Chapter 236 - 234: While It’s Hot

Chapter 236: Chapter 234: While It’s Hot

"Why haven’t those three idiots arrived yet!"

At noon the next day, Obito stepped out for the first time in a long while, leaving the Heavenly Ninja School where she had been confined for two years.

Because she had been so ashamed yesterday that she wanted to explode with Kano, Kano really couldn’t bring herself to beat her up again, especially since Kakashi had just happened to come to visit Obito.

After hearing Kakashi-sensei’s story, Naruko made a suggestion.

"How about Obito-senpai joins the bell-snatching challenge? Kano-chan and I work together perfectly; relying on Kakashi-sensei alone won’t be enough to stop us."

Kakashi pondered for a moment. He didn’t want his old friend to be locked up here forever, so he took the initiative to admit his own weakness and begged for Obito’s help.

"Hmph, Trash Kakashi, you really are useless! Even without using the Sharingan, I could knock these two little brats down."

Obito had been waiting for an opportunity to go out so she could find a chance to escape. Kano naturally saw through her little scheme, but she didn’t think Obito would be able to get away.

"Alright then. After the bell-snatching starts tomorrow, I’ll undo the seal so you can use Ninjutsu normally."

"We clearly agreed on six in the morning, and I haven’t even eaten breakfast! Did they stand me up?!"

Sitting in front of the wooden post, Obito clutched her grumbling stomach and watched the sun gradually climb to its peak before someone finally arrived, unhurriedly.

"I’m first!"

The little blonde girl in the orange tracksuit stepped onto the wooden post, raised her hands above her head, and loudly announced her arrival.

"idiot, I got here before you."

Obito responded listlessly, sitting beneath the wooden post.

"Oh! Good morning, Obito-senpai."

In every sense, Obito was considered Naruko’s senior.

In fact, Obito was also very interested in Naruko. She was a lot like herself, like another version of her from a different timeline. If Rin Nohara hadn’t died, would she be like her now?

"Naruko, what would you do if the person you loved died?"

Obito suddenly asked this, which caught Naruko off guard. She pondered for a moment, then smiled and answered:

"If it were the old me, I probably would have gone crazy, avenged her, and might have even destroyed the world."

"By the sound of it, you wouldn’t do that now?"

"Yeah, not anymore. If something happened to Kano-chan, I would prioritize resurrecting her over revenge."

"Can you really bear to let her see this dirty world again?"

"I don’t really understand what you mean. But this is what Kano told me herself. She said if she accidentally died, I should find a way to resurrect her. And not to be like some narrow-minded person who goes around shouting about destroying the world all day."

Obito felt called out and thought of Rin Nohara again.

"What if she doesn’t want to be resurrected?"

"Have you asked her? Did she say she didn’t want to be resurrected? If she hasn’t said that, you can try to resurrect her and then ask her. That’s what Kano-chan taught me. After all, Kano-chan is smarter than me, so it’s not really my place to make decisions for her."

Obito fell into deep thought and said nothing more.

Afterward, another person arrived riding a Shadow Deer. Her small, white-stockinged feet swayed back and forth, and the bells on her ankles tinkled melodiously.

"Sorry, sorry, I’m late. I was singing at the village entrance earlier." After walking over slowly, she only saw Naruko and Obito, but not Kakashi. "Damn it, did I come too early?!"

Kano felt a bit regretful; if she had known, she would have come later.

"Hey, konoha songstress. Hurry up and undo the seal for me!"

Obito ordered Kano unceremoniously. But Kano just rolled her eyes at her and said:

"I’ll undo the seal once Kakashi-sensei gets here."

"Tch, fine."

Obito crossed her arms and sat back down under the wooden post. Then, she glanced at Kano, hesitated for a moment, and asked:

"If the person you liked most died right in front of you, what would you do?"

Kano thought about it for a moment, then gave a mischievous smile. Her little face flushed slightly, and her eyes turned a rapturous scarlet.

"Naturally, I’d take advantage while it’s still hot~"

"While it’s still hot?!"

Obito instantly imagined a very hardcore scene, and her little face turned bright red.

"You... how could you do something like that?!"

"What’s the big deal? Just because the person I like died, does that mean I stop liking them?"

"Even if you like them, you can’t do that!"

"Although it goes against morality, such an opportunity is rare. It’s a feeling you definitely wouldn’t get to experience on an ordinary day~"

The innocent little Naruko on the side tilted her head. "While it’s still hot"? Did that mean resurrecting them while they’re still warm?

As an adult, Obito naturally thought of that kind of thing. She couldn’t bring herself to do such dirty deeds; even she, a villain, couldn’t help but condemn Kano.

"You’re too perverted!"

"How is that perverted? I’m just extracting a shadow."

"Extracting a shadow, huh..."

"What else did you think it was?"

"I thought you meant extracting a shadow."

Obito blushed, not knowing how to make excuses.

"Yo, looks like I’m late. I was busy helping an old lady run a red light. Sorry, I’m a bit late."

Kakashi walked over, laughing it off.

"You’re too slow, Kakashi-sensei!"

Naruko couldn’t wait to show off the progress she’d made in the last two years; she was very confident she could defeat Kakashi-sensei.

"Hurry up and undo the seal for me."

"Alright, alright."

Kano gathered Chakra in her hand and swiped across the curse mark on Obito’s lower abdomen, temporarily opening the seal.

Kano had genuinely learned sealing techniques and methods to undo seals in order to help the Nine-Tailed.

After the seal was undone, Obito stretched, then did a backflip to land beside Kakashi and snatched one of the bells from his hand.

"Trash Kakashi, don’t you dare drag me down."

"I’ll try." After brushing off Obito, he looked at the two little ones. "Alright, let’s begin. If you can snatch the two bells from me and Obito within two hours, you win."

"Come to think of it, your first exercise was here, and the first exercise for Obito and me was here too. It’s just that someone is missing from both..."

Naruko and Kano immediately thought of Sasuke, while Kakashi and Obito thought of Rin Nohara. Seeing the atmosphere suddenly turn heavy, Kano didn’t like it at all.

"Sasuke will come back. We actually ran into Sasuke when we were out this time. Once he finishes what he has to do, he’ll return. When that time comes, we’ll have another bell-snatching battle—our complete team against your complete team."

Obito didn’t care about Kano’s naive statement, but Kakashi realized there was more to what Kano said.

"You, I don’t even know how to thank you. But even so, I still have to place restrictions on you; after all, your secret technique is just too overpowered. You are forbidden from using Shadow Ninja."

"Why? It’s my ability, and I can’t use it? Besides, without Shadow Ninja, I’m just a weak little Idol with no strength to truss a chicken, no combat power at all."

Kakashi certainly didn’t believe Kano’s nonsense. Who would believe a super-strong little girl who could go toe-to-toe with the fifth hokage in melee combat was weak?

"Then you can only use one Shadow Ninja, and it can’t be at the Jonin level, otherwise the three of us combined wouldn’t have a chance of winning."

Obito muttered to herself, "If I had a Sharingan, the three of you put together wouldn’t be enough for me to beat."

"And add one Shadow Deer."

"Fine."

"Then it’s settled. No objections, right?"

Everyone was ready, but each person had their own hidden agenda.

Take Obito, for example; she didn’t care about the bell-snatching at all. Compared to the bells, what she wanted to do was snatch Kakashi’s Sharingan.

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