Chapter 457: You Are Uchiha Obito!
"The information on Uchiha Obito only covers his childhood. It says he was often late as a kid, liked helping lost kittens, and helped old ladies cross the street… Huh?"
The person reading the file suddenly sounded confused halfway through.
The others also showed puzzled expressions.
The founding members of the Akatsuki were all rather simple people. You could even say they were naïvely foolish.
They understood that people could change over time, but they had never imagined someone could change this drastically.
Looking at the current Obito, they simply couldn't connect him with either of the two "Uchiha Madaras" in the report.
Neither of those two Uchiha Madaras looked remotely like normal human beings.
But this section about Uchiha Obito clearly described a warm-hearted kid, didn't it?
Could there be some hidden detail they hadn't noticed?
"I get it now!"
Kyūsuke suddenly slapped his hands together as inspiration struck him.
"This was that Uchiha Obito's disguise!"
"A disguise?"
"That's right! You can't just look at surface appearances. You have to see through to the essence of things."
Kyūsuke confidently began analyzing.
"Both of those Uchiha Madaras had experience controlling the Nine-Tails. Since they both did it, we couldn't use that to distinguish them, so we overlooked this point earlier. And now, this is exactly where the problem lies."
"If we ignore that point, then Uchiha Obito's past becomes completely out of place and impossible to explain. But once we include it, everything becomes simple."
"The so-called 'Uchiha Obito often helped lost kittens' actually reveals one thing—he was a perverted furry fanatic!"
"Under the excuse of helping small animals, he was actually bullying them! It's just that he was still young back then and lacked the ability to truly carry out his crimes."
"After growing up, his true nature was exposed. That's why he used the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and mercilessly abuse it!"
Kyūsuke's analysis immediately earned waves of praise from everyone present, while Obito, hiding silently beneath the stone bed, was nearly driven mad with rage.
These insects he could kill in an instant actually dared to slander him out of thin air?
Unfortunately, his chakra was sealed right now. If he showed himself, not only would he fail to punish them, he'd probably end up suffering the same treatment as Uchiha Madara.
If these people discovered he was here too, there'd be no need for analysis anymore. They'd just beat both of them together and call it a day.
Thinking of this, Obito slowed his breathing again and pressed himself tightly against the stone bed, terrified of being discovered.
Kyūsuke continued his analysis.
"As for helping old ladies cross the street, the reason is the same as helping kittens. That bastard Uchiha Obito used the excuse of helping elderly women do good deeds while secretly satisfying his own twisted urges."
"..."
Obito felt like he really couldn't endure this anymore.
"Back then, Uchiha Obito wasn't a famous ninja, so there isn't much information about him. But his friend Hatake Kakashi is a celebrity throughout the ninja world, so there's plenty of information on him."
"Now look at the later records about Kakashi—after believing Uchiha Obito had died, Kakashi began living the way Obito did, in memory of his deceased friend."
"In other words, whatever kind of person Hatake Kakashi is now, that's what Uchiha Obito used to be like. And according to Megue's intelligence records, Hatake Kakashi…"
At this point, Kyūsuke's expression became strange. After seemingly preparing himself mentally, he finally continued.
"Hatake Kakashi imitated Uchiha Obito by not only always being late, but also… also recently pursuing Elder Chiyo of the Sunagakure Village."
"However, after Obito's grandmother was revived through Impure World Reincarnation, Kakashi changed targets and gave up on Chiyo."
"Most importantly, Kakashi wrote several books in the ninja world. In the Infinite Tsukuyomi series, the entire ninja world is filled with furry fanatics. That is his darkest and deepest fantasy."
"So now you understand, right?"
"The more perverted Kakashi is now, the more perverted the original Uchiha Obito must have been!"
Kyūsuke's analysis nearly made Obito's blood pressure explode.
Obito never imagined he would somehow get dragged down by Kakashi here of all places.
What the hell did Kakashi have to do with him?!
"So that's how it is."
"As expected of Kyūsuke. Your explanation cleared away all the confusion."
"Now it makes sense. It all makes sense."
The group nodded thoughtfully, feeling as if they had finally understood everything.
At last, everyone turned toward the Uchiha Madara lying on the stone bed.
"...What are you trying to do?"
Uchiha Madara had just been enduring electric torture and hadn't listened to their nonsense analysis at all. Seeing everyone stare at him, he had absolutely no idea what conclusions they had reached.
Had they finally realized he wasn't their enemy, or was it something else entirely?
"Your schemes truly are extraordinary. To think you disguised yourself so perfectly. If we hadn't sent Megue to gather intelligence, and if the brilliant Kyūsuke hadn't conducted such flawless analysis, we really would've been fooled by you!"
Kie snorted coldly at Uchiha Madara's "playing dumb."
"What do you mean?"
What did they mean?
Uchiha Madara looked utterly bewildered.
What exactly had he disguised?
And what had he supposedly deceived them about?
Granted, Uchiha Madara had disguised himself countless times and deceived countless people in his life, but right now, every word he said was the truth!
"Uchiha Obito, stop pretending! We've already seen through your disguise!"
Kyūsuke shouted furiously.
"Huh?"
Madara's expression grew even more confused.
Meanwhile, hearing Kyūsuke's shout, Obito, still hiding beneath the stone bed, jumped in fright, thinking they had discovered him.
"You said earlier that you were the first one, the old-lady fetishist, right?"
"..."
"We've already figured it out now. The old-lady fetishist was Uchiha Obito, while the real dead Uchiha Madara was actually a history fetishist! Your cover has been blown!"
"..."
At this moment, Madara's brain frantically processed all the information they had just spewed.
In the end, he arrived at a conclusion—He really was Uchiha Obito.
No, wait, what the hell was going on?
"So you really are that mysterious masked man!"
Kyūsuke raised a finger and pointed at Uchiha Madara.
"..."
Madara opened his mouth, but for a moment, he genuinely had no idea how to continue defending himself.
"Originally, we thought Megue might be able to let go of her hatred. Since you were already dead, we figured giving you a little punishment would be enough."
"But we never expected you to be such a disgusting pervert. And even now, you still refuse to repent and continue deceiving us!"
Daibutsu also spoke, his face full of grief and indignation.
"I'm really not Uchiha Obito…"
Madara was starting to despair.
Damn it, the body double had somehow become the real one.
"Everyone, get him! Let's teach him a lesson!"
"Hold on! The intelligence scroll Megue gave us also sealed away several of Kakashi's books. Let's use them as reference material and increase the intensity of evil Uchiha Obito's punishment!"
"Good!"
(End of this chapter)