The spring days are warm,
Konoha, Uchiha clan's residence.
Fugaku's home.
"Creak~" The door opens,
Uchiha Mikoto looks at the young boy in front of her with a smile: "It's you, Obito, come in quickly."
"Hello, Aunt Mikoto." Uchiha Obito, wearing sunglasses and a blue sports jacket he always wore, shyly hands over a box of snacks, "Bought them on the way, for the younger brothers."
"Thank you, child, that's very thoughtful of you." Mikoto gently touches Obito's forehead, helps him with a pair of slippers from the entrance, busily helps him put them on, then arranges a cushion for him next to the tatami, pours him a cup of hot tea by hand and tells him to wait a moment, she goes to call out Jin.
Obito holds the warm tea and watches her busy, just like watching his teacher's wife, Uzumaki Kushina. Although he often gets reprimanded by her, he never really minds,
In the past, Obito didn't understand why, but after meeting Rin and his rival Kakashi, teaming up under their teacher Minato Namikaze... Obito gradually understood what he had been lacking in his heart, and had never had since childhood... family.
He was an orphan, a war orphan, growing up on the village's pension and his parents' inheritance, yet like many orphans in Konoha, he never experienced what it was like to have parents and a family, until his time spent with Rin sparked a crazy idea in him — to pursue Rin, and form a family with her, just like...
The teacher and his wife, clan leader Fugaku and Aunt Mikoto,
For this....
Obito felt his primary task was to.... defeat his rival Kakashi, make Rin see him differently, at least, be treated equally with Kakashi...
Unfortunately, Kakashi was too strong. Obito looks down at the teacup in his hand, having just been beaten up by Kakashi during training with their teacher yesterday, his face still not fully recovered from the swelling.
If he continues to lag behind like this, Obito feels he will only be further distanced from Rin, so...
Having witnessed Roy helping clan members awaken their Sharingan at the last clan meeting at the Naka Shrine, Obito's once dormant heart started to stir wildly, prompting him to bring gifts.
The young boy sips the tea absentmindedly, looking towards the sliding door, from which Uchiha Mikoto had entered just now.
It was midday, the sun was bright, and through the paper-paneled doors and windows, shadows were vaguely visible.
One shadow reclined lazily in another's slender embrace, stretching arms, and said languidly: "Who's that."
A young voice faintly replied: "Nissan, it's brother Obito."
Followed by Uchiha Mikoto's gentle urging voice: "Jin, get up quickly, don't keep Obito waiting."
"Oh~" The sliding door creaked open, revealing a lazy yet handsome face, with three parts of Fugaku's seriousness, and severity, seven parts of Mikoto's tenderness; just one glance, and...
A unique aura of authority that belongs solely to him... Uchiha Jin's aura....
"Young master." Obito stood up abruptly, bowing respectfully.
"This isn't the shrine, and there's no young master here," Roy smiled, gesturing to Obito to sit: "Brother Obito, just call me Jin."
"How could I possibly?"
"Why not?"
Mikoto brought over three cups of tea again, opened the snacks Obito bought, and placed them on the tatami, gently saying: "Jin, Itachi, try the snacks your brother Obito bought, they're from Sansei."
It seemed to be eaten only yesterday, brought back by father after his work; it appears he is still asleep in the inner room, Itachi moved a cushion and sat next to Roy, as soon as he opened his mouth, Roy grabbed a snack and stuffed it into his mouth.
The young boy smiled at Obito while chewing: "Father is still sleeping, do you need me to pass a message for you, brother Obito?"
The Third Shinobi World War has begun, the frontline is intense, with the Hidden Cloud's AB duo rampaging through the battlefield; according to the original story, as the war further intensifies, Minato Namikaze will return to the battlefield, and during the fight against the AB duo, his "Flying Thunder God Technique" earned him the name "Yellow Flash", laying a solid foundation for his successful election as the Fourth Hokage due to the popularity it brought.
"Actually, I came here to see you." Obito rubbed his hands, mustering up his courage to look at Roy: "Jin, please help me awaken my eyes!"
Sitting back, Obito slammed his head onto the floor, seeming to have made up his mind before coming, performing a clean and decisive prostration, formally bowing to Roy.
Itachi, chewing a snack, was slightly startled, looking at Obito, then at Roy beside him, wise as he was, although unaware of the specifics of what happened at the meeting, guessed from the clan's recent occasional respectful glances at his brother that Nissan must have done something remarkable, now coupled with Obito's formal bow and request to awaken his eyes, lost in thought... was called away by Mikoto...
"Itachi, come help me prepare breakfast." Mikoto found an excuse to take Itachi into the kitchen, leaving Roy and Obito in a tranquil private space.
At this time, in one corner of the eaves, the Teru Teru Bozu swayed slightly in the wind....
The living room fell into a brief silence.
Obito's head buried on the floor, waiting anxiously for a response.
Meanwhile, Roy sat cross-legged opposite him, quietly watching, as thoughts surged through his mind, and then he heard a panel prompt... [Detection, "Potential Follower" is a person bearing "Great Cause and Effect", capable of providing the host with "Power Of Faith" surpassing that of Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui.....]
Roy knew very well, because... this youthful, innocent, virtuous, all-good qualities boy opposite him is also the one who later turned dark, and became a tragic figure throughout the entire Shippuden series.
As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind... if Black Zetsu is the oriole, Madara is the mantis, then... Obito is the cicada manipulated by Madara.
Black Zetsu made efforts to save his mother, an alien visitor, who could have imagined that the tree that produced chakra, the whole ninja world's mother of chakra was an alien?
An indescribable absurdity permeated the heart, yet this absurdity peculiarly aligned with logic... Roy just watched Obito, watched for a long time.....
Until it made him restless, lying flat, sweating from the back... since birth, after gaining consciousness, as if never has he felt such torment, tormented to the point where seconds felt like years.
"Whoosh~" A gentle breeze spiraled into the living room, stirring the tea in the cup to form ripples......
The hot tea had turned cold,
The steam no longer rose,
Finally,
A warm voice reverberated, wafting into Obito's ears, making him exhale softly, relaxing slightly...
"Brother Obito, before that, can I ask you a question?"
Obito wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, looked up, forcing a smile: "Go ahead."
"If Nohara Rin dies,"
"What will you do?"