White Zetsu's Return to Work (Please Keep Reading)

The next day.

North of the Uchiha Chi clan grounds stood an old blue-stone house.

Creak—

The door opened.

Uchiha Chi stepped outside, looked up at the azure sky, and smiled contentedly.

"Today is another day full of hope."

[Name: Uchiha Chi]

[Age: 14]

[Chakra: 700 (+300) (Chunin standard: 1000)]

[Skills: Three Basic Jutsu, Body Immobilization Jutsu, Body Flicker Technique, Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Konoha Senpukyaku, Konoha Great Whirlwind]

[Traits: Uchiha Bloodline (One-Tomoe); Medical Ninjutsu Talent (Nohara Rin version); Fire Style Ninjutsu Talent (Uchiha Fugaku version)]

[Extra Damage Increase: 29%]

[Extra Defense: 21%]

[Point Count: 80]

After several days of making connections far and wide, Uchiha Chi's points had returned to 80.

Incidentally, every upgrade to a Kekkei Genkai increased at a multiplying rate. For example, the last upgrade required 50 points, while the next would require 100, and so on.

In other words, he only needed 20 more points to unlock the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

After realizing this, Uchiha Chi had gone to sleep at nine last night, all so he could head out early today and find suitable bonds.

"Then... who will today's bond be?"

Bang!

With the door shut behind him and his heart full of anticipation, Uchiha Chi left home.

Uchiha clan grounds.

White Zetsu Agan had arrived early in the morning.

He had only returned from Mountain Graveyard last night. Today was his first day back at work.

Since Uchiha Madara had ordered everything to continue as usual, then no matter how much he hated running into that Uchiha Chi, he still had to play the Old Lady.

After all, a rare resource like Obito's stubborn personality, so prone to extremes, was scarce even in the entire Ninja World. If he was not properly cultivated, Uchiha Madara would simply erase Agan.

But—

"Where's my cane...?"

Looking at his empty right hand, White Zetsu Agan, disguised as the Old Lady, tilted his head in confusion.

He could not remember where he had put the cane fashioned from his own rib.

After a while.

"Forget it..." Agan shook his head.

Surely no one would do something as bizarre as sticking a cane into the ground. Even if some weirdo had, they would never guess his identity.

White Zetsu Agan stopped dwelling on it and quietly waited in the deserted street.

Before long, a middle-aged man with unnaturally pale skin came around the corner and nodded at Agan, who was disguised as the Old Lady.

Agan understood immediately. As he passed by the middle-aged man, he let out a pained cry and fell straight to the ground.

A few seconds later, hurried footsteps sounded from behind him.

White Zetsu Agan pretended to struggle as he raised his head. The person approaching was his target—Uchiha Obito.

The moment Uchiha Obito saw Agan on the ground, he hurried over at a jog, his face filled with concern. "Old Lady, are you okay?!"

Hearing Obito's long-missed concern, Agan felt the joy of reunion even though he was not human.

Thank goodness. It was Obito.

Finally, not that fake, ramen-haired guy...

If he had tear glands, Agan felt he would already be crying.

Even a third-rate actor like him deserved some respect!

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I merely took a fall."

White Zetsu Agan smiled kindly and made as if to push himself up.

Seeing this, Uchiha Obito quickly reached out to help him.

White Zetsu Agan was even more touched.

Over the past week, Uchiha Chi had often helped him up too, but it was completely different from Obito!

Every time, that guy would squat off to the side and carefully observe whether Agan could get up by himself. He would even seriously ask whether Agan felt like he was about to faint.

Not only that, Uchiha Chi would make him promise that he had fallen by himself and would not accuse Chi of bumping into him after getting up!

Even when White Zetsu tried to stand on his own, he would be forcibly held down while Uchiha Chi solemnly informed him that he might have fractured bones and could not move around recklessly...

Why was an Uchiha who had never even left the village so vigilant?!

The more White Zetsu Agan recalled it, the more kind and lovable Obito seemed before him.

As he got up from the ground, he sincerely thanked him. "Thank you. You really are a good child."

"Hehe, it's just what I should do..."

Obito rubbed his nose awkwardly, bent down, and helped White Zetsu to his feet.

Just then.

A familiar voice suddenly rang out from behind them.

"Obito?"

Even without seeing the speaker's expression, the joy in his voice was obvious.

"Who—"

White Zetsu Agan had just started to turn around when a tremendous force struck his back. His body, which had only just regained its footing, instantly lost balance, and he slammed onto the ground.

Crack—

White Zetsu Agan's body convulsed violently.

Though he could not feel pain, he could clearly sense that two of his ribs had broken.

Beside him, Obito stared blankly at White Zetsu Agan on the ground, unable to understand why the other party had suddenly decided to perform a flat-ground fall for him.

Obito looked at Agan with a worried expression. "Old Lady, are you okay?"

"..."

But White Zetsu Agan had no mind to answer Obito's concern. He merely turned back with difficulty and looked at the culprit behind it all.

When that familiar ramen-like hairstyle entered his field of vision, White Zetsu Agan suddenly felt an inexplicable rage rise within him.

For the first time, he was glad he had no heart. Otherwise, his blood pressure might have exploded by now.

"Obito, good afternoon!"

Ignoring White Zetsu Agan on the ground, Uchiha Chi smiled brightly as he withdrew his extended left foot and nodded at Uchiha Obito.

[Detected confusion from Uchiha Obito.]

[Obtained 10 points. Damage Increase raised by 2%!]

[Detected anger from White Zetsu Agan!]

[Obtained 15 points. Damage Increase raised by 3%!]

As he watched the system messages flash past, the smile on Uchiha Chi's face could not have been more genuine.

Hearing the voice, Obito also shifted his gaze away from White Zetsu and looked ahead.

"Uchiha Chi...!"

Obito sucked in a shocked breath, then his eyes sharpened.

To think he had run into his number one romantic rival within the clan grounds...

"Don't think greeting me will change anything. I won't give Rin to you!" Obito said coldly.

Uchiha Chi froze slightly, not expecting that to be the first thing out of his mouth.

But he quickly got into character, lowered his gaze slightly, and gave a bitter smile. "How did you know? Did Rin tell you?"

"!!!"

Seeing Uchiha Chi's expression, Obito realized that what he had just said had exposed the fact that he knew Uchiha Chi had confessed to Rin.

How was he supposed to answer that?

Was he supposed to admit that he had been Peeping?

How could he...

In that flash of thought.

Uchiha Obito suddenly recalled what Uchiha Chi had just said.

"Did Rin tell you...?"

Got it!

Obito put his hands on his hips and said righteously,

"That's right! Rin already told me everything!"