Chapter 393: Obito Born Evil?

"If an old lady slowly walks past you and slows down your travel speed, would you want to beat her up?" Obito asked Itachi Uchiha.

After clearly hearing Obito's words, Itachi Uchiha looked at Obito with his big eyes, confused. "Wh... why would I beat up an old lady?"

Obito scratched his hair. Of course, a normal person wouldn't beat her up, but since he could go as far as wiping out a clan, beating up an old lady should be nothing unusual.

Obito thought for a moment and felt he needed to give Itachi Uchiha several choices and not let him answer his question with a question.

"When you're crossing the street and come across a slow-moving old lady, you have three options."

"a. Help the old lady cross the street."

"b. Ignore the old lady and just go your own way."

"c. Snatch the lollipop from the old lady's hand."

After stating the question and options, Obito immediately added, "You're not allowed to answer a question with a question. You must choose one option."

Shisui looked at Itachi Uchiha, curious about his choice.

Although Obito's question was a bit childish, Itachi Uchiha was still young and wouldn't have too many schemes, so it could serve as a certain test.

Itachi Uchiha stared blankly at Obito. After two minutes, he replied, "I choose b. I'll keep my distance and go my own way."

Obito showed an expression of "just as I thought." He had a feeling Itachi Uchiha wasn't like a good kid; he didn't even know about respecting the elderly and cherishing the young.

"As expected, a naturally evil brat. If he already thinks this way at such a young age, in a few more years he'll probably be snatching lollipops," Obito thought to himself.

"Then, Itachi, why did you choose b?" Shisui wanted to know the thoughts in Itachi Uchiha's mind.

"I tend to fall when I walk. If I get too close to the old lady, I might cause her to fall to the ground with me," Itachi Uchiha answered honestly.

Shisui looked at Itachi Uchiha with some surprise. Even though his speech was a bit unclear, his thinking was so clear. He might actually be an extraordinary genius.

The expression on Obito's face froze, while Shisui showed a thoughtful look.

"Why don't you snatch the lollipop from the old lady's hand? She walks very slowly and can't catch up to you," Obito whispered like a demon tempting one to fall into depravity.

"How can I take something from others? Obito-nii, taking things from people is very bad," Itachi Uchiha said seriously.

Itachi Uchiha's words made Obito lose his composure a little. He came to test him, but it felt like he had become the naturally evil Uchiha.

"Let's stop talking about this. Itachi, would you like to hear a story?" Shisui stepped in to break the awkward situation.

Itachi Uchiha shifted his gaze to Shisui and nodded.

"Once upon a time, there was a ninja..." Shisui told a very cliché positive-energy little story.

The general plot was about a ninja with a tragic childhood who remained optimistic and positive, changed his surroundings, and eventually made the country and the world a better place.

Just after the story ended, Fugaku Uchiha returned to the living room. Seeing this harmonious scene, he smiled and said, "It looks like you're getting along quite well."

Shisui calmly praised Itachi Uchiha, and Obito followed with a few words.

The smile on Fugaku Uchiha's face grew even warmer.

"Thank you for your trouble today, Uncle Fugaku." Shisui prepared to take his leave.

Itachi Uchiha was too young, and Fugaku Uchiha would be more protective, so it wasn't suitable to stay too long.

"No trouble at all. If you have any problems in the future, feel free to come to me just like today," Fugaku Uchiha said with a laugh.

"Your older brothers are about to leave, Itachi. Is there anything you want to say?" Fugaku Uchiha looked at Itachi Uchiha.

Itachi Uchiha nodded and shifted his gaze back to Obito. "Obito-nii, it's not good to bully an old lady."

Fugaku Uchiha looked at Obito with some surprise, curious as to why Itachi Uchiha would say such a thing to him.

Obito:...

"You're the one who bullies old ladies!" Obito roared in his heart. He was a good boy of Konoha who always helped old ladies cross the street.

"Itachi, I was just making a hypothetical. It's not like I'm actually going to do something like that," Obito explained.

Itachi Uchiha made an "oh" sound and nodded.

A sense of helplessness rose in Obito's heart. He looked at Itachi Uchiha with a changed expression.

"As expected of someone who could wipe out the Uchiha clan in the future. I really can't underestimate him at all." Obito felt that this Itachi Uchiha was very difficult to deal with.

"A child's thoughtless words; Obito, you don't need to take them to heart."

Uchiha Fugaku smiled and explained on behalf of Uchiha Itachi.

Obito put on a magnanimous expression to show he didn't mind, then walked out together with Shisui.

After getting a little farther away, Obito couldn't suppress his urge to complain inwardly.

