In the open space of a remote village in the Kingdom of Rain, there are two figures, one large and one small, training under the scorching sun in the sky.

"The action was too slow and not decisive enough!" Obito quickly hit Yoshida Ichiro on the head with his hand and corrected him.

Obito's blow was very careful, and the force was just right within the range that would not hurt but would be extremely painful.

As for why Obito can control it so well, it's just that if you're familiar with it, you'll get it naturally after playing a lot.

After failing to persuade Nagato last time, Obito has been teaching Ichiro Yoshida in the Land of Rain, and then looking for traces of other families of Akatsuki members.

Yoshida Ichiro screamed in pain after being knocked, but he did not stop his movements. Instead, he completed the next movements more seriously, until Obito saw that the sweat on his head was so much that his eyes were a little blurry, and then he shouted stop. Just stopped.

Ichiro Yoshida wiped the sweaty areas on his face with a towel, and then couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, is my talent so bad that I have never been able to meet your requirements?"

Although he worked hard, Obito could always point out his shortcomings and mistakes, which made Ichiro Yoshida a little discouraged.

"Your talent is not bad, if the objects of comparison are not those geniuses." Obito thought for a while and replied.

Yoshida Ichiro's talent is not bad, it can even be said to be somewhat talented. According to Obito's estimation, with his teachings and Yoshida Ichiro's own efforts, Yoshida Ichiro will be able to reach the level of a graduated genin in two years.

The reason why Yoshida Ichiro has the illusion that he has poor talent is because Obito has higher requirements for him.

With Obito's current strength and vision, helping Yoshida Ichiro become a ninja is naturally not as simple as an ordinary genin.

Otherwise, it would be enough to leave training materials and a little money. Obito trained Yoshida Ichiro against the elites of Konoha, so Yoshida Ichiro would naturally feel pressure.

"Is that so? But I have never satisfied you." Yoshida Ichiro said with some doubts.

"That's because I'm strict with you. If you want to survive in this cruel ninja world, you need more than just passing grades, but good or even excellence." Obito said.

Because he has been wandering in small countries such as the Land of Rain, the Country of Fields, and the Country of Grass, Obito can feel some things that others cannot.

Now the ninja world is peaceful on the surface, and it seems that peace has come again, but there is an undercurrent surging secretly.

Nagato founded the Light Ninja Village and aggressively recruited powerful forces in the Land of Tian. The Rain Ninja Village, which was controlled by the Akatsuki organization, was suspected of secretly planning something with the Grass Ninja. The Yu Ninja Village, which was originally weak in strength, suddenly gained the name of the Kingdom of Yu. financial support.

Not long ago, Obito received news about Nagazawa, about the incident where Rasa was attacked and almost died.

Even the Kage of the five major ninja villages almost died in the attack. This was a major event that could trigger a war in the ninja world. However, the murderer was nowhere to be found.

Obito longs for peace, but he also knows the dangers of troubled times. In troubled times, the lives of those without strength can only be controlled by others.

"I understand, I will work hard and live up to your teachings." Ichiro Yoshida said seriously.

"Don't take my teachings too seriously. I also want to fulfill the agreement with your father." Obito shook his head and said.

Due to the care and guidance over the past few months, Yoshida Ichiro has lost his initial wariness and respects Obito very much.

It is a good thing for disciples to respect their teachers, but the relationship between Obito and Yoshida Ichiro is somewhat complicated.

No matter what, Obito was the one who killed Yoshida Ichiro's father with his own hands.

Although as long as Obito doesn't tell, there is a high probability that Yoshida Ichiro will never know the truth, but if Yoshida Ichiro learns the truth one day and learns that the teacher he has always trusted and respected is the murderer of his biological father, he will have

How desperate.

Therefore, Obito tried his best to minimize his own contribution and put it on Yoshida Ichiro's father, and he always behaved coldly and harshly.

"Anyway, you spent a lot of time teaching me." Ichiro Yoshida said respectfully.

Even if Obito said it was just because of the agreement, Yoshida Ichiro still felt that he should thank Obito.

His father's life or death was uncertain, and he had no idea what the agreement was. Obito could just pretend that it didn't happen, but he still came and taught him seriously.

