[with card] Enemy of the World
Chapter 1 Perfect World
[-]. Perfect World
Ninja corpses are treasure troves.
After wiping off the water droplets on his hands, Komori put on a pair of special gloves.Thin rubber clung to his hands like another layer of skin.
If that ninja had spent most of his life on the battlefield, had made his footprints and fame all over the ninja world, had mastered thousands of ninjutsu and countless secrets that should have been revealed to the world, or buried in darkness forever, Possessing one of the world's most tyrannical blood inheritance boundaries, his corpse is enough to be called a treasure mountain.
He flexed and stretched his fingers, every joint was flexible and in perfect condition.There was some satisfaction in Komori's eyes, he turned around, facing the treasure mountain that was placed on the operating table, waiting quietly for him to discover.
——Number number 009720, the former squad leader of the seventh squad, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke's ninja, the copy ninja who died in the battle with the leader of Akatsuki, Hatake Kakashi.
A month ago, in the nearly ruined cemetery, survivors held funerals for their dead compatriots.The other victims have all been buried in the ground, with the exception of Kakashi.That kaleidoscope sharing eye will become the object of covetousness by all parties. It is not easy to snatch it from the living First Technician Konoha, but digging that eyeball from a dead person is an easy thing to do .In order to prevent the hero's bones from being desecrated, Kakashi's body was sealed with the highest level and kept in the underground secret room of Anbu after the joint discussion of Jonin class leader Shikahisa Nara, two advisors, and the new Hokage. , and guarded by three teams taking turns day and night.
But Komori knew that it was just a slow-down tactic, used to temporarily paralyze other people, especially Uzumaki Naruto.Because the coveting of Sharingan not only comes from the outside world, but also from within Konoha; because the new Hokage, Shimura Danzo, was originally the ambitious man who most wanted to take the power of Sharingan for himself.
Of course, as Gen's chief doctor, Komori would only agree with his boss's conspiracy.Danzo has promised him that after removing the Sharingan, Kakashi's body can be dissected and studied with him, and various experiments can be carried out.Could there be a more attractive reward than this?there is none left.
Two hours ago, he took Danzo's warrant and took four root members with him, and took Kakashi away from Anbu under the pretext of moving to a more secret place for protection.Now that the corpse was his, he would wring all the remaining value out of every piece of flesh, every bone, and every viscera, allowing Sharingan Kakashi to make his final contribution to Konoha.
If the man who had devoted himself to the village during his lifetime knew about it, he would be happy about it.
Komori stood still in front of the operating table, lowered his head to admire the humanoid object wrapped in cloth strips filled with sealing spells, and patted on it.The process of enjoying a gift always starts with unwrapping it.
"Maeda," he stretched out his hand behind him, "do you want the instructions for opening the seal from Anbu? Give it to me."
His assistant did not answer immediately as usual, and handed over what he needed in the first place.The entire operating room became terribly quiet at some point; Komori suddenly raised his head and looked at the two Gen agents standing guard at the two opposite corners. strange.
However, at the next moment, under his horrified stare, the two of them suddenly fell forward, limp on the ground, completely losing any signs of life, as if their bones had been taken out of their bodies.
The sound of "plop" and "plop" also came from the rear, and Komori knew that it was Maeda and the other two agents.However, relying on his instinct as a ninja, he still caught a discordant voice sounding close to his back amidst this creepy mutation.
Slap.A pair of feet landed lightly on the ground.
Every hair stood up at the sound, and Komori froze on the spot, not even daring to move a little finger, and the cold sweat dripped down his back.Holding his breath, he slowly rolled his eyes, and glanced at the tray and the shiny scalpel on it from the corner of his eye.
As long as you can get one...
Komori gritted his teeth, and stretched out his hand suddenly, trying to grab the knife before the people behind him could react.But the uninvited guest was faster than him; after a short whistle, the sharp wooden spikes nailed his hand to the operating table, only a few centimeters away from the tray.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" A black gloved hand stretched out from behind, tightly covering Komori's mouth, suppressing his scream of pain in his throat.Another wooden thorn touched the back of his heart, revealing a silent threat.
"Who allowed you to touch him with those dirty hands?" He heard a strange cold voice, low and hoarse, as if it came from the deepest part of hell.
The hand pulled his jaw and twisted it sideways.The field of vision was forced to change in an instant, and when the frame was frozen, Komori met two different-color pupils, one red and one purple, burning with explicit anger and murderous intent.
Before he had time to see the appearance of the intruder clearly, he felt his eyes go dark, and he lost consciousness.
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Throwing the fainted Ninja into the Kamui space, Uchiha Obito slowly lowered his arm.He stood where he was, looking at the humanoid object on the operating table; the previous intense emotions were erased in an instant, and he became expressionless again, as if wearing an invisible mask on his face.
He stood there silently, as if he didn't realize that he was in the middle of the enemy's camp, or didn't care at all.After several minutes, he finally stepped forward and walked over.
Sharingan's powerful insight allows him to easily see through the flow of chakra in the seal.Obito stretched out his hand, but stopped suddenly just before touching the target, his fingertips hung in the air and trembled slightly, and then pressed his palm lightly on it.
The other hand made a seal on his chest, and he shouted in a low voice: "Solution!"
The sealing spell lit up with a faint red light, and it began to move quickly on the cloth strip, making a small rustling sound.The red light became more and more powerful, and gradually reached its peak. With a soft "pop", the light disappeared together with the mantra.
The seal failed, and the originally tight cloth strips came loose automatically.Obito gathered chakra at his fingertips, swiped it from top to bottom, and the strip of cloth burst open like a cocoon, revealing the man wrapped inside—or, in other words, the corpse.
When the familiar, bloodless face was suddenly exposed in front of his eyes, Obito held his breath involuntarily, and his lips were tightly pressed into a straight line.
Under the effect of the seal, the corpse was well preserved, and it still maintained the appearance of the deceased when he was alive.The mask faded to the neck, and the silver-haired Jonin's expression was calm and serene, and there was no trace of even the slightest sign of residual pain.If it weren't for the abnormal bluish white of his skin, he would almost look as if he was just asleep.
So that's it, Obito thought.Hatake Kakashi's life ended here. In just 30 years, he spent time day after day in front of the endless missions and comfort monument, immersed in emptiness and regret, and finally died for the village.
He is satisfied with this way of death, right?What are you thinking about in the last moment before you die?You must be thinking that you have given everything to the village, so you deserve to die, right?
Obito raised his hand and pressed it on his left chest.I can't feel anything here, neither pleasure nor pain, it's empty, like a big hole has been dug out.He even felt that he was the same as that corpse, even his heartbeat no longer existed.
Right.With his name engraved on the memorial tablet, he was already a dead man, wasn't he?
The five fingers gradually tightened, and the huoyun robe was crumpled into a ball.The muscles in his jaw twitched, and he finally squeezed out a twisted, gnashed sneer.
"You ridiculous, pathetic, pathetic piece of trash," Obito whispered to the corpse, sharp but tender.He bent down, reached his arms under the knees and back of the corpse, and picked it up gently.
