After talking clearly with Kakashi, Obito felt much more refreshed, so he said goodbye to Kakashi and walked out of the training team.
But when he walked out of the training team, looked at the sparse trees in front of him, and looked up at the blue sky. The weather was very good today, with clear skies and bright sunshine. He suddenly felt confused again.
Konoha is fine now, but it has nothing to do with him. He is like an outsider and out of place here.
He has no home here. His grandmother had passed away long ago and he has no relatives in Konoha.
He didn't know where to go now, he had nowhere to go.
Boundless loneliness suddenly surrounded him, making him feel empty and lonely.
Looking at Obito who was suddenly stunned, Nagase asked, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly in a daze here?"
"Nothing, I just found myself seeming to have nowhere to go." Obito looked away and said somewhat melancholy.
Now he is truly homeless.
If Kakashi wasn't married, he could go and hang out with Kakashi, but Kakashi already has a child, so he feels embarrassed to go over there.
"What do you mean you have nowhere to go? Your house in the Uchiha clan won't be used as trash so soon, will it?" Nagase complained when he saw Obito starting to become depressed online.
Konoha has always been a place with few people and a lot of land, so there is no shortage of land, so there is no need to requisition Obito's house.
The most likely reason is that it has become very dirty because no one has lived there for several years. That's the truth.
But dirt is no problem for a ninja. He can just create a dozen shadow clones and work at ten times the speed, so he can clean it up quickly.
"Aren't you planning to go back to Uchiha?" Nagase asked.
"If all my deeds are exposed, it might make things difficult for Uchiha." Obito said with some concern.
"That's true." Yongze touched his chin and thought.
He is still constantly reducing the conflicts between Konoha and Uchiha. If the affairs of Obito are exposed, on the one hand, the residents of Konoha and ordinary ninjas will backlash, their resentment towards the Uchiha clan will increase, and they will imagine Nagase's efforts over the years as some kind of conspiracy theory.
On the other hand, some dishonest Uchiha would have some bad thoughts when they saw that there was another person in the Uchiha clan with such strong strength.
Therefore, the fact that Obito is the masked man of Nine-Tails Night cannot be revealed in a short period of time, and can only be known to a few people.
Otherwise, all the efforts that Nagaze has made over the years may be in vain.
"How about this, we will announce to the public that you were seriously injured in the Third Ninja World, then exiled to the Ninja World, and only recently returned to Konoha with great difficulty." Nagase thought of a good reason.
In fact, this reason is only used for Uchiha. After all, Obito's social circle is not large and the number of people he knows is limited.
"Yeah." Obito nodded in agreement. He didn't want to bring any more trouble to the Uchiha clan.
Then Nagase and Obito walked to the Uchiha clan's residence and found Obito's former house.
Obito lived in a very ordinary wooden country two-story house with a small yard, which was a very common configuration here.
There is a common broad-leaved tree in the yard. Its emerald green leaves sparkle under the sunlight. Although no one takes care of it, it is still growing well.
The yard was very dirty and a mess as soon as one looked at it. There was plastic garbage blown in from somewhere and unknown weeds growing everywhere.
"It looks like a big project." Nagase commented after looking around the yard.
It is easy to destroy this yard, Obito can do it with just one fireball, but cleaning it up is not so easy.
"In fact, you can issue a D-level commission and let the Genin take care of it." Nagase suddenly thought of a good idea.
D-level tasks are all dry goods, either finding a cat or picking up trash, so cleaning up the yard is reasonable.
"It's better for you to clean up your own home. I'll do it myself. Senior Yongze, you can go talk to the clan leader about my affairs first, and then come to my place in the evening. It should be cleaned up by then."
Obito declined Nagase's suggestion. When he himself had just become a ninja, he hated those D-rank missions of finding cats and picking up garbage. Cleaning this yard and house that had not been occupied for five or six years was much more tiring than finding cats. It would be better not to leave any bad memories for those Genin.
Moreover, there are advantages to cleaning up by yourself, as it avoids some familiar items being thrown away as garbage, and you can reminisce about the past.
