“I'm not quite sure either.”
Oda Sakunosuke was also somewhat bewildered by the scene on the television. Although he had raised Uchiha Obito for a period of time, he had always refrained from interfering in the subsequent actions of these Uchiha.
First, it was because of his nature; he did not like to interfere in other people's business. Second, through the process of taking in and living with these Uchiha, he had also gained a general understanding of their personalities; these Uchiha were all very opinionated individuals who would not easily listen to others.
At this moment, he saw that after Uchiha Obito finished saying that sentence, he was the most inconspicuous in the whole family. The host had an expression that said, "You must be being modest," as he silently recalled the distinct facial features of the Uchiha he had previously collected, thinking to himself that the man truly wasn't lying—it was you all who had underestimated the power of the bloodline.
Uchiha Obito had no idea that he had caught the attention of the strongest "pair of friends" from the Fourth War; he was currently staring blankly at the group of people in front of him who were chatting animatedly.
A group of people gathered together, whispering among themselves.
“Is that really true? His temperament doesn't seem like it!”
That's right. Looking at the height and build, the only one who is completely identical and follows after Lord Izuna is him.
Tsk, the difference is just too great, isn't it?
“What are you all gathered here talking about!” A cold male voice suddenly appeared behind the crowd of Port Mafia members who were discussing.
The others were startled. They turned to see a man wearing a tomoe mask leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He had been standing there for an unknown amount of time, his tall figure of over 1.8 meters clad in a black robe, exuding an incredibly powerful sense of intimidation.
“Lord Tobi.” Everyone bowed respectfully and greeted him.
"Akutagawa, come with me for a moment." The man called Lord Tobi scanned the crowd, his gaze piercing through the two dark holes in his mask, sharp as if they were physical objects, pressing against everyone's nerves.
Wasn't this guy still being interviewed? How did he get here so quickly? The others thought to themselves.
Moreover, this gloomy aura was worlds apart from the smiling figure being interviewed on television. How could they believe these two were actually the same person? Was he suffering from a split personality!
As for why Uchiha Obito appeared on television, why he would appear in the Port Mafia and be addressed as "Lord" by others, one would have to trace it back to when Uchiha Obito was kicked out of the house by an exasperated Oda Sakunosuke.
Uchiha Obito began thinking about what to do in the future, starting from the shock of being sharply rebuked by Oda Sakunosuke—a rare occurrence. He stood at the doorway for a moment, then packed his things and set off with his bundles to seek refuge with his ancestor.
Having heard Oda Sakunosuke mention that this ancestor had become the leader of some Mafia organization that didn't even sound like a legitimate group, Uchiha Obito had used Kamui from time to time during this period to go and gather intelligence (eavesdropping).
After some investigation, Uchiha Obito unexpectedly discovered that the Port Mafia, as a mafia organization, actually has a fairly good reputation among the locals.
Upon further investigation into Uchiha Madara, he was even more astonished. Compared to the previous Port Mafia leader, who was tyrannical and lawless in his later years, the predecessor Mori Ougai, who was insidious and ruthless, the newly appointed Uchiha Madara had a reputation so good it was almost unbelievable to Uchiha Obito—especially since he had the fox-like Senju Hashirama dragging him down from the outside, while Uchiha Izuna managed the rear.
Looking at it this way, although Uchiha Madara's current organization is somewhat involved in violence and organized crime, compared to what Uchiha Madara did in the past (destroying the world), it could be considered a reformed retirement. Seeking refuge with his ancestor could be considered his best option at this stage.
After all, having cooperated for so many years, he still shared some history with the old ancestor, Uchiha Madara. Although they had turned against each other during the Fourth Shinobi War, he had even dealt Uchiha Madara a devastating blow, they had ultimately reconciled, hadn't they? Now that they were in another world, it was naturally better to go somewhere where one knew people; at the very least, he believed he had a good understanding of Uchiha Madara.
Living at the other's place now was simply his way of collecting interest after being schemed against by Uchiha Madara so many times.
Moreover, Uchiha Obito didn't believe Uchiha Madara was unaware that he was here; if he were in Madara's position, he certainly wouldn't let someone roam free outside. Rather than waiting for Uchiha Madara to come and capture him personally, he might as well go himself.
Then, as soon as Uchiha Obito arrived, he received a "warm welcome" from the first few Uchiha—if one could call Mangekyou Sharingan a warm welcome.
As soon as he opened the door, good grief, there were four Uchiha staring at him. You have to realize that the Uchiha are already famous for their eyes, their usual gaze is sharp enough, let alone four pairs of eyes where the Mangekyou Sharingan is the bare minimum. Terrified, Uchiha Obito reflexively slammed the door shut with a loud bang the moment he opened it.
That's not right, Uchiha Obito thought as he looked at the door. What was there to be afraid of? It was just the Mangekyou Sharingan; he had them too!
Thinking this way, Uchiha Obito composed himself once more before opening the door.
