Bang! Bang! Bang!
The urgent knocking—no, pounding—on the door jolted Uchiha Sōgetsu awake from his dream.
"Who is it?" Having his sweet dream disturbed so early in the morning put Sōgetsu in an extremely foul mood. Rubbing his throbbing temples, he threw on an outer robe and went to open the door.
"Ah, sorry, Brother Sōgetsu." Seeing Sōgetsu's unfriendly expression, Obito swallowed nervously and quickly bowed in apology. "I didn't mean to wake you up. It's almost noon, so I thought you were already awake."
This was exactly why he hated bratty kids!
Sōgetsu sighed helplessly, stepped aside to make room, and beckoned. "Come in, Obito. But wait for me to clean up first, all right?"
"Uh, okay, Brother Sōgetsu."
Obito carefully walked inside, then obediently sat cross-legged on the tatami, lowering his head like a child who had done something wrong.
Sōgetsu gave an indifferent nod before turning to wash up.
Left alone, Obito could remain still at first, but before long, he seemed to reveal his true nature, fidgeting like he had ADHD.
One moment he scratched his head; the next, he looked around. Every so often, a silly grin appeared on his face, only for him to blush furiously in embarrassment.
He looked exactly like an adolescent boy secretly in love with a girl but too afraid to confess—restless and indecisive, with his head stuffed full of nonsense.
"Ahem."
Sōgetsu spoke up at just the right moment, interrupting the little boy's fantasies.
"Uh, Brother Sōgetsu?" Obito jolted in fright.
"Thinking about Rin again?" Sōgetsu sat down across from him, tilting his head slightly and propping his chin on his right hand. He chuckled. "But Obito, there's something I need to tell you in advance."
Obito blinked. "What is it, Brother Sōgetsu?"
A teasing smile appeared on Sōgetsu's lips. "I can help you fulfill your wish, but to protect minors' physical and mental health, anything naughty is prohibited."
"W-What naughty things?!"
Obito's face turned bright red as he widened his eyes and shouted, "I-I wasn't thinking about that kind of naughty stuff! Brother Sōgetsu, don't make things up!"
"Oh?" Sōgetsu straightened up and stared directly at Obito. "Really? You've truly never thought about it?"
Obito flushed crimson, veins bulging across his forehead as he stubbornly craned his neck. "N-No, absolutely not! I'm a ninja! How could a ninja think about naughty things?!"
What followed was a string of incomprehensible nonsense.
Things like "the three ninja taboos," "Uchiha glory," and "pure love reigns supreme."
It made Sōgetsu burst into laughter, and for a moment, the room was filled with cheerful air.
Only when Obito's face was as red as a boiled shrimp and steam seemed to rise from his head did Sōgetsu finally manage to stop laughing. He waved a hand. "All right, I understand. So, did you bring the money, Obito?"
Obito pushed over 60,000 Ryo, then assumed a standard dogeza posture and pleaded, "Brother Sōgetsu, please!"
Sōgetsu took 50,000 Ryo from the pile and handed the rest back. "I promised you a discount last time. Since you entertained me, I'll make an exception and let you experience the full version this time."
"Really? Thank you, Brother Sōgetsu!" Obito was so grateful he nearly bowed twice more.
"No need to thank me. Get ready, Obito."
Blood-red Sharingan appeared in Sōgetsu's eyes. "Remember, don't resist. Relax your mind. I'm going to pull you into a genjutsu."
"Okay, I understand, Brother Sōgetsu."
Thinking that his wish was about to come true, Obito took several deep breaths before calming his excited emotions.
Genjutsu: Wish Fulfillment!
Whirlpools rippled in the depths of Sōgetsu's eyes.
Dragged into a dream by the genjutsu, Obito's gaze in the real world became vacant. He looked like a brain-dead vegetable, left only with the instinct to breathe.
"Hmm, let me think. What kind of dream should I weave for him?" Sōgetsu rubbed his chin. After pondering for a moment, his eyes lit up. "Right, this script!"
He chased, she fled, and even with wings, she could not escape!
And while he was at it, he would add a scheming best friend and a perfect second male lead!
Oh, he had nearly forgotten. Since Obito wanted to experience "unforgettable love," elements of a tortured romance were naturally indispensable.
Kidney swaps, eye gouging... give him the whole package.
Anyway, in the ninja world, there was no need to consider organ compatibility at all. Everything was practically hot-swappable.
Let's see... what else was there?
Chasing after a wife? Stomach disease?
Whatever. He would give Obito all of it and let the kid broaden his horizons, teaching him what the cancerous trash tropes of the twenty-first century were!
Perfect!
If this experience did not make Obito weep his heart out and feel the profound pain of tortured love, then all those dramas Sōgetsu had watched would have been for nothing.
Watching the plot of the dream implanted through the genjutsu, Sōgetsu nodded in satisfaction. "Okay, the business is done. Now for some personal time."
Giving Obito a discount?
What a joke. He was not that kindhearted.
Not to mention the beastly things this guy would do later on, Sōgetsu had not wasted his Spirituality and Chakra just to earn a paltry sum.
Money meant nothing to him.
The reason he set such a high price was simply to filter his customers.
Otherwise, if just anyone could afford treatment, his Spirituality would be depleted within days, and he would lose control and go mad on the spot.
100,000 ryo was the dividing line.
The rewards for A-rank Missions generally exceeded 100,000 ryo, so the "customers" filtered out this way had proven they possessed that value.
Now came the important part.
Sōgetsu mobilized his Spirituality, opened Obito's Mind-Body Gate, and directly planted a tiny Psychological Suggestion deep within his mind!
Over the past several years.
Sōgetsu had repeated this action many times.
Each Psychological Suggestion was weak and could not directly accomplish anything, much less change their thoughts or beliefs, but it was hidden well enough.
Given enough time, even dripping water could pierce stone!
When he advanced to Sequence 4, those suggestions buried deep in their minds would turn into a terrifying plague that could erupt at any time!
"Phew..."
Looking at Uchiha Obito, Sōgetsu said softly, "Don't blame me for being underhanded. We're birds of a feather. If anything, you're far more shameless than I am."
Soon, the treatment ended.
With an expression as though his worldview had suffered a devastating blow, Obito staggered out of the room in a daze.
It looked like... he would need some time to recover.
Sōgetsu stroked his chin. "Did I lay it on too thick? No way. I wasn't even being serious yet."
Regardless of Obito's mental state.
His mission was complete.
[Main Quest: Advance to Sequence 5—Dream Walker (Incomplete)] [Find the Bird-headed Demon of the Spirit World, form a contract with it, then take one of its tail feathers and consume the potion amid intense joy or rage to advance to Sequence 5—Dream Walker] [Reward: Wriggling Hunger (Can command only one soul at a time and can use only that soul's corresponding Beyonder abilities and innate abilities)] [Side Quest: Qualified Psychologist IV (Incomplete)] [Conduct Psychological Therapy for at least 100 people, or fulfill their wishes (2/100)] [Reward: Lemann's Travel Notes] [Side Quest: Adolescent Troubles (Completed)] [No matter how hard Obito tried to impress her, he could never win the girl's favor. In the end, he decided.] [Reward: Fate Doll (Blocks fate, allowing its holder to defend against curses, detection, and tracking effects)]
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