The divine power was activated, and his figure disappeared into the space rift.The shadowless lamp cast a pale light, and there was a dead silence in the operating room, as if no outsider had ever come.
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Obito erased Komori's memory of himself.He untied the seal of Tongue Disaster and Genjue, and hypnotized Gen's Yiren.Tomorrow morning, when the first person tried to talk to him, he would immediately reveal Danzo's plot.
He then finds the makeshift hut where Naruto lives and throws Komori inside.Because of Sasuke's matter, Naruto was already at odds with Danzo, and once he knew that Danzo planned to attack Kakashi's body, he would never let him go.The village has just been hit hard, and the benefactor who saved the whole village has a conflict with the new Hokage. The more chaotic Konoha's situation is, the better it is for him.
The hut was quiet, only the rhythmic breathing of the blond boy could be heard.During the day, a large number of shadow clones were used to help rebuild Konoha, and Naruto slept soundly, completely unaware that his greatest enemy was so close to him at this time.
But besides keeping Komori here, Obito has no plans to do anything.Today is the truce day, he is not Uchiha Madara, not Tobi, just for this day, Moon Eye is nothing to him.
There are more important things waiting for him to do right now.
The second time he returned to the outside world from Kamui, Konoha was already thousands of miles away, and he came to a place that he had not returned to for more than ten years.
The Country of Grass, the ruins of the Kannabi Bridge, the place where Konoha Ninja Uchiha Obito's life and dreams were ruined.
Obito built a half-person-high firewood pile at the head of the broken bridge, and placed a plank on top of it, which was big enough for an adult to lie on it.He moved Kakashi out of the Kamui space, and hugged him carefully.
"...I think you are willing to let you and your hero be buried in the same place." He said to the corpse, his tone was sarcasm, mixed with some not obvious bitterness.
The dead cannot answer.The copy ninja laying flat in a purple Uchiha-style robe with a high collar—Obito hated the village where Rin and Kakashi voluntarily sacrificed, ripped Konoha’s uniform to shreds—hands folded On a white girdle.Although the seal was lifted, under the influence of Obito's eyes of reincarnation, he even looked more alive than before, his skin was faintly bloody, as if he would open his eyes in the next moment and turn his head to look at him.
But that's just an illusion.
As dawn broke, the sky turned pale.Obito stared at Kakashi for a while, then took off the glove on his left hand.His fingers caressed Kakashi's face, groping from the small mole on the corner of the lip all the way up, along the scar to the eyebrow, and finally folded back to press on the left eye.
"This eye, I took it away." He said softly, pressing down with his fingers.
Kakashi's eyelids sunken when Xu's clenched hands were lifted away.A drop of blood was slowly flowing down the corner of the eye, seeping into the silver-white hair.
A scroll fell out of the Kamui space and fell into Obito's open right hand.With his teeth, he tore off the tie on the scroll, unfolded it, and sealed the sharing eye in the pre-written spell.
"Don't get me wrong, it's already yours, and I won't use its power anymore." While doing this, he said to the dead man to himself. "It's just... During your lifetime, it failed to see the future for you as I said; at least after your death, I want it to replace you, watching the road I walked until the end .”
"Kakashi...I will show you a perfect world."
The scroll was swallowed by the space rift again.Obito put on his gloves and made a series of handprints.He stared at the drop of blood and tears, his lips moved silently twice, and then he shouted: "Fire Escape·Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique!"
Several fist-sized fireballs fell on the firewood pile, and the firewood burned rapidly and violently, making crackling and crackling sounds, and the light shot straight into the sky.The tongue of fire licked the hem of the curled purple robe, engulfing the body of the deceased bit by bit in the flames.
The fire burned quietly for a long time, and it was finally slowly extinguished until the sky was bright.The black-haired man standing at the bridge had already left at some point, leaving only charred charcoal covered with a layer of off-white powder.
As soon as the mountain wind blew, the powder was swept into the air and scattered in all directions, never to be seen again.
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……
Konoha's 55th autumn.
It was Xuanjian and Leitong's turn to be on duty at the gate tonight.It was past nine o'clock, and the village, which had been noisy all day, gradually fell silent. Two young Chunin were sitting behind the table, chatting casually.
"...So I told Asma that day that if you want to give the love letter to Hong, you have to wait until she and Hongdou separate, otherwise that guy Hongdou will definitely...huh?" While talking about the gossip of the same period, Lei Tong suddenly stopped talking , stood up and stretched out half of his body, looking out of the village. "It seems...someone is coming."
Almost at the same time as his words fell, four figures quietly appeared at the gate.The four of them were all dressed the same, wearing light gray vests, arm guards reaching to the elbows, a ninja knife on their backs, and oil-painted masks on their faces.The flame tattoo on their left shoulders identifies them as Anbe of Konoha.
"The pelican sent the mission item to the intelligence department and handed it over to Yibixi. The leopard took Swift to the hospital for examination, and prepared the antidote as soon as possible." The person who spoke seemed to be the captain of the team, his voice was young and capable, and his silver hair shone under the moonlight With a faint luster. "Send your reports to my home before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Disband!"
"Yes!" The other three answered in unison, turning into three black shadows and leaving in different directions.The silver-haired dark troop captain looked this way, put his hands in his pockets, and walked over without haste.
When he came close, he lifted the mask and put it on top of his head, revealing half of his face covered by the dark blue mask.This is a signal - the mission is over, and there is no need to hide identity anymore.
"Thank you, Kakashi." Xuanma greeted him, "Is the mission going well?"
"Well, you can basically say that." Kakashi replied casually, writing down the team name and his own name in the register. "In short, everyone came back safely. This is more important than anything else." He dropped his pen, "I'm home, goodbye."
"Huh?" Lei Tong was surprised, "Aren't you going to report to the Huoying Tower?"
"Hmm... I don't think Minato-sensei will be at the Hokage Tower tonight."
"Not here?" Lei Tong was taken aback.Xuan Jian elbowed him and gave him a wink, and he suddenly realized, "Oh! I'm sorry, I almost forgot."
"Didn't I tell you two days ago." Xuan Jian shook his head.He shouted at Kakashi who had already walked away, "The party is scheduled for five o'clock tomorrow night, see you at the barbecue, and remember to tell Obito not to be late!"
Kakashi didn't look back, but waved his hand to show that he heard.
He walked back to the Hatake family's old house in the western suburbs of the village.Entering the yard and opening the sliding door, the room was pitch black and there was no sound at all.Kakashi groped for the shoe cabinet, bent down to change his shoes; at this moment, the light above his head suddenly flicked on, and then there was a burst of cheers in the corridor: "Kakashi, happy birthday! "
Kakashi looked up.Not far ahead, Obito, Rin, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto were crowded at the door of the living room, all with bright smiles on their faces.
"Sure enough, you are all here." He shrugged, as if he had expected it. "The letter I asked Parker to send back didn't say what time I would arrive at the village. Have you been waiting here?"
