Rin had always considered herself gentle, but at that moment, she couldn’t help stomping her foot and wanting to punch Obito.
How could he secretly kiss her like that?
However, when she saw Obito lying peacefully on the hospital bed with a happy expression, completely immersed in his beautiful dream, Rin’s heart softened.
She turned her head away and vowed to ignore Obito for an entire week starting today.
Obito had suffered such a devastating loss today, so she decided to let him off the hook this time.
Rin quietly tiptoed out of the hospital room, afraid that she might wake Obito…
It was already late when Rin returned home.
Since this was the first time she had come home so late, she couldn’t help feeling a little nervous.
Mrs.
Nohara opened the door and asked with concern, “Rin, what happened? Why are you home so late?”
Rin felt the urge to tell her mother about the notebook, but she managed to hold herself back.
Instead, she said:
“Mom, Obito and I went to his house to visit his grandmother, but… she passed away.”
A look of understanding first appeared on Mrs.
Nohara’s face, followed by sorrow.
“That poor child Obito. He lost his entire family at such a young age.”
“Rin, make sure you take good care of him from now on. I know you’re very good at looking after others.”
Normally, Rin would have immediately nodded and given a firm response, but today, she reacted very differently.
Rin’s face flushed, and she even let out a small huff.
“Who would want to take care of that guy?”
Mrs.
Nohara immediately sensed that something was unusual, and worry arose in her heart.
Rin and Obito had grown up together and were still innocent children.
But now, Rin was beginning to blush and act sulky.
That might not be a good sign.
Could she have started noticing the difference between boys and girls and gradually developed a childish crush on Obito?
But Rin was still so young.
However, Mrs.
Nohara was open-minded.
She merely smiled and asked:
“Rin, aren’t you usually very concerned about Obito? What’s wrong today?”
Rin remembered how Obito had secretly kissed her in the dream.
Even worse, her dream self hadn’t refused and had simply allowed that bad guy to succeed.
Her face reddened again, and she said somewhat awkwardly, “Mom, it’s nothing. I’m going back to my room.”
Watching her leave, Mrs.
Nohara couldn’t help but sigh.
“Is it really a good thing for her to become interested in romance this early?”
However, she then thought, “Rin is already a Ninja Academy student. Shinobi do tend to fall in love rather early, don’t they?”
She could only shake her head and allow her daughter to make her own choices.
The shinobi world was not peaceful.
The Second Shinobi World War had not yet ended, and shinobi were being sent to the battlefield at increasingly younger ages.
A single mistake could cause them to die before they even reached adulthood.
Perhaps falling in love early was better.
If something unexpected happened, they would at least have fewer regrets.
If Rin hadn’t been so determined, Mrs.
Nohara would never have agreed to let her become a shinobi.
Once Rin made up her mind, however, nothing could have stopped her…
Early the next morning, the first pale light of dawn appeared over Konoha.
Rin opened her eyes, quickly got out of bed, and ran to the bathroom to wash up.
She then hurried into the living room, secretly ate a few strawberries from the refrigerator, and eagerly returned to her bedroom.
Breathing slightly faster than usual, she opened the notebook on her desk and silently asked:
“Notebook, can I play the game again today?”
Sure enough, words began appearing in the notebook.
[I have one chance to reset each day. Do I want to use it?]
[Yes / No]
Rin didn’t use it immediately.
Instead, she closed her eyes and began to think.
If the same three options appeared, going home would lead her directly into an ambush by Root operatives.
They were so fast that she couldn’t even see them clearly, so she would undoubtedly die.
Heading toward the Military Police Force headquarters would bring her face-to-face with the terrifying figure carrying out the massacre.
However, that person had seemed occupied with killing the officers and had ignored her.
It was also possible that he knew she would encounter the person with the Mangekyō Sharingan crouching atop the utility pole if she fled toward the residential district.
Since she would die either way, he might not have considered her worth pursuing.
In short, whether she chose option two or option three, the outcome seemed unlikely to change.
Only option one—heading directly toward the Uchiha residential district—remained unexplored.
Therefore, Rin opened her eyes, having already made her decision.
“Notebook, I want to reset. This time, I’ll run directly toward the residential district.”
Words slowly began appearing in the notebook.
[I appear to be in a period of growth, so after a good night’s sleep, I have become slightly stronger. However, compared to yesterday, the improvement is negligible.]
[The options still haven’t changed. I already know that options two and three won’t work, so I directly choose option one and run toward the residential district.]
[The residential district is very close to my current location. I arrived there in only a short time.]
[I subconsciously turned toward the utility pole. That person wasn’t crouching on top of it, so I breathed a sigh of relief.]
[However, the streets of the Uchiha residential district weren’t quiet this time. I heard the sounds of fighting nearby.]
[Rather than a battle, it sounded like people were falling one after another, as though every fight was being decided in a single move.]
[My heart jolted. Before I could recover, the sounds of fighting drew closer and closer.]
[At that moment, as though they had sensed the disturbance outside, two figures emerged from separate houses.]
[I looked at them and saw that both had activated their Sharingan. They both possessed three-tomoe Sharingan.]
[At this point, I have two options.]
[1. Approach them and ask for protection.]
[2. Hide somewhere far away.]
The text stopped there, seemingly waiting for Rin to make her decision.
However, when Rin Nohara read the description in the notebook, a surge of joy filled her heart.
She had been incredibly fortunate to encounter two Uchiha who possessed three-tomoe Sharingan.
They were undoubtedly powerful members of the Uchiha clan.
Perhaps they could fight the person with the Mangekyō Sharingan or at least buy enough time to create other possibilities.
Rin immediately said, “I want to approach them and ask for protection.”
She didn’t even consider hiding far away.
Even if that option might turn out to be the correct answer, she still wanted to try making contact with the other Uchiha clan members first.
After all, she had yet to encounter anyone alive besides those carrying out the massacre.
In any case, the notebook could be reset once each day.
If she chose incorrectly this time, she would have another opportunity to start over.
By trying the options one at a time, she could eventually explore them all.
The notebook received Rin’s command, and the story began moving forward again.
[I believed that two wielders of the three-tomoe Sharingan might be able to stand against the Mangekyō Sharingan, so I chose to ask them for protection.]
[I immediately rushed forward and approached the two Uchiha with three-tomoe Sharingan.]
[They were clearly not hostile. They didn’t attack me, a defenseless young girl.]
[I prepared to speak with them.]
At that moment, an additional option suddenly appeared in the notebook.
[Because the upcoming interaction is too complex to handle through preset choices, do I wish to enter the scenario with my physical body?]
[Warning: If I enter with my physical body, all preset options will disappear, and everything will become real. If I die, my soul will suffer immense damage, and I may never wake up in reality again.]
[Yes / No]
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