Obito, You Set Me Up

Although the official appointment letter has not yet been issued, the Military Police Force and the Uchiha Clan ninjas have already tacitly accepted that Obito is the captain of the Military Police Force.

Even the village's attitude was ambiguous, tacitly allowing Obito to issue orders within the Military Police Force.

After several years of changes, the current Vice Captain is someone Obito is very familiar with; he is their classmate from back then, Shiranui Genma.

"I never imagined I'd be working with you. I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky."

Shiranui Genma had already received a hint from the village that Obito would be the captain of the Military Police Force before the official appointment was made.

Therefore, he brought documents that required the captain's personal attention to visit early in the morning.

"No, it should be called misfortune, but for me, after all, what kind of Vice Captain brings so many documents on their first visit?!"

Obito stretched out his hand, trembling as he pointed to the document that was taller than a person.

No one had ever told him that being Military Police Force captain meant dealing with so many documents.

"Ah, this? These were all left behind by the previous captain. You know, Captain Fugaku isn't in good health, and I don't have the energy to deal with all this stuff. Haha, anyway, I have other things to do, so I'll be leaving now."

Shiranui Genma chuckled, dropped the documents, and tried to run away.

"Don't even think about running!"

Obito was not about to let the other party off so easily, so he activated Kamui to capture Shiranui Genma.

After a friendly negotiation between the two, Shiranui Genma finally raised his hand in compromise, expressing his willingness to take on half of Obito's workload.

Despite saying that, Shiranui Genma covered his left cheek and kept complaining in his mind.

Too yin.

That's really too sinister.

He could Obito one punch on Obito and miss every time, but that kid could take a chunk of flesh with every punch he landed!

Obito, who fought alongside him and even used the Mangekyō Sharingan, was scum!

"Oh, right, now that I'm the captain of the Military Police Force, personnel transfers and such are also within my jurisdiction, right?"

Obito turned his head away from Shiranui Genma's resentful gaze.

"Yes, Captain, what are your plans?"

Genma Senbon dangling from his Shiranui Genma, wondered what Obito was up to this time.

"Oh, really? Okay, go and send fifty skilled fighters to keep a close watch on Hatake Kakashi and Jiraiya. I strongly suspect they have a secret smuggling route!"

"Good, good, good, as expected of you, Obito."

After hearing this, Shiranui Genma showed an "I see" expression, exchanged a glance with Obito, and then began to arrange manpower.

"Hmph, Kakashi, don't blame me for being ruthless. I'm now part of the Military Police Force, and you're a criminal. It's only right for the police to catch criminals, so you can go with peace of mind."

Watching Shiranui Genma's departing figure, Obito revealed a sinister smile.

As for Jiraiya, that was just a matter of course.

At this moment, Kakashi, unaware that he was being Obito by Obito's mischievous friend, was in Konoha hospital room checking on Naruto's condition.

It's been about a month since Naruto was injured.

Whether it's the protagonist's halo or the effect of his Uzumaki Constitution, injuries that would kill an ordinary person on the spot show no effect on Naruto at all. Now he can move freely and goes to the hospital rooftop every day to practice his Ninjutsu.

However, what Kakashi cared about more than Naruto was Sasuke, who had not been harmed in this operation.

That child, unlike his usual carefree self, actually took the initiative to find me, hoping to learn my Ninjutsu.

Is it because of Naruto?

Kakashi looked at Sasuke, whose eyes were filled with determination, and began to speculate about the changes in the other man.

"Naruto..."

Hinata's soft, sweet voice rang out as she entered the hospital room, accompanied by Kurenai Yuhi, carrying a fruit basket.

"Ah, it's Hinata. Unfortunately, Naruto is undergoing a check-up and isn't in the ward right now."

Kakashi greeted Kurenai Yuhi, then explained the current situation to Hinata.

"Kakashi, teacher..."

Upon hearing that Naruto wasn't there, Hinata breathed a sigh of relief, but a look of disappointment appeared on her face.

"It's okay, Hinata. Our class doesn't have any tasks today anyway, so we can just wait here for a while."

Kurenai Yuhi smiled and patted Hinata's head to comfort her.

Is Naruto there?

Before Hinata reply, Sakura Haruno peeked into the ward, carrying a bouquet of flowers.

"Oh, it's Sasuke."

Behind Sakura, Ino spotted Sasuke and quickly pushed past Sakura to run towards him.

Looking at the suddenly lively room, Kakashi recalled the times he Kazashiro went to school together. He must have been just as happy back then.

Well, if we disregard Obito.

As Kakashi pondered this, his hand unconsciously slipped inside his clothes, preparing to peruse his treasured collection of books.

"There's no mistake, that's the complete collection of <The Story of the Snow Woman>!"

A sharp shout rang out in the ward, and several ninjas dressed in Military Police Force suddenly appeared from under the bed and on the roof, subduing Kakashi before he could react.

"Oh no, I was careless!"

Kakashi was astonished and immediately realized something was wrong, but his limbs were firmly restrained, making it impossible for him to destroy the evidence.

"Stop struggling, Hatake Kakashi. I, Dekai Hyuga, have already seen those little yellow books with self-destruct devices hidden on you. Prepare yourself!"

Dekai Hyuga slowly walked up to Kakashi, his face filled with righteous indignation.

"As expected, Obito was right, you are the most important link in that smuggling route."

"Obito?"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi immediately understood who was behind all of this.

"Obito, you've ruined my life!"

Amid Kakashi's unwilling struggle, he was taken away from the hospital by the Military Police Force.

Kurenai Yuhi covered her face and silently looked away.

Rin Nohara, who rushed over upon hearing the noise, gave an awkward smile after learning what had happened and went back to her work.

When Naruto returned, he saw Sasuke standing there, his face filled with existential doubt, muttering something to himself. Hinata and Sakura seemed to be arguing, ignoring each other.

Kurenai Yuhi sat on the chair by the bed, gazing out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Ino leaned against Sasuke, her face full of happiness.

"Uh, where's Kakashi-sensei?"

Naruto was a little confused, but unfortunately no one answered his question.