["So, what do you think? I went through a lot of trouble to find these legs."]
["They'll definitely make you run faster than before!" You said this to the dumbfounded Asuma.]
"Pfft!"
Reading this, Takumi couldn't help but clutch his stomach, tears even forming at the corners of his eyes.
'Good grief, this is too mean!'
'Giving Asuma horse legs?'
'Is that even possible?'
[Asuma was terrified and ran out panickedly using his pair of horse legs.]
[The clip-clop of horse hooves echoed through the Konoha's streets, attracting countless onlookers.]
[Two hours later, with several large bumps on your head courtesy of Tsunade, you switched Asuma's legs back.]
[This commotion was accidentally resolved.]
[A few more days passed. Obito broke his arm and came to you for treatment.]
[To be honest, after what happened, you were a bit unclear about Obito's thought process for daring to come to you.]
["Don't worry, I will definitely cure you." You said with a smile.]
[Obito was very reassured.]
[The surgery proceeded very smoothly.]
[His arm recovered perfectly, but Obito felt something was off.]
[He kept feeling a burning sensation on his face. He wanted to take off his goggles to wipe his face, but suddenly found he couldn't remove them!]
["I saw you putting them on and taking them off was very troublesome every time, so I just sewed them on permanently. Windproof forever. Convenient, right?" You gave a thumbs up to the dumbfounded Obito, flashing a bright, white smile.]
'Ah ha, so it's Obito's turn now...'
Takumi hunched over, pausing the simulation.
He needed a break, otherwise, his stomach would hurt from laughing.
Because these operations of the simulated him were just too mean.
He was literally playing with people!
After resting for two minutes, Takumi continued the simulation.
[As time passed, soon…]
[The Third Shinobi World War broke out.]
[During the Battle of the Kannabi Bridge, you specifically came along.]
[Because you wanted to conduct a special medical experiment.]
[For this experiment, you deliberately did not warn about the Iwagakure's ambush.]
'Huh? What kind of experiment?'
Takumi frowned.
A thread of curiosity arose in his heart.
[Just as known from memory, when Minato went to support the main force, Iwagakure's Shinobi attacked the remaining Kakashi and the others.]
[The Iwagakure's Shinobi were numerous and separated you all to pick you off one by one.]
[You pretended to be forced back, allowing Rin to be captured. Kakashi and Obito received the enemy's focused attention.]
[Kakashi, protecting Obito, had his eye injured by an enemy. Obito, because of this, awakened his Sharingan and, using the Sharingan's power, defeated the enemy.]
[Obito was eager to rescue Rin. Although Kakashi had lost an eye, he also wanted to save their companion. You silently followed.]
[Finding Rin, the impatient Obito charged in but fell into an enemy trap.]
[He struggled hard to save Rin but ended up buried under a giant boulder himself, unable to break free.]
[Obito was on the verge of death, uttering his last words.]
[However, at this moment, you, who had been silently standing by, stepped forward.]
["I have a way to save you." Your eyes were filled with fanaticism, because your experiment was about to begin.]
'So this is the special experiment?'
'What exactly is he planning to do?'
Takumi's curiosity was completely piqued.
He urgently wanted to know what would happen next.
[Your words gave Obito a glimmer of hope to live. Rin and Kakashi also looked at you full of hope.]
[But at the same time, they felt saving Obito was almost impossible.]
[Because half of Obito's body was crushed under the rock. Even Kakashi couldn't push it away, so you certainly couldn't either.]
[Yet, at this moment, you looked perfectly calm.]
[You first took out a powerful anesthetic and injected Obito, then took out a blood pressure pump and frantically drew blood.]
[You put Obito into a state of suspended animation. Then, the sharp scalpel swept across, cutting him in two starting from the head.]
[While cutting the body, you also carefully performed emergency treatment on the organs crushed under the boulder to prevent them from losing viability.]
[Your maneuvers stunned Kakashi and Rin. Rin, also a Medical-nin, completely couldn't understand your actions.]
[Cut Obito in half?]
[What exactly are you trying to do?]
[Can he even survive after this?]
[The two frantically questioned you. Kakashi even wanted to come up and stop you.]
["Only 5% of the human brain is utilized. So, with proper manipulation, even a portion of the brain can survive and retain memories." You explained while performing the cutting.]
[The meaning sounded very clear.]
[It was to allow this Obito with only half a body to survive with complete memories.]
[However, this was just the surface explanation. Your true purpose was not like this.]
[Because you knew that soon, a certain millennium-grade filial son would come to save Obito, and using Hashirama's cells, he would grant Obito extremely strong vitality.]
[As long as you handled it properly, the other party could also revive Obito.]
[In other words, if your plan succeeded, there would be two Uchiha Obito in this world!]
[There would be two completely different Obito personalities!]
[After completing all this work, you took the half of Obito and left, because you had to hurry.]
[You returned to the previous battlefield, found an Iwagakure's Shinobi's corpse, cut it in half, and then began a complex surgery.]
