Konoha: Resurrected by Orochimaru at the start

"...Uchiha Gen?"

Ye Yuan's smiling expression instantly changed. He strode forward, grabbed Tobirama's shoulder, and whispered a reprimand, "You brat! Didn't we agree not to call me that in public?!"

"???"

Tobirama frowned, somewhat annoyed. Was this guy playing dumb?

Wait, maybe not… Tobirama took a deep breath and calmed himself down, thinking. The clues about the school, the students, and his cousin connected in his mind. So—was he caught up in some kind of role-playing?

Uchiha Gen? Is that a screen name? Seeing that the two seemed to really know each other, the security guard next to him was more convinced of Ye Yuan's explanation and immediately lowered his guard slightly, saying, "Alright, alright, you two shouldn't block the road. Move your carts to the side."

After saying that, on his way back, the security guard took off his hat, which had become hot from being covered up, touched his buzz cut, and muttered to himself, "Students these days look so mature..."

After leaving the crowd, Ye Yuan put his hand on Tobirama's shoulder, peered towards where Tobirama had been standing, and asked with a fading smile:

Where's your luggage?

"..."

"Lost it?"

Tobirama's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded gently with his chin.

After a moment of silence, Ye Yuan's smile vanished completely. He withdrew his hand from Tobirama's shoulder and said in a calm but threatening voice, "Listen, I'll buy you your daily necessities later. In the meantime, you're not allowed to touch any of my things. If you do, I'll kill you!"

……

Click, the door opens...

"Mom, I ran into my cousin on the way and brought him back with me..."

Receiving no response, Ye Yuan changed into dark blue flip-flops and looked towards the bedroom and kitchen.

"Not here?"

I opened the refrigerator and found only a carton of yogurt, two eggs, and a few wilted scallions.

Ye Yuan smacked his lips twice, muttering with some disappointment, "They must have gone to buy groceries."

Looking at the doorman who was still standing by the door, Ye Yuan pointed to a corner of the shoe cabinet and said, "There, right next to your right foot, wear those gray slippers."

After changing into slippers, Tobirama looked at the decorations in the room and walked slowly. After all, the character he was playing should have been here before, but he was not familiar with the place.

Before long, Tobirama had a general understanding of the layout of the house: three bedrooms, a kitchen, a toilet, and the space where he was currently located seemed to be similar to a Japanese-style room.

"Feijian, trash cans attract mosquitoes in the summer. Go downstairs and throw away the kitchen trash."

With no snacks available, Ye Yuan turned on the stove and planned to fry the two eggs that were left in the refrigerator.

As the door opened and closed, Ye Yuan inside seemed not to hear it, focusing intently on cracking the eggs, his behavior completely unremarkable.

Downstairs, Tobirama picked up the trash bag and glanced at its contents: worthless eggshells and onion butts, a ramen noodle bag, and some foul-smelling unidentified objects...

He casually tossed the trash into a large trash can that was specifically used for disposing of garbage.

It was morning, and it was summer, so Tobirama had plenty of time. Compared to the sense of urgency that came with the night, the daytime was not only safe, but also comfortable and long.

He took out his notebook, opened a blank page, and as Tobirama moved, one marker after another gradually took shape. Finally, he added the information he currently knew, and an extremely rudimentary information map was drawn.

Just then, a middle-aged woman carrying several large bags of groceries slowly walked over. Seemingly tired, she put the bags down and stretched her shoulders. When she looked up, she saw Tobira standing in front of her.

The woman picked up the groceries and hurried over, exclaiming with delight, "Xiao Fei, when did you get here?! You've grown so tall, sir!"

"Xiao Fei?" Tobirama looked around. Hmm—it seemed like they were calling him.

"Hey kid, what are you standing there for? Come help carry these things. We bought pork ribs today; we're making you a big meal for lunch!"

Instinctively taking the plastic bag offered, Tobirama suddenly realized, thinking of the "mother" Uchiha Gen had mentioned, that this might be a rare opportunity. He composed himself and asked in a muffled voice, "Has anything happened to my cousin lately?"

As Tobirama spoke, he lowered his head, his back looking desolate, as if he had suffered some injustice.

Upon hearing this question, the woman paused, somewhat bewildered: "What happened...? Nothing should be wrong. What's wrong? Did you two have another fight?"

"No, I just accidentally lost my luggage," Tobirama said, keeping his head down and subtly observing the woman's expression out of the corner of his eye.

However, the woman just laughed and then teased, "Why didn't you lose yourself too? Okay, I think I know what happened. Don't blame yourself too much. That's just how your cousin is. He'll be fine in a bit."

Tobirama kept his head down and murmured, "Hmm..."

Seeing this, the woman sighed helplessly, seemingly lost in thought, and said, "Of course, I also hope that you won't hate your cousin because of this."

"That kid is really stubborn. He likes to keep everything to himself no matter what happens. Actually, he doesn't have any bad intentions; he's just not good at expressing himself..."

Tobirama patiently listened to the woman's rambling. Although much of it was useless nonsense, a little sorting through it still yielded some useful information.

……

After having lunch in an eerie atmosphere, Tobirama sat on the sofa, his confusion deepening. For some reason, he didn't ask these questions directly, but chose to wait.

After a long while, the static on the TV screen in front of Tobirama was suddenly blocked, and Ye Yuan regained the smile he had when they first met here. He smiled at Tobirama and said, "You'll sleep on the floor tonight, and come with me this afternoon to buy your daily necessities."

"You haven't lost your memory?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yuan acted as if he hadn't heard Tobirama's question. He still had a smile on his face and walked away with his back to Tobirama.

After they arrived on the street, neither of them spoke another word until they reached a clothing store. The area around them was filled with the noise of car horns.

Finally, Tobirama asked, "What do you want to do?"

"You're late." Ye Yuan said with a smile, grabbing the doorknob of the clothing store. However, this time, Tobirama read a hint of sadness in that smile, which was exactly the same as before.

As Ye Yuan finished speaking, a huge truck near the two of them suddenly skidded off the ground, lost control, and sped towards them. Amid screams from the surrounding passersby, the truck seemed to have an auto-aiming device, its target aimed directly at Ye Yuan!

Seeing this, Tobirama frowned, wanting to pull Ye Yuan away. However, just as he was about to act, Tobirama found that his body wouldn't obey him and remained standing still.

With a screeching sound of brakes and the shattering of glass, warm blood splattered on Tobirama's face as the large truck brushed past him, leaving him completely untouched except for the glass shards.

As time went on, the piercing alarm sounded, and the surrounding crowd grew increasingly noisy.

At this moment, Tobirama was like an outsider standing in a third-person perspective, temporarily gaining a kind of clarity.

He looked up at the sky, which was about to darken at midday. The notebook in Tobirama's pocket fell to the ground, its pages flipping rapidly until it stopped at the two newly appeared words: Awakening…