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"Cousin?!" Not only Shiyu and Minato were shocked, but Rin Nohara and Kakashi were also dumbfounded, thinking Obito was joking. However, it seemed Obito wasn't talking nonsense.

"In the genealogy you mentioned, how are you and I recorded?" Shiyu immediately asked curiously.

"My name is Obito. I have only one younger brother named Shisui, who is talented and studying in the Anbu," Obito said, holding a genealogy book.

"I see. So Shisui is your brother. How old is he now? He's already studying in the Anbu? He must be a terrifying genius! I'll have to spar with him sometime."

"But you said I'm your cousin? Does that mean my father is your father's brother?" Shiyu couldn't help but wonder what their relationship was.

"So, I really want to know, who is your father?" Shiyu suddenly asked, feeling a bit gossipy.

Obito naturally didn't know that the Shiyu in front of him was already a soul transmigration. He wasn't particularly interested in his father's identity.

Obito was stunned for a moment, then retorted, "Huh?! Why are you interested in who my father is? Shouldn't you be interested in who your father is? If I'm not mistaken, you probably don't even know your father's name!"

However, Obito hit the nail on the head. Shiyu, ever since his soul transmigrated, truly didn't know his parents' names.

"You know?" Shiyu retorted naturally.

Unexpectedly, Obito Uchiha shook his head and said, "That's where the problem lies, Shiyu. Your father. All his information seems to have been erased, even his name. The reason I could remember you is because I always found this strange."

"Erased?" Shiyu frowned.

"Yes, your name must have been your father's name before. It's likely been deliberately erased by people in the clan. I don't know what they're trying to hide," Obito said everything he knew.

Shiyu felt a surge of anger. He believed that the reason he was discriminated against by his own clan must be because of this.

"Why? The Third Hokage said my parents were heroes of Konoha who died fighting for Konoha, but now? Why have I been targeted and discriminated against by the Uchiha Clan?" Shiyu couldn't understand this point, feeling a restlessness within him.

Unconsciously, his Three-Tomoe White Rinnegan instantly flared, three white tomoe flashing in his eyes.

As an Uchiha, Obito was naturally no stranger to the Three Tomoe. He stared at Shiyu in shock, unable to speak.

"It seems this is the reason the Uchiha target me. Orphaned? That's the loophole," Shiyu said. "My parents supposedly died fighting for Konoha, and as the orphan of heroes, I should enjoy the treatment of heroes. Yet, I am now ostracized and even targeted by the vast majority of the Uchiha Clan."

"What is the reason for this? Do you know, Obito?" Shiyu asked. Although he disliked the Uchiha Clan, Obito was one of the few Uchiha who didn't discriminate against him, so Shiyu was relatively polite.

"Hmm, I'm not very familiar with the Uchiha Clan right now, otherwise I could help you investigate. The clan registry, as well as the major and minor affairs of the clan, have been decided by the Uchiha Clan leader and the so-called elders since ten years ago," Obito Uchiha said.

"Oh, I understand. Thank you, Obito. I will handle my own affairs," Shiyu knew he would have to settle things with the Uchiha Clan sooner or later.

But not now. After all, the matter of Shiyu killing three Uchiha Genin and one Uchiha Anbu seemed to have not completely subsided.

Shiyu checked the time and found it was about time. He said goodbye to Minato Namikaze and the others.

"Little Uncle-Master, see you next time. I hope we have a chance to fight side-by-side!" Minato Namikaze said sincerely.

"See you at the Chunin Selection Exams!" Kakashi Hatake was completely the opposite, full of fighting spirit, hoping to have a good fight with Uchiha Shiyu.

"I still hope to avoid meeting him during the exams as much as possible. You know! He's awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan! How old is he? Five or six years old?" Obito shook his head, having no confidence or chance of winning against his Uncle-Master, and also his cousin, Shiyu.

"Mhm." Shiyu waved his hand, then disappeared from his spot with a Body Flicker Technique, which finally dispelled everyone's doubts about him.

Shiyu finally returned home. The house was no longer in the state it was after fighting with Uchiha Wei and the others.

"It must have been Xiao Xing who cleaned it up so thoroughly? I never thought Xiao Xing was so sensible before. And this little girl, she's even started working," Shiyu unconsciously thought of Xiao Xing again.

Although the room was restored to its original state, it was empty.

Shiyu naturally felt a bit unbalanced.

"Although I've soul transmigrated, I am, after all, the same person as Uchiha Shiyu. Bullying Uchiha Shiyu is bullying me. It seems the issue of identity must be clarified sooner or later."

"I don't know what parents are like in this world, and I don't know what their names are."

Shiyu seemed a bit tired. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he sensed some movement outside the door. Before he could even open his White Rinnegan, the people outside had already entered the house.

Looking up, he saw it was Xiao Xing, and the other was the daughter of the mastermind he had met before, Amamiya Suisen.

The two of them suddenly appeared before everyone holding a birthday cake.

"What is this?" Shiyu let down his guard, looking at the two of them, a bit at a loss.

"Brother Shiyu, have you forgotten what day it is today?" Xiao Xing asked.

"What day is it today?" Shiyu asked, completely bewildered.

"It's your birthday!"

"My birthday? What birthday is it?" Shiyu asked again.

"Pfft, you actually don't even know what birthday you're celebrating?" Amamiya Suisen couldn't help but laugh.

"Ah? You've lost your memory so much you've forgotten your own birthday? Remember, today is your fifth birthday!"

"What? I'm only five?!" Shiyu was greatly surprised. He was only five? How could he look like a ten-year-old boy?

"You are indeed five. Xiao Xing and I are the same age, just a few months apart," Xiao Xing said.

"Kakashi is nine this year, Obito is ten. And I'm only five. Shisui should be a bit older than me, somewhere between six and eight years old?"