Hearing his words, Uchiha Hiko smiled faintly and continued,
"Actually, I never intended to kill that man. He was a wealthy widower from our village whose first wife had been dead for many years."
"But I never expected that a man who spent his days living in comfort and squandering his fortune would set his sights on my Miss Kobayashi."
"Still, at first, I wanted to spare him. But his words became more and more excessive, and he even directly insulted Miss Kobayashi. If I could endure that, could I still call myself a man?"
"So I decided to see it through. When he sent his bodyguards to kill me, I used the Dojutsu within my Ninjutsu to directly control their minds."
"Then I controlled those bodyguards and had them hack him to death. But I never imagined that such a person would receive your favor, Master Roshi. If I'd known you had any connection with him, then even if I'd been given several more lives, I wouldn't have dared kill him."
Hearing this, Master Roshi, who had still been absorbed in the story, immediately became displeased when Uchiha Hiko shifted the subject to him. He laughed and said,
"When did I ever say I had anything to do with any of them? I don't even know his name. Even if I did know him, as a Grandmaster, why would I put on a sour face toward you, my disciple's best brother, over trash like him?"
Hearing that, Uchiha Hiko knew he had guessed wrong again. He frowned and asked Master Roshi with a puzzled expression,
"Then, Master Roshi, I truly don't understand. Exactly what did I do to upset you? Just give it to me straight so I can understand."
"Otherwise, even if I wanted to make it up