Nawaki's Gift

Nawaki looked at Kakashi's resolute expression and nodded. "Are you planning to sever all ties with Minato? With your personality, you definitely wouldn't make such a decisive choice because of what happened to you. Is it because of that Uchiha boy named Obito?"

"I've already heard about what happened between you. I'd thought he was merely an ordinary ninja with average talent, but it turns out he was an Uchiha without narrow-minded clan prejudices. Like Uchiha Kagami back then, he was a great ninja. What a pity!"

"Come to think of it, was this Sharingan a gift from him?"

Nawaki looked thoughtfully at the Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye, which he had been unable to close. "You should know what kind of trouble this eye will bring you, right?"

Kakashi touched his left eye. "The Uchiha clan?"

Nawaki nodded. "The Uchiha clan has always regarded the Sharingan as their exclusive possession. There has never been a case of one leaving the clan. You are the first outsider to successfully receive a transplant, so you will certainly draw their hostility!"

"More troublesome still, you don't possess the Uchiha clan's bloodline, so you can't control this eye. It will remain active and continuously consume your chakra, and there will also be rejection. If this continues, it will seriously hinder the growth of your strength. You should know that your chakra reserves are precisely your greatest weakness! With your talent, a Sharingan below the Mangekyo level is of little use to you. You could have become Kage-level through your own efforts alone. This eye does more harm than good. Transplanting an ordinary eye instead would be the correct choice."

Nawaki looked at Kakashi's silent expression and asked, "Even so, do you still want to keep this eye?"

"Yes, Sensei! This eye represents Obito's