Just a Complete Clown

Obito Uchiha's laughter did not stop. Instead, it grew louder and louder.

He laughed so hard that he bent over, clutching his stomach with his intact hand, his whole body trembling as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"HAHAHAHA— I can't, this is too funny! Hahahahaha!"

To be fair, Obito Uchiha had been foolish before awakening his Sharingan, and after awakening it, his stupidity had become even purer. But that did not mean he was actually an idiot.

The reason for his reaction was that he had noticed the shift in Genkawa Uchiha's attitude.

Yes, after Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu spoke up to stop him, he understood what Genkawa Uchiha was thinking.

Perhaps this was the tacit understanding between enemies.

Meanwhile, Mitokado Homura's expression grew increasingly ugly.

He stood where he was, his lips pressed tightly together as the veins at his temples throbbed.

Utatane Koharu did not look any better. She narrowed her eyes at Obito Uchiha, her gaze cold as ice.

Being openly mocked by an enemy like this, the two of them, who had held high positions for years, were naturally furious.

Obito Uchiha finally stopped laughing. He straightened up and wiped at the corner of his eye with his remaining hand.

"Sorry, sorry. I really couldn't help myself."

He looked at Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, unable to hide the curve of his lips. "You just said Konoha would deal with me? Are you sure you can deal with me?"

Mitokado Homura ignored his mockery and instead turned to the surrounding ninja and Anbu, speaking in a deep voice.

"Obito Uchiha deserted Konoha, attacked the Jinchuriki, controlled the Nine-Tails to attack the village, and caused the deaths of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki, along with thousands of villagers. Such crimes are unforgivable!"

His voice echoed across the ruins, every word forceful and resolute.

"All Konoha ninja, heed my command! Arrest the rogue ninja Obito Uchiha immediately!"

Utatane Koharu immediately added, "This is a direct order from the village advisors. No one is to disobey!"

The target of those words was obvious. They were aimed directly at Genkawa Uchiha.

The ninja and Anbu exchanged glances. Though uneasy, an order was still an order.

They tightened their grips on their weapons and began closing in on Obito Uchiha.

The charges had already been set in stone.

Deserting the village.

The Nine-Tails Incident.

The death of the Fourth Hokage.

Before everyone's eyes, those crimes were firmly nailed onto Obito Uchiha. No matter who he had once been, no matter what hardships he had endured, from this moment onward, he was a sinner of Konoha.

Righteousness stood on the village's side.

Genkawa Uchiha watched the scene and gave a soft laugh.

The laugh was not loud, but everyone present heard it clearly.

"Fine. He's yours."

He shrugged, and the bright yellow chakra around him receded like a tide.

The bones, flesh, and veins of the Susanoo Armor all dissipated into the air as though they had never existed.

He took two steps back, then another two, then two more. Apparently satisfied with the distance, he nodded and stood to one side with his arms folded.

"I'm staying out of this. You handle it."

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu both secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

What they feared most was that Genkawa Uchiha would refuse to obey and continue fighting.

His Susanoo Armor was far too terrifying. If things truly escalated, everyone present might not be enough to handle him.

Now that he had voluntarily stepped aside, it could not have been better.

After all, Konoha had to be the one to capture a Konoha criminal.

And Wood Release had to remain in the village's hands.

Fugaku Uchiha's face darkened. His fists clenched and loosened, then loosened and clenched again, but in the end, he chose to remain where he was.

How could he not understand what the two advisors meant? But as the Clan Head of the Uchiha Clan, he could not make the wrong choice at a time like this.

The next moment, Mitokado Homura raised his hand and brought it down heavily.

"Move!"

Dozens of ninja and Anbu charged at Obito Uchiha at once.

Obito Uchiha stood in place, watching them rush toward him, and grinned.

His right eye began to spin.

Space twisted around him. His entire body seemed to be kneaded into a ball by an invisible hand, gradually turning into a swirling vortex from his feet upward.

His body was drawn bit by bit into the center of that vortex, accelerating as it rose from below.

The charging ninja all missed. Their kunai and shuriken passed through the distorted figure without striking anything.

Only Obito Uchiha's head and shoulders remained.

His final smile lingered in everyone's sight, and his voice emerged from the warped space, thick with mockery.

"This is Konoha. You keep talking about the village, about righteousness, but you know perfectly well what dirty things you do behind everyone's backs."

