 He becomes Madara's apprentice, and the ninja has Obito witness Rin's death as a casualty of war at the hands of a reluctant Kakashi to break his spirit.Concluding that he can use the Tailed Beasts to destroy the current reality and create a utopia, Obito adopts Madara's name and disguises his voice after the ninja's death; he then arranges similar events for Nagato with Yahiko's death to create the current incarnation of the Akatsuki.The character has a behind-the-scenes role in the first half of Part II.