Sasuke, My Foolish Little Brother

Obito turned his gaze toward Kakashi, but an unnatural look appeared on Kakashi's face.

"Teacher Kakashi? Who is Minato?"

Naruto's carefree personality had already buried the fear of having his Chakra sealed somewhere in the back of his mind.

Now, seeing Teacher Kakashi looking like he wanted to speak but couldn't, Naruto narrowed his eyes into slits.

"He... was the Fourth Hokage..."

"He also had another identity... but... the Hokage instructed us that we can't tell you for the time being..."

As Kakashi explained, he glanced at the two outsiders standing before him.

As for why Hiruzen Sarutobi had neither told everyone nor allowed them to tell Naruto that he was the son of Minato Namikaze, Kakashi believed the Third Hokage surely had his reasons.

Naruto also looked puzzled.

The Hokage? He won't tell me? Why?

He recalled how, every time the Hokage came, he would tell Naruto to be kind and brave, to be willing to give everything for others and the village, and to earn everyone's recognition and become Hokage.

But the villagers... it seemed they could never bring themselves to accept him, no matter what he did.

"Does it have something to do with the Fourth Hokage?"

Naruto wildly guessed.

Obito and Kakashi exchanged a glance.

"The relationships between the characters in this world seem very messy and complicated..."

The two communicated telepathically.

Seeing that Kakashi didn't want to say anything, the two didn't pry. They could just ask Nagato directly later. This trip to the Hidden Leaf Village would surely bring him plenty of gains!

"Master! I can already feel the Chakra in my body starting to increase a little! It's just that my body is too weak. I can't sustain this kind of training for very long!"

Seeing that the others had stopped talking, Sasuke spoke up.

"Sasuke, you've already grasped the basics? Not bad. That's quite good."

"This is just like eating and drinking water. You can't accomplish it in one leap. It requires training day and night!"

"Don't rush, Sasuke. Take it slowly. If you overtax your body, it'll only affect your talent in the future."

Obito spoke gently, treating him completely differently from Kakashi and Naruto.

He searched through the scroll, but unfortunately, the contents had been torn apart during the cross-world transmission. The restorative potion prepared by Tsunade had actually been reduced to only a little residue.

He handed it to Sasuke and had him apply it to his body. Soon, Sasuke felt heat spread throughout him as his cells began rapidly repairing themselves.

"All right, Sasuke. Next comes the unique ocular-technique training of our great Uchiha Clan!"

Sasuke had initially wanted to hide it, but the excitement and anticipation on his face could not be suppressed.

"Next, it'll be the same as before. Relax!"

Obito spoke, then, at the moment Sasuke was most relaxed, his left eye opened, revealing the Eternal Mangekyo.

In an instant, Sasuke fell completely into a deep genjutsu.

Although Obito wasn't a ninja specializing in genjutsu, for members of the Uchiha Clan, once their eyes were open, their innate ocular power allowed them to possess greater talent than ordinary ninjas who struggled through years of training.

Moreover, he had activated the Eternal Mangekyo, while his opponent was merely a Genin with no defenses at all, his mind completely empty and unguarded.

The activation of the Mangekyo Sharingan had long since become something that could be mass-produced within the Empire.

The Uchiha's eyes required extreme emotions.

It could be hatred, or it could be love.

Using genjutsu for training could achieve the same effect.

For example, right now...

Deep within Sasuke's consciousness.

After his master told him to relax, he completely let go. But after waiting for quite a while without any reaction, Sasuke looked at Obito in confusion.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted violently.

Behind Obito stood someone Sasuke knew more intimately than anyone!

The person he thought of killing and questioning day and night!

Itachi Uchiha!

A short blade was currently thrust through Obito's chest from behind, while Itachi's eternally impassive face revealed neither joy nor sorrow.

"Sasuke, my foolish little brother, your strength is so weak that it truly disappoints me!"

Itachi Uchiha pulled the short blade from Obito's chest, and Obito immediately collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Sasuke's face was filled with terror, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

"You actually killed Obito?"

Both of Kakashi's eyes were filled with disbelief. Then he drew the short blade from his back.

Lightning Release—Thunderclap Flash!

Kakashi's figure turned into a blur as he engaged Itachi in battle, but unfortunately, Kakashi also met his end after only two exchanges.

Next, Kakashi, Tazuna, and Sakura all died at Itachi's hands.

Now, only Naruto remained. Naruto shouted for Sasuke to run.

Sasuke's heart bled. He wanted to move, but his body was completely beyond his control.

"My foolish little brother, I want you to know that you are a disaster. I will make everyone around you die in pain, and make you repent forever for living in this world!"

Itachi killed Naruto, then the Mangekyo Sharingan appeared, and Sasuke once again fell into the Tsukuyomi space.

Outside, seeing Sasuke standing motionless and dazed, Naruto wanted to speak, but the moment he sensed that his body contained not even a trace of Chakra, he obediently held back.

His tone softened somewhat, but he still couldn't help continuing to use Talk no Jutsu.

"Hey! Obito... Senior! Sasuke calls you master, no matter what. Why are you still using genjutsu to torment him?"

Faced with Naruto's question, Obito had no desire to explain.

"Kakashi, you're his teacher. Since you once possessed the Sharingan, you can be the one to explain it to him!"

Kakashi looked toward Naruto while hurrying to recover the Chakra in his body.

"Naruto, this uses genjutsu to stimulate Sasuke's emotions. This kind of emotional stimulation can allow Sasuke to awaken a stronger Sharingan more quickly..."

Naruto was impressed without understanding why.

A look of concern flickered in Sakura's eyes.

"All right, next is you, Kakashi. Let me place a Curse Seal on you, and then we'll set off to complete your mission..."

As Obito spoke, he walked toward Kakashi.

As for Sakura?

With that level of strength, she couldn't even cause trouble, let alone have any impact.

Although Kakashi's gaze was fixed on Make-Out Paradise, he still sent two messages to the Empire.

After receiving no reply, he edited the message and sent it to Nagato.

"We can't contact the Empire for the time being. Be careful with any action! We may have been discovered!"

"When you return, if you get the chance, remember to visit the Valley of the End! Perhaps something went wrong there!"

"If possible, place a Protective Seal there!"

Kakashi guessed that the problem on their end was also related to that place. Since the transmission was one-way, that was the only possible point where something could have gone wrong.

Of course, the wristband could also have malfunctioned, but they could currently contact Nagato. Relatively speaking, the possibility that the problem lay on his end was the greatest.

If the Empire could not be relied upon for the time being, they could only investigate the problem according to the logic available to them.

"Received. I'm currently heading to the Land of Fire and Konoha Village. Once this journey is over, I'll go to the Valley of the End and take a look right away."

Nagato's reply came back, and only then did Kakashi turn his gaze toward the surrounding environment.

The air was beginning to grow somewhat humid, and visibility was getting lower and lower.

A vast expanse of white mist swept over them. Before long, Kakashi's vision was completely covered by the white fog...