"This Uchiha Itachi is really something special. To have such a mindset at such a young age, maybe he used many schemes during the clan massacre," Obito grumbled.

To this, Shisui offered a different opinion. "I think we shouldn't look at the present Uchiha Itachi through a distorted lens because of something that hasn't happened yet."

"The future Uchiha Itachi—no matter what his reasons or difficulties were—committed an unforgivable crime by carrying out the clan massacre. But that is ultimately the future Uchiha Itachi."

"The current Uchiha Itachi is just a little child who still speaks unclearly. There's no guarantee he has any great malice."

Shisui felt that judging a case across time was inadvisable; one could not directly attribute the crimes the future Uchiha Itachi would commit to the past Uchiha Itachi by default.

"I think what you're saying, Shisui, makes a lot of sense. But what are we going to do? We can't just stand by and do nothing," Obito said, scratching his head.

"Of course we'll do something. We can guide him toward goodness," Shisui stated his solution.

Shisui planned to use his senior status to mentor Uchiha Itachi, guiding him to become a ninja who loves his clan, loves the village, and takes responsibility.

…

In the courtyard of Tsunade's residence.

Mu Yue and Tsunade sat on stone benches in the courtyard, while Shizune and Nohara Rin stood strictly at attention in front of them.

Half a year ago, Mu Yue and Tsunade had made an agreement to exchange disciples for six months. Although he had taken Nohara Rin out on a few missions in between, overall, for most of these six months, Nohara Rin had been studying medical ninjutsu under Tsunade.

Today was the time to test the results of her training.

"Rin, show us what you've learned," Tsunade said confidently, arms crossed.

Nohara Rin had a very good talent for medical ninjutsu and had worked hard during her studies. After half a year of instruction, Tsunade had a very optimistic view of Nohara Rin's future in medical ninjutsu.

Given Nohara Rin's current medical skill level, Tsunade felt she could be promoted to Tokubetsu Jonin.

For full Jonin, there was still a gap—Nohara Rin lacked in direct combat ability.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Nohara Rin nodded, walked over to the stone table, and picked up a bloody fish.

"Mystical Palm Technique!"

Nohara Rin gathered a large amount of chakra in her palm, then performed Yang Release nature transformation to alter the chakra's properties.

A dense green light bloomed in Nohara Rin's palm, enveloping the bloody fish in her hand.

Under the effect of the Yang Release chakra, the wound on the fish in Nohara Rin's hand healed rapidly, leaving no trace of a scar.

The fully healed fish became lively and began to struggle continuously in Nohara Rin's hand.

Mu Yue nodded. That fish had only had its last half-breath left; if Nohara Rin had been a little slower, it would have died.

Then Nohara Rin took a purple pill from the stone table and stuffed it into the fish's mouth.

The fish, which had been lively and struggling, gradually weakened its struggles after eating the purple pill, and ominous purple patterns appeared on its body.

"Detoxification is also a required course for medical ninjas. If you don't detoxify the poison first when someone is poisoned, all treatment is meaningless," Tsunade explained.

The reason she was the strongest medical ninja was not only because she could treat the body at extreme speed, but also because Tsunade had the strongest detoxification ability in the ninja world. Sunagakure, which loved to use poison, found Tsunade's ability extremely troublesome.

"Poison Extraction Technique!"

Nohara Rin tightly gripped the poisoned fish in her hand and activated the ninjutsu to search for the source of the toxin.

After pinpointing the location, Nohara Rin held the fish in her left hand and slightly raised her right hand.

"Chakra Scalpel!"

Nohara Rin concentrated a large amount of chakra to strengthen her hand, making her palm extremely sharp. The moment it touched the fish's body, it left a scratch on the fish.

Nohara Rin precisely extracted the poison, then treated the fish.

In fact, Nohara Rin had also learned how to prepare antidotes, but that took a long time and wasn't suitable for a demonstration.

Then Nohara Rin used some more basic techniques like hemostasis and recovery, showing her solid foundation.

After finishing the demonstration, Rin Nohara took a couple of breaths and looked at Mu Yue with some anticipation.

Being able to get this far was already the result of Rin Nohara's desperate efforts; her Chakra Scalpel had only been completed a few days ago.

"Very good. Even if I asked some jonin who have mastered Medical Ninjutsu, they couldn't have done better." Mu Yue praised Rin Nohara's excellence without holding back.

To keep pace with Kakashi and Obito, Rin Nohara had indeed worked hard enough—he had seen it all.

Rin Nohara's somewhat nervous heart instantly relaxed, and she showed a joyful smile.

Rin Nohara deeply respected Tsunade, but in her heart, Mu Yue was her true teacher, the one from whom she most wanted recognition.

