When Uchiha Obito woke up, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
"Where am I...?"
"You're awake?"
A clear, mellow voice interrupted his thoughts.
Uchiha Obito turned toward the voice and saw a delicate-looking Youth with messy hair, smiling brightly at him.
"Uchiha Chi, why are you here?"
Uchiha Chi's voice carried a hint of helplessness. "I should be asking why you're here."
"How did I... get here?" Uchiha Obito's gaze froze slightly.
Scenes flashed back before his eyes, and his expression changed drastically.
He remembered. He remembered everything!
He had come to Uchiha Chi's place tonight to ask him something.
But while he was still wondering what to say after knocking on the door, a Three-Tomoe Sharingan suddenly appeared from the corner!
That guy... charged at him aggressively while sternly warning him not to run, looking like he was about to arrest him and drag him away. Who wouldn't panic in that situation!?
Uchiha Obito turned and ran!
...Only to be caught less than a few seconds later.
That person even told him not to move.
If he stayed still, who knew where he would be taken? How could he not move?
He struggled nonstop!
Then that guy just went straight for the hard stuff, bam, bam, bam, hammering him in the face!
Then he was beaten unconscious.
It seemed like he had dreamed about that guy again, too...
"Uchiha Chi," Uchiha Obito suddenly said.
"What is it?" The smile on Uchiha Chi's face remained calm and warm.
In his eyes, Uchiha Obito's entire body was trembling. He looked terrified beyond measure.
Old Eight had been way too brutal. He'd practically beaten the guy into trauma...
He looked at Obito, about to explain things on Uchiha Yashiro's behalf, but the other boy spoke first.
"There's an extremely dangerous guy near your house!" Obito said, his expression more serious than ever.
"...?"
Uchiha Chi was slightly stunned. Obito didn't know Uchiha Yashiro had come out from his front door?
Then he recalled that the lighting had indeed been rather dim at the time.
In other words, Obito hadn't seen where Yashiro had emerged from and had mistaken him for some dangerous person lurking nearby...
Meanwhile.
Perhaps because Uchiha Chi had stayed silent too long, Obito thought he didn't believe him and hurriedly pointed at his face. "Do you see the injuries on my face?"
Looking at Obito's face, swollen like a pig's head.
Uchiha Chi forcefully suppressed the corners of his mouth and asked with concern, "How did you get those injuries?"
"That guy did it!" Uchiha Obito clenched Both Hands into fists and muttered in a low voice, "Why do I have such terrible luck? I clearly didn't do anything. This is completely unearned disaster!"
Uchiha Chi deeply agreed. "You really are unlucky..."
"But..."
Since Obito didn't know anything, he might as well fool him a little more.
"But I didn't see anyone dangerous."
As he said this, Uchiha Chi furrowed his brow and put on a puzzled expression.
"I was already asleep when a scream startled me awake. By the time I came to my senses, got up, and opened the door, I saw you lying in the middle of the road."
Obito was also somewhat confused. "You didn't see anyone?"
"No." Uchiha Chi thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I only heard hurried footsteps at the time... Huh?"
His eyes widened as though he had remembered something, and he raised one finger. "I remember now!"
Obito hurriedly asked, "What do you remember?"
"I saw, far away in the distance, a clansman in a green vest chasing another person!"
"Could it be..." Obito plopped back down and muttered, "That clansman saved me?"
"Pfft." Uchiha Chi failed to hold back his laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Obito looked over at him strangely.
"I'm not laughing. I just choked by accident." Uchiha Chi lifted the empty cup beside him. "Go on."
"Oh." Uchiha Obito nodded and continued imagining the scenario. "Given my condition at the time, I had already lost consciousness and was completely helpless.
"Without question, that dangerous guy was planning to take me away. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked me. But why did I end up safe and sound?"
He looked at Uchiha Chi with blazing eyes.
Uchiha Chi raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
Uchiha Obito continued brainstorming. "There's only one possibility: someone stopped him. According to what you said, a passing clansman must have seen it, then stepped in and saved me..."
Obito paced back and forth through the living room, his expression growing more and more excited.
"You said he was wearing green," Obito suddenly stopped and looked at Uchiha Chi. "Isn't that the Security Force uniform?"
Uchiha Chi blinked and said hesitantly, "It does seem like it..."
Smack!
"Now it all makes sense!"
Uchiha Obito slapped his left fist into his right palm. "He wasn't just passing by. He was a Security Force member, patrolling this area on duty. He saw me being taken away and decided to help... He's my benefactor!"
Clap, clap, clap...
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
Uchiha Chi stood up and applauded, a sincere smile on his face. "Obito, your deduction is truly incredible. I never expected your thinking to be so meticulous and rigorous. You found the truth so easily."
Even I couldn't have imagined things would turn out this way.
Is this Uchiha Obito's world-shocking wisdom!?
Uchiha Chi gave him an emphatic thumbs-up. "I admire you!"
Looking at Uchiha Chi, who kept praising him.
"It wasn't that amazing..."
Obito scratched his head a little sheepishly, then his expression became serious again. "That benefactor saved my life, yet never came back to ask for repayment... I must repay him someday!"
Obito repaying a favor?
That was the funniest punchline of the night.
"Good!" Uchiha Chi's face was nearly frozen from smiling, and his hands were almost red from clapping. "I support you!"
"I saw his profile. If I get the chance in the future, I'll definitely be able to help you recognize him!"
"Good!" A smile appeared on Obito's face when he heard Uchiha Chi's words.
As long as Uchiha Chi had seen his benefactor's profile, he would find his benefactor sooner or later!
But as they kept talking, he remembered that terrifying Three-Tomoe Sharingan who had knocked him out without distinguishing right from wrong, and his face became filled with worry.
"Sigh, I wonder if that guy will come looking for me..."
"Don't worry, Obito." Uchiha Chi assured him, "That guy definitely won't appear again."
"Why?" Obito asked.
Because he's already become your benefactor.
"Because the Security Force discovered him." Uchiha Chi smiled. "Although we don't know what exactly he was trying to do, since he was spotted by a Security Force patrol, it will naturally be reported to their superiors and patrols will be strengthened.
"As long as that guy has a brain, he definitely won't show up again. At least for the next few months, we won't need to worry about our safety."
Obito felt that made a lot of sense and relaxed slightly. "That's good..."
"Then that problem is settled." Uchiha Chi nodded. "But I have another question."
He looked at Uchiha Obito in confusion. "Obito, the squads are being assembled tomorrow. Why aren't you resting properly at home? What did you come to see me for?"
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