Well, sitting in a row, except for one Uchiha Sasuke who looked like he had lost weight, all the others were acquaintances. He had also dealt with the remaining outsiders, he had literally "dealt" with the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
"Hmm, you look a bit familiar." Senju Hashirama stared at Uchiha Obito's face, deep in thought.
"My name is Uchiha Obito!" Obito said with a dark expression, another guy who, just like Might Guy, couldn't remember names.
“Ah!” Senju Hashirama's eyes lit up, but then he began to mumble dejectedly, "Such a familiar name, why can't I remember it? I must be getting old and losing my memory."
Everyone else was speechless.
"Brother, he is that Uchiha who was the first to become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki." Senju Tobirama looked at Uchiha Obito with cold eyes.
"Hahahaha, no wonder you look so familiar! You're the guy who stabbed Madara on the battlefield! Huh? I remember you had a scar covering half your face, why is the scar gone?" Senju Hashirama said, suddenly realizing.
After all this time in the Fourth War, is that all you remember—that he stabbed Uchiha Madara! Senju Tobirama was almost fuming with rage.
Stabbed his brother? Uchiha Izuna narrowed his eyes.
Feeling the killing intent, Uchiha Obito.. This First Hokage guy is intentionally bringing up the most sensitive topic, isn't he!
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Chapter 39
“What brings you here all of a sudden?” Watching Uchiha Obito's face turn unsightly after being silenced by a single sentence from Senju Hashirama, the last bit of resentment Uchiha Madara held for him vanished. He leisurely propped up his face with his hand, tilted his head to look at him, spoke, "I thought you didn't plan on seeing me anymore."
His words were laced with amusement.
Uchiha Izuna suppressed his killing intent and glanced at Uchiha Obito. Judging by the reactions of others, this junior didn't seem to be very popular, but his brother seemed to quite like him. Since the man was here and couldn't run away, he would eventually figure out what Senju Hashirama had mentioned just now.
Uchiha Madara had always looked down on insignificant people, not even deigning to grant them a single glance. Those worthy of his attention were few and far between, making this slightly teasing tone quite rare.
"It must be that others just can't stand his lunatic personality." Uchiha Itachi, who had worked with Uchiha Obito for many years, hit the nail on the head. Regarding the former leader's lunatic leadership style, he had plenty of say due to his own split personality; back when he was an undercover agent, he had no choice but to endure it all (?)
"I think little Itachi is right, Obito-kun's personality does seem rather unpleasant." Uchiha Shisui said relatively euphemistically.
Uchiha Obito glared at him angrily. "Tsk, you haven't even met me and you already know my personality is unpleasant."
In the past, he was the most popular among his peers; thanks to the candies given to him by the grandpas and grandmas, Minato's class never lacked snacks!
“The Uchiha, who I used to think were the most tight-knit group, actually look down on someone else with the surname Uchiha like this,” Senju Tobirama muttered to himself, but his words dealt the final blow to Uchiha Obito.
Is my popularity really this bad now? Uchiha Obito thought sadly, feeling as if he could no longer hold back his tears. Waaaah, Kakashi, where are you? I miss you.
You think you're any better than me? The people who were deceived by me for all these years, the people who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan but died so early." Uchiha Obito glanced at Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, his eyes lowered and expressionless, appearing exceptionally cold and ruthless. "In the end, it was simply a matter of being inferior in skill.
Everyone present was more or less stung by that last sentence, for a moment, there was nothing but silence.
Wow, Uchiha Madara felt a small surge of surprise in his heart; the kid had grown up. For a split second just now, he thought Uchiha Obito was going to cry, he even spent half a second considering whether he should offer some comfort if the other man actually did cry, but he hadn't expected the situation to reverse so suddenly.
"Alright, I've left a room for you upstairs. Move your things in yourself and then come down for dinner." Looking at the silent crowd, Uchiha Madara felt a subtle sense of pride, as if his own child had won an argument against others; when it came to teaching, he was truly the strongest. Neither Hashirama nor that white-haired man's carefully trained disciple from all those years could compare to Obito. With this thought, he gave a casual wave of his hand, signaling an end to the argument.
Because the matters involving Uchiha Izuna, Senju Tobirama, himself, Senju Hashirama had been exposed some time ago, Uchiha Madara simply changed to a large mansion so the four of them could live together, later, after several more Uchihas arrived, they all naturally ended up living together.
So this house is currently occupied by four Uchiha and two Hokage; perhaps Uchiha Obito, being half a Mizukage, could be added to the count. Their combined strength is incredibly high; this single house could easily carry the weight of the Fifth Shinobi World War.
Under Madara's command, Uchiha Obito moved in. He peeked surreptitiously, noting that among the only four Uchihas here, two clearly held a grudge against him, the two Hokage had also fought him in the Fourth War and even ripped out Uchiha Madara's heart.
After such a careful inventory, he found that he had only never had a direct confrontation with Uchiha Izuna.
