Leaf Village: I, Uchiha, Am Done Lying Flat!

So, forget it!

With a sigh in his heart, he still gave an awkward laugh.

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I know you're usually busy. As a ninja, that's perfectly normal."

"Don't stand out here. Come in first, then we can talk."

Uchiha Jin stepped aside and invited Shisui and the other person into the room.

Seeing the plain, somewhat dilapidated house, Shisui's brows furrowed slightly.

But he said nothing.

After the two reached the living room and took their respective seats as host and guests, Uchiha Jin brewed a pot of tea.

"Here, Shisui, have some tea," Uchiha Jin said.

After picking up his teacup, Shisui fell silent for a moment. "How have you been these past few years? Why did I see you eating at Ichiraku Ramen every morning?"

Uh...

That confirmed it!

The surveillance he had sensed earlier had probably come from Shisui, who stood before him.

But he truly hadn't expected Shisui to start following him first thing in the morning.

After thinking it over briefly, he decided not to hide it.

"To eat."

"Eight years ago, when my parents died on a mission, I was too young, and Ichiraku Ramen was cheap enough."

"So ever since then, I've been eating at the ramen shop."

"But you know."

"My parents didn't leave much behind, and I'm no genius. If I wanted to become a ninja and earn money from missions, I'd at least have to wait until I graduated from the Ninja Academy."

"My parents' inheritance alone wasn't enough to cover all those years of meals."

"So back then, I discussed it with Teuchi. Until I grew up, I'd eat three meals a day at his place, and I asked whether a long-term customer like me could get a discount."

"Teuchi was kind-hearted. Even though he didn't open in the mornings, he let me eat with him and his daughter, and he didn't charge me."

"Even for lunch and dinner, he basically only charged me the cost, and often even took less than that."

"I'm very grateful to Teuchi. I've always regarded him as a father."

Uchiha Shisui was stunned.

He had never imagined that Uchiha Jin had lived such a miserable life all these years!

But that wasn't right.

His own father had died around the same time as Jin's parents.

Yet he had been cared for ever since he was little. Why had Jin ended up like this?

He was too innocent to understand.

"Why?" Shisui could not help asking. "Didn't the clan take care of you?"

"I remember the clan has a special orphanage. Any Uchiha who loses both parents can be taken in."

"Not to mention that Uncle and Aunt died on a mission."

"You should have been even more qualified to enter the orphanage. So why did this happen?"

However, in response.

Uchiha Jin could only remain silent.

After a long while.

He finally spoke in a distant tone.

"The reason is simple."

"My parents were diehard loyalists of your grandfather, Kagami Uchiha."

"Once your grandfather died, his subordinates were naturally purged."

"Not just me. You can look around the clan. Many of the children of your grandfather's former subordinates had it even worse than I did."

Uchiha Shisui sucked in a cold breath.

His face turned deathly pale.

Even the hand holding his teacup began to tremble slightly.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin could not help sighing softly.

Thinking back to the original story, only Shisui and Itachi had joined forces.

None of Kagami Uchiha's old subordinates, nor any of their children, had been willing to support Shisui.

In his previous life, he had never understood why.

But.

After transmigrating here, he understood instantly.

Kagami Uchiha's former subordinates had been purged after his death, and over the years, most of them had died off.

As for their descendants, most had not even lived to adulthood.

Even those who barely made it to adulthood probably hated Kagami Uchiha and Shisui to the bone.

Support him?

Bullshit!

Only Uchiha Jin was different. Having lived two lives, he had relatively normal values.

He knew that Kagami and Shisui, grandfather and grandson, were good people, and that his parents' choice had not been wrong. They simply had not expected Kagami Uchiha to die so young.

As for Shisui?

He was just a kid. What the hell did he know?

That was precisely why Jin had never blamed Shisui.

He had chosen to stay away from Shisui only because he knew the plot and did not want to get involved with these plot characters.

To put it plainly, he was afraid of trouble.

Meanwhile.

Shisui's face grew increasingly livid.

"No, it shouldn't be like this!"

"How could those people do such things?"

"Those bastards!"

Creak.

Even Shisui, gentle as water, could not stop murderous intent from spilling out of him after learning the truth.

He was truly angry.

After all, Uchiha Jin's suffering had been caused by the branch of his grandfather, Kagami Uchiha!

Not to mention.

According to Jin, he had actually been relatively fortunate.

At the very least.

Under the care of Teuchi and his parents, he had managed to grow up safely. Once he became a ninja, he would no longer need to worry about food and drink.

But what about the others?

Thinking of those tragic scenes, his fury made him activate his Sharingan.

And faintly.

Shisui's Three Tomoe Sharingan seemed poised to evolve into a Mangekyo.

This time.

Uchiha Jin was stuck.

Although he did not know when Shisui had awakened his Mangekyo in the original story.

If he evolved it in Jin's house, then they would be completely screwed.

The Uchiha Clan, and even the Third Hokage's faction.

The eyes of the entire Konoha higher-ups would focus completely on him, the person involved.

How was he supposed to keep lying low then?

Damn it, no!