The sun rose in the east, casting warm light across the land.
Sasuke Uchiha walked through the clan grounds in the early morning. He wore the traditional attire of the Uchiha Clan: a high-collared, dark blue short-sleeved shirt with white arm warmers and shorts. The clan crest was stamped on the back of his shirt, and ninja tool pouches were strapped to his waist and right leg.
Whenever he encountered figures along the way, he offered an immediate, warm, and deferential greeting.
Women who had recently married into the Uchiha Clan generally responded with great enthusiasm to Sasuke's greetings. Upon seeing Sasuke, with his delicate facial features and fair skin, they could not even help stepping forward to fuss over and pinch his cheeks. Sasuke, still a little boy, indeed possessed devastating lethality among women brimming with maternal instincts.
As for true Uchiha clansmen, they only met Sasuke's salutations and inquiries with complex, flickering gazes before turning away to tend to their own affairs.
No matter the attitude, Sasuke's demeanor remained consistent, cheerful as if devoid of any negative emotions whatsoever.
In truth, however,
Sasuke acted with the mindset of someone seeking atonement. In his view, the current suffering of his clansmen was brought about by his older brother, Itachi Uchiha, and caused by his father's excessive weakness.
Therefore, let alone the clansmen not venting their anger on him, even if they did, he would not offer any resistance.
Sasuke Uchiha could be considered the one whose worldview and mindset in this world most closely matched the standards of an ordinary person.
Except that his luck was simply too good.
He had a yandere older brother, Itachi Uchiha, and a Naruto Uzumaki whose worldview was utterly inhuman.
A Sasuke with a normal mindset and worldview was ruthlessly twisted by the