Chapter 759: Obito: Where Did You Send Me?

"My head feels so fuzzy."

When sunlight pierced his eyelids, a sharp pain spread across his back. Obito narrowed his eyes and sat up from the grass.

As he pressed his palm against the ground, the broken grass roots made a crisp "pop" sound. The surrounding scent of grass rushed into Obito's nostrils.

"What the hell? Wasn't I sleeping at home?"

Obito looked at the extremely empty surroundings in bewilderment.

He didn't have a habit of sleepwalking, and even if he did, this was way too far—he couldn't even see where his home was.

"Forget it, let's find a place to eat first."

Obito patted his stomach, feeling a bit hungry, and decided to eat before going home.

He brushed the dirt and grass blades off his clothes, looked around, and realized this was a small park he had never been to before.

As Obito walked toward the exit, he passed by a place with two swings.

There were four children there, about six or seven years old.

Obito was drawn to one of them, a child with dazzling blonde hair.

"Haha! I, the great Uzumaki Naruto, am the king of pranks! Do you want to learn how to prank from me? If you beg me, I might reluctantly teach you!"

Naruto Uzumaki stood on the swing, hands on his hips, laughing loudly.

One of the children said helplessly:

"Who would want to learn that? You'll only get scolded."

A taller, thinner child looked up at the sky and said:

"Let's go. If we don't go home soon, our families will worry."

The other two children nodded in agreement and turned to leave with the taller child.

"You'll regret not learning the skills of the great Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto Uzumaki shouted after them.

But none of the three children looked back; they chatted and laughed as they walked away.

Naruto Uzumaki watched their receding figures, fell silent, then sat down on the swing with a lonely expression.

Failed again. As expected, getting recognized isn't that simple.

"Are you Uzumaki Naruto?"

"Huh?"

Naruto hadn't noticed Obito approaching. Startled by the sudden voice of a stranger, he almost fell off the swing if Obito hadn't steadied him.

"Looks like I'm already famous! I'm not far from getting everyone's recognition."

Naruto sized up Obito, found he had never seen this stranger before, and said smugly.

After confirming that he hadn't misheard, Obito fell into deep thought.

If he hadn't slept for several years, and if during that time Minato and Kushina had divorced, causing Naruto to lose his memory and change his surname...

Then he must have traveled to a parallel world he didn't know about.

"Who are you? Why did you suddenly space out?"

Naruto took the initiative to ask when he saw Obito inexplicably stop talking.

"Do you know Hanyu Moyue?"

Obito didn't answer Naruto's question; instead, he asked him one.

He believed that if it was the Moyue Immortal, even an alternate version, he would definitely be an extremely reliable good person who could help him return to his original world.

"Hanyu Moyue? Who is that? Is he a famous person?"

Naruto didn't mind Obito answering a question with a question, and after thinking carefully, he asked in confusion.

Obito put his right hand on his forehead and thought to himself, "Damn, not only did I travel to a parallel world, but it's also a parallel world without Moyue."

"Maybe it's because Muyue-sensei keeps a lower profile in this world, and Naruto is still young, so he doesn't know him."

Obito still held onto a sliver of hope in his heart.

If it weren't for Muyue, he really wouldn't know how to get back.

The Dragon Pulse was completely random in where it sent you, and there was no guarantee you'd even travel through at all.

"It's this late, aren't you going home?"

Obito thought for a moment, then asked tentatively.

"It's the same no matter when I go back. It's not like anyone's waiting for me at home."

Naruto replied, putting on an air of indifference.

Obito's heart instantly sank. The surname Uzumaki and being an orphan — wasn't this exactly the same as his little brother Naruto from Parallel World No. 1?

Please don't tell me it was "Obito" again who did this. I don't want that.

"No, wait — maybe this is the past of Parallel World No. 1!"

Obito suddenly got excited.

If this was the past of Parallel World No. 1, then all Obito had to do was wait about ten years, and Muyue and the others would travel here to save the world.

At that time, he could just ask Muyue to send him back to his own timeline.

"Big brother, why are you spacing out again? You're such a blockhead."

Seeing Obito suddenly go silent, Naruto couldn't help teasing him.

"Is that so? I was actually thinking I'd treat you to a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen, since you seem like a nice guy."

Obito rubbed his chin, putting on a regretful expression.

"Ichiraku Ramen!"

Naruto's eyes went wide, and he seemed about to speak but stopped.

"Haha, let's go. We're getting ramen."

Obito ruffled Naruto's little head and said with a big laugh.

After all, this was his little brother Naruto — forget one bowl, a hundred bowls he'd gladly treat.

"But..."

Naruto looked at Obito apologetically. He had said some harsh things to Obito, yet Obito was still treating him to food.

"No 'buts.' Let's go. Even if you're not hungry, I am."

Obito didn't give Naruto a chance to refuse; he directly dragged him into the Ichiraku Ramen shop.

"Two large bowls of pork bone miso chashu ramen."

Obito called out as soon as he helped Naruto sit down.

"Coming right up."

Teuchi skillfully placed the cooked ramen into the broth and set the bowls in front of Obito and Naruto.

"Let's eat."

Catching the enticing aroma of the ramen, Naruto's eyes lit up, and he quickly grabbed his chopsticks and started slurping furiously.

Watching the eager Naruto, Obito smiled and began eating too.

"Are you full? If not, I'll order another bowl for you."

Seeing Naruto finish eating, Obito put down his chopsticks and asked.

