would definitely say this to you."

"Don't try to hide yourself, because I'm watching you."

"Because Kanon told me that anyone who dreams of becoming a Hokage is already as great as the Hokage himself! So..."

"I won't let you stop here! So, don't run away, asshole!"

As he said that, Naruto stretched out his hand and said to Obito: "You should come to my side!"

"Obito!"