Uchiha Mumei's Information, Haori's Decision!

"So it really was you, old man, who saved me. Thank you."

In the dim underground chamber, after some communication with Uchiha Madara, Obito finally managed to understand the situation.

Obito had originally thought he was a goner, but he never expected to still be alive, which caused his heart to stir with excitement.

As long as he was alive, he could be with Rin and Kakashi once again!

To him, being with those two was the most important thing in the world.

Although this old man spoke in a strange way, Obito's heart was still filled with gratitude.

"It is too early to be thanking me now."

However, upon hearing these words, Madara gently shook his head, looking at Obito calmly as he spoke.

"There is no need to rush; you will repay me in the future."

"Uh, in the future?"

Obito froze for a moment, then asked with a sudden hint of worry.

"Don't tell me, old man, you intend for me to stay here as a servant to take care of you?"

"That could work, too."

Madara nodded calmly, wanting to see how Obito would react.

"No way, I can't stay here forever!"

Obito felt a bit discouraged upon hearing this, but he spoke up nonetheless.

"Konoha is still at war, and my comrades are still waiting for me.

I finally awakened my Sharingan with such difficulty; this time, I can finally protect my comrades better!"

"Protect your comrades better?"

Madara shook his head slightly and let out a low sigh.

"With your current body, I am afraid you can no longer be a ninja.

Besides, what makes you think your comrades need your protection?"

"What?"

Faced with Madara's questioning, the look on Obito's face was clearly one of defiance.

"How can that be? I will definitely be able to recover.

I awakened my Sharingan with such difficulty; I believe I can pull off even better team-ups with Kakashi!"

"Face reality; things that do not go as planned are everywhere in this world."

But Madara remained calm, seemingly carrying a hint of disdain for Obito's rhetoric.

"The longer I live, the more I feel that reality is filled only with misery, pain, loneliness, and betrayal."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Obito was becoming irritated by Madara's rambling; he really didn't understand what this old man, who seemed like a lunatic, was getting at.

"What I want to say is very simple."

Madara didn't care about Obito's mood, his voice remaining low and steady.

"Everything in this world is the same: where there is light, there must be darkness; as long as there are winners, there must be losers.

Likewise, where there is love, there will be hate; where there is trust, there will be betrayal.

It is precisely because of your severe injuries that someone else was saved, but will your sacrifice truly yield any rewards?

Will the people you saved truly remember you in their hearts?"

"You..."

Obito was silenced by Madara's question, and for a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

But Obito soon let out a huff, staring at Madara as he shouted loudly.

"I don't care what you're trying to say; no matter what, I am leaving this place!

I am very grateful that you saved me, and if the war ends, I will come back."

"That is a long way off; we shall discuss it later."

Madara cut Obito off and slowly turned to walk toward the side.

"If you want to leave, then suit yourself, but I hope you remember this:

You and I are both people who have been betrayed, and we are also both people who have been forgotten."

"I really didn't expect the Uzumaki clan to have been so glorious in the past."

As the sun set, Kakashi and Haori left Kushina's home together.

Kakashi was still feeling quite emotional along the way; perhaps because he was still young, he didn't know much about the history of the Uzumaki clan.

He had only seen a few mentions in textbooks, and had learned a bit more from his father when he was young, as well as from his teacher later on.

However, today, he could consider himself to have learned quite a bit about the Uzumaki Clan alongside Haori.

"Yeah, the Uzumaki Clan was indeed glorious once, though their ending is quite a pity."

Haori nodded. Although he spoke of pity, he was inwardly thrilled!

During this visit to the home of Uzumaki Kushina, they ultimately did not delve too deeply into the subject of sealing techniques.

Because once Kushina gave her consent, Haori began to earnestly flip through the historical scrolls of the Uzumaki Clan.

He read in great detail and with deep focus, a behavior that piqued the interest of Kakashi.

While Kushina found it somewhat strange that an Uchiha like Haori would be interested in her family's history.

After all, the Uchiha and the Uzumaki had not been on good terms historically, and the two sides had certainly clashed many times.

But as she had said, it wasn't a bad thing for someone to be willing to remember the history of the Uzumaki, even if they were once enemies.

Thus, an entire afternoon passed, and in that seemingly casual browsing, Haori found the information he had been looking for!

"Although it was over a hundred years ago and the records are very vague, the content is quite interesting."

In the records, the Senju Clan led people from other clans to find the Uzumaki Clan, and eventually, they set out together.

The records did not state who their target was, nor did they explicitly mention the casualties, but one sentence at the end caught Haori's attention.

"The Qiuyue Valley operation was a success, and it dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Uchiha Clan."

Judging by the timeline, this was quite close to the records in the Uchiha Clan's own archives, and there was also an interesting piece of corroborating evidence.

"Before this, neither the Senju nor the Uzumaki had any significant military achievements against the Uchiha, but this is how it is written here."

It was hard for Haori not to let his imagination run wild!

"Yeah, it's a real pity, no wonder Kushina-sensei said that."

Just as Haori was deep in thought, Kakashi sighed, then asked with some curiosity.

"Haori, do you really like reading history?"

"I suppose I do."

Haori shrugged. As a transmigrator, history was a subject he had been required to study in his past life.

"Understanding history allows us to know the development and changes of the world, and thus understand why we have arrived at where we are today.

Take the Uzumaki Clan for example; through history, we know of their past glory and how they have fallen into decline today.

This also allows us to learn from historical experiences and constantly improve ourselves.

Of course, it also allows us to commemorate those people or events that have vanished into the long river of history, doesn't it?"

Haori's words were similar to what almost everyone had heard when he studied history in his previous life.

But for Kakashi, these words were somewhat thought-provoking, especially the last sentence, which left him in silence.

Perhaps he was thinking of his father, or perhaps he was thinking of Obito.

Haori's gaze flickered as well; it seemed that in the history he studied in his past life, the fate of the 'remnants of the previous dynasty' was never good.

And since he was going to be a rebel against his own clan, why not do it more thoroughly?

Uchiha Satsu and those who formed the hawk faction with him clearly wouldn't listen to Haori; they would be more likely to try and control him.

Moreover, the influence they could exert was simply too great, a point that made one worry.

Why did the Americans across the ocean in his past life take out the man who shouted "I have a dream"? The reason was simple.

Because if his appeal could make those black men wear suits and protest peacefully, what if his appeal made those black men pick up guns?

"It seems that understanding history well is indeed a very important thing."

Kakashi suddenly took a deep breath, then spoke earnestly.

"Haori, I think I understand."

"Yeah, I think I understand too."

Haori nodded gently, his gaze becoming exceptionally firm at this moment.

Although doing this was quite extreme, it was the best choice for a rebel like him.

And just then, his system displayed a new message.

[New side quest acquired]

Finally finished the setup, time to start moving, and time to go poach some people.

As a newbie, I humbly beg for your continued reading. The current read-through rate determines everything for a book; it's easy for a book to die if it's just being "nurtured" in the library.

Thank you all, big bosses. Onz