Chapter 272 - 271 : Obito’s Status!!
"Huh? He was almost crippled by the higher-ups' kids in Konoha?"
Kakashi was stunned again. He vaguely remembered hearing about something like this before.
But at the time, he hadn't paid much attention. As an Anbu member, he didn't concern himself with such matters and wasn't aware of the full story.
Now that Genya was bringing it up in front of him, this Shou Kui guy clearly had a story of his own.
"You probably don't know, but because he was a civilian, he was bullied by the young heirs of the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Hyūga clans. Since they came from powerful clans, Shou Kui didn't dare fight back, which only made them push him even further!"
Genya continued, "If I hadn't happened to be passing by with the police force last time and arrested those guys, Shou Kui might have been completely ruined. His whole family could've been destroyed!"
"I remember now!" Kakashi nodded as he recalled the situation. "Didn't the Third Hokage make them apologize to Shou Kui? He even punished them."
At this, Kakashi recounted the official version of what had happened.
"Apologize? Punish?" Genya scoffed. "They gave a half-hearted apology, acting all high and mighty. Then, a teacher from the Academy showed up. On the surface, it seemed like he came to check on Shou Kui, but in reality, he was there to inform him that he had been expelled—he wouldn't even get the chance to become a ninja!"
"Heh... you do know what happens to a civilian if the village doesn't recognize them as a ninja, right? Especially a civilian who has offended Konoha's higher-ups."
As Genya laid out the whole story, Kakashi's gaze grew colder.