One night, Hiruzen Sarutobi stretched and finally brought himself to leave the Hokage's Office.
Not long after Hiruzen Sarutobi left, a furtive figure arrived at a corner behind the Hokage Building.
The masked figure then took out a bamboo pole, propped it against the wall of the Hokage Building, and began climbing.
The two Anbu secretly on night duty watched the masked figure's actions, momentarily speechless.
"Is that brat trying to climb up to the second floor?"
A younger Anbu pointed at the figure struggling to climb, thoroughly puzzled.
The other Anbu nodded.
"Probably. I really can't think of any other reason he'd do that."
"Then when do we arrest him?"
"No hurry. Let's see what this Obito Uchiha wants to do first."
"You know him?"
The older Anbu chuckled.
"There are only a handful of Uchiha at the Ninja Academy. It'd be strange not to know him.
"But from the looks of it, the rumors are true."
"What rumors?"
"That one there, Obito Uchiha, is moderately mentally disabled. Lord Hokage's personal assessment."
Obito Uchiha was only a little over six at the time, and he was very weak.
The only way he could think of to steal the Scroll of Seals was to climb up to the second floor.
But he couldn't control chakra to walk on walls, so he could only climb up a bamboo pole.
After he struggled up to the second floor of the Hokage Building, he found that the window was shut.
The latch was on the inside.
Obito took out a screwdriver and pried at it for ages, but couldn't get it open.
Obito had started sweating, and the longer the window refused to budge, the more anxious he became.
Then the screwdriver slipped from his hand. Obito cursed and jumped down to retrieve