“Madara-kun, you've been completely fooled by him!” Uchiha Izuna sneered. “With the Senju Clan Leader's abilities, he wouldn't have nowhere to go; saying that would simply be laughable.”
Uchiha Madara, who had been cornered by his brother, thought about how he would have to tell Uchiha Izuna about him and Hashirama sooner or later. Deciding to just get it over with, he steeled his resolve and said, "Fine, the truth is, Hashirama and I are already together!"
“What! I don't agree!” X2
“Why not disagree? Tobirama, haven't you already been with Izuna for a long time?” Senju Hashirama released a bombshell with a look of grievance. “The Oiran you spent so much money on back then was Izuna!”
When Uchiha Madara mentioned that the Oiran was actually Uchiha Izuna in disguise, he recalled how he had secretly followed his brother to the Entertainment District to order an Oiran out of concern for his brother's love life. Connecting the dots, he realized that these two had been involved for a long time; no wonder he had always felt there was something strange about the relationship between Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna.
"Izuna! Why never did you tell me about this!" Now it was Uchiha Madara's turn to be shocked.
"It was just an accident!" Uchiha Izuna also hadn't expected Senju Hashirama to know about this, for a moment, he didn't know how to explain it to Uchiha Madara.
Big brother! You really are my good big brother!
Senju Tobirama's indifferent expression showed signs of cracking; even he couldn't have imagined that his brother, despite his easygoing appearance, was actually so meticulous as to discover something that even Uchiha Madara had failed to notice. He felt like he was finished!
Uchiha Madara's expression gradually darkened, as if shrouded in shadow.
His younger brother was actually targeted by that pig Senju Tobirama so early!
And after that, that guy Senju Tobirama actually dared to stab Izuna!
Die, white-hair!" Uchiha Madara stared at Senju Tobirama, his lips curling into a cold sneer, "Dragon Flame Song!
"Madara, calm down! The Shinobi World won't be able to withstand us fighting here!" Senju Hashirama shouted in a panic, preparing to jump out to intercept them.
“Your opponent is me!” Uchiha Izuna pulled a long blade from somewhere and swung it toward Senju Hashirama.
Facing Uchiha Izuna's attack, Senju Hashirama could only jump and dodge repeatedly. He already suspected that his own brother might have wronged Izuna, besides, if he accidentally injured the other party, Madara-kun would certainly not let him off either, so he didn't dare to strike back at all.
The bystander Oda Sakunosuke was stunned. Ever since Senju Hashirama's last visit, he had warned them not to tell Uchiha Izuna that he had suspected several people might have conflicts, but this gossip was just too explosive!
What do you mean your brother has been seeing my brother for a long time and even stabbed my brother once? What do you mean you've always known that you've had ulterior motives toward my brother!
Humanity's essence is gossip. Not only was Oda Sakunosuke listening intently, but Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, who were in the middle of sharing their feelings, both heard the commotion and ran out to see the four people fighting.
As the four of them fought more intensely, the surrounding environment began to suffer. Fortunately, due to his former profession, Oda Sakunosuke preferred quiet areas with few buildings; since it was broad daylight, most people were at work, so the innocent civilians were largely unaffected.
The activation of the ability [Flawless] caused Oda Sakunosuke's pupils to contract; in his field of vision, a long streak of Fire Style surged toward him, its range so vast that he could barely evade it.
Fortunately, there were two top-tier Shinobi in the vicinity. Uchiha Shisui took the opportunity to lead Oda Sakunosuke away from the battlefield.
This gossip is life-threatening!
"Is this the true strength of the top ninjas of the Sengoku Era!" Uchiha Itachi said with a profound expression.
“It is truly awe-inspiring.” Uchiha Shisui watched the battlefield, his eyes gleaming with flames.
"This is my newly rented house." Oda Sakunosuke stared blankly at the building being swallowed by flames.
Oda heard that you live in an area where the Port Mafia is in a shootout with someone!
Ah..
Too arrogant! I heard these gang wars actually dare to use artillery shells!
Ah..
"By the way, Oda, you seemed to be at home today, so were you affected by it?" Kunikida Doppo said, as if suddenly remembering something.
"I'm fine, it's just that the house I was renting is gone!" Oda Sakunosuke finally came up with an answer.