"Thank you for the trouble, Tsunade-sama." Mu Yue smiled and thanked Tsunade.

When it came to Medical Ninjutsu, Tsunade was definitely the master. Although he had teaching skills, those skills were limited by his own knowledge.

"If you know that, then make me some good food to reward me." Tsunade replied bluntly, listing several of her favorite dishes.

For Tsunade, hints were out of the question—what if Mu Yue didn't catch on or pretended not to? She'd lose out big time.

Mu Yue readily agreed; for him, this was a small favor.

"Tsunade-sama, you know best how strong Shizune was before. Let you inspect Shizune's training results." Mu Yue said after a moment of thought.

It's not easy for one person to see progress in strength alone, and Shizune hadn't learned any high-power ninjutsu, so she needed battle experience.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Tsunade formed hand signs and split off a shadow clone, sending it to check Shizune's learning results.

"Shizune, come at me with all your strength. Don't hold back." Tsunade's shadow clone said casually.

Shizune nodded and immediately entered a state of total concentration breathing to enhance her abilities.

"Tsunade-sama, watch out!" Shizune warned, then erupted chakra and used Shunpo to dash out.

Although she definitely couldn't beat Tsunade's shadow clone with her strength, she still had to show proper respect.

Swoosh!

Shizune's figure flickered; in an instant she moved to the side of Tsunade's shadow clone and slammed her right foot, already loaded with a huge amount of chakra, toward Tsunade.

Bang!!

The moment Shizune was about to make contact with the shadow clone, the clone retreated at top speed, letting Shizune's Monstrous Strength kick smash into the ground, shattering it.

Tsunade's original body, watching from the sidelines, was a little surprised. Shizune's speed and the sharpness of her moves made it seem like she was a ninja skilled in taijutsu, but half a year ago, Shizune's taijutsu wasn't even outstanding among genin.

Not discouraged by her first missed attack, Shizune quickly organized a second wave of offense, and a sharp Chakra Scalpel cut down a large tree in Tsunade's courtyard.

Unlike Rin Nohara, who had to go study medical knowledge with Tsunade, Shizune had lived with Tsunade for a long time and learned a great deal of medical knowledge, so Mu Yue teaching her Monstrous Strength and Chakra Scalpel went extremely smoothly.

For the first two minutes, Tsunade's shadow clone did not attack; it only dodged, letting Shizune display her offensive abilities.

After two minutes, Tsunade's shadow clone showed a portion of its strength, and the offensive and defensive roles immediately reversed.

Although Shizune was forced back step by step, she didn't panic, defending with all her might and looking for openings.

Of course, due to the huge gap in strength, Shizune eventually fell under Tsunade's knife-hand strike.

"Shizune, were you slacking off when you trained with me before?" Tsunade canceled the shadow clone and asked Shizune.

"Of course not. I was very serious when learning with you, Tsunade-sama." Shizune quickly brushed the dust off her clothes and answered.

"Alright, I was just joking." Seeing Shizune rush to explain, Tsunade said with a laugh.

Tsunade turned to look at Mu Yue, "You're so good at teaching. Let Shizune train with you for another year, and try to make her knock out a jonin with one punch."

Shizune's growth had exceeded Tsunade's expectations—she had not only mastered Monstrous Strength and Chakra Scalpel but also made huge progress in taijutsu.

"Another year of teaching is no problem, but I can't guarantee that after one year Shizune will be able to knock out a jonin with one punch." Mu Yue replied.

"Tsunade-sama, don't make things hard for Mu Yue-sensei." Shizune said helplessly.

Knocking out one jonin with a single punch? Even Tsunade herself couldn't always do that. If it was just one ordinary jonin, Tsunade could defeat them easily, but if facing dozens of jonin at once, there was no way she could casually knock them out one by one.

"You've only studied with Mu Yue for half a year, and already you're taking his side." Tsunade pinched Shizune's fair cheeks in dissatisfaction.

"Mmph—" Shizune tried to explain, but Tsunade's action made her words come out garbled.

Shizune's six-month training plan came to an end. Muyue took time to check Asuma's training progress again and gave guidance.

After the training, Muyue went to his home with Asuma under the pretext of seeking advice from Sarutobi Hiruzen about ninjutsu.

As for the real reason, first, to let Sarutobi Hiruzen know that he had successfully trained in the Flying Thunder God, thereby increasing his apparent strength and perfecting his genius persona; second, to use the Transformation Jutsu to record Sarutobi Hiruzen's status panel.

Today I revised the previous chapters and also perfected the outline for the upcoming plot, so today's chapter is a bit short. Those who read the previous chapter before 5 PM can re-read it.