"What are you stupid Kaka, so indifferent!" Obito yelled dissatisfiedly, "It's rare that we want to give you a surprise, can we give you a positive reaction!"
"Because I already guessed it."
"Impossible! We all hid it so well!"
"Maybe someone's ability to hide their breath is not good enough," Kakashi put the shoes in the shoe cabinet, walked over to join them, and raised an eyebrow at Obito. "Stupid."
"You...!" Obito blushed immediately, "How many times have I told you not to call me that! It's so ugly!"
"To each other, I'm just reciprocating courtesy. Or do you miss the name of the tail of the crane more?"
"Hmph! Obito-sama, I'm already a well-known elite Jōnin! After all, I'm going to become a fire in the future—"
"Okay, stop!" Obito was halfway through speaking, Lin clapped his hands, interrupting his boast. "When will the two of you grow up a bit? Can you set a good example for Naruto?" He walked around behind Kakashi and pushed him towards the stairs. "Hurry up and change your clothes, dinner will start soon. Are you hurting your waist? Let me take a look for you. Obito, go help the teacher and Miss Kushina set the table!"
"It's just a scrape, it's been bandaged, so don't—"
"The opinion is rejected! Obediently listen to the doctor!"
"Yes, yes." Kakashi dragged his voice, and was pushed up the stairs by her resignedly. "By the way, this is my home, right? Can you also give me some dignity as the master?"
As he said this, the corners of his mouth under the mask slightly curved.
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Lin gave him a simple treatment and then left.Kakashi quickly washed up, changed his clothes and went downstairs.The table was already set, everyone stood on one side, and no one was seated; everyone else was looking at him with smiles on their faces, but Obito stood at the end, blushing for some reason, and did not dare to meet his gaze.
Kushina took Kakashi's hand and pushed him to sit on the main seat. "Okay, now it's time to accept the presents! Who will come first?"
"Let's start with you." Minato said with a smile.
"No problem." Kushina juggled and took out two scrolls with the logo of the Vortex Kingdom on them. "Qiang Qiang—the Uzumaki Clan's secret sealing technique, Kushina's special edition!" She said proudly, "I heard from Teacher Jiraiya that you are studying the sealing technique recently, and maybe this will help you. Come on!"
"Thank you," Kakashi took it with both hands, "I will study hard."
"This is what I want to give away," Kushina stepped aside, and Minato walked up.He took out a bunch of Flying Thunder God Kunai, a total of twelve pieces, strung together with a rope. "Since I taught you how to fly Thunder God, Kunai is shared by the two of us, right? These are specially made for you, using some special materials, and they react more strongly to the chakra of the thunder attribute. Cherish them oh!"
"Thank you so much, Minato-sensei."
"It's my turn!" Naruto yelled.He jumped into Kakashi's arms and stuffed a crayon drawing into his hand.There are eight people of different heights in the painting, standing by the small river in the third training ground, all with bright smiles on their faces. "Me, Dad, Mom, Brother Kakashi, Brother Obito, and Sister Lin!" He counted one by one, and stopped when he reached the last two people, "That, that, because Sasuke and I drew together That’s why he was also on the painting, and itachi-san helped so he was also on it. Kakashi-san, you don’t mind, do you?”
"Of course not." Kakashi rubbed his hair affectionately, "By the way, I also brought you some small things this time, you can play with Sasuke."
"Oh! I like Brother Kakashi the most!" Naruto suddenly became elated and gave him a warm hug.
"Here. Mine is the same as every year. It's a special medical kit. The contents are arranged according to your habits. It's a little big, so it's best to put it in a sealed scroll and save it for emergencies on the battlefield. " Naruto returned to Kushina, Lin walked up and put a square box not much smaller than a marching backpack in front of Kakashi, "Recently your blood coagulant seems to be consumed faster, so I Put some in. When you run out, remember to come to me to replenish!"
"I've troubled you every time." Kakashi thanked him, and neatly placed the gift he got on an empty chair next to him. "These should last a long time."
Then he looked back at Obito, holding out his hand. "and yours?"
"I..." Obito blushed even more, and said falteringly, "I will give you my gift after dinner!"
Kakashi raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"Ah... the finale of a good show always has to wait until the end! Anyway, don't ask me and eat first!"
Kakashi threw him a skeptical look, spread his hands and shrugged. "Even if you forget to prepare a birthday present, I won't break up with you."
"Who would forget such a simple thing!"
While talking, the others had already taken their seats, and Obito also hurriedly ran to his seat and sat down.Minato asked, "Won't you wait any longer, Kakashi?"
"It's getting late, he might not be able to come back today." Kakashi looked at the clock hanging on the wall, "Anyway, this meal is not missing."
Minato nodded.Under his leadership, everyone picked up chopsticks one after another, put their hands together, and said in unison: "I'm starting!"
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After dinner, Minato and Rin went to clean up the dishes.Kakashi channeled Puck to play with Naruto, and Kushina watched from the side.He himself went back upstairs and seized the time to record the details of the mission. After the reports from his subordinates were handed in tomorrow, he would organize them into a formal report.
Minatoban is both a guest and his family, so he doesn't need to be by his side all the time.
"Dong dong dong", he had just recorded the last important event when someone knocked on the door.Kakashi looked around, the door was open, and there was no one outside, only a hand stretched out from the side, with a finger ticking: come here.
When Kakashi walked out of the bedroom, Obito was no longer in the corridor.He followed the breath of the black-haired Jonin to the open-air balcony. "What is so mysterious?"
Obito's face was still very red, and he handed him a packing box with Gan Li Gan's logo printed on it. "A...birthday present for you."
"Red bean Daifuku? Is this worth giving me secretly? And you bought it outside... You are so dishonest, Mr. Daitu."
"...You don't like sweets, if you return it to me on the spot, I will lose face!"
"Even I know the most basic social etiquette." Kakashi sighed, scratching his hair, "And you know that I don't like sweets, but you still gave me this as a gift? Are you flawed in the world? Is it you?"
"Nah... Long-winded! I gave you my favorite things, what else are you dissatisfied with?" Said Obito and stuffed the box into Kakashi's hand, "Give it to me quickly! "
"Now?"
"Now!"
"I'm already very full from dinner." Kakashi muttered, but he still opened the box, took out a Daifuku and handed it to his mouth, and took a bite.
"How?" Obito looked at him nervously.
"Hmm..." Kakashi frowned, "It's too sweet. How did you manage to eat this?"
"Is there... something that feels wrong?"
"Something's wrong? Did you poison it?"
"how is this possible!"
"There's nothing wrong with it other than it's too sweet." Tossing the last piece of candy into his mouth, Kakashi replied, licking the powder off his fingers.
"...That's it." Obito showed a strange expression, as if he was relieved, but also as if he was a little disappointed.He pointed to the box. "continue."
"You're not going to let me eat all six of these?"
"Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly!"
Kakashi glanced at him with drooping eyelids, and picked up another Daifuku. "……Um?"
Obito immediately straightened his back, and his voice raised unconsciously. "What... what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this big... big blessing?"