[After you left, sure enough, Black Zetsu appeared.]
[Upon seeing Obito's body, cut and only half remaining, Black Zetsu also was dumbfounded. He even wondered if Obito could still be used.]
[However, the observant Black Zetsu still discovered a clue: Obito still had a faint breath.]
[Holding a try-it-out attitude, Black Zetsu still took Obito away.]
[He then wrapped the remaining half of the body with a White Zetsu, using its super high cell activity to revive Obito's remaining half body.]
'Good grief, he really survived as a half!'
Takumi widened his eyes.
'Black Zetsu revived one Obito over there.'
'If another Obito was revived here, there really would be two Obito!'
[On the other side.]
[After your intensive and urgent surgery, you quickly sutured the two differently sized bodies together, removed the Iwagakure's Shinobi's brain, and placed Obito's brain inside.]
[With the activation of Chakra, Obito's suspended animation state was lifted. He successfully opened his eyes.]
[But a troublesome situation appeared.]
[Because of the emergency, no body matching Obito's size could be found, resulting in one half of Obito's body still being that of a youth, while the other half was that of an adult.]
[Obito had become a monster with limbs of different lengths.]
[The inconvenience in movement almost cost him the possibility of becoming a Shinobi.]
[Fortunately, Obito was also a person of strong will. He forced himself to overcome the physical defect.]
'He actually succeeded?'
Takumi widened his eyes in surprise.
'Medical skill of this level...'
'It feels like it could be called dark arts, right?'
'Reviving someone with only half a body left…'
'And Obito was turned into two people!'
'Even the real Heaven Canceller probably doesn't have this skill!'
[You brought Obito #1 back to the village.]
[Minato was full of self-blame, believing he had caused this.]
[Others also one after another came to see the curiosity.]
[Seeing that Obito, with only half his body left, could be saved by you in this way, they could no longer just use 'praise' to describe your skill; they felt you were the strongest divine doctor in Shinobi History!]
[As long as someone wasn't completely dead, you could save them!]
[Orochimaru even stared wide-eyed in horror, saying your medical skills could rival the Impure World Reincarnation.]
[As time passed drop by drop, Obito #1 also gradually adapted to his new body.]
[Although he had become a monster with asymmetrical left and right sides, at least his life was saved. Coupled with Obito's optimistic mindset, no other issues arose.]
[Meanwhile, on the other side, Obito #2, taken away by Black Zetsu, was also growing up normally.]
[Initially, when he saw Black Zetsu bring back one, no, half a smashed-up Uchiha Clan's member, Madara almost wanted to beat Black Zetsu to death with a stick.]
['What the hell is this? I told you to find someone, and you bring back half a pile of minced meat?']
[However, after a period of time, the perseverance Obito displayed far exceeded Madara's imagination.]
[Even with only half a body, even after being smashed up, he still managed, relying on his obsession for his goddess, to survive and successfully adapt to his new body.]
[Another year or so passed.]
[The two Obito grew up in two different environments.]
[Obito #1, because of his monstrous body and the impossibility of ever becoming Hokage, realized he could never be worthy of Rin. His heart gradually became calm.]
[Obito #2, because of his obsession for his goddess, trained his body frantically, anticipating the day he could meet Rin every day.]
[Their personalities had already started to show clear differences.]
[After a period of rest and reorganization, Team Minato went on another mission.]
[Your name wasn't originally on the mission roster, but for your plan, you volunteered to go along.]
[This mission was naturally Rin's death.]
[Designed by Black Zetsu, Rin was captured by Kirigakure's Shinobi and Sanbi was sealed inside her. They were preparing to summon it when she returned to Konoha to carry out destruction.]
[Because Madara had placed a cursed seal on Rin's heart, she couldn't prevent this by suicide.]
[So, in front of the rushing Kakashi and the defective Obito, she threw herself onto Kakashi's Chidori, piercing her own heart.]
[This scene was witnessed by the Obito brought by Black Zetsu. He awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.]
[Kakashi, due to shock, excessive grief, and Chakra exhaustion, directly fell unconscious.]
[The separated Obito #2 directly killed all the Kirigakure's Shinobi.]
[He held Rin in his arms, silently determined to say he would create a world with Rin.]
[However, at this moment, you seized the opportunity, suddenly appeared, quickly took an intact heart from a recently deceased Shinobi, and transplanted it into Rin.]
[Then Rin, who should have died originally, was brought back to life by you.]
[Black Obito, seeing Rin die and come back to life, was instantly dumbfounded.]
[You then woke the unconscious Kakashi, had everyone recognize each other, and then brought this Obito #2 back to the village.]
'Good grief, what kind of development is this?'
'Is this going to make the two Obito fight each other?'
Takumi rested his chin on his hand, thinking.
He had a feeling things weren't that simple.
[Sure enough, upon seeing there was another version of themselves in the village, both Obito were completely dumbfounded.]