Uchiha Shisui

The next morning, at the wooden dining table, Obito looked at a beautifully dressed Uchiha Izumi with a teasing grin. "Izumi, all dressed up so pretty—is there some handsome boy at school?"

Uchiha Izumi's face flushed red. She glared at Obito and puffed out her cheeks. "Mind your own business."

"So there really is one?"

"Tell me who it is, and I promise I won't beat him to death."

Obito's expression turned surprised as he teased her.

Uchiha Izumi's face turned beet red. Angry, she slammed her chopsticks onto the table and shouted, "I'm full! I'm going to school."

Watching Uchiha Izumi's retreating back as she hurried out, Obito turned to his aunt and uncle at the table and grumbled, "Kids these days are so precocious."

Uchiha Mokuen shook his head with a chuckle, setting down his bowl and chopsticks. "I don't know who it was that said they liked Rin when they first started school."

Uchiha Naomi also wore a smile, placing a few slices of meat into Obito's bowl as she asked gently, "How are things going with that little girl, Rin, lately?"

Obito felt a bit awkward. Looking at his aunt and uncle, who were watching him with amused smiles, he defended himself, "Rin and I are just companions. I see her as a little sister."

"Is that so?"

"Did you get rejected after confessing?"

Uchiha Mokuen wore the same teasing grin Obito had used earlier, looking him up and down.

"I can't be bothered to talk to you two."

"I'm going to see who exactly has caught my Izumi's eye."

"I'll break his legs if I have to."

Obito rolled his eyes, shoveled down a few quick bites of rice, and turned to walk out the door.

Uchiha Mokuen watched Obito's back with a smile, sighing, "That's youth for you."

Uchiha Naomi shot Uchiha Mokuen a look and complained, "You're a father, yet you don't care about your daughter at all. It's good that Obito is going to check."

"What's there to worry about?"

"Didn't we go through the same thing?"

Uchiha Mokuen stood up, stretched, and reached behind to pull Uchiha Naomi into his arms.

Uchiha Naomi leaned against Uchiha Mokuen, huffing coquettishly, "I was tricked by you back then."

"Is that so?"

Uchiha Mokuen suddenly swept Uchiha Naomi up into his arms, gazing at her beautiful face with burning intensity.

"What are you doing?"

Uchiha Naomi patted Uchiha Mokuen's chest, her earlobes turning red.

"What do you think?"

Not far from the Konoha Ninja Academy, Obito hid in a tree, observing the situation ahead.

He saw Uchiha Izumi at the academy gates, smiling as she greeted a young boy with black hair and black eyes. The two then walked into the school side by side.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

"Why is it this kid?"

Obito frowned, his expression one of disbelief.

As a casual fan of the Hokage series, Obito had certainly seen the famous Uchiha Itachi, but in his memory, Itachi didn't have a girlfriend. What was going on with him and Izumi?

"Could this kid be a heartbreaker?"

A dangerous glint flashed in Obito's eyes as he stared at Uchiha Itachi's back. The intensity made Itachi, who was chatting with Izumi, shiver inexplicably and look around in confusion.

"Can't be too rash. This kid is talented; he's worthy of Izumi."

"It's just that he grows up a bit twisted, with a warped worldview and philosophy."

"Considering he's still young, I'll give him a chance. I'll personally provide him with some 'education of love' to help him develop the fine character of loving his family and the Uchiha clan."

Just as he was lost in thought, someone tapped his shoulder. Obito was startled at first, then sighed helplessly. "Shisui, doing that again?"

Obito's surroundings were saturated with his spiritual energy; only those he deeply trusted could get behind him without him noticing, and Uchiha Shisui was the one who loved doing this most.

Obito turned around, looked at the smiling Uchiha Shisui, and punched him on the shoulder, happy. "When did you get back?"

Uchiha Shisui leaped from the tree, jumping toward the distance, and shouted, "Not a good place to catch up. See you at the usual spot."