"Okay." Nagase nodded, walked out of Obito's yard, and headed towards Uchiha Fugaku's house.
Watching Nagase leave, Obito withdrew his gaze, closed the door to the yard, stretched his body, and then quickly formed a seal.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Boom boom boom!
!
Streams of white smoke rose up, and more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared in this dilapidated courtyard.
"You clean the door, you clean this side, you clean that side..." Obito assigned a different position to each shadow clone, and they cleaned at the same time.
However, Obito did not arrange for the shadow clone to clean the inside of the house. He planned to clean the inside of the house himself.
As soon as he opened the door, Obito felt a large amount of dust coming towards him.
Waving his hands to blow away the dust around him, Obito looked inside and saw the familiar four-legged wooden dining table. Everything was so familiar, except that it was covered with a thick layer of dust.
Obito walked onto the wooden floor, which was perfectly covered in dust, so he naturally didn't need to take off his shoes and change them.
He walked into the kitchen and tried to start the induction cooker, only to find that there was no electricity or it was broken.
Finally, Obito walked up to the second floor and opened the door to his own room.
After walking in, Obito looked to the right. There was a double-opening glass window, as well as a desk and a chair. To the right of the desk was a full bookshelf. Obito used to read and study here.
The height of the desk is just level with the bottom of the window. When you feel bored while sitting there reading, you can look out the window at the blue sky outside or at the pedestrians on the street.
Obito walked to the desk, where there was a photo frame that was about four-fifths the size of a single glass window.
There was nothing else on the photo frame except a photo of a girl named Nohara Lin. It was not a very large photo, but many small photos put together.
There are photos from the ninja school period and also photos from the ninja period. Lin's expression in the photos is the same, with a bright smile, as if there is no such word as sadness in this girl's world.
Obito reached out his hand and wanted to touch the photo, but ended up with a hand covered in dust. Thanks to the protection of the photo frame, the photo inside was not dirty.
Obito was originally going to wipe it with his sleeve, but then he remembered that this was the ANBU uniform given to him by Nagase, so he found an old piece of clothing and used it as a rag to wipe the photo frame carefully.
After wiping it once, Obito looked at it carefully again. Feeling it was still not clean, he wiped it carefully twice more.
Now the photo frame is completely clean, and the dust in the tiny gaps has also been wiped away.
Obito sat on the chair as he did before and placed the photo frame against the window, just covering four-fifths of the right window.
At this time, there was nothing else in Obito's sight except Rin's photo.
Whenever he wanted to give up in the past, he would do this: he would hold up Lin's photo so that Lin was the only thing in his sight, and he would recall Lin's encouraging words in his heart again, and courage and faith would emerge continuously.
Obito watched silently for twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes later, Obito took a deep breath, carefully put away the photos, then went downstairs and began cleaning the room.
… … … …
When Nagase arrived at Fugaku's house, he saw all the members of Fugaku's family at a glance. Fugaku was standing in front of Itachi in the yard, saying something. Uchiha Mikoto took Sasuke to sit on the wooden walkway built around the house, but Sasuke obviously didn't want to stay with his mother. He kept trying to walk to his brother's side, curious about what his father was whispering to his brother.
A ninja of Fugaku's level, regardless of whether Nagase was deliberately hiding, would naturally be discovered by Fugaku as soon as he came in.
Fugaku stopped teaching his eldest son. He was just teaching Itachi the technique of Fire Release.
Itachi has advanced to the semi-finals in this extraordinary Chunin Exam, and if he advances further he will reach the finals.
This Chunin Exam was different from previous ones, not only because the number and quality of participants were far superior, but also because the Raikage, Tsuchikage and Wind Kage all gathered together, giving it some special significance.
If Itachi can win the Chunin Exam, it will definitely be beneficial to the family. Now that things have come to this, Fugaku certainly wants Itachi to win in the end.
So he did not even let go of the last few days, put aside some of the clan's affairs, and personally taught Itachi Fire Release, passing on all kinds of experience to Itachi.
"Nagazawa Fuzuo, are you here to look for Itachi?" Fugaku asked Nagazawa.
