Naruto: Immortal Spirit

The stream at the Konoha Theater was bright blue, glowing with light in the quiet morning, like aged wine, blowing over Obito's cheeks with the slightly tipsy wind.

There was a bit of disbelief in his eyes, but he saw Minato Namikaze, who seemed a little tired after a long journey, was silent.

"Minato-sensei, you just said..., said..., Ou...Kato Ou...will quit Minato's team?"

Obito seemed a little at a loss, he never thought this would be the result.

"But... why..., isn't everyone fine?"

Obito, who had his head lowered, shook his head, which made Namikaze Minato feel a little unbearable.For these three disciples, his favorite was actually the passionate Obito.

Although he always gets into trouble and is not as talented as Kakashi, it is precisely in this way that a lonely child struggling in the quagmire of life can gather all his enthusiasm and treat everyone with kindness from the bottom of his heart. .

He stretched out his hand and rubbed Obito's head. His black hair was messy and dripping with warm sweat. Obito was breathing heavily as he ran all the way, but he couldn't hide the loss in his heart.

"Obito...there are some things we can't change for the time being..."

"Sorry……"

Namikaze Minato frowned slightly and sighed softly. He didn't expect that Xu's departure would be so sudden...

"Minato-sensei, this is not your problem..."

Kakashi frowned, still seeming a bit cold, leaning against the big tree. As a Jonin, he understood more deeply, but this time he didn't know whether he had wrongly blamed Kato. thread.

Kato Oo, who did not show any unusual behavior, made his constant vigilance seem to be nothing more than unnecessary.

"But..., Xujun, where did you go?"

"Don't we no longer meet in the same team? He also said he wanted to give me a gift..."

Lin looked at the silent Obito and gently put her hands on his shoulders, but her eyes were focused on Namikaze Minato's face. Such a silent scene seemed to be more complicated than just leaving the team, which made her feel faintly. It's a bit hard to guess...

After hearing Lin's words, Obito suddenly raised his head, broke away from Namikaze Minato's hand, with a bit of questioning in his eyes, stared at Kakashi closely, and walked towards him step by step.

"Kakashi! Do you know something? Tell me...I want to ask him face to face, did this bastard just leave without saying a word?"

"No matter what...can't you even say goodbye properly?"

For some reason, Obito felt that he was vaguely afraid of Minato. Maybe it was because the scene on the battlefield shocked him, or because he had an instinctive awe for people who were too powerful.

Most of the time, although he understands that Namikaze Minato is a great teacher and a very powerful ninja, he always seems to have a slight estrangement from Namikaze Minato...

You can't be as casual as you are with Kakashi...

"Idiot..., there are always things in this world that we cannot control. Even if you know it, what can you do?"

Kakashi snorted softly and looked at Obito, who was already close at hand, only one body away from him. The figure leaning against the big tree did not move, but there was some inexplicable depth in the eyes of the dead fish. …

"Kakashi! If one day you leave us, will Lin and I also have to sit idly by and ignore you?!"

"You guy, from beginning to end, never regarded Xu as a true friend."

"But don't forget, even though that guy doesn't talk much, he is still very arrogant and makes people want to punch him."

"But he also saved your life!"

There was a bit of anger in Obito's eyes. He didn't know why Kakashi was always hostile to Kato Oo, although that guy was indeed very irritating.

What he couldn't accept the most was Kakashi's indifferent attitude, as if Kato Oo's disappearance was just what he wanted.The best friend I have always considered, the goal I have always pursued, is so disappointing...

"Ungrateful guy..."

Obito's eyes were fixed on Kakashi, and the words in his mouth seemed to pop out one by one from between his teeth, but his words also seemed to hurt Kakashi.

The two pairs of eyes intertwined with a bit of anger, and perhaps all it took was a sign of the beginning to turn the two of them against each other.

There was a bit of worry in Lin's eyes. She stretched out her hand as if to stop the angry Obito, but in the end she didn't say anything. She also didn't understand why Kakashi treated Kato Oo like an enemy... …

"All right……"

Namikaze Minato flashed and stood between the two of them, clasping his hands on Obito and Kakashi's heads, stopping the two who were getting closer, but it seemed difficult to eliminate the anger of the two. .

Just snorting softly, Obito turned his face away and did not look at Kakashi. It was the first time that he was so disappointed. For Kakashi...