"No." Kakashi said, "I'm choking."
"...choke you to death!"
"Aren't you supposed to give me a pat on the back at this time? Where is the camaraderie of my companions?"
"You are so troublesome." Obito said angrily, patting him on the back a few times.His strength was a bit heavy, but Kakashi didn't care, his eyes became crescent moons with a smile.
"I suddenly feel that the taste of Daifuku is also good." He quickly ate the second one, he said, and stretched out his hand to the third one; he felt the difference as soon as he picked it up. "Strange, why is the weight of this one different from the others?"
"...Uh!" Obito's hands froze in the air, and his face instantly flushed like a ripe tomato.
"It's hard." Kakashi pinched the Daifuku, "There seems to be something in it—"
Snapped!
Before he could finish his sentence, Obito suddenly slapped him heavily on the back.The two were leaning against the railing of the balcony, Kakashi was caught off guard by this slap, and with a shake of his hand, that Daifuku slipped from his fingers and fell into the darkness downstairs.
"..." There was a dead silence on the balcony.
"I, I, I, I will pick it up!" Before Kakashi had time to say anything, Obito yelled in a panic.He propped himself up on the railing with his hands, and jumped out; through the moonlight Kakashi saw that even his ears and neck turned red.And... are those tears?
Kakashi looked down.Obito picked up something from the ground, but he didn't climb up the outer wall, nor did he return to the house, but rushed out the back door and ran away.Kakashi watched him leave, then looked down at the remaining half box of Daifuku in his hand, and sighed heavily again.
"...that idiot."
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"We should go too." Everyone stood at the entrance, Minato said while hugging Naruto who was rubbing his eyes. "Kakashi, you can report to the Hokage Tower tomorrow night."
"This task is not enough, Minato-sensei. I will show up at the office on time at nine o'clock tomorrow."
"haha, okay."
"Where's Obito?" Lin held the jonin vest that Obito had taken off, and looked around. "Really, if you don't pay attention, you don't know where you went..."
"Well, he probably—"
"Look who I met!" Kakashi's voice was interrupted by Obito's shout.Everyone looked and saw him and another figure walking towards this side along the street; after seeing the man's face clearly, everyone had expressions of surprise on their faces.
"Senior Sakumo!" Minato spoke first, "Thank you for returning from the mission!"
"Oh...it seems that I'm still a step too late." Shuo Mao rubbed the back of his head and laughed.He looked dusty, with an unconcealable tiredness in his brows and eyes. "I met Obito on the road just now, and he said that you have finished eating."
"Father, your scheduled return date is the day after tomorrow?" Kakashi leaned on the door frame, putting his hands in his trouser pockets.Although his tone was still lazy, it was easy for anyone to hear the joy in his voice. "There's no need to rush back so day and night."
"How could you be absent from your important son's birthday?" Shuo Mao shook his head pretending to be serious, but unfortunately the solemn expression was broken in the next second. "Ah, but... there's only one hour left."
"Kakashi, Sakumo-senpai, you have just returned from a long-term mission, you should rest well in the next few days." Minato said, "Obito, can you send Lin back?"
"No problem." Obito said, took the vest from Lin, and kept deliberately avoiding Kakashi's eyes. "Then let's go now. Goodbye, Sakumo-senpai...bye Kakashi." The last words were muffled and whispered.
"Okay." Shuo Mao nodded, "Goodbye!"
The rest also bid farewell to each other.After parting ways with the Minato family at the crossroads, Rin and Obito went the other way.The moonlight came from behind, casting long shadows in front of them; the two walked in silence for a while, Lin looked at Obito a few times, and saw him silent there, so she sighed and started a conversation by herself : "Looking at you like this, is it a failure?"
Obito didn't speak.He took something out of the ninja bag and spread out his palm; lying in the palm was a small shiny key with the round fan logo engraved on the front.
"From the beginning, I disapproved of you hiding the key in Daifuku and giving it to Kakashi." Lin said, "Give it to him directly, confess to him, and say that I want you to live with me, isn't that all right? "
"...You put it simply."
"Of course it's easy. Mrs. Mikoto has already convinced the patriarch Fuyue for you. There is no longer any obstacle on the Uchiha side. The rest is just your own problem."
"..."
"You also know that Kakashi likes you, right? Since they like each other, why didn't they say it?"
"Kakashi has always been a genius, far ahead of our contemporaries." After a while of silence, Obito finally spoke. "Jonin at the age of 12, joined Anbu at the age of 14, and became the captain in less than two years. I heard from Mr. Minato before that the current commander of Anbu also intends to train him to be his successor. And I... I am just now An ordinary jounin."
"The Uchiha with three-pointed jade eyes can't be considered ordinary." Lin spread her hands, "Obito, you also have a little confidence in yourself, okay?"
"No, this has nothing to do with self-confidence." Obito held the key again and clenched his hands into a fist.There was a determined expression on his face, his eyes sparkled with determination, "In short, I'd better make myself better first, and then I'll confess to Kakashi!"
"You mean becoming Hokage?"
"Of course!"
"I think Minato-sensei can stay in office for a long time... Sometimes you boys' inexplicable self-esteem is really incomprehensible." Lin slumped her shoulders exaggeratedly.But she soon smiled again and patted Obito on the back encouragingly. "Although I still think you should speak out as soon as possible, but this can be regarded as a motivation to be aggressive. Then you can work hard!"
"Ok!"
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At the same time, Hatake's study.
"Here." Kakashi put Sakumo's teacup on the table, and took a sip of water from the glass. "I still can't get used to sweets," he muttered. "It's a wonder Obito's teeth are still alive."
"So," Shuo Mao put down his pen, took a sip from his teacup, and asked casually. "Did he confess to you?"
"Pfft!" Unexpectedly, his father would suddenly mention this, Kakashi almost spit out a mouthful of water, quickly covered his mouth in embarrassment, and glared at Sakumo. "... Father!"
"Hahaha...Sorry, sorry." Shuo Mao apologized without sincerity, "Because when I came back, I saw that child dangling outside, looking bewildered, and thought he definitely didn't get it immediately after he finished speaking. After your answer, you ran out in a panic."
"That idiot got cold feet." Kakashi pouted.He twirled his fingers, as if the touch of Daifuku still remained at the fingertips. "Probably... it's the key to his house."
"Oh, the key? Very sincere."
"You really want me to move out quickly?" Kakashi said with one hand on his hips, looking down at Sakumo sitting on the chair.
"How is that possible." Shuo Mao laughed, "However, since you know that he likes you too, why don't you take the initiative to tell him if you are wrong? They are both men, whoever takes the first step is fine. Bar."
"Uh..." The pretended questioning momentum just now disappeared without a trace.Kakashi turned his head stiffly. "This... isn't in a hurry? Anyway, we are still young, and we will be together for a long time in the future. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later."
Shuo Mao looked at the back of his son's awkward head, opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Having been a ninja for more than 30 years and having experienced two ninja wars, he understands how precarious a ninja profession is than anyone else.Accidents happen every day, and no one can guarantee that every mission will come back alive.