His gaze swept over Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

"Let the village deal with me? Do you two deserve that?"

The vortex slowly closed.

Obito Uchiha looked at Genkawa Uchiha.

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Genkawa Uchiha was looking at him as well, and the two silently met each other's eyes.

Genkawa Uchiha was smiling.

Obito Uchiha was smiling too.

Then Obito Uchiha disappeared.

The ninja and Anbu stood where they were, staring at one another.

Some looked around in every direction, while others leaped to higher ground to search, but they found nothing.

Obito Uchiha had vanished into thin air, leaving behind not even the slightest trace.

Mitokado Homura's expression turned extremely ugly.

He suddenly turned and looked at Genkawa Uchiha, who stood off to the side with his arms folded.

"Did you know all along that he could escape?"

Genkawa Uchiha raised an eyebrow but did not answer.

Utatane Koharu's voice sank even lower. "Why didn't you stop him? With your ability, you clearly could have—"

"Enough."

Genkawa Uchiha cut him off.

He lowered his arms and took two steps forward, staring straight at Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

"What did you just say? That I didn't stop him?"

His voice was not loud, but every word was crystal clear.

"You two jumped out just now and righteously insisted that the village handle him, telling me to stop. What, were you talking to the air?"

Mitokado Homura opened his mouth.

But Genkawa Uchiha did not give him the chance to speak.

"Now that he's escaped, you come running over to blame me? You shove the responsibility onto me, and somehow you two come out clean?"

He spat.

The saliva landed squarely on Mitokado Homura's shoe.

Mitokado Homura froze stiffly in place.

The surrounding ninja and Anbu were all stunned. The air seemed to have frozen.

"You..."

"What about me?"

Genkawa Uchiha's voice echoed across the ruins, filled with undisguised ridicule.

"You two were the ones who wouldn't let me make a move. You insisted on taking the credit for yourselves because you wanted Wood Release in your hands. Now that he's escaped, you want me to take the blame?"

He spread his hands and looked left and right at the ninja.

"You tell me, isn't this just clown behavior?"

Spit still clung to Mitokado Homura's shoe. He trembled with rage, his lips quivering without a single word coming out.

Utatane Koharu stood beside him, her face livid, equally unable to say anything.

"I..."

"What about you?"

Genkawa Uchiha completely ignored the occasion, sneering again and again.

"Nice plan you had there. Now that you've screwed it up, you look like idiots, don't you?"

The ninja all lowered their heads.

Some pretended not to hear and looked elsewhere.

Some stared at their toes as though there were something worth studying there.

Others quietly took half a step back, seemingly wanting to get farther away from this troublesome place.

An indescribable sense of shame spread through the crowd.

They had all heard it.

They had all seen it.

And they all understood that Genkawa Uchiha was telling the truth.

Any normal person could understand the two advisors' thinking. They could even understand why they had acted that way. In their position, they might have done the same.

But trying to shift the blame onto someone else afterward, and doing it in front of everyone, was simply too embarrassing.

Genkawa Uchiha paid no attention to their expressions. Instead, he walked over to Fugaku Uchiha, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed with a deeply sentimental look.

"Fugaku, your little brother used to be too stubborn, too extreme in how I viewed things. I didn't understand your difficulties. Let me apologize."

As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed. "As Clan Head, you have to deal with this sort of trash every day. If it were me, I'd break down too. Only now do I see that you haven't had it easy either."

The words were both mocking and sarcastic, dripping with so much passive-aggressive venom that Fugaku Uchiha's face twitched.

If the atmosphere had not been so inappropriate, he might have actually laughed.

Perhaps Utatane Koharu had been angered into confusion, because she shrieked, "Genkawa Uchiha, don't forget who you are! I now have reason to suspect that you deliberately let him escape."

Thump!

Fugaku Uchiha had felt a little pleased after hearing Genkawa Uchiha's words, but the moment he heard Utatane Koharu, his heart skipped a beat. This is bad.

At the side, Mitokado Homura's expression changed as well, and he instinctively moved to stop Utatane Koharu.

But it was too late.

Genkawa Uchiha's smile vanished, leaving his face expressionless. He stepped toward Utatane Koharu and stared directly into her eyes.

"Done pretending? Fine. You'd better be able to take responsibility for what you just said."

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