Jealousy, anger…
Aomizu pondered these two words, turned his gaze to Obito, and smiled silently.
Anger made perfect sense.
After all, his crush was being toyed with like that, and Rin Nohara had even scolded him on Aomizu’s behalf.
It was only natural for resentment to breed anger.
But jealousy was far more intriguing.
*What are you jealous of, Obito?* *Are you jealous that you’ve never hugged Rin, or do you, like me, want to caress her elegant neck, watch her lovely blush up close, and control her emotions?* Obito Uchiha—Aomizu did not have a good impression of him.
Granted, the current Obito Uchiha might seem like a bright, cheerful boy, but the truth was, he was an ungrateful stray who could never be tamed.
In the original timeline, Minato might not have given him extraordinary attention, but Kushina had truly cared for him like a younger brother.
She encouraged him when he was down, made him custom bento boxes, and specifically urged him to protect himself before he went out to battle…
Yet, despite Kushina treating Obito Uchiha with such warmth, what she got in return was his brutal attack on the day she gave birth.
He directly caused her death, subsequently got Minato killed, and even tried to strike down Naruto.
His former teacher’s family was utterly destroyed in a single night because of him, which also doomed Naruto to a bleak, miserable childhood.
And none of this could be simply blamed on Rin Nohara’s death.
Without Rin Nohara, there would have been a Rin Yamanaka, or a Rin Hatake…
In this tragic Ninja World, most people faced misfortune.
With Madara Uchiha lurking in the shadows, Obito Uchiha’s fate was practically sealed.
Was it worth wasting effort trying to cozy up to an untamable, rabid dog…
or was it better to just treat him as a chives harvest from the very start?
Aomizu had already made his choice.
Perhaps Obito Uchiha was exactly the kind of Uchiha that Tobirama Senju feared—possessing a so-called “love” but unable to control the power unleashed by their emotions, destroying everything in the name of love, and turning into a completely irrational, illogical madman…
Hearing Rin Nohara’s scolding, Obito covered his eyes, trembling.
A moment later, he pulled his hands away, revealing a pair of crimson, Two-Tomoe Sharingan flashing with an eerie, seductive red glow.
“Hahahahahahahahaha!!” Feeling the power surging from his eyes, Obito laughed uproariously.
His emotions seemed to soar alongside his exploding ocular power, becoming nearly uncontrollable.
“Rin, I really am a genius!” Obito shoved Kakashi, who was standing in front of him, out of the way.
Taking several large strides forward, he pointed straight at Aomizu and shouted, “You bastard!
How dare you do that to Rin!
Just you wait!” “Hmph, I’ll show you that an awakened Uchiha is the truly powerful genius!” The two tomoe in Obito’s eyes spun slowly and eerily, as if showing off the abundant ocular power within them.
No one present, except for Aomizu, had expected the usually goofy Obito Uchiha to awaken his Sharingan in such a dramatic fashion.
Shisui clenched his fists, his eyes narrowing to a dangerous slit as he stared at the yelling Obito Uchiha.
He grit his teeth, thinking, *If big brother hadn’t forbidden me from exposing my Sharingan…
you dead-last, so what if you awakened a Two-Tomoe?* Following Obito’s performance, the entire crowd fell into a deathly silence for a few breaths before erupting in excitement.
“Is that…
the Sharingan?
If I’m not mistaken, it’s a Two-Tomoe!” Kurenai Yuhi stared intently at Obito’s eyes with her crimson irises.
She bit her lip and clenched her fists in frustration.
As the direct daughter of the Yuhi Clan, Kurenai Yuhi trained day and night in Genjutsu to increase her strength.
Yet, a cold hard truth loomed over her: the Ninja World universally acknowledged that any Genjutsu before the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan was as laughable as a child’s game.
Obito Uchiha’s joke-like awakening made Kurenai Yuhi feel completely disillusioned about her training.
*Does hard work…
actually matter?* *Just by watching his crush get hugged, he could instantly gain the combat power of at least an elite Chunin?* Kurenai Yuhi’s shock and frustration were shared by the rest of the crowd.
Beside her, Asuma also narrowed his eyes solemnly, experiencing the sheer terror of the Uchiha Clan firsthand for the first time.
Meanwhile, the rest of the civilian Academy students did not think as deeply as the clan children did.
“Wow…
That clown Obito Uchiha actually awakened the Uchiha Clan’s Kekkei Genkai!” “Could he really be a genius?
Incredible, the Uchiha Clan truly is full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons…” “Now Aomizu Uchiha is in trouble.
It’s so obvious Obito Uchiha likes Rin Nohara.
My dad said that if an adult Uchiha has these eyes, they can easily insta-kill a Chunin!” “Yeah, though they might not draw each other in the lots, they’re still from the same clan after all…” Obito Uchiha’s awakening of the Two-Tomoe Sharingan detonated the arena like a tsunami.
This was only to be expected.
After all, this was just a year-end practical exam—at most equivalent to a Genin graduation exam—yet an ability on par with a Jonin’s, like the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, had actually made an appearance…
Obito Uchiha immersed himself in the crowd’s shock and awe.
Closing his eyes slightly, he basked in the intoxication of becoming a genius and wielding real power.
A moment later, he opened his eyes.
After shooting Aomizu a warning glare, he quickly spun around and flashed Rin what he believed to be his most handsome smile.
“Rin, don’t worry.
I will protect you from now on.
No one will ever bully you!” At this moment, red light flickered in Obito Uchiha’s eyes, and his face warped into a slightly distorted expression, twisted by his overwhelming excitement.
*Very good…
I like that look on your face.* The tomoe in Aomizu’s eyes spun slowly, connecting with the residual ocular power left inside Rin Nohara’s body.
Looking at Obito confessing his feelings to her, Rin Nohara felt a strange, inexplicable sense of discomfort rise within her.
Under the influence of Aomizu’s ocular power, this trace of discomfort swelled uncontrollably, morphing into sheer terror…
Consequently, an illusion appeared before Rin Nohara’s eyes: Obito Uchiha, holding a thick iron chain, had her locked against a wall.
Half of his face was twisted in rage, while the other half looked gentle as he demanded in a low, heavy voice: “Rin, why did you talk to Aomizu Uchiha?!
Why did you talk to Kakashi Hatake?!
Why did you talk to strangers?!” Rin Nohara’s eyes went dark, and she took a sudden, frantic step backward, her face pale with terror.
The smile on Obito Uchiha’s face instantly froze.
Though Rin Nohara had only taken half a step back, the movement pierced his heart like a needle!
“Are you serious about taking that half-step back?
Such a tiny gesture hurts so much~” Aomizu hummed a light tune to himself, put in a great mood by the electronic notification that chimed in his mind.
[Obtained from target Obito Uchiha: Uchiha Clan Bloodline Enhancement!] *What talents does Obito actually have…
I need to think about this.*