How Could I Compare Myself to Mikoto?

"Clan Head Fugaku was so handsome when he was young," Lin murmured as she watched the man approaching them.

People outside the clan rarely got to see the Clan Head. Although Fugaku Uchiha had also served as the former head of the Security Force, he kept a low profile. Ordinary ninja found it difficult to meet him.

However, the ninja intelligence cards did contain his information and photos, though photos could not compare to seeing the real person.

Uchiha Obito merely curled his lip. He did not think Fugaku Uchiha was all that handsome. The man looked very much like Uchiha Itachi, especially the shape of his face. Fugaku's features were somewhat squarer, but Itachi's shadow could still be seen in his appearance.

What made Fugaku look rather good was the smile spread across his face. In all his years in the clan, Uchiha Obito had never seen his Clan Head smile like this.

In Obito's memories, Fugaku Uchiha had always been stern, wearing a straight face that seemed to draw coldness around him without even trying.

But looking at Fugaku Uchiha now, was this really his former Clan Head?

Obito was deeply suspicious. If Fugaku Uchiha took another two steps forward, he might pull out a Hokage hat and Hokage cloak. Obito even felt that Fugaku might not have been this happy even if he had become Hokage.

But he quickly understood why.

From the room Fugaku Uchiha had strode out of, crying grew increasingly loud. Uchiha Obito was not unfamiliar with that sound—or rather, no one could truly be unfamiliar with it.

"Right now, you're probably even happier than the Clan Head who just walked out."

As Uchiha Itachi spoke, Obito led Lin into the room from which the crying was coming.

His footsteps suddenly became swift. Large