Uchiha Obito's Visit: Falling into Darkness or Rising from the Ashes?
Springtime warmth, Konoha, the Uchiha Clan's stronghold.
The Fugaku.
"Creak~" The door opened, Uchiha Mikoto smiled at the Sun-Earring Boy in front of her, "Oh, it's Obito. Come in quickly."
"Hello, Aunt Mikoto." Uchiha Obito sunglasses and a blue sports jacket, awkwardly handed over a box of snacks. "I bought these on the way here for my younger brothers."
"Thank you, child, that's so kind of you." Mikoto gently Obito's forehead, fetched a pair of slippers from the entryway, and busied herself putting them on for him. Then she arranged for him to sit on the futon next to the tatami mat, poured him a cup of hot tea, and told him to wait a moment while she went to call Jin.
Obito held a cup of warm tea and watched her busy herself, as if he were watching his teacher's wife, Uzumaki Clan Kushina. Although Kushina often lectured him, he couldn't seem to get angry at her. Obito didn't know why before, but after meeting Rin, his arch-rival Kakashi, and teaming up with their teacher Namikaze Minato to study... Obito gradually understood. It was something he had always lacked in his heart, something he had never had since childhood... a home.
He was an orphan, a war orphan, raised on village pensions and his parents' inheritance. Like countless other orphans in Konoha, he had never experienced what it felt like to have parents and a home. Until his daily interactions with Rin sparked a crazy idea in him—to pursue Rin, to build a family with her, just like...
The teacher and his wife, the head of the Fugaku and Aunt Mikoto, for this reason...
Obito felt his primary task was to... defeat his love rival Kakashi, impress Rin, and at the very least, make her treat him as an equal to Kakashi...
Unfortunately, Kakashi was too strong. Obito looked down at the teacup in his hand. He had just trained with his teacher yesterday, and Kakashi had once again beaten him up so badly that his head was Pig-Head and hadn't gone down yet.
If he continued to lag behind like this, Obito felt he would only drift further and further away from Rin, so...
After witnessing Roy's ability to help his clansmen awaken their Sharingan at the last clan gathering at the Nanga Shrine, Obito's dormant heart began to stir like wildly growing grass, and so he came with gifts.
The Sun-Earring Boy lowered his head and took a sip of tea, his gaze absentmindedly fixed on the sliding door through which Uchiha Mikoto had just entered.
It was midday, the sun was shining brightly, and several shadows could be vaguely seen through the paper-framed doors and windows.
One of them lay sprawled in the arms of the other, a smaller figure, stretched lazily, and said casually, "Who is it?"
A faint, childish voice could be heard replying, "Nii-san, it's Obito."
Then came Uchiha Mikoto's gentle urging voice. "Jin, get up quickly, don't keep Obito waiting."
"Oh~" The sliding door creaked open, revealing a languid and handsome face, three parts resembling Fugaku's seriousness and unsmiling nature, seven parts resembling Mikoto, with delicate yet gentle skin. One glance was enough to reveal...
His composure exuded a unique aura, a power that belonged solely to him... the aura of Uchiha Jin.
"Young Clan Head." Obito stood up abruptly and bowed respectfully to him.
"This isn't a shrine, and there's no Young Clan Head here," Roy smiled and gestured for Obito to sit down. "Obito, just call me King."
"This won't do!"
"Why not?"
Mikoto brought over three more cups of tea, and while she was at it, she opened the sweets Obito had bought and placed them on the tatami mat, saying softly, "Jin, Itachi, try the sweets your Obito bought, from the Sanshokuya."
It seems like we just ate it yesterday. It was brought back by my father when he came back from work... He seemed to still be asleep in the inner bedroom. Itachi moved a futon and sat down next to Roy. As soon as he opened his mouth, Roy reached out and grabbed a snack and stuffed it into his mouth.
The Sun-Earring Boy looked Obito with a smile and said, "Father is still sleeping. Is there something you need me to tell you, Obito?"
The Third Shinobi World War has begun, and the front lines are under immense pressure. Kumogakure has dispatched the AB Duo to wreak havoc on the battlefield. As the original story unfolds, with the Third Shinobi World War intensifying, Namikaze Minato will return to the battlefield once again. It is at that time that he will fight against the AB Duo, and his "Flying Raijin Technique" will earn him the name "Yellow Flash." This will lay a solid foundation for him to attract enough popularity and successfully become the Fourth Hokage.
"Actually, I came to find you." Obito rubbed his hands together, mustered his courage, and looked at Roy, saying, "Jin, please help me open my eyes!"
Obito sat back down, Obito head on the ground. He seemed to have made up his mind before coming. With a clean and decisive dogeza, he solemnly bowed to Roy.
Itachi, chewing on a snack, paused slightly, glancing at Obito and then at Roy beside him. As astute as he was, although he didn't know what had happened at the gathering, the respectful looks the clan members had given their Nii-san over the past few days... Itachi had already guessed that his Nii-san must have done something extraordinary at the gathering. Coupled with Obito's deep bow and Request to open his Sharingan, Itachi pondered... when Mikoto beckoned him away...
"Itachi, come with me to prepare breakfast," Mikoto casually suggested, leading Itachi into the kitchen, leaving Roy and Obito.
At this moment, a teru teru Teru Teru Bozu -shaped ornament) hanging from a corner of the eaves swayed gently in the wind.
A brief silence fell over the living room.
Obito head in the ground, still covered in dirt, and waited anxiously for the answer.
Roy sat cross-legged opposite him, quietly watching him. His mind raced as he heard a notification on the panel: "[Detection: ' Potential Believer ' Uchiha Obito possesses 'Great Karma,' and the ' Power of Faith ' he can provide to the host surpasses that of Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui...]"
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Roy knew perfectly well that the innocent, kind-hearted Sun-Earring Boy opposite him, who embodied all goodness, was also the tragic figure who later turned evil and became a central figure in the entire Shippuden series.
As the saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind..." If Black Zetsu is the oriole and Madara is the mantis, then... Obito is the "cicada" that Madara has manipulated.
Black Zetsu rescued his mother; he was an extraterrestrial. Who could have imagined that the Mother of Chakra, who planted the God Tree and created the entire ninja world, would be an alien?
A strange sense of absurdity crept into his heart, yet this absurdity was strangely logical... Roy stared at Obito for a long time...
The sight made him so restless that he lay sprawled on the ground, cold sweat pouring down his back... Since the Sun-Earring Boy had gained consciousness, he had never experienced such torment, to the point that... each second felt like an eternity.
A Youyou breeze swirled into the living room, causing ripples to spread across the teacup.
The hot tea had cooled down, the steam had dissipated, and finally, a gentle voice echoed, drifting into Obito's ears, causing him to let out a soft breath and his expression to relax slightly...
"Obito, before we begin, may I ask you a question?"
Obito wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, looked up, and forced a smile, saying, "Please speak."
"If Nohara Rin dies,"
What will you do?