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After stepping outside, Madara glanced at Shinomiya Aoha, who was frantically chanting 'Can't see me, can't see me' in his mind, but didn't pursue the matter of him eavesdropping outside.
Rather, if Aoha could truly avoid Madara's senses and hide outside to eavesdrop, that would be impressive!
He simply didn't care.
"That person inside is now your responsibility to look after. Whatever he wants to do, don't interfere. Just keep him alive."
"Yes, Lord Madara."
Only then did Shinomiya Aoha stop playing ostrich, responding with apparent relief in a convincing manner.
Madara had always been acting, and he was no different in putting on his own performance!
Now he could finally make legitimate contact with Obito, the future big boss who was currently just a pitiful kid.
After Madara left, a gleam flashed through Shinomiya Aoha's eyes before he quickly suppressed it completely, turning to enter Obito's room.
The moment he walked in, he happened to see Obito struggling to squirm down from the bed. With a thud, he ended up kneeling right before him.
If this were an anime, a whole flock of crows should be flying across the screen right now.
The two stared at each other, wide-eyed, for quite a while. The air seemed to freeze.
"Uh, is it New Year's already outside? I didn't prepare any red envelope money."
"Alright, alright, get up already. You're quite sensible, kid, actually knowing how to pay respects at the dock. Fine then, from now on, you follow my lead. I've got your back here. Just don't provoke that old man from earlier, and I guarantee as long as I get meat to eat, you'll definitely get bones to gnaw on!"
As he spoke, Shinomiya Aoha stood on his tiptoes like an old-timer and patted the completely bewildered Obito on the shoulder.
Sigh, no helping it. Who told him this body was only 4 years old? Obito should be around 13 by now. Being able to barely reach his shoulder required Obito's cooperation. Definitely not complaining about this guy being short!
"Ah! Ow ow ow ow ow ow!"
Watching his newly recruited little brother lying on the ground like a giant caterpillar, sweating coldly from pain, Aoha looked at his small palm in confusion.
Well, it was clean and white. Though there wasn't much meat on it, it shouldn't pack this much power, right?
Could his golden finger have finally bypassed the activation mission and activated on its own to protect him?
He wondered if his Want Want mini-bun-sized fist could pound that old geezer Madara to death.
After indulging in some fantasy, watching Obito still determinedly crawling toward the exit, several black lines appeared on his forehead.
"Listen, even if you want to die, don't drag me into it. Lord Madara said as long as you don't die, anything goes. But if you keep torturing yourself like this, the Hashirama artificial body that the lord attached to you will fall apart, and then you'll be dead for sure."
"I have to leave. Kakashi, Rin, wait for me."
Smack!
Aoha slapped his forehead. Sure enough, the most annoying type was the stubborn one-track mind!
After taking two deep breaths to calm himself, he squatted back down on the ground, preparing to reason properly with this guy.
Damn it, if your life and death weren't crucial to whether I can complete my mission, I wouldn't care about you at all!
"Listen up. Let me explain something, and you tell me if this makes sense. With your current physical condition, forget whether you can even get out. Even if you do get out, what happens when you run into enemies?"
"If you die, that's fine. But what if you get captured? If that Kaka-whatever and Rin you mentioned hear the news, won't they have to come rescue you? Then the enemy sets up some trap, and everyone who comes to save you dies. Plus, they can extract intelligence from your heads. Then you'll all be criminals of the village."
"And you'll be the culprit who got your friends killed and caused massive losses to the village. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
Obito finally stopped 'squirming' and fell silent, but the cold sweat seeping from his forehead revealed his turbulent emotions.
Seeing this, Aoha chuckled inwardly.
Dealing with hot-blooded youngsters with one-track minds like this, talking about pros and cons was useless. They didn't even care about their own lives, so what would they fear?
And Obito at this moment had two and a half weak points: one was Kakashi, one was Rin, and the half was the village.
That's right, the village's importance in Obito's heart definitely couldn't compare to the first two. Just look at what Obito did after turning evil. He hated Kakashi but refused to kill him multiple times, yet when dealing with Konoha, his methods were ruthless. First releasing the Tailed Beast, then releasing Pain. Absolutely merciless.
So, no amount of reasoning compared to scaring him with Kakashi and Rin's safety.
Thus, Obito finally calmed down.
"You're right. With my current wretched state, even if I found Kakashi and Rin, I'd only be a burden. The war outside isn't over yet. I need to recover first, then go help them."
Congratulations, you've even learned to jump ahead with answers!
Aoha gave him a thumbs up, then patted the ground and called out, "Come help me get him back on the bed."
As soon as he finished speaking, two White Zetsu clones emerged from the ground, startling Obito.
"By the way, what's your name?"
Obito, being helped up by the White Zetsu clones, suddenly asked.
"Shinomiya Aoha, a war orphan saved by Lord Madara, I am currently a servant here," Aoha said with a squinting smile, seemingly not ashamed at all of being a servant, but rather proud of it.
Hearing the words 'war orphan,' Obito visibly froze, and then the wariness on his face diminished considerably. "I'm Uchiha Obito, the man who'll become Hokage in the future. Don't worry, the war will end soon, and then you won't need to hide here anymore."
Aoha nodded with a smile, seeming to fully agree with his viewpoint.
But in reality, he thought, Well, truly worthy of being Uchiha Naruto. Before turning evil, his experiences and personality were completely protagonist template material. Just missing that 'Asura' reincarnation, and he became a villain boss candidate instead. How tragic.
And this extremely naive side is really hard to watch.
But whatever, none of his business!
Activating his golden finger early and running away early was the right path. Better escape this ship destined to sink sooner rather than later.
However, perhaps he could use this time to max out his favorability, lest after Obito turned evil and became indiscriminate, he ended up getting killed too. That would truly leave him no place to cry!
The cunning young Shinomiya Aoha shook his head and sighed as he went to prepare dinner. Though only he ate, making it sumptuous as a celebration wasn't wrong.
What he didn't know was what kind of inspiration his earlier words to Obito had given Madara.
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