Chapter 84
Is it a world constructed by illusion?
Obito felt that time was passing very quickly.
In spring, the cherry blossoms in the trees bloom in profusion, creating an extremely romantic scene.
During breaks, he and Xue would hold hands and stroll through the park.
In summer, hot weather and chilled watermelon go perfectly together.
He and Xue sat on the veranda in the courtyard, enjoying the cool breeze.
In autumn, cold air sweeps in like a surging tide.
He wore a scarf that Xue had knitted by hand around his neck.
In winter, snowflakes fall in a flurry.
The snow was falling heavily, even though it was only the first snow of the year.
Obito was dressed in thick clothes, and the cold air he exhaled turned into layers of white mist.
He had just finished his mission and was waiting for Xue to get off work in the administration department of the Hokage Building.
"Why weren't you waiting for me at home, Obito?" Yuki, dressed in the administrative department's uniform brown trench coat, had cut her hair into a shoulder-length bob after getting married. Due to the texture of her hair, the ends always curled slightly. Like Shisui-senpai, she ran quickly towards Obito, soon reaching him. Obito pulled out a steaming hot red bean taiyaki from his pocket and handed it to her.
"You even bought this for me!"
Xue tiptoed and quickly kissed him on the cheek.
Obito proudly put his arm around her shoulder; even after getting married, he still retained a childlike innocence.
"What kind of qualified husband can't even remember his wife's preferences?"
Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud, taking a bite of the taiyaki. The crispy crust with red bean filling was delicious.
Under the streetlights after get off work, the two walked side by side, looking exceptionally well-matched.
In the spring of Konoha Year 60, Obito was thirty years old. He officially received the Hokage's hat from his teacher Minato, and the succession ceremony was held in the area in front of the Hokage Building.
He became the first Hokage in the history of the Uchiha clan, and also the Fifth Hokage of Konoha.
Through the dense crowd below the stage, Obito saw Xue's gratified smile as she clapped her hands.
He always aspired to become Hokage, so in her dreams, the Fifth Hokage was him...
During his tenure, he worked diligently and conscientiously. After Minato resolved the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha,
He implemented a series of policies that completely integrated the Uchiha clan into Konoha.
During his tenure, he achieved outstanding political achievements.
Kakashi became the head of the Anbu during the same period, and Rin Nohara became the head of the medical team.
Konoha's economy is growing rapidly, and it is producing a wealth of talented individuals.
For example, Naruto Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee, and others.
Furthermore, it strengthened its ties with allied nations and forged friendly relations with Sunagakure, the village of the Land of Wind.
Kirigakure ended the political turmoil of the Blood Mist Village, and the newly appointed Mizugakure Terumi Mei established diplomatic relations with various countries.
The newly formed Akatsuki organization took control of Amegakure, ending Hanzo's tyranny.
Everything is getting back on track.
In the winter of Konoha 80, Obito's 20-year tenure as the Fifth Hokage came to an end.
Ultimately, the straw hat, symbolizing the Hokage's identity, was handed over to the next Hokage.
He was an outstanding commoner ninja with cherry blossom-colored hair and emerald green eyes. He was a disciple of Tsunade and was exceptional in both political ideology and strength.
At fifty, Obito was still in good health, and Yuki, with her youthful appearance, looked almost the same as when she was almost thirty, except for the appearance of gray hair and a few wrinkles around her eyes. Without the position of Hokage and with the ninja world at peace, they began traveling to various countries. Occasionally, they would run into acquaintances, exchange greetings, and then it would be just him and Yuki on their own journey.
The night was deep, and Xue sat under the eaves of the corridor.
The cool moonlight spilled into the courtyard, as if draping her in a thin layer of silver gauze.
Obito asked, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"
Xue tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Is it because I'm getting older that I'm even less sleepy?"
She looked up, gazing at the bright moon: "Time really flies..."
"It feels like the day Obito became Hokage was just yesterday."
Obito paused for a moment.
In the blink of an eye, Obito blinked again.
His hair was already white, and Xue lay on the sickbed. Her face was aged, but one could still vaguely see some resemblance to her younger self.
The air was thick with the pungent smell of disinfectant. Was this a hospital?
The room, which originally only contained him and Xue, was suddenly flooded with many people.