In the southeast of Konoha Village, Obito and Uchiha Shisui stood above a waterfall, watching the turbulent water rush down from the heights and crash into the pool below.

"I just got back today and heard you were in trouble. How is it?"

Uchiha Shisui picked up a leaf from the ground and watched it drift down with the waterfall.

"Had a bit of a conflict with Danzo. It's fine now."

Obito picked up a stone from the ground, flicked his wrist, and sent it flying, striking the leaf mid-air.

Uchiha Shisui looked at the stone in mid-air, shook his head, and smiled: "You're still the same as always, too impatient in everything you do."

Obito simply found a bluestone to sit cross-legged on and said leisurely: "Better than you, just drifting with the tide."

Sitting down opposite Obito, Uchiha Shisui stared into his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to make your move?"

"You are always hesitating."

Obito frowned as he watched Uchiha Shisui, picked up a leaf from the ground and placed it by the water's edge, watching it swirl down the waterfall, and said in a deep voice: "Water has no constant shape; one must guide it according to the circumstances. I am not looking to destroy anything, but to bring about change."

"Besides, the time is right. War is about to break out. As long as Minato-sensei gains enough prestige during the war to be pushed into the position of Hokage, and I become the head of the Uchiha clan, our cooperation will be mutually beneficial. Both the Hidden Leaf Village and the Uchiha clan will only get better."

"Your hesitation between the Hidden Leaf Village and the Uchiha clan is completely meaningless."

Uchiha Shisui picked up a stone and knocked the fluttering leaf down, his voice low: "Things that are running normally will inevitably suffer bloodshed and sacrifice if suddenly broken by external forces. I don't want that."

"So you choose to drift with the tide?"

A cold smile played on the corner of Obito's mouth. He waved his hand to snatch the leaf into his palm and tore it to pieces bit by bit, declaring loudly: "The birth of something new is always accompanied by the demise of the old. This is the truth of heaven and earth."

"What is there to worry about regarding those old things blocking the path?"

"Uchiha Shisui, do you really lack even this much resolve?"

Uchiha Shisui lowered his head, remaining silent for a long time, before suddenly looking up with a wide smile, firm in his resolve: "Fine, I'm with you."

"Good brother."

Obito patted Uchiha Shisui's shoulder with a gratified smile, exhaling in his heart; it wasn't in vain that he had been influencing him for so long.

Not long after Obito had transmigrated, he and Uchiha Shisui had met by accident. Although they were the same age, one was a genius of the Uchiha clan and the other was the dead last of the academy; they shouldn't have had any intersection.

But Obito was not the original Obito after all; his mental age was actually decades older than Uchiha Shisui's. His extraordinary insight, wisdom, and the precocious Uchiha Shisui hit it off unexpectedly, and the two soon became close friends who talked about everything.

After getting to know him better, Uchiha Shisui discovered that Obito not only had extraordinary insight but was also far stronger than him. Obito had the intention to cultivate this regrettable Uchiha genius from the original story, and their relationship could be considered both teacher and friend.

Obito had once revealed his ideals to Uchiha Shisui, wanting to profoundly change this war-torn Ninja World, starting with reforming the Uchiha clan and the Hidden Leaf Village.

However, although Uchiha Shisui agreed with his ideals, he did not approve of his methods, believing that it would inevitably lead to much bloodshed and sacrifice, and the two had been arguing about it ever since.

Having finally persuaded Uchiha Shisui, Obito felt a weight lift from his heart and laughed happily: "Let's go find Clan Head Fugaku today."

Uchiha Shisui asked with some concern: "Will he agree to step down and let you serve as the Uchiha clan head?"

"That depends on you."

A mysterious smile hung on Obito's face as he asked: "How is your Meditation Technique coming along?"

Uchiha Shisui smiled proudly, his pitch-black pupils rapidly transforming into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"As expected of Uchiha Shisui."

Obito looked slightly surprised, his smile growing even wider.

"After he looks into your eyes, he will agree."