Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30762323-20180720171651/@comment-25122992-20180720182222

That's not how it was supposed to work out. Madara himself stated that although Rin's death by Kakashi's hand was a lucky accident for his goal, he still would've made Obito witness Rin's death in order to corrupt the latter, for example, by using Kiri Anbu to kill her right before his eyes.