The group was sobbing quietly, and Obito didn't understand why they were crying.
Suddenly, a passage opened up between the crowd, and Obito looked up as Yuki, who was sitting on the hospital bed, reached out her hand to him.
She smiled gently, and Obito was momentarily dazed.
Is it coming to an end? Snow's dream.
He stepped forward and placed his hand in hers; it was a blissful, short yet long life.
Xue gripped his hand tightly, her voice soft.
"Can Obito forgive me in a world like this?"
The dream shattered, and in an instant, the surrounding environment was completely swallowed by darkness.
Even the hand that was tightly holding "him" vanished without a trace.
Obito slowly raised his head and saw a light flashing in the distance.
He looked around, then lifted his foot and walked toward the light.
The scene before him was completely different from any architectural complex he had ever seen before. Although it resembled Amegakure somewhat, it was also quite different. Beneath the towering buildings were neatly planned asphalt roads, with cars making dull thuds as they weaved back and forth. Obito frowned, quickly surveying his surroundings.
Where am I...?
An out-of-control truck sped out from the side road on the left.
The tires screeched violently against the ground. A short distance away from the truck, a girl in a school uniform stood frozen in place.
That familiar face left Obito's brain no time to think; his body reacted first.
He quickly pulled the girl into his arms and stopped the truck with one hand.
The front of the car was dented inward by his force, creating a huge hole, and it overturned.
Obito froze, looking down at the girl in his arms.
Her appearance was exactly the same as Xue's when she was sixteen, only her adoring gaze was completely different from Xue's.
The sound of camera shutters clicking filled the air. Obito was annoyed by the strange looks and whispers directed at him.
He held the girl in his arms, leaped high into the air, and in a short while, he arrived at a rooftop terrace.
He gently put the girl down, watching her mouth open and close, his expression filled with excitement.
Obito couldn't understand her language, but the text on the surrounding billboards bore some resemblance to the writing of the Land of Fire.
The girl gestured with her hands and rattled off a string of words, which Obito frowned slightly, as he couldn't understand a word she said.
The girl's eyes widened, and suddenly she seemed to have thought of something.
She took out her phone, and a familiar name came through the rectangular, glowing screen.
“My name is Hayashi, Yuki,” the girl repeated.
“Lin Xue…” Obito murmured to himself.
Looking at the other person's clothes and appearance, Lin Xue recalled that she had just guessed the other person's language by mistake.
"Thank you so much... for saving me!" She read it aloud carefully, thankfully she was a student who had just finished her college entrance exam for a minor Japanese language. "Excuse me, what's your name?"
"Uchiha... Obito."
Lin Xue tilted her head, Uchiha...
“Sasuke…” she blurted out instinctively, feeling the man’s gaze instantly focus on her.
She searched for pictures of Sasuke, and Obito frowned slightly as he looked at the rectangular picture of Sasuke. Lin Xue seemed to be pondering how to express herself, and after gesturing for a while, she finally resorted to translation software.
"Are you a fan of Sasuke?" After saying this, Lin Xue felt that her expression was not quite accurate, so she corrected herself, "Does Japan also have the surname Uchiha?"
What Japan... Obito didn't quite understand. He was a member of the Uchiha clan from Konoha Village, not Japanese.
But feeling that even if he spoke, the other party wouldn't understand, Obito didn't say anything, but just quietly looked at her face, which resembled Yuki's.
But the person in front of him was probably, perhaps... not the same person after all, Obito thought to himself.
Lin Xue scrolled through the messages on her phone, and soon, a video dominated the trending topics list for Big Eyes.
She clicked on it and saw the screen filled with comments.
[I also want to be saved by a male god cosplaying as Obito!!!]
[Holy crap, really?! He stopped an out-of-control truck with just one hand?!]
Are you sure this isn't just a publicity stunt?
[Upstairs, whose show could be so realistic?]
[That's right, that's right. If you want to be struck by lightning and go to another world, I suggest the third floor go check the national highway to see if there's a chance.]
[The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, they're such a perfect match! I'm so envious of the hero saving the damsel in distress hhhhhh]
Could this be some kind of film crew putting on a show?
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Lin Xue clicked on the entry for Uchiha Obito and discovered that this character also came from "Naruto".
