Looking at the two optional missions, Shinji could not work out which offered the better reward.
That left him with only their trigger conditions to base his choice on.
"To kill or not to kill?"
Shinji looked at the unconscious Uchiha Sasuke and decided to spare him after all.
Mainly, killing Uchiha Sasuke would bring a whole heap of trouble later. It was not worth it.
So he chose the second optional mission.
"So why isn't this guy saying anything? Is he forcing me to pick the first one?"
Shinji waited a little and found it rather strange.
Then he thought it over and decided that was unlikely. He probably needed to do something to trigger the other party's dialogue.
"This feels a bit like playing a game..."
Shinji muttered as he circled the Uchiha Wraith, studying him.
Then his steps suddenly stopped!
A game?
Assuming this ghost was an NPC and I was the player, what would I have to do to trigger a conversation?
Shinji felt as though he understood. Without further hesitation, he reached out and touched the wraith.
The next moment, the Uchiha Wraith suddenly turned to look at him, a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan expanding endlessly in his vision.
When he came to his senses, he found himself still in the room, but the ghost was no longer before him. Even Sasuke had disappeared.
"What's going on?"
Shinji could not quite make sense of the situation.
"Could too much time have passed, and Sasuke woke up and ran off?"
"If that's the case, I need to get back as soon as possible."
His mind made up, Shinji headed outside without further hesitation.
The entire Uchiha compound was still silent, but many things seemed different. Shinji did not notice them at first.
Only when the smell