Shun Uchiha Side Story

"How have you been lately, Renye?"

The tenth year of Konoha.

Shun Uchiha secretly sought out Uchiha Renye.

The two had been friends since childhood at the orphanage. Even after they no longer lived together, their bond had remained unchanged.

"Don't come looking for me so often from now on," Renye said in a low voice. "My identity is sensitive. Too much contact with me won't be good for you."

He had been adopted by Tobirama Senju, so the Uchiha were certainly displeased.

Even though none of it had been his fault...

Although Tobirama Senju had never said it outright, he often implied that Renye should sever ties with his clan.

That way of thinking was perfectly normal.

Tobirama Senju had adopted Renye and guided his training. He could hardly raise him only for him to become an ungrateful traitor and serve the Uchiha in the future.

From the moment he had been adopted, he had been forced to cut off his ties with the Uchiha.

Fortunately, Renye had no emotional foundation with the clan when he first arrived in this world. The only person he had met in the orphanage was Shun Uchiha.

"Renye."

Shun Uchiha wore a complicated expression.

They had originally been friends, yet they had to part ways for such reasons.

"Can our relationship really not return to how it was before?"

"You should understand that in your heart."

Renye looked at the guy who stood half a head taller than him and wondered what exactly he had grown up eating.

They were obviously the same age, so why was the difference so huge?

"I understand, Renye." Shun Uchiha's expression turned serious. "From now on, we'll be strangers."

Though he was unwilling to admit it, that was the truth.

After saying that, he gave his former