"No need, I'm already full. Thank you, big brother, for the ramen."

Naruto showed a bright smile and waved his hand to refuse.

He was already very grateful that someone had treated him.

"That'll be one hundred fifty ryo."

When Obito finished eating, Teuchi said with a chuckle.

"Mm."

Obito replied as he reached into his pocket. For him, one hundred fifty ryo was nothing.

However, when his hand entered his pocket, Obito's expression shifted slightly.

He thought of a very serious matter — he seemed to have no money.

Even without considering whether the currency was the same, he still had no money.

Before the time travel, Obito was undergoing hellish training to become Hokage, so most of the time he wore loose casual clothes while studying at home, and didn't put anything in them.

In fact, because he was so sleepy, Obito went to sleep without even changing clothes.

Obito was grateful for that, otherwise he would have traveled in his pajamas.

"Dear customer, you didn't forget to bring money, did you?"

Teuchi, who had somehow walked over to Obito's side, said with a smile as he placed his hand on Obito's shoulder.

However, this smile looked truly terrifying to Naruto, making him involuntarily lean to the other side.

Obito, however, was not flustered. He calmly nodded and said, "Mm, no money."

"Why do you look so confident even when you have no money?"

Naruto couldn't help but complain.

He had thought it was a misunderstanding because Obito looked so confident.

"Because I wash dishes very fast."

Obito answered confidently. With his super high physical fitness, washing dishes worth one hundred fifty ryo was a piece of cake.

If he used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, even washing dishes worth one thousand five hundred ryo would be no problem.

Teuchi and Naruto:...

In the end, Obito's super high dishwashing skills were not demonstrated. Teuchi, seeing that Obito was a first-time offender and didn't look like someone who would intentionally eat and run, let Obito off, telling him to pay together the next time he ate.

"Big brother, why would you treat me to a meal when you have no money?"

Naruto, walking on the road, asked in confusion.

"I left in too much of a hurry and forgot to bring money."

Obito scratched his head and explained.

In a sense, he really couldn't have been more hurried.

"That's way too careless."

Naruto complained.

"By the way, big brother, what's your name? I still don't know your name."

"Call me 'Kakashi is an idiot'."

"Idiot big brother."

"Dammit, that's not how you call me. You need to use the full name."

"You clearly want me to curse someone. It's so obvious, who would fall for that?"

After the two chatted and laughed while walking for half an hour, Obito said goodbye to Naruto.

Naruto was a bit reluctant. There were too few people like Obito who didn't look at him with strange eyes and would even treat him to ramen. Naruto wanted to spend more time with Obito.

But Naruto also understood that Obito wasn't like him, someone without a home; when it got dark, he had to go back to his own home.

"So, big brother, what is your name after all?"

Naruto finally asked.

"I'll tell you when we meet next time."

Obito waved his hand at Naruto and gradually disappeared from Naruto's sight.

"If you won't say it, then don't. I don't want to know anyway."

Naruto pouted his little mouth, a bit unhappy, but soon regained his smile.

"When I have money someday, I'll treat this dummy big brother to ramen."

Naruto, looking delighted, hopped and skipped back home.

On the other side, Obito walked through a few streets in a pretentious manner, then entered a secluded place, and used the Transformation Jutsu to disguise himself and leave.

After confirming Uzumaki Naruto's identity in the park, Obito used Observation Haki to detect two chakra signatures hidden in the shadows.

He guessed they were ANBU responsible for monitoring Naruto, after all, Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"I wasn't wearing a headband and didn't use any ninjutsu, they probably didn't notice anything wrong."

Obito muttered to himself and then couldn't be bothered to care, and began to investigate the situation of the Uchiha clan compound. He needed to obtain more information to determine if this was the past of Parallel World No. 1.

Even if they noticed something unusual, it wouldn't matter—what could a few ANBU do to him?

Obito's information about Parallel World No. 1 mainly came from the memories of Six Paths Obito and Naruto's verbal account.

According to what Obito knew, the Uchiha clan of Parallel World No. 1 would be annihilated when Sasuke was about seven years old because they attempted a coup.

Although Obito had not seen Sasuke of this world, he had already seen Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke were born in the same year, but Sasuke was about two months older.

If his guess was correct, then the Uchiha clan was already on the brink of annihilation, or might even have been annihilated already.

After all, the memory interaction caused by the chakra connection was just like watching a very long immersive movie; Obito couldn't remember all the details, so he didn't know the exact date, only a general idea.

Looking at the calm Uchiha clan compound, Obito breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The night of the massacre had not yet come; he still had room to maneuver.

"If I change history, will Teacher Muyue and the others still travel to Parallel World No. 1?"

Obito suddenly thought of a question.

Muyue and the others traveled to Parallel World No. 1 because Naruto had traveled there to ask for help.

But if Obito changed history, there might not be a Fourth Great Ninja War in the future, and Naruto might not come into contact with the Dragon Vein, which would lead to him traveling to Muyue's world.

"Don't worry about anything, just hide in a corner for ten more years and maybe I can go back."

"But if I don't do anything, then Naruto, Sasuke, Nagato, and the others in this world..."

Obito fell into indecision. He realized that sometimes it was better to be a bit dumber. If he hadn't thought of the possibility that this was the past of Parallel World No. 1, he wouldn't have to worry about these things.

"Let's gather information first; after all, it's all just speculation."

Obito temporarily suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Currently, the information he had was too little. Whether this world had Muyue and whether it was actually Parallel World No. 1 were still uncertain.