Seeing Yoshida Ichiro looking at him with respect, Obito smiled helplessly and said:

"I have something to go back to Rain Ninja Village to deal with. The time is not fixed. If it's less, I might be back in a week, if it's longer, it might be a month. During this time, you have to practice seriously and don't slack off."

"I understand, even if you are not here, I will complete the training on time." Yoshida Ichiro nodded heavily to reassure Obito.

Yoshida Ichiro is also used to it. Obito has to go back to the Ninja Village from time to time to deal with things.

Yoshida Ichiro can also understand. After all, he is a ninja, and he is very satisfied to be able to accompany him for such a long time.

After explaining what he was leaving, Obito left.

However, Obito did not go to the Rain Ninja Village as he said, but instead went to the Country of Sichuan, which was sandwiched between the Country of Fire and the Country of Wind.

Going to Rain Ninja Village is just an excuse. After all, Obito's current false identity is that of a ninja from Rain Ninja Village, and he was a former friend of Yoshida Ichiro's father.

Obito's real purpose is to go to Kawa no Kuni to investigate a Kawa no Kuni native named Kinoshitaji.

Yes, it was the Kinoshitaji who came to Konoha to attack Nagazawa and was beaten to death.

Nagasawa suspected that the attacker who attacked Sunagakure and Kinoshitaji should belong to the same organization, and there were no clues about Sunagakure's attacker. Nagasawa could only ask Obito to go to Kawano Kuni to investigate and see if he could find any traces.

Although ANBU had been dispatched, Nagaze felt that it was still not safe, so he notified Obito.

After Obito arrived in Kawakuni, he went to the base of the Hope Organization, which was actually the former Gold Organization.

However, due to the lack of purpose of the organization and a series of problems in cooperation with Nagaze, the name of the organization was finally changed to the Hope Organization.

The information Nagaze gave him said that the Hope Organization was a local snake in the Kingdom of Sichuan and had considerable power in the Kingdom of Sichuan, and could assist him in his investigation.

At this time, Obito was wearing a blue-purple robe and still had a mask on his face, but it was not the previous vortex mask.

After all, half of his face is really scary, so a mask is a necessity. He can just use the transformation technique when sneaking into the investigation.

Since Nagaze also notified the Hope Organization, after Obito arrived, someone quickly came over to cooperate with Obito's actions.

"Looks like he is an extraordinary character. He is worthy of being from Konoha. Hello little brother, I am here to help you. If you have any needs, you can ask me." Hayakawa Satoru walked away with a smile.

Arriving in front of Obito.

This time, it was Satoru Hayakawa, one of the four top cadres of the Hope Organization, who came to assist Obito's operation.

He is the most suitable candidate. The other cadres are either just thugs with average abilities, or they have a lot of affairs to deal with.

"Koshitaji, do you have any relevant information about this person?" Obito asked directly.

"Assistant Nagazawa asked us before. We investigated for a while and found very little. We didn't find any ninja named Kinoshita, let alone anything powerful. The only thing we found was related to the name Kinoshita.

It's a missing person notice from thirty-seven years ago." Hayakawa Saku quickly answered.

After confirming that Kinoshita was from Kawanokuni, Nagazawa wondered why he still had the Hope Organization card in his hand. He quickly asked the Hope Organization to investigate this name, but nothing was gained.

"The missing person notice from thirty-seven years ago..." Obito frowned.

"Well, this is what we learned from an old man in a village. Thirty-seven years ago, a child named Mu Xiasi disappeared. Later, we doubted the accuracy of this information. It is true, and this is also true.

The only information we have investigated is related to Kinoshitaji."

"Children from thirty-seven years ago..." Obito fell into thinking.

According to the information given by Nagazawa, Kinoshitaji is an old man who looks to be about sixty to seventy years old.

Even though Kinoshita looks older, he is relatively young, he is sixty years old, but sixty years old could not have been a child thirty-seven years ago.

'Wait, it's not impossible. The information also said that Kinoshita has mastered a forbidden technique that can explode his strength. The side effect is that it affects his vitality.' Obito thought of another possibility.

Maybe Kinoshita's actual age is not as old as he looks, and it's just because he used forbidden techniques that he looks like an old man in his sixties or seventies.

In any case, this is a clue. Obito continued to ask: "Didn't you continue to investigate along this clue and find out something, such as the reason for the disappearance and whereabouts?"