A slight sigh sounded in the silent wind, and Namikaze Minato looked at Obito and Kakashi with a bit of helplessness.

"Obito, Lin, since you want to know so much, then I will tell you..."

"You will also have the opportunity to know these things when you become jounin. Now it doesn't matter if you know some in advance..."

"After all..., you are already powerful enough..."

Namikaze Minato always had enough patience, and his arms as gentle as the warm winter sun wrapped around Obito and Kakashi, making the two of them sit next to him, although they still chose to hum and not look at each other, But there was no resistance.

Lin's steps were a little brisker, she smiled at Obito, sat between Kakashi and Obito, and looked at Minato.

"Don't blame Kakashi... After all, it is the village's rule, and Kakashi is also worried that you will act impulsively..."

Namikaze Minato looked at the three disciples sitting in front of him, a smile appeared on his lips, but he seemed to be thinking of Kato O and Nebe, and his tone was inexplicably low.

"Let me ask you a question first... Since you want to find Xu, do you know Xu?"

"I..." Obito seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated, pursed his lips, and said with a hint of unwillingness: "I only know that he is my friend and he saved my life..."

He even looked at Kakashi with a hint of disdain.

"Humph……"

"idiot……"

"you……"

"Obito...listen to Minato-sensei and don't interrupt..."

"Humph……"

After scratching his head helplessly, Minato smiled and secretly gave Lin a thumbs up, out of sight of the two of them.

"You probably have never seen Xu in the ninja school, or even heard his name before he joined the team.

So have you ever thought about where this person, who is about the same age as you, learned ninjutsu? "

"Family? The same family as the Hinata family? No, there is no Kato family in the village..."

Obito's emotions seemed to be aroused by Minato, and he seemed to want to know more about Kato Oo. His eyes were a bit serious and thoughtful.

"Xu, it seems that he is... Lord Orochimaru's disciple?"

"No wonder he is so powerful..."

Obito seemed to have thought of something, and nodded thoughtfully.

"But Anko is also a disciple of Lord Orochimaru. Why isn't Kakashi jealous of Anko?"

"idiot……"

Kakashi snorted in disdain and glanced at Obito, but did not explain anything.

"You two are not allowed to argue anymore!"

Although Lin's voice was not loud, it still silenced Obito who was hesitant to speak.

Namikaze Minato felt a little helpless and silently gave up the question-and-answer format.

"You ANBU should know that Hokage's exclusive assassination tactics special force mainly carries out some high-level tasks and is a force that cannot be ignored in maintaining peace in Konoha.

But what you don’t know is that, independent of ANBU, an organization named Root is nominally an ANBU training class..."

"Root organization?"

Obito and Rin heard this name for the first time. As an orphan, Rin and Obito who had not awakened the Sharingan eye, before they became jounin, no one except Minato would tell them these secrets of Konoha, although It's not much of a secret.

"The Root Organization, an organization rooted in the dark underground, completely cuts off human emotions, trains ninjas into weapons, and is only born to complete orders..."

Kakashi took over Namikaze Minato's words with a bit of coldness in his eyes.

It seemed that when he thought of this dark place, cold, gloomy, and cruel terms would appear in his heart like a conditioned reflex.

"No name, no surname, no emotions, no future, no past..."

"The root ninjas who have grown up in the darkness since childhood are like poisonous snakes that have completely cut off their humanity. They are dark and cold... They will only perform their tasks like weapons. Don't expect any mercy from them."

"They have cut off their humanity and will not have any emotions..."

"And Kato Ou... is a member of the Roots!"

Namikaze Minato was somewhat silent and did not object to Kakashi's words, which caused endless waves in Obito's heart. He looked at the silent Namikaze Minato with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Obito... those who walk in the darkness are the roots that hold up the big tree of Konoha for us and penetrate deeply into the soil..."

The slight sigh did not elicit any response from Obito who fell into silence. He muttered in his mouth as if he was saying something.

"Xu... I have such a hard time..."

The inexplicable emotion made Obito seem to think of himself. His tightly clenched hands sank deeply into the soil, as if he wanted to integrate his whole body into the earth like tree roots to experience the young man in his mind in the darkness. The pain experienced.

"He must be...very lonely..."

Obito's voice was low, and a feeling of sympathy appeared in his heart, making him even eager to see the young man in the darkness.

