Even though he was just boasting at the time, he's really second now, so it wasn't just boasting then, but rather him having confidence in his strategic skills and abilities.
"Yahiko, you just had bad luck, running into that Sunagani in the first round, otherwise with your strength you could have reached the quarterfinals." Obito replied warmly to Yahiko's compliment.
After all, since Yahiko praised him like that, not replying would have made Obito feel embarrassed.
"Haha, indeed it was bad luck. Maybe meeting Sosuke Sensei used up all my luck for the recent few years." Yahiko scratched his head and chuckled.
Yahiko wasn't confident enough to think he would definitely reach the quarterfinals, but his strength in the entire elimination round is definitely not at the bottom but rather the middle level.
"From Yahiko's words, it seems Sosuke indeed holds an unusual place in his heart." Kakashi listened to Yahiko while observing Nagato and Konan's expressions with his peripheral vision.
Kakashi thought for a moment and then asked, "How is the development of your Akatsuki? I haven't heard much news about you guys lately."
Actually, Obito came to find a Ninja Master for advice about how to customize Ninjutsu, which Kakashi considered a bit silly.
Kakashi came along intending to seize the opportunity to learn more about the relationship between Akatsuki and the Ninja Sect.
According to future intel from Yamato, the Akatsuki organization is too strong and malicious in future generations, and if it's possible to prevent the appearance of the evil Akatsuki, extinguishing it while in its cradle would be the best course of action.
"Huh? Akatsuki? There's no Akatsuki now, only a team within the Ninja Sect with the code name Akatsuki." Yahiko answered with a smile, showing no sign of regret or sorrow.
Yahiko might occasionally reminisce about the days of Akatsuki but never felt regret over its disappearance.
Because now the Ninja Sect is exactly what he envisioned Akatsuki to be; on the path to achieving dreams, there's no room for regret.
"By the way, I'm the captain, haha." Yahiko laughed heartily.
Obito displayed a hint of envy.
Even though he's second in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament and a renowned young genius, he has yet to be a captain, not even a vice-captain.
Obito couldn't really refute anything, because Kakashi truly has more experience and capability.
"Damn that white-haired jerk."
Thinking of captains led Obito to dwell on Kakashi's constant orders to him, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly.
Kakashi appeared unfazed, merely nodding as if he realized something, but inside, a wave was brewing.
"As suspected, the future evil Akatsuki is closely related to the Ninja Sect!" Kakashi thought to himself.
Now the Akatsuki has disbanded, and the Ninja Sect has emerged, yet Kakashi hasn't received any information about the Ninja Sect from future Yamato.
Perhaps the current situation may reverse, Ninja Sect disbands and evil Akatsuki emerges.
It's not that Kakashi likes to speculate, but the present data suggests this.
It's known that there's a powerful evil Akatsuki in future generations, and Nagato, one of the three founders of Akatsuki, is exceptionally powerful; now Akatsuki is dissolved into the Ninja Sect, and the Ninja Sect even includes Kakuzu, a member of the future evil Akatsuki.
Kakashi refuses to believe there's no connection between the Ninja Sect and the future evil Akatsuki.
At this moment, Mokgetsu transformed into his alternate identity, attracting everyone's attention.
PS: This chapter is 6k words long, thinking about all sorts of skills took a lot of time, especially for someone like Xiaojie who has trouble making choices.
Feel free to comment on skills you want to see in this chapter, I will look at them and adopt suitable ones.
Try not to suggest too obscure ones, firstly I may not have seen them, secondly writing them might not be understandable to some readers...