Hayakawa Saku gave a helpless smile, "Brother, you think too highly of us. You also have to think about what era it was thirty-seven years ago. There were too many children abducted and trafficked, not just children.

All adults are tied up, how can we find out?"

"And the parents who lost their children also died in the war, so there is no way to start."

Obito fell into silence. Sometimes, the world is worse than you imagine.

When Obito was a child, he lived in Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the ninja world. Naturally, he didn't have to worry about this kind of problem when he was a child.

"Tell me the address of the old man who provided the information. I want to go and have a look." Obito thought for a while and said.

Since this is the only clue related to Kinoshitaji at present, we must not let it go and investigate this first.

Although Hayakawa Saku felt that they had investigated carefully enough, Hayakawa Saku didn't think that Obito could get any more useful information, but if Obito wanted it, Hayakawa Saku would give it to him.

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'We are all members of the Hyuga clan, why should we be divided into clan families and branch clans?'

Neji has been wondering about this since he was carved as a caged bird when he was three years old.

Obviously everyone has the same eyes, the same hair, and the same surname, so why should there be a distinction between clan families and branch families?

The Caged Bird is a cursed seal mastered by the Hyuga clan.

After being carved into a caged bird, the original 360-degree blind spot of the white eyes will have an additional blind spot that cannot be observed.

The most important thing is that from now on, the life of the person who is carved into the caged bird will be completely in the hands of the performer, that is, the Zong family.

As long as the curse seal is activated, the brain and white eyes can be directly destroyed, causing the person who was carved into the caged bird to die on the spot.

Originally, the eyes could observe without blind spots, but suddenly there was an extra point that they could not see. Only those who have experienced this feeling will know how uncomfortable it is.

Fortunately, Neji is not an obsessive-compulsive disorder, otherwise he would be even more uncomfortable.

What made Neji feel even more uncomfortable was that the mark of the caged bird was on his forehead, which was a cross pattern.

It was as if he had been marked as inferior, and he was inferior to others from now on. Neji didn't know whether this description was appropriate or not.

Ningci's father, Hyuga Hizashi, has been comforting Ningci, saying that the Hyuga family has always been like this. The main family is responsible for developing a strong Hyuga, and the separate families are responsible for surrounding the main family.

The caged bird is actually not to imprison the branch family, but to protect the Hyuga clan, because the Hyuga clan's Byakugan is too powerful.

I have to say that these words are not completely unreasonable. The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan is indeed the most coveted blood successor in all major ninja villages in the ninja world.

Without him, Byakugan is so shameless in the war of ninjas, it is equivalent to a clairvoyant.

Despite his father's comfort, Neji still felt that this was abnormal and unreasonable.

His father is obviously the biological brother of Hyuga Hizashi, the current head of the Hyuga clan, but Hyuuga Hizashi is the head of the clan who controls the entire Hyuga clan, while Hyuga Hizashi can only become a branch family.

Because of the caged bird, Neji's relationship with his cousin, who he had played well with before, also deteriorated.

Because his cousin is the daughter of the current Hyuga family and a clan member, even if she is three years old, she has not been carved as a caged bird like Neji.

In fact, Neji was not angry with Hinata, because Hinata did not show any arrogance of the clan, she was still the timid and shy cousin, but Neji felt that all this was a bit unfair.

Neji basically stopped communicating with Hinata now, and rarely even said hello.

Neji has been practicing seriously now. He wants to use reality to prove that it does not mean that the Hyuga clan cannot be strengthened by dividing the clan. He wants to become stronger than the clan clan.

"Hinata, what's the matter with you? Why are you making so little progress?" Hinata Hinata looked at Hinata's performance in the training ground, frowned and scolded.

Neji stopped and looked over there, then continued to practice Rou Fist.

"As a clan member, you should be much better than you are now!" After finishing speaking, Hinata Hinashi pointed at Neji and said.

"Look at Neji's soft fist, then look at your soft fist, and think about why the gap is so big."

Hinata lowered her head, not daring to speak, and just suffered in silence.

"After practicing Rou Fist like this, you should not go out this month. Put other classes on hold for the time being and practice Rou Fist well." Hinata Hizu said.

The heir of a large family must possess many things, but in the ninja world, the most important thing for a family head is undoubtedly strength. Only strong strength can ensure the survival of one's family.
Chapter completed!