The Truth (Part Two)

After nearly an hour, Sakura Haruno finally found all the scrolls related to the Uchiha in the archives.

There were over a hundred scrolls in total, piled before Sasuke like a small mountain.

Sasuke Uchiha, meanwhile, was completely absorbed, hurriedly reading the secret scrolls that recorded the secrets of the Uchiha clan.

Then, through the descriptions in Konoha's records, a new image of the Uchiha emerged in his mind, completely shattering his simplistic impression of his own clan.

He had been only eight years old when the Uchiha clan was annihilated.

Because he had been too young to participate in the clan's affairs, all he remembered from that time was that the Uchiha clan had been Konoha's strongest clan, and its most glorious one.

In a sense, he had never truly understood the Uchiha. He remembered only the clan's glory.

As for everything else, he knew nothing.

Now, through Konoha's secret records, he finally saw the real Uchiha.

A powerful Uchiha, an Uchiha ostracized by others, an Uchiha who had tried to rule Konoha.

He also saw the darkness hidden beneath Konoha's radiance.

That man from the Hidden Mist had been right. The Uchiha and Konoha had been rife with conflict, their swords drawn and ready.

One scroll after another—before he knew it, Sasuke had read through the mountain of secret scrolls piled before him.

"That's all?"

His hand grasped at empty air, and Sasuke suddenly came to himself. He turned in surprise to the girl beside him. "Is this really all there is?"

Sakura Haruno nodded. "That's everything! All the material related to the Uchiha in the entire archives is here!"

She had gone to great lengths to sift through all those materials.

But for Sasuke, it had all been worth it!

"No, that's impossible! There has to be