"Ah! Then are you alright?" Kunikida Doppo asked, looking shocked.
I'm fine, I just need to take some time off to move my things to my newly rented house.
"So Oda, have you found a house yet? Why don't you stay in the company dormitory? There happen to be quite a few empty rooms there," Kunikida asked with concern.
"No need, as compensation, the Port Mafia has already found a house for me," Oda Sakunosuke refused firmly. Heaven knows if the Uchiha Clan were to pull another stunt like that, they would end up implicating the company dormitory and his colleagues.
The Port Mafia actually helps people find houses!" Kunikida Doppo was surprised. "Alright then, Oda-kun, get some good rest at home. The Detective Agency doesn't have much going on these next two days, so there's no need to rush over.
The Port Mafia is certainly not that considerate; this was a special compensation sent by Uchiha Izuna. Originally, Uchiha Izuna was going to give him a whole house, but he had refused, so it was changed to helping him find a rental instead.
Moreover, Oda Sakunosuke's gaze drifted toward the short-haired person on the bed.
Uchiha Itachi was taken away by Uchiha Shisui. He thought he would return to living a solitary life, but as soon as he arrived at the house, he saw a wounded, spiky-haired man at the door. If he were living in the company dormitory, it would be difficult to take care of him.
The person picked up this time was the least like an Uchiha; his appearance wasn't handsome like the previous Uchihas, but rather masculine, though the obsessive temperament radiating from his very bones was exactly the same as the previous Uchihas.
As he watched, Oda Sakunosuke discovered a problem: the hair of the Uchihas he picked up was getting shorter and shorter. This one had a buzz cut; was the next Uchiha he picked up going to be bald?
Author's Note:
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Chapter 27
Oda Sakunosuke discovered that the new person he had picked up was a very extraordinary Uchiha. Not only did his physical features not resemble the previous Uchihas, but his lively personality was also somewhat unlike an Uchiha.
If one were to describe the Uchiha Clan as cats, then this Uchiha would be the Husky of the cow-patterned cat variety.
It was fine at first; after all, he was injured and could only lie quietly in bed.
He became even more despondent after waking up and realizing what kind of world this was.
Huddled in a corner, his entire body shrouded in shadows, he looked utterly devastated, muttering something like, "This trash world without even Kakashi should just be destroyed!"
“Who is Kakashi?” Oda Sakunosuke felt a hint of curiosity at the name he had just heard. To want to destroy the world simply because one person was missing—just how important must this person be to this Uchiha!
“Kakashi is just Kakashi!”
After the two stared at each other for a while, Uchiha Obito finally realized that he was no longer in the Shinobi World, naturally, the people here did not know the world-renowned Copy Ninja Kakashi.
No one knew the Copy Ninja Kakashi, even fewer knew that Kakashi's eyes were the Sharingan that Uchiha Obito had given to him, as if everything he and Kakashi had experienced and their bonds did not exist.
Thinking about it this way, he felt even more depressed.
"Is it someone very important?" Oda Sakunosuke wondered, looking at Uchiha Obito, who was curled up in a corner looking as if mushrooms were about to grow out of him.
To be able to call him by his full name, he clearly couldn't be his parents, it was unlikely that an ordinary friend would think of destroying the world, so could he be a lover?
Silence spread. Just as Oda Sakunosuke almost thought the other person was so immersed in his own world that he had forgotten his question, he heard a voice, barely audible.
“He's trash.”
Eh? The top-tier assassin's hearing allowed Oda Sakunosuke to hear that sentence clearly. He couldn't help but widen his eyes. Someone who wants to destroy the world just because the other party doesn't exist is trash?!
Immediately after, he heard another sentence, spoken very softly.
“He is my hero.”
He was indeed an important person; otherwise, he wouldn't have such a complex attitude of intertwined love and hate. After hearing those two sentences, Oda Sakunosuke felt a sense of understanding.
His recovery ability was excellent; compared to the previous Uchihas, the speed at which his wounds healed was nothing short of terrifying. In just two or three days, Oda Sakunosuke returned home to find Uchiha Obito sitting by the window, seemingly fine, lost in thought.
He asked casually, "Obito, what are you thinking about while sitting there by the window?"
“Contemplating the meaning of this world,” Uchiha Obito said with a serious expression.
Hmm? Uchiha Obito is contemplating the meaning of the world!
What did this world do wrong?!
If any Shinobi of the Shinobi World who knew the Uchiha Clan well—someone like Kakashi, who knew they would start thinking about the destruction of the world—were here, they would have stepped forward without hesitation to interrupt Uchiha Obito's thoughts with a punch of friendship. However, right now, there was only Oda Sakunosuke, a pet owner who knew how to stroke his fur to calm him down.
As the guide (?) and吐槽-duty-bearer (?) for Dazai Osamu, the philosopher novelist (?) of the Port Mafia, he even engaged in a discussion about the meaning of the world with Uchiha Obito along these lines.
Well, since he wasn't the other person's best friend/nemesis/hero, he didn't say he had won.
This peaceful Uchiha Obito only existed for a few short days.
Later, Uchiha Obito gradually returned to his true nature (letting himself go). From time to time, a head would suddenly pop out of a wall while he was in the restroom! It was truly just a head! There was no body or anything! There were also feet popping out from the ceiling and so on, they were simply too numerous to count.
If Oda Sakunosuke hadn't been mentally strong enough, he might have been scared into a sickness!
The most terrifying part was that after finding a Single-eyed Whirlpool Mask from somewhere, the person actually developed a split personality!
Heaven knows how Oda Sakunosuke managed to use every ounce of his willpower to maintain his steady, mature persona without dropping his jaw when he saw a man over 1.8 meters tall acting like a bashful high school girl.
However, the reason why the seemingly easygoing Uchiha Obito was categorized as cat-like rather than dog-like was because he would occasionally have fits, exhibiting some of the sensitive, neurotic traits of an Uchiha cat.
For example, one day he and Oda Sakunosuke were sitting on the sofa watching television together.
When the TV drama ended, an environmental advertisement about waste disposal began to play. As it turned out, the final sentence, "Waste sorting starts with you," somehow touched Uchiha Obito's sensitive nerves for some reason.
“Ah! This advertisement actually dares to insult me?!” Uchiha Obito, who had been quietly watching TV, suddenly slammed the table in a rage, startling Oda Sakunosuke beside him. “Who is he calling trash?!”
Oda Sakunosuke, having heard the content clearly..
Oda Sakunosuke: Isn't this just a perfectly normal garbage sorting advertisement? Why does Obito think the ad is insulting him?
The Uchiha's minds are truly difficult to read; they really are all unpredictable cat-like types.
Most of the time, Uchiha Obito was quite easy for Oda Sakunosuke to handle; since he wasn't thinking about creating a new world, he was very easy to talk to, except for the times he would use his Kamui ability to wander around everywhere after Oda Sakunosuke finished work, just like a cat that sneaks out to play while its owner is away.
Today, Uchiha Obito was wandering around aimlessly using Kamui after Oda Sakunosuke's work hours, just as usual. When he poked his head out from Kamui, he saw a dark, empty house.
Except for a person locked inside.
Having seen it all in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Obito was naturally unmoved by the scene before him, but looking at the frail figure bound by chains, he felt a strange compulsion not to immediately activate his Sharingan and walk away.
White hair, huh? Uchiha Obito stared silently at the other person's hair.
Chapter 28
Oda Sakunosuke, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes. The room was pitch black, clearly in the middle of the night. The culprit that had startled him from his slumber was a strange noise coming from the living room; it should be Uchiha Obito returning from his stroll.
He stays at home during the day and goes out wandering at night; the previous few Uchiha had this same habit, supposedly because they were used to traveling by night.
Oda Sakunosuke had once raised questions about this, only to receive an answer from someone born into a ninja clan.
Well, the Ninjas on TV really do only come out to work at night.
Thinking this, Oda Sakunosuke lay quietly on the bed, waiting for Uchiha Obito to return to the room so he could go back to sleep. He didn't expect the sound to grow louder and louder, until eventually, he even heard the cries of an animal.
At first, the sound was very low, sounding faintly like that of a feline.
Obito-kun, did you pick up a cat? Oda Sakunosuke mentally pictured Uchiha Obito picking up a stray cat by the roadside.