After getting brutally beaten, Sasuke could no longer keep up his cool facade. Under Yinsen's pressure, he finally revealed many things even Yinsen himself didn't know.
Because Yinsen never used the bathroom and was also very pretty, many classmates had initially speculated about his "true" gender.
Although everything from his records to his manner of speaking seemed very masculine, plenty of people still suspected that he was actually a girl.
Moreover, Yinsen was far less popular at school than he was around the neighborhood. He always kept quietly to himself, went straight home alone after school, and never took the initiative to chat with anyone or play with his classmates. In the eyes of his Ninja Academy classmates, he was unquestionably a weirdo.
By comparison, even Naruto Uzumaki, who was harshly rejected by the villagers, had a few bratty kids he regularly played with. Yet no one had ever seen Yinsen regularly spending time with anyone.
"Anything else?"
Yinsen's face was full of dark lines. He had never expected that keeping such a low profile would turn him into a weirdo.
Thinking about it, he was an "old man" who had lived for who knew how long. How could he possibly blend in with a bunch of bratty kids? He wanted to keep a low profile, but not so thoroughly that he had to hide his identity at all costs.
Sasuke rubbed his swollen, bun-like cheek. He suddenly realized that this quiet classmate, who had almost nothing noteworthy about him aside from his looks, was actually terrifying.
It was different from their taijutsu spar at school. Back then, Sasuke had only thought that Yinsen might have stumbled into some dumb luck, while he himself had lost due to a moment of carelessness.
But just now, he had been fully focused