He had hidden his identity and come to this village, certainly not to enjoy himself. Yet for some reason, the moment he saw this izakaya, he found himself walking in as if possessed.
Zetsu regarded Uchiha Shingen as a useful pawn and refused to give up on him, but in his heart, Obito considered him a bastard.
But that bastard was genuinely strong.
Uchiha Obito wanted to uncover the other man's secret, and in all his observations, Uchiha Shingen's daily life and training routine had never been separate from one place—the izakaya.
He had heard that bullshit about three tomoe being hidden in tea more times than he could count.
So he went inside.
He kept a deadpan expression the entire time.
In the end, when he came out of the shop, he had felt nothing at all.
That bastard never explained himself properly. Obito had spent half the day drinking and still hadn't tasted anything special.
Could the Hidden Leaf Village's liquor recipe be different somehow?
Or perhaps... Uchiha Shingen was actually taking drugs!?
Uchiha Obito thought it was the latter. Ninja who used drugs were not uncommon. Though such cases were rare among the Uchiha Clan, they had existed before.
Those ninja would make all sorts of rapid progress in the early stages, but their bodies would eventually develop problems because of it.
Uchiha Obito was sure that bastard had taken drugs.
[Hmph! He made it sound so mysterious, but it was nothing special!]
Feeling much better, he prepared to leave.
"Sir, don't go!"
A dancer ran out and grabbed Uchiha Obito, her pretty face flushed with springtime desire.
Uchiha Obito nearly flung her away, but he restrained himself. He could not expose himself. His current identity was that of a merchant from another country, with a layer