Ninja corpses are treasure troves.
After wiping off the water droplets on his hands, Komori put on a pair of special gloves.Thin rubber clung to his hands like another layer of skin.
If that ninja had spent most of his life on the battlefield, had made his footprints and fame all over the ninja world, had mastered thousands of ninjutsu and countless secrets that should have been revealed to the world, or buried in darkness forever, Possessing one of the world's most tyrannical blood inheritance boundaries, his corpse is enough to be called a treasure mountain.
He flexed and stretched his fingers, every joint was flexible and in perfect condition.There was some satisfaction in Komori's eyes, he turned around, facing the treasure mountain that was placed on the operating table, waiting quietly for him to discover.
——Number number 009720, the former squad leader of the seventh squad, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke's ninja, the copy ninja who died in the battle with the leader of Akatsuki, Hatake Kakashi.
A month ago, in the nearly ruined cemetery, survivors held funerals for their dead compatriots.The other victims have all been buried in the ground, with the exception of Kakashi.That kaleidoscope sharing eye will become the object of covetousness by all parties. It is not easy to snatch it from the living First Technician Konoha, but digging that eyeball from a dead person is an easy thing to do .In order to prevent the hero's bones from being desecrated, Kakashi's body was sealed with the highest level and kept in the underground secret room of Anbu after the joint discussion of Jonin class leader Shikahisa Nara, two advisors, and the new Hokage. , and guarded by three teams taking turns day and night.
But Komori knew that it was just a slow-down tactic, used to temporarily paralyze other people, especially Uzumaki Naruto.Because the coveting of Sharingan not only comes from the outside world, but also from within Konoha; because the new Hokage, Shimura Danzo, was originally the ambitious man who most wanted to take the power of Sharingan for himself.
Of course, as Gen's chief doctor, Komori would only agree with his boss's conspiracy.Danzo has promised him that after removing the Sharingan, Kakashi's body can be dissected and studied with him, and various experiments can be carried out.Could there be a more attractive reward than this?there is none left.
Two hours ago, he took Danzo's warrant and took four root members with him, and took Kakashi away from Anbu under the pretext of moving to a more secret place for protection.Now that the corpse was his, he would wring all the remaining value out of every piece of flesh, every bone, and every viscera, allowing Sharingan Kakashi to make his final contribution to Konoha.
If the man who had devoted himself to the village during his lifetime knew about it, he would be happy about it.
Komori stood still in front of the operating table, lowered his head to admire the humanoid object wrapped in cloth strips filled with sealing spells, and patted on it.The process of enjoying a gift always starts with unwrapping it.
"Maeda," he stretched out his hand behind him, "do you want the instructions for opening the seal from Anbu? Give it to me."
His assistant did not answer immediately as usual, and handed over what he needed in the first place.The entire operating room became terribly quiet at some point; Komori suddenly raised his head and looked at the two Gen agents standing guard at the two opposite corners. strange.
However, at the next moment, under his horrified stare, the two of them suddenly fell forward, limp on the ground, completely losing any signs of life, as if their bones had been taken out of their bodies.
The sound of "plop" and "plop" also came from the rear, and Komori knew that it was Maeda and the other two agents.However, relying on his instinct as a ninja, he still caught a discordant voice sounding close to his back amidst this creepy mutation.
Slap.A pair of feet landed lightly on the ground.
Every hair stood up at the sound, and Komori froze on the spot, not even daring to move a little finger, and the cold sweat dripped down his back.Holding his breath, he slowly rolled his eyes, and glanced at the tray and the shiny scalpel on it from the corner of his eye.
As long as you can get one...
Komori gritted his teeth, and stretched out his hand suddenly, trying to grab the knife before the people behind him could react.But the uninvited guest was faster than him; after a short whistle, the sharp wooden spikes nailed his hand to the operating table, only a few centimeters away from the tray.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" A black gloved hand stretched out from behind, tightly covering Komori's mouth, suppressing his scream of pain in his throat.Another wooden thorn touched the back of his heart, revealing a silent threat.
"Who allowed you to touch him with those dirty hands?" He heard a strange cold voice, low and hoarse, as if it came from the deepest part of hell.
The hand pulled his jaw and twisted it sideways.The field of vision was forced to change in an instant, and when the frame was frozen, Komori met two different-color pupils, one red and one purple, burning with explicit anger and murderous intent.
Before he had time to see the appearance of the intruder clearly, he felt his eyes go dark, and he lost consciousness.
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Throwing the fainted Ninja into the Kamui space, Uchiha Obito slowly lowered his arm.He stood where he was, looking at the humanoid object on the operating table; the previous intense emotions were erased in an instant, and he became expressionless again, as if wearing an invisible mask on his face.
He stood there silently, as if he didn't realize that he was in the middle of the enemy's camp, or didn't care at all.After several minutes, he finally stepped forward and walked over.
Sharingan's powerful insight allows him to easily see through the flow of chakra in the seal.Obito stretched out his hand, but stopped suddenly just before touching the target, his fingertips hung in the air and trembled slightly, and then pressed his palm lightly on it.
The other hand made a seal on his chest, and he shouted in a low voice: "Solution!"
The sealing spell lit up with a faint red light, and it began to move quickly on the cloth strip, making a small rustling sound.The red light became more and more powerful, and gradually reached its peak. With a soft "pop", the light disappeared together with the mantra.
The seal failed, and the originally tight cloth strips came loose automatically.Obito gathered chakra at his fingertips, swiped it from top to bottom, and the strip of cloth burst open like a cocoon, revealing the man wrapped inside—or, in other words, the corpse.
When the familiar, bloodless face was suddenly exposed in front of his eyes, Obito held his breath involuntarily, and his lips were tightly pressed into a straight line.
Under the effect of the seal, the corpse was well preserved, and it still maintained the appearance of the deceased when he was alive.The mask faded to the neck, and the silver-haired Jonin's expression was calm and serene, and there was no trace of even the slightest sign of residual pain.If it weren't for the abnormal bluish white of his skin, he would almost look as if he was just asleep.
So that's it, Obito thought.Hatake Kakashi's life ended here. In just 30 years, he spent time day after day in front of the endless missions and comfort monument, immersed in emptiness and regret, and finally died for the village.
He is satisfied with this way of death, right?What are you thinking about in the last moment before you die?You must be thinking that you have given everything to the village, so you deserve to die, right?
Obito raised his hand and pressed it on his left chest.I can't feel anything here, neither pleasure nor pain, it's empty, like a big hole has been dug out.He even felt that he was the same as that corpse, even his heartbeat no longer existed.
Right.With his name engraved on the memorial tablet, he was already a dead man, wasn't he?
The five fingers gradually tightened, and the huoyun robe was crumpled into a ball.The muscles in his jaw twitched, and he finally squeezed out a twisted, gnashed sneer.
"You ridiculous, pathetic, pathetic piece of trash," Obito whispered to the corpse, sharp but tender.He bent down, reached his arms under the knees and back of the corpse, and picked it up gently.