She looked up at the other person and found that the person looked exactly like the person in the video.
With a tall and muscular physique, striking eyebrows, and bright eyes, his looks rival those of top male celebrities.
Lin Xue silently covered her mouth. So handsome! She was practically drooling!
Obito frowned as he looked at her ever-changing expressions.
He wasn't the type to keep his composure, especially when it came to snow.
"Uchiha Obito... are you cosplaying as him?"
The girl uttered her awkward words, and Obito's gaze was drawn to the small screen in her hand.
Why is it that what he did seems to be common knowledge here?
The girl gestured with her hands, and with his limited vocabulary, it took Obito a lot of effort to understand that he was a character in a manga.
Lin Xue scratched her cheek sheepishly: "The Uchiha Xue you're talking about, I don't think she's ever appeared in the manga?"
"No...it has never appeared, what does that mean?"
The girl exclaimed "Ah!", lowered her head and pondered for a moment before finally drawing a conclusion.
"The Uchiha Yuki you know might... not exist?"
—It doesn't exist... What does that mean?
Obito suddenly grabbed the girl's hand, and Lin Xue's beautiful face instantly flushed red.
He stared intently into the girl's eyes, eyes that were remarkably similar to those of Xue when she lost her memory.
She said at the time: "My name is Lin Xue."
So, what exactly is her relationship with Xue?
Before I could even voice all my questions,
His figure gradually began to twist and dissipate, and the world began to collapse.
The girl he was holding turned into a series of flickering pixels, as if there was a glitch in the game.
Everything returned to silence, into darkness.
The girl from just now quietly reappeared.
She didn't seem surprised by Obito's appearance.
"Hello, Obito Uchiha."
"Lin Xue was an existence before she became Uchiha Xue."
"Before you came here, the dream you were in was constructed by Uchiha Yuki's subconscious and your mental world."
Obito looked somewhat bewildered; he froze for a moment.
“I am not Uchiha Yuki…” The girl raised her head, her space as bright as stars filled with fragments of memories. She seemed to be thinking about how to express herself, and when she looked at Obito, she said, “Strictly speaking, I am a memory personality that was extracted from Uchiha Yuki, existing deep within her heart.”
"So you can just call me Lin Xue. I don't have the experience of Uchiha Xue after coming to the ninja world." She said with a smile, "Please treat us as two independent personalities."
"Didn't we just go there? To the world where only Lin Xue exists, and you saved her."
"Although it was just a temporary illusionary world constructed by Uchiha Yuki's spiritual power."
Obito hesitated, then slowly said, "So Yuki isn't from this world?"
Lin Xue's expression turned slightly serious, and she denied Obito's statement.
"No, in your world, Lin Xue is already dead. The Uchiha Xue you know is a real person living in your world. Haven't you felt that clearly many times already?"
Obito clenched his fists, wondering how he was going to process all this information.
All along, he was just a villain in a comic book.
How exactly has Xue viewed him all along?
"Don't you already have the answers to these questions in your heart?" Lin Xue tilted her head and said, "Just like in the Tsukuyomi world you created, her subconscious was willing to cooperate with you in weaving that beautiful dream."
"Uchiha Yuki, she has always loved you deeply."
"In the end, it all boils down to hatred. What she hates is that she didn't recognize you back then, otherwise why would she never mention your identity to anyone else? She recklessly believed that after killing you, she would commit suicide and go to another world with you to atone for the sins of the Uchiha clan."
Why are you never willing to confide in her?
"She has always longed to understand you, but you have always ignored it."
"Treat her your own way."
Lin Xue took two steps forward, and Obito subconsciously stepped back.
"Don't you know? You two were in love."
Eyes just like hers, with jet-black pupils.
Her voice was like a sharp sword, piercing straight into his heart. Grief spread, and a self-deprecating expression appeared on his face.
Then, a feeling of confusion and helplessness welled up inside him; he was a man who had lost everything.
What right do I have to love her...?
“As a personality buried deep within, I’ve been watching your lives all along,” Lin Xue shrugged. She said, “Unravel the Infinite Tsukuyomi and return to reality.”
"Obito, it's time for you to wake up."
Infinite Tsukuyomi doesn't solve any problems. Has he been wrong all along?
He was never alone from beginning to end.
But... he made far too many mistakes...
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