The Uchiha Tear Themselves Apart, Clan Infighting in Broad Daylight

Inside the Ninja Academy.

"That ungrateful bastard Kazuhiko! I got the hell beaten out of me by that little mongrel because of him. Forget thanking me, he even blamed me for going after the guy... Who the fuck did I do it for?"

On the training field, the Uchiha Clan had gathered together. Uchiha Yuta wore an ugly expression as he cursed furiously.

"Ah! He went looking for you too?" an Uchiha student asked in surprise.

"He came to see me too. That bastard not only didn't ask how badly we were hurt, but kept blaming us for meddling. He said we would 'ruin' him and keep him from becoming a ninja in the future..."

Uchiha Yan spoke with red-rimmed eyes. He had been thoroughly disgusted last night and had not slept well at all.

In one night, Uchiha Kazuhiko had visited eight people. His efficiency was absolutely first-rate.

"He was also afraid that the little mongrel wouldn't forgive him and that he wouldn't be able to become a ninja, which was why he acted that way... We didn't tell him beforehand either, so that was why things turned into such a mess..."

Uchiha Chiya let out a sigh.

"What the hell are you talking about? So it's our fault now?" The hot-tempered Uchiha Yuta immediately flew into a rage.

"That's not what I mean... I'm saying no one can really be blamed for this..."

"Bullshit. Stop trying to smooth things over here. This is all that bastard Kazuhiko's fault. If he hadn't taken the initiative to call that little mongrel a bastard, how would there have been so much trouble?"

An Uchiha stepped forward to voice his dissatisfaction.

"Right, it's all that ungrateful bastard's fault!" Uchiha Yuta echoed.

"I spent the entire day yesterday lying in bed nursing my injuries. When my mom asked how I got hurt, I didn't even dare tell her the truth..."

The Uchiha whose shinbone had been injured by an elbow strike the day before yesterday stepped forward and spoke out.

They had all agreed on the same story and did not dare say that they had been beaten up.

Eight against two, yet they had been pinned to the ground and pummeled. They simply could not bring themselves to say it. Even if they did, their parents might not stand up for them.

They had gone looking to beat someone up themselves, and the key was that so many of them still could not beat the other side. Any parent with even a shred of shame would not go looking for trouble with Liuyun's family over this.

Besides, being a ninja was a combat profession to begin with. Getting injured by classmates or beating someone up was normal. As long as it did not go too far, parents generally would not make a huge issue out of it.

"I warned you the day before yesterday not to go looking for trouble with that little mongrel, but you just had to act like righteous heroes and seek justice for an idiot bastard like Kazuhiko..."

A sixth-grade student named Uchiha Qingmang sneered. He was one of the few who had opposed bullying the little mongrel.

But his words had been ignored before, and he had even been criticized by quite a few people.

Now, the facts had proven that he was right. Seeing these clansmen suffer because they had refused to heed his advice gave him an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

"To put it bluntly, didn't you just think that little mongrel was easy to bully? You wanted to step on him to build your reputations and prove your status to the younger clan members. In the end, you got beaten senseless and now neither side appreciates you..."

Uchiha Qingmang slapped everyone in the face in public, laying out the bloody truth without the slightest attempt to conceal it.

His words instantly enraged several people.

"Bastard, quit spewing bullshit here! Didn't we do it for our clansmen?"

"Right, weren't we protecting the Uchiha Clan's honor? Qingmang, quit being so damn sarcastic and slandering people!"

Uchiha Yuta, Uchiha Yan, and the others all looked utterly furious.

"But Brother Liuyun is also one of our clansmen!" a younger Uchiha said quietly.

"Protecting the Uchiha Clan's honor? I'd say you're the ones ruining the Uchiha Clan's honor."

"That little mongrel was one of the Uchiha Clan to begin with. What happened between him and Kazuhiko was a personal matter, yet you self-proclaimed righteous people publicly made things difficult for him and forced him into a corner, leaving him no choice but to break with the Uchiha. Why do you still think you did nothing wrong?"

Someone else stepped forward to speak up for Liuyun.

"Right, you weren't doing this for the Uchiha. You were just using the Uchiha name for yourselves, for that idiot Kazuhiko. You deserved to get beaten, and you deserved to be resented!"

"Bastard, say that one more time if you've got the guts!"

"So what if I do? Are you going to start fighting just because you can't argue your case? A clown like you thinks he deserves to dispense justice for others?"

"That's not what happened. Listen to me..."

For a time, the Uchiha Clan at the academy was thrown into complete chaos over Liuyun. The clansmen, who had barely been united before, began accusing, cursing, and even fighting one another over their differing beliefs...

Their commotion drew a large crowd of onlookers, and the Uchiha became a complete laughingstock at the academy.

The moment Liuyun entered the academy with his schoolbag on his back, he immediately noticed the unusual scene on the training field.

The Uchiha Clan was actually fighting among themselves in broad daylight, even coming to blows!

His name and nickname occasionally came up from the mouths of certain clansmen.

It seemed the matter had started because of him. The grudge from the day before yesterday had carried over into today.

Liuyun coldly watched the group of Uchiha on the training field. He had no intention of stepping in to calm the disturbance.

In fact, if he spoke up now, he could completely win people over. Even people like Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Yuta might have been won over by him.

Unfortunately, he had no such intention.

No Uchiha had stepped forward to say a fair word for him the day before yesterday, so why should he step forward today to settle the conflict?

By grinding those Uchiha into the dirt, he had proven one fact: so-called public sentiment and justice were utterly worthless before strength!

Besides, what use was there in winning over a group of Uchiha brats? Becoming their little king? Other than showing off, there was no practical benefit at all.

Moreover, today's outcome was something he had deliberately brought about.

He and his mother had been treated as mongrels and outsiders by the Uchiha Clan. Naturally, he would not demean himself by trying to curry favor with these people.

On Earth, when you had money, you would never lack friends around you. In the Shinobi World, when you had strength, you would likewise never lack friends—or even followers.

Liuyun's current plan was to quietly grind away in secret without letting anyone know. He wanted to establish a solid foundation of strength first.

If possible, he did not want to reveal abilities beyond taijutsu in front of others, nor did he want to bring anyone other than Kushina along with him.

"Class is about to start. Aren't you going back to the classroom?"

Liuyun spotted Kushina among the crowd of spectators. Her red hair was too eye-catching to miss.

"Ah... you're here! Right, right, right. Let's go, let's go to class..."

Kushina could not hide her delight upon seeing him. Smiling happily, she followed behind Liuyun as the two ignored the crowd and headed toward the classroom together.

"Let me tell you, those Uchiha just now..."