The divine power was activated, and his figure disappeared into the space rift.The shadowless lamp cast a pale light, and there was a dead silence in the operating room, as if no outsider had ever come.
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Obito erased Komori's memory of himself.He untied the seal of Tongue Disaster and Genjue, and hypnotized Gen's Yiren.Tomorrow morning, when the first person tried to talk to him, he would immediately reveal Danzo's plot.
He then finds the makeshift hut where Naruto lives and throws Komori inside.Because of Sasuke's matter, Naruto was already at odds with Danzo, and once he knew that Danzo planned to attack Kakashi's body, he would never let him go.The village has just been hit hard, and the benefactor who saved the whole village has a conflict with the new Hokage. The more chaotic Konoha's situation is, the better it is for him.
The hut was quiet, only the rhythmic breathing of the blond boy could be heard.During the day, a large number of shadow clones were used to help rebuild Konoha, and Naruto slept soundly, completely unaware that his greatest enemy was so close to him at this time.
But besides keeping Komori here, Obito has no plans to do anything.Today is the truce day, he is not Uchiha Madara, not Tobi, just for this day, Moon Eye is nothing to him.
There are more important things waiting for him to do right now.
The second time he returned to the outside world from Kamui, Konoha was already thousands of miles away, and he came to a place that he had not returned to for more than ten years.
The Country of Grass, the ruins of the Kannabi Bridge, the place where Konoha Ninja Uchiha Obito's life and dreams were ruined.
Obito built a half-person-high firewood pile at the head of the broken bridge, and placed a plank on top of it, which was big enough for an adult to lie on it.He moved Kakashi out of the Kamui space, and hugged him carefully.
"...I think you are willing to let you and your hero be buried in the same place." He said to the corpse, his tone was sarcasm, mixed with some not obvious bitterness.
The dead cannot answer.The copy ninja laying flat in a purple Uchiha-style robe with a high collar—Obito hated the village where Rin and Kakashi voluntarily sacrificed, ripped Konoha’s uniform to shreds—hands folded On a white girdle.Although the seal was lifted, under the influence of Obito's eyes of reincarnation, he even looked more alive than before, his skin was faintly bloody, as if he would open his eyes in the next moment and turn his head to look at him.
But that's just an illusion.
As dawn broke, the sky turned pale.Obito stared at Kakashi for a while, then took off the glove on his left hand.His fingers caressed Kakashi's face, groping from the small mole on the corner of the lip all the way up, along the scar to the eyebrow, and finally folded back to press on the left eye.
"This eye, I took it away." He said softly, pressing down with his fingers.
Kakashi's eyelids sunken when Xu's clenched hands were lifted away.A drop of blood was slowly flowing down the corner of the eye, seeping into the silver-white hair.
A scroll fell out of the Kamui space and fell into Obito's open right hand.With his teeth, he tore off the tie on the scroll, unfolded it, and sealed the sharing eye in the pre-written spell.
"Don't get me wrong, it's already yours, and I won't use its power anymore." While doing this, he said to the dead man to himself. "It's just... During your lifetime, it failed to see the future for you as I said; at least after your death, I want it to replace you, watching the road I walked until the end .”
"Kakashi...I will show you a perfect world."
The scroll was swallowed by the space rift again.Obito put on his gloves and made a series of handprints.He stared at the drop of blood and tears, his lips moved silently twice, and then he shouted: "Fire Escape·Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique!"
Several fist-sized fireballs fell on the firewood pile, and the firewood burned rapidly and violently, making crackling and crackling sounds, and the light shot straight into the sky.The tongue of fire licked the hem of the curled purple robe, engulfing the body of the deceased bit by bit in the flames.
The fire burned quietly for a long time, and it was finally slowly extinguished until the sky was bright.The black-haired man standing at the bridge had already left at some point, leaving only charred charcoal covered with a layer of off-white powder.
As soon as the mountain wind blew, the powder was swept into the air and scattered in all directions, never to be seen again.
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Konoha's 55th autumn.
It was Xuanjian and Leitong's turn to be on duty at the gate tonight.It was past nine o'clock, and the village, which had been noisy all day, gradually fell silent. Two young Chunin were sitting behind the table, chatting casually.
"...So I told Asma that day that if you want to give the love letter to Hong, you have to wait until she and Hongdou separate, otherwise that guy Hongdou will definitely...huh?" While talking about the gossip of the same period, Lei Tong suddenly stopped talking , stood up and stretched out half of his body, looking out of the village. "It seems...someone is coming."
Almost at the same time as his words fell, four figures quietly appeared at the gate.The four of them were all dressed the same, wearing light gray vests, arm guards reaching to the elbows, a ninja knife on their backs, and oil-painted masks on their faces.The flame tattoo on their left shoulders identifies them as Anbe of Konoha.
"The pelican sent the mission item to the intelligence department and handed it over to Yibixi. The leopard took Swift to the hospital for examination, and prepared the antidote as soon as possible." The person who spoke seemed to be the captain of the team, his voice was young and capable, and his silver hair shone under the moonlight With a faint luster. "Send your reports to my home before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Disband!"
"Yes!" The other three answered in unison, turning into three black shadows and leaving in different directions.The silver-haired dark troop captain looked this way, put his hands in his pockets, and walked over without haste.
When he came close, he lifted the mask and put it on top of his head, revealing half of his face covered by the dark blue mask.This is a signal - the mission is over, and there is no need to hide identity anymore.
"Thank you, Kakashi." Xuanma greeted him, "Is the mission going well?"
"Well, you can basically say that." Kakashi replied casually, writing down the team name and his own name in the register. "In short, everyone came back safely. This is more important than anything else." He dropped his pen, "I'm home, goodbye."
"Huh?" Lei Tong was surprised, "Aren't you going to report to the Huoying Tower?"
"Hmm... I don't think Minato-sensei will be at the Hokage Tower tonight."
"Not here?" Lei Tong was taken aback.Xuan Jian elbowed him and gave him a wink, and he suddenly realized, "Oh! I'm sorry, I almost forgot."
"Didn't I tell you two days ago." Xuan Jian shook his head.He shouted at Kakashi who had already walked away, "The party is scheduled for five o'clock tomorrow night, see you at the barbecue, and remember to tell Obito not to be late!"
Kakashi didn't look back, but waved his hand to show that he heard.
He walked back to the Hatake family's old house in the western suburbs of the village.Entering the yard and opening the sliding door, the room was pitch black and there was no sound at all.Kakashi groped for the shoe cabinet, bent down to change his shoes; at this moment, the light above his head suddenly flicked on, and then there was a burst of cheers in the corridor: "Kakashi, happy birthday! "
Kakashi looked up.Not far ahead, Obito, Rin, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto were crowded at the door of the living room, all with bright smiles on their faces.
"Sure enough, you are all here." He shrugged, as if he had expected it. "The letter I asked Parker to send back didn't say what time I would arrive at the village. Have you been waiting here?"
"What are you stupid Kaka, so indifferent!" Obito yelled dissatisfiedly, "It's rare that we want to give you a surprise, can we give you a positive reaction!"