He just...wanted to give him a warm hug.

"Xujun, you are so pitiful..."

Lin couldn't imagine what she would be like if she were in such an environment. Without anyone's care, there was only the darkness of endless sun and moon, as if she couldn't see any light.

"A root ninja will never do meaningless things, and a heartless person will never have any feelings. Even if they have saved you and walked side by side with you, it may be just their disguise.

Don't you even think that Kato Oo's sudden appearance and departure reveal something strange? "

Kakashi's untimely words seemed to touch the deepest softness in Obito and Lin's hearts. Even the seemingly weak Lin had a bit of anger in her eyes.

"Kakashi! You are so disappointing..."

Obito raised his head suddenly, but just stared at Kakashi. The anger in his heart seemed to have completely subsided, but the faint look in his eyes made Kakashi feel a trace of panic. He felt inexplicably that if he didn't do something, , seems to be about to completely lose this, good friend...

"Kakashi..."

Lin didn't seem to say anything, but looked at Kakashi with eyes that seemed a bit strange.

"Obito...the roots are not as simple as you think..."

"Leave everything to the teacher... okay?"

Namikaze Minato looked at Obito and Rin and frowned slightly. Kakashi who was silent did not say anything wrong. He could also see this, but he believed that Kato Oo would be a good junior and a good child. .

"Um……"

Obito responded in a low voice, but he didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes looked towards the unknown distance - that is the direction of Hokage Rock.

……

The Iwa Ninja battlefield has not ended. Even though it seems to be at the end of a stalemate, perhaps as long as either party bows its head, this meaningless war can be ended.

But for some reason, the ninja world seemed to be caught in a tense mood. The seemingly clear situation seemed to be hiding something, silently pushing the entire ninja world forward in a direction that no one could see clearly.

The northernmost part of the Snow Country, far away from the ninja continent, is an empty snow-covered ice field. The storm is howling. Only the ice and snow are playing here. The wind howls, and the drops of water turn into crystals. The huge ice cap seems to be eternal, covering the entire Surrounded by ice sheets, there is no human habitation.

Even the giant peaks that hold up the sky seem to be frozen to pieces and fall apart here, and everyone is afraid to stay away from here. The endless endless plains of ice and snow have truly become a mountain cemetery just like its name. .

But at this moment, in the ice and snow field, against the dim light, a white creature rarely appeared. It was just a pale human form, hidden in the snow, and it was difficult to distinguish it.

He shook his body in unhuman movements, trying to shake off the remaining snow from his body.

"It's so cold...but I really want to poop..."

Hoarse voices kept ringing in the endless ice and snow, but only the cold wind howled into his specious mouth.

"I found a place...I found a place...I can finally have a bowel movement, yo ho..."

The white humanoid creature suddenly started dancing in the ice and snow. The weird posture seemed to have no bones, twisting and twisting into a ball in the snow.

"Go home, go home...go home and poop..."

The white mass slowly melted away like mucus, penetrated into the ice sheet, and dissipated invisible.

The ice field underground is not as bitingly cold as it is inside.

After an unknown amount of time, the white human-shaped figure that had re-condensed into a ball stood up, seemed to be looking at the surrounding environment, and seemed to be discerning something, and walked deeper along the underground corridor.

"Tick...tick..."

The sound of dripping water suddenly sounded deep in the corridor. A bright light seemed to flash through the dim light, and a pair of bright eyes emitted a faint fluorescence in the underground space.

In front of the inexplicable body that was as huge as a monster, the old man with a wrinkled face slowly raised his head and looked at the white humanoid creature slowly walking towards him.

"Finally...is it going to start..."

The invisible aura swept over the white humanoid creature, but it seemed to have no impact on him. He slowly squatted on the ground, bared his white teeth, and smiled at the old man on the stage.

"Hey Madara, I've had a poop..."

"..."

The storm seemed to be about to break out, and the entire underground space instantly became as cold as an ice field. Uchiha Madara just remained silent, staring at the white creature in front of him.

"Jue, if it happens again, you know what the consequences will be..."

"I know, I will completely block some parts of him..."

The half-black and half-white figure slowly emerged from the ground, and its cold gaze caused the white humanoid creature on the ground to instantly turn into a white ball of mucus.

"I don't want...I want to poop..."