âHey, Cocky-Ryo, wait for me!â
As soon as he heard his voice, he knew it was Obito. Since Ryo beat Kakashi to the 1st place in the last class ranking, Obito has two rivals now.
Kakashi usually ignores Obitoâs provocations. But when occasionally cornered by him, he beats him up.
Unlike Kakashi, Ryo never gets angry. After all heâs in his thirties now, and these are kids teasing him. Thatâs why obito calls him out as cocky.
âObito, you didnât arrive late today? Didnât you meet grandma today?â
âI met her, but I didnât help.â
âWhy? Lost yourhelping fetish?â
âOh! Yesterday I heard her taking punches to Sakumo-San with othersâ
With his main body remaining for the past months in school and focused on keeping him covered, and his main body fully devoted to medical ninja, Ryo didnât get pay attention to the rumors floating around the village.
âObito, what happened with Sakumo-san?â
âCocky Ryo, you do not know?â
Ryo shook his head.
Obito sighed and said: âwell, Sakumo san and his nakama went to the village hidden in the sand to carry on a secret mission, and they were trapped by the sand ninja. While Sakumo san was able to evade the trap, his companions were caught. So he chose to give up on the village and save them. They returned three days ago. I heard that this brought a great loss to the village, so everyone turned on him, even the ones he saved! Grown-ups! They suck!â
(Translator note: Obito supposedly doesnât know about these events as he has been told about them by Minato after Sakumoâs death! But this is how the novel has been written, perhaps by butterfly effect Ryoâ presence got him to know about it