"Because I already guessed it."
"Impossible! We all hid it so well!"
"Maybe someone's ability to hide their breath is not good enough," Kakashi put the shoes in the shoe cabinet, walked over to join them, and raised an eyebrow at Obito. "Stupid."
"You...!" Obito blushed immediately, "How many times have I told you not to call me that! It's so ugly!"
"To each other, I'm just reciprocating courtesy. Or do you miss the name of the tail of the crane more?"
"Hmph! Obito-sama, I'm already a well-known elite Jōnin! After all, I'm going to become a fire in the future—"
"Okay, stop!" Obito was halfway through speaking, Lin clapped his hands, interrupting his boast. "When will the two of you grow up a bit? Can you set a good example for Naruto?" He walked around behind Kakashi and pushed him towards the stairs. "Hurry up and change your clothes, dinner will start soon. Are you hurting your waist? Let me take a look for you. Obito, go help the teacher and Miss Kushina set the table!"
"It's just a scrape, it's been bandaged, so don't—"
"The opinion is rejected! Obediently listen to the doctor!"
"Yes, yes." Kakashi dragged his voice, and was pushed up the stairs by her resignedly. "By the way, this is my home, right? Can you also give me some dignity as the master?"
As he said this, the corners of his mouth under the mask slightly curved.
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Lin gave him a simple treatment and then left.Kakashi quickly washed up, changed his clothes and went downstairs.The table was already set, everyone stood on one side, and no one was seated; everyone else was looking at him with smiles on their faces, but Obito stood at the end, blushing for some reason, and did not dare to meet his gaze.
Kushina took Kakashi's hand and pushed him to sit on the main seat. "Okay, now it's time to accept the presents! Who will come first?"
"Let's start with you." Minato said with a smile.
"No problem." Kushina juggled and took out two scrolls with the logo of the Vortex Kingdom on them. "Qiang Qiang—the Uzumaki Clan's secret sealing technique, Kushina's special edition!" She said proudly, "I heard from Teacher Jiraiya that you are studying the sealing technique recently, and maybe this will help you. Come on!"
"Thank you," Kakashi took it with both hands, "I will study hard."
"This is what I want to give away," Kushina stepped aside, and Minato walked up.He took out a bunch of Flying Thunder God Kunai, a total of twelve pieces, strung together with a rope. "Since I taught you how to fly Thunder God, Kunai is shared by the two of us, right? These are specially made for you, using some special materials, and they react more strongly to the chakra of the thunder attribute. Cherish them oh!"
"Thank you so much, Minato-sensei."
"It's my turn!" Naruto yelled.He jumped into Kakashi's arms and stuffed a crayon drawing into his hand.There are eight people of different heights in the painting, standing by the small river in the third training ground, all with bright smiles on their faces. "Me, Dad, Mom, Brother Kakashi, Brother Obito, and Sister Lin!" He counted one by one, and stopped when he reached the last two people, "That, that, because Sasuke and I drew together That’s why he was also on the painting, and itachi-san helped so he was also on it. Kakashi-san, you don’t mind, do you?”
"Of course not." Kakashi rubbed his hair affectionately, "By the way, I also brought you some small things this time, you can play with Sasuke."
"Oh! I like Brother Kakashi the most!" Naruto suddenly became elated and gave him a warm hug.
"Here. Mine is the same as every year. It's a special medical kit. The contents are arranged according to your habits. It's a little big, so it's best to put it in a sealed scroll and save it for emergencies on the battlefield. " Naruto returned to Kushina, Lin walked up and put a square box not much smaller than a marching backpack in front of Kakashi, "Recently your blood coagulant seems to be consumed faster, so I Put some in. When you run out, remember to come to me to replenish!"
"I've troubled you every time." Kakashi thanked him, and neatly placed the gift he got on an empty chair next to him. "These should last a long time."
Then he looked back at Obito, holding out his hand. "and yours?"
"I..." Obito blushed even more, and said falteringly, "I will give you my gift after dinner!"
Kakashi raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"Ah... the finale of a good show always has to wait until the end! Anyway, don't ask me and eat first!"
Kakashi threw him a skeptical look, spread his hands and shrugged. "Even if you forget to prepare a birthday present, I won't break up with you."
"Who would forget such a simple thing!"
While talking, the others had already taken their seats, and Obito also hurriedly ran to his seat and sat down.Minato asked, "Won't you wait any longer, Kakashi?"
"It's getting late, he might not be able to come back today." Kakashi looked at the clock hanging on the wall, "Anyway, this meal is not missing."
Minato nodded.Under his leadership, everyone picked up chopsticks one after another, put their hands together, and said in unison: "I'm starting!"
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After dinner, Minato and Rin went to clean up the dishes.Kakashi channeled Puck to play with Naruto, and Kushina watched from the side.He himself went back upstairs and seized the time to record the details of the mission. After the reports from his subordinates were handed in tomorrow, he would organize them into a formal report.
Minatoban is both a guest and his family, so he doesn't need to be by his side all the time.
"Dong dong dong", he had just recorded the last important event when someone knocked on the door.Kakashi looked around, the door was open, and there was no one outside, only a hand stretched out from the side, with a finger ticking: come here.
When Kakashi walked out of the bedroom, Obito was no longer in the corridor.He followed the breath of the black-haired Jonin to the open-air balcony. "What is so mysterious?"
Obito's face was still very red, and he handed him a packing box with Gan Li Gan's logo printed on it. "A...birthday present for you."
"Red bean Daifuku? Is this worth giving me secretly? And you bought it outside... You are so dishonest, Mr. Daitu."
"...You don't like sweets, if you return it to me on the spot, I will lose face!"
"Even I know the most basic social etiquette." Kakashi sighed, scratching his hair, "And you know that I don't like sweets, but you still gave me this as a gift? Are you flawed in the world? Is it you?"
"Nah... Long-winded! I gave you my favorite things, what else are you dissatisfied with?" Said Obito and stuffed the box into Kakashi's hand, "Give it to me quickly! "
"Now?"
"Now!"
"I'm already very full from dinner." Kakashi muttered, but he still opened the box, took out a Daifuku and handed it to his mouth, and took a bite.
"How?" Obito looked at him nervously.
"Hmm..." Kakashi frowned, "It's too sweet. How did you manage to eat this?"
"Is there... something that feels wrong?"
"Something's wrong? Did you poison it?"
"how is this possible!"
"There's nothing wrong with it other than it's too sweet." Tossing the last piece of candy into his mouth, Kakashi replied, licking the powder off his fingers.
"...That's it." Obito showed a strange expression, as if he was relieved, but also as if he was a little disappointed.He pointed to the box. "continue."
"You're not going to let me eat all six of these?"
"Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly!"
Kakashi glanced at him with drooping eyelids, and picked up another Daifuku. "……Um?"
Obito immediately straightened his back, and his voice raised unconsciously. "What... what's wrong? Is there something wrong with this big... big blessing?"
"No." Kakashi said, "I'm choking."
"...choke you to death!"