Nothing has happened in Uchiha recently, and Itachi is Nagase's disciple, so Uchiha Fugaku thinks Nagase should be here to find Itachi.
After hearing Fugaku's words, Itachi also looked at Nagase and greeted him.
Nagase walked up and touched Itachi's head, but shook his head and said, "No, I'm not here to see Itachi, I'm here to see you. I want to talk to you about something related to the Uchiha."
"About Uchiha matters..." Fugaku's face turned serious. If it was about Uchiha matters, then it was serious business.
Fugaku let Itachi practice on his own first, then took Nagase to the living room.
"I wonder if you, Fugaku, still remember an Uchiha boy named Uchiha Obito." Nagase asked.
"Uchiha Obito, I remember that he died during the Third Ninja World War."
Because Obito's talent was average, many of his peers said he was the last in the Uchiha clan. In addition, Obito was Minato's disciple, so Uchiha Fugaku had some impression of him, but he was still a little confused as to why the matter was related to a "dead" person.
It can't be that Uchiha Obito came back to life and returned to Konoha.
"Once, his teammates on the battlefield thought he was killed, so they reported it, but in fact Uchiha Obito was not dead. Instead, he was seriously injured and wandered in the Ninja World. Now he has returned to Konoha." Nagase said in one breath.
Uchiha Fugaku didn't know how to complain for a moment, he actually came back to life and returned to Konoha.
And he felt that there was something wrong with Nagase's explanation.
However, Uchiha Fugaku is a smart man. He knows that there are some things he can ask and some things he can leave unasked.
Things like the addition of an Uchiha member don't need to be asked because it won't have any impact on the Uchiha.
"I understand. I remember that the child's home is empty and the house is abandoned. I will send someone to clean up the place." Uchiha Fugaku thought for a while and replied.
Nagase shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. Obito has already returned to his home and is ready to clean up on his own."
"Is there anything else besides this matter?" asked Uchiha Fugaku.
"No more." Nagase said that this was the only thing.
Fugaku's expression remained unchanged. He felt in his heart that Obito's matter might not be simple. Nagase came here just to talk about this matter.
Nagase had nothing to do anyway, so he stayed at Fugaku's house for a while and teased Sasuke.
"Little Zuozhu, you should respectfully call me Lord Yongze, or Yongze Fuzuo." Yongze teased Zuozhu.
"It's Zuozhu, not Xiao Zuozhu." Zuozhu puffed up his cheeks and looked at Yongze unhappily. This man was just like that red-haired aunt, always unable to understand what people said. His name was Zuozhu, not Xiao Zuozhu!
"Okay, Zuosuke." Nagase said perfunctorily in a serious tone.
Left Assistant: …
Hard, hard. The fist is hard.
At this time, Itachi walked to Zuosuke's side and rubbed Zuosuke's little head. Zuosuke showed an expression of enjoyment and rubbed his brother's chest.
"Sasuke, Sensei Nagase is a great ninja and your brother's teacher. You can't be disrespectful to him." Itachi said, touching Sasuke's little head.
Since his brother had said so, Zuo Zhu stood in front of Nagase obediently no matter how reluctant he was, and said with a straight face: "I'm sorry, Nagase Zhu Zuo."
Yongze smiled, pinched Zuozhu's little face and said, "What can you say with a straight face, kid? You have to smile to show your sincerity."
Zuo Zhu forced the corners of his mouth to lift up, producing an extremely twisted smile.
Yongze was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice, searched around, and shook his head regretfully. He didn't have a camera with him, so he couldn't record this funny expression.
"I have to carry a camera with me at all times so I can record my happiness at any time." Nagase said to himself.
Seeing Nagase suddenly laughing, Zuosuke felt extremely traumatized. A layer of mist appeared in his clear big eyes, and he hid directly behind Itachi.
"Brother, he just wants to bully me." Zuo Zhu's tender little face puffed up into a small bun, and he complained to his brother angrily.
Itachi looked at Nagase, then at Sasuke behind him, and fell into deep thought.
Nagase had already had his fun and knew to be moderate, so he did not continue to have fun with Sasuke and soon left the Fugaku household.