"This kid looks a little unconvinced..."
Outside the Land of Water prison, Sakumo craned his head to peer through the tiny observation window at Obito, whose chakra had been sealed and who had been trussed up like a cocoon.
"Takahashi brother, isn't this Obito Uchiha our brother Shunji's nephew?"
Looking at Obito's face, Sakumo felt a surge of emotion. Hadn't he told Kakashi to stay away from Shunji and Yashiro?
How had he failed to give him that warning in this world...
Wasn't he afraid of catching their idiocy?
"Right, right. But Shunji in this world probably kicked the bucket early on. This kid Obito probably grew up with his grandmother."
Takahashi Yū watched Obito lying miserably in the middle of the cell and spoke with considerable interest.
Beside the two "peeping toms" stood Yugiri and Kisame, their expressions unchanged; Hozuki Mangetsu, whose blade Takahashi Yū had once destroyed on the spot, stood behind Kisame with some trepidation.
Takahashi Yū's feat of taking on Kirigakure single-handedly had left quite a psychological scar on the Ninja Blade prodigy.
"Have you figured out his dōjutsu?"
Watching Obito wriggle like a caterpillar across the cold prison floor, trying to bite the iron bars, Sakumo couldn't hold back for a moment. He wondered how Kakashi could have formed a bond with this thing.
Hearing Sakumo's question, Kisame answered with great respect:
"According to our earlier intelligence, Obito Uchiha was disabled, with only one eye, one arm, and one leg."
"But now, even with his chakra sealed, all his limbs remain intact, and he has both eyes. He can also control his facial muscles to change his face."
"During his final resistance, only one of his eyes was a Sharingan, and his taijutsu was far superior to what our intelligence indicated."
"So we concluded that