Obito did not go home.
Instead, he headed straight into the depths of the forest.
"One more hour of training, then I'll go back and sleep," Obito murmured.
He stood still as flames suddenly engulfed his hands.
"Huh. I suddenly feel kind of like Fire Fist Ace."
"...Wrong story, wrong story!"
In the darkness of the night,
after working through a set of punches, a ridiculous thought popped into his head.
If I wave my flaming hands around like this, I'll be the brightest kid out here tonight!
He suddenly launched a kick.
Flames wrapped around his foot as it slammed into a nearby tree.
"Take that! Now I'm a leg artist—Black Leg Sanji!"
The ability Obito was displaying had not come from a Devil Fruit.
It was the result of applying Lava Release to Taijutsu.
"But right now, I can barely coat my hands and feet with Lava Release."
"It works well enough for attacking, but it doesn't offer much defense."
Obito extinguished the flames on his hands and feet, then put his socks and shoes back on.
"Now, let's try that move!"
"Ox—Rabbit—Snake. Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Technique!"
Obito opened his mouth and spat out nearly ten molten rock spheres.
They were not particularly large.
But wreathed in terrifying heat, the spheres were devastating!
Obito looked at the little balls he had spat out and sighed helplessly.
"When the Four-Tails Jinchūriki uses the Scorching River Rock Technique, it's a river. Mine's a creek at best."
"Still, with these two Lava Release moves, an ordinary Jonin probably can't pose much of a threat to me now."
After practicing Lava Release a while longer,
Obito packed up and headed home.
Just as he reached his front door,
the system chimed and presented him with a choice.
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