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Chapter 56
Uchiha Madara—no, rather, the "Uchiha Madara" played by Uchiha Obito—turned slightly and grabbed the man's neck, immediately subduing the assassin.
“What, are you planning to make enemies of the Port Mafia?” Uchiha Obito looked up at the others who were being quickly apprehended by the Port Mafia members, his voice low, a hint of the signature "Uchiha Madara" tiger-like grin appearing at the corners of his mouth. "Are you tired of living?"
That's right, the mission Uchiha Obito received from Uchiha Madara last time was to play the part of Uchiha Madara. He found the job quite familiar, so he returned to the profession; all the "Uchiha Madara" who had been working during this period were actually Uchiha Obito in disguise.
As for Uchiha Madara himself, he didn't want to know at all why Senju Hashirama no longer appeared in Port Mafia either.
God knows what Uchiha Madara has been reading, claiming that pregnant women are prone to depression and need a husband's companionship.
Setting aside the fact that Uchiha Madara had so effortlessly placed himself in the position of Senju Hashirama's "husband," just the fact that the "laughing freak" Senju Hashirama could be linked to depression left Uchiha Obito with a mountain of complaints to vent.
Facing the sudden attack, Uchiha Obito was naturally unharmed thanks to his Kamui ability.
As for Mori Ougai, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, his luck was not so good. He possessed neither Uchiha Obito's intangibility nor the other's physical combat prowess, the thrusting dagger pierced a hole straight through his abdomen.
But Mori Ougai had also undergone countless battles to reach his current status, he remained extremely calm when encountering such a sudden situation. As a former doctor, he immediately applied pressure to stop the bleeding to prevent excessive blood loss, he even felt a momentary sense of relief in his heart that the wound from the stab was not large and shouldn't be a major problem..
Mori Ougai lost consciousness and collapsed straight onto the ground.
Hearing the sound, Uchiha Obito turned his head and saw Mori Ougai lying unconscious on the ground.
Huh, why has this person collapsed? Uchiha Obito was stunned. Wasn't he supposed to be the leader of the Port Mafia? He had collapsed from a wound that was only slightly deeper than a scratch. Could it be that his position as leader was bought with money?
Mori Ougai's position as leader was certainly not bought with money. Uchiha Obito immediately noticed something was wrong; Mori Ougai's presence was steadily weakening. He crouched down and yanked open the man's upper clothing, seeing that while the wound was indeed small, it contained a red circular pattern, clearly indicating that this was no ordinary stab wound.
Uchiha Obito's expression grew slightly solemn. At first, he thought this was just an ordinary assassination, even felt that the opponent was the worst assassin he had ever encountered. Back when he was in Kirigakure during the Blood Mist era, groups of people came to assassinate him every single day, using all sorts of miraculous ninjutsu, even so, not a single one of them could manage to wound him.
By comparison, the idea that someone would try to take down Uchiha Madara with just a dagger was quite literally the funniest joke he had ever heard, comparable to when Danzo tried to stab Uchiha Sasuke's Susanoo with a kunai back in the day.
Thinking about it now, if the opponent's goal had merely been to wound someone, it would have been much easier. Although it was unclear how this wound had occurred, it could be determined based on the manifestation of power that it was caused by an Ability User.
Most of these Ability Users are not strong enough compared to the people of the Shinobi World, but those strange and peculiar abilities must be guarded against; who knows what kind of effects those abilities can cause.
Mori Ougai in front of him was a perfect example; an Ability User who would be affected as long as he was slashed. If someone were to be hit by an ability similar to Hidan's, they would be as good as dead.
Thinking this way, Uchiha Obito cast a sympathetic look toward Mori Ougai. This guy really had come at the worst possible time; if the real Uchiha Madara had come today, he might have used Susanoo to block the dagger, then there would have been no problem at all.
As it turned out, the one who came today was this fake Uchiha Madara, whose most convenient ability to use was Intangibility; standing behind him, he couldn't help but be caught in the crossfire.
While sighing inwardly, Uchiha Obito checked Mori Ougai's injuries, confirming that only his vitality was slowly draining away while everything else was fine. Uchiha Obito ordered someone to carry him away for treatment.
“Madara-san, should all of these people be taken to the Interrogation Department?” someone asked Uchiha Obito.
I will interrogate this person myself; lock the others up for now." Uchiha Obito thought for a moment and decided it would be faster if he did the interrogation himself. "Tobi, stay. Everyone else, get out.
The others received the order and filed out in succession, leaving only the dagger man and Uchiha Obito in the empty room.
The man with the dagger was tied to the ground, a short distance from Uchiha Obito, who sat behind the table. Just as the man was privately wondering what kind of methods his opponent would use on him, he suddenly felt something wrong. A slender, sliding sensation, exactly like a snake, crawled all over his body, leaving the man breaking into a cold sweat.
