Obito lived in constant dread, unsure when Shindai would come to beat him. Tormented by this, Obito decided to take matters into his own hands and sought out Shindai, ready for a beating.
However, even though he was prepared to be beaten, Shindai showed no intention of hitting him.
Yet, Obito clearly felt that Shindai was very angry.
Obito tentatively asked, "Shindai, aren't you angry?"
Shindai replied with a brilliant smile, "Angry? Why would I be angry with you? You did everything so correctly. I told you that you weren't wrong, so how could you be wrong?"
Obito felt a chill in his heart. This wasn't angry? If this wasn't angry, he'd twist off his head and let Kakashi kick it like a ball!
Obito, with a fallen face, said to Shindai, "Shindai, I really made a mistake. Just beat me up, please. I'll let you beat me for free, the kind where I won't fight back."
Shindai squinted at Obito, "You really know you're wrong? Tell me, where did you go wrong?"
Obito pouted and confessed, "I shouldn't have encouraged Kakashi and Rin to peek at you two, and I shouldn't have said you had a crush on Pakura..."
Shindai narrowed his eyes slightly. "Speaking of which, I really don't understand. Why would you think I had a crush on Pakura?"
"Uh... because, because I told Kakashi and Rin that I understood a lot, so..."
Obito's voice grew softer and softer until, by the end, Shindai could barely hear what he was saying.
But even if he couldn't hear what Obito said later, Shindai had a pretty good guess.
Shindai was so angry he laughed. "So, to show Kakashi and Rin how much you understood, you just directly said I had a crush on Pakura, right?"
Obito quickly said, "Actually, I really felt you liked that Pakura, so that's why I thought that. It wasn't pure slander!"
Shindai's teeth ground together, making a'squeak, squeak' sound. "I really like Pakura? Of course I like her. She and I have known each other for six or seven years. She's my only friend in Hidden Sand Village. If I don't like her, should I hate her?
Besides, do you think I'm you? If I really liked her in that way, I wouldn't secretly like her. I'd go straight for it. Who wants to play that secret crush game!"
Obito chuckled dryly, "Is that so? Shindai, you're really amazing. Actually, you haven't suffered any loss, have you? How about you just give me a couple of punches, and we'll call it even?"
Shindai roared at Obito, "No loss? Do you know how excellent I am? What if Pakura really falls for me when I grow up? My dream is to marry two wives in the future, one to massage my shoulders and one to rub my legs!
If my future wife is Pakura, not only will I not be able to marry two wives, but I'll also have to massage her shoulders and rub her legs! Do you understand, you bastard!"
Obito stared blankly at Shindai.
How shameless must a person be to say something like that?!
And Shindai had already pounced on Obito, giving him a righteous education.
One hour later.
In the tent where Kakashi and Rin Nohara were.
Obito, with a bruised and swollen face, walked proudly into the tent. "Now you know my professionalism, right? I wasn't bragging. Shindai definitely likes that Pakura. Pakura even said she'd consider it after Shindai grows up!"
Submitting to Shindai was one thing, but since he had already taken the beating, Obito needed to make up for it elsewhere.
For example, by making Kakashi and Rin Nohara clearly recognize his professionalism!
Kakashi said sarcastically, "Oh, after being beaten by Shindai, you're getting cocky again, huh."
Obito snorted, "Hmph, I'm telling you, Shindai was just annoyed because I exposed his feelings, a bit of anger turning into shame. Actually, when he heard Pakura say she'd consider it after he became a man, Shindai was really happy inside!"
Rin Nohara pursed her lips and said to Obito, "I think, Obito, it's better if you don't talk right now."
Obito confidently said, "Why not talk? Didn't you doubt me before? You can't doubt me now, can you! To say she'd consider it after Shindai grows into a man definitely means she doesn't simply see Shindai as a younger brother!"
"Oh? Then what does she see me as? A son? Or a father?"
"Of course, as... Mama!~"
Obito was so scared that his hair stood on end.
Obito looked at Shindai behind him in terror, his words stumbling. "When, when did you get here?"
Shindai's tone was extremely cold. "So Pakura sees me as her mother? It seems that beating just now didn't teach you a lesson. You still dare to spout nonsense here. It looks like I'll have to tear your mouth apart!"
Obito quickly covered his mouth, shaking his head frantically.
Shindai rolled his eyes at the terrified Obito. "You know to be scared, yet you still talk nonsense. You're really thick-headed. I'm tired from beating you today, we'll talk about it next time."
Kakashi asked, "Shindai, I've wanted to ask you for a while, is what you said about Sasori true? Did he really kill the Third Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village?"
Shindai sat down in a chair, took a sip of water, and said, "It was him."
Kakashi asked, confused, "But how did you know?"
Shindai replied, "Because, I guessed."
"Huh? Guessed?"
Kakashi was a little bewildered.
Shindai said as a matter of course, "Yes, because I've always seen him as a bad seed since I was little, so I guessed he did it."
With no evidence, Shindai could only answer that way.
Kakashi and Rin Nohara's mouths twitched. Was it that casual?
Obito asked doubtfully, "What if you guessed wrong?"
Shindai's tone was very certain. "Not a chance! It's him. If it's not him, I'll eat this table!"
But no matter how certain Shindai's tone was, without any evidence, they couldn't believe it at all.
Rin Nohara frowned and asked, "Then, did you guess about the Human Puppet too?"
"That's not it. I once saw his puppets, and I could discern some clues from the subtle traces of his puppets."
This time, Kakashi and the others believed Shindai's fabrication.
They didn't know Shindai's situation in Hidden Sand Village, so whatever Shindai said, they could only believe.
Obito asked curiously, "How do you make puppets from living people? Do you hollow them out and put parts inside?"
Shindai scoffed and chuckled, "If it were that simple, then he wouldn't be a genius puppet master second only to me. But you don't need living people; I just made that up. Corpses are fine. I just wanted Pakura to know how insane Sasori is."
Kakashi and the other two looked at Shindai speechlessly. There wasn't a single truthful word coming from his mouth, and he shouldn't keep emphasizing
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