The turmoil instigated by the two Uchiha had temporarily come to an end.
Itachi and Obito were locked in prison.
However, because the original prison had been reduced to rubble during the previous battle, they were temporarily held elsewhere.
Although called a prison, it was actually the interrogation room of Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Force.
It was cold, damp, and the air was thick with the smell of mold.
But for these two, this environment seemed somewhat beneath their 'status'.
Originally, when Sasuke was locked up, Naruto and Sakura had visited him at the interrogation room almost every day.
After Obito was imprisoned, Kakashi did the same thing.
In fact, he visited even more frequently than his two students.
He could basically be said to have moved into the prison.
Kakashi leaned against the iron bars of the detention cell, constantly communicating with Obito inside.
He asked what had happened.
Why he was still alive.
And why he had become the way he was now.
Obito's explanation was essentially the same as in the original work.
"I am disillusioned with this world full of lies."
"I am disappointed in this world built on an unreasonable Ninja System."
"I live in hell."
Blah blah blah.
Actually, after all those high-sounding words, they could be summed up in one sentence—
My goddess died.
While Obito was saying these things, members of the Torture and Interrogation Force, led by Ibiki, also heard them.
One after another, they were speechless.
'After all that talk, wasn't it just a simp going crazy because his goddess died?'
'Why all the fancy rhetoric?'
'What 'disillusionment with this world', what 'unreasonable Ninja system'? When your goddess was alive, why weren't you so indignant about these things then?'
After this, Obito's words became the talk of the town in Konoha's bars after work.
"Did you hear? That Uchiha Obito… it was all over a woman."
"Tsk, I thought it was some deep grudge."
"That Kunoichi named Nohara Rin, I've heard of her too. She was apparently on Kakashi's team and died in the Third Great Ninja War."
"So he wants to destroy the world because of that?"
"Haha! Even if Nohara Rin were alive, she'd pick Kakashi, not him."
"Maybe he could help push from behind!!"
"Hahahaha!"
The news quickly spread throughout Konoha.
The village was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Makoto's family also found this matter quite amusing.
Dinner time.
In the dining room of the Konoha mansion, the long table was laden with a sumptuous feast.
Makoto sat at the head of the table, surrounded by a bevy of women.
Everyone ate and chatted about this amusing incident.
Kisaki Eri, a lawyer, put down her chopsticks, picked up her wine glass for a sip, and couldn't help but comment:
"I thought Roger was already invincible, but I didn't expect someone even more audacious."
Because Ace didn't live there, the women didn't shy away from talking about Roger.
Previously, in the Pirate World, Roger, sexually repressed, had killed his brother Rayleigh to snatch Ripley.
Eri already thought that was insane enough.
She didn't expect Obito to be even more extreme.
Your goddess died, and you lost your mind. That's understandable.
But while the one who did the deed was Kakashi, the mastermind was Kirigakure.
If you, Uchiha Obito, want revenge, you should target Kirigakure, right?
Even if you wanted to implicate the innocent and include Kakashi, that would still only be two primary targets for revenge.
But why blame the world? What did the world do wrong?
Makoto shrugged and stuffed a piece of braised pork into his mouth.
"The Uchiha Clan is just that neurotic. They always make a huge fuss over trivial matters."
"Speaking of which, Makoto, Kirigakure also participated in the Konoha Crush Plan, right?"
Sawamura Sayuri remembered something and asked.
"It's been so long, and they haven't shown any sign?"
When the Konoha Crush Plan happened before, the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, and many Kirigakure's Ninja had participated.
But after so long, even Sunagakure had sent an envoy for negotiations, yet Kirigakure had shown no signs of activity.
Makoto said, "They're probably still in a mess themselves."
Because of the Konoha Crush Plan, the secret of Obito controlling Yagura had been exposed prematurely.
Kirigakure itself, upon learning this, was probably in the midst of internal strife.
After all, in the original work, Terumi Mei became the Fifth Mizukage only shortly before the Five Kage Summit.
Before that, the highest authority in the village was an elder of Kirigakure.
In other words, the chaos in Kirigakure might have been even worse than in Konoha.
And now, having heard that the Ninja World Government he established wanted to unify the Ninja World, Kirigakure probably had no intention of discussing compensation with Konoha.
They were likely preparing to go straight to war.
As everyone chatted, Makoto suddenly remembered something.
He took an item out of his item bar and casually handed it to Utaha.
"Here, the left eye of the Mangekyo."
The eyeball was in a transparent vial, soaking in some kind of special nutrient solution.
The Three-Tomoe pattern slowly rotated in the liquid, emitting an eerie glow.
This eye was what Kakashi had given him today.
After seeing what Obito had become, Kakashi no longer felt so attached to the Sharingan.
That eye carried Obito's dying wish, which Kakashi had guarded for over a decade.
Now that the original owner wasn't dead but had turned into this, the meaning of that eye's existence instantly became absurd.
So, he simply gave it to Makoto.
Utaha's eyes immediately lit up.
She wasn't the type to make a big deal over gifts, but she couldn't help herself. She excitedly hugged Makoto, cupped his face, and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips.
When their lips parted, her eyes were sparkling.
If there weren't so many people present, Utaha would have taken her man right there.
And seeing Makoto give such a powerful thing to Utaha, even Bocchi, the most socially anxious of them all, had a glimmer of envy in her eyes.
Although they usually harbored some resentment towards Makoto's fickle nature in their hearts, after all, which woman doesn't want her man to be devoted?... Seeing him hand out power-ups to his women time and again was starting to shake that conviction.
Marin took a bite of fried shrimp and couldn't help but recall the many boys who had pursued her back in the real world.
They'd write a love letter, give a cup of milk tea, and expect her body?
Daydreaming in broad daylight?
Look at this guy.
He hands out power-ups directly!