So Uchiha Obito wondered whether he should try to team up with the ancestor's brother.
Although he had learned about his brother's brother from Uchiha Madara, because Senju Hashirama—who also came from his mouth—seemed to have a filter applied to his description, Uchiha Obito decided to observe cautiously first.
But while he was observing, Uchiha Obito was snatched away by someone, because someone couldn't stand seeing him being so idle.
“You're quite free, aren't you?" Uchiha Madara leaned against the wall, arms crossed, eyeing him sideways.
"I-I'm fine." Wearing the Whirlpool Mask, Uchiha Obito crossed his hands and let them hang over his abdomen, somehow using his adult male body to strike a seductive, swaying pose, his movements carrying the bashful, fidgety mannerisms of a young girl.
"Since you have so much free time, then help me handle some matters." Uchiha Madara couldn't stand his ridiculous behavior and simply hauled him away.
Uchiha Obito understood Uchiha Madara quite well; his thoughts were not wrong at all. If he didn't show up soon, Uchiha Madara would have to go and catch him personally. How could someone who has been used for so many years be left idle when he was right there, lively and well?
Uchiha Madara thought to himself that although Obito was somewhat unreliable—failing to complete the task of collecting the Nine-Tails despite all those years, failing to have him control Nagato to use Rinne Rebirth to resurrect himself—his combat prowess was still decent, after all these years, they had become quite familiar with one another. Since it wasn't like the days when he was at odds with the entire world and could demand such high standards, he wouldn't dream of letting him live for free without working; he should go and work obediently for him.
"I don't want to, I don't want to do dirty mafia work!" Uchiha Obito, whose neck was being gripped, screamed. He had transformed from a bitter, vengeful villainous boss back into a warrior of love, he had no intention of doing anything related to the underworld.
Besides, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui have been with the Port Mafia longer than he has, so they will definitely be tripping him up every single day!
Just as he was struggling desperately, Senju Hashirama appeared in the corridor ahead.
Lord Hokage, help me!" Uchiha Obito reached out toward Senju Hashiko, his eyes filled with hope. "Can't you see? The great demon dragon Uchiha Madara is attacking me, the weak and innocent one! As a partner of justice, hurry and come defeat the evil dragon!
Senju Hashirama noticed the commotion here.
Senju Hashirama walked over.
Senju Hashirama spoke.
Madara, the height difference between you two makes 'lifting' an unsuitable action; you're better off dragging them.
Uchiha Obito's expectant gaze froze, he stared at Senju Hashirama, who was speaking, with eyes wide in disbelief.
"Are you implying that I'm short?" Uchiha Madara said in an unpleasant tone.
Of course not. How could it be called short? It's clearly just so cute that you've shrunk.
“!”
“Then you're going to Logistics.” Uchiha Madara dragged the silent-as-a-chicken Uchiha Obito past the fallen Senju Hashirama.
Hehe, Senju Tobirama peeked out from the room to watch this scene. Back then, whenever it came to anything related to Uchiha Madara, his older brother would unconditionally side with him. Not to mention the two of them were now in a relationship; he suspected that even if Uchiha Madara wanted to destroy the world right now, his brother would only stand by and applaud.
And just like that, Uchiha Obito was caught by Uchiha Madara and sent to the Port Mafia to share the workload.
Because of the stealthy nature of his Mangekyou Sharingan's Kamui ability when it comes to gathering intelligence (eavesdropping), Uchiha Obito was assigned to the Intelligence Division within the Logistics Department by Uchiha Madara.
When he didn't have a job, Uchiha Obito was unhappy, now that he had one, he was still unhappy. He felt underestimated, being tasked with only managing intelligence. He wanted to see if anyone besides Uchiha Madara dared to be his superior.
Looking at the Logistics Department sign on the door, Uchiha Obito knocked.
Is anyone there?
Please, come in.
The voice sounded somewhat familiar, Uchiha Obito thought as he pushed open the door.
"Senior, you're here too." Uchiha Obito froze as he pushed open the door, because he saw Uchiha Izuna in the room.
"I'm in charge of logistics." Uchiha Izuna sat behind the desk, the smile at the corners of his mouth slightly more pronounced than usual. If Senju Tobirama saw him like this, he would undoubtedly be able to tell at a glance that this guy was trying to trick someone again.
"Is that so? I've been assigned to the Intelligence Division. It's truly wonderful to be able to work together with you, senior." Uchiha Obito covered his mask with both hands like a young girl, his feet kicking up and swinging joyfully, looking as if little flowers of happiness were about to bloom all over him.
His original target had been Uchiha Izuna, but he hadn't expected them to end up together like this; it seemed it was fate.
Uchiha Izuna's impeccable expression stiffened slightly; this junior looked somewhat unreliable. Would he be able to get any useful information out of him?
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Author's Note: Thank you to the little angels who cast Overlord Votes or provided Nutrient Solution for me between 2021-07-09 11:18:23 and 2021-07-09 22:58:38~