Relatives—blood relatives. For countless ordinary families, they were something easily obtained.
But in the Ninja World, any random ninja was someone without a family to lean on.
Obito and Yamato were typical examples, as was Ryobu.
Obito and Ryobu had it a little better. They were not completely alone; Uchiha Clan blood flowed through their veins, and they still had their own clan members.
Obito sighed. "If only grandmother hadn't died of illness back then!"
Obito's grandmother had been his only relative, and the most important person who had raised him since childhood.
Yamato was somewhat lonely. Before he was six, he remembered having had a family, but war had left only him behind.
There had once been an Iburi Clan member named Yukimi who had treated him as her younger brother.
Back then, Yamato had truly wanted to pretend to be Yukimi's younger brother. How badly he had wished to have relatives!
Ryobu patted Yamato on the shoulder. "Don't think about that nonsense. Not having parents is a good thing too. At least you don't have to consider so much when you do things!"
"Bullshit!"
Obito refused to listen to Ryobu's crooked logic.
"How dare you!"
Fish Ball always charged out at the most critical moments. Obito phased himself, leaving Fish Ball unable to hit him.
Ignoring Obito, Ryobu said to Yamato, "Yamato, when I was playing videos earlier, you were the one paying the closest attention. Looks like you're sexually repressed!"
Yamato blushed and stubbornly retorted, "General, don't slander me! I'm an excellent jonin who came out of Root and Anbu. I can't possibly be what you say I am!"
Ryobu went along with him. "Could it be that you were secretly watching my videos to gather intelligence?"
Yamato nodded stiffly. "That's right. As an excellent Anbu ninja,