Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 10 His Light is Lin

Late at night, the Konoha Police Force.

"untie!"

The seal was temporarily broken, and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, opened the iron bars and went inside.

Behind him, Uchiha Shisui, the genius of the Uchiha clan, raised his hand, and all the Uchiha ninjas around him retreated.

As Shisui turned to leave, Minato spoke up: "As expected of Shisui, the master of the Body Flicker Technique who strikes fear into the hearts of enemies on the battlefield. You guessed it already? Then let's go together."

"As a junior member of the Uchiha clan who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, understanding love and then losing it, Obito and you must share a common wound, right?"

The water outside the iron railing stopped flowing and turned to stand quietly behind the water gate.

"call……"

Minato exhaled, his outstretched hand already touching the vortex mask.

"Click."

With a crisp sound, Minato removed the mask. But the face that came into view was far removed from the sunny disciple he remembered.

Half of his face was composed of hagiography cells, and it was grotesque. His eye sockets, though the bleeding had stopped, were empty; even without eyeballs, one could tell that there was no spirit within them.

"With... soil."

The slight sound reached his ears, but Obito raised his head and let out an unpleasant laugh.

"Teacher... you already guessed it was me, didn't you? Didn't the person who gave you the information reveal my identity?"

Obito continued, seemingly oblivious to his own words, "That's true. Both you and Kakashi are ninjas who have earned their renown on the battlefield, so your intelligence analysis abilities are undoubtedly superb. It's just that that bastard Kakashi doesn't understand the Mangekyou Sharingan, otherwise..."

Minato shook his head slightly: "I just want to know why you've become like this? Yesterday you wanted to attack Kushina, didn't you? Release the Nine-Tails, destroy Konoha, and perhaps... kill your teacher and the Kushina who loves you so much?"

Obito's lips curled into a smile, showing no sign of anger or embarrassment at being exposed: "Konoha without Rin, a world without Rin, means nothing to me!"

"When Kakashi's Lightning Blade pierced through Rin's chest, this world lost its meaning for me! The teacher who was always one step too late, Kakashi who killed Rin, neither of you kept your promises."

Minato shook his head slightly, about to say something, when Obito scoffed and cut him off: "The Three-Tails was sealed inside Rin, right? I know that. I also know that Rin herself asked Kakashi to kill her. Is that what you're trying to say, Sensei…?"

Shuimen was speechless.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Obito laughed wildly, and two streams of tears mixed with blood fell from his empty eye sockets.

The pain of the torn wound was nothing compared to the pain in his heart. Just as Minato had many questions for him, he also had too many questions for Minato and Kakashi.

The only light in this world for him was Rin... Nohara Rin!

"Teacher...where were you when Rin was captured? Where were you when the boulder fell and crushed me? Where were you when Rin was sealed with the Three-Tails?"

"As long as... as long as you're here... as long as you, who are proficient in sealing techniques... Rin won't die!!"

Obito roared, his body tense, and the iron chains binding him were pulled taut.

But neither the water gate nor the water stopper made any move.

"Obito, no matter what I say now, I can't change Rin's death. But... I'm sorry! I failed to protect you all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato, who had been slightly closing his eyes, let out a long sigh, opened them, and said, "So, Obito, can you come back? Come back to Konoha, you'll still be Obito, still my student, still... Rin's teammate!"

Obito was stunned.

Minato smiled and continued, "No one knows what happened last night except Kakashi, Shisui, and Captain Fugaku. Those two medical ninjas will also keep quiet. Come back, Obito."

For a moment, there was complete silence inside the iron bars.

Shisui behind him glanced at Minato with only slight surprise. At this moment, he admired Minato's magnanimity and wisdom as the Hokage.

If we hadn't received so much intelligence beforehand, the release of the Nine-Tails last night would have been inevitable. And with the Nine-Tails separated from its Jinchuriki, Kushina, the Fourth Hokage's wife, would have certainly died.

Finally, even Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, might not be able to escape unscathed.

He could forgive the disciple who almost wiped out his entire sect, and he insisted on staying just now, which must be for him to see.

The power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, Susanoo, and the Kotoamatsukami ability of the right eye last night have clearly been remembered by the Fourth Hokage.

No, there's also that kaleidoscope with its other-dimensional abilities, which must be weighing heavily on the Fourth Hokage's mind.

This means that you must completely trust him, and believe that this new Hokage, who has not been influenced by the Second Hokage, will show the utmost tolerance towards the Uchiha clan.

"Heh! Heh heh..."

A low laugh echoed from inside the iron bars. Obito suddenly looked up, his eyes, now gaping open like bloody holes, fixed on Minato.

"unnecessary!"

"I don't need Konoha, I don't need a teacher, I don't need anyone. I just want to create a world with Rin, nothing else matters. Nothing matters anymore!!"

With a roar, a wisp of blue chakra suddenly erupted, instantly breaking through the original chakra-sealing technique.

Blue chakra surged forth, snapping the chains one by one, but the next moment...

"Bang!"

"seal up!"

However, in just a moment, Minato's hand landed on Obito's lower abdomen, and the sealing power sealed the chakra that had just risen and had not yet formed a skeleton.

"You can use Susanoo even without the Sharingan? Although you haven't even reached the first stage, I have to say you are a true Uchiha genius."

As Shisui spoke, he shut down his Mangekyou Sharingan, just as he had been preparing to release Susanoo.

Obito lay motionless on the ground, no longer wanting to say anything. He'd finished questioning, received an apology—was it all worth it?

Lin can't come back; this world has no Lin.

……

"Let's go."

Minato took one last look at his disciple, turned and left. Shisui behind him closed the iron bars and cast the seal again.

In the corridor, Zhi Shui hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Minato, who was walking ahead, said, "Let's wait a few more days, maybe..."

Upon hearing this, Shisui lowered his head. He understood what the Fourth Hokage meant; he still wanted to try to save this disciple.

Minato continued, "Obito used to be late all the time, and the reason was always that he needed to help an old person. I remember once during a mission he said: There is no old person in Konoha that he doesn't know."

Even though he was considered the worst student in school, he never gave up on himself. In order to awaken the Sharingan, he would use eye drops and wear goggles to protect his eyes.

"He was a sunny young man, and his light was Lin."

……

At the same time, in the police force captain's office, a dark figure silently appeared.

……

Kushina once said that she hoped Naruto could be as sunny as Obito.

What do you think of the ultimate ingrate?

(End of this chapter)