In a place the man could not see, a green branch that he thought was a snake wound its way upward, coiling around the man to lift him up and deliver him right in front of Uchiha Obito.
Looking at the man bound by Wood Style, red patterns began to appear in Uchiha Obito's eyes. The Sharingan was much faster than ordinary interrogation methods, the effect of that Ability User's power caught his attention.
In a hospital ward, the members of the Armed Detective Agency gathered together with solemn expressions. Lying in the bed in the center was their president, Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Fukuzawa Yukichi's breathing was weak. He had just saved a young girl from two thugs at the corner of an alley, never expecting the girl to turn on him in an instant. Caught completely off guard, he was stabbed, by the time he reacted to strike back, he found himself struck by someone's Ability. His limbs grew weak and powerless, leaving him only enough strength to send a single message to his members to come and pick him up.
The members of the Armed Detective Agency arrived just in time to take Fukuzawa Yukichi to the hospital. Because Fukuzawa Yukichi's injuries were extremely strange, no treatment worked on them; even Yekashi Kyoko's cheat-like healing ability [Please Don't Die] and Dazai Osamu's ability, [No Longer Human], were powerless.
"If only I had stayed with the President at the time," Oda Sakunosuke thought with some regret. He had originally been heading out to handle business with the President, but he hadn't expected a problem to suddenly arise just as they were finishing up. To avoid wasting time, Fukuzawa Yukichi had told Oda to go ahead while he stayed behind to wrap things up.
If he hadn't left ahead of time, his Ability would have allowed him to know that the opponent would cause harm to the President, thereby preventing this incident from happening.
This has nothing to do with you, Oda Sakunosuke." Edogawa Ranpo was a bit agitated because of Fukuzawa Yukichi's injury, yet he still analyzed calmly, "This is aimed entirely at the President. Even if it fails once, there will be a second time; you can't stay by the President's side forever.
We are in the light, while the opponent is in the dark; there is an information imbalance.
Just as everyone fell into a heavy silence, Oda Sakunosuke's phone suddenly rang. In a room so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, the sudden ringtone was incredibly conspicuous, the others couldn't help but cast their gazes toward the source of the sound.
Oda Sakunosuke stepped back slightly, turning his back to everyone as he pulled out his phone to answer the call.
Oda!
A voice that was far too cheerful came through the phone. Oda Sakunosuke's eyebrows twitched.
“Obito-kun?”
That's right, it's me," Uchiha Obito's casual voice came through the phone. "Was your Armed Detective Agency president assassinated?
"How do you know that?" Oda Sakunosuke's voice was filled with surprise, his grip on the phone tightened.
Everyone present was an Ability User with sharp senses. As soon as Uchiha Obito spoke these words, everyone looked up at Oda Sakunosuke, who was answering the phone.
"Is his vitality still continuously draining, is there a circular mark on the wound?" Uchiha Obito didn't answer Oda Sakunosuke's question, but instead asked a question in return.
Oda Sakunosuke rushed over as soon as he received the news, he truly did not know if there was a mark on Fukuzawa Yukichi's wound; he turned to look at the others.
Yekashi Kyoko nodded to him; as a part-time doctor, she had immediately examined the President's wounds upon arriving at the scene, so she naturally knew exactly what was wrong with Fukuzawa Yukichi.
I thought so. Someone on our side was stabbed, just like your president." Having received a confirming response, Uchiha Obito continued, "You should be quite familiar with him, Mori Ougai.
Mori Ougai! Several people from the Armed Detective Agency heard this familiar name and couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.
"Those people were originally planning to assassinate the old man, but he was just too unlucky to be standing right next to him when he got stabbed." Uchiha Obito felt quite regretful; he really wanted to see the old man's expression when he fell victim to it.
Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo, who knew a bit about the past of Mori Ougai and Fukuzawa Yukichi, felt somewhat sentimental; these two men shared some kind of karmic connection, being able to be injured at the same time.
Then we found out from the assassins that his mission was to assassinate the leader of the Port Mafia, while at the same time, another person on their side had the mission to assassinate the president of your Armed Detective Agency.
“But not to kill, but to injure Fukuzawa Yukichi; even just a single cut from a blade would suffice.” Uchiha Obito's voice suddenly dropped low, "Do you know why they want to do this?"
"Injuring them, the Port Mafia leader, the Armed Detective Agency president." Oda Sakunosuke vaguely felt as if something was about to be revealed.
Two people blurted out a sentence at almost the exact same time Uchiha Obito finished speaking.
“It's to make the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia kill each other.”
Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo spoke in unison.
