Kyosuke's wedding was attended by everyone connected to him, who offered their blessings.
There was one exception.
That was Uchiha Kei, who was on the front lines.
As a promising talent that Tajima had been grooming, Madara Uchiha did not completely abandon him after he came to power.
As the Army Commander, Uchiha Kei was always active on the front lines, gradually accumulating merits through killing enemies.
Even during moments of tribal celebration, he remained on the front lines, silently fighting and diligently accumulating the strength needed for revenge and self-preservation.
In fact, Uchiha Kei, who is nearly twenty years old, married his beloved girlfriend last year.
With the ties of family by his side, he worked even harder.
However, when Madara learned that Kyosuke was marrying the Uzumaki princess and that Madara was willing to fight the Senju clan for it, Uchiha Kei suddenly realized something.
No matter how hard I try, I can never surpass that bastard in status.
The only way left for him to wash away the shame was to open those legendary eyes.
"If that guy can do it, I can definitely unlock the Mangekyō too."
With this in mind, Uchiha Kei began searching everywhere for a way to awaken his Sharingan.
Whether it was lucky or unlucky, he actually found a solution.
But...
After leading his team to complete the inspection of the Camp, Uchiha Kei walked alone towards his Tent.
"The conditions for opening one's eyes..."
"No wonder, who could have predicted it beforehand..."
"You really want me..."
"No, no, I absolutely cannot hurt her..."
When he was about ten meters away from the Tent, Qi suddenly stopped and looked at the reflection of the person inside with a complicated expression.
He took a few deep breaths before lifting the curtain and going inside.
The person who kept pacing inside was his wife, Uchiha Chō.
"Qijun." Upon seeing her husband return, Die immediately pulled him up excitedly, her eyes sparkling with a light that could be described as happiness.
"I wasn't feeling well today, so I made a special trip to the Medical Corps."
Still troubled, Uchiha Kei asked absentmindedly, "Oh, are you alright? Did your old injury flare up again?"
Every ninja who fights on the front lines year after year is covered in hidden injuries, and they themselves are often tormented by recurring injuries.
Ultimately, it's because the current healthcare system is just too terrible.
Seeing that he was still lost in thought, Uchiha Chō pouted and whispered in his ear, "Congratulations, you're going to be a father."
"Oh, that's a good thing, it's certainly something to celebrate..." At this point, Uchiha Kei suddenly realized what he meant and looked at his wife with an incredulous expression.
"You, you, you..."
"Hmm~"
"Me? Then wouldn't I be..."
Yes~
After standing there frozen for more than ten seconds, Uchiha Kei suddenly hugged his wife tightly, as excited as a twenty-year-old child.
"I'm going to be a dad! I'm going to be a dad!"
He excitedly spun around a few times, then put his wife down on the ground and carefully rested her head on his stomach.
Then...
He didn't hear a thing.
"Are you stupid? How could you possibly hear any noise in such a short time?" Uchiha Chō reached out and poked her husband's forehead hard with her finger.
Next, the two of them disregarded their official duties and talked about everything from precautions during pregnancy to how to raise the child after birth.
Looking at his wife's happy face, Uchiha Kei's face showed an unprecedented peace and tranquility.
"Butterfly, you should go back and rest. I'll delegate all your tasks to others."
"All right."
After his wife left, he stood in front of the mirror, staring intently at the man with the gloomy eyes reflected in it.
Then slowly raise your palm...
Snap!
Uchiha Kei slapped himself hard across the face.
"You bastard, you idiot, you moron, you actually had the idea to give it a try?"
Growing increasingly angry, he simply raised his other hand and slapped himself hard across the left cheek.
The force used was so great that even the Kakuzu help but ooze a trace of bright red blood.
At this moment, Uchiha Kei's heart was filled with a complex mix of emotions, including regret, annoyance, happiness, and gratitude.
Once he had completely calmed down, a long-lost sense of panic suddenly resurfaced in his heart.
He was afraid, afraid that Uchiha Kyosuke wouldn't let him go.
It should be said that he was afraid that his ruthless cousin might do something outrageous to his wife and children.
The scene from the training ground a few years ago still occasionally appears in his dreams.
"No, I need to be prepared."
"Mangekyō..."
With his wife's image flashing through his mind, Uchiha Kei his teeth and made a very difficult decision.
Uchiha Shinji of the few close friends of the Army Commander, Uchiha Kei.
The two cultivated together, fought against foreign invasions together, and together they fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood countless times.
On this day, Uchiha Kei suddenly suggested going out for training, Shinji went along without thinking much about it.
Not long after, news came that the Senju Clan had launched an attack. By the time the rescue team arrived, Uchiha Shinji had already been killed on the spot.
It is said that the Uchiha Kei enraged and even threatened to slaughter the entire Senju Clan.
However, only he himself knew that there was actually no such thing as an attack.
It was all a conspiracy he orchestrated.
To protect his wife and unborn child, he was willing to sacrifice his only friend's life.
He attempted to use the pain of killing his best friend with his own hands to forcibly awaken his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
Unfortunately, the final result was, as expected, a failure.
He is not Uchiha Itachi, and does not have such rich personal emotions.
It is evident from how they treated young Kyosuke that Uchiha Kei, along with his parents, were inherently cold-hearted people.
For someone like that, the most important person in their heart is always themselves.
Even though Shinji was his closest friend, he was still not important enough for Shinji to unlock the Mangekyō.
"Damn it, why did this happen?!"
He deeply regretted his rash decision.
Not only did its eyes fail to evolve, but it also cost its friend's life in vain.
Recalling Shinji's eyes before his death, Uchiha Kei woke up from nightmares for several nights in a row.
In his dream, he successfully activated the Mangekyō, but the person lying at his feet was not only Shinji, but also his wife, who had a strange smile on her face and was soaked in blood.
"Ah!!!"
Startled awake once again, Uchiha Kei gasped for breath.
While feeling slightly frightened, he also felt, for some reason, that the dream was almost too real.
"My lord!" Before he could calm down, a subordinate rushed into the Tent.
"What's the panic?" Uchiha Kei said, sitting up without noticing the beads of sweat dripping from his temples.
"It's terrible, sir! News has just arrived that Lady Butterfly was attacked on her way back to her Family."
"Still... still missing..."
Bang!
A chilling Chakra suddenly erupted from Uchiha Kei's body.
His already eerie eyes now appeared even more terrifying.