"Aren't you supposed to give me a pat on the back at this time? Where is the camaraderie of my companions?"
"You are so troublesome." Obito said angrily, patting him on the back a few times.His strength was a bit heavy, but Kakashi didn't care, his eyes became crescent moons with a smile.
"I suddenly feel that the taste of Daifuku is also good." He quickly ate the second one, he said, and stretched out his hand to the third one; he felt the difference as soon as he picked it up. "Strange, why is the weight of this one different from the others?"
"...Uh!" Obito's hands froze in the air, and his face instantly flushed like a ripe tomato.
"It's hard." Kakashi pinched the Daifuku, "There seems to be something in it—"
Snapped!
Before he could finish his sentence, Obito suddenly slapped him heavily on the back.The two were leaning against the railing of the balcony, Kakashi was caught off guard by this slap, and with a shake of his hand, that Daifuku slipped from his fingers and fell into the darkness downstairs.
"..." There was a dead silence on the balcony.
"I, I, I, I will pick it up!" Before Kakashi had time to say anything, Obito yelled in a panic.He propped himself up on the railing with his hands, and jumped out; through the moonlight Kakashi saw that even his ears and neck turned red.And... are those tears?
Kakashi looked down.Obito picked up something from the ground, but he didn't climb up the outer wall, nor did he return to the house, but rushed out the back door and ran away.Kakashi watched him leave, then looked down at the remaining half box of Daifuku in his hand, and sighed heavily again.
"...that idiot."
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"We should go too." Everyone stood at the entrance, Minato said while hugging Naruto who was rubbing his eyes. "Kakashi, you can report to the Hokage Tower tomorrow night."
"This task is not enough, Minato-sensei. I will show up at the office on time at nine o'clock tomorrow."
"haha, okay."
"Where's Obito?" Lin held the jonin vest that Obito had taken off, and looked around. "Really, if you don't pay attention, you don't know where you went..."
"Well, he probably—"
"Look who I met!" Kakashi's voice was interrupted by Obito's shout.Everyone looked and saw him and another figure walking towards this side along the street; after seeing the man's face clearly, everyone had expressions of surprise on their faces.
"Senior Sakumo!" Minato spoke first, "Thank you for returning from the mission!"
"Oh...it seems that I'm still a step too late." Shuo Mao rubbed the back of his head and laughed.He looked dusty, with an unconcealable tiredness in his brows and eyes. "I met Obito on the road just now, and he said that you have finished eating."
"Father, your scheduled return date is the day after tomorrow?" Kakashi leaned on the door frame, putting his hands in his trouser pockets.Although his tone was still lazy, it was easy for anyone to hear the joy in his voice. "There's no need to rush back so day and night."
"How could you be absent from your important son's birthday?" Shuo Mao shook his head pretending to be serious, but unfortunately the solemn expression was broken in the next second. "Ah, but... there's only one hour left."
"Kakashi, Sakumo-senpai, you have just returned from a long-term mission, you should rest well in the next few days." Minato said, "Obito, can you send Lin back?"
"No problem." Obito said, took the vest from Lin, and kept deliberately avoiding Kakashi's eyes. "Then let's go now. Goodbye, Sakumo-senpai...bye Kakashi." The last words were muffled and whispered.
"Okay." Shuo Mao nodded, "Goodbye!"
The rest also bid farewell to each other.After parting ways with the Minato family at the crossroads, Rin and Obito went the other way.The moonlight came from behind, casting long shadows in front of them; the two walked in silence for a while, Lin looked at Obito a few times, and saw him silent there, so she sighed and started a conversation by herself : "Looking at you like this, is it a failure?"
Obito didn't speak.He took something out of the ninja bag and spread out his palm; lying in the palm was a small shiny key with the round fan logo engraved on the front.
"From the beginning, I disapproved of you hiding the key in Daifuku and giving it to Kakashi." Lin said, "Give it to him directly, confess to him, and say that I want you to live with me, isn't that all right? "
"...You put it simply."
"Of course it's easy. Mrs. Mikoto has already convinced the patriarch Fuyue for you. There is no longer any obstacle on the Uchiha side. The rest is just your own problem."
"..."
"You also know that Kakashi likes you, right? Since they like each other, why didn't they say it?"
"Kakashi has always been a genius, far ahead of our contemporaries." After a while of silence, Obito finally spoke. "Jonin at the age of 12, joined Anbu at the age of 14, and became the captain in less than two years. I heard from Mr. Minato before that the current commander of Anbu also intends to train him to be his successor. And I... I am just now An ordinary jounin."
"The Uchiha with three-pointed jade eyes can't be considered ordinary." Lin spread her hands, "Obito, you also have a little confidence in yourself, okay?"
"No, this has nothing to do with self-confidence." Obito held the key again and clenched his hands into a fist.There was a determined expression on his face, his eyes sparkled with determination, "In short, I'd better make myself better first, and then I'll confess to Kakashi!"
"You mean becoming Hokage?"
"Of course!"
"I think Minato-sensei can stay in office for a long time... Sometimes you boys' inexplicable self-esteem is really incomprehensible." Lin slumped her shoulders exaggeratedly.But she soon smiled again and patted Obito on the back encouragingly. "Although I still think you should speak out as soon as possible, but this can be regarded as a motivation to be aggressive. Then you can work hard!"
"Ok!"
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At the same time, Hatake's study.
"Here." Kakashi put Sakumo's teacup on the table, and took a sip of water from the glass. "I still can't get used to sweets," he muttered. "It's a wonder Obito's teeth are still alive."
"So," Shuo Mao put down his pen, took a sip from his teacup, and asked casually. "Did he confess to you?"
"Pfft!" Unexpectedly, his father would suddenly mention this, Kakashi almost spit out a mouthful of water, quickly covered his mouth in embarrassment, and glared at Sakumo. "... Father!"
"Hahaha...Sorry, sorry." Shuo Mao apologized without sincerity, "Because when I came back, I saw that child dangling outside, looking bewildered, and thought he definitely didn't get it immediately after he finished speaking. After your answer, you ran out in a panic."
"That idiot got cold feet." Kakashi pouted.He twirled his fingers, as if the touch of Daifuku still remained at the fingertips. "Probably... it's the key to his house."
"Oh, the key? Very sincere."
"You really want me to move out quickly?" Kakashi said with one hand on his hips, looking down at Sakumo sitting on the chair.
"How is that possible." Shuo Mao laughed, "However, since you know that he likes you too, why don't you take the initiative to tell him if you are wrong? They are both men, whoever takes the first step is fine. Bar."
"Uh..." The pretended questioning momentum just now disappeared without a trace.Kakashi turned his head stiffly. "This... isn't in a hurry? Anyway, we are still young, and we will be together for a long time in the future. It doesn't matter if it's earlier or later."
Shuo Mao looked at the back of his son's awkward head, opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Having been a ninja for more than 30 years and having experienced two ninja wars, he understands how precarious a ninja profession is than anyone else.Accidents happen every day, and no one can guarantee that every mission will come back alive.
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