But if he thought about it, Kakashi had officially graduated by now, which meant one of the pivotal figures in the story of the Hokage should be appearing soon, right? Li took a deep breath. Uchiha Obito, a fellow member of the branch family.
That guy had been used by others, but he absolutely could not be absolved of responsibility for the way the entire Shinobi World had turned out. Even if, on the surface, he did not seem particularly strong and his talent appeared rather poor.
But that did not mean Obito was truly worthless. According to the Uchiha clan's long-standing pattern, there seemed to be a rule regarding the Mangekyō Sharingan users who appeared in the original work: only twins could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the older brother was inevitably the genius while the younger brother was the less talented one.
Even so, that could not be considered a final conclusion. Sasuke was an exception, after all. He could be said to be the only younger brother whose future achievements surpassed those of his older brother, as well as the only one to inherit both eyes from his brother.
Obito had no relatives in the original work. In fact, Li had not noticed any siblings of Obito's within the clan either. If that deduction was correct, then the conclusion that only brothers could awaken the Mangekyō was mistaken. Li rubbed his chin, then followed the crowd leaving the meeting and went straight to Uchiha Ling.
"Miss Ling," Li called from afar.
"Hmph, didn't I tell you to just call me Ling? What is it?" Uchiha Ling looked Li up and down. "Is there something wrong? Don't tell me you want to go out and play today, so you don't want to walk me home?"
Li hurriedly shook