Obito: The Uchiha Clan Was Massacred?

"Kakashi!"

Obito's expression turned grave.

Although his instinctive strike had just left the brat before him on the verge of death, the injuries on his body were now healing at a visible rate.

That terrifying recovery speed made Obito narrow his eyes.

Kakashi, who had received the voice transmission, also narrowed his eyes as he examined Naruto.

"This Chakra... according to the information the Emperor gave us, this should be the Shinobi Village System's unique evil weapon—the Jinchuriki!"

Kakashi made a calm judgment.

"What?! I thought that was just something people said!"

Obito immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

Letting such a huge monster mate with you and enter your body...

Putting that aside, although the Tailed Beasts within the Empire could mate with anyone who cultivated the techniques provided by the Emperor, those people were all Super Kage-level existences. Anyone below Super Kage would be easily affected by the Tailed Beast's violent Chakra and become trash that only knew how to rely on the Tailed Beast's power.

Moreover, those below Super Kage could not control a Tailed Beast's power. They needed all sorts of Sealing Techniques placed within their bodies to restrain it.

But that would cause tremendous harm to their bodies and severely limit the development of their future potential!

Yet this tiny Genin had a Tailed Beast inside him?

Forget this feudal era—even in a world ravaged by war and lacking unification, wasn't a Genin carrying a Tailed Beast around like a child flaunting gold bricks through the streets?

What were his parents thinking?

How could they allow such an evil human experiment to be performed on their child?

Did they really not care about their child's talent anymore?

People in the Empire had once proposed sealing Tailed Beasts and humans together from childhood so they could grow alongside each other.

But the Emperor had told them a story, whose protagonists were Naruto and Sasuke.

He said that in another world, a Tailed Beast had been sealed inside Naruto since childhood, and in the end, Naruto could only barely draw with Sasuke by relying on the Nine-Tails' power.

Everyone had laughed and said that was impossible.

Who was Naruto?

He possessed the Uzumaki Clan's formidable Chakra, inherited Minato's heaven-defying talent for comprehension, and was Ashura's reincarnation. How could he have needed the Nine-Tails just to barely fight Sasuke, that fake tough guy who relied on his eyes, and even lose an arm in the process?

One had to know that Ashura's reincarnations were innately far more talented than Indra's reincarnations. Hadn't Madara, even with the Nine-Tails, still been no match for Hashirama in the previous cycle of reincarnation?

But the Emperor said that the Tailed Beasts' powerful strength would make people instinctively choose to use and rely on it. Once they grew accustomed to brute force solving everything, they would no longer be willing to learn ninjutsu or anything else.

Although it made sense, no one believed that the Naruto in that story had needed Shadow Clones just to form a Rasengan.

How much Chakra would that waste?

At that moment, Obito recalled the story the Emperor had once told. The shock in his eyes refused to fade.

"Emperor... was that really just a story he made up?"

"Obito, this is... the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style! This Chakra... should belong to the Nine-Tails!"

Kakashi's voice was also full of disbelief. Clearly, he too had recalled the stories the Emperor had once told about the Tailed Beasts.

The two exchanged a glance, and a trace of excitement flashed through both their eyes.

They had found the Nine-Tails here already. The road ahead would be much easier!

After all, Tailed Beasts were also one of the crucial resources for constructing interdimensional teleportation gates!

"Obito, don't say anything from now on. Let me draw out their information. Once we confirm there's no problem, we'll make our move!"

Hearing Kakashi's Chakra voice transmission, Obito gave a haughty snort.

"Um... Sasuke, Naruto, my friend just wanted to test your strength. He meant no harm."

Kakashi scratched his head and put on an obedient, humble expression.

"Hmph! Kakashi-sensei, don't make excuses for him. The Uchiha Massacre happened years ago. Even I know about it—how could he possibly not know?"

Naruto climbed up from the ground, ignoring Sasuke's murderous glare.

"Obito! Apologize to them!"

Kakashi reprimanded him.

Obito also gave them a very sincere bow.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I haven't returned to the Hidden Leaf Village in too long. What I said just now was truly..."

At this point, Obito took a deep breath, and a chill entered his eyes.

"I didn't know the Uchiha Clan had been massacred!"

"But Sasuke, don't worry. I will give every member of the Uchiha Clan an explanation for the massacre!"

The mission came first for now. Later, he had to properly ask Sasuke how the Uchiha Clan could have been massacred. Heh, exactly which... no! Which group of bastards had done such a thing? He would make them pay for it in blood!

The Uchiha Clan's dignity could not be insulted! Not even in a Parallel World!

In Obito's heart, no one person could possibly wipe out the Uchiha Clan. Anyone capable of destroying the Uchiha Clan had to be some famous, massive force.

Sasuke gave a cold snort, but there was also a faint stir of emotion in his indifferent eyes.

Let him take revenge? With his strength...

Itachi! I will take revenge myself! I will defeat you myself!

Power! I'm still too weak! I need absolute power, power strong enough to wipe away everything!

In his heart, he still hated this Uchiha clansman before him. Where had he been on the night of the massacre?

But when he thought of that man's strength, he deflated again.

What use would it have been even if he had come? Could he have been a match for Itachi? He had not even seen him activate the Mangekyo Sharingan just now.

That was true. Only exceptionally gifted members of the clan could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. He was merely an Uchiha wandering outside. Whether he even knew about the Mangekyo Sharingan was probably questionable...

Kakashi swept his gaze across everyone before speaking after some consideration. "All right, Naruto. You said earlier that you were gathering information. How did that go?"

Kakashi still decided to extract information from the seemingly foolish Naruto before him.

Sure enough, Naruto had not taken what had just happened to heart at all. When Kakashi asked, he immediately began speaking eagerly.

"Kakashi-sensei! Based on what we found out, Tazuna was right. That Gato is a bastard who does every kind of evil!"

Naruto spoke through gritted teeth.

Kakashi's mind raced.

Were they carrying out ninja missions? This system truly was not bad. Even now, all the major academies still used it, but compared with before, it had changed drastically.

Nowadays, Ninja Academy missions were basically screened layer by layer. The kind that could enrich one's practical experience tended to be lengthy and tedious, and as early as the Empire's tenth year, they had been renamed internships.

Kakashi and Obito had also heard a little about the mission system of the Shinobi Village Era. It was said that people would abandon morality and ethics to do anything for money.

For a mission, they could even disregard the lives of their relatives and companions.

Based on the information the two had learned along the way, many Rogue Ninja had defected from the shinobi villages because they did not want to possess real strength yet still be used like dogs by those useless Daimyo. They did not want to take missions. They did not want to become cold, unfeeling machines.

In their eyes, this shinobi village mission system was nothing but a malignant tumor! It was one of the fuses that restrained ninja and intensified the contradictions of war!

After exchanging information through voice transmission, Kakashi nodded.

"Good. Then let's continue the mission."

Based on the current circumstances, if nothing unexpected happened, his counterpart in this Parallel Universe was here too. If that Kakashi could watch over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, perhaps he was even stronger than himself!

With that thought, Kakashi decided not to alert the enemy for the time being. He would first bring the three before him somewhere deserted with Obito.

Just then, a voice rang out, making both of their hearts tighten.

"Oh? So this is where you were!"