Last night, Naruto had not immediately agreed to A-Juan's request to go to Konoha with Tobi. For one thing, as he had said, he needed to ask Tobi and Obito for their opinions.
But in truth, Naruto had a deeper concern.
Would Tobi's flippant personality cause trouble?
After all, they were going there to protect Hinata. There was no room for carelessness.
But A-Juan had her ways. She had gone to Konan and gotten the matter settled, leaving Naruto with little choice but to go along with it.
Tobi might be frivolous, but he could still be trusted on matters of right and wrong. Otherwise, Obito would never have considered him a confidant.
Early that morning, they gathered in a stream valley in the southern Land of Fire, only fifteen kilometers from Konoha and outside its surveillance.
Naruto and Obito were there to see A-Juan and Tobi off.
A-Juan and Tobi were Naruto's and Obito's respective confidants. Their trip to Konoha together would also mark the first unofficial collaboration since Naruto and Obito had reconciled, carrying far-reaching implications for their future relationship.
So both men took it very seriously.
"A-Juan, you're practically Naruto's daughter, which makes you my niece. Your uncle doesn't have much worth giving you, but I'd like you to have this Sharingan. I hope you won't turn your nose up at it..."
Obito's way of expressing sincerity was simple: he handed over an eye.
Inside his spacetime dimension, he had an entire wall of Sharingan collected on the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
"Heh-heh." A-Juan did not stand on ceremony. After accepting the eye, she moved to pluck out her own left eye.
Obito hastily said, "That's a right eye. Don't mix them up!"
Naruto asked curiously, "Would putting an eye in the wrong socket make