Uchiha at the Door

Ignoring Kakashi, who was once again questioning his life, Uchiha Feiyu, no longer in the mood to continue training after being interrupted, left the Training Ground and headed home.

But the moment he got home, he heard knocking at the door. With a wave of his hand, Hatake Sakumo's incorporeal soul passed through the wall. A moment later, he returned with a blank expression.

"Two Uchiha are at the door. They're probably here to see you."

"What a coincidence. I just ran into the Third Hokage, and now the Uchiha are showing up at my door."

Feiyu rolled his eyes and opened the door with considerable boredom. Sure enough, two stern-faced Uchiha stood outside.

"Do you two need something?"

"Feiyu, it's been a while since we came to see you. Have you gotten used to living among the Uchiha?"

The Uchiha who spoke forced out a smile, perhaps trying to show some concern. However, Feiyu felt it would have been better if he had not smiled at all. That trace of a smile on his stiff face looked more like a sneer no matter how he looked at it.

Uchiha Feiyu could more or less be considered an unofficial Uchiha, and he had had some minor contact with these Uchiha before. The ones who had not awakened their Sharingan were fine, but nearly every elite who had awakened it wore the same cold, expressionless look. Honestly, seeing those stone-faced people smile always felt a little creepy.

"I've been doing fine. Also, Tekka, could you stop smiling? That expression always sends a chill down my spine!"

The young Uchiha called Tekka stiffened, faintly showing signs of embarrassed anger. However, the older Uchiha standing in front of him narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"You can still joke around, so it seems you really have been doing well. Uchiha Feiyu, I heard you awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan?"

"Oh, that? I did awaken it. Why?"

As Uchiha Feiyu spoke, his eyes had already turned blood-red. Two tomoe spun continuously within those crimson pupils.

"To possess a Two-Tomoe Sharingan at such a young age, Feiyu, even though you inherited only one-quarter of the Uchiha bloodline, you can still be called a genius."

"Our Uchiha Military Police Force happens to be in need of a genius like you. Stop hanging around with those ordinary Genin from the village. What can a Hyuga Clan teach an Uchiha? Report to the Military Police Force tomorrow!"

Uchiha Feiyu's mouth twitched. Report to the Uchiha Military Police Force? Was that a joke? Was something wrong with his brain?

As the Uchiha's stronghold, the Military Police Force was filled with people who placed Uchiha clan supremacy above all else. Whether considering their personalities or his own background, joining the Military Police Force was not a good idea.

Even worse, the Konoha High Command had always been wary of the Uchiha. Before the Nine-Tailed Fox Incident, that wariness would not turn into genuine hostility, but neither would they show the Uchiha any goodwill.

If there were a dangerous mission likely to cause heavy casualties, and the available candidates were ordinary shinobi and Uchiha, the Konoha High Command would undoubtedly choose the Uchiha as cannon fodder first.

It just so happened that the Third Shinobi World War was precisely when large amounts of cannon fodder were needed. He had left the three-man squad today, so he would probably be sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder tomorrow.

The Uchiha Military Police Force was no place for playing house either. During the Ninja World War, even Uchiha Fugaku went to the battlefield, let alone ordinary Military Police Force members.

"Sorry, but I don't want to join any Uchiha Military Police Force. A mixed-blood like me simply isn't qualified to join the pure-blooded Uchiha's stronghold. I'd rather keep hanging around with those three-man squads."

"You bastard, don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Uchiha Tekka's face flushed with anger. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to make a move, but before he could draw his kunai, he felt someone clap his shoulder hard.

"What do I mean? It's simple! I just don't want to join the Uchiha Military Police Force! Do you understand now?"

"You... are you even an Uchiha? Don't forget the clan's investment in you!"

"I never wanted to become an Uchiha in the first place. Didn't you people drag me in by force? As for the clan's investment in me—wasn't it just two C-Rank Fire Release Techniques?"

C-Rank elemental techniques were not exactly everywhere in shinobi villages, but they were still fairly common. Any somewhat experienced Genin could obtain them. It was only because of Chakra limitations that those Genin did not try to learn too many, making it seem as though Genin only knew a few techniques.

The Uchiha Clan's training of Feiyu consisted of tossing him one Great Fireball Technique scroll and one Phoenix Sage Fire Technique scroll. After that, there was nothing else.

"I'll repay the favor of those two C-Rank Fire Release Techniques someday. But joining the Uchiha Military Police Force? Please forgive me for refusing—I have no interest in working with a bunch of people who hold their heads so high."

"Good, good, good!"

Uchiha Tekka, held down by Uchiha Feiyu, struggled twice but could not break free. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yashiro, the narrow-eyed man, widened his eyes, his voice filled with rage.

"Uchiha Feiyu, it seems you truly intend to betray the clan!"

"Well, I don't recall ever joining the Uchiha Clan. Even this surname was forcibly shoved onto my head by you people, wasn't it?"

Ignoring Uchiha Feiyu's words, Uchiha Yashiro continued.

"Then today, I'll show you the foundation that makes the Uchiha Clan the number one clan in the Shinobi World!"

"Isn't the Senju Clan the number one clan in the Shinobi World? You can't just claim that title for yourselves because they withdrew from the spotlight and assimilated into Konoha!"

"Shut up, you ungrateful traitor to your roots!"

Following Uchiha Yashiro's furious roar, his eyes transformed into the Sharingan. Three tomoe swam within them.

Genjutsu: Sharingan!

The genjutsu was simply called Sharingan. It could only be used with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and was the genjutsu most suited to the Sharingan. Its effects could bring the Sharingan's abilities to their fullest extent. Against ordinary shinobi, without companions nearby, this move was almost a guaranteed kill.

Uchiha Feiyu's Sharingan had only two tomoe. In theory, he should have been absolutely incapable of resisting Uchiha Yashiro's genjutsu. Yet after Uchiha Yashiro pulled Uchiha Feiyu into the genjutsu space, the entire illusion shattered without a trace almost instantly.

"Urgh... what happened?!"

The backlash from the destruction of the genjutsu space left Uchiha Yashiro dizzy and disoriented. What he could not understand even more was how Uchiha Feiyu had broken free of the genjutsu.

Naturally, Uchiha Feiyu had no interest in explaining what it meant to have two souls in one body. Pale lightning burst from him in an instant. After dropping Uchiha Tekka in a flash, he drove a fist into Uchiha Yashiro's stomach, sending him sprawling to the ground.