Unable to Be with the One You Love

"Naruto, you..."

Obito was somewhat moved by Naruto's foolishness.

"Naruto, what do you mean by saying he's handsome out of nowhere? Do you think he looks ugly now?"

Kushina immediately saw through Naruto's true thoughts.

Minato Namikaze had clearly been questioning Obito's character, not his looks. Why else would Naruto so conspicuously insist that he was "the most handsome"?

So rather than refuting Minato Namikaze, Naruto was refuting the thoughts in his own heart.

He wasn't upset that Minato Namikaze suspected Obito. He was upset that he himself thought Obito looked ugly like this.

"Uh, well, um..."

Naruto awkwardly tried to explain, but no words came out.

He truly hadn't expected his mom to expose what he was really thinking so directly.

"..."

Obito's mouth twitched.

Well, damn. He had almost been genuinely moved.

So Naruto thought he was ugly?

"Ahaha, um, Uncle Obito, is this the legendary Six Paths Mode? By the way, how do you go to the bathroom like this?"

Naruto stiffly changed the subject, ran over to Obito, and knocked on him twice. When he found that he was hard, a puzzled thought immediately came to him.

Go to the bathroom?

Heh.

Ever since Black Zetsu had possessed him when he was on the brink of death, he hadn't just stopped needing to use the bathroom. He didn't even need to drink water or eat food anymore.

He felt as if he had become a plant.

After becoming the second Sage of Six Paths, he felt as though he had ascended to godhood. In this state, he could naturally ignore the physiological needs required by ordinary mortals.

"Naruto, I've become the second Sage of Six Paths now. I no longer need that."

Obito explained patiently with a smile.

He still needed these people to help him