Chapter 23: This Isn’t Even My Final Form
"Hmm... it doesn't seem like you'd understand that easily."
As he spoke, the space in front of Obito's right eye twisted slightly, and then poof a ninja sword popped into his hand.
It was one he'd looted from a Mist ninja a while back and hadn't bothered to do anything with yet.
"Someone from the Uchiha clan?"
The loli caught a glimpse of Obito's blood-red Sharingan, and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Attack me."
"...What?"
After hearing that from the mysterious uncle, she blinked in confusion.
"In your current situation, actual combat is the fastest way to grow stronger."
"Attack me. I'll be kind enough to guide you for free, no coupons required."
"...Uncle, who even are you?"
The purple-haired loli finally couldn't hold back and asked the burning question.
"...Uncle?"
Hearing that, Obito nearly staggered.
Well, he was using a transformation technique that made him look older, so... fair enough.
With a dry chuckle, he smiled faintly.
"Just think of me as a boring passerby."
"Why don't you attack me? Or are you saying that sword in your hand is just for decoration?"
"Tch! So you really think I'm weak, huh!?"
Feeling underestimated, the little loli's gaze turned sharp and in the next instant, she lunged forward, sword in hand.
"Uncle! Be careful!"
Heh. So polite, even while attacking. What a sweet kid... at least for now.
Obito raised an eyebrow.
Clang!
He easily parried her strike.
"Your intent is way too obvious. Again."
"Yah!"
"Yah!"
"YAH!"
In the blink of an eye, she struck again and again, but...
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Obito blocked each blow effortlessly, and on the last one, he grabbed her sword and lightly pushed her back.
"After getting blocked, don't just keep swinging like a windmill. You don't have the stamina for that yet."
Gritting her teeth, the loli charged again.
"YAH!"
Clang! Clang!
Thwack!
With a quick tap using the back of his blade, Obito smacked the back of her hand, and her sword clattered to the ground.
"Don't attack blindly. Read your opponent before your next move."
"Pick up the sword and keep going."
So strong!
This uncle is so strong!
Rubbing the red mark on her hand, the little loli picked up the sword again, her eyes now serious and observant, watching Obito's movements carefully.
Seeing this, the corners of Obito's mouth lifted slightly.
Just kidding he'd watched a ton of sword anime in his past life, and with the Sharingan plus a memory bank full of copied moves, his swordplay wasn't half bad.
Maybe not One Piece-level sword tier, but in the ninja world? Elite Jōnin or borderline Kage-level was fair.
Honestly, ninja swordsmanship was kinda mid outside of adult Sasuke in the future, no one really flexed it hard.
"Yah!"
She attacked again.
The sound of steel clashing echoed in the quiet training ground.
Time passed. The sun sank behind the trees, and night slowly covered the sky.
Eventually, the purple-haired little loli collapsed on her back, her small chest rising and falling with heavy breaths.
She was wiped out.
Beside her hand, her ninja sword lay chipped and battered.
"You're still in the Ninja Academy, right? Why are you here training alone after school? It's late... aren't your parents worried?"
Obito sat beside her and asked casually.
"I didn't come alone!"
"I came with a good friend, but he got dragged off by someone else last minute."
"As for my parents... they died in the Third Ninja War."
Her face dimmed a bit, but then she looked at Obito with a small smile.
"Uncle, thank you. Really."
"By the way... I don't know your name yet. My name's Yugao Uzuki. What about you, Uncle?"
"Me?"
Obito smiled.
"I'll tell you later."
Well… both her parents are dead. That's... convenient.
Easier to kidnap... ahem, just kidding.
"Hmph! Aren't you from the Uchiha Clan? Why act so mysterious?" Hearing this, Yugao Uzuki snorted.
"Anyway, uncle, why are you helping me? Don't tell me it's just out of boredom I won't believe that."
"Huh~"
Obito chuckled, turned his head to look at Yugao Uzuki's delicate face, and his smile was full of playfulness.
"What if I said... I've taken a liking to you?"
"Woo~"
After hearing Obito's words, Yugao Uzuki was slightly stunned. Her face flushed slightly red, and then she quietly shuffled a little farther away, shouting with a hint of nervousness on her face:
"Uncle, are you a pervert? I'm not even your age!"
"Hehe~"
"I don't think so… I think we'd really match together."
Seeing that Obito looked completely unbothered, she hurriedly said:
"Uncle, this isn't good! We really have no future together!"
"Hahahaha~"
Truth be told, he was just teasing the girl. He wasn't that much of a pervert to actually make a move on her.
Since coming to this world, Obito had been focusing on training, occasionally doing serious things and, of course, spending some quality time with Konan.
But today, for the first time in a while, he actually laughed genuinely, happily.
This only made him more determined to abduct this loli.
He had originally planned to train her into his own personal...
Tool woman.
Yugao Uzuki — he remembered this girl was just a side character in the anime.
She would go on to become Hokage's direct Anbu in the future, and her rank was particularly high.
Since she could become a special ninja and an Anbu, she obviously had talent.
If he fused one or two more special items with her, there was a high probability she could become a qualified tool person.
Not to mention, she was a beautiful girl who appeared in the anime.
Yeah… I'm definitely kidnapping this one.
"Whew~"
Over on her side, it seemed that seeing Obito didn't say anything else, Yugao Uzuki let out a sigh of relief, then picked up the chipped ninja sword and dragged her tired body up.
"Uncle, it's late. I'm going home. Goodbye."
With that, she turned and prepared to leave.
However, at that moment, only a soft bang was heard and a completely different voice echoed behind her.
"Go home? No... you can't go back tonight."
Hearing this, Yugao Uzuki's expression changed slightly. She quickly turned around with the ninja knife in hand and spoke warily:
"Uncle, even if you... you..."
A white mask with black lines.
Looking at the unfamiliar figure now standing in front of her, Yugao Uzuki's voice instantly froze.
In the night, in the dark eyehole under the mask, a scarlet gaze locked onto her and she felt her heart lurch.
Move! Move, damn it, move!
Yugao Uzuki screamed in her heart but in reality, her legs were trembling.
"You... What do you want to do?"
Her voice trembled.
"Has it begun?"
At that moment, the masked man's voice came again.
What started?
The next second, her eyes widened.
From the ground beneath the masked man's feet, a weird white head with an abstract face suddenly emerged.
"Yes, Madara-sama."
Madara...?
His name is Madara...?
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