The confused gazes of the others were all fixed on the two people who had spoken. Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo exchanged a glance; Dazai Osamu gave a slight nod, Edogawa Ranpo began to explain.
“It's obvious. The assassination of the President was intended to provoke a conflict between us and the Port Mafia.”
??
Where was the obvious part! What about the cause, what about the process? How did it jump straight to the result? Wasn't something missing in the middle? The others' gazes became frantic.
"The injury is a prerequisite, the initial target was the leader and president of the Port Mafia. The effect of this Ability should be to link the lives of the two people together; thinking in the worst-case scenario, one can only live if the other dies." Dazai Osamu noticed the hostile looks from the crowd and quickly added a clarification.
His emotional intelligence was much better than Edogawa Ranpo's; at least he knew that not everyone could think as quickly as they did.
In this way, the Port Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency will surely have to compete.
That's right," Uchiha Obito laughed. "There are quite a few smart people on your side. I hadn't even asked yet, but that person blurted out like a machine gun that the two people hit by the ability can only have one survivor. Clearly, telling us the effects of the ability was already part of their plan.
No matter who you are, as long as you're stabbed, you'll be hit by it and forced into a choice between two. In a way, this Ability is quite formidable.
Uchiha Obito felt somewhat gloating. No matter how powerful this ability was, it had nothing to do with him. After all, "Come at me! Ha! You can't hit me!" That was the reality—they couldn't even hit him, let alone make him fall victim to the ability.
The members of the Armed Detective Agency were not as calm as he was. Although they certainly didn't want to play into the enemy's hands, the President's current situation was forcing them down this path, the feeling was incredibly stifling.
With this troublesome and disgusting style, Dazai Osamu silently lifted his foot and prepared to walk toward the door.
“You know who the killer is.” Edogawa Ranpo glanced at Dazai Osamu and asked him in a lowered voice.
"As expected of Ranpo-san," Dazai Osamu said with a smile.
“Well, I think I know who it is. Now, I'm going to go verify my suspicion,” he said, walking toward the door.
Watch out.
"Of course." Dazai Osamu paused. Although he loved suicide, if it really was the person he was thinking of, he would never get the death he desired at their hands.
For some reason, whenever Dazai Osamu thought of death, Nakahara Chuuya's face would flash through his mind.
If I were to die, given the current relationship between Chuuya and me, I wonder what kind of expression that guy would make. Dazai Osamu suddenly felt a flicker of curiosity. (His thoughts were suddenly teetering on the edge of danger.)
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Author's Note: I'm sorry for making everyone wait so long (covers face)
I was just stuck with writer's block, I definitely wasn't stopping updates just for the thrill of it.. (look at my sincere eyes)
Thank you to the little angels who gave me Overlord Tickets or nourished me with Nutrient Solution between 2021-08-18 23:57:59 and 2021-09-27 23:24:35~
Thank you to the little angel who dropped a mine: Yeyu Youming 1;
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Thank you all so much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 57
After finishing the phone call, Uchiha Obito felt that he had said everything that needed to be said, leaving the rest to the Armed Detective Agency, so he could now go and do other things without any burdens.
He had been happily playing the role of "Uchiha Madara" these past few days, the feeling of being able to act as he pleased, without anyone breathing down his neck, felt truly wonderful.
Even during the decade or so after Uchiha Madara passed away, Uchiha Obito had never been this relaxed. After all, back then, his entire being was shrouded in a dark reality, as he rushed about for the sake of the Moon's Eye Plan, all while Black Zetsu was constantly monitoring him from the shadows.
It's nothing like this world. Although there is some fighting and killing, it's definitely not as cruel as the Shinobi World, where children have to learn how to kill from a young age. There are no shackles on the heart, no one demands that he must strive for any particular goal; he lives every day exactly as he pleases.
For example, right now, he could openly drive everyone else out and stay in the room all by himself, slacking off and chatting with people about the adaptation of the Naruto novel into a manga.
Adapting novels into manga is a common phenomenon. Once a new book becomes a massive hit, a series of merchandise companies will immediately come knocking to discuss collaborations. Especially in a manga-centric country, adapting popular novels into manga is an essential part of the industry.
The one contacting Uchiha Obito was one of the giants of the country's manga publishing industry. Because they were extremely optimistic about the prospects of adapting the Naruto novel into a manga, the publishing house even assigned its most famous editor-in-chief to handle his manga affairs.
Logically speaking, since his manga could be adapted, allowing more people to see it, Uchiha Obito should be happy. However, his current expression was far from good, he looked quite teeth-gritting as he stared at the dialogue box on his computer.
[Kamui: Why is the skirt Kakashi wore during his Genin days missing from the character design sheet you sent over? [Angry]]
[Editor Saki: It didn't look good, so I deleted it]
